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A "British (National) Record" was instituted by the British Amateur Athletic Board (BAAB) in 1948 for performances made in the United Kingdom, by athletes born in the British Commonwealth. This record type was discontinued in 1960 when the BAAB instituted "United Kingdom (National) Records" which defined performances made anywhere in the world ...
The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, [citation needed] having been established on 24 April 1880. Historically it effectively oversaw athletics throughout Britain and Ireland (until 1923).
World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians.
British Grand Prix: Birmingham, United Kingdom [8] 5000 m: 12:53.11 Mo Farah: 22 July 2011 Herculis: Fontvieille, Monaco [9] 5 km: 13:20 Marc Scott: 8 August 2020 Podium 5k Barrowford, United Kingdom [10] 10,000 m: 26:46.57 Mo Farah: 3 June 2011 Prefontaine Classic: Eugene, United States [11] [12] [13] 10 km: 27:38 Rory Leonard: 12 January 2025 ...
The 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships was the national indoor track and field competition for British athletes, held on 22 and 23 February 2025 at Arena Birmingham. [1] The competition served as a qualification event for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships , and indirectly for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships ...
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England.It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the official UK Athletics Championships organised by the then governing body for British athletics, the British Athletics Federation between 1977 and 1993, and ...
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the original UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships. [ 2 ] During the period of overlap between the AAA Championships and the original UK Athletics Championships, the former was regarded by statisticians as the principle national championship, despite the presence of foreign ...