U.K. World Championship Medallists

World Champions by event
(Men)
 100m       Linford CHRISTIE   1993
 1500m      Steve CRAM         1983
 Marathon   Richard NERURKAR   1993*
 110mH      Colin JACKSON      1993, 1999                                  
 Triple J.  Jonathan EDWARDS   1995, 2001
 Decathlon  Daley THOMPSON     1983
 20km Walk  Ken MATTHEWS       1961+, 1963+
 4x400m     National Team      1991  Roger BLACK, Derek REDMOND, 
                                     John REGIS, Kriss AKABUSI
 X-Country  Ian STEWART        1975
 (Indoors)
 200m       John REGIS         1989
 400m       Jamie BAULCH       1999
            Daniel CAINES      2001
 800m       Tom McKEAN         1993
 60mH       Colin JACKSON      1999
 
(Women)
 10000m     Kath BINNS         1980
            Liz McCOLGAN       1991
 15km Road  Wendy SLY          1983
 Half-Mar.  Liz McCOLGAN       1992
            Paula RADCLIFFE    2000, 2001
 400mH      Sally GUNNELL      1993
 Javelin    Fatima WHITBREAD   1987
 5km Walk   Marion FAWKES      1979+
 X-Country  Zola BUDD          1985, 1986
            Paula RADCLIFFE    2001, 2002
 (Indoors)
 3000m      Yvonne MURRAY      1993
 Triple J.  Ashia HANSEN       1999
            
 * Marathon World Cup
 + Race Walking World Cup

The following is an index of all U.K. athletes who have won medals in I.A.A.F. World Championships (but excluding team scoring competitions). The meeting codes are as follows :- WCh - World Championships WHM - World Half-Marathon Championship WIC - World Indoor Championships WIG - World Indoor Games WMC - World Marathon Cup WRD - World Road Race Championship WRR - World Road Relay Championship WRW - World Race Walking Cup WXC - World Cross-Country Championships
(Men) AKABUSI, Kriss 28 Nov 58 WCh87 4x400m(S) WCh91 400mH(B), 4x400m(G) BACKLEY, Stephen 12 Feb 69 WCh95 Javelin(S) WCh97 Javelin(S) BAULCH, James 3 May 73 WCh97 4x400m(S) WIC97 400m(S) WIC99 400m(G), 4x400m(B) BENNETT, Ainsley 22 Jul 54 WCh83 4x400m(B) BENNETT, Todd 6 Jul 62 WCh83 4x400m(B) WIG85 400m(S) BILLY, Ikem 25 Jan 64 WIG85 800m(B) BLACK, Roger 31 Mar 66 WCh87 4x400m(S) WCh91 400m(S), 4x400m(G) WCh97 4x400m(S) BRAITHWAITE, Darren 20 Jan 69 WCh91 4x100m(B) WCh97 4x100m(B) WIC95 60m(S) BROWN, Philip 6 Jan 62 WCh83 4x400m(B) WCh87 4x400m(S) BUCKNER, Jack 22 Sep 61 WCh87 5000m(B) CAINES, Daniel 15 May 79 WIC01 400m(G) CAMPBELL, Darren 12 Sep 73 WCh97 4x100m(B) WCh99 4x100m(S) CHAMBERS, Dwain 5 Apr 78 WCh99 100m(B), 4x100m(S) CHRISTIE, Linford 2 Apr 60 WCh87 100m(B) WCh91 4x100m(B) WCh93 100m(G), 4x100m(S) WIC91 60m(S), 200m(S) CLARKE, David 1 Jan 58 WRR92 Road Relay(B) CONDON, Allyn 24 Aug 74 WIC99 4x400m(B) COOK, Garry 10 Jan 58 WCh83 4x400m(B) CRAM, Stephen 14 Oct 60 WCh83 1500m(G) DENMARK, Robert 23 Nov 68 WIC91 3000m(B) DEVONISH, Marlon 1 Jun 76 WCh99 4x100m(S) EDWARDS, Jonathan 10 May 66 WCh93 Triple J.(B) WCh95 Triple J.(G) WCh97 Triple J.(S) WCh99 Triple J.(B) WCh01 Triple J.(G) WIC01 Triple J.(S) ELLIOTT, Peter 9 Oct 62 WCh87 800m(S) FORD, Bernard 3 Aug 52 WXC76 (B) GARDENER, Jason 18 Sep 75 WCh99 4x100m(S) WIC99 60m(B) GOLDING, Julian 17 Feb 75 WCh97 4x100m(B) HILL, Michael 22 Oct 64 WCh93 Javelin(B) HUTCHINGS, Timothy 4 Dec 58 WXC84 (S) WXC89 (S) JACKSON, Colin 18 Feb 67 WCh87 110mH(B) WCh93 110mH(G), 4x100m(S) WCh97 110mH(S) WCh99 110mH(G) WIC89 60mH(S) WIC93 60mH(S) WIC97 60mH(S) WIC99 60mH(G) JARRETT, Anthony 13 Aug 68 WCh91 110mH(B), 4x100m(B) WCh93 110mH(S), 4x100m(S) WCh95 110mH(S) WIC95 60mH(B) JONES, Stephen 4 Aug 55 WXC84 (B) LEWIS, David 15 Oct 61 WRR92 Road Relay(B) LEWIS-FRANCIS, Mark 4 Sep 82 WIC01 60m(B) MACEY, Dean 12 Dec 77 WCh99 Decathlon(S) WCh01 Decathlon(B) McKEAN, Thomas 27 Oct 63 WIC93 800m(G) MAFE, Adeoye 12 Nov 66 WIG85 200m(S) WIC89 200m(S) WIC91 200m(B) MALCOLM, Christian 3 Jun 79 WIC01 200m(S) MATTHEWS, Kenneth 21 Jun 34 WRW61 20kmW(G) WRW63 20kmW(G) MAYOCK, John 26 Oct 70 WRR92 Road Relay(B) NERURKAR, Richard 6 Jan 64 WMC93 Marathon(G) NIHILL, Paul 5 Sep 39 WRW63 20kmW(S) PATRICK, Adrian 15 Jun 73 WIC99 4x400m(B) REDMOND, Derek 3 Sep 65 WCh87 4x400m(S) WCh91 4x400m(G) REGIS, John 13 Oct 66 WCh87 200m(B) WCh91 4x100m(B), 4x400m(G) WCh93 200m(S), 4x100m(S) WIC89 200m(G) REITZ, Colin 6 Apr 60 WCh83 3kmSt(B) RICHARDSON, Mark 26 Jul 72 WCh97 4x400m(S) RIDGEON, Jonathan 14 Feb 67 WCh87 110mH(S) WIG85 60mH(B) ROSE, Nicholas 30 Dec 51 WXC80 (B) SHERBAN, John 30 Jul 64 WRR92 Road Relay(B) SIMMONS, Anthony 6 Oct 48 WXC76 (S) SMITH, Stephenson 29 Mar 73 WCh93 High J.(B) WIC93 High J.(B) STEWART,Ian 15 Jan 49 WXC75 (G) STRANG, David 13 Dec 68 WIC93 1500m(S) THACKERY, Carl 14 Oct 62 WHM93 Half-Marathon(B) THOMAS, Iwan 5 Jan 74 WCh97 4x400m(S) THOMPSON, Francis "Daley" 30 Jul 58 WCh83 Decathlon(G) UDALL, Carl 13 Jul 66 WRR92 Road Relay(B) WALKER, Colin 29 Oct 62 WRR92 Road Relay(B) WALKER, Douglas 28 Jul 73 WCh97 4x100m(B) WALKER, Nigel 15 Jun 63 WIC87 60mH(B) WARISO, Solomon 11 Nov 66 WIC99 4x400m(B) WILLIAMS, George .. ... 36 WRW61 20kmW(B) (Women) BAPTISTE, Joan 12 Oct 59 WCh83 4x100m(S) BINNS, Kathryn 13 Jan 58 WCh80 10000m(G) BRADFORD, Carole 3 Nov 61 WRD84 15km(B) WRD85 15km(B) BUDD, Zola 26 May 66 WXC85 (G) WXC86 (G) CALLENDER, Beverley 28 Aug 56 WCh83 4x100m(S) COOK, Kathryn 3 May 60 WCh83 200m(B), 4x100m(S) FAWKES, Marion 3 Dec 48 WRW79 5kmW(G) FINCH, Jane 8 Nov 57 WIG85 800m(S) GODDARD,Tracy 29 Nov 69 WCh93 4x400m(B) GUNNELL, Sally 29 Jul 66 WCh91 400mH(S) WCh93 400mH(G), 4x400m(B) HANSEN, Ashia 5 Dec 71 WIC97 Triple J.(S) WIC99 Triple J.(G) HOLMES, Kelly 19 Apr 70 WCh95 800m(B), 1500m(S) KEOUGH, Linda 26 Dec 63 WCh93 4x400m(B) LEWIS, Denise 27 Aug 72 WCh97 Heptathlon(S) WCh99 Heptathlon(S) LYNCH - see McCOLGAN McCOLGAN, Elizabeth 24 May 64 WCh91 10000m(G) WHM92 Half-Marathon(G) WIC89 3000m(S) WXC87 (S) (as LYNCH) WXC91 (B) MURRAY, Yvonne 4 Oct 64 WIC93 3000m(G) OAKES, Heather 14 Aug 59 WIG85 60m(S) RADCLIFFE, Paula 17 Dec 73 WCh99 10000m(S) WHM00 Half-Marathon(G) WXC97 (S) WXC98 8km(S) WXC99 8km(B) WXC01 4km(S), 8km(G) WXC02 8km(G) RIDLEY, Rita 4 Nov 46 WXC74 (B) SLY, Wendy 5 Nov 59 WRD83 15km(G) SMITH, Joyce 26 Oct 37 WXC73 (S) SMITH, Phylis 29 Sep 65 WCh93 4x400m(B) THOMAS, Shirley 15 Jun 63 WCh83 4x100m(S) TOOBY, Angela 24 Oct 60 WXC88 (S) TYSON, Carol 15 Dec 57 WRW79 5kmW(S) WALLACE, Andrea 22 Nov 66 WRD91 15km(S) WHITBREAD, Fatima 3 Mar 61 WCh83 Javelin(S) WCh87 Javelin(G)
See Women's marital names for a cross-reference of name changes.

For a full listing of medallists in major international championships, refer to Martin Rix's site


References :-
"Statistical History of U.K. Athletics", N.U.T.S. (1990)
"British Athletics" Annuals, N.U.T.S. (1959-2000)
"British All-Time Lists", Martin Rix & Rob Whittingham (Umbra, 1998)
"World Championships Statistics Handbook", Mark Butler (I.A.A.F., 1999)
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