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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
UK Athletics (UKA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics officials .
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 ...
The British Athletics League is a men-only track and field team competition in the United Kingdom. For women there is the completely separate UK Women's Athletic League . Launched in 1969, [ 1 ] the British Athletics League in 2013 had five different divisions, which gather a total of 38 track and field teams from all over the United Kingdom ...
[6] [8] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is represented in World Athletics by UK Athletics, [9] which in turn is affiliated with the athletic associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales (collectively known as the Home Country Athletics Federations). [10]