The British 100 metres athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007, the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.

The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but those athletes were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship, with the highest ranking British athlete given that title.

Between 1977 and 1994, and again in 1997, two events effectively crowned national champions each year. The official UK Athletics Championships (not to be confused with the current championships, a rebranded British Athletics Championships) were specifically only open to British nationals and were organised by the national governing body. The AAA Championships continued, and due to their history, continued to be considered by both statisticians and athletes to be the more prestigious championships, with the exception of 1997 where the UK Championships were considered the principle championships for the only time. Winners at the UK Championships were nonetheless considered as having won a national title.

The UK Athletics Championships ceased to exist upon the insolvency of the governing body, the British Athletics Federation. The AAA championships continued until 2006, before they were replaced by the new British Athletics Championships.

The most successful sprinter in championships history is Linford Christie, who amassed nine in the AAA Championship continuity, in addition to six in the UK Championships. In total he won at least one version of the national title in eleven separate years. McDonald Bailey with seven titles and Dwain Chambers with eight, all in the single championship era, are the nearest challengers.

In women's sprinting, Paula Dunn accumulated five wins in the AAA Championship and three in the UK Championship - and on three occasions completed AAA/UK Championships doubles - but Joice Maduaka, with six titles in the single championships era, is considered the most successful female 100 metre sprinter in championships history.

*nc= no championship held

Past winners

(#) indicates the final victory of a multiple winner, and the number of titles they won; 1980-90s UK Athletics Championships titles are counted separately.

AAC Championships 100 yards, mens event only Year Men's champion1866Thomas Codmore1867John Ridley1868William Tennent1869John Wilson1870 Alfred Baker1871John Wilson (2)1872William Dawson1873 John Potter1874Jenner Davies1875John Potter (2)1876Montague Shearman1877 Henry MacDougall1878 Gerald Spencer1879 Melville Portal / Charles LocktonAAA Championships First Era 1880-19771880William Phillips1881William Phillips1882William Phillips (3)1883 James Cowie1884 James Cowie1885 James Cowie (3)1886 Arthur Wharton1887 Arthur Wharton (2)1888 Frank Ritchie1889 Ernest Pelling1890Ernest Parlby1891Ernest Kirkwood House1892 Charles Bradley1893Charles Bradley1894Charles Bradley1895Charles Bradley (4)1896Max Wittenberg1897J H Palmer1898Frederick Cooper1899Reginald Wadsley1900NBA1901Reginald Wadsley 1902Reginald Wadsley (3)1903F Rivers1904John Morton1905John Morton 1906John Morton 1907John Morton 1908John Morton (5)1909 Meyrick Chapman1910Willie Applegarth1911 Victor d'Arcy1912 Willie Applegarth 1913 Willie Applegarth 1914 Willie Applegarth (4)1919 William Hill1920Harry Edward1921Harry Edward (2) AAA Championships & WAAA Championships Year Men's champion Year Women's champion100 yards1922Harry Edward (3)1922 Nora Callebout1923Eric Liddell1923 Mary Lines1924Harold Abrahams1924Eileen Edwards1925Walter Rangeley1925Rose Thompson1926Jack London1926Florence Haynes1927Harold Hodge1927Eileen Edwards (2)1928Jack London1928Muriel Gunn1929Jack London (3)1929Ivy Walker1930Stanley Engelhart1930Eileen Hiscock1931 Ernest Page1931Nellie Halstead1932 Fred Reid1932Ethel Johnson1933 George Saunders1933Eileen Hiscock 1934 Arthur Sweeney1934Eileen Hiscock 1935 Arthur Sweeney1935Eileen Hiscock 1936 Arthur Sweeney 1936Eileen Hiscock (5)1937Cyril Holmes1937Winifred Jeffrey1938Maurice Scarr1938Betty Lock1939Arthur Sweeney (4)1939Betty Lock (2)1945nc1945Winifred Jordan1946 McDonald Bailey1946Maureen Gardner1947 McDonald Bailey1947Winifred Jordan1948 Alastair McCorquodale1948Winifred Jordan (4)1949 McDonald Bailey1949Sylvia Cheeseman1950 McDonald Bailey1950June Foulds1951 McDonald Bailey1951June Foulds 1952 McDonald Bailey 1952Heather Armitage1953 McDonald Bailey (7)1953Anne Pashley1954 George Ellis1954Anne Pashley (2)1955 Roy Sandstrom1955Margaret Francis1956 John Young1956June Paul (née Foulds) (3)1957 Ken Box1957Heather Young (2)1959 Ron Jones1958Madeleine Weston1959 Peter Radford1959Dorothy Hyman1960 Peter Radford 1960 Dorothy Hyman1961 David Jones1961Jenny Smart1962 Peter Radford (3)1962Dorothy Hyman1963 Berwyn Jones1963Dorothy Hyman 1964 Lynn Davies1964Daphne Arden1965 Barrie Kelly 1965Jill Hall1966 Barrie Kelly 1966Daphne Slater (2)1967Barrie Kelly (3)1967Della James1968 Ron Jones 1968Val Peat100 metres - metrification1969Ron Jones (3)1969Dorothy Hyman (5)1970Brian Green1970Anita Neil1971Brian Green 1971Anita Neil (2)1972Brian Green (3)1972Della Pascoe (née James) (2)1973Don Halliday1973Andrea Lynch1974Don Halliday (2)1974Andrea Lynch 1975Ainsley Bennett1975Andrea Lynch 1976Allan Wells1976Andrea Lynch (4)

AAA Championships/WAAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships dual championships era 1977-1987 Year Men AAA Year Women WAAA Year Men UK Women UK1977Tim Bonsor1977Sonia Lannaman1977Ainsley BennettSonia Lannaman1978)1978Kathy Smallwood 1978Allan WellsSonia Lannaman (2)1979Mike McFarlane 1979Heather Hunte1979Trevor HoyteHeather Hunte1980Allan Wells 1980Kathy Smallwood 1980 Cameron SharpHeather Hunte1981Drew McMaster 1981Wendy Hoyte1981Cameron Sharp (2)Linsey MacDonald1982Cameron Sharp 1982Wendy Hoyte (2)1982Earl TullochHeather Oakes 1983Allan Wells (4)1983Kathy Cook (n. Smallwood) 1983Buster WatsonKathy Cook1984Donovan Reid 1984Kathy Cook (4)1984Mike McFarlaneHeather Oakes (4)1985Lincoln Asquith+1985Heather Oakes (2)1985Linford ChristieJayne Andrews1986Linford Christie 1986Paula Dunn1986 Jamie HendersonPaula Dunn1987John Regis 1987Paula Dunn1987Linford ChristiePaula Dunn

AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships dual championships era 1988-1997 Year Men AAA Women AAA Year Men UK Women UK1988 Linford Christie Paula Dunn 1988John RegisPaula Dunn (3)1989Linford Christie Paula Dunn 1989Marcus AdamStephi Douglas1990Linford Christie Stephi Douglas1990Linford Christie Sallyanne Short1991Linford Christie Stephi Douglas 1991Linford Christie Beverly Kinch1992Linford Christie Stephi Douglas 1992Linford ChristieMarcia Richardson1993Linford Christie Beverly Kinch1993Linford Christie (6)Beverly Kinch (2)1994Linford Christie Katharine Merryn/a1995Darren BraithwaitePaula Thomas (née Dunn) (5)n/a1996Linford Christie (9) Stephi Douglas (4) n/a1997 Jason Gardener Donna Fraser 1997Ian MackieSimmone Jacobs

AAA Championships second era 1998-2006 Year Men's champion Women's champion1998Darren CampbellJoice Maduaka1999Jason Gardener Joice Maduaka2000Dwain ChambersMarcia Richardson2001Dwain Chambers Sarah Wilhelmy2002Mark Lewis-FrancisJoice Maduaka2003Darren Campbell (2)Joice Maduaka 2004Jason Gardener Abiodun Oyepitan2005Jason Gardener (4) Laura Turner2006Marlon DevonishJoice Maduaka British Athletics Championships 2007 to present Year Men's champion Women's champion2007Marlon Devonish (2)Jeanette Kwakye2008Dwain Chambers Jeanette Kwakye 2009Simeon WilliamsonJoice Maduaka (6)2010Dwain Chambers Laura Turner (2)2011Dwain Chambers Jeanette Kwakye (3)2012Dwain Chambers Ashleigh Nelson2013Dwain Chambers Asha Philip2014Dwain Chambers (8)Asha Philip 2015Chijindu UjahDina Asher-Smith2016James DasaoluAsha Philip 2017Reece PrescodAsha Philip (4)2018Reece Prescod (2)Dina Asher-Smith2019Ojie EdoburunDina Asher-Smith2020Harry Aikines-AryeeteyImani Lansiquot2021Chijindu Ujah (2)Dina Asher-Smith2022Jeremiah AzuDaryll Neita2023Zharnel HughesDina Asher-Smith (5)2024Louie HinchliffeDaryll Neita (2)2025Zharnel Hughes (2)Amy Hunt2026Romell GlaveAmy Hunt (2)

Most titles ('AAA continuity' only; athletes in bold still active) +100 metres - most titlesTitlesMenWomen9Linford Christie (1986, 1988-94, 1996) 8Dwain Chambers (2000-01, 2008, 2010-14) 7McDonald Bailey (1946-47, 1949-53) 6 Joice Maduaka (1998-99, 2002-03, 2006, 2009)5John Morton (1904-08)Dina Asher-Smith (2015, 2018-19, 2021, 2023)Paula Dunn Thomas (1986-89, 1995)Dorothy Hyman (1959-60, 1962-63, 1969)Eileen Hiscock (1930, 1933-36)45 athletes5 athletes

Notes +Lincoln Asquith finished fifth and was the leading British athlete.

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