British athletics champions
	60 metres	100 metres
	200 metres	400 metres
	800 metres	1500 metres
	3000 metres	5000 metres
	10,000 metres	10 miles
	marathon	steeplechase
	100/110 hurdles	200 hurdles
	400 hurdles	3,000 walk
	5,000 walk	10,000 walk
	decathlon/heptathlon	discus
	hammer	high jump
	javelin	long jump
	pole vault	shot put
	triple jump
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The British hammer throw athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, ^[1] 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. ^[2]

+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally competed for Great Britain.

• NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
• nc = not contested
• + = UK Championships