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2016 British Athletics Championships

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Date(s)
  
24-26 June

Level
  
Senior

Main stadium
  
Alexander Stadium

Type
  
Outdoor

2016 British Athletics Championships

Host city
  
Birmingham,  Great Britain

The 2016 British Athletics Championships were an outdoor track and field athletics competition held from 24-26 June 2016. A full range of outdoor events were held.

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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. They were held at the Alexandra Stadium, Birmingham between 24 and 26 June, 2016.

In addition, shorter track walking events were held during the British Championships that did not involve qualification for the 2016 Summer Games.

Men's

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

Track
Field

Women's

Field

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: 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
  • 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

    2016 British Athletics Championships Wikipedia
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