The 2022 British Athletics Championships was the national championships in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, which also served as a qualifying event for the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Background The 2022 British Athletics Championships were held from the 24–24 June 2022 at the Manchester Regional Arena. The event was used to determine British qualifiers for the 2022 World Athletics Championships. The Championships were broadcast on the BBC Sport website.
The British title for the 10,000 metres event was held in May 2022 at the Night of the 10,000m PBs event. The women's race was won by Jessica Judd, who qualified for the World Championships as a result. The men's competition was won by Italian Yeman Crippa, with Sam Atkin as the highest finishing Briton, and thus the British title winner.
Highlights
Daryll Neita won the women's 100 and 200 metres events, the first time since 2010 that a woman had won both races at the same British Athletics Championships. Neita missed the qualifying time for the 200 metres event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships by 0.01 seconds; her times at these Championships were excluded from the qualification criteria as both races had a large tail wind. Jeremiah Azu won the men's 100 metres event, and both Neita and Azu's victories were considered upsets, as Dina Asher-Smith and Reece Prescod were considered the favourites for the events. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake won the men's 200 metres event in a championship record time of 20.05 seconds. Victoria Ohuruogu, the sister of former Olympic gold medallist Christine, won the 400 metres event. Matthew Hudson-Smith won the men's 400 metres race in a British Championships record time of 44.92 seconds. Tade Ojora won the men's 110 metres hurdles event for the second consecutive year, but also missed out on qualifying for the World Championships due to a large tail wind.
In the field events, Holly Bradshaw won her tenth pole vault championship. Charlotte Payne won the hammer throw event with the third best throw by a British woman in history. Jade Lally won her eighth British discus throw title, and Lorraine Ugen won her fifth British long jump title. Elliot Thompson, the son of Daley Thompson, won the decathlon event. It was his first British title.
The 400 metres wheelchair events were won by Nathan Maguire and Hannah Cockroft respectively. Melanie Woods and Eden Rainbow-Cooper finished second and third respectively in the women's race.
Results Men 100 metresJeremiah Azu 9.90Reece Prescod 9.94Zharnel Hughes 9.97200 metresNethaneel Mitchell-Blake 20.05 Joe Ferguson 20.23 Jeriel Quainoo 20.40 400 metresMatthew Hudson-Smith 44.92Lewis Davey 46.18 Rio Mitcham 46.22 800 metresMax Burgin 1:44.54Daniel Rowden 1:45.58 Kyle Langford 1:46.341500 metresJake Wightman 3:40.26Neil Gourley 3:40.38Josh Kerr 3:40.635000 metresMarc Scott 13:42.83James West 13:44.47 Jack Rowe 13:45.30 10,000 metresSam Atkin 27:31.98Emile Cairess 27:34.08 Ben Connor 27:51.82 110 metres hurdlesTade Ojora 13.27Joshua Zeller 13.31David King 13.38400 metres hurdlesAlastair Chalmers 49.21Chris McAlister 49.40Jacob Paul 49.893000 metres steeplechaseJamaine Coleman 8:27:01 Zak Seddon 8:28.26Phil Norman 8:34.475000 metres walkTom Bosworth 19:51.21Christopher Snook 21:20.14Luc Legon 22:33:18 Long jumpReynold Banigo 8.00 mJack Roach 7.88 mSamuel Khogali 7.83 m High jumpJoel Clarke-Khan 2.21 mDavid Smith 2.18 m Kelechi Aguocha 2.18 m Triple jumpBen Williams 16.76 mJude Bright-Davies 16.10 mSeun Okome 16.09 mPole vaultHarry Coppell 5.75 m Adam Hague 5.40 mLazarus Benjamin 5.30 m Shot putScott Lincoln 20.40 mYoucef Zatat 18.21 mPatrick Swan 17.24 m Discus throwNicholas Percy 65.00 m Zane Duquemin 63.76 m Greg Thompson 61.23 m Hammer throwNick Miller 73.84 mOsian Jones 69.68 mJake Norris 68.79 mJavelin throwJames Whiteaker 74.06 mBenjamin East 73.49 m Daniel Bainbridge 71.35 mDecathlonElliot Thompson 7197Caius Joseph 7169Jack Turner 7121
Women 100 metresDaryll Neita 10.80Dina Asher-Smith 10.87Imani Lansiquot 11.03200 metresDaryll Neita 22.34Beth Dobbin 22.49Imani Lansiquot 22.70400 metresVictoria Ohuruogu 51.45Nicole Yeargin 51.69Laviai Nielsen 51.97800 metresJemma Reekie 2:06.03Ellie Baker 2:06.26Isabelle Boffey 2:06.59 1500 metresLaura Muir 4:12.91Melissa Courtney-Bryant 4:17.72Sabrina Sinha 4:19.765000 metresAmy-Eloise Markovc 15:37.23 Jessica Judd 15:38.39Sarah Inglis 15:39.5510,000 metresJessica Judd 31:22.26Amy-Eloise Markovc 31:25.57 Samantha Harrison 31:30.63100 metres hurdlesCindy Sember 12.56Jessica Hunter 12.79Alicia Barrett 12.98400 metres hurdlesJessie Knight 55.08Lina Nielsen 55.32Hayley Mclean 56.743000 metres steeplechaseElizabeth Bird 9:46.16Aimee Pratt 9:49.32Elise Thorner 9:57.065000 metres walkBethan Davies 22:30.59Gracie Griffiths 25:18.40 Abigail Jennings 25:26.23Long jumpLorraine Ugen 6.79 mJazmin Sawyers 6.67 mLucy Hadaway 6.45 mHigh jumpMorgan Lake 1.85 m Emily Borthwick 1.85 mKate Anson 1.79 m Triple jumpNaomi Metzger 14.17 mSineade Gutzmore 13.36 m Lily Hulland 12.84 m Pole vaultHolly Bradshaw 4.50 mMolly Caudery 4.50 mJade Ivy 4.30 m Shot putAdele Nicoll 17.59 m Sophie McKinna 17.49 m Divine Oladipo 17.20 mDiscus throwJade Lally 61.42 mKirsty Law 55.18 mAmy Holder 54.54 mHammer throw Charlotte Payne 70.59 m Jessica Mayho 65.73 m Katie Head 65.58 mJavelin throwBekah Walton 51.87 mEmily Dibble 51.54 m Emma Hamplett 49.02 mHeptathlonJodie Smith 5929 Ella Rush 5469Eloise Hind 5318
Parasports – Men 100 metres ambulantZac Shaw 10.66Thomas Young 10.80Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker 11.03400 metres wheelchair raceNathan Maguire 51.37Moatez Jomni 56.44Isaac Towers 58.471500 metres Paralympic raceSteven Bryce 4:11.57Kieran O'Hara 4:12.67Daniel Wolff 4:13.23
Parasports – Women 100 metres ambulantSophie Hahn 12.82Ali Smith 13.09Hetty Bartlett 13.25400 metres wheelchair raceHannah Cockroft 58.79Melanie Woods 1:00.54Eden Rainbow-Cooper 1:05.88
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