The British 5,000 metres athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. The distance was originally 4 miles but in 1932 switched to 3 miles.
Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.
Past winners
AAC Championships
| |
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Year | Men's champion |
1866 | Richard Garnett |
1867 | Gilbert G. Kennedy |
1868 | Walter Chinnery |
1869 | Walter Chinnery |
1870 | Henry Riches |
1871 | John Scott |
1872 | James Edgar |
1873 | Arthur Somerville |
1874 | Walter Slade |
1875 | James Gibb |
1876 | Alfred Goodwin |
1877 | James Gibb |
1878 | James Gibb |
1879 | James Warburton / Walter George |
AAA Championships | |
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Year | Men's champion |
5,000 metres | |
1969 | Ian Stewart |
1970 | Chris Stewart |
1971 | Mike Baxter |
1972 | Dave Bedford |
1973 | Brendan Foster |
1974 | Brendan Foster |
1975 | Nick Rose |
1976 | Brendan Foster |
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships
References
- "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.