List of British champions in marathon

The British marathon athletics champions covers two competitions; the AAA Championships (1925-1982) and the London Marathon from 1983.

Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships or London Marathon the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.

Past winners

Year	Men's champion	Women's champion
1925	Sam Ferris	nc
1926	Sam Ferris (2)	nc
1927	Sam Ferris (3)	nc
1928	Harry Payne	nc
1929	Harry Payne (2)	nc
1930	Duncan Wright	nc
1931	Duncan Wright (2)	nc
1932	Donald Robertson	nc
1933	Donald Robertson (2)	nc
1934	Donald Robertson (3)	nc
1935	Albert Norris	nc
1936	Donald Robertson (4)	nc
1937	Donald Robertson (5)	nc
1938	John Beman	nc
1939	Donald Robertson (6)	nc
1940–1945	Not held due to World War II
1946	Squire Yarrow	nc
1947	Jack Holden	nc
1948	Jack Holden (2)	nc
1949	Jack Holden (3)	nc
1950	Jack Holden (4)	nc
1951	Jim Peters (3)	nc
1952	Jim Peters (2)	nc
1953	Jim Peters	nc
1954	Jim Peters (4)	nc
1955	Bill McMinnis	nc
1956	Harry Hicks	nc
1957	Edward Kirkup	nc
1958	Colin Kemball	nc
1959	Christopher Fleming-Smith	nc
1960	Brian Kilby	nc
1961	Brian Kilby (2)	nc
1962	Brian Kilby (3)	nc
1963	Brian Kilby (4)	nc
1964	Brian Kilby (5)	nc
1965	Bill Adcocks	nc
1966	Graham Taylor	nc
1967	Jim Alder	nc
1968	Tim Johnston	nc
1969	Ron Hill	nc
1970	Don Faircloth	nc
1971	Ron Hill (2)	nc
1972	Ron Hill (3)	nc
1973	Ian Thompson	nc
1974	Bernie Plain	nc
1975	Jeff Norman	nc
1976	Barry Watson	nc
1977	Dave Cannon	nc
1978	Tony Simmons	Margaret Lockley
1979	Greg Hannon	Joyce Smith
1980	Ian Thompson (2)	Joyce Smith (2)
1981	Hugh Jones	Leslie Watson
1982	Steve Kenyon	Kathryn Binns
London Marathon started
1983	Mike Gratton	Glynis Penny
1984	Charlie Spedding	Priscilla Welch
1985	Steve Jones	Sarah Rowell
1986	Hugh Jones (2)	Ann Ford
1987	Hugh Jones (3)	Priscilla Welch (2)
1988	Kevin Forster	Ann Ford (2)
1989	Tony Milovsorov	Véronique Marot
1990	Allister Hutton	Nicky McCracken
1991	Dave Long	Sally Ellis
1992	Paul Evans	Andrea Wallace
1993	Eamonn Martin	Liz McColgan
1994	Eamonn Martin (2)	Sally Ellis (2)
1995	Paul Evans (2)	Liz McColgan (2)
1996	Paul Evans (3)	Liz McColgan (3)
1997	Paul Evans (4)	Liz McColgan (4)
1998	Mark Hudspith	Liz McColgan (5)
1999	Mark Hudspith (2)	Nicola Scales
2000	Mark Hudspith (3)	Lynne MacDougall
2001	Mark Steinle	Lynne MacDougall (2)
2002	Mark Steinle (2)	Paula Radcliffe
2003	Chris Cariss	Paula Radcliffe (2)
2004	Jon Brown	Tracey Morris
2005	Jon Brown (2)	Paula Radcliffe (3)
2006	Peter Riley	Mara Yamauchi
2007	Dan Robinson	Mara Yamauchi (2)
2008	Dan Robinson (2)	Liz Yelling
2009	Andi Jones	Mara Yamauchi (3)
2010	Andrew Lemoncello	Mara Yamauchi (4)
2011	Lee Merrien	Jo Pavey
2012	Lee Merrien (2)	Claire Hallissey
2013	Derek Hawkins	Susan Partridge
2014	Mo Farah	Amy Whitehead
2015	Scott Overall	Sonia Samuels
2016	Callum Hawkins	Alyson Dixon
2017	Josh Griffiths	Alyson Dixon (2)
2018	Mo Farah (2)	Lily Partridge
2019	Mo Farah (3)	Charlotte Purdue
2020	Not held due to COVID
2021	Philip Sesemann	Charlotte Purdue (2)
2022	Weynay Ghebresilasie	Rose Harvey
2023	Emile Cairess	Samantha Harrison
2024	Emile Cairess (2)	Mhairi MacLennan

nc = not contested