AAA and National Championships Medallists - Marathon

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	Course	Date	First		Second		Third
	AAA Championships
	* indicates the Polytechnic Marathon also acted as the AAA Marathon
1925	Windsor to SB *	30 May	Sam Ferris	2:35:58.2 NR	Frank Zuna USA	2:38:27.4	Duncan Wright	2:42:28.4
1926	Windsor to SB *	29 May	Sam Ferris	2:42:24.2	Albert Mills	2:46:11.2	Matthew Maleedy	2:51:50.0
1927	Fallowfield	30 Jul	Sam Ferris	2:48:46.4	Tom Heeley	3:00:22.4	C.E. Mitchell	3:02:13.6
1928	Windsor to SB	6 Jul	Harry Payne	2:34:34.0 NR	Duncan Wright	2:38:09.0	Ernest Harper	2:39:08.0
1929	Windsor to SB	5 Jul	Harry Payne	2:30:57.6 ER	Sam Ferris	2:39:12.0	Ernest Leatherland	2:49:22.0
1930	Windsor to SB	4 Jul	Duncan Wright	2:38:29.4	Martti Marttelin FIN	2:38:35.0	Sam Ferris	2:41:46.4
1931	Windsor to SB	3 Jul	Duncan Wright	2:49:54.2	Stanley Smith	2:50:09.4	Henry Clarke	2:54:06.4
1932	Windsor to WC	1 Jul	Donald Robertson	2:34:32.6	Duncan Wright	2:34:34.0	Harry Payne	2:40:30.0
1933	Windsor to WC	7 Jul	Donald Robertson	2:43:13.6	Albert Norris	2:44:40.6	Sidney Brooks	2:57:06.6
1934	White City	14 Jul	Donald Robertson	2:41:55.0	Albert Norris	2:55:05.0	Thomas Lalande RSA	2:58:37.0
1935	White City	13 Jul	Albert Norris	3:02:57.8	Stelios Kyriakides GRE	3:03:20.0	Arthur Chamberlain	3:20:15.0
1936	White City	11 Jul	Donald Robertson	2:35:02.4	Ernest Harper	2:35:03.6	Francis O'Sullivan	2:38:17.8
1937	White City	17 Jul	Donald Robertson	2:37:19.2	Stelios Kyriakides GRE	2:40:10.0	Albert Norris	2:41:41.0
1938	White City	16 Jul	John Beman	2:36:39.6	Francis O'Sullivan	2:40:03.0	George Latham	2:40:21.0
1939	White City	8 Jul	Donald Robertson	2:35:37.0	Squire Yarrow	2:37:50.0	Thomas Lalande RSA	2:44:01.0
	1940-1945 Championships not held
1946	White City	20 Jul	Squire Yarrow	2:43:14.4	Donald Robertson	2:43:14.6	Tom Richards	2:44:10
1947	Loughborough	23 Aug	Jack Holden	2:33:20.2	Tom Richards	2:36:07	Donald Robertson	2:37:45.6
1948	Windsor to Chiswick *	19 Jun	Jack Holden	2:36:44.6	Tom Richards	2:38:03	Stan Jones	2:40:49
1949	Birmingham	30 Jul	Jack Holden	2:34:10.6	Tom Richards	2:38:08	Cecil Ballard	2:38:42
1950	Reading	22 Jul	Jack Holden	2:31:03.4	Edward Denison	2:37:00.0	Harry Howard	2:37:15.0
1951	Birmingham	21 Jul	Jim Peters	2:31:42.6	Tom Richards	2:37:02	Jack Winfield	2:41:42
1952	Windsor to Chiswick *	14 Jun	Jim Peters	2:20:42.2 WR	Stan Cox	2:21:42	Geoff Iden	2:26:53.8
1953	Cardiff	25 Jul	Jim Peters	2:22:29.0	Alan Lawton	2:29:38	Geoff Iden	2:30:54
1954	Windsor to Chiswick *	26 Jun	Jim Peters	2:17:39.4 WR	Stan Cox	2:23:08	Eric L. Smith	2:27:04
1955	Reading	23 Jul	Bill McMinnis	2:39:35.0	Geoff Iden	2:50:06.6	Jackie Mekler RSA	2:50:49
1956	Port Sunlight	28 Jul	Harry Hicks	2:26:15.0	Stan Cox	2:27:17	Eric L. Smith	2:27:35
1957	Watford	10 Aug	Edward Kirkup	2:22:27.8	Arthur Keily	2:22:34	Jack Haslam	2:24:00
1958	Windsor to Chiswick *	28 Jun	Colin Kemball	2:22:27.4	Adolf Gruber AUT	2:23:30.0	Arthur Keily	2:23:32
1959	Watford	25 Jul	Christopher Fleming-Smith	2:30:11.6	Colin Kemball	2:33:50	Len Jones	2:36:13
1960	Welwyn Garden City	9 Jul	Brian Kilby	2:22:45	John Tarrant	2:25:17	Sam Hardicker	2:26:23
1961	Enfield	29 Jul	Brian Kilby	2:24:37	Brian Cooke	2:26:03	Ron Franklin	2:28:50
1962	Welwyn Garden City	11 Aug	Brian Kilby	2:26:15	Alastair Wood	2:26:35	Mel Batty	2:28:10
1963	Coventry	17 Aug	Brian Kilby	2:16:45	Basil Heatley	2:19:56	Brian Woolford	2:23:46
1964	Coventry	22 Aug	Brian Kilby	2:23:01	Jack Haslam	2:28:35	Robin Campbell	2:29:07
1965	Port Talbot	21 Aug	Bill Adcocks	2:16:50	Brian Kilby	2:17:34	Juan Taylor	2:18:57
1966	Windsor to Chiswick *	11 Jun	Graham Taylor	2:19:04	Jim Hogan	2:19:27	Ron Hill	2:20:55
1967	Nuneaton	26 Aug	Jim Alder	2:16:08	Alastair Wood	2:16:21	Don Macgregor	2:17:19
1968	Cwmbran	27 Jul	Tim Johnston	2:15:26	Bill Adcocks	2:15:41	Jim Alder	2:16:37
1969	Manchester	20 Jul	Ron Hill	2:13:42	Derek Clayton AUS	2:15:40	Jim Alder	2:18:18
1970	Windsor to Chiswick *	13 Jun	Don Faircloth	2:18:15	Chris Wade	2:19:15	Bob Richardson	2:20:12
1971	Manchester	13 Jun	Ron Hill	2:12:39	Trevor Wright	2:13:27	Jürgen Busch GDR	2:14:03
1972	Manchester	4 Jun	Lutz Philipp FRG	2:12:50	Ron Hill	2:12:51	Don Macgregor	2:15:06
1973	Harlow	27 Oct	Ian Thompson	2:12:40	Ron Hill	2:13:22	Colin Kirkham	2:15:25
1974	Windsor *	15 Jun	Akio Usami JPN	2:15:16	Bernie Plain	2:18:32	Eckhard Lesse GDR	2:18:44
1975	Stoke-on-Trent	1 Jun	Jeff Norman	2:15:50	Keith Angus	2:16:14	Colin Kirkham	2:16:22
1976	Rotherham	8 May	Barry Watson	2:15:08	Jeff Norman	2:15:17	Keith Angus	2:15:55
1977	Rugby	7 May	Dave Cannon	2:15:02	Colin Kirkham	2:16:02	Graham Dugdale	2:17:16
1978	Sandbach	7 May	Tony Simmons	2:12:33	Jeff Norman	2:12:50	Trevor Wright	2:13:00
1979	Coventry	13 May	Greg Hannon	2:13:06	Bernie Ford	2:14:15	Michael Koussis GRE	2:19:42
1980	Milton Keynes	3 May	Ian Thompson	2:14:00	David Black	2:14:28	Andy Holden	2:15:18
1981	Rugby	10 May	Hugh Jones	2:14:07	Andy Holden	2:16:04	Mike Gratton	2:16:40
1982	Gateshead	13 Jun	Steve Kenyon	2:11:40	Dave Cannon	2:12:49	Ian Ray	2:14:08
	From 1983, the London Marathon incorporated the AAA title
1983	London	17 Apr	Mike Gratton	2:09:43	Gerry Helme	2:10:12	Jim Dingwall	2:11:44
1984	London	13 May	Charlie Spedding	2:09:57	Kevin Forster	2:11:41	Dennis Fowles	2:12:12
1985	London	21 Apr	Steve Jones	2:08:16	Charlie Spedding	2:08:33	Allister Hutton	2:09:16
1986	London	20 Apr	Hugh Jones	2:11:42	Allister Hutton	2:12:36	Ieuan Ellis	2:14:38
1987	London	10 May	Hugh Jones	2:10:11	Charlie Spedding	2:10:32	John Graham	2:12:32
	From 1988 to 1996 (excluding 1993) foreign athletes were eligible for the AAA title
1988	London	17 Apr	Henrik Jørgensen DEN	2:10:20	Kevin Forster	2:10:52	Kazuyoshi Kudo JPN	2:10:59
1989	London	23 Apr	Douglas Wakiihuri KEN	2:09:03	Steve Moneghetti AUS	2:09:06	Ahmed Salah DJI	2:09:09
			(Best UK: 6. Tony Milovsorov 2:09:54)
1990	London	22 Apr	Allister Hutton	2:10:10	Salvatore Bettiol ITA	2:10:40	Juan Francisco Romera ESP	2:10:48
1991	London	21 Apr	Yakov Tolstikov URS	2:09:17	Manuel Matias POR	2:10:21	Jan Huruk POL	2:10:21
			(Best UK: 4. Dave Long 2:10:30)
1992	London	12 Apr	António Pinto POR	2:10:02	Jan Huruk POL	2:10:07	Thomas Naali TAN	2:10:08
			(Best UK: 5. Paul Evans 2:10:36)
1993	London	18 Apr	Eamonn Martin	2:10:50	Dave Buzza	2:12:24	Hugh Jones	2:16:35
1994	London	17 Apr	Dionicio Cerón MEX	2:08:53	Abebe Mekonnen ETH	2:09:17	Germán Silva MEX	2:09:18
			(Best UK: 8. Eamonn Martin 2:11:05)
1995	London	2 Apr	Dionicio Cerón MEX	2:08:30	Steve Moneghetti AUS	2:08:33	António Pinto POR	2:08:48
			(Best UK: 5. Paul Evans 2:10:31)
1996	London	21 Apr	Dionicio Cerón MEX	2:10:00	Vincent Rousseau BEL	2:10:26	Paul Evans	2:10:40
1997	London	13 Apr	Paul Evans	2:09:18	Dave Buzza	2:14:17	Dan Rathbone	2:18:44
1998	London	26 Apr	Mark Hudspith	2:14:19	Billy Burns	2:16:11	Alan Chilton	2:17:07
1999	London	18 Apr	Mark Hudspith	2:15:11	Ian Hudspith	2:15:47	Dave Buzza	2:17:39
2000	London	16 Apr	Mark Hudspith	2:15:16	Billy Burns	2:15:42	Mark Croasdale	2:16:02
2001	London	22 Apr	Mark Steinle	2:10:46	Mark Hudspith	2:13:12	Billy Burns	2:18:29
2002	London	14 Apr	Mark Steinle	2:09:17	Billy Burns	2:17:36	Dan Robinson	2:17:51
2003	London	13 Apr	Chris Cariss	2:17:57	Huw Lobb	2:18:30	Darran Bilton	2:20:50
2004	London	18 Apr	Jon Brown	2:13:39	Dan Robinson	2:13:53	Chris Cariss	2:15:08
2005	London	17 Apr	Jon Brown	2:09:31	Huw Lobb	2:14:33	Kassa Tadesse	2:15:09
2006	London	23 Apr	Peter Riley	2:14:31	Huw Lobb	2:15:38	Tomas Abyu	2:15:50
	National Championships
	Note that the AAA also used the London Marathon as its championship, but only Englishmen were eligible
2007	London	22 Apr	Dan Robinson	2:14:14	Andi Jones	2:17:49	Richie Gardiner	2:20:26
2008	London	13 Apr	Dan Robinson	2:13:10	Tomas Abyu	2:15:49	Peter Riley	2:18:21
2009	London	26 Apr	Andi Jones	2:15:20	Ben Whitby	2:18:14	Richie Gardiner	2:19:48
2010	London	25 Apr	Andrew Lemoncello	2:13:40	Andi Jones	2:16:38	Ben Moreau	2:16:46
2011	London	17 Apr	Lee Merrien	2:14:27	Andrew Lemoncello	2:15:24	Dave Webb	2:17:41
2012	London	22 Apr	Lee Merrien	2:13:41	John Beattie	2:16:38	Phil Anthony	2:16:40
2013	London	21 Apr	Derek Hawkins	2:16:50	John Gilbert	2:17:43	Ross Houston	2:19:22
			(Phil Wicks 2:19:07 was the third Briton to finish, but was not entered in the UK Championship)
2014	London	13 Apr	Mo Farah	2:08:21	Chris Thompson	2:11:19	Stephen Way	2:16:27
2015	London	26 Apr	Scott Overall	2:13:13	Ian Kimpton	2:15:55	Mathew Hynes	2:16:00
2016	London	24 Apr	Callum Hawkins	2:10:52	Tsegai Tewelde	2:12:23	Derek Hawkins	2:12:57
2017	London	23 Apr	Josh Griffiths	2:14:49	Robbie Simpson	2:15:04	Andrew Davies	2:15:11
2018	London	22 Apr	Mo Farah	2:06:21 NR	Jonathan Mellor	2:17:55	John Gilbert	2:20:19
2019	London	28 Apr	Mo Farah	2:05:39	Callum Hawkins	2:08:14	Dewi Griffiths	2:11:46
2020	no championship
2021	London	3 Oct	Philip Sesemann	2:12:58	Josh Griffiths	2:13:39	Matthew Leach	2:15:31
2022	no championship
2023	no championship
2024	no championship

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Donald Robertson	6	1	1	8	1932-1947	15
Brian Kilby	5	1		6	1960-1965	5
Sam Ferris	3	1	1	5	1925-1930	5
Duncan Wright	2	2	1	5	1925-1932	7
Ron Hill	2	2	1	5	1966-1973	7
Tom Richards		4	1	5	1946-1951	5
Jack Holden	4			4	1947-1950	3
Jim Peters	4			4	1951-1954	3
Mark Hudspith	3	1		4	1998-2001	3
Hugh Jones	3		1	4	1981-1993	12
Dan Robinson	2	1	1	4	2002-2008	6
Albert Norris	1	2	1	4	1933-1937	4
Billy Burns		3	1	4	1998-2002	4
Other top winners
Dionicio Cerón MEX	3			3	1994-1996	2
Mo Farah	3			3	2014-2019	5

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