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 code	GBR
National federation	British Athletics
Website	www.britishathletics.org.uk
in Helsinki
Competitors	73
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 7
European Athletics Championships appearances
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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

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.

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

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.

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