The British pole vault 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.
AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | J. Wheeler |
| 1867 | William Powell Moore |
| 1868 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1869 | Robert Graham |
| 1870 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1871 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1872 | Henry Fellowes |
| 1873 | William Kelsey |
| 1874 | Edwin Woodburn |
| 1875 | not held |
| 1876 | Horace Strachan |
| 1877 | Henry Kayll |
| 1878 | Horace Strachan |
| 1879 | Frederick Robinson |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
- + = UK Championships
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.