Team GB

The final athletics are selected!

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Its role is to select, prepare, manage and lead our nation’s finest athletes at the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games. The BOA delivers extensive elite level support services to Britain’s Olympic athletes and their National Governing Bodies throughout each Olympic cycle and in the UK is responsible for the development and protection of the Olympic Movement.

The athletes from the sport of athletics selected for Team GB are (new additions in CAPS):

MEN

100m

TYRONE EDGAR* (Newham & Essex); CRAIG PICKERING* (Marshall Milton Keynes)*; Simeon Williamson* (Highgate Harriers)

200m

Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva); Christian Malcolm (Cardiff AAC); Alex Nelson* (Sale Harriers Manchester)

400m

Martyn Rooney* (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele* (Trafford AC)

800m

Michael Rimmer* (Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton Harriers)

1500m

Andy Baddeley* (Harrow AC); Tom Lancashire* (Bolton Harriers)

5000m

Mo Farah* (Newham & Essex)

Marathon

Dan Robinson (Stroud & District)

3000m steeplechase

ANDREW LEMONCELLO* (Fife AC)

110m hurdles

ALLAN SCOTT* (Shaftesbury Barnet); Andrew Turner (Sale Harriers Manchester)

High Jump

MARTYN BERNARD* (Wakefield Harriers); Germaine Mason* (unattached); Tom Parsons* (Birchfield Harriers)

Pole Vault

Steve Lewis* (Newham & Essex)

Long Jump

Greg Rutherford* (Marshall Milton Keynes); Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex)

Triple Jump

Larry Achike (Shaftesbury Barnet); Nathan Douglas (Oxford City); Phillips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers);

Decathlon

Daniel Awde* (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)

4x100m

Harry Aikines-Aryeety* (Belgrave Harriers); Tyrone Edgar* (Newham & Essex); RIKKI FIFTON* (Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets); Craig Pickering* (Marshall Milton Keynes); Simeon Williamson* (Highgate Harriers)

4x400m

Michael Bingham* (unattached); Richard Buck* (City of York); DALE GARLAND* (Channel Islands AC); Martyn Rooney* (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele* (Trafford AC); Rob Tobin* (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)

WOMEN

100m

MONTELL DOUGLAS* (Blackheath & Bromley); Jeanette Kwayke* (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies); LAURA TURNER* (Harrow AC)

200m

Emily Freeman* (Wakefield Harriers)

400m

Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders* (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)

800m

JENNY MEADOWS* (Wigan AC); Marilyn Okoro* (Shaftesbury Barnet); JEMMA SIMPSON* (Newquay & Par)

1500m

Lisa Dobriskey* (Ashford AC); SUSAN SCOTT* (City of Glasgow); STEPHANIE TWELL* (Aldershot, Farnham & District)

5000m

Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)

10,000m

Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers), Kate Reed* (Bristol & West)

Marathon

Paula Radcliffe (Bedford & County); Mara Yamauchi* (Harrow AC); Liz Yelling (Bedford & County)

3000m steeplechase

Helen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers); HATTI DEAN* (Hallamshire Harriers); Barbara Parker* (City of Norwich AC)

100m hurdles

SARAH CLAXTON (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)

400m hurdles

Tasha Danvers (Shaftesbury Barnet)

20k walk

Johanna Jackson* (Redcar)

Pole Vault

Kate Dennison* (Sale Harriers Manchester)

Long Jump

Jade Johnson (Herne Hill)

Discus

Philippa Roles (Swansea Harriers)

Hammer

ZOE DERHAM* (Birchfield Harriers)

Javelin

Goldie Sayers (Belgrave Harriers)

Heptathlon

Julie Hollman* (Birchfield Harriers); Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers);

4x100m

Emma Ania* (Shaftesbury Barnet); Montell Douglas* (Blackheath & Bromley); Jeanette Kwayke* (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies); Anyika Onuora* (Liverpool Harriers); ASHLEE NELSON* (City of Stoke); Laura Turner* (Harrow AC)

4x400m

VICKI BARR* (Rugy & Northampton); DONNA FRASER (Croydon Harriers); Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders* (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)

* Olympic debut

Notes to Editors

Previously announced (click on individual name above for biography):

MEN

100m

Simeon Williamson (Highgate Harriers)

200m

Marlon Devonish (Coventry Godiva); Christian Malcolm (Cardiff AAC); Alex Nelson (Sale Harriers Manchester);

400m

Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)*

800m

Michael Rimmer (Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton Harriers)

1500m

Andy Baddeley (Harrow AC); Tom Lancashire (Bolton Harriers)

5000m

Mo Farah (Newham & Essex)

110m hurdles

Andrew Turner (Sale Harriers Manchester)

High Jump

Germaine Mason (unattached); Tom Parsons (Birchfield Harriers)

Pole Vault

Steve Lewis (Newham & Essex)

Long Jump

Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes); Chris Tomlinson (Newham & Essex)

Triple Jump

Larry Achike (Shaftesbury Barnet); Nathan Douglas (Oxford City); Phillips Idowu (Belgrave Harriers);

Decathlon

Daniel Awde (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)

4x100m

Harry Aikines-Aryeety (Belgrave Harriers); Tyrone Edgar (Newham & Essex); Craig Pickering (Marshall Milton Keynes); Simeon Williamson (Highgate Harriers)

4x400m

Michael Bingham (unattached); Richard Buck (City of York)*; Martyn Rooney (Croydon Harriers); Andrew Steele (Trafford AC)*;Rob Tobin (Basingstoke & Mid Hants)

Men’s Marathon

Dan Robinson

WOMEN

100m

Jeanette Kwayke (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies)

200m

Emily Freeman (Wakefield Harriers)

400m

Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)

800m

Marilyn Okoro (Shaftesbury Barnet)

1500m

Lisa Dobriskey (Ashford AC)

5000m

Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)

10,000m

Jo Pavey (Exeter Harriers)

Kate Reed (Bristol & West)

3000m steeple chase

Helen Clitheroe (Preston Harriers); Barbara Parker (City of Norwich AC)

400m hurdles

Tasha Danvers (Shaftesbury Barnet)

Pole Vault

Kate Dennison (Sale Harriers Manchester)

Long Jump

Jade Johnson (Herne Hill)

Discus

Philippa Roles (Swansea Harriers)

Javelin

Goldie Sayers (Belgrave Harriers)

Heptathlon

Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers); Julie Hollman (Birchfield Harriers)

4x100m

Emma Ania (Shaftesbury Barnet); Montell Douglas (Blackheath & Bromley); Jeanette Kwayke (Woodford Green & Essex Ladies); Anyika Onuora (Liverpool Harriers); Laura Turner (Harrow AC)

4x400m

Lee McConnell (Shaftesbury Barnet); Christine Ohuruogu (Newham & Essex); Nicola Sanders (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow)

Women’s Marathon

Paula Radcliffe, Mara Yamauchi, Liz Yelling

Women’s 20K Walk

Johanna Jackson

Team GB is expected to consist of approximately 300 athletes and a further 200 officials. Click here for profiles of every athlete selected for Team GB so far.

Team GB is competing in 20 sports. Click here to view sport specific information.

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