The British hammer throw 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]
+Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list. Irish athletes originally competed for Great Britain.
| AAC Championships men's event only | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Year | width=300 | Men's champion |
| 1866 | Richard James | ||
| 1867 | Patrick Halkett | ||
| 1868 | Henry Leeke | ||
| 1869 | William Burgess | ||
| 1870 | Henry Leeke | ||
| 1871 | William Burgess | ||
| 1872 | Henry Leeke | ||
| 1873 | James Paterson | ||
| 1874 | Stephen Brown | ||
| 1875 | William Burgess | ||
| 1876 | George Hales | ||
| 1877 | George Hales | ||
| 1878 | Edmund Baddeley | ||
| 1879 | William Burgess | ||