2016 British Athletics Championships

2016 British Athletics Championships
Dates	24-26 June
Host city	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
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The 2016 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, from 24–26 June 2016. The event was organised by UK Athletics. A full range of outdoor events were held.^[1]

The championships served as the main qualification event for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the 2016 Summer Olympics for all events except combined events, marathons, race walks and the 10,000 metres.^[2] In addition, shorter track walking events were held during the British Championships that did not involve qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Medal summary

Men

Key:
≠ Qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics at trials
≠ Selected other than from trials.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (w 3.0 m/s)	James Dasaolu ≠	9.93w	James Ellington ≠	9.96w	Chijindu Ujah	9.97w
200 metres (w -0.1 m/s)	Adam Gemili ≠	20.44	Danny Talbot ≠	20.46	Reece Prescod	20.84
400 metres	Matthew Hudson-Smith ≠	44.88	Rabah Yousif ≠	45.52	Martyn Rooney	46.01
800 metres	Elliot Giles	1:48.00	Jamie Webb	1:48.49	Michael Rimmer	1:48.78
1500 metres	Charlie Grice ≠	3:43.41	Chris O'Hare ≠	3:43.68	Jake Whitman	3:43.90
5000 metres	Andrew Butchart ≠	13:44.00	Tom Farrell ≠	13.47:60	Andy Vernon	13:49.28
110 m hurdles	Andrew Pozzi ≠	13.31	Lawrence Clarke ≠	13.44	David King	13.57
400 m hurdles	Sebastian Rodger	49.45	Jack Green ≠	49.49	Rhys Williams	49.90
3000 m steeplechase	Rob Mullett	8:41.67	Tom Wade	8:43.40	Zak Seddon	8:46.63
5000 m walk	Dane Bird-Smith (AUS)	19:08.76	Tom Bosworth	19:13.56	Callum Wilkinson	19:54.47
High jump	Robbie Grabarz ≠	2.26	Chris Baker ≠	2.26	Allan Smith	2.23
Pole vault	Luke Cutts ≠	5.40	Steven Lewis Jax Thoirs	5.25	n/a
Long jump	Daniel Gardiner	7.67	Ifeanyi Otuonye	7.66	JJ Jegede	7.59
Triple jump	Nathan Douglas	16.58	Julian Reid	16.45	Ben Williams	16.31
Shot put	Scott Lincoln	19.03	Anthony Oshodi	17.43	Gareth Winter	17.28
Discus throw	Nicholas Percy	60.43	Dan Greaves	60.34	Ben Morse	58.75
Hammer throw	Chris Bennett	75.67	Mark Dry	74.92	Nick Miller	72.21
Javelin throw	Matti Mortimore	74.40	Joe Dunderdale	71.87	James Whiteaker	71.84

Women

Other Olympic trials

A number of qualification trials were held at other meetings to earn a place for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in addition to a small number of preselected athletes:

Key:
≠ Qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics at trials
≠ Selected other than from trials.

• 10000 metres: Highgate Night of 10,000 m PBs:at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track.^[4] The top two British finishers in each race qualified if they have the qualification time. Jess Andrews made the qualification time to win the event, while Beth Potter, the second Briton, already had the time and also qualified automatically. In the men's race, neither of the top two British finishers made the qualification time. Following the event, however, Ross Millington made the time and secured qualification. World and Olympic champion Mo Farah has been pre-selected for the event at Rio.

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10000 metres, Men	Ross Millington ≠	28.28.2	Juan Antonio Perez (ESP)	28.30.1	Dewi Griffiths	28.34.4
10000 metres, Women	Jessica Andrews ≠	31:58.0	Linet Masai (KEN)	32.02.05	Beth Potter ≠	32.05.4
Preselected*	Men; Mo Farah

• Race walks:
• Combined events: Hypo-Meeting at Gotzis : Athletes had to achieve a top 12 finish and have the qualification score to achieve selection through the Hypo-Meeting event. Katarina Johnson-Thompson achieved the necessary place and score to confirm selection. World and Olympic champion, Jessica Ennis-Hill, was pre-selected.
• Marathon: 2016 London Marathon

References

Results

• British Championships Birmingham 24-26 Jun 16. Power of 10. Retrieved 2020-12-20.