1989 AAA Championships

The 1989 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 11 to 13 August at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom, ahead of the 1989 UK Athletics Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The men's decathlon and women's heptathlon, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events were hosted in Stoke-on-Trent. The women's triple jump was held in Middlesbrough and the women's 10 km road walk was held in Leeds.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Linford Christie	10.16	Marcus Adam	10.34	John Regis	10.39
200 metres	Marcus Adam	20.78	Ade Mafe	20.95	Linford Christie	21.02
400 metres	Phil Brown	46.26	Todd Bennett	46.40	Peter Crampton	46.43
800 metres	Ikem Billy	1:48.01	Matthew Yates	1:48.54	Kevin McKay	1:48.97
1500 metres	Sebastian Coe	3:41.38	Tony Morrell	3:41.93	Neil Horsfield	3:42.14
3000 metres	Matt Giusto (USA)	8:00.38	Tony Leonard	8:04.92	Geoff Turnbull	8:06.01
5000 metres	Mark Rowland	13:32.05	Eamonn Martin	13:32.59	Gary Staines	13:34.83
10,000 metres	Eamonn Martin	28:13.69	Tim Hutchings	28:15.97	Gary Staines	28:17.54
3000 metres steeplechase	Colin Walker	8:35.73	Eddie Wedderburn	8:35.86	Mick Hawkins	8:45.36
110 m hurdles	Colin Jackson	13.19	David Nelson	13.57	Nigel Walker	13.80
400 m hurdles	Max Robertson	50.30	Alain Cuypers (BEL)	50.63	Mark Bishop	51.39
10,000 m walk	Mark Easton	41:39.93	Darrell Stone	42:08.44	Paul Blagg	42:53.18
High jump	Dalton Grant	2.33 m	John Holman	2.20 m	Steve Chapman	2.15 m
Pole vault	Mike Edwards	5.20 m	Simon Arkell (AUS) Ian Tullett	5.10 m	Not awarded
Long jump	Stewart Faulkner	8.13 m	John King	7.89 m	Barrington Williams	7.81 m
Triple jump	Jonathan Edwards	16.53 m	Vernon Samuels	16.24 m	Eric McCalla	16.14 m
Shot put	Simon Williams	18.73 m	Matt Simson	17.75 m	Paul Edwards	17.27 m
Discus throw	Paul Mardle	57.90 m	Abi Ekoku	56.82 m	Steve Casey	56.66 m
Hammer throw	Jud Logan (USA)	72.34 m	Paul Head	70.32 m	David Smith	68.96 m
Javelin throw	Steve Backley	83.16 m	Mick Hill	79.94 m	Mark Roberson	78.64 m
Decathlon	Alex Kruger	7646 pts	Mark Bishop	7863 pts	Eugene Gilkes	7466 pts

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Paula Dunn	11.32w	Stephi Douglas	11.34w	Phylis Smith	11.61w
200 metres	Paula Dunn	23.43	Jenni Stoute	23.61	Linda Keough	23.69
400 metres	Linda Keough	51.09	Jenni Stoute	51.53	Angela Piggford	53.18
800 metres	Diane Edwards	2:01.24	Ann Williams	2:01.84	Lorraine Baker	2:02.23
1500 metres	Bev Nicholson	4:09.34	Alison Wyeth	4:10.83	Shireen Bailey	4:11.15
3000 metres	Alison Wyeth	9:11.12	Ruth Partridge	9:11.27	Sonia McGeorge	9:12.12
5000 metres	Sue Crehan	16:18.55	Sarah Ing	16:43.20	Kay Gillingham	17:01.33
10,000 metres	Jill Hunter	33:01.6	Angie Pain	33:04.6	Sue Crehan	33:08.5
100 m hurdles	Sally Gunnell	13.26	Kay Morley	13.35	Lesley-Ann Skeete	13.38
400 m hurdles	Wendy Cearns	56.05	Lorraine Hanson	56.70	Gowry Retchakan	57.17
5000 m walk	Betty Sworowski	22:30.59	Lisa Langford	23:40.68	Sarah Brown	24:05.38
10 km walk	Lisa Langford Betty Sworowski	47:15	Not awarded		Julie Drake	48:55
High jump	Diana Davies	1.85 m	Michele Wheeler	1.85 m	Janet Boyle Louise Gittens Sharon Hutchings	1.80 m
Long jump	Nicole Boegman (AUS)	6.74 m	Fiona May	6.62 m	Kim Hagger	6.54 m
Triple jump	Evette Finikin	12.27 m	Allison Forbes	12.22 m	Emma Baker	10.97 m
Shot put	Myrtle Augee	17.51 m	Yvonne Hanson-Nortey	16.38 m	Maggie Lynes	16.06 m
Discus throw	Janette Picton	53.22 m	Sharon Andrews	52.84 m	Karen Pugh	51.58 m
Javelin throw	Tessa Sanderson	58.64 m	Caroline White	52.88 m	Mandy Liverton	52.80 m
Heptathlon	Kim Hagger	6126 pts	Joanne Mulliner	5677 pts	Yinka Idowu	5496 pts