1978 UK Athletics Championships below also competed at the 1978 AAA Championships. Sonia Lannaman defended her 100 metres/200 metres sprint double from 1977. Allan Wells took his first sprint double on the men's side and Jane Colebrook managed a double in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Athletes to retain their titles from 1977 included Lannaman, sprint hurdlers Berwyn Price and Sharon Colyear, Geoff Capes (men's shot put), Meg Ritchie (women's discus) and Tessa Sanderson (women's javelin). The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1978 European Athletics Championships. Two athletes at the UK event won individual
Bradley Thomas (athlete) Long Jump F44 event. In 2006 Thomas was inducted into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame in recognition of his achievements in track and field. Bradley Thomas (athlete) Bradley James Thomas, OAM (born 1 April 1967) is an Australian Paralympic athlete who won four medals at three Paralympic Games from 1988 to 1996. Thomas was born in Hobart. He won a silver medal in the Men's Pentathlon A4A9 event at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics. He competed without winning any medals at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, He won a gold medal in the Men's 4x100 m