Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	GBR
Website	www.britishathletics.org.uk
in Beijing
Competitors	59
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 7
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland ^[1] (often referred to as Great Britain) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015. This was their most successful championships to date.

Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Championships

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Mo Farah	10,000 metres	22 August
Gold	Jessica Ennis-Hill	Heptathlon	23 August
Gold	Greg Rutherford	Long jump	25 August
Gold	Mo Farah	5000 metres	29 August
Silver	Shara Proctor	Long jump	28 August
Bronze	Christine Ohuruogu Anyika Onuora Eilidh Child Seren Bundy-Davies Kirsten McAslan*	4 × 400 metres relay	30 August
Bronze	Rabah Yousif Delano Williams Jarryd Dunn Martyn Rooney	4 × 400 metres relay	30 August

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
James Dasaolu	100 metres	10.13	4	Did not advance
Richard Kilty		10.12	4 q	10.20	8	Did not advance
Chijindu Ujah		10.05	2 Q	10.05	5	Did not advance
Zharnel Hughes	200 metres	20.13	1 Q	20.14	1 Q	20.02 PB	5
Daniel Talbot		20.35	3 Q	20.27 PB	6	Did not advance
Jarryd Dunn	400 metres	45.49	6	Did not advance
Martyn Rooney		44.45 PB	4 q	45.29	6	Did not advance
Rabah Yousif		45.24	1 Q	44.54 PB	3 q	44.68	6
Kyle Langford	800 metres	1:49.78	7	Did not advance
Michael Rimmer		1:48.70	4	Did not advance
Charlie Grice	1500 metres	3:43.21	4 Q	3:35.58	4 Q	3:36.21	9
Chris O'Hare		3:38.43	5 Q	3:44.36	7	Did not advance
Tom Farrell	5000 metres	13:45.29	4 Q	—		14:08.87	15
Mo Farah	5000 metres	13:19.44	2 Q	—		13:50.38
	10,000 metres	—				27:01.13
Lawrence Clarke	110 metres hurdles	13.61	5 q	13.53	7	Did not advance
Niall Flannery	400 metres hurdles	48.90 SB	2 Q	49.17	4	Did not advance
Jack Green		DNS		Did not advance
Richard Kilty Danny Talbot James Ellington Chijindu Ujah Harry Aikines-Aryeetey*	4 × 100 metres relay	38.20 SB	2 Q	—		DNF
Rabah Yousif Delano Williams Jarryd Dunn Martyn Rooney	4 × 400 metres relay	2:59.05 SB	1 Q	—		2:58.51 SB
Tom Bosworth	20 kilometres walk	—				1:23.58	24

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Robert Grabarz	High jump	2.26	18	Did not advance
Dan Bramble	Long jump	7.83	18	Did not advance
Greg Rutherford		8.25	2 Q	8.41 SB
Steven Lewis	Pole vault	5.40	15	Did not advance
Mark Dry	Hammer throw	73.87	9	Did not advance
Nick Miller		77.42	2 Q	72.94	11

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Asha Philip	100 metres	11.28	3 Q	11.21	7	Did not advance
Margaret Adeoye	200 metres	23.10	3 Q	23.34	7	Did not advance
Dina Asher-Smith		22.22 PB	1 Q	22.12 PB	1 Q	22:07 NR	5
Bianca Williams		22.85	2 Q	22.87	6	Did not advance
Christine Ohuruogu	400 metres	51.01	1 Q	50.16	1 Q	50.63	8
Anyika Onuora		51.14 PB	4 q	50.87 PB	5	Did not advance
Jenny Meadows	800 metres	2:00.37	4 q	2:00.53	7	Did not advance
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke		2:01.72	3 Q	1:58.86 PB	3 Q	1:58.99	5
Lynsey Sharp		1:58.98 SB	2 Q	1:59.33	8	Did not advance
Laura Muir	1500 metres	4:05.53	2 Q	4:07.95	3 Q	4:11.48	5
Laura Weightman		4:06.13	6 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Stephanie Twell	5000 metres	15:34.72	7 q	—		15:26.24	12
Kate Avery	10,000 metres	—				32:16.19	15
Cindy Ofili	100 metres hurdles	12.97	4 Q	12.91	6	Did not advance
Tiffany Porter		12.73	1 Q	12.62	1 Q	12.68	5
Meghan Beesley	400 metres hurdles	54.52 PB	3 Q	55.41	3	Did not advance
Eilidh Child		54.74	2 Q	54.80	3 q	54.78	6
Dina Asher-Smith Desiree Henry Asha Philip Jodie Williams Bianca Williams*	4 × 100 metres relay	42.48 SB	2 Q	—		42.10 NR	4
Seren Bundy-Davies Eilidh Child Christine Ohuruogu Anyika Onuora Kirsten McAslan*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:23.90 SB	2 Q	—		3:23.62 SB

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Morgan Lake	High jump	1.89	14	Did not advance
Isobel Pooley		1.89	19	Did not advance
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Long jump	6.79	5 Q	6.63	11
Shara Proctor		6.68	11 q	7.07 NR
Lorraine Ugen		6.87	2 Q	6.85	5
Holly Bradshaw	Pole vault	4.55 SB	=1 q	4.70 SB	7
Sophie Hitchon	Hammer throw	71.07	8 'q	73.86 NR	4
Goldie Sayers	Javelin throw	58.28	26	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jessica Ennis-Hill	Result	12.91	1.86 SB	13.73	23.42 SB	6.43 SB	42.51	2:10.13	6669 SB
	Points	1138	1054	776	1037	985	716	963
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Result	13.37 PB	1.89	12.47 PB	23.08 SB	NM	39.52	2:50.73	5039 SB	28
	Points	1069	1093	692	1071	0	658	456

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• 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
• PB = Personal best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

References

Sources

• British team