TheBritish 110 metres hurdles athletics champions (men) and 100 metres hurdles athletics champions (women) covers four competitions; the currentBritish Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding LAC Championships (1866-1879), theAAA Championships (1880-2006) and finally theUK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.
The most successful athlete in the event wasColin Jackson who won 18 national titles across 11 years in the AAA Championship/UK Athletics Championship era, winning both titles in seven of those years. The most 'undisputed' titles won is 9 byDon Finlay in the AAA era.Tiffany Porter andSally Gunnell each won seven titles; Gunnell also won a UK Championship title in the dual championships era.Shirley Strong won nine titles in the dual championship era, six in the AAA Championship continuity and three in the UK Championships covering six years.
AAC Championships
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|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Thomas Milvain |
| 1867 | Arthur Law |
| 1868 | William Tennent |
| 1869 | George Nunn |
| 1870 | John Stirling |
| 1871 | Edward Garnier |
| 1872 | John Stirling |
| 1873 | Hugh Upcher |
| 1874 | Hugh Upcher |
| 1875 | Hugh Upcher |
| 1876 | Alfred Loder |
| 1877 | John Reay |
| 1878 | Samuel Palmer |
| 1879 | Samuel Palmer / Charles Lockton |
