| Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2022 European Athletics Championships | |
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| WA code | GBR |
| National federation | UK Athletics |
| in Munich, Germany 15 August 2022 – 21 August 2022 | |
| Competitors | 114 (54 men and 60 women) |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| European Athletics Championships appearances | |
Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, between 15 and 21 August 2022
A number of British athletes won multiple medals at the Championships, the most successful of which was Zharnel Hughes with two golds in the men's 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay and one silver medal in the 100 metres. Matthew Hudson-Smith also took double gold in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay. Other athletes to win multiple medals were Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Jeremiah Azu, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Alex Haydock-Wilson. Of the returning 2018 champions, Laura Muir, Hudson-Smith and the men's 4 x 100 metre relay team retained their titles. Hughes won the same number and colour of medals in 2022 as in 2018, but swapped his 2018 100 metres gold for the 200 metres gold here.
Great Britain entered the following athletes. [1] [2]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jeremiah Azu | 100 m | Bye | 10.17 | 2 Q | 10.13 |  | |
| Ojie Edoburun | 10.25 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Zharnel Hughes | 10.03 | 1 Q | 9.99 |  | |||
| Reece Prescod | 10.10 | 1 Q | 10.18 | 7 | |||
| Charlie Dobson | 200 m | Bye | 20.21 | 1 Q | 20.34 | 4 | |
| Zharnel Hughes | 20.19 | 1 Q | 20.07 |  | |||
| Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | 20.34 | 2 Q | 20.17 | | |||
| Joe Brier | 400 m | 46.06 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Alex Haydock-Wilson | Bye | 45.45 | 2 Q | 45.17 | | ||
| Matthew Hudson-Smith | 44.98 | 1 Q | 44.53 | | |||
| Ben Pattison | 800 m | 1:47.64 | 2 Q | 1:46.95 | 4 q | 1:45.63 | 6 |
| Daniel Rowden | 1:47.67 | 3 Q | 1:48.80 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Jake Wightman | 1:45.94 | 1 Q | 1:46.61 | 2 Q | 1:44.91 | | |
| Neil Gourley | 1500 m | 3:38.07 | 4 Q | — | 3:38.40 | 8 | |
| Jake Heyward | 3:39.30 | 5 q | 3:34.44 | | |||
| Matthew Stonier | 3:38.37 | 5 q | 3:35.97 | 5 | |||
| Sam Atkin | 5000 m | — | 13:32.35 | 9 | |||
| Andrew Butchart | 13:31.47 | 7 | |||||
| Patrick Dever | 13:45.89 | 21 | |||||
| Sam Atkin | 10000 m | — | DNF | – | |||
| Emile Cairess | 28:07.37 | 11 | |||||
| Marc Scott | 28:07.72 | 12 | |||||
| David King | 110 m hurdles | 13.63 | 2 Q | 13.73 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Miguel Perera | 13.72 | 3 Q | 13.58 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Andrew Pozzi | Bye | 13.48 | 3 q | 13.66 | 6 | ||
| Seamus Derbyshire | 400 m hurdles | 50.08 | 3 Q | 49.63 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| Joshua Faulds | 51.21 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jacob Paul | 49.40 | 2 Q | 49.48 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Jamaine Coleman | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:39.22 | 10 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Phil Norman | 8:32.00 | 3 Q | 8:33.05 | 9 | |||
| Zak Seddon | 8:46.74 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jeremiah Azu Zharnel Hughes Jona Efoloko Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Ran in heat) Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Tommy Ramdhan | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.41 | 1 Q | — | 37.67 | | |
| Matthew Hudson-Smith Charlie Dobson Lewis Davey Alex Haydock-Wilson (Ran in heat) Joe Brier Rio Mitcham (Did not run) Ben Higgins Kevin Metzger | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.36 | 3 Q | — | 2:59.35 | | |
| Callum Wilkinson | 20 km walk | — | DQ | – | |||
| Mohamud Aadan | Marathon | — | 2:17.34 | 30 | |||
| Luke Caldwell | DNF | – | |||||
| Andrew Davies | 2:18.23 | 35 | |||||
| Andrew Heyes | 2:19.47 | 44 | |||||
| Philip Sesemann | 2:15.17 | 17 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
| Reynold Banigo | Long jump | 7.75 | 9 q | 7.66 | 10 |
| Jacob Fincham-Dukes | 7.86 | 5 q | 7.97 | 5 | |
| Jack Roach | 7.35 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| Ben Williams | Triple jump | 16.47 | 8 q | 16.66 | 6 |
| Joel Clarke-Khan | High jump | 2.21 | 13 q | NM | – |
| David Smith | 2.17 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| Harry Coppell | Pole vault | NM | – | Did not advance | |
| Scott Lincoln | Shot put | 20.64 | 5 q | 19.90 | 10 |
| Lawrence Okoye | Discus throw | 62.56 | 8 q | 67.14 | |
| Nick Percy | 61.26 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Nick Miller | Hammer throw | 76.09 | 9 q | 77.29 | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Dina Asher-Smith | 100 m | Bye | 11.15 | 1 Q | 16.03 | 8 | |
| Imani-Lara Lansiquot | 11.23 | 3 q | 11.21 | 5 | |||
| Daryll Neita | 10.95 | 1 Q | 11.00 | | |||
| Ashleigh Nelson | 11.41 | 3 Q | 11.47 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Dina Asher-Smith | 200 m | Bye | 22.53 | 1 Q | 22.43 | | |
| Beth Dobbin | DQ | - | Did not advance | ||||
| Daryll Neita | Bye | DNS | – | Did not advance | |||
| Jodie Williams | 22.92 | 1 Q | 23.03 | 2 Q | 22.85 | 4 | |
| Laviai Nielsen | 400 m | 51.60 | 1 Q | 51.53 | 6 | Did not advance | |
| Victoria Ohuruogu | Bye | 50.50 | 2 Q | 50.51 | 4 | ||
| Nicole Yeargin | 52.09 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Alex Bell | 800 m | 2:02.43 | 2 Q | 2:00.53 | 3 Q | 2:00.68 | 6 |
| Keely Hodgkinson | 2:03.72 | 1 Q | 2:00.67 | 1 Q | 1:59.04 | | |
| Jemma Reekie | 2:02.36 | 1 Q | 2:00.30 | 2 Q | 2:00.31 | 5 | |
| Ellie Baker | 1500 m | 4:04.90 | 8 q | — | 4:05.83 | 8 | |
| Melissa Courtney-Bryant | 4:09.11 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||
| Laura Muir | 4:06.40 | 1 Q | 4:01.08 | | |||
| Katie Snowden | 4:03.76 | 5 q | 4:04.97 | 4 | |||
| Amy-Eloise Markovc | 5000 m | — | 15:08.75 | 5 | |||
| Eilish McColgan | 14:59.34 | | |||||
| Calli Thackery | 15:08.79 | 6 | |||||
| Samantha Harrison | 10000 m | — | 31:46.87 | 6 | |||
| Jessica Judd | 32:23.98 | 10 | |||||
| Eilish McColgan | 30:41.05 | | |||||
| Jessica Hunter | 100 m hurdles | 13.27 | 1 Q | 13.43 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Cindy Sember | Bye | 12.62 | 1 Q | 13.16 | 8 | ||
| Jessie Knight | 400 m hurdles | Bye | 55.39 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Hayley McLean | 56.64 | 3 Q | 56.20 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Lina Nielsen | Bye | 57.19 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Lizzie Bird | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:40.05 | 3 Q | — | 9:23.18 | | |
| Aimee Pratt | 9:39.22 | 4 Q | 9:35.31 | 7 | |||
| Elise Thorner | 10:08.46 | 14 | Did not advance | ||||
| Asha Philip Imani-Lara Lansiquot Ashleigh Nelson Dina Asher-Smith (Ran in heat) Bianca Williams | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.83 | 1 Q | — | DNF | – | |
| Victoria Ohuruogu Ama Pipi Jodie Williams Nicole Yeargin (Ran in heat) Zoey Clark Laviai Nielsen (Did not run) Hannah Williams | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.79 | 1 Q | — | 3:21.74 | | |
| Heather Lewis | 20 km walk | — | 1:35.36 | 13 | |||
| Bethan Davies | 35 km walk | — | 2:59.38 | 11 | |||
| Becky Briggs | Marathon | — | 2:39.02 | 31 | |||
| Rosie Edwards | 2:40.47 | 35 | |||||
| Naomi Mitchell | 2:36.44 | 25 | |||||
| Alice Wright | 2:35.33 | 22 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
| Abigail Irozuru | Long jump | 6.15 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| Jazmin Sawyers | 6.60 | 6 q | 6.80 | | |
| Jahisha Thomas | 6.57 | 10 q | 6.37 | 10 | |
| Naomi Metzger | Triple jump | 14.24 | 4 q | 14.33 | 6 |
| Morgan Lake | High jump | 1.87 | 9 q | 1.90 | 7 |
| Laura Zialor | NM | – | Did not advance | ||
| Molly Caudery | Pole vault | 4.50 | 8 q | 4.55 | 7 |
| Sophie Cook | 4.50 | 9 q | 4.40 | 9 | |
| Sophie McKinna | Shot put | 17.33 | 12 q | 16.29 | 12 |
| Divine Oladipo | 17.16 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| Amelia Strickler | 17.20 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Jade Lally | Discus throw | 57.68 | 11 q | 57.08 | 9 |
| Kirsty Law | 54.83 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
| Jessica Mayho | Hammer throw | 63.90 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Charlotte Payne | NM | – | Did not advance | ||
| Anna Purchase | NM | – | Did not advance | ||
| Bekah Walton | Javelin throw | 54.20 | 19 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Mills | Result | 13.74 | 1.74 | 13.23 | 25.11 | 5.72 | DNS | – | DNF | |
| Points | 1015 | 903 | 743 | 877 | 765 | – | – | |||
| Jade O'Dowda | Result | 13.72 | 1.80 | 12.98 | 24.80 | 6.27 | 41.21 | 2:12.03 | 6187 | 7 |
| Points | 1018 | 978 | 726 | 905 | 934 | 691. | 935 | |||
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