List of British champions in 3000 metres

British athletics champions
	60 metres	100 metres
	200 metres	400 metres
	800 metres	1500 metres
		5000 metres
	10,000 metres	10 miles
	marathon	steeplechase
	100/110 hurdles	200 hurdles
	400 hurdles	3,000 walk
	5,000 walk	10,000 walk
	decathlon/heptathlon	discus
	hammer	high jump
	javelin	long jump
	pole vault	shot put
	triple jump

The British 3,000 metres athletics champions covers two competitions; the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1968-1999) and the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.^[1][2]

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.

Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.

DISCONTINUED

• NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
• nc = not contested