United Kingdom Track and Field All-Time Lists

IAAF WORLD HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

The inaugural championships in 1992 were held in conjunction with the Great North Run.

BRITISH TEAM PLACINGS AND MEDALS BY YEAR
    Men   Women GOLD   SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1992 Newcastle-South Shields 2nd 2nd 1 2 - 3
1993 Brussels 3rd 4th - - 2 2
1994 Oslo 12th 9th - - - 0
1995 Montbéliard-Belfort 16th 8th - - - 0
1996 Palma de Mallorca 11th 9th - - - 0
1997 Košice 18th 10th - - - 0
1998 Zürich DNS 15th - - - 0
1999 Palermo 13th 8th - - - 0
2000 Veracruz 17th 6th 1 - - 1
2001 Bristol 11th 4th 1 - - 1
2002 Brussels DNS DNS - - - 0
2003 Vilamoura DNS 5th 1 - - 1
2004 New Delhi DNS DNS - - - 0
2005 Edmonton DNS 5th - - - 0
  TOTAL     4 2 2 8

Britain did not enter competitors in the Junior Men's championships held in 1992 & 1993.

BRITISH MEDALLISTS BY EVENT
MEN'S HALF MARATHON (INDIVIDUAL)BRONZE1Carl Thackery 1993 [1:01:13]
MEN'S HALF MARATHON (TEAM)SILVER1GBR {David Lewis, Paul Evans, Carl Thackery} 1992 [3:04:54]
BRONZE1GBR {Thackery, Mark Flint, Lewis} 1993 [3:06:10]
WOMEN'S HALF MARATHON (INDIVIDUAL)GOLD4Liz McColgan 1992 [1:08:53], Paula Radcliffe 2000 [1:09:07], 2001 [1:06:47] & 2003 [1:07:35]
WOMEN'S HALF MARATHON (TEAM)SILVER1GBR {Liz McColgan, Andrea Wallace, Suzanne Rigg} 1992 [3:33:05]

IAAF WORLD WOMEN'S ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Subsequently replaced by the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

BRITISH TEAM PLACINGS AND MEDALS BY YEAR
      Women GOLD   SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1983 San Diego 10km 4th 1 - - 1
1984 Madrid 10km 1st 1 - 1 2
1985 Gateshead 15km 1st 1 - 1 2
1986 Lisbon 15km 6th - - - 0
1987 Monte Carlo 15km 3rd - - 1 1
1988 Adelaide 15km 13th - - - 0
1989 Rio de Janeiro 15km 4th - - - 0
1990 Dublin 15km 7th - - - 0
1991 Nieuwegein 15km 7th - 1 - 1
  TOTAL     3 1 3 7
BRITISH MEDALLISTS BY EVENT
WOMEN'S 10 KILOMETRES (INDIVIDUAL)GOLD1Wendy Sly 1983 [32:23]
BRONZE1Carole Bradford 1984 [33:25]
WOMEN'S 15 KILOMETRES (INDIVIDUAL)SILVER1Andrea Wallace 1991 [48:43]
BRONZE1Carole Bradford 1985 [49:59]
WOMEN'S TEAMGOLD2GBR {Carole Bradford, Debbie Peel, Carol Haigh/Greenwood} 1984 [1:41:24],
GBR {Bradford, Paula Fudge, Wendy Sly} 1985 [19]
BRONZE1GBR {Fudge, Marina Samy/Stedman, Sally Ellis} 1987 [46]

IAAF WORLD ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Held biennially over the Marathon distance. The event was discontinued after 1998. The IAAF also arranged a World Challenge Road Relay at Hiroshima in 1986 with Britain's men finishing 2nd and women 4th.

BRITISH TEAM PLACINGS AND MEDALS BY YEAR
    Men   Women GOLD   SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1992 Funchal 3rd DNF - - 1 1
1994 Litochoro 5th 8th - - - 0
1996 Copenhagen 8th 7th - - - 0
1998 Manaus 11th DNS - - - 0
  TOTAL     0 0 1 1
BRITISH MEDALLISTS BY EVENT
MEN'S TEAMBRONZE1GBR {Carl Udall, Dave Clarke, John Mayock, Colin Walker, John Sherban, David Lewis} 1992 [2:02:34]
WOMEN'S TEAMNone

IAAF WORLD MARATHON CUP

Held in conjunction with the London Marathon in 1991 and the IAAF World Championships in Athletics Marathon since 1997.

BRITISH TEAM PLACINGS BY YEAR
    Men   Women     Men   Women
1985 Hiroshima 10th 6th 1997 Marathon-Athens DNF 6th
1987 Seoul 8th 5th 1999 Seville DNS DNS
1989 Milan DNS 11th 2001 Edmonton DNS DNS
1991 London 1st 7th 2003 Paris DNS DNS
1993 San Sebastián 3rd 8th 2005 Helsinki DNS 3rd
1995 Marathon-Athens 9th 5th        
HIGHEST BRITISH PLACINGS BY EVENT
MEN'S MARATHON1st1Richard Nerurkar 1993 [2:10:03]
WOMEN'S MARATHON1st1Paula Radcliffe 2005 [2:20:57]

EUROPEAN MARATHON CUP

Held in conjunction with the European Championships Marathon since 1994.

BRITISH TEAM PLACINGS BY YEAR
    Men   Women     Men   Women
1981 Agen 7th   1994 Helsinki 6th 6th
1983 Laredo 6th   1998 Budapest DNS DNS
1985 Rome 4th 6th 2002 Munich DNS DNS
1988 Huy 4th 8th        
HIGHEST BRITISH PLACINGS BY EVENT
MEN'S MARATHON4thRichard Nerurkar 1994 [2:11:56]
WOMEN'S MARATHON11thDanielle Sanderson 1994 [2:36:29]
4thPriscilla Welch 1983 [2:42:26] - individual race

MAJOR CITY MARATHONS

HIGHEST BRITISH PLACINGS BY EVENT (MEN)
BERLIN1st4Norman Wilson 1977 [2:16:21], Ian Ray 1981 [2:15:42], Jimmy Ashworth 1985 [2:11:43], Steve Brace 1991 [2:10:57]
BOSTON1st3Ron Hill 1970 [2:10:30], Geoff Smith 1984 [2:10:34] & 1985 [2:14:05]
CHICAGO1st5Steve Jones 1984 [2:08:05] & 1985 [2:07:13], Paul Davies-Hale 1989 [2:11:25], Eamonn Martin 1995 [2:11:18], Paul Evans 1996 [2:08:52]
FUKUOKA1st1Bill Adcocks 1968 [2:10:48]
LONDON1st6Hugh Jones 1982 [2:09:24], Mike Gratton 1983 [2:09:43], Charlie Spedding 1984 [2:09:57], Steve Jones 1985 [2:08:16], Allister Hutton 1990 [2:10:10], Eamonn Martin 1993 [2:10:50]
NEW YORK1st1Steve Jones 1988 [2:08:20]
PARIS1st4Dave Cannon 1981 [2:11:44-tie], Ian Thompson 1982 [2:14:07], Steve Brace 1989 [2:13:03] & 1990 [2:13:10]
ROTTERDAM1st1John Graham 1981 [2:09:28]
TOKYO2ndHugh Jones 1982 [2:10:41]
HIGHEST BRITISH PLACINGS BY EVENT (WOMEN)
BERLIN1st2Jean Lochhead 1982 [2:47:05], Karen Goldhawk/Holdsworth 1983 [2:40:32]
BOSTON2ndLynne Huntington 1985 [2:42:15]
CHICAGO1st3Marian Sutton 1996 [2:30:41] & 1997 [2:29:03], Paula Radcliffe 2002 [2:17:18]
LONDON1st7Joyce Smith 1981 [2:19:57] & 1982 [2:29:43], Véronique Marot 1989 [2:25:56], Liz McColgan 1996 [2:27:54], Paula Radcliffe 2002 [2:18:56], 2003 [2:15:25] & 2005 [2:17:42]
NEW YORK1st3Priscilla Welch 1987 [2:30:17], Liz McColgan 1991 [2:27:32], Paula Radcliffe 2004 [2:23:10]
OSAKA3rdKath Binns 1983 [2:37:01]
PARIS1st2Gillian Adams/Horovitz 1980 [2:39:18], Maureen Hurst/Laney 1985 [2:43:31]
ROTTERDAM3rdElaine Statham 1988 [2:51:54] & Sue Reinsford 2000 [2:33.41]
TOKYO1st3Joyce Smith 1979 [2:37:48] & 1980 [2:30:27], Liz McColgan 1992 [2:27:38]
OTHER ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP PAGES
World and Continental Road Race Championship and Cup Medallists and Winners - complete listing
International Marathons - complete listing of winners of 19 of the world's major races
British Road Race Championships
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