# British Athletics Championships

The British Athletics Championships is the premier national championship in track and field held in the United Kingdom, and are organised by British Athletics. The event has doubled as the main trials meet for international team selection for major events in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete, including the Olympic Games, the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the European Athletics Championships. Only British athletes may formally compete, though in some circumstances British club-affiliated foreign athletes may take part as guests. Since 2023 the Championships have been promoted as the UK Athletics Championships, but are fully a continuation of the British Athletics championships, and separate from the same-named championships held between 1977 and 1997. Since the collapse of the British Athletics Federation, UK Athletics and British Athletics have been brands owned and used by the same organisation.
The event was established in 2007, replacing the AAA Championships as the principal event on the domestic athletics calendar in the United Kingdom. The previous event named the UK Athletics Championships had nominally been the national championship, but in effect took second billing to the "triple A's". The creation of the British Athletics Championships as the main national championship and selection event, brought the governance of the elite level of the sport and team selection firmly under the new national body for the sport, moving away from the Amateur Athletic Association of England, which had served that role since 1880. A 2001 British Championship in women's 3000 metres steeplechase was held as a one-off at Scotstoun Stadium, due to the growing popularity of the event among women and its absence from the AAA Championships programme (the event was added a year later).

## Editions

| City | Venue | Year/s |
| Manchester | Manchester Regional Arena | 2007, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Birmingham | Alexander Stadium | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |

## Championships records
### Men

| Event | Record | Athlete/Team | Date | Championships | Place |
| 100 m | | | | | |
| 100 m | 9.90 w (+2.5 m/s) | Jeremiah Azu | 25 June 2022 | 2022 Championships | Manchester |
| 200 m | 20.05 (+2.0 m/s) | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | 26 June 2022 | 2022 Championships | Manchester |
| 400 m | 44.36 | Iwan Thomas | 13 July 1997 | 1997 Championships | Birmingham |
| 400 m hurdles | 48.54 | Alastair Chalmers | 30 June 2024 | 2024 Championships | Manchester |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:18.65 | Phil Norman | 30 June 2024 | 2024 Championships | Manchester |
| Pole vault | 5.85 m | Harry Coppell | 4 September 2020 | 2020 Championships | Manchester |
| Discus throw | 65.72 m | Juan Martínez Brito (CUB) | 13 July 1985 | 1985 Championships | London |
| 5000 m walk (track) | 18:41.23 | Callum Wilkinson | 24 August 2019 | 2019 Championships | Birmingham |
| 10000 m walk (track) | 38:43.91 NR | Callum Wilkinson | 30 June 2024 | 2024 Championships | Manchester |

### Women

| Event | Record | Athlete/Team | Date | Championships | Place |
| 100 m | 10.96 (-0.9 m/s) | Dina Asher-Smith | 24 August 2019 | 2019 Championships | Birmingham |
| 200 m | 22.18 (-0.7 m/s) | Dina Asher-Smith | 30 June 2024 | 2024 Championships | Manchester |
| 400 m | 50.47 | Amber Anning | 30 June 2024 | 2024 Championships | Manchester |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:29.67 | Elizabeth Bird | 29 June 2024 | 2024 Championships | Manchester |
| High jump | 1.97 m | Morgan Lake | 30 June 2018 | 2018 Championships | Birmingham |
| Pole vault | 4.90 m NR | Holly Bradshaw | 26 June 2021 | 2021 Championships | Manchester |
| Long jump | 7.05 m (+1.2 m/s) | Lorraine Ugen | 1 July 2018 | 2018 Championships | Birmingham |
| Hammer throw | 72.02 m | Sophie Hitchon | 1 July 2018 | 2018 Championships | Birmingham |
| Heptathlon | 5929 pts | Jodie Smith | 25–26 June 2022 | 2022 Championships | Manchester |
| Heptathlon | 100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.57 (+3.2 m/s) 1.77 m 11.67 m 24.80 (+3.4 m/s) 6.11 m (+2.2 m/s) 42.39 m 2:21.15 | 100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.57 (+3.2 m/s) 1.77 m 11.67 m 24.80 (+3.4 m/s) 6.11 m (+2.2 m/s) 42.39 m 2:21.15 | 100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.57 (+3.2 m/s) 1.77 m 11.67 m 24.80 (+3.4 m/s) 6.11 m (+2.2 m/s) 42.39 m 2:21.15 | 100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.57 (+3.2 m/s) 1.77 m 11.67 m 24.80 (+3.4 m/s) 6.11 m (+2.2 m/s) 42.39 m 2:21.15 | 100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.57 (+3.2 m/s) 1.77 m 11.67 m 24.80 (+3.4 m/s) 6.11 m (+2.2 m/s) 42.39 m 2:21.15 |