Great Britain at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nation was represented by 82 athletes at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, between 26 June - 1 July 2012.

A preliminary squad of 109 athletes was announced on 18 June 2012. However, due to the proximity of the London Olympics, any athlete who was qualified for the Olympics would not take part in the European Championships. As the Olympic Trials were held less than a week before the European Championships, the complete team was not announced until 25 June 2012. However, automatically selected field athletes were permitted to compete, if the event complimented their training schedule. Reigning European champion, Mo Farah (5,000m), was given special dispensation to defend his title. However, reigning champions Jessica Ennis and Dai Greene were absent due to their Olympic selection and Philips Idowu was injured. Shana Cox and Christine Ohuruogu had qualified for the Olympics, and were taken as part of the relay team, and not permitted to participate individually. A number of high-profile athletes were also seeking Olympic selection following the Olympic trials. Many athletes who won, or finished second, at the Olympic trials, were requiring an Olympic 'A' Standard, to receive automatic selection.

Finally, at the Championships, 73 athletes took part in the events.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
2012 European Athletics Championships
WA codeGBR
National federationBritish Athletics
Websitewww.britishathletics.org.uk
in Helsinki
Competitors73
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
7
European Athletics Championships appearances

Medals

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Medal Name Event Date
  Gold Mo Farah Men's 5000 metres 27 June
  Gold Rhys Williams Men's 400 metres hurdles 29 June
  Gold Robert Grabarz Men's high jump 29 June
  Gold Lynsey Sharp Women's 800 metres 29 June
  Silver Conrad Williams
Nigel Levine
Robert Tobin
Richard Buck

Michael Bingham (Heats) Luke Lennon-Ford (Heats)

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay 1 July
  Silver Joanne Pavey Women's 10,000 metres 1 July
  Bronze Danny Talbot Men's 200 metres 30 June

Results

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Track

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Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 10.27 8 Q 10.30 7 Q 10.31 4
Mark Lewis-Francis 10.39 16 Q 10.36 11 did not advance
200 m Chris Clarke 20.83 10 Q 20.90 9 Q 21.26 6
Danny Talbot 20.82 9 Q 20.69 3 Q 20.95  
400 m Richard Buck 45.83 2 Q 46.13 9 Q 45.92 5
Luke Lennon-Ford Disqualified did not advance
800 m Mukhtar Mohammed 1:47.13 5 Q 1:48.84 16 did not advance
Gareth Warburton 1:45.80 1 Q 1:47.37 11 did not advance
1500 m Thomas Lancashire 3:47.80 22 did not advance
5000 m Mo Farah 13:29.91  
Mitch Goose 14:21.91 23
Rory Fraser 13:51.05 14
10,000 m Keith Gerrard 28:57.97 9
110 m hurdles Richard Alleyne 14.02 26 did not advance
Gianni Frankis 13.71 16 q 13.68 17 did not advance
William Sharman 13.63 11 Q 13.55 11 did not advance
400 m hurdles Rhys Williams 50.40 9 Q 49.63 4 Q 49.33  
Nathan Woodward 50.02 4 Q 49.68 5 q 50.20 7
Richard Yates 52.12 32 did not advance
3000 m steeplechase Luke Gunn did not finish did not advance
Rob Mullett 8:48.38 20 did not advance
James Wilkinson 8:39.19 16 did not advance
4 × 100 m relay Christian Malcolm
Dwain Chambers
James Ellington
Mark Lewis-Francis
38.98 1 Q did not advance
4 × 400 m relay Luke Lennon-Ford*
Michael Bingham*
Conrad Williams
Nigel Levine
Robert Tobin
Richard Buck
3:05.50 3 Q 3:01.56  

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined

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Decathlon Event Ashley Bryant
Results Points Rank
100 m 11.08 843 12
Long jump 7.12 842 15
Shot put 13.08 672 20
High jump 1.88 696 22
400 m 49.29 848 11
110 m hurdles 14.74 881 13
Discus 39.94 663 14
Pole vault 4.50 760 17
Javelin 66.71 839 2
1500 m 4:49.16 624 15
Final 7668 12

Field

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Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump JJ Jegede 8.01 5 q 8.10 4
Julian Reid 7.73 21 did not advance
Chris Tomlinson 7.84 13 did not advance
Triple jump Onochie Achike 16.25 15 did not advance
High jump Robert Grabarz 2.23 3 q 2.31  
Samson Oni 2.23 10 q No mark
Tom Parsons 2.10 28 did not advance
Pole vault Max Eaves 5.30 14 did not advance
Luke Cutts 5.10 20 did not advance
Andrew Sutcliffe 5.30 16 did not advance
Shot put Carl Myerscough 19.30 14 did not advance
Discus throw Abdul Buhari 58.57 24 did not advance
Brett Morse 58.71 23 did not advance
Lawrence Okoye 64.86 5 q 60.09 12
Hammer throw Mark Dry 70.27 25 did not advance

Women

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Track

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Event Athletes Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
100 m Ashleigh Nelson 11.43 10 Q 11.43 11 did not advance
Jeanette Kwakye 11.98 29 did not advance
200 m Abiodun Oyepitan 23.05 4 Q 23.22 8 did not advance
400 m Kelly Massey 54.44 24 did not advance
Lee McConnell 52.58 7 Q 51.98 3 Q 52.20 5
Nicola Sanders did not start did not advance
800 m Jenny Meadows did not start did not advance
Lynsey Sharp 2:01.88 5 Q 2:00.52  
Jemma Simpson 2:01.64 4 q 2:02.14 7
1500 m Lynsey Sharp Disqualified did not advance
5000 m Julia Bleasdale 15:12.77 4
Helen Clitheroe 15:49.13 16
Stephanie Twell did not start
10,000 m Joanne Pavey 31:49.03  
Charlotte Purdue 32:28.46 6
Gemma Steel 32:46.32 9
400 m hurdles Meghan Beesley 57.18 16 q 57.32 14 did not advance
3000 m steeplechase Hatti Archer 9:57.00 17 did not advance
4 × 100 m relay Anyika Onuora
Montell Douglas
Hayley Jones
Ashleigh Nelson
Disqualified did not advance
4 × 400 m relay Eilidh Child
Kelly Massey*
Nicola Sanders
Shana Cox
Lee McConnell
3:29.96 3 Q 3:26.20 4

*Athletes who run in the heats but not in the final.

Field

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Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Long jump Abigail Irozuru 6.19 22 did not advance
High jump Isobel Pooley 1.78 21 did not advance
Pole vault Sally Peake 4.15 20 did not advance
Shot put Eden Francis 16.35 14 did not advance
Discus throw Jade Nicholls 51.75 22 did not advance
Javelin throw Goldie Sayers 60.90 2 Q 63.01 4
Laura Whittingham 52.82 19 did not advance
Hammer throw Sophie Hitchon 67.08 11 q 67.17 11
Sarah Holt 61.18 22 did not advance

References

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