Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the; 2017 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GBR
Website	www.britishathletics.org.uk
in London
Competitors	92 in 39 events
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 6
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, from 4–13 August 2017.^[2]^[3] It was the first time that the United Kingdom had hosted the World Championships. Mo Farah won the first medal for the host nation, also winning the first gold medal of the Championships (in the 10,000 metres).

Medallists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Mo Farah	Men's 10,000 m	August 4
Gold	Adam Gemili Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Danny Talbot CJ Ujah	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	August 12
Silver	Mo Farah	Men's 5,000 m	August 12
Silver	Dina Asher-Smith Desirèe Henry Daryll Neita Asha Philip	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	August 12
Silver	Zoey Clark Emily Diamond Eilidh Doyle Laviai Nielsen Perri Shakes-Drayton*	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	August 13
Bronze	Dwayne Cowan Jack Green* Matthew Hudson-Smith Martyn Rooney Rabah Yousif	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	August 13

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Medal and performance targets

UK Sport targeted a minimum of 6 medals for London 2017, just slightly fewer than the set target of seven medals from the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletics events.^[4] The GB squad met this target on 13 August and finished with a total of 6 medals.^[5]

Key	N Target missed	Y Target met	Y Y Target exceeded

Sport	Medals target set	Medals or result	Target missed, met, or exceeded
Athletics	6–8	6	Y

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
James Dasaolu	100 metres	10.13	=10 Q	10.22	15	Did not advance
Reece Prescod		10.03 PB	5 Q	10.05	4 Q	10.17	7
CJ Ujah		10.07	9 Q	10.12	9	Did not advance
Zharnel Hughes	200 metres	20.43	15 q	20.85	24	Did not advance
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake		20.08	2 Q	20.19	5 q	20.24	4
Danny Talbot		20.16 PB	5 Q	20.38	9	Did not advance
Dwayne Cowan	400 metres	45.39	19 Q	45.96	24	Did not advance
Matthew Hudson-Smith		45.31	17 q	44.74 SB	9	Did not advance
Martyn Rooney		45.75	26	Did not advance
Elliot Giles	800 metres	1:45.86	9 Q	1:46.95	20	Did not advance
Kyle Langford		1:46.38	17 q	1:45.81	5 Q	1:45.25 PB	4
Guy Learmonth		1:45.90	10 Q	1:46.75	19	Did not advance
Josh Kerr	1500 metres	3:47.30	34	Did not advance
Chris O'Hare		3:42.53	14 Q	3:38.59	4 Q	3:38.28	12
Jake Wightman		3:38.50	4 Q	3:41.79	20	Did not advance
Andrew Butchart	5000 metres	13:24.78	7 q	—		13:38.73	8
Mo Farah		13:30.18	15 Q	13:33.22
Marc Scott		13:58.11	33	Did not advance
Mo Farah	10,000 metres	—				26:49.51
Andrew Davies	Marathon	—				2:17:59	31
Josh Griffiths		2:20:06	39
Callum Hawkins		2:10:17 PB	4
Rob Mullett	3000 metres steeplechase	8:47.99	41	—		Did not advance
Zak Seddon		8:32.84	22
Iuean Thomas		8:52.96	43
David King	110 metres hurdles	13.67	33	Did not advance
David Omoregie		13.59	26	Did not advance
Andrew Pozzi		13.28	4 Q	13.28	10	Did not advance
Jack Green	400 metres hurdles	49.55	12 q	49.93	13	Did not advance
CJ Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	4 × 100 metres relay	37.76 SB	2 Q	—		37.47 WL AR
Matthew Hudson-Smith Rabah Yousif Dwayne Cowan Martyn Rooney Jack Green*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:00.10 SB	4 q	—		2:59.00 SB
Tom Bosworth	20km walk	—				DSQ	–
Callum Wilkinson	20km walk	—				1:23:54	41
Dominic King	50km walk	—				DSQ	–

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Robbie Grabarz	High jump	2.31 SB	6 Q	2.25	6
Nathan Fox	Triple jump	16.49	19	Did not advance
Chris Bennett	Hammer throw	72.05	21	Did not advance
Nick Miller	Hammer throw	75.52	7 Q	77.31	6

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Ashley Bryant	Result	11.14 SB	7.44	14.09	1.96	49.24	14.75	43.95 SB	4.30	67.97 SB	4:27.15 PB	8049	11
Ashley Bryant	Points	830	920	734	767	850	880	745	702	858	763	8049	11

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Desirèe Henry	100 metres	11.32	24 q	11.24	18	Did not advance
Daryll Neita		11.15	13 Q	11.16	13
Asha Philip		11.14 SB	12 q	11.19	16
Dina Asher-Smith	200 metres	22.73 SB	4 Q	22.73 SB	6 Q	22.22 SB	4
Shannon Hylton		23.39	23	Did not advance
Bianca Williams		23.30	19 q	23.40	21	Did not advance
Zoey Clark	400 metres	51.88	18 Q	51.81 PB	16	Did not advance
Emily Diamond		52.20	25	Did not advance
Anyika Onuora		52.58	34	Did not advance
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	800 metres	2:01.30	14 Q	2:02.26	22	Did not advance
Lynsey Sharp		2:01.04	9 Q	1:59.47	5 q	1:58.98	8
Adelle Tracey		2:00.28 PB	4 q	2:00.26	11	Did not advance
Jessica Judd	1500 metres	4:03.73	12 Q	4:10.14	22	Did not advance
Sarah McDonald		4:05.48	18 q	4:06.73	17	Did not advance
Laura Muir		4:08.97	26 Q	4:03.64	2 Q	4:02.97	4
Laura Weightman		4:03.50	8 Q	4:05.63	10 Q	4:04.11	6
Eilish McColgan	5000 metres	15:00.38 PB	11 Q	—		15:00.43	10
Laura Muir		14:59.34	8 q	14:52.07	6
Steph Twell		15:41.29	31	Did not advance
Jess Martin	10,000 metres	—				DNF	–
Beth Potter						32:15.88	21
Charlotte Taylor						32:51.33	27
Tracy Barlow	Marathon	—				2:41:03	43
Alyson Dixon						2:31:36	18
Charlotte Purdue						2:29:48	13
Rosie Clarke	3000 metres steeplechase	9:49.36	25	—		Did not advance
Lennie Waite	3000 metres steeplechase	9:54.97	30	—		Did not advance
Alicia Barrett	100 metres hurdles	13.42	37	Did not advance
Tiffany Porter	100 metres hurdles	13.18	29	Did not advance
Meghan Beesley	400 metres hurdles	56.41	22 q	56.61	20	Did not advance
Eilidh Doyle		55.49	14 Q	55.33	8 q	55.71	8
Jessica Turner		56.98	31	Did not advance
Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita	4 × 100 metres relay	41.93 SB	2 Q	—		42.12
Zoey Clark Emily Diamond Eilidh Doyle Laviai Nielsen Perri Shakes-Drayton*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:24.74 SB	3 Q	—		3:25.00
Gemma Bridge	20km walk	—				1:36:04	40
Bethan Davies	20km walk	—				1:33:10	29

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Morgan Lake	High jump	1.92	6 q	1.95	6
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	High jump	1.92	4 q	1.95 SB	5
Holly Bradshaw	Pole vault	4.50	10 q	4.65	6
Shara Proctor	Long jump	6.45	13	Did not advance
Jazmin Sawyers		6.34	18	Did not advance
Lorraine Ugen		6.63	3 q	6.72	5
Jade Lally	Discus throw	57.71	19	Did not advance
Sophie Hitchon	Hammer throw	73.05	3 Q	72.32	7

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Result	13.33	1.80	12.47	22.86	6.56	41.72	2:08.10	6558	5
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Points	1075	978	692	1093	1027	700	993	6558	5

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
AR = Area/Continental record
PB = Personal best
SB = Season's best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

References

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Contents

Medallists

Medal and performance targets

Results

Men

Women

References