AAA and National Championships Medallists - 440 yards and 400 metres Hurdles

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		First		Second		Third
		440 Yards Hurdles
		AAA Championships
1914		Joseph English	59.8	Harry Blakeney	10 yd	Percy Smith	30 yd
		1915-1918 Championships not held
1919		George Gray	59.8	Joseph English	8-15 yd	Laurence Pullar
1920		Edward Wheller	57.4	W.A. Adams USA	4 yd	Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS
		(1h Wilfred Kent-Hughes 58.5 CB)
1921		Carl-Axel Christiernsson SWE	55.4	Géorges André FRA	58.0	Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS	58.2
1922		Wilfred Kent-Hughes AUS	59.0	J.J. Evans	12 yd	J. Berthier FRA
1923		L.H. Phillips	58.0	William Boardman	2 ft	Frederick Browning	5 yd
1924		Wilfrid Tatham	57.6	Frederick Blackett	2 ft	David Bone
1925		Ivan Riley USA	57.8	William Boardman	10 yd	(Frederick Blackett)	dnf
		(1s2 Frederick Blackett 56.0 NR)
1926		Lord Burghley	55.0 NR	Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth	2-2½ yd	Stefan Kostrewski POL	5-12 yd
		(1s1 Lord Burghley 55.6 NR)
1927		Lord Burghley	54.2 WR	Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth	55.2	Luigi Facelli ITA	55.4
1928		Lord Burghley	54.0 NR	Thomas Livingstone-Learmonth	55.2	Roger Viel FRA
1929		Luigi Facelli ITA	53.4	Lord Burghley	55.0	Douglas Neame	20 yd
1930		Lord Burghley	53.8 NR	Luigi Facelli ITA	53.8	Douglas Neame	1 yd
1931		Luigi Facelli ITA	54.4	Johan Areskoug SWE	3-5 yd	Lord Burghley	1 yd
1932		Lord Burghley	54.6	Joseph Simpson	55.4	John Stone	18 yd
1933		Luigi Facelli ITA	53.6	Lord Burghley	53.8	John Stone	55.0
1934		Ralph Brown	55.4	Robert Wallace IRL	55.8	Frank Hunter	56.3
1935		Frank Hunter	55.3	Ralph Brown	56.0	Christos Mantikas GRE	56.4
1936		John Sheffield	55.6	Alfred Watson AUS	1-2½ yd	Ralph Brown	½ yd
1937		Jules Bosmans BEL	55.0	Christos Mantikas GRE	55.6	Robert Wallace IRL	2 yd
1938		Jules Bosmans BEL	54.1	Prudent Joye FRA	54.2	Robert Wallace IRL	55.5
1939		Jules Bosmans BEL	54.9	Christos Mantikas GRE	2½-4 yd	Rowland Palmer	6-7 yd
		1940-1945 Championships not held
1946		Ronald Ede	57.0	Robert Prevot BEL	1 yd	Robin Boyd
1947		Harry Whittle	55.0	Werner Christen SUI	4 yd	Ronald Ede	8 yds
1948		Harry Whittle	54.9	John Holland NZL	1 yd	Werner Christen SUI	8 yds
1949		Harry Whittle	54.9	Ronald Ede	56.4	Gervais Jarvis	56.7
1950		Harry Whittle	55.2	Angus Scott	55.2	John Davis	56.8
1951		Harry Whittle	54.2	Angus Scott	54.7	Jack Parker	55.2
1952		Harry Whittle	53.3 NR	Angus Scott	53.4	David Gracie	54.0
1953		Harry Whittle	52.7 NR	Alec Hardy	53.1	Amadeo Francis PUR	54.2
1954		Harry Kane	53.4	Bob Shaw	53.4	David Gracie	53.7
1955		Bob Shaw	52.2	Ilie Savel ROU	52.6	Tom Farrell	53.0
1956		Ilie Savel ROU	52.2	Tom Farrell	53.0	John Metcalf	54.6
1957		Tom Farrell	52.1	John Metcalf	52.8	Harry Kane	53.4
1958		David Lean AUS	51.2	Tom Farrell	52.7	John Metcalf	52.8
1959		Chris Goudge	52.7	John Metcalf	53.2	Tom Bryan	53.2
1960		Max Boyes	52.27	John Metcalf	52.42	Tom Bryan	52.91
1961		Jussi Rintamäki FIN	51.46	Chris Surety	52.30	John Cooper	53.24
1962		Russ Rogers USA	51.0	Jussi Rintamäki FIN	51.1	Neil MacDonald RSA	51.9
		(Best UK: 4. Chris Surety 51.9)
1963		Willie Atterberry USA	51.07	John Cooper	51.65	Robin Woodland	52.20
1964		John Cooper	51.1 NR	Peter Warden	51.4	Tom Wyatt USA	51.9
1965		Rex Cawley USA	50.92	John Cooper	51.45	John Sherwood	51.47
1966		John Sherwood	51.10 =NR	Peter Warden	51.50	Geoff Vanderstock USA	51.52
1967		John Sherwood	50.94 NR	Andy Todd	52.02	Peter Warden	52.06
1968		David Hemery	50.19 NR	John Sherwood	50.82	John Cooper	51.32

		400 Metres Hurdles
1969		John Sherwood	50.12	Andy Todd	51.30	John Cooper	51.66
1970		Bob Roberts	52.42	Tony Collins	52.42	Andy Webb	52.51
1971		John Sherwood	51.38	Dave Schärer	51.78	Bob Roberts	52.09
1972		David Hemery	49.67	John Akii-Bua UGA	49.68	John Sherwood	50.96
1973		Alan Pascoe	49.77	Bob Steele USA	50.43	Bill Hartley	50.45
1974		Jim Bolding USA	49.1	Bill Hartley	50.6	Colin O'Neill	51.4
1975		Bill Hartley	49.65	Bob Cassleman USA	50.23	Frank Nusse NED	50.85
1976		Alan Pascoe	49.57	Peter Kelly	51.34	David West	51.52
1977		Rich Graybehl USA	49.96	Alan Pascoe	50.95	Garry Brown AUS	51.10
1978		Alan Pascoe	50.39	Rich Graybehl USA	50.65	Gary Oakes	51.08
1979		Ed Moses USA	48.58	Peter Grant AUS	50.07	Gary Oakes	50.37
1980		James King USA	49.50	Bill Hartley	50.04	Gary Oakes	50.23
1981		Gary Oakes	49.69	James King USA	49.88	David Lee USA	50.77
1982		James King USA	50.25	Garry Brown AUS	50.85	Shigenori Ohmori JPN	51.11
		(Best UK: 4. Mike Whittingham 51.13)
1983		David Lee USA	49.18	Steve Sole	49.95	Ahmed Hamada BRN	50.23
1984		Martin Gillingham	50.24	Gary Oakes	50.47	Steve Sole	50.70
1985		Ahmed Hamada BRN	49.82	Max Robertson	50.16	Henry Amike NGR	50.25
1986		Max Robertson	49.52	Philippe Gonigam FRA	50.21	Mark Holtom	50.33
1987		Max Robertson	49.51	Martin Gillingham	49.91	Martin Briggs	50.18
1988		Max Robertson	50.23	Phil Harries	50.50	Martin Briggs	51.02
1989		Max Robertson	50.30	Alain Cuypers BEL	50.63	Mark Bishop	51.39
1990		Nat Page USA	50.06	Max Robertson	50.22	Leigh Miller AUS	50.95
1991		Max Robertson	49.98	Lawrence Lynch	50.19	Leigh Miller AUS	50.32
1992		Kriss Akabusi	49.16	Simon Hollingsworth AUS	50.26	Max Robertson	50.46
1993		Gary Cadogan	50.60	Peter Crampton	50.75	Ferrins Pieterse RSA	50.80
1994		Peter Crampton	49.82	Steve Coupland	50.19	Noel Levy	50.89
1995		Rohan Robinson AUS	49.21	Gary Cadogan	49.70	Gary Jennings	50.34
1996		Jon Ridgeon	49.16	Peter Crampton	49.79	Gary Jennings	50.46
1997	BAF	Chris Rawlinson	49.69	Gary Jennings	50.02	Paul Gray	50.38
1997	AAA	Charles Robertson-Adams	51.01	Paul Thompson	51.11	Matt Douglas	51.70
1998		Paul Gray	49.81	Anthony Borsumato	49.85	Chris Rawlinson	50.20
1999		Chris Rawlinson	49.62	Paul Gray	49.94	Anthony Borsumato	50.00
2000		Chris Rawlinson	48.95	Anthony Borsumato	49.71	Matt Douglas	49.89
2001		Chris Rawlinson	48.68	Du'aine Ladejo	49.44	Anthony Borsumato	49.53
2002		Chris Rawlinson	48.68	Anthony Borsumato	48.90	Matt Elias	49.79
2003		Chris Rawlinson	49.24	Matt Douglas	49.41	Anthony Borsumato	49.49
2004		Chris Rawlinson	50.04	Dale Garland	51.16	Robert Lewis	51.39
2005		Matt Elias	49.67	Dale Garland	50.15	Liam Collins	50.46
2006		Rhys Williams	49.28	Dai Greene	50.00	Matt Douglas	50.09
		National Championships
2007		Dale Garland	49.79	Steve Green	50.17	Francis Smith	51.02
2008		Richard Yates	49.50	Steve Green	50.26	Dai Greene	51.08
2009		Dai Greene	49.07	Rhys Williams	50.20	Dale Garland	50.92
2010		Dai Greene	48.77	Rhys Williams	49.76	Richard Yates	50.07
2011		Nathan Woodward	49.66	Richard Davenport	49.76	Richard Yates	50.01
2012		Dai Greene	49.47	Jack Green	49.88	Nathan Woodward	50.56
2013		Dai Greene	48.66	Rhys Williams	48.85	Richard Yates	49.49
2014		Niall Flannery	49.54	Tom Burton	49.78	Sebastian Rodger	50.07
2015		Niall Flannery	50.16	Jack Houghton	50.60	Dai Greene	50.82
2016		Sebastian Rodger	49.45	Jack Green	49.49	Rhys Williams	49.90
2017		Jack Green	49.34	Jacob Paul	49.66	Sebastian Rodger	50.23
2018		Dai Greene	50.06	Jack Green	50.13	Sebastian Rodger	50.18
2019		Jacob Paul	49.57	Dai Greene	49.67	Chris McAlister	49.80
2020		Alastair Chalmers	49.66	Chris McAlister	50.54	Efe Okoro	50.98
2021		Alastair Chalmers	49.98	Alex Knibbs	50.33	Jacob Paul	51.30
2022		Alastair Chalmers	49.21	Chris McAlister	49.40	Jacob Paul	49.89
2023		Alastair Chalmers	49.49	Seamus Derbyshire	49.58	Maranga Mokaya	50.32
2024		Alastair Chalmers	48.54	Alex Knibbs	49.37	Efe Okoro	49.44

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Dai Greene	5	2	2	9	2006-2019	12
Chris Rawlinson	7		1	8	1997-2004	7
Lord Burghley	5	2	1	8	1926-1933	7
Max Robertson	5	2	1	8	1985-1992	7
Harry Whittle	7			7	1947-1953	6
John Sherwood	4	1	2	7	1965-1972	7
John Cooper	1	2	3	6	1961-1969	8
Anthony Borsumato		3	3	6	1998-2003	5
Alastair Chalmers	5			5	2020-2024	4
Luigi Facelli ITA	3	1	1	5	1927-1933	6
Rhys Williams	1	3	1	5	2006-2016	10
Gary Oakes	1	1	3	5	1978-1984	6
John Metcalf		3	2	5	1956-1960	4
Other top winners and long spans
Alan Pascoe	3	1		4	1973-1978	5
Bill Hartley	1	2	1	4	1973-1980	7
Jules Bosmans BEL	3			3	1937-1939	2

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