British Indoor Athletics Championships

The British Indoor Athletics Championships is the annual national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by UK Athletics. Eight track and five field events for both men and women are contested, with athletes being invited to compete, after reaching qualifying standards.^[1] In even numbered years, the competition acts as a qualifier for the World Indoor Championships, and in odd numbered years it is a qualifier for the European Indoor Championships.^[2]

First held in 2007, the competition replaced the AAA Indoor Championships, organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England, which had served as the de facto national championship since 1935.^[3] Racewalking events were added to the programme in 2015.

Editions

Year	City	Venue	Events
2007	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2008	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2009	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2010	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2011	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2012	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2013	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2014	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	24
2015	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	26
2016	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	26
2017	Sheffield	EIS Sheffield	26
2018	Birmingham	Arena Birmingham	26
2019	Birmingham	Arena Birmingham	26
2020	Glasgow	Emirates Arena	26
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2022	Birmingham	Arena Birmingham	26
2023	Birmingham	Arena Birmingham	26
2024	Birmingham	Arena Birmingham	26
2025	Birmingham	Arena Birmingham	26

Events

Sprints	Middle/Long Distance	Jumps	Throws	Race walks
60 metres	800 metres	High jump	Shot put	3000 metres race walk
200 metres	1500 metres	Long jump		5000 metres race walk
400 metres	3000 metres	Triple jump
60 metres hurdles		Pole vault

Championships Records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Location	Ref.
1500 m	3:38.84	Neil Gourley	23 February 2025	2025 Championships	Birmingham	[5]
3000 m	7:40.16	George Mills	23 February 2025	2025 Championships	Birmingham	[6]
Pole vault	5.65 m	Adam Hague	18 February 2018	2018 Championships	Birmingham	[7]
Shot put	20.86 m	Scott Lincoln	23 February 2025	2025 Championships	Birmingham	[8]
3000 m walk	10:58.21	Tom Bosworth	28 February 2016	2016 Championships	Sheffield	[9]
5000 m walk	18:20.97	Tom Bosworth	23 February 2020	2020 Championships	Glasgow	[10]

Women

Event	Athlete	Record	Date	Meet	Location	Ref.
800 m	1:58.24	Jemma Reekie	18 February 2024	2024 Championships	Birmingham	[11]
1500 m	4:06.73	Ellie Baker	19 February 2023	2023 Championships	Birmingham	[12]
Pole vault	4.85 m	Molly Caudery	17 February 2024	2024 Championships	Birmingham	[13]
Long jump	6.75 m	Lorraine Ugen	27 February 2022	2022 Championships	Birmingham	[14]
Shot put	18.82 m	Sophie McKinna	27 February 2022	2022 Championships	Birmingham	[15]
Pentathlon	4365 pts	Ella Rush	27 February 2022	2022 Championships	Birmingham	[16]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.89 1.76 m 12.88 m 6.34 m 2:19.60
3000 m walk	12:44.99	Bethan Davies	28 February 2016	2016 Championships	Sheffield	[17]
5000 m walk	21:25.37	Bethan Davies	18 February 2018	2018 Championships	Birmingham	[18]