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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 ...
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.
Saunders was born in Brentford, Middlesex.She became the national 200 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships at the 1938 WAAA Championships.In addition she finished second behind Betty Lock in the 100 metres.
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 ...
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 British 400 metres 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.
Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref. Video 60 m: 7.03 Dina Asher-Smith: 25 February 2023 World Indoor Tour Final: Birmingham, United Kingdom [55] 200 m: 22.83 Katharine Merry: 14 February 1999 British Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 300 m: 36.53 Lina Nielsen: 15 February 2025 Keely Klassic Birmingham, United Kingdom [56] 400 m: 50.02 ...
Andrew Butchart (born 14 October 1991) is a British runner who competed in the 5000 metres event at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the current Scottish record holder in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metre events. In June 2023, he broke the parkrun world record.