# 1989 UK Athletics Championships

The 1989 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow. It was the first time that the event was held in North East England. The men's 10,000 metres was dropped from the programme and replaced by a 3000 metres event. Strong winds affected the jumps programme and several of the sprint races.
It was the thirteenth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors. However, because the calibre of national competition remained greater at the AAA event, the UK Championships this year were not considered the principal national championship event by some statisticians, such as the National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS). Many of the athletes below also competed at the 1989 AAA Championships.
Shot putter Judy Oakes won a sixth straight title and women's 400 m hurdler Elaine McLaughlin made it three consecutive wins for her. Three other athletes defended their 1988 UK titles: Ian McCombie (racewalk), Steve Backley (javelin) and Linda Keough (400 m). Liz McColgan won the women's 3000 metres, having been 5000 metres champion the previous year. Marcus Adam was the only athlete to win multiple titles that year, taking a men's short sprint double.
The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1989 IAAF World Cup, where the men's team competed and women competed as part of the European team. Reflecting the secondary nature of the UK event, most of the individual British medallists at the World Cup did not compete here. Among those that did were Colin Jackson (hurdles runner-up), Stewart Faulkner (long jump bronze medallist), Jonathan Edwards (triple jump bronze medallist) and Steve Backley (javelin champion).

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Marcus Adam | 10.31 | Elliot Bunney | 10.43 | Jamie Henderson | 10.45 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.3 m/s) | Marcus Adam | 20.37 w | Ade Mafe | 20.65 w | Todd Bennett | 20.99 w |
| 400 metres | Paul Sanders | 47.02 | Phil Brown | 47.19 | Mark Morris | 47.58 |
| 800 metres | Nick Smith | 1:48.08 | Martin Steele | 1:48.19 | Nick Pearson | 1:48.47 |
| 1500 metres | Steve Crabb | 3:42.65 | Kevin McKay | 3:42.94 | Chris McGeorge | 3:43.48 |
| 3000 metres | David Moorcroft | 7:50.76 | Adrian Passey | 7:52.07 | Alistair Currie | 7:53.39 |
| 5000 metres | Steve Cram | 13:28.58 | Eamonn Martin | 13:30.20 | Craig Mochrie | 13:36.04 |
| 110 m hurdles (wind: +3.0 m/s) | Colin Jackson | 13.18 w | Nigel Walker | 13.49 w | David Nelson | 13.63 w |
| 400 m hurdles | Max Robertson | 50.50 | Steve Hawkins | 50.71 | Bob Brown | 51.33 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Neil Smart | 8:41.13 | Ken Penney | 8:41.87 | Mick Hawkins | 8:47.35 |
| 10,000 m walk | Ian McCombie | 40:06.55 | Steve Partington | 42:40.16 | Sean Martindale | 43:26.63 |
| High jump | Steve Chapman | 2.20 m | John Holman | 2.20 m | Warren Caswell | 2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Mike Edwards | 5.10 m | Andy Ashurst | 5.00 m | Ian Tullett | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Mark Forsythe | 8.05 m w | Ian Simpson | 8.04 m w | Stewart Faulkner | 8.01 m w |
| Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards | 16.45 m w | Francis Agyepong | 16.24 m w | Vernon Samuels | 16.06 m w |
| Shot put | Paul Edwards | 17.89 m | Matt Simson | 17.66 m | Graham Savory | 17.46 m |
| Discus throw | Graham Savory | 55.90 m | Steve Casey | 52.70 m | Abi Ekoku | 52.52 m |
| Hammer throw | Paul Head | 70.28 m | Shane Peacock | 69.08 m | Stewart Rogerson | 68.98 m |
| Javelin throw | Steve Backley | 81.40 m | Mick Hill | 80.64 m | Nigel Bevan | 77.30 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Stephi Douglas | 11.61 | Simmone Jacobs | 11.64 | Sallyanne Short | 11.65 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s) | Jennifer Stoute | 23.32 w | Louise Stuart | 23.32 w | Wendy Addison | 23.56 w |
| 400 metres | Linda Keough | 52.37 | Angela Piggford | 53.74 | Dawn Kitchen | 54.70 |
| 800 metres | Ann Williams | 2:02.06 | Dawn Gandy | 2:03.98 | Lorraine Baker | 2:04.43 |
| 1500 metres | Lynne MacIntyre | 4:11.31 | Alison Wyeth | 4:13.33 | Sonia McGeorge | 4:14.24 |
| 3000 metres | Liz McColgan | 8:51.55 | Karen Hutcheson | 9:00.61 | Laura Adam | 9:12.33 |
| 5000 metres | Susan Tooby | 16:04.99 | Sandra Branney | 16:08.15 | Helen Titterington | 16:16.95 |
| 100 m hurdles | Kay Morley | 13.15 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | 13.42 | Michelle Edwards | 13.48 |
| 400 m hurdles | Elaine McLaughlin | 57.03 | Lorraine Hanson | 57.94 | Jennie Pearson | 58.93 |
| 5000 m walk | Lisa Langford | 22:39.43 | Betty Sworowski | 23:17.92 | Julie Drake | 23:32.21 |
| High jump | Janet Boyle | 1.83 m | Julia BennettKerry Roberts | 1.80 m | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Long jump | Fiona May | 6.98 m w | Mary Berkeley | 6.65 m w | Kim Hagger | 6.46 m w |
| Shot put | Judy Oakes | 18.59 m | Myrtle Augee | 17.94 m | Yvonne Hanson-Nortey | 16.74 m |
| Discus throw | Jackie McKernan | 54.40 m | Sharon Andrews | 50.28 m | Jane Aucott | 47.94 m |
| Javelin throw | Sharon Gibson | 54.60 m | Mandy Liverton | 54.10 m | Shelley Holroyd | 47.18 m |