British athletics records 1968
The following is a list of British athletics records as they stood in 1968:
100 yards
9.4 - Peter Radford (1959)
100 metres
10.2 - Menzies Campbell (1967)
220 yards
20.5 - Peter Radford (1960)
440 yards
45.9 - Robbie Brightwell (1962)
880 yards
1:47.0 - Chris Carter (1966)
1500 metres
3:39.1 - Alan Simpson (1964)
Mile
3:55.7 - Alan Simpson (1965)
3 miles
13:06.4 - Ian McCafferty (1967)
5000 metres
13:33.0 - Michael Wiggs (1965)
6 miles
27:23.8 - Bruce Tulloch (1966)
Marathon
2:13.45 - Alistair Wood (1966)
3000 metres steeplechase
8:32.4 - Maurice Herriot (1964)
120 yards hurdles
13.9 - Michael Parker (1963)
440 yards hurdles
50.4 - John Cooper (1964)
High jump
2.08 - Gordon Miller (1964)
Pole vault
4.80 - Mike Bull (1967)
Long jump
8.17 - Lynn Davies (1966)
Triple jump
16.46 - Fred Alsop (1964)
Shot
19.56 -Arthur Rowe (1961)
Discus
57.00 - Gerald Carr (1965)
Hammer
64.95 - Mike Ellis (1959)
Javelin
79.78 - John FitzSimons (1966)
Decathlon
7392 -Clive Longe (1967)
