Great Britain at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nation was represented by 72 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.

With a squad of 72 athletes, Great Britain and Northern Ireland sent the fifth largest national team of the competition. The nation won a record 19 medals over the course of the six-day championships, beating their previous greatest medal haul of 18 from the 1990 European Athletics Championships. Head coach Charles van Commenee praised a number of athletes, saying that the team performance was good in terms of building towards the 2012 London Olympics. A number of high-profile athletes were missing from the squad due to injuries, including three 2008 Olympic medallists (Christine Ohuruogu, Tasha Danvers, and Germaine Mason), as well as women's marathon runners Paula Radcliffe and Mara Yamauchi.

Both the men's and women's 4 x 100 m relay teams had difficulties with baton changeovers, resulting in poor performances in an event that the country is typically strong: the women's team was sixth in their heat while the men missed the final by finishing in fifth place.

Participants

Event	Men	Women
100 m	Dwain Chambers James Dasaolu Mark Lewis-Francis	Laura Turner
200 m	Marlon Devonish Christian Malcolm Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun	Emily Freeman
400 m	Michael Bingham Martyn Rooney Conrad Williams	Lee McConnell
800 m	Michael Rimmer	Jenny Meadows Marilyn Okoro Jemma Simpson
1500 m	Andrew Baddeley Colin McCourt Thomas Lancashire	Hannah England Lisa Dobriskey Stephanie Twell
5000 m	Mo Farah Chris Thompson
10,000 m	Mo Farah Chris Thompson
Marathon	Andi Jones Lee Merrien Ben Moreau Dan Robinson Dave Webb Martin Williams	Helen Decker Susan Partridge Michelle Ross-Cope Rebecca Robinson Holly Rush Jo Wilkinson
110/100 m hurdles	William Sharman Andy Turner
400 m hurdles	David Greene Rhys Williams Nathan Woodward	Eilidh Child Perri Shakes-Drayton
3000 m steeplechase		Hatti Dean Barbara Parker
High Jump	Martyn Bernard Tom Parsons
Pole Vault		Kate Dennison
Long Jump	Greg Rutherford Chris Tomlinson
Triple Jump	Nathan Douglas Phillips Idowu
Shot Put	Carl Myerscough
Decathlon/Heptathlon		Jessica Ennis
20 km walk		Joanna Jackson
4 x 100 m relay	James Dasaolu Marlon Devonish Leon Baptiste Jeffery Lawal Balogun Mark Lewis-Francis Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering	Montell Douglas Katherine Endacott Emily Freeman Hayley Jones Joice Maduaka Elaine O'Neill Laura Turner
4 x 400 m relay	Michael Bingham Richard Buck Graham Hedman Martyn Rooney Andrew Steele Rob Tobin Conrad Williams	Vicki Barr Lee McConnell Marilyn Okoro Nadine Okyere Nicola Sanders Perri Shakes-Drayton Kim Wall

Results

2010 Barcelona	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Great Britain (GBR)	6	7	6	19

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Dwain Chambers	10.21	2 Q	10.10	2 Q	10.18	5
	James Dasaolu	10.40	12 Q	10.31	10	Did not advance
	Mark Lewis-Francis	10.23	3 Q	10.21 SB	6 q	10.18 SB
200 m	Marlon Devonish	20.68	4 Q	20.55 SB	3 Q	20.62	4
	Christian Malcolm	20.63	2 Q	20.58	4 Q	20.38 SB
	Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun	20.93	15 Q	20.85	13	Did not advance
400 m	Michael Bingham	45.49	1 Q	44.88 SB	4 Q	45.23
	Martyn Rooney	45.72	3 Q	45.00	5 q	45.23
	Conrad Williams	46.35	17 Q	46.60	20	Did not advance
800 m	Michael Rimmer	1:49.99	10 Q	1:47.67	1 Q	1:47.17
1500 m	Andrew Baddeley	3:41.46	3 Q			3:43.87	6
	Colin McCourt	3:41.77	7 Q			3:44.78	9
	Thomas Lancashire	3:41.68	6 Q			3:44.92	10
5000 m	Mo Farah	13:38.26	7 Q			13:31.18
	Chris Thompson	13:35.58	4 Q			13:44.42	8
10000 m	Mo Farah					28:24.99
	Chris Thompson					28:27.33
110 m hurdles	William Sharman	13.60	7 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
	Andy Turner	13.48	2 Q	13.50	4 Q	13.28 SB
400 m hurdles	Dai Greene	50.11	4 Q	49.48	1 Q	48.12 PB
	Rhys Williams	49.35	1 Q	49.61	2 Q	48.96 PB
	Nathan Woodward	50.45	9 Q	50.51	10	Did not advance
4x100 m relay	James Dasaolu Marlon Devonish Leon Baptiste Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun Mark Lewis-Francis Christian Malcolm Craig Pickering	39.49	9			Did not advance
4x400 m relay	Michael Bingham Richard Buck Graham Hedman Martyn Rooney Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Conrad Williams	3:04.09	3 Q			3:02.25
Marathon	Andi Jones					DNF	-
	Lee Merrien					2:20;42	8
	Ben Moreau					2:27:08	24
	Dan Robinson					2:24:06	19
	Dave Webb					2:23:04	16
	Martin Williams					2:28:30	28

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Chris Tomlinson	8.20m	3 Q	8.23m SB
High jump	Martin Bernard	2.26m	7 q	2.29m SB
	Tom Parsons	2.23m	11 q	NM	-
Triple jump	Nathan Douglas	16.80m	12 Q	16.48m	10
	Phillips Idowu	17.10m	4 Q	17.81 PB
Shot put	Carl Mysercough	19.81m	10 q	18.19m	12

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Laura Turner	11.45	7 Q	11.41	13	Did not advance
200 m	Emily Freeman	23.44	7 Q	23.21 SB	9	Did not advance
400 m	Lee McConnell	53.15	12	Did not advance
800 m	Jennifer Meadows	1:58.90	2 Q			1:59.39
	Marilyn Okoro	2:01.33 SB	4	Did not advance
	Jemma Simpson	1:59.18	1 Q			1:59.90	5
1500 m	Hannah England	4:06.03	10 q			4:05.07	10
	Lisa Dobriskey	4:06.00	9 Q			4:01.54	4
	Steph Twell	4:05.63	7 q			4:02.70	7
400 m hurdles	Eilidh Child	55.82	10 Q	55.27	7 q	55.51	8
	Perri Shakes-Drayton	55.35	4 Q	54.73 PB	4 Q	54.18 PB
3000 m steeplechase	Hatti Dean	9:46.43	9 Q			9:30.19 PB	4
	Barbara Parker	10:20.99	20	Did not advance
4x100 m relay	Joice Maduaka Montell Douglas Hayley Jones Laura Turner	44.09	10			Did not advance
4x400 m relay	Nicola Sanders Perri Shakes-Drayton Marilyn Okoro Lee McConnell Vicki Barr	3:28.01	3 Q			3:24.32
Marathon	Helen Decker					2:43:00	21
	Susan Partridge					2:39:07	16
	Michelle Ross-Cope					2:38:45	14
	Rebecca Robinson					2:44:06	24
	Holly Rush					2:42:44	20
	Jo Wilkinson					2:44:11	25
20 km walk	Johanna Jackson					1:33:33	10

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pole vault	Kate Dennison	4.35	3 q	4.55 =SB	6
Heptathlon	Jessica Ennis			6823 PB

References

• Participants list