AAA and National Championships Medallists - Hammer

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		First		Second		Third
		AAC Championships
		Note that regulations changed frequently in the early years, so records started afresh several times
1866		Richard James	23.88	David Morgan	22.86	unknown
1867		Patrick Halkett	28.83	John Eyre	28.68	George Thornton	28.40
1868		Henry Leeke	30.33 NR	Douglas Moffatt	29.49	Patrick Halkett	28.42
1869		William Burgess	31.17	Henry Leeke	30.28	Francis Waite	29.41
1870		Henry Leeke	31.09	Francis Waite	31.06	William Burgess	30.58
1871		William Burgess	32.13	Alaric Churchward	31.14	Henry Leeke	30.58
1872		Henry Leeke	34.01 NR	James Paterson	33.86	William Burgess	32.08
1873		James Paterson	32.92	only 1 competitor
1874		Stephen Brown	36.58	William Burgess	36.47	James Paterson	35.61
1875		William Burgess	31.62	John Todd	30.94	Stephen Brown	29.87
1876		George Hales	29.34 NR	Tom Stone	26.11	only 2 competitors
1877		George Hales	33.54 NR	only 1 competitor
1878		Edmund Baddeley	30.12 NR	William Burgess	27.00	only 2 competitors
1879	AAC	not held
1879	LAC	William Burgess	29.49	William Winthrop	28.52	only 2 competitors
		AAA Championships
1880		Walter Lawrence	29.26	William Winthrop	22.60	only 2 competitors
1881		Maurice Davin IRE	30.12 NR	Walter Lawrence	29.70	William Winthrop	29.06
1882		Edmund Baddeley	29.36	Walter Lawrence	26.06	Robert Lindsay	24.64
1883		John Gruer	30.85 NR	Donald Mackinnon	28.04	Owen Harte IRE	27.86
1884		Owen Harte IRE	25.42	only 1 competitor
1885		William Barry IRE	33.20	Donald Mackinnon	31.75 NR	Hugh Michie	29.82
1886		James Mitchell IRE	33.64	John Gruer	28.94	only 2 competitors
1887		James Mitchell IRE	37.80 NR	F.G.F. Thompson	23.78	only 2 competitors
1888		James Mitchell IRE	38.00 NR	John Carroll Daly IRE	34.34	Robert Lindsay	29.22
1889		William Barry IRE	39.62 NR	P. Lawless IRE	35.22	J.P. O'Sullivan IRE	33.22
1890		Robert Lindsay	31.50	G. Chisholm	29.82	(J.E. Fraser)	nm
1891		Charles Queckberner USA	39.58	R. Nelson Robbie	38.78 NR	William Barry IRE	35.26
1892		William Barry IRE	40.62 NR	William Kelly IRE	30.99	R.G.H. Woods	30.25
1893		Denis Carey IRE	37.60	R. Nelson Robbie	35.82	only 2 competitors
1894		William Barry IRE	38.62	R. Nelson Robbie	34.68	Denis Carey IRE	32.22
1895		William Barry IRE	40.53	Tom Kiely IRE	39.69	James MacDonald	30.56
1896		John Flanagan IRE	40.22	Denis Horgan IRE	37.86	only 2 competitors
1897		Tom Kiely IRE	43.42	Denis Horgan IRE	38.62	Richard Sheldon USA	31.14
1898		Tom Kiely IRE	42.70	Denis Horgan IRE	38.28	Walter Lawrence	33.50
1899		Tom Kiely IRE	41.57	Denis Horgan IRE	40.14	R. Nelson Robbie	33.84
1900		John Flanagan USA	49.78	Tom Kiely IRE	42.42	T. Truxton Hare USA	42.30
1901		Tom Kiely IRE	45.28	Ernest May	36.66	Henry Leeke II	35.06
1902		Tom Kiely IRE	43.52	Ernest May	39.62 NR	Robert Edgren USA	36.90
1903		Tom Nicolson	43.46	Ernest May	35.98	P.G. Masters	32.61
1904		Tom Nicolson	47.98 NR	Thomas Shevlin USA	42.28	Denis Horgan IRE	39.36
1905		Tom Nicolson	47.51	Denis Horgan IRE	40.24	Alf Flaxman	35.46
1906		Henry Leeke II	37.52	Tom Kirkwood	36.52	Alf Flaxman	36.18
1907		Tom Nicolson	48.38	John Murray IRE	43.06	Henry Leeke II	38.46
1908		Simon Gillis USA	50.12	Denis Horgan IRE	40.00	Robert Lindsay-Watson	33.79
1909		Tom Nicolson	50.20	Denis Horgan IRE	41.80	Allan Fyffe	39.71
1910		Alf Flaxman	35.80	Henry Leeke II	33.97	only 2 competitors
1911		George Putnam USA	45.00	Alf Flaxman	38.12	Duncan Porteous	33.00
1912		Tom Nicolson	49.43	Denis Carey IRE	47.87	Benjamin Sherman USA	41.36
1913		Carl Johan Lind SWE	47.43	Nils Linde SWE	46.04	Alf Flaxman	41.87
1914		Carl Johan Lind SWE	49.77	Tom Nicolson	49.59	Denis Carey IRE	45.08
		1915-1918 Championships not held
1919		Einar Midtgaard DEN	44.00	John Freeborn	34.80	only 2 competitors
1920		Theodore Speers USA	42.81	Don Rose	42.64	Denis Carey IRE	40.42
1921		Carl Johan Lind SWE	49.36	Malcolm Nokes	47.52	John Jackson	35.27
1922		Carl Johan Lind SWE	52.50	Malcolm Nokes	49.26	Ville Porhola FIN	45.81
1923		Malcolm Nokes	49.18	John Jackson	37.79	Alexander Murray	32.25
1924		Malcolm Nokes	51.12	Tom Nicolson	45.97	John Freeborn	38.07
1925		Malcolm Nokes	46.04	John Jackson	38.42	John Freeborn	36.67
1926		Malcolm Nokes	48.62	John McHolm NZL	42.16	Armando Poggioli ITA	41.76
1927		Ossian Sköld SWE	50.30	Malcolm Nokes	49.31	Josef Mang GER	42.71
1928		William Britton IRL	46.62	Malcolm Nokes	46.14	John Jackson	37.99
1929		William Britton IRL	47.60	John McSweeney IRL	45.62	Harald Stenerud NOR	43.98
1930		Ossian Sköld SWE	51.14	Armando Poggioli ITA	47.16	Malcolm Nokes	45.62
1931		Ossian Sköld SWE	51.36	Gunnar Jansson SWE	48.83	Fernando Vandelli ITA	46.84
1932		George Walsh IRL	43.16	Samuel Thomson USA	36.52	John Jarvis	33.85
1933		William Britton IRL	44.96	Sandy Smith	44.08	George Walsh IRL	42.29
1934		Pat O'Callaghan IRL	51.44	William Britton IRL	45.64	Sandy Smith	45.54
1935		Fred Warngard SWE	44.58	Jim Rioch	43.66	Bill Mackenzie	43.34
1936		Norman Drake	46.26	Sandy Smith	43.38	Tom McAnallen	43.15
1937		Karl Hein GER	55.86	Erwin Blask GER	54.64	Otto Lutz GER	49.36
		(Best UK: 6= Duncan Clark & Sandy Smith 42.79)
1938		Bert Healion IRL	52.46	Tom McAnallen	45.70	Duncan Clark	45.40
1939		Bert Healion IRL	49.28	Norman Drake	46.76	Duncan Clark	44.19
		1940-1945 Championships not held
1946		Hans Houtzager NED	48.48	Duncan Clark	47.79	Norman Drake	47.35
1947		Imre Nemeth HUN	53.34	Jerzy Kordas POL	51.98	Duncan Clark	49.61
1948		Norman Drake	49.24	Duncan Clark	47.54	Ewan Douglas	46.42
1949		Imre Nemeth HUN	55.61	Lajos Petike HUN	50.21	Duncan Clark	49.50
1950		Duncan Clark	54.36	Ivan Gubijan YUG	52.86	Ewan Douglas	52.37
1951		Teseo Taddia ITA	54.00	Duncan Clark	52.42	Peter Allday	49.70
1952		Duncan Clark	53.03	Ewan Douglas	52.03	Peter Allday	51.72
1953		Don Anthony	53.24	Peter Allday	52.86	Ewan Douglas	52.72
1954		Jozsef Csermak HUN	59.42	Alex Valentine	53.92	Don Anthony	52.58
1955		Ewan Douglas	56.52	Dumitru Constantin ROU	54.90	Peter Allday	54.26
1956		Peter Allday	57.28	Don Anthony	56.94	Ewan Douglas	55.68
1957		Mike Ellis	60.28 NR	Don Anthony	57.08	Percy Porter	52.32
1958		Mike Ellis	61.92	Muhammad Iqbal PAK	60.38	John Lawlor IRL	59.06
1959		Mike Ellis	61.28	Muhammad Iqbal PAK	58.82	Howard Payne	55.48
1960		Mike Ellis	64.19	Muhammad Iqbal PAK	60.14	Howard Payne	58.43
1961		John Lawlor IRL	61.37	Howard Payne	59.07	Robert Brown AUS	56.33
1962		Noboru Okamoto JPN	62.19	Howard Payne	61.24	Peter Allday	57.57
1963		Takeo Sugawara JPN	65.56	Noboru Okamoto JPN	62.52	Howard Payne	61.98
1964		Howard Payne	59.88	Warwick Dixon	56.92	John Lawlor IRL	56.30
1965		Gyula Zsivotsky HUN	68.14	Klaus Winter AUT	59.63	Howard Payne	59.55
1966		Gyula Zsivotsky HUN	66.04	Howard Payne	61.58	John Lawlor IRL	60.98
1967		Ed Burke USA	67.60	Howard Payne	60.00	Peter Seddon	58.22
1968		Lazar Lovasz HUN	66.20	Takeo Sugawara JPN	66.10	Yoshihisa Ishida JPN	62.14
		(Best UK: 5. Howard Payne 61.42)
1969		Howard Payne	66.80	Bruce Fraser	61.92	Laurie Bryce	61.72
1970		Howard Payne	67.66	Yoshihisa Ishida JPN	66.24	Shigenobu Murofushi JPN	63.06
1971		Howard Payne	66.44	Barry Williams	62.14	Bruce Fraser	59.64
1972		Barry Williams	67.24	Howard Payne	66.08	Murray Cheater NZL	63.60
1973		Howard Payne	67.98	Barry Williams	67.02	Ian Chipchase	66.96
1974		Adam Barnard RSA	70.62	Howard Payne	67.50	Barry Williams	67.26
1975		Adam Barnard RSA	73.58	Paul Dickenson	68.74	Peter Farmer AUS	65.24
1976		Chris Black	72.64	Jim Whitehead	64.90	Murray Cheater NZL	64.24
1977		Chris Black	69.50	Paul Buxton	66.18	Jim Whitehead	63.88
1978		Peter Farmer AUS	70.72	Paul Dickenson	68.24	Jim Whitehead	67.70
1979		Peter Farmer AUS	70.16	Matt Mileham	64.40	Paul Dickenson	64.16
1980		Martin Girvan	68.72	Sean Egan IRL	66.94	Robert Weir	65.86
1981		Martin Girvan	68.98	Robert Weir	67.52	David Smith	59.00
1982		Robert Weir	71.92	Martin Girvan	71.52	Shigenobu Murofushi JPN	70.52
1983		Chris Black	75.40 NR	Matt Mileham	75.02	Robert Weir	72.48
1984		David Smith	72.40	Robert Weir	71.76	Paul Dickenson	70.24
1985		David Smith	77.30	Declan Hegarty IRL	76.02	Martin Girvan	73.42
1986		David Smith	68.72	Matt Mileham	68.70	Mick Jones	68.50
1987		David Smith	70.60	Angus Cooper NZL	69.90	Paul Head	66.78
1988		David Smith	72.08	Sean Carlin AUS	71.64	Mick Jones	71.52
1989		Jud Logan USA	72.34	Paul Head	70.32	David Smith	68.96
1990		Paul Head	72.68	Mick Jones	70.38	Jason Byrne	68.60
1991		Sean Carlin AUS	72.58	Mick Jones	66.72	Conor McCullough IRL	66.48
1992		Sean Carlin AUS	74.60	Paul Head	70.94	Jason Byrne	70.78
1993		Paul Head	72.32	Jason Byrne	68.14	David Smith	68.06
1994		Peter Vivian	70.80	Paul Head	69.08	Mick Jones	67.42
1995		Sean Carlin AUS	73.40	Mick Jones	69.44	Jason Byrne	69.44
1996		David W. Smith	72.58	Paul Head	71.48	Mick Jones	71.22
1997	BAF	Paul Head	71.58	David W. Smith	70.92	Mick Jones	69.68
1997	AAA	Paul Head	70.66	Mick Jones	67.88	Chris Howe	62.56
1998		Mick Jones	72.13	Paul Head	69.46	Bill Beauchamp	66.56
1999		Mick Jones	74.25	Bill Beauchamp	72.63	Paul Head	70.91
2000		Mick Jones	71.51	Paul Head	69.63	John Pearson	67.22
2001		Mick Jones	74.40	Paul Head	70.33	Simon Bown	64.76
2002		Mick Jones	72.26	Paul Head	67.61	Mike Floyd	66.33
2003		Bill Beauchamp	69.33	Mike Floyd	67.94	Simon Bown	64.43
2004		Mick Jones	72.04	Andy Frost	69.94	Mike Floyd	68.05
2005		Andy Frost	72.09	Mick Jones	69.60	Carl Saggers	65.81
2006		Andy Frost	69.15	Mike Floyd	68.54	Simon Bown	66.77
		National Championships
2007		Andy Frost	71.02	Mike Floyd	67.16	Simon Bown	66.82
2008		Mike Floyd	69.68	Amir Williamson	68.24	Alex Smith	67.21
2009		Alex Smith	69.79	Simon Bown	68.38	Mike Floyd	68.03
2010		Alex Smith	70.68	Mike Floyd	69.91	James Bedford	67.34
2011		Alex Smith	73.26	Mike Floyd	70.85	Mark Dry	70.33
2012		Alex Smith	74.79	Mark Dry	74.32	James Bedford	69.44
2013		Andy Frost	72.28	James Bedford	70.56	Alex Smith	70.08
2014		Nick Miller	73.96	Alex Smith	73.52	Mark Dry	73.27
2015		Nick Miller	75.88	Mark Dry	73.02	Chris Bennett	72.62
2016		Chris Bennett	75.67	Mark Dry	74.92	Nick Miller	72.21
2017		Nick Miller	74.98	Taylor Campbell	72.87	Mark Dry	70.51
2018		Nick Miller	75.33	Chris Bennett	73.29	Mark Dry	71.40
2019		Nick Miller	76.31	Taylor Campbell	74.63	Osian Jones	73.89
2020		Craig Murch	73.24	Chris Bennett	68.84	Chris Shorthouse	67.26
2021		Taylor Campbell	75.10	Chris Bennett	73.53	Craig Murch	70.90
2022		Nick Miller	73.84	Osian Jones	69.68	Jake Norris	68.79

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Mick Jones	6	4	5	15	1986-2005	19
Howard Payne	5	6	4	15	1959-1974	15
Paul Head	3	8	2	13	1987-2002	15
Malcolm Nokes	4	4	1	9	1921-1930	9
Duncan Clark	2	3	4	9	1938-1952	14
Mike Floyd	1	5	3	9	2002-2011	9
Tom Nicolson	6	2		8	1903-1924	21
David Smith	5		3	8	1981-1993	12
William Burgess	4	2	2	8	1869-1879	10
Denis Horgan IRE		7	1	8	1896-1909	13
Nick Miller	6		1	7	2014-2022	8
Tom Kiely IRE	5	2		7	1895-1902	7
Alex Smith	4	1	2	7	2008-2014	6
Mark Dry		3	4	7	2011-2018	7
William Barry IRE	5		1	6	1885-1895	10
Ewan Douglas	1	1	4	6	1948-1956	8
Peter Allday	1	1	4	6	1951-1962	11
Other top winners and long spans
Andy Frost	4	1		5	2004-2013	9
Denis Carey IRE	1	1	3	5	1893-1920	27
Carl Johan Lind SWE	4			4	1913-1922	9
Mike Ellis	4			4	1957-1960	3
William Britton IRL	3	1		4	1928-1934	6
Sean Carlin AUS	3	1		4	1988-1995	7
Norman Drake	2	1	1	4	1936-1948	12
Walter Lawrence	1	2	1	4	1880-1898	18
Shigenobu Murofushi JPN			2	2	1970-1982	12

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