Great Britain at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

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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.

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The United Kingdom's 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi) were home to an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

2012 European Athletics Championships 2012 edition of the European Athletics Championships

The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years.

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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.

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Mo Farah British track and field athlete

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah, is a British distance runner. The most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history, he is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m. Farah is the second athlete in modern Olympic Games history, after Lasse Virén, to win both the 5000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive Olympic Games. He also completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics. He was the second man in history, after Kenenisa Bekele, to win long-distance doubles at successive Olympics and World Championships, and the first in history to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions – a feat described as the 'quadruple-double'. Since finishing 2nd in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Farah had an unbroken streak of ten global final wins. The streak ended in Farah's final championship track race, when he finished second to Ethiopia's Muktar Edris in the 2017 5000 metres final. In his final track race, the 2017 Diamond League Final in Zurich in August 2017, Farah gained his revenge, edging out world champion Edris to win his only IAAF Diamond League title at 5000 metres.

Dai Greene Welsh 400 hurdler

David "Dai" Greene is a Welsh hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, competing internationally for both Wales and Great Britain. In a 'golden' sixteen-month period between 2010 and 2011, Greene won the World, European, Diamond League and Commonwealth titles in the event, in addition to winning the event as part of both the European Team Championships and the IAAF Continental Cup. He is the second fastest British man over the 400 m hurdles, behind the British record holder, Kriss Akabusi.

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

Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
2012 European Athletics Championships
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
IAAF codeGBR
National federation British Athletics
Website www.britishathletics.org.uk
in Helsinki
Competitors73
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
7
European Athletics Championships appearances

Medals

MedalNameEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Farah Men's 5000 metres 27 June
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rhys Williams Men's 400 metres hurdles 29 June
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Robert Grabarz Men's high jump 29 June
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lynsey Sharp Women's 800 metres 29 June
Silver medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Silver Joanne Pavey Women's 10,000 metres 1 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Danny Talbot Men's 200 metres 30 June

Results

Men

Track

EventAthletesHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
100 m Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 10.278 Q10.307 Q10.314
Mark Lewis-Francis 10.3916 Q10.3611Did not advance
200 m Chris Clarke 20.8310 Q20.909 Q21.266
Danny Talbot 20.829 Q20.693 Q20.95Bronze medal icon.svg
400 m Richard Buck 45.832 Q46.139 Q45.925
Luke Lennon-Ford DisqualifiedDid not advance
800 m Mukhtar Mohammed 1:47.135 Q1:48.8416Did not advance
Gareth Warburton 1:45.801 Q1:47.3711Did not advance
1500 m Thomas Lancashire 3:47.8022N/ADid not advance
5000 m Mo Farah N/A13:29.91Gold medal icon.svg
Mitch Goose N/A14:21.9123
Rory Fraser N/A13:51.0514
10,000 m Keith Gerrard N/A28:57.979
110 m hurdles Richard Alleyne 14.0226Did not advance
Gianni Frankis 13.7116 q13.6817Did not advance
William Sharman 13.6311 Q13.5511Did not advance
400 m hurdles Rhys Williams 50.409 Q49.634 Q49.33Gold medal icon.svg
Nathan Woodward 50.024 Q49.685 q50.207
Richard Yates 52.1232Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase Luke Gunn Did not finishN/ADid not advance
Rob Mullett 8:48.3820N/ADid not advance
James Wilkinson 8:39.1916N/ADid not advance
4 × 100 m relay Christian Malcolm
Dwain Chambers
James Ellington
Mark Lewis-Francis
38.981 QN/ADid not advance
4 × 400 m relay Luke Lennon-Ford*
Michael Bingham*
Conrad Williams
Nigel Levine
Robert Tobin
Richard Buck
3:05.503 QN/A3:01.56Silver medal icon.svg

*Athletes who run the heats but not the final.

Combined

Decathlon Event Ashley Bryant
ResultsPointsRank
100 m11.0884312
Long jump7.1284215
Shot put13.0867220
High jump1.8869622
400 m49.2984811
110 m hurdles14.7488113
Discus39.9466314
Pole vault4.5076017
Javelin66.718392
1500 m4:49.1662415
Final766812

Field

EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Long jump JJ Jegede 8.015 q8.104
Julian Reid 7.7321Did not advance
Chris Tomlinson 7.8413Did not advance
Triple jump Onochie Achike 16.2515Did not advance
High jump Robert Grabarz 2.233 q2.31Gold medal icon.svg
Samson Oni 2.2310 qNo mark
Tom Parsons 2.1028Did not advance
Pole vault Max Eaves 5.3014Did not advance
Luke Cutts 5.1020Did not advance
Andrew Sutcliffe 5.3016Did not advance
Shot put Carl Myerscough 19.3014Did not advance
Discus throw Abdul Buhari 58.5724Did not advance
Brett Morse 58.7123Did not advance
Lawrence Okoye 64.865 q60.0912
Hammer throw Mark Dry 70.2725Did not advance

Women

Track

EventAthletesHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
100 m Ashleigh Nelson 11.4310 Q11.4311Did not advance
Jeanette Kwakye 11.9829Did not advance
200 m Abiodun Oyepitan 23.054 Q23.228Did not advance
400 m Kelly Massey 54.4424Did not advance
Lee McConnell 52.587 Q51.983 Q52.205
Nicola Sanders Did not startDid not advance
800 m Jenny Meadows Did not startN/ADid not advance
Lynsey Sharp 2:01.885 QN/A2:00.52Gold medal icon.svg
Jemma Simpson 2:01.644 qN/A2:02.147
1500 m Lynsey Sharp DisqualifiedN/ADid not advance
5000 m Julia Bleasdale N/A15:12.774
Helen Clitheroe N/A15:49.1316
Stephanie Twell N/ADid not start
10,000 m Joanne Pavey N/A31:49.03Silver medal icon.svg
Charlotte Purdue N/A32:28.466
Gemma Steel N/A32:46.329
400 m hurdles Meghan Beesley 57.1816 q57.3214Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase Hatti Archer 9:57.0017N/ADid not advance
4 × 100 m relay Anyika Onuora
Montell Douglas
Hayley Jones
Ashleigh Nelson
DisqualifiedN/ADid not advance
4 × 400 m relay Eilidh Child
Kelly Massey*
Nicola Sanders
Shana Cox
Lee McConnell
3:29.963 QN/A3:26.204

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

Field

EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Long jump Abigail Irozuru 6.1922Did not advance
High jump Isobel Pooley 1.7821Did not advance
Pole vault Sally Peake 4.1520Did not advance
Shot put Eden Francis 16.3514Did not advance
Discus throw Jade Nicholls 51.7522Did not advance
Javelin throw Goldie Sayers 60.902 Q63.014
Laura Whittingham 52.8219Did not advance
Hammer throw Sophie Hitchon 67.0811 q67.1711
Sarah Holt 61.1822Did not advance

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