Leading contenders and rankings ahead of the big event in Italy compiled by Steve Smythe
These are the best marks in 2024 by athletes selected or expected to compete in Rome.
w = wind assisted
a = at high altitude
i = indoor mark
+ = en route time
nm = no mark
? = may not compete
100 METRES
Championship Best Performance (CBP): 9.95 Zharnel Hughes 2018/Lamont Marcell Jacobs ITA 2022
World record (WR): 9.58 Usain Bolt JAM 2009
European record (ER): 9.80 Jacobs 2021
UK record (UKR): 9.87 Linford Christie 1993
UK medallists (17):
Gold – Jack Archer 1946, Christie 1986, 1990 & 1994, Darren Campbell 1998, James Dasaolu 2014; Zharnel Hughes 2018; Silver – Dwain Chambers 1998, Campbell 2002, Mark Lewis-Francis 2010, Reece Prescod 2018; Hughes 2022. Bronze – George Ellis 1954, Peter Radford 1958, John Regis 1990, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 2014. Jeremiah Azu 2022
Defending champion: Jacobs ITA
9.97 Jeremiah Azu GBR
10.03 Lamont Marcell Jacobs ITA
10.05 Romell Glave GBR
10.06 Chituru Ali ITA
10.08 Henrik Larsson SWE
10.08 Yannick Wolf GER
10.09a Taymir Burnet NED
10.11 Owen Ansah GER
10.13 Matteo Melluzzo ITA
10.13 Robin Ganter GER
10.16 Meba Zeze FRA
10.16 Deniz Almas GER
10.17 Kayhan Ozer TUR
Notable absentees:
10.00 Louie Hinchliffe GBR
10.07 CJ Ujah GBR
10.09 Zharnel Hughes GBR
10.12 Joshua Hartmann GER
200 METRES
CBP: 19.76 Ramil Guliyev TUR 2018
WR: 19.19 Usain Bolt JAM 2009
ER: 19.72A Pietro Mennea ITA 1979
UKR: 19.73 Zharnel Hughes 2023
UK medallists (19):
Gold – Brian Shenton 1950, Regis 1990, Doug Walker 1998, Adam Gemili 2014; Hughes 2022
Silver – Dave Segal 1958, Cameron Sharp 1982, Doug Turner 1998, Christian Malcolm 2010; Netheneel Mitchell-Blake 2018 & 2022
Bronze – Alan Pennington 1938, George Ellis 1954, Linford Christie 1990, Julian Golding 1998, Marlon Devonish 2002 & 2006, Danny Talbot 2012 & 2016
Defending champion: Hughes GBR (not competing)
20.03 Pablo Mateo FRA
20.18 Ryan Zeze FRA
20.30a Taymir Burnet NED
20.34 Jeriel Quainoo GBR
20.35 Timothe Mumenthaler SUI
20.36 Joshua Hartmann GER
20.36 William Reais SUI
20.40A Eseola Desalu ITA
20.44 Jona Efoloko GBR
20.47 Blessing Afrifah ISR
Notable absentees:
19.96 Zharnel Hughes GBR
20.40 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake GBR
20.39 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR
20.42 Michael Ohioze GBR
400 METRES
CBP: 44.52 Iwan Thomas 1998
WR: 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 2016
ER/UKR: 44.07 Matthew Hudson-Smith 2024
UK medallists (23):
Gold – Godfrey Brown 1938, Derek Pugh 1950, John Wrighton 1958, Robbie Brightwell 1962, David Jenkins 1971, Roger Black 1986 & 1990, Du’aine Ladejo 1994, Thomas 1998, Martyn Rooney 2014 & 2016, Hudson-Smith 2018 & 2022
Silver – John Salisbury 1958, Jenkins 1974, Black 1994, Michael Bingham 2010, Hudson-Smith 2014
Bronze – Pugh 1946, Mark Richardson 1998, Daniel Caines 2002, Rooney 2010, Alex Heydock-Wilson 2022
Defending champion: Hudson-Smith (GBR)
44.44 Alexander Doom BEL
44.46 Charlie Dobson GBR
44.94 Oleksandr Pohorilko UKR
45.21 Liemarvin Bonevacia NED
45.27 Jonathan Sacoor BEL
45.35 Luca Sito ITA
45.36a Gilles Biron FRA
45.41 Havard Ingvaldsen NOR
45.42 Jean Paul Bredau GER
45.45 Havard Ingvaldsen NOR
45.45 Attila Molnar HUN
45.46 Omar Eikhatib POR
45.46 Edoardu Scotti ITA
Others
45.76 Alex Haydock Wilson GBR
Also in 2023
45.07 David Re ITA
Charlie Dobson (Chiara Montesano)
Notable absentees:
44.07 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR
45.30 Eugene Omalia NED
45.41 Saveliy Savlukov RUS
45.42a Ramsey Angela NED
45.48 Charlie Cavell GBR
800 METRES
CBP: 1:43.84 Olaf Beyer GDR 1978
WR: 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN 2012
ER: 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1997
UKR: 1:41.73 Seb Coe 1981
UK medallists (17):
Gold – John Parlett 1950, Mike Rawson 1958, Coe 1986, Tom McKean 1990
Silver – Steve Ovett 1974 & 1978, Coe 1982, McKean 1986, David Sharpe 1990, Michael Rimmer 2010, Jake Wightman 2022
Bronze – Roger Bannister 1950, Andy Carter 1971, Coe 1978, Steve Cram 1986, Sam Ellis 2006, Elliot Giles 2016
Defending champion: Mariano Garcia ESP (n/c)
Elliot Giles (Mark Shearman)
1:44.01 Catalin Tecuceanu ITA
1:44.13 Yanis Meziane FRA
1:44.43 Gabriel Tual FRA
1:44.46 Elliot Giles GBR
1:44.46 Pieter Sisk BEL
1:44.57 Mohamed Attaoui ESP
1:44.67 Tobias Gronstad NOR
1:44.79 Callum Dodds GBR
1:44.81 Andreas Kramer SWE
1:44.91 Thomas Randolph GBR
1:44.95 Mark English IRL
1:45.21 Adrian Ben ESP
1:45.29 Paul Anselmini FRA
1:45.36 Alvaro De Arriba ITA
Notable absentees
1:44.10 Jake Wightman GBR
1:44.44 Ben Pattison GBR
1:44.73 Benjamin Robert FRA
1:44.83 Ryan Clarke NED
1:44.85 Tony Van Diepen NED
1:45.11 Isaac Nader POR
1500 METRES
CBP: 3:32.76 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 2022
WR: 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1998
ER: 3:27.14 Jakob Ingebritsen NOR 2023
UKR: 3:28.81 Mo Farah 2013
UK medallists (14):
Gold – Sydney Wooderson 1938, Roger Bannister 1954, Brian Hewson 1958, John Whetton 1969, Steve Ovett 1978, Steve Cram 1982 & 1986
Silver – Seb Coe 1986, Jake Heyward 2022
Bronze – Bill Nankeville 1950, Brendan Foster 1971, Dave Moorcroft 1978, Chris O’Hare 2014, Wightman 2018
Defending champion: Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
3:29.74 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR
3:30.84 Isaac Nader POR
3:32.13 Pietro Arese ITA
3:32.20 Robert Farken GER
3:32.68 Andrew Corscoran ITA
3:32.95+ Neil Gourley GBR
3:33.21 Adel Mechaal ESP
3:33.53 Federico Riva ITA
3:33.59 Raphael Pallitsch AUT
3:33.62 Ruben Verheyden BEL
3:33.70 Jochem Vermeulen BEL
3:33.74 Filip Rak POL
3:33.87 Narve Nordas NOR
3:34.12 Mael Gouyette FRA
3:34.28+ Mario Garcia ESP
3:34.37+I Adam Fogg GBR
nm Nils Laros NED (3:31.25 2023)
Notable absentees
3:30.80 Azeddine Habz FRA
3:30.92+ Josh Kerr GBR
3:31.06 Elliot Giles GBR
3:31.57 George Mills GBR
3:32.56+ Jake Wightman GBR
3:33.66 Luke McCann IRL
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Getty)
5000 METRES
CBP: 13:10.15 Jack Buckner GBR 1986
WR: 12:35.36 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 2020
ER: 12:48.45 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 2021
UKR: 12:53.11 Mo Farah 2011
UK medallists (17):
Gold – Sydney Wooderson 1946, Bruce Tulloh 1962, Ian Stewart 1969, Brendan Foster 1974, Jack Buckner 1986, Farah 2010, 2012 & 2014
Silver – Chris Chataway 1954, Gary Staines 1990, Rob Denmark 1994, Farah 2006
Bronze – Gordon Pirie 1958, Alan Blinston 1969, Dave Moorcroft 1982, Tim Hutchings 1986, Andy Vernon 2014
Defending champion: Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
12:48.10 Thierry Ndikumwenayo ESP
12:50.90 Dominic Lobalu SUI
12:58.68i George Mills GBR
13:03.46i John Heymans BEL
13:04.75i Jack Rowe GBR
13:08.60i Mike Foppen NED
13:09.07 James West GBR
13:10.50 Max Thorwith GER
13:11.87 Florian Bremm GER
13:13.38 Sergio Jimenez ESP
13:14.16 Morgan Le Guen SUI
13:14.26 Adel Mechaal ESP
13:14.78 Elzan Bibic SRB
13:14.97 Brian Fay IRL
13:15.54 Jomas Raess SUI
13:16.14 Robin Hendrix BEL
In 2023
nm Narve Nordas NOR (13:05.38 2023)
nm Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR (13:11.30 2023)
Notable absentees:
12:50.94 Andreas Almgren SWE
12:54.66 Sam Atkin GBR
12:56.53 Isaac Kimeli BEL
13:04.05 Patrick Dever GBR
13:04.27 Yann Schrub FRA
13:09.38I Charles Hicks GBR
13:12.56i Andrew Corsoran IRL
10,000 METRES
CBP: 27:30.99 Martti Vainio FIN 1978
WR: 26:11.00 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 2020
ER & UKR: 26:46.57 Mo Farah 2011
UK medallists (8):
Gold – Farah 2010 & 2014
Silver – Mike Tagg 1969, Tony Simmons 1974, Chris Thompson 2010, Andy Vernon 2014
Bronze – Frank Sando 1954, Roy Fowler 1962
Defending champion: Yemane Crippa ITA
26:52.87 Andreas Almgren SWE
27:07.97 Isaac Kimeli BEL
27:08.81 Patrick Dever GBR
27:26.57 Thierry Ndikumwenayo ESP
27:27.11 Felix Bour FRA
27:34.30 Tadesse Getahon ISR
27:36.23 Abdessamad Oukhelfen ESP
27:36.29 Dominic Lokinyomo SUI
27:38.39 Rory Leonard GBR
27:40.02 Efrem Gidey IRL
27:41.37 Valentin Gondouin FRA
27:41.92 Nils Voigt GER
27:42.83 Davor Aaron Bienenfeld GER
27:43.45 Brian Fay IRL
27:46:55 Zak Mahamed GBR
nm Jimmy Gressier FRA (27:25.48 2023)
nm Yannn Schrub FRA (28:07.42 2023)
nm Yemane Crippa ITA (27:10.76 PB)
Notable absentees
27:33.58 Charles Hicks GBR
Patrick Dever (Mark Shearman)
HM/MARATHON
CBP: 2:09:51 Koen Naert BEL 2018
WR: 2:00:35 Kelvin Kiptum KEN 2023
ER: 2:03:36 Bashir Abdi BEL 2021
UKR: 2:05:11 Mo Farah 2018
UK medallists (10):
Gold – Jack Holden 1950, Brian Kilby 1962, Jim Hogan 1966, Ron Hill 1969, Ian Thompson 1974
Silver – Squire Yarrow 1938, Trevor Wright 1971; Bronze – Fred Norris 1958, Jim Alder 1969, Hill 1971
Defending champion (Mar): Richard Ringer GER
60:11 Sondre Moen NOR
60:56 Amanal Petros GER
60:59 Valentin Gondouin FRA
61:15 Mehdi Frre FRA
61:25 Dorian Boulvin BEL
61:25 Simon Debognies BEL
61:33 Samuel Fitwi GER
nm Yemane Crippa ITA (59:26 PB)
In 2023
59:39 Carlos Mayo ESP
59:40 Samuel Barata POR
59:41 Pietro Riva ITA
61:09 Richard Ringer GER
Notable absentees
59:23 Andreas Almgren SWE
60:01 Emile Cairess GBR
60:21 Abdi Nageeye NED
61:01 Tadesse Getahon ISR
61:21 Paulos Surafel GBR
3000 METRES STEEPLECHASE
CBP: 8:07.87 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 2010
WR: 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT 2004
ER: 8:00.09 Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 2013
UKR: 8:07.96 Mark Rowland 1988;
UK medallist (1):
Silver – Rowland 1990
Defending champion: Topi Raitanen FIN
8:12.28 Daniel Arce ESP
8:13.73 Djilali Bedrani FRA
8:14.71 Alexis Miellet FRA
8:16.04 Nahuel Carabana AND
8:16.36 Nicolas Daru FRA
8:16.84 Karl Bebendorf GER
8:16.94 Emil Blomberg SWE
8:17.15 Simon Sundstrom SWE
8:17.41 Frederik Ruppert GER
8:18.30 Fernando Carro ESP
8:18.37 Yassin Bouih ITA
8:18.68 Tim van der Velde BEL
8:18.95 Remi Schyns BEL
8:19.54 Osama Zoghlami ITA
8:20.77 Zak Seddon GBR
8:20.83 Mark Pearce GBR
Other:
8:21.00 Topi Raitanen FIN
Notable absentees
8:13.47 Louis Gilavert FRA
110 METRES HURDLES
CBP: 13.02 Topi Colin Jackson 1998
WR: 12.80 Aries Merritt USA 2012
ER & UKR: 12.91 Colin Jackson GBR 1993
UK medallists (15):
Gold – Don Finlay 1938, Jackson 1990, 1994, 1998 & 2002, Andy Turner 2010
Silver – Jack Parker 1954, David Hemery 1969, Alan Pascoe 1971, Tony Jarrett 1990, William Sharman 2014
Bronze – Peter Hildreth 1950, Pascoe 1969, Jarrett 1994, Turner 2006
Defending champion: Asier Martinez ESP
13.20 Michael Obasuyi BEL
13.21 Lorenzo Simonelli ITA
13.23 Andy Pozzi GBR
13.24 Aurel Manga FRA
13.26 Enrique Llopis ESP
13.27 Damian Cykier POL
13.27 Raphael Mohamed FRA
13.29 Asier Martinez ESP
13.35 Jason Joseph SUI
13.35 Mark Heiden NED
13.36 Manuel Mordi GER
13.40 Enzo Diessl AUT
Others
13.48 Tade Ojora GBR
Notable absentees
13.42 Joshua Zeller GBR
Karsten Warholm (Getty)
400 METRES HURDLES
CBP: 47.12 Karsten Warholm NOR 2022
WR/ER: 45.94 Karsten Warholm NOR 2021
UKR: 47.82 Kriss Akabusi 1992
UK medallists (9):
Gold – Alan Pascoe 1974, Akabusi 1990, Dai Greene 2010, Rhys Williams 2012
Silver – John Sherwood 1969, Williams 2010
Bronze – Harry Whittle 1950, Andy Todd 1969, Williams 2006
Defending champion: Warholm NOR
46.70 Karsten Warholm NOR
48.25 Alessandro Sibilio ITA
48.26 Clement Ducos FRA
48.37 Matic Gucek SLO
48.49 Carl Bengtstrom SWE
48.56 Rasmus Magi EST
48.82 Oskar Edlund SWE
48.90 Joshua Abuaku GER
48.94 Berke Akcam TUR
49.02 Nick Smidt NED
49.10 Wilfried Happio FRA
49.10 Alastair Chalmers GBR
49.20 Mikael de Jesus POR
49.34 Jesus Delgado ESP
Notable absentees
49.24 Joshua Faulds GBR
HIGH JUMP
CBP: 2.36 Andrey Silnov RUS 2006
WR: 2.45 Javier Sotomayor CUB 1993
ER: 2.42 Patrik Sjöberg SWE 1987 & Bohdan Bondarenko UKR 2014; 2.42i Carlo Thränhardt GER 1988 & Ivan Ukhov RUS 2014
UKR: 2.38i Steve Smith 1994 (outdoor best: 2.37 Smith 1992 & 1993 & Robbie Grabarz 2012);
UK medallists (8):
Gold – Alan Paterson 1950, Grabarz 2012
Silver – Paterson 1946, Smith 1994, Dalton Grant 1998, Grabarz 2016
Bronze – Martyn Bernard 2010, Chris Baker 2016
Defending champion: Gianmarco Tamberi ITA
2.30i Jan Stefela CZE (2.20)
2.30i Oleh Doroshchuk UKR (2.26)
2.29 Vladyslav Lavskyy UKR
2.26i Jonas Wagner GER (2.25)
2.26 Norbert Kobielski POL
2.26 Tihomir Ivanov BUL
2.26 Marek Bahnik CZE
2.25i Alperen Acet TUR (2.24)
2.25 Thomas Carmoy BEL
Others
2.23 Mateusz Przyblko GER (2.35 PB)
2.22i Marco Fassinotti ITA (2.35 PB)
In 2023
2.36 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA
Gianmarco Tamberi (Getty)
Notable absentees
2.33i Danil Lysenko RUS
2.30i Tobias Poyte GER
2.30i Ilya Ivanyuk RUS
2.28i Roman Petruk UKR
POLE VAULT
CBP: 6.06 Mondo Duplantis SWE 2022
WR & ER: 6.24 Mondo Duplantis 2024
UKR: 5.85 Harry Coppell 2020
UK medallist (1):
Bronze – Geoff Elliott 1954
Defending champion: Duplantis SWE
6.24 Mondo Duplantis SWE
5.92i Thibaut Collet FRA (5.70)
5.85i Emmanouil Karais GRE (5.72)
5.83i Menno Vloon NED (5.77)
5.82i Pal Haugen Lillefosse NOR (5.50)
5.82i Pedro Buaro POR (5.50)
5.82 Eru Sasma TUR
5.82i Piotr Lisek POL
5.82 Torben Blech GER
5.82 Ben Broeders BEL
5.77 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre GER
5.75i Robin Emig FRA (5.65)
5.75i Baptiste Thiery FRA (5.55)
5.75i Robert Sobera POL (5.72)
5.70 Sondre Guttormsen NOR
Notable Absentees
5.83i Matvey Volkov BLR
Mondo Duplantis (Diamond League)
LONG JUMP
CBP: 8.52 Miltiádis Tentóglou GRE 2022
WR: 8.95 Mike Powell USA 1991
ER: 8.86A Robert Emmiyan URS 1987
UKR: 8.51 Greg Rutherford 2014
UK medallists (6):
Gold – Lynn Davies 1966, Rutherford 2014 & 2016
Silver – Davies 1969, Rutherford 2006
Bronze – Chris Tomlinson 2010
Defending champion: Tentóglou GRE
8.36 Miltiádis Tentóglou GRE
8.36 Mattia Furlani ITA
8.35 Filip Pravdica CRO
8.25 Simon Ehammer SUI
8.21 Daniel Egilsson ISL
8.20 Jacob Fincham-Dukes GBR
8.18i Simon Batz GER (8.12)
8.14i Gerson Balde POR (8.00)
8.12 Bozhidar Saraboyukov BUL
8.06 Filippo Randazzo ITA
8.03i Radek Juska CZE
Other
7.99i Thobias Montler SWE
Miltiádis Tentóglou (Getty)
TRIPLE JUMP
CBP: 17.99 Jonathan Edwards GBR 1998
WR, ER & UKR: 18.29 Jonathan Edwards GBR 1995
UK medallists (5):
Gold – Keith Connor 1982, Edwards 1998, Phillips Idowu 2010
Silver – Nathan Douglas 2006
Bronze – Edwards 2002
Defending champion: Pedro Pichardo POR
17.55 Jordan Diaz ESP
17.51 Pedro Pichardo POR
17.13i Jean Marc Pontvianne FRA (16.59)
17.08i Tiago Pereira POR (16.66)
17.03i Max Hess GER (16.97)
17.03i Emmanuel Ihemeje ITA
16.87 Thomas Gogois FRA
16.85 Nercati Er TUR
16.79 Vladyslav Shepeliev UKR
16.65 Benjamin Compaore FRA
Notable absentees
17.61i Andy Diaz Hernandez ITA
SHOT
WR: 23.56 Ryan Crouser USA 2023
ER: 23.06 Ulf Timmermann GDR 1988
UKR: 21.68 Geoff Capes 1980 (21.92 Carl Myerscough 2003 not ratified)
UK medallists (2):
Gold – Arthur Rowe 1958
Bronze – Geoff Capes 1974
Defending champion: Filip Mihaljevic CRO
22.95 Leonardo Fabbri ITA
21.93 Zane Weir ITA
21.71i Bob Bertemes LUX (20.36)
21.71 Filip Mihaljevic CRO
21.47i Tomás Stanek CZE
21.42i Mesud Pezer BIH (20.93)
21.31 Scott Lincoln GBR
21.05 Marcus Thomsen NOR
21.01 Andrei Toader ROU
20.93 Eric Favors IRL
20.78 Francisco Belo POR
20.71i Michal Haratyk POL (20.51)
Notable absentees
21.65i Aleh Tamashevich BLR
20.71i Maksim Afonin RUS
DISCUS
CBP: 69.78 Mykolas Alekna LTU 2022
WR & ER: 74.35 Mykolas Alekna LTU 2024
UKR: 68.24 Lawrence Okoye 2012
UK medallist (1): Bronze – Lawrence Okoye 2022
Defending champion: Alekna LTU
74.35 Mykolas Alekna LTU
70.48 Kristjan Ceh SLO
69.09 Clemens Prufer GER
69.04 Lukas Weisshaidinger AUT
68.99 Daniel Stahl SWE
68.96 Mika Sosna GER
67.91 Tom Reux FRA
67.43 Henrik Janssen GER
66.59 Martynas Alekna LTU
66.33 Lolassonn Djouhan FRA
66.07 Alin Firfirica ROU
65.57 Ruben Rolvink NED
65.46 Marek Barta CZE
65.21 Andrius Gudzius LTU
64.97 Alessio Mannucci ITA
64.95 Lawrence Okoye GBR
Notable absentees
67.73 Nick Percy GBR
Mykolas Alekna (Getty)
HAMMER
CBP, WR & ER: 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh URS 1986
UKR: 80.26 Nick Miller 2018
UK medallist (1): Bronze – Duncan Clark 1946
Defending champion: Wojciech Nowicki POL
80.76a Mykhaylo Kokhan UKR
79.88 Yann Chaussinand FRA
79.14a Wojciech Nowicki POL
79.09 Denzel Comenentia NED
78.11 Merlin Hummel GER
77.77 Bence Halasz HUN
77.57 Ragnar Carlsson SWE
77.49 Soren Klose GER
77.37 Jake Norris GBR
77.31 Volodymyr Myslyvchuk UKR
77.23 Pawel Fajdek POL
76.49 Patrik Hajek CZE
76.02 Thomas Mardal NOR
Notable absentees
81.53 Valeriy Pronkin RUS
80.11 Aliaksandr Shymanovich BLR
JAVELIN
CBP: 89.72 Steve Backley GBR 1998
WR & ER: 98.48 Jan Zelezny CZE 1996;
UKR: 91.46 Steve Backley 1992;
UK medallists (5):
Gold – Backley 1990, 1994, 1998 & 2002
Silver – Mick Hill 1998
Defending champion: Julian Weber GER
90.20 Max Dehning GER
88.38 Jakub Vadlejch CZE
88.37 Julian Weber GER
86.11 Teuraiterai Tupaia FRA
85.68 Edis Matusevicsius LTU
84.43 Oliver Helander FIN
84.04 Alexandru Novac ROU
83.95 Artur Felfner UKR
83.09 Leandro Ramos POR
82.69 Marcin Krukowski POL
82.11 Gatis Cakks LAT
81.97 Andrian Mardare MDA
Notable absentees
85.12 Aliaksei Katkavets BLR
82.37 Teemu Narvi FIN
DECATHLON
CBP: 8811 Daley Thompson 1986
WR & ER: 9126 Kevin Mayer FRA 2018
UKR: 8847 Daley Thompson 1984
UK medallists (3):
Gold – Thompson 1982 & 1986
Silver – Thompson 1978
Defending champion: Niklas Kaul GER
8462 Johannes Erm EST
8282 Tim Nowak GER
8190 Felix Wolter GER
8098 Edgaras Benkunskas LTU
8035 Jeff Tesselaar NED
8020 Jente Hauttekeete BEL
8016 Vilem Strasky CZE
nm Kevin Mayer FRA (8816 in 2022)
In 2023
8608 Markus Rooth NOR
8590 Sander Skotheim NOR
8524 Janek Oiglane EST
8484 Niklas Kaul GER
8443 Makkenson Gletty FRA
8233 Thomas Van Der Plaetsen BEL
Notable absentees
8708 Leo Neugebauer GER
8517 Sven Roosen NED
Niklas Kaul (Getty)
20 KILOMETRES WALK
WR: 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki JPN 2015
ER: 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz FRA 2015
UKR: 1:19:38 Tom Bosworth 2018
UK medallists (5):
Gold – Stan Vickers 1958, Ken Matthews 1962, Paul Nihill 1969
Bronze – Nihill 1971, Roger Mills 1974
Defending champion: Alvaro Martin ESP (nc)
1:17:55 Paul McGrath ESP
1:18:19 Diego Garcia ESP
1:18:22 Perseus Karlstrom SWE
1:19:43 Andrea Cosi ITA
1:19:44 Luis Amezcua ESP
1:19:55 Christopher Linke GER
1:19:56 Gabriel Bordier FRA
1:20:06 Hilma Maher Ben POL
1:20:11 Riccardo Orsoni ITA
1:20:20 Alvaro Lopes ESP
1:20:27 Callum Wilkinson GBR
Notable absentees
1:17:26 Massimo Stano ITA
1:17:49 Alvaro Martín ESP
1:18:18 Sergey Kozhevnikov RUS
1:18:33 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP
1:19:47 Vasiliy Mizinov RUS
50 KILOMETRES WALK
UK medallists (4):
Gold – Harold Whitlock 1938
Silver – Henri Forbes 1946
Bronze – Charles Megnin 1946, Don Thompson 1962
No longer held
4 x 100 METRES RELAY
CBP: 37.67 GBR 2022
WR: 36.84 Jamaica 2012
ER & UKR: 37.47 Gt Britain & NI 2017
UK medallists (12):
Gold – 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022
Silver – 1954, 1958 & 1990
Bronze – 1938, 1962 & 1986
Defending champion: Great Britain & NI
38.14 Italy
38.30 Netherlands
38.32 France
38.36 Great Britain
38.55 Switzerland
38.57 Germany
38.68 Belgium
38.79a Denmark
38.86 Poland
39.20 Czech Republic
39.35 Spain
39.40 Sweden
4 x 400 METRES RELAY
CBP: 2:58.22 GBR 1990
WR: 2:54.29 USA 1993
ER & UKR: 2:56.60 GBR 1991
UK medallists (19):
Gold – 1950, 1958, 1974, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014 & 2022
Silver – 1938, 1946, 1962, 1982, 2006, 2010, 2012 & 2018
Bronze – 2016
Defending champion: Great Britain & NI
3:00.09 Belgium
3:01.25 Germany
3:01.60 Italy
3:02.10 Great Britain
3:02.39 Spain
3:02.44 France
3:02.91 Poland
3:03.00 Czech Republic
3:03.02 Netherlands
3:06.35 Turkey
3:06,57i Portugal
WOMEN’S EVENTS
100 METRES
CBP/ER: 10.73 Christine Arron FRA 1998
WR: 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner USA 1988
UKR: 10.83 Dina Asher-Smith 2019
UK medallists (10):
Gold – Heather Young 1958, Dorothy Hyman 1962, Asher-Smith 2018
Silver – Winifred Jordan 1946
Bronze – June Foulds 1950, Anne Pashley 1954, Anita Neil 1969, Andrea Lynch 1974, Ashleigh Nelson 2014, Daryll Neita 2022
Defending champion: Gina Luckenkemper GER
10.98 Dina Asher-Smith GBR
11.01 Gina Luckenkemper GER
11.02 Zaynab Dosso ITA
11.04 Gemima Joseph FRA
11.05 Ewa Swoboda POL
11.07 Rebekka Haase GER
11.11 Boglarka Takacs HUN
11.12 Amy Hunt GBR
11.12 Patrizia van der Weken LUX
11.12 Salome Kora SUI
11.18 Maria Perez ESP
11.19 Julia Henriksson SWE
11.19 Lisa Mayer GER
11.22 Mujinga Kambundji SWI
11.22 Geraldine Frey SUI
11.22 Poliniki Emmanouilidou GRE
Notable absentees
10.98 Daryll Neita GBR
11.02 Imani Lansiquot GBR
Gina Luckenkemper (Getty)
200 METRES
CBP: 21.71 Heike Drechsler GDR 1986
WR: 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner USA 1988
ER: 21.63 Dafne Schippers NED 2015
UKR: 21.88 Dina Asher-Smith 2019
UK medallists (10):
Gold –Asher-Smith 2016 & 2018
Silver – Winifred Jordan 1946, Dorothy Hyman 1962, Kathy Cook 1982, Jodie Williams 2014, Asher-Smith 2022
Bronze – Dorothy Hall 1950, Shirley Hampton 1954, Val Peat 1969
Defending champion: Mujinga Kambundji SUI
22.50 Daryll Neita GBR
22.58 Henriettte Jaeger NOR
22.71 Boglarka Takacs HUN
22.87 Mujinga Kambundji SUI
22.89 Julia Henriksson SWE
22.95 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya POL
22.96 Leonie Pointet SUI
22.98 Sarah Atcho SUI
23.02 Helene Parisot FRA
23.03 Irene Saragusa ITA
Notable absentees
22.29 Dina Asher-Smith GBR
22.45 Rhasidat Adeleke IRL
22.57 Gemma Joseph FRA
22.60i Aber Anning GBR
22.60 Ida Karstoft DEN
22.64i Femke Bol NED
22.81i Lieke Klaver NED
22.85 Amy Hunt GBR
400 METRES
CBP: 48.16 Marita Koch GDR 1982
WR & ER: 47.60 Marita Koch GDR 1985
UKR: 49.41 Christine Ohuruogu 2013
UK medallists (5):
Silver – Joy Grieveson 1962
Bronze – Molly Hiscox 1958, Phyllis Smith 1994, Lee McConnell 2002, Anyika Onuora 2016
Defending champion: Femke Bol NED
49.80 Natalia Kaczmarek POL
50.10i Lieke Klaver NED (50.62)
50.59 Lurdes Manuel CZE
50.72 Sharlene Mawdsley IR
50.76 Andrea Miklos ROU
50.86 Laviai Nielsen GBR
51.12ai Rhasidat Adeleke IRL
51.13 Sophie Becker IRL
51.26 Lada Vondrova CZE
51.36 Victoria Ohuruogu GBR
51.51 Helene Ponette BEL
51.61 Amandine Brossier FRA
Notable absentees
49.17i Femke Bol NED
49.51 Amber Anning GBR
50.78i Polina Miller RUS
51.45 Barbora Malkova CZE
51.59 Naomi Van den Broeck BEL
51.60 Yemi Mary John GBR
51.61 Keely Hodgkinson GBR
Keely Hodgkinson (Getty)
800 METRES
CBP: 1:55.41 Olga Mineyeva URS 1982
WR & ER: 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvilová TCH 1983; UKR: 1:55.19 Keely Hodgkinson 2023
UK medallists (11):
Gold – Lillian Board 1969, Lynsey Sharp 2012, Hodgkinson 2022
Silver – Diane Leather 1954 & 1958, Pat Lowe 1971, Sharp 2014
Bronze – Rosemary Stirling 1971, Holmes 2002, Becky Lyne 2006, Jenny Meadows 2010
Defending champion: Hodgkinson GBR
1:55.78 Keely Hodgkinson GBR
1:59.20 Erin Wallace GBR
1:59.55 Alex Bell GBR
1:59.57 Gabriela Gajanova SVK
1:59.59 Eveliina Maattanen FIN
1:59.76i Eloisa Coiro ITA (2:00.18)
1:59.83 Elana Bello ITA
2:00.06i Lore Hoffmann SUI
2:00.26 Annemarie Nissen DEN
2:00.27 Dilek Kocak TUR
2:00.31 Anais Bourgoin FRA
2:00.32 Anita Horvath HUN
Notable absentees
1:57.45 Jemma Reekie GBR
1:57.86 Phoebe Gill GBR
1:58.51 Ciara Mageean IRL
1:59.93 Georgia Bell GBR
2:00.16 Ellie Baker GBR
2:00.16i Audrey Werro SUI
2:00.27i Isabelle Boffey GBR
1500 METRES
CBP: 3:56.91 Tatyana Tomashova RUS 2006
WR: 3:49.11 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2023
ER: 3:51.95 Sifan Hassan NED 2019
UKR: 3:54.50 Laura Muir 2021
UK medallists (5):
Gold – Laura Muir 2018 & 2022
Silver – Kelly Holmes 1994
Bronze – Laura Weightman 2014 & 2018
Defending champion: Muir GBR (DNC)
4:00.21 Katie Snowden GBR
4:00.41 Georgia Bell GBR
4:01.98 Ciara Mageean IRL
4:02.05 Agathe Guillemot FRA
4:02.12 Sarah Healy IRL
4:02.57 Jemma Reekie GBR
4:03.46 Marta Perez ESP
4:03.50 Nadia Battocletti ITA
4:03.72 Esther Guerrero ESP
4:04.04 Aleksandr Piocinska POL
4:04.05 Ludovica Cavalli ITA
4:04.13 Berenice Cleyet-Merle FRA
4:04.45 Sonia Ennaoui POL
4:04.74 Sintayehu Vissa ITA
Notable absentees
3:56.35 Laura Muir GBR
4:00.77 Revee Walcott-Nolan GBR
Jemma Reekie (Getty)
5000 METRES
CBP: 14:46.12 Sifan Hassan NED 2018
WR: 14:00.21 Gudaf Tsegay ETH 2023
ER: 14:13.42 Sifan Hassan NED 2023
UKR: 14:28.55 Eilish McColgan 2021
UK medallists (7):
Gold – Yvonne Murray (3000m) 1990
Silver – Murray (3000m) 1994, E McColgan 2018
Bronze – Joyce Smith (3000m) 1974, Murray 1986, Steph Twell 2016, E McColgan 2022
Defending champion: Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER
14:46.37i Marta Garcia ESP
14:50.74 Maureen Koster NED
14:52.65 Hannah Nuttall GBR
14:56.24 Karoline Grovdal NOR
14:59.70 Nathalie Blomqvist FIN
15:00.90 Federica Del Buono ITA
15:01.14 Hanna Klein GER
15:02.69 Nadia Battocletti ITA
15:07.38 Amy-Eloise Neale GBR
15:07.76i Izzy Fry GBR (15:11.17)
15:09.13 Lea Meyer GER
15;11.19 Stella Rutto ROU
Notable absentees
14:34.38 Sifan Hassan NED
14:43.24 Megan Keith GBR
nm Kostanze Klosterhalfen GER
10,000 METRES
CBP: 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe 2002
WR: 29:01.03 Letesenbet Gidey ETH 2021
ER: 29:06.82 Sifan Hassan ETH 2021
UKR: 30:00.86 Eilish McColgan 2023
UK medallists (4):
Gold – Radcliffe 2002, Jo Pavey 2014
Silver – Pavey 2012, E McColgan 2022
Defending champion: Yasemin Can TUR
30:36.84 Megan Keith GBR
31:13.18 Klara Lukan SLO
31:36.37 Jessica Warner-Judd GBR
31:39.86 Anna Arnaudo ITA
31:56.58 Eva Dieterich GER
31:58.55 Lisa Merkel GER
31:59.56 Jana Van Lent BEL
32:06.62 Elisa Palmero ITA
32:15.24 Chloe Herbiet BEL
nm Elish McColgan GBR
nm Diana Van Es NED
nm Nadia Battocletti UTA
Notable absentees
31:45.37 Abbie Donnelly GBR
31:56.01 Amy-Eloise Neale GBR
31:57.65 Sophie Wallis GBR
32:01.70 Verity Ockenden GBR
32:02.00 Clara Evans GBR
32:14.93 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER
Megan Keith (David Hicks)
MARATHON/HM
CBP:2:25:14 Christelle Daunay FRA 2014
WR: 2:11:53 Tigist Assefa ETH 2023
ER: 2:13:44 Sifan Hassan ETH 2023
UKR: 2:15:35 Paula Radcliffe 2003
UK medallists (0): None.
Highest placing: 9th Kathryn Binns 1982
Defending champion (M): Aleksandr Lisowska POL
66:58 Joan Chelimo Melly ROM
67:26 Melat Kejeta GER
68:20 Calli Hauger-Thackery GBR
68:28 Sofiya Yaremchuk ITA
69:09 Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal NOR
69:10 Abbie Donnelly GBR
69:32 Fabienne Konigstein GER
69:46 Domenika Mayer GER
69:48 Juliette Thomas BEL
69:48 Sultan Heydar TUR
nm Lonah Salpeter ISR
nm Helene Bekele SUI
nm Delvine Meringor ROU
Notable absentees
67:07 Jessica Warner-Judd GBR
68:02 Charlotte Purdue GBR
3000 METRES STEEPLECHASE
CBP: 9:11.31 Luiza Gega ALB 2022
WR: 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 2018
ER: 8:58.81 Gulnara Galkina RUS 2008
UKR: 9:07.87 Elizabeth Bird GBR 2022
UK medallists (1): Bronze – Elizabeth Bird 2022
Defending champion: Gega ALB
9:16.24 Gesa Felicitas Krause GER
9:22.51 Lea Meyer GER
9:22.52 Alicja Konieczek POL
9:25.31 Stella Rutto ROM
9:26.40 Luiza Gega ALB
9:26.83 Chiara Scherrer SUI
9:27.54 Carolina Robles ESP
9:27.69 Irene Sanchez-Escribano ESP
9:28.49 Elise Thorner GBR
9:28.96 Flavie Renouard FRA
9:29.78 Olivia Gurth GER
9:31.41 Kinga Krolik POL
9:32.75 Aude Clavier FRA
9:32.95 Elizabeth Bird GBR
9:33.17 Aneta Konieczek POL
nm Alice Finot FRA (9:06.15 2023)
nm Marusa Mismas Zrimsek SLO (9:06.37 2023)
100 METRES HURDLES
CBP: 12.38 Yordanka Donkova BUL 12.38 1986
WR: 12.12 Tobi Amusan NGR 2022
ER: 12.21 Yordanka Donkova BUL 1988
UKR: 12.50 Tiffany Porter 2022
UK medallists (4):
Gold – Porter 2014
Silver – Maureen Dyson (80m) 1950
Bronze – Pam Seaborne (80m) 1954, Porter 2016
Defending champion: Pia Skrzyszowska POL
12.49 Ditaji Kambundji SUI
12.52 Cyrena Samba-Mayela FRA
12.53 Pia Skrzyszowska POL
12.57 Cindy Sember GBR
12.73 Sarah Lavin IRL
12.79 Nadine Visser NED
12.82 Laeticia Bapte FRA
12.85 Reetta Hurske FIN
12.87 Anne Zagre BEL
12.87 Beatrice Juskeviciute LTU
12.89 Lotte Harala FIN
12.92 Karin Strametz AUT
12.93 A Lim Maayke Tjin NED
12.95 Giadi Carmassi ITA
12.96 Klaudia Wojtunik POL
Notable absentees
12.82 Elvira Hrabarenka BLR
Femke Bol (Getty)
400 METRES HURDLES
CBP: 52.67 Femke Bol NED 2022
WR 50.68 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA 2022
ER: 51.45 Femke Bol NED 2023
UKR: 52.74 Sally Gunnell 1993;
UK medallists (4):
Gold – Gunnell 1994, Eilidh Child 2014
Bronze – Perri Shakes-Drayton 2010, Meghan Beesley 2018
Defending champion: Bol NED
53.07 Femke Bol NED
54.31 Cathelijn Peeters NED
54.44 Louise Maraval FRA
54.73 Lina Nielsen GBR
54.86 Alice Muraro ITA
54.89a Amalie Hammild Iuel NOR
55.09 Anna Ryzhykova UKR
55.20 Nikoleta Jichova CZE
55.23a Paulien Couckuyt BEL
55.33 Fatoumata Diallo POR
55.38 Linda Olivieri ITA
55.49 Sara Mato HUN
55.52 Jessie Knight GBR
55.58 Carolina Krafzik GER
55.73 Daniela Fra ESP
55.79 Yasmin Giger SUI
55.80 Hilla Uusimaki FIN
HIGH JUMP
CBP: 2.03 Tia Hellebaut BEL & Venelina Veneva-Mateeva BUL 2006, Blanka Vlasic CRO 2010
WR & ER: 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1987
UKR: 1.98 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 2016 (1.99i Morgan Lake 2023)
UK medallists (6):
Gold – Sheila Lerwill 1950, Thelma Hopkins 1954
Silver – Dorothy Tyler 1950
Bronze – Dorothy Shirley 1958, Linda Knowles 1962, Barbara Inkpen 1971
Defending champion: Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR
2.04i Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR (2.00)
1.98 Angelina Topic SRB
1.95i Christina Honsel GER (1.91)
1.95i Lia Apostolovski SLO (1.91)
1.95 Iryna Gerashchenko UKR
1.94 Imke Onnen GER
1.93i Merila Demeriva BUL (1.92)
1.92i Urte Baikstyte LOTU
1.92i Morgan Lake GBR (1.88)
1.92i Yuliya Levchenko UKR (1.89)
1.92i Airine Palsyte LTU
1.92i Aurora Vicini ITA
1.92 Nawal Meniker FRA
1.92 Yuliya Chumachenko UKR
1.92 Buse Savaskan TUR
Other
1.86 Elena Vallortigara ITA (1.95 in 2023)
Notable absentees
2.00i Natalya Spiridonova RUS
1.97i Mariya Zodzik BLR
1.95 Elena Kulichenko CYP
1.93i Karyna Demidik BLR
1.93i Mariya Lasitskene RUS
1.93i Darya Stepova RUS
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Getty)
POLE VAULT
CBP: 4.85 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 2018, Wilma Murto FIN 2022
WR & ER: 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 2009;
UKR: 4.87i Holly Bradshaw 2012 (outdoor best: 4.81 Bradshaw 2017);
UK medallists (1): Bronze – Holly Bradshaw 2018
Defending champion: Murto FIN
4.86i Molly Caudery GBR (4.84)
4.81i Wilma Murto FIN (4.60)
4.75i Angelica Moser SUI (4.73)
4.73i Tina Sutej SLO (4.63)
4.66 Elisa Molinarolo ITA
4.65i Roberta Bruni ITA
4.65i Amalie Svabikova CZE
4.64i Katerina Stefanidi GRE
4.60 Eleni-Klaoudia Polak GRE
Other
4.50 Holly Bradshaw GBR
Notable absentee
4.73i Paulina Knoroz RUS
4.66i Margot Chevrier FRA
4.65i Iryna Zhuk BLR
Holly Bradshaw (Getty)
LONG JUMP
CBP: 7.30 Heike Drechsler GER 1990
WR & ER: 7.52 Galina Chistyakova URS 1988
UKR: 7.07 Shara Proctor 2015
UK medallists (6):
Gold – Jean Pickering 1954
Silver – Jade Johnson 2002, Jazmin Sawyers 2016
Bronze – Mary Rand 1962, Shara Proctor 2018, Sawyers 2022
Defending champion: Ivana Vuleta SRB
6.95i Malaika Mihambo GER (6.79)
6.91i Mikaelle Assani GER (6.65)
6.88 Agate De Sousa POR
6.86 Larissa Iapichino ITA
6.81i Laura Muller GER (6.73)
6.78i Fatima Diame ESP (6.68)
6.76i Annik Kalin SUI (6.70)
6.76 Milica Gardasevic SRB
6.74i Florentina Costina Iusco ROU (6.67)
6.71i Alina Rotaru-Kottmann ROU (6.66)
6.70i Plamena Mitkova BUL (6.57)
Notable Absentees
6.84i Viyaleta Skvartsova BLR
6.78 Yelena Sokolova RUS
6.77i Natassia Mironchyk-Ivanova BLR
TRIPLE JUMP
CBP: 15.15 Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 2006
WR: 15.67 Yulimar Rojas VEN 2021
ER: 15.50 Inessa Kravets UKR 1995
UKR: 15.15 Ashia Hansen 1997
UK medallist (1): Gold – Hansen 2002
Defending champion: M Bekh-Romanchuk UKR
14.75i Ana Peleteiro-Compaore ESP (14.28)
14.38i Gabriela Petrova BUL (14.19)
14.32 Tugba Danismaz TUR
14.28 Ilionis Guillaume FRA
14.25 Florentina Costina Iusco ROU
14.23 Aleksandra Nacheva BUL
14.20 Neja Filipic SLO
14.20 Oiha Korsun UKR
14.12 Dovile Kilty LTU
14.09 Hanna Krasutska UKR
Notable absentees
14.47i Ruta Lasmane LAT (13.78)
14.36i Viyaleta Skvartsova BLR
14.15i Jesse Maduka GER (13.64)
14.09Ai Emilia Sjostrand SWE (13.67)
14.00i Yekaterina Koneva RUS
13.90 Temi Ojora GBR
Jessica Schilder (Getty)
SHOT
CBP: 21.69 Vita Pavlysh UKR 1998
WR & ER: 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1987
UKR: 19.36 Judy Oakes 1988;
UK medallists (0): None.
Highest placing: 5th Bevis Reid 1938 & Sue Allday 1958
Defending champion: Jessica Schilder NED
20.31i Jessica Schilder NED (19.24)
20.19i Yemisi Ogunleye GER (19.40)
18.99 Fanny Roos SWE
18.65i Jessica Inchude POR (18.23)
18.64i Jorinde van Klinken NED (18.13)
18.56 Alina Kenzel GER
18.47i Eliana Bandeira POR (18.30)
18.47 Maria Belen Toimil ESP
18.45 Julia Ritter GER
18.39 Sara Lennman SWE
notable absentee
18.82 Axelina Johansson SWE
18.59i Alida van Daalen NED (18.10)
DISCUS
CBP: 71.36 Diane Sachse GDR 1986
WR & ER: 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GDR 1988;
UKR: 67.48 Meg Ritchie 1981
UK medallists (0): None.
Highest placing: 7th Jade Lally 2016
Defending champion: Sandra Perkovic CRO
67.31 Marike Steinacker GER
66.60 Irina Rodrigues POR
66.48 Sandra Elkasevic (Perkovic) CRO
64.98 Ieva Gumbs LTU
64.88 Jorinde van Klinken NED
64.76 Claudine Vita GER
64.75 Shanice Kraft GER
64.42 Alexandra Emilianov MDA
64.23 Maija Tolj CRO
63.67 Liliana Ca POR
63.48 Daisy Osakue ITA
63.26 Melina Robert-Michon FRA
Notable absentees
66.31 Alida van Daalen NED
64.63 Kristin Pudenz GER
63.15 Jade Lally GBR
Sandra Perkovic (Getty)
HAMMER
CBP: 78.94 Anita Wlodarczyk POL 2018
WR & ER: 82.98 Anita Wlodarczyk POL 2016
UKR: 74.54 Sophie Hitchon 2016
UK medallists (0): None.
Highest placing: 4th Hitchon 2016
Defending champion: Bianca Ghelber ROU
75.95 Zalina Marghieva MDA
74.63 Krista Tervo FIN
74.06a Bianca Ghelber ROU
73.97 Silja Kosonen FIN
73.67 Sara Fantini ITA
73.31 Thea Lofman SWE
73.25 Hanna Skydan AZE
72.62 Rebecka Hallerth SWE
72.57 Katrine Koch Jacobsen DEN
72.09 Anita Wlodarczyk POL
72.01 Rose Loga FRA
71.34 Iryna Klymets UKR
71.33 Charlotte Payne GBR
71.21 Beatrice Llano NOR
71.18 Anna Purchase GBR
Notable absentees
74.07 Sofiya Palkina RUS
72.44 Nastassia Maslava BLR
JAVELIN
CBP: 67.90 Christin Hussong GER 67.90 2018
WR & ER: 72.28 Barbora Spotáková CZE 2008
UKR: 66.17 Goldie Sayers 2012
UK medallists (2):
Gold – Fatima Whitbread 1986
Silver – Tessa Sanderson 1978
Defending champion: Elina Tzengko GRE
66.06 Victoria Hudson AUT
63.90 Yulenmis Aguilar ESP (ex CUB)
63.58 Adriana Vilagos SRB
63.21 Anete Sietina LAT
62.72 Maria Andrejczyk POL
62.12 Petra Sicakova CZE
61.81 Marie-Therese Obst NOR
61.31 Nikola Ogrodniková CZE
61.01 Liveta Jasiunaité LTU
60.94 Sigrid Borge NOR
60.50 Eda Tugsuz TUR
60.43 Elina Tzengko GRE
60.41 Andrea Zelezna CZE
Other
58.89 Sara Kolak CRO (68.43 PB)
55.52 Marta Ratej SLO (67.16 PB)
Notable absentees
63.00 Tatyana Kholodovich BLR
HEPTATHLON
CBP: 6823 Jess Ennis 2010
WR: 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1988
ER: 7032 Carolina Klüft SWE 2007
UKR: 6955 Jessica Ennis-Hill 2012
UK medallists (5):
Gold – Denise Lewis 1998, Ennis 2010
Silver – Bertha Crowther (Pentathlon) 1950, Katarina Johnson-Thompson (2018)
Bronze – Judy Simpson 1986
Defending champion: Nafi Thiam BEL
6506 Annik Kalin SUI
6307 Vanessa Grimm GER
6276 Rita Nemes HUN
6209 Auriana Lazraq FRA
6196 Verena Mayr AUT
6192 Beatrice Juskeviciute LTU
6098 Paulina Ligarska POL
nm Nafi Thiam BEL (6947 in 2022)
nm Johnson-Thompson GBR (6740 2023)
nm Xenia Krizsan HUN (6479 2023)
nm Noor Vidts BEL (6450 2023)
nm Sophie Weissddenberg GER (6438 2023)
nm Saga Vanninen FIN (6391 2023)
nm Carolin Schafer GER (6369 2023)
nm Jade O’Dowda GBR (6255 2023)
Notable absentees
6642 Anouk Vetter NED
6337 Emma Oosterwegel NED
Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Nafi Thiam (Getty)
20 KILOMETRES WALK
CBP: 1:26:36 Marta Perez ESP 2018
WR: 1:24:38 Liu Hong CHN 2015;
ER: 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova RUS 2015;
UKR: 1:30:41 Jo Jackson 2010;
UK medallists: None.
Highest placing: 10th Lisa Langford (10km) 1990, Jackson 2010
Defending champion: Antigoni Drisbioti GRE
1:27:19 Laura García-Caro ESP
1:27:27 Antonella Palmisano ITA
1:28:43 Cristina Montesinos ESP
1:28:44 Clemence Beretta FRA
1:28:47 Eleonora Giorgi ITA
1:29:07 Raquel González ESP
1:29:07 Pauline Stey FRA
1:29:14 Mariia Sakharuk UKR
1:30:05 Valentina Trapletti ITA
nm Antigoni Drisbioti GRE (1:28:12 2023)
Notable absentees:
1:24:31 Elvira Khasanova RUS
1:24:47 Reykhan Kagramanova RUS
1:27:43 Maria Pérez ESP
1:29:11 Antia Chamosa ESP
1:29:51 Paula Juarez ESP
4 x 100 METRES RELAY
CBP: 41.68 GDR 1990
WR: 40.82 USA 2012
ER: 41.37 GDR 1986
UKR: 41.77 2016;
UK medallists (8):
Gold – 1950, 2014, 2018
Silver – 1958, 1978, 1982, 2006, 2016
Defending champion: Germany
42.33 Gt Britain & NI
42.60 Italy
42.72 Germany
42.75 France
42.75 Switzerland
42.81 Poland
42.85 Spain
42.88 Netherlands
43.17 Belgium
43.66 Hungary
44.47 Greece
4 x 400 METRES RELAY
CBP: 3:16.87 GDR 1986
WR & ER: 3:15.17 USSR 1988
UKR: 3:20.04 2007
UK medallists (8):
Gold – 1969 & 2016
Bronze – 1990, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
3:24.38 Ireland
3:24.71 Poland
3:25.07i Netherlands
3:26.28 Italy
3:26.79 Belgium
3:26.88 Norway
3:27.30 Spain
3:27.76 Czech Republic
3:28.06 France
3:28.30 Switzerland
3:31.93i Portugal
Notable absentees
3:24.89 Great Britain & NI
MIXED 4 x 400 METRES RELAY
New event
WR: USA 3:08.80 2023
ER & GBR: GBR 3:11.06 2023
3:11.45 Netherlands
3:11.53 Ireland
3:12.99 Great Britain & NI
3:13.18 Belgium
3:13.53 Poland
3:14.71 France
3:16.47 Italy
3:16.56 Czech Republic
Notable absentees
3:13.85 Germany
3:14.12 Switzerland
3:14.49 Ukraine
British medal tallies at the European Championships:
1938 – 8 ( 4 gold)
1946 – 10 ( 2)
1950 – 17 ( 8)
1954 – 14 ( 3)
1958 – 17 ( 7)
1962 – 14 ( 5)
1966 – 2 ( 2)
1969 – 17 ( 6)
1971 – 10 ( 1)
1974 – 11 ( 4)
1978 – 7 ( 1)
1982 – 9 ( 3)
1986 – 15 ( 8)
1990 – 18 ( 9)
1994 – 13 ( 6)
1998 – 16 ( 9)
2002 – 12 ( 5)
2006 – 11 ( 1)
2010 – 19 ( 6)
2012 – 7 ( 4)
2014 – 23 (12)
2016 – 15 ( 5)
2018 – 17 ( 7)
2022 – 20 ( 6)
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