AAA and National Championships Medallists - 4 Miles, 3 Miles and 5000 metres

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		First		Second		Third
		4 Miles
		AAC Championships
1866		Richard Garnett	21:41.0 WR	Edward Royds	15 yd	Bernard Molloy
		(intermediate time at 3 Miles: Garnett 16:27.0 WR)
1867		Gilbert Kennedy	22:12.5	John Fletcher	15 yd	James Webster	150 yd
1868		Walter Chinnery	21:12.0 WR	Joseph Snow	270 yd	only 2 finished
1869		Walter Chinnery	21:30.0	Edward Hawtrey	21:35.0	only 2 finished
1870		Henry Riches	21:24.0	Edward Hawtrey	21:25.6	A. Hardy	500 yd
1871		John Scott	20:38.0 WR	Alfred Wheeler	22:02.0	Frederick Rainsford	23:37.0
1872		James Edgar	21:31.25	Alfred Wheeler	21:44.0	J. Powell	22:22.0
1873		Arthur Somerville	21:38.0	Alfred Wheeler	21:48.0e
1874		Walter Slade	20:52.0	James Warburton	30 yd	Augustus Micklefield	450 yd
1875		James Gibb	21:09.4	only 1 finished
1876		Alfred Goodwin	21:17.2	Charles Mason	3 yd	Julius Bendixen	120 yd
1877		James Gibb	walk over	only 1 competitor
1878		James Gibb	20:29.8	only 1 finished
1879	AAC	James Warburton	20:41.6	James Harris	22:15.6
1879	LAC	Walter George	20:52.2	only 1 finished
		AAA Championships
1880		Walter George	20:45.8	A.H. Davies	21:15.0	William Suffell	21:56.0
1881		George Nehan	20:26.2	George Dunning	20:32.0	John Voelcker	400 yd
1882		Walter George	ran 1 lap	only 1 competitor
1883		William Snook	20:37.0	Walter George	20:44.0	George Lidiard	21:29.0
1884		Walter George	20:12.8	A.H. Davies	20:56.6	George Slynn	10 yd
1885		William Snook	21:51.8	T.G. Stewart	10 yd	only 2 competitors
1886		Charles Rogers	21:01.8	C.H.L. Clarke	21:16.2	C.A. Morgan	21:41.0
1887		Edward Carter USA	21:10.0	F. Mills	21:33.6	only 2 finished
1888		Edward Parry	20:22.2	Sidney Thomas	20:40.6	only 2 finished
1889		Sidney Thomas	20:31.8	Charles Rogers	20:39.6	J.R. Hainsworth	20:56.4
1890		James Kibblewhite	20:16.4	Charles Hookins	20:26.0	J.R. Hainsworth	20:37.4
1891		William Morton	20:53.6	J.R. Hainsworth	21:02.2	only 2 finished
1892		James Kibblewhite	19:50.6	Henry Munro	19:51.6	Sidney Thomas
1893		Charles Pearce	20:12.6	Charles Willers	20:14.6	Sidney Thomas	20:26.6
1894		Fred Bacon	19:48.8	George Crossland	19:49.2	Sidney Thomas	20:09.4
1895		Henry Munro	19:49.4	Charles Pearce	20:02.0	Sidney Thomas	20:06.8
1896		Henry Harrison	20:27.4	Charles Pearce	60 yd	James Collins	50 yd
1897		Charles Bennett	20:27.4	C.E. Haydon	1½ yd	Edward Barlow
1898		Charles Bennett	20:14.4	Henry Munro	25 yd	Jason Tennant	100 yd
1899		Charles Bennett	20:49.6	Arthur Hutchings	20:58.6	Edward Ratcliffe	21:10.6
1900		John Rimmer	20:11.0	Charles Bennett	20:24.8	Alfred Shrubb	20:29.8
1901		Alfred Shrubb	20:01.8	Albert Barker	20:42.4	Frederick Appleby	21:08.0
1902		Alfred Shrubb	20:01.4	Frederick Appleby	20:16.6	William Simpson NZL	20:55.4
1903		Alfred Shrubb	20:06.0	Thomas Edwards	21:11.0	only 2 competitors
1904		Alfred Shrubb	19:56.8	Joseph Smith	20:51.0	George Butterfield	21:21.0
1905		Joseph Smith	21:08.8	Douglas McNicol	21:34.6	H. Hobbs	21:43.0
1906		Frederick Hulford	20:27.4	James Roberts	20 yd	A.W. Shee
1907		Alexander Duncan	19:51.4	Joseph Deakin	19:54.4	A.W. Shee	20:00.0
1908		Emil Voigt	19:47.4	Archie Robertson	19:52.8	A. Edward Wood	19:53.6
1909		Emil Voigt	19:57.6	Archie Robertson	19:59.0	A. Edward Wood	20 yd
1910		Albert Hill	20:00.6	William Scott	20:03.4	Whit Norgrove	20:35.4
1911		Hannes Kolehmainen FIN	20:03.6	William Scott	20:04.0	Amos Martin	20:26.4
1912		George Hutson	20:10.8	William Scott	20:22.8	Amos Martin	20:53.2
1913		George Hutson	19:32.0	Ernest Glover	19:43.0	Gustav Karlsson SWE	20:10.2
1914		George Hutson	19:41.2	Alfred Nichols	19:50.0	Cliff Price	19:57.0
		1915-1918 Championships not held
1919		Eric Backman SWE	19:56.4	Ernest Glover	20:19.0	E.J. Rogers	20:39.4
1920		Charles Blewitt	20:10.8	Edwin Montague	20:14.4	Gaston Heuet FRA	25 yd
1921		Walter Monk	19:59.2	W. James Hatton	20:03.8?	Eric Backman SWE	20 yd
1922		Paavo Nurmi FIN	19:52.2	Charles Blewitt	20:04.0	William Cotterell	20:09.0
1923		Charles Blewitt	19:56.6	Lucien Duquesne FRA	19:56.8	George Webber	20:03.0
1924		William Cotterell	19:45.6	Frederick Saunders	19:50.0	Ernest Harper	19:56.0
1925		Charles Blewitt	19:54.6	Arthur Muggridge	19:56.6	Halland Britton	19:56.8
1926		Jack Webster	19:49.6	Herbert Johnston	20:04.8	George Webb	20:13.0
1927		Bror Ohrn SWE	19:40.8	Charles Frith	19:42.4	Brian Oddie	60 yd
1928		Walter Beavers	19:41.6	Arthur Muggridge	19:41.8	Freddie Light	19:54.6
1929		Walter Beavers	19:49.4	Stanislaw Pietkiewicz POL	19:54.6	James Wood	20:00.6
1930		Lauri Virtanen FIN	19:36.2	Brian Oddie	20:02.4	James Wood	20:03.6
1931		Alex Burns	19:49.4	James Wood	20:00.0	Robert Sutherland	20:07.4
		3 Miles
1932		Walter Beavers	14:23.2	Alex Burns	14:31.2	Harold Forrester	14:46.0
1933		Lauri Lehtinen FIN	14:09.2	Umberto Cerati ITA	14:37.0	Edward Denison	14:40.0
1934		Janusz Kusocinski POL	14:13.6	Walter Beavers	14:26.0	Cyril Allen	14:26.3
1935		Aubrey Reeve	14:38.0	Walter Beavers	14:38.4	Alex Burns	14:46.8
1936		Peter Ward	14:15.8 NR	Frank Close	14:20.2	Aubrey Reeve	14:22.3
1937		Peter Ward	14:19.8	János Kelen HUN	14:21.6	Jack Parker	14:32.0
1938		Jack Emery	14:21.0	Peter Ward	14:21.1	Patrick Hennessy	14:22.4
1939		Jack Emery	14:08.0	Peter Ward	14:08.6	Aubrey Reeve	14:11.6
		1940-1945 Championships not held
1946		Sydney Wooderson	13:53.2 NR	Wim Slijkhuis NED	13.54.2	Steven McCooke	150 yds
1947		Jef Lataster NED	14:20.0	Alec Olney	14:23.2	George Lucas	14:30
1948		Wim Slijkhuis NED	14:07.0	Alec Olney	14:15.4	Bill Lucas	14:21
1949		John Joe Barry IRL	14;11.0	Anthony Chivers	14:12.6	Alec Olney	14;30.2
1950		Lucien Thys BEL	14:09.0	Alec Olney	14:11.2	Andrew Ferguson	14:11.6
1951		Roy Beckett	14:02.6	Chris Chataway	14:02.6	Harry Hicks	14:10.0
1952		Chris Chataway	13:59.6	Alan Parker	14:00.8	Philip Morgan	14:03.8
1953		Gordon Pirie	13:43.4	Freddie Green	13:46.0	Len Eyre	14:02.0
1954		Freddie Green	13:32.2 WR	Chris Chataway	13:32.2 =WR	Nyandika Maiyoro KEN	13:54.8
1955		Chris Chataway	13:33.6	Derek Ibbotson	13:37.0	Tony Barrett	13:46.6
1956		Derek Ibbotson	13:32.6	Chris Chataway	13:32.6	Fred Wyatt	13:50.2
1957		Derek Ibbotson	13:20.8 NR	Roger Dunkley	13:41.0	Kevin Gilligan	13:42.0
1958		Stan Eldon	13:22.4	Nyandika Maiyoro KEN	13:34.8	Peter Clark	13:39.2
1959		Bruce Tulloh	13:31.2	Kevin Gilligan	13:36.4	Stan Eldon	13:38.6
1960		Frank Salvat	13:32.94	Bruce Tulloh	13:37.42	Laurie Reed	13:38.84
1961		Gordon Pirie	13:31.10	Brian Hill-Cottingham	13:39.91	Mike Bullivant	13:45.44
1962		Bruce Tulloh	13:16.0	Bruce Kidd CAN	13:17.0	Derek Ibbotson	13:23.4
1963		Bruce Tulloh	13:23.89	Tom O'Riordan IRL	13:26.81	Don Taylor	13:27.57
1964		Lech Boguszewicz POL	13:24.42	Witold Baran POL	13:26.77	Bruce Tulloh	13:28.05
1965		Ron Clarke AUS	12:52.26 WR	Gerry Lindgren USA	13:04.02	Lajos Mecser HUN	13:07.54
		(Best UK: 4. Derek Graham 13:15.82)
1966		Ron Clarke AUS	12:58.20	Henk Altmann RSA	13:15.83	Dick Taylor	13:17.53
1967		Ron Clarke AUS	12:59.62	Lajos Mecser HUN	13:03.39	Ian McCafferty	13:09.92
1968		Lachie Stewart	13:28.4	Colin Robinson	13:29.6	Ian Stewart	13:29.8
		5000 Metres
1969		Ian Stewart	13:39.66	Alan Blinston	13:42.58	Ricky Wilde	13:45.34
1970		Chris Stewart	13:49.58	Alan Blinston	13:50.84	Wilfried Scholz GDR	13:51.84
1971		Mike Baxter	13:39.63	Alan Blinston	13:46.22	Adrian Weatherhead	13:47.28
1972		Dave Bedford	13:17.21 ER	Ian McCafferty	13:19.66	Ian Stewart	13:24.16
1973		Brendan Foster	13:23.71	Ian Stewart	13:30.84	David Black	13:33.24
1974		Brendan Foster	13:27.4	Jos Hermens NED	13:35.2	Werner Meier SUI	13:38.4
1975		Marty Liquori USA	13:32.52	Titus Mamabola RSA	13:33.03	Nick Rose	13:35.23
1976		Brendan Foster	13:32.88	Nick Rose	13:37.01	Charlie Spedding	13:40.19
1977		David Black	13:33.1	Bernie Ford	13:34.8	Samson Kimobwa KEN	13:39.3
1978		Henry Rono KEN	13:20.78	Wilson Waigwa KEN	13:24.43	Nick Rose	13:25.44
1979		Eamonn Coghlan IRL	13:23.54	Mike McLeod	13:24.25	Rod Dixon NZL	13:24.61
1980		Harald Hudak FRG	13:51.71	Dick Callan	13:52.49	Steve Binns	13:53.25
1981		Eamonn Coghlan IRL	13:20.36	John Walker NZL	13:20.89	Steve Plasencia USA	13:25.96
		(Best UK: 4. Geoff Smith 13:26.33)
1982		Wilson Waigwa KEN	13:29.32	Tim Hutchings	13:30.53	Steve Plasencia USA	13:31.55
1983		Steve Harris	13:38.63	Dave Clarke	13:41.07	Steve Binns	13:42.36
1984		Ray Flynn IRL	13:19.52	Nick Rose	13:22.00	Tim Hutchings	13:26.11
1985		David Lewis	13:42.82	Paul Davies-Hale	13:42.99	John Treacy IRL	13:44.68
1986		Tim Hutchings	13:25.03	Jack Buckner	13:26.08	Petr Klimeš TCH	13:31.54
1987		Jack Buckner	13:25.02	Gary Staines	13:30.53	Steve Binns	13:32.95
1988		Eamonn Martin	13:50.03	Gary Staines	13:51.33	Paul Davies-Hale	13:52.56
1989		Mark Rowland	13:32.05	Eamonn Martin	13:32.59	Gary Staines	13:34.83
1990		Eamonn Martin	13:32.07	Elijah Songok KEN	13:34.60	Gary Staines	13:36.11
1991		Eamonn Martin	13:32.99	Rob Denmark	13:33.03	Ian Hamer	13:33.66
1992		Jack Buckner	13:22.50	Bahadur Prasad IND	13:29.70	John Mayock	13:31.77
1993		Jon Brown	13:35.67	Gary Staines	13:37.08	John Nuttall	13:38.17
1994		Dermot Donnelly	13:52.63	Darren Mead	13:54.08	Richard Findlow	13:55.75
1995		Rob Denmark	13:37.57	Jon Brown	13:37.83	Peter Ndirangu KEN	13:39.57
1996		John Nuttall	13:48.35	Rob Denmark	13:51.72	Darius Burrows	13:54.42
1997	BAF	Adrian Passey	13:38.21	Rob Denmark	13:39.29	Ian Gillespie	13:39.72
1997	AAA	Kristen Bowditch	13:53.12	Spencer Barden	13:55.29	Paul Green	13:56.27
1998		Karl Keska	13:41.61	Jon Brown	13:41.72	Keith Cullen	13:43.15
1999		Rob Denmark	13:34.17	Keith Cullen	13:36.49	Matt O'Dowd	13:37.00
2000		Andres Jones	13:45.86	Mike Openshaw	13:49.34	Mark Hudspith	13:52.74
2001		Jon Wild	13:52.72	Matt O'Dowd	13:53.53	Mark Miles	13:53.74
2002		Jon Wild	13:52.59	Rob Denmark	13:53.18	Matt Smith	13:53.47
2003		Andy Graffin	13:56.59	Chris Davies	13:57.46	Sam Haughian	14:02.57
2004		Chris Thompson	13:42.10	Spencer Barden	13:51.41	Chris Davies	13:52.78
2005		Mark Carroll IRL	13:48.90	Mark Miles	13:58.18	Michael Skinner	14:08.36
2006		Peter Riley	13:46.68	Mo Farah	13:49.15	Nick McCormick	13:52.26
		National Championships
2007		Mo Farah	13:40.19	Michael Skinner	13:54.35	Antony Ford	13:56.61
2008		Andy Vernon	13:54.26	Scott Overall	13:55.14	Mark Warmby	13:57.88
2009		Scott Overall	13:57.75	Ryan McLeod	13:58.52	Lee Merrien	13:59.35
2010		Chris Thompson	13:48.15	Andy Vernon	14:01.14	Ryan McLeod	14:12.03
2011		Mo Farah	14:00.72	Andy Vernon	14:01.72	Jonathan Mellor	14:04.11
2012		Ross Millington	13:59.01	Nick McCormick	14:00.61	Rory Fraser	14:03.92
2013		Andy Vernon	13:43.17	Nick McCormick	13:59.52	Jonathan Mellor	14:00.76
2014		Thomas Farrell	13:51.43	Ross Millington	13:52.04	Jonathan Mellor	13:54.11
2015		Thomas Farrell	13:42.20	Andy Vernon	13:44.27	Jonathan Mellor	13:52.04
2016		Andrew Butchart	13:44.00	Thomas Farrell	13:47.60	Andy Vernon	13:49.28
2017		Andrew Butchart	13:50.56	Andy Vernon	13:54.63	Ben Connor	13:56.71
2018		Marc Scott	13:47.00	Andy Vernon	13:47.81	Chris Thompson	13:49.85
2019		Andrew Butchart	13:54.29	Marc Scott	14:01.48	Ben Connor	14:04.33
2020		Marc Scott	13:32.98	Jack Rowe	13:37.85	Tom Mortimer	13:43.47
2021		Patrick Dever	13:37.30	Andrew Butchart	13:38.16	Jack Rowe	13:38.81
2022		Marc Scott	13:42.82	James West	13:44.47	Jack Rowe	13:45.30

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Andy Vernon	2	5	1	8	2008-2018	10
Rob Denmark	2	4		6	1991-2002	11
Sidney Thomas	1	1	4	6	1888-1895	7
Walter George	4	1		5	1879-1884	5
Alfred Shrubb	4		1	5	1900-1904	4
Walter Beavers	3	2		5	1928-1935	7
Bruce Tulloh	3	1	1	5	1959-1964	5
Chris Chataway	2	3		5	1951-1956	5
Gary Staines		3	2	5	1987-1993	6
Charles Bennett	3	1		4	1897-1900	3
Charles Blewitt	3	1		4	1920-1925	5
Eamonn Martin	3	1		4	1988-1991	3
Andrew Butchart	3	1		4	2016-2021	5
Marc Scott	3	1		4	2018-2022	4
Peter Ward	2	2		4	1936-1939	3
Derek Ibbotson	2	1	1	4	1955-1962	7
Ian Stewart	1	1	2	4	1968-1973	5
Alec Olney		3	1	4	1947-1950	3
Nick Rose		2	2	4	1975-1984	9
Jonathan Mellor			4	4	2011-2015	4
Other top winners and long spans
James Gibb	3			3	1875-1878	3
George Hutson	3			3	1912-1914	2
Ron Clarke AUS	3			3	1965-1967	2
Brendan Foster	3			3	1973-1976	3
Andrew Butchart	3			3	2016-2019	3
Chris Thompson	2		1	3	2004-2018	14
Nick McCormick		2	1	3	2006-2013	7
Steve Binns			3	3	1980-1987	7
Gordon Pirie	2			2	1953-1961	8

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