It was the fifteenth edition of the competition limited to British athletes only, launched as an alternative to the AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors.

[1][2] Three athletes won a third straight UK title, all of them throwers: Paul Head (hammer), Sharon Gibson (javelin) and Jackie McKernan (discus).

Five further athletes defended their 1990 titles: Linford Christie (100 m), David Sharpe (800 m), Paul Edwards (shot put), Andy Ashurst (pole vault) and Alison Wyeth (1500 m).

Judy Oakes returned to the top of the women's shot put podium to take a record-breaking ninth UK title.

Though neither Roger Black nor Kriss Akabusi topped the UK podium, they won medals at the world level that year.