The British 1,500 metres athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] 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.[2]
The AAA Championships were open to international athletes but were not considered the National Champion in this list if they won the relevant Championship.
| AAC Championships 1 mile, men's event only | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Year | width=300 | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Charles Lawes-Wittewronge | ||
| 1867 | Samuel Scott | ||
| 1868 | Walter Chinnery | ||
| 1869 | Walter Chinnery | ||
| 1870 | Robert Benson | ||
| 1871 | Walter Chinnery | ||
| 1872 | Charles Mason | ||
| 1873 | Walter Slade | ||
| 1874 | Walter Slade | ||
| 1875 | Walter Slade | ||
| 1876 | Walter Slade | ||
| 1877 | Walter Slade | ||
| 1878 | Arnold Hills | ||
| 1879 | Walter George | ||
| AAA Championships 1 mile, men's event only | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Year | width=300 | Men's champion |
| 1880 | Walter George | ||
| 1881 | Walter George | ||
| 1882 | Walter George | ||
| 1883 | William Snook | ||
| 1884 | Walter George | ||
| 1885 | William Snook | ||
| 1886 | Thomas Nalder | ||
| 1887 | Francis Cross | ||
| 1888 | William Pollock-Hill | ||
| 1889 | James Kibblewhite | ||
| 1890 | James Kibblewhite | ||
| 1891 | James Kibblewhite | ||
| 1892 | Harold Wade | ||
| 1893 | Fred Bacon | ||
| 1894 | Fred Bacon | ||
| 1895 | Fred Bacon | ||
| 1896 | Benson Lawford | ||
| 1897 | Alfred Tysoe | ||
| 1898 | Hugh Welsh | ||
| 1899 | Hugh Welsh | ||
| 1900 | Charles Bennett | ||
| 1901 | Francis Cockshott | ||
| 1902 | Joseph Binks | ||
| 1903 | Alfred Shrubb | ||
| 1904 | Alfred Shrubb | ||
| 1905 | George Butterfield | ||
| 1906 | George Butterfield | ||
| 1907 | George Butterfield | ||
| 1908 | Harold A. Wilson | ||
| 1909 | Eddie Owen | ||
| 1910 | Emil Voigt | ||
| 1911 | Douglas McNicol | ||
| 1912 | Eddie Owen | ||
| 1913 | Gerald Gorringe | ||
| 1914 | George Hutson | ||
| 1919 | Albert Hill | ||
| 1920 | Duncan McPhee | ||
| 1921 | Albert Hill | ||
| 1922 | Duncan McPhee | ||
| 1923 | Henry Stallard | ||
| 1924 | William Seagrove | ||
| 1925 | Bertram Macdonald | ||
| 1926 | Thomas Riddell | ||
| 1927 | Cyril Ellis | ||
| 1928 | Cyril Ellis | ||
| 1929 | Cyril Ellis | ||
| 1930 | Reg Thomas | ||
| 1931 | Reg Thomas | ||
| 1932 | Jerry Cornes | ||
| 1933 | Reg Thomas | ||
| 1934 | Sydney Wooderson | ||
| 1935 | Sydney Wooderson | ||
nc = not contested+ = UK Championships