Great Britain at the 2015 European Games

Great Britain participated at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.[1] As this was the inaugural Games, this was Great Britain's first appearance.

Great Britain at the
2015 European Games
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
Websitewww.teamgb.com
in Baku, Azerbaijan
13 – 28 June 2015
Competitors160 in 13 sports
Flag bearersNicola Adams (opening)
Joe Joyce (closing)
OfficialsLord Coe
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
18
Silver
11
Bronze
18
Total
47
European Games appearances (overview)

Before the Games

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On 17 October 2014, the British Olympic Association announced that 14 sports and 20 disciplines were seeking qualification for the games.[2]

On 23 April 2015, the British Olympic Association announced the selection of a team of 153 athletes to compete at the Games with a further 10 male boxers to be chosen shortly. Although Great Britain had won several quota places in both badminton and cycling they have chosen not to participate in these sports in Baku.[3][4] On 6 May 2015, the British Olympic Association named an additional ten athletes – 9 boxing, 1 shooting – to complete the British team to compete in Baku.[5][6]

On 2 June 2015, it was announced that five athletes had withdrawn from the British team: Lisa Whiteside (boxing), Tyesha Mattis and Rebecca Tunney (both artistic gymnastics), and Helen Jenkins and Jess Learmonth (both triathlon). Mattis and Tunney were replaced by Charlie Fellows and Georgina Hockenhull.[7]

Games Summary

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Great Britain left the inaugural Games with a total of 47 medals (18 gold, 10 silver, and 19 bronze), finishing third in the medal table rankings, and fourth in the total number of medal rankings.[8] At least one medal was awarded to Team GB in nine sports, seven of them contained at least one gold. Great Britain topped the medal table in triathlon, and diving, although the most successful sport for Great Britain was swimming, with 23 medals, seven gold.

Seventeen British athletes won more than a single European Games medal in Baku, with the most successful being swimmers Duncan Scott, with three golds and three silvers, both the most successful (three golds) and most decorated (six medals) athlete[9] and Luke Greenback with two golds and two silvers, as well as a world junior record in 200 metres backstroke,[10] the only other multiple gold medalist. Abbie Wood, with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals was the most successful female competitor for Great Britain,[11] and one of three athletes, with diver James Heatly and fellow swimmer Martyn Walton, to win at least one medal of every colour. Georgia Coates, with five medals, was the most decorated female competitor for Great Britain at the Games.

The first medal, and gold medal, won at the Games, and by extension the first ever European Games medal and gold medal ever won by Great Britain was achieved by Gordon Benson in men's triathlon; in doing so, he guaranteed a place in the men's triathlon for Great Britain, though not necessarily for himself, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12] His win also continued Great Britain's dominance of the event, holding titles at European,[13] European Games, Commonwealth Games,[14] Youth Olympic[15] and Olympic Games levels.

In the fencing hall, Richard Kruse, Marcus Mepstead, and Ben Peggs won the gold in team foil, defeating Olympic champions Italy, and winning Great Britain's first team fencing medal at European or Global level in fifty years, and the first gold ever at that level.[16]

Seventeen-year-old Amber Hill overcame a marathon shoot off in the final to claim Britain's only shooting Gold in women's skeet,[17] while the pool proved a happy hunting ground, with eleven golds across swimming and diving.

In the boxing hall, Nicola Adams continued her domination of her weight category, to add European Games gold to her Commonwealth and Olympic Games titles.[18] Joe Joyce maintained Great Britain's grip on the super-heavyweight division, taking gold to echo the achievements of Anthony Joshua in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On the taekwondo mat, Jade Jones added the European Games gold to her Olympic title, only months after a controversial loss at the World Championships. Newcomer, and converted kickboxer Charlie Maddock also won gold, but Bianca Walkden was unable to repeat her World title success. Meanwhile, the publicised rivalry between former Great Britain athlete Aaron Cook, now fighting for Moldova, and Olympic bronze medalist Lutalo Mohommad failed to materialise as both lost early in their competition. However, as in 2012, Mohommad recovered to take bronze through the repechage.

After the Games

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At the closing ceremony, the flag of Great Britain was brought by Joe Joyce. Although the Games received limited coverage in Great Britain, shown domestically only on BT Sport, a subscription channel, the success of the team, particularly of Olympic champions Adams and Jones helped drive interest. By the conclusion of the Games it was reported that Manchester was considering bidding for the 2023 edition of the Games; following the award of the 2018 European Championships to Glasgow, Scotland and the 2022 Commonwealth Games to Birmingham, England, no further interest in hosting the Games was registered.

Medal summary

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The following British competitors won medals at the Games.[19]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Gordon Benson Triathlon Men's triathlon 14 June
  Gold Charlie Maddock Taekwondo Women's −49kg 16 June
  Gold Jade Jones Taekwondo Women's −57kg 17 June
  Gold Lois Toulson Diving Women's platform 18 June
  Gold Amber Hill Shooting Women's skeet 20 June
  Gold James Heatly Diving Men's 3m springboard 20 June
  Gold Matty Lee Diving Men's 10m platform 21 June
  Gold Katherine Torrance Diving Women's 3m springboard 21 June
  Gold Abbie Wood Swimming Women's 400m ind. medley 23 June
  Gold Holly Hibbott Swimming Women's 800m freestyle 23 June
  Gold   Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Daniel Speers
Martyn Walton
Tom Fannon
Cameron Kurle
Matthew Lee
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 23 June
  Gold Luke Greenbank Swimming Men's 100m backstroke 24 June
  Gold Nicola Adams Boxing Women's 51kg 25 June
  Gold Duncan Scott Swimming Men's 100m freestyle 25 June
  Gold Luke Greenbank Swimming Men's 200m backstroke 26 June
  Gold Joe Joyce Boxing Men's +91 kg 26 June
  Gold   Great Britain
Richard Kruse
Marcus Mepstead
Alexander Tofalides
Ben Peggs
Fencing Men's team foil 27 June
  Gold Duncan Scott Swimming Men's 200m freestyle 27 June
  Silver Ed McKeever Canoe sprint Men's K1-200m 16 June
  Silver Lani Belcher Canoe sprint Women's K1-5000m 16 June
  Silver James Heatly
Ross Haslam
Diving Men's 3m synchronised springboard 19 June
  Silver Katherine Driscoll Gymnastics Women's trampoline 21 June
  Silver   Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Martyn Walton
Georgia Coates
Darcy Deakin
Hannah Featherstone
Madeleine Crompton
Daniel Speers
Cameron Kurle
Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 24 June
  Silver Jarvis Parkinson Swimming Men's 200m ind. medley 25 June
  Silver   Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Martyn Walton
Kyle Chisholm
Cameron Kurle
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 25 June
  Silver Amelia Clynes Swimming Women's 100m butterfly 26 June
  Silver   Great Britain
Luke Greenbank
Charlie Attwood
Amelia Clynes
Georgia Coates
Joe Litchfield
Luke Davies
Abbie Wood
Hannah Featherstone
Swimming Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay 26 June
  Silver Cameron Kurle Swimming Men's 200m freestyle 27 June
  Silver   Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Charlie Attwood
Martyn Walton
Luke Greenbank
Cameron Kurle
Kyle Chisholm
Luke Davies
Joe Hulme
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 27 June
  Bronze James Heatly Diving Men's 1m springboard 18 June
  Bronze Lutalo Muhammad Taekwondo Men's −80kg 18 June
  Bronze Ryan Bartlett
Hannah Baughn
Gymnastics Mixed acrobatics
pair all-around
19 June
  Bronze Brinn Bevan Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 20 June
  Bronze Ryan Bartlett
Hannah Baughn
Gymnastics Mixed acrobatics
pair dynamic
21 June
  Bronze Ryan Bartlett
Hannah Baughn
Gymnastics Mixed acrobatics
pair balance
21 June
  Bronze   Great Britain

Holly Hibbott
Madeleine Crompton
Georgia Coates
Darcy Deakin
Hannah Featherstone
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 23 June
  Bronze Qais Ashfaq Boxing Men's 59kg 24 June
  Bronze Luke Davies Swimming Men's 200m breaststroke 24 June
  Bronze Sandy Ryan Boxing Women's 64kg 25 June
  Bronze Layla Black Swimming Women's 200m breaststroke 25 June
  Bronze Martyn Walton Swimming Men's 200m ind. medley 25 June
  Bronze   Great Britain
Emma Cain
Rebecca Sherwin
Darcy Deakin
Abbie Wood
Layla Black
Georgia Coates
Amelia Clynes
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 25 June
  Bronze Josh Kelly Boxing Men's 64kg 26 June
  Bronze Laura Stephens Swimming Women's 100m butterfly 26 June
  Bronze   Great Britain
Holly Hibbott
Madeleine Crompton
Georgia Coates
Darcy Deakin
Hannah Featherstone
Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 27 June
  Bronze Abbie Wood Swimming Women's 100m ind. medley 27 June
  Bronze Charlie Attwood Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke 27 June

Multiple medalists

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The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2015 European Games.

Archery

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Great Britain qualified for three quota places in the women's archery events at the Games, and as a result also qualified for the women's team event. Great Britain qualified for one quota place in the men's event, and as a result also qualified Great Britain for the mixed gender team event.

Great Britain endured mixed fortunes at the archery field, failing to qualify from the ranking round for the mixed pairs events, and failing to reach the quarter-finals in any of the disciplines; Kieran Slater's run to the last sixteen in the men's individual, where he lost narrowly to the French archer Plihon, was the strongest British performance.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kieran Slater Men's individual 645 43 Kozhin
 
W 6–2
Yilmaz
 
W 6–0
Plihon
 
L 5–6
Did not advance 9
Naomi Folkard Women's individual 633 25 Hunt
 
L 0–6
Did not advance 25
Nicky Hunt 621 40 Folkard
 
W 6–0
Erdyniyeva
 
L 4–6
Did not advance =17
Amy Oliver 604 53 Longova
 
L 0–6
Did not advance 53
Naomi Folkard
Nicky Hunt
Amy Oliver
Women's team 1858 12 Georgia
 
L 3–5
Did not advance 12
Naomi Folkard
Kieran Slater
Mixed team 1278 16* Did not advance 17*
  • Azerbaijan as host gained automatic entry into the last sixteen despite a lower qualification score.

Boxing

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Great Britain qualified four quota places in the women's boxing events, and ten in the men's events, at the Games. The female members of the British boxing squad were confirmed on 23 April 2015. On 6 May 2015, the names of nine boxers were added to the British squad.

Great Britain had a relatively successful Games in the boxing ring, with four medals from 14 classes, highlighted by the victories of Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion, and Great Britain flagbearer, Nicola Adams, and Commonwealth Games super-heavyweight champion Joe Joyce, and a first senior medal for Sandy Ryan. Top seed Anthony Fowler lost in his first round bout, as did former world champion and Olympian Savannah Marshall. Great Britain finished fourth in the boxing medal table, narrowly behind Ireland, but well behind superpowers Russia and hosts Azerbaijan.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Harvey Horn 49 kg Sagaluev
 
L 3–0
Did not advance
Muhammad Ali 52 kg Riscan
 
W 3–0
Picardi
 
L 0–3
Did not advance
Qais Ashfaq 56 kg Gogatishvili
 
W 3–0
Selcuk
 
W 2–1
El-Hag
 
W 3–0
Asanau
 
L 0–3
Did not advance  
Luke McCormack 60 kg Matsagkos
 
W 3–0
Oumiha
 
L 0–3
Did not advance
Sam Maxwell 64 kg Bye Goyeram
 
L 1–2
Did not advance
Josh Kelly 69 kg Bye Nuridzinau
 
W 2–1
Nolan
 
W 2–1
Baghirov
 
L 0–3
Did not advance  
Antony Fowler 75 kg Bye Cavallaro
 
L 0–3
Did not advance
Joshua Buatsi 81 kg Mammadov
 
L 0–3
did not advance
Joe Joyce +91 kg Bye Zavatin
 
W KOR1
Vinivicius
 
W TKOR1
Yoka
 
W 3–0
Gimbatov
 
W 3–0
 
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicola Adams 51 kg Ancsin
 
W 3–0
Petrova
 
W 2–0
Coskun
 
W 3–0
Drabik
 
W 2–0
 
Sandy Ryan 64 kg Rogge
 
W 3–0
Vystropova
 
W 2–1
Beliakova
 
L 3–0
Did not advance  
Savannah Marshall 75 kg Fontijn
 
L 0–3
Did not advance

Canoe Sprint

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Great Britain secured places in the following events based on performances at the 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships.

At the canoeing lake, Great Britain were competitive, reaching a number of finals. Their only medal in an Olympic event, however, came from London 2012 champion Ed McKeever, winning silver in his men's K-1 200 metre event. Lani Belcher won Great Britain's other canoeing medal, a silver in the non-Olympic women's canoe marathon event.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ed McKeever K1 200 m 34.984 1 Q bye 35.774  
Jonathan Boyton K1 1000 m 3:38.877 3 3:27.898 3 Q 3:37.036 9
Timothy Pendle K1 5000 m DNF
Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
K2 200 m 31.606 2 Q bye 32.518 4
Andrew Daniels
Timothy Pendle
K2 1000 m 3:18.017 7 3:16.984 8 did not advance
Christopher Calvert C1 200 m 41.371 5 40.816 6 Q 43.341 8
James Styan C1 1000 m 4:11.007 5 3:52.822 7 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rachel Cawthorn K1 200 m 42.254 7 40.462 3 Q 43.455 9
K1 500 m 1:53.226 2 1:48.028 1 Q 2:08.423 8
Lani Belcher K1 5000 m 23:05.625  
Angela Hannah
Emily Lewis
K2 200 m DNF did not advance
Hayleigh Mason
Louisa Sawers
K2 500 m 1:42.205 5 1:40.168 4 did not advance
Lani Belcher
Angela Hannah
Hayleigh Mason
Louisa Sawers
K4 500 m 1:35.191 2 Q bye 1:36.439 8

Diving

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Following the European Junior Diving Championships held in July 2014, LEN informed British Swimming that they would receive a full quota of places at the Games. The diving events were all junior events for boys under 18 and girls under 16, and doubled as the European Junior Diving Championships for 2015

Great Britain enjoyed huge success in the diving pool, topping the medal table with four golds, a silver and a bronze. James Heatly, having won bronze in the men's 1 metre springboard event, became Great Britain's first multiple medalist in the European Games when he took his second medal, a silver, in the men's synchronized springboard beside Ross Haslam, and went on to complete the set with victory in the men's 3 metre springboard event. Matty Lee and Lois Toulson both took gold in the high platform events, Toulson arguably with the dive of the Games. Katherine Torrance matched Heatly with victory in the women's 3 metre springboard.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
James Heatly 1 m springboard 481.50 4 Q 483.40  
Jordan Houlden 451.85 9 Q 453.15 9
Jordan Houlden 3 m springboard 473.90 9 Q 511.90 4
James Heatly 508.95 2 Q 541.65  
Matthew Dixon platform 441.60 6 Q 493.85 4
Matty Lee 514.45 2 Q 588.25  
Ross Haslam
James Heatly
3 m synchronised springboard 286.05  
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Millie Fowler 1 m springboard 393.40 2 Q 383.20 6
Katherine Torrance 386.15 7 Q 379.35 8
Lydia Rosenthall 3 m springboard 427.25 2 Q 395.60 8
Katherine Torrance 431.15 1 Q 448.25  
Shanice Lobb platform 377.40 5 Q 397.70 4
Lois Toulson 389.20 2 Q 456.70  
Millie Fowler
Millie Haffety
3 m synchronised springboard 216.95 9

Fencing

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Team Events
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Match 1
Opposition
Score
Match 2
Opposition
Score
Match 3
Opposition
Score
  Great Britain
Richard Kruse
Marcus Mepstead
Alexander Tofalides
Men's Team Foil   Germany
Doerr
Uftring
Perelmann

W 45–26
  France
Pauty
Tony Helissey
Simon

W 45–41
  Italy
Nista
Focone
Rosatelli

W 45–41
 
Individual events
Pool Stages
Athlete Event Group phase Rank
Match 1
Opposition
Score
Match 2
Opposition
Score
Match 3
Opposition
Score
Match 4
Opposition
Score
Match 5
Opposition
Score
Match 6
Opposition
Score
James Honeybone Men's Sabre Dolniceanu
 
W 5–4
Ant
 
W 5–0
Tsouroutas
 
W 5–1
Casares
 
L 2–5
Taghiyev
 
W 5–4
3 Q
W4 L1
Richard Kruse Men's foil Pauty
 
W 5–3
Rosatelli
 
L 4–5
Babaoglu
 
W 5–3
Arslanov
 
L 2–5
Janda
 
L 1–5
3 Q
W2 L3
Marcus Mepstead Kontachristopolous
 
L 3–4
Daraban
 
W 5–2
Deorr
 
W 5–2
Foconi
 
L 0–5
Rajski
 
L 3–5
3 Q
W2 L3
Ben Peggs Yunes
 
L 3–5
Kahl
 
L 3–5
Coupenitch
 
L 3–5
Helissey
 
L 3–5
Nemeth
 
L 1–5
6 DNA
W0 L5
Alexander Tofalides Uftring
 
L 1–5
Or
 
W 5–3
Surwillo
 
L 4–5
Safin
 
L 3–5
Pranz
 
L 4–5
5 DNA
W1 L4
Corinna Lawrence Women's Épée Caran
 
W 5–3
Bohus
 
W 5–3
Batini
 
L 2–5
Kirpu
 
L 0–5
Kochneva
 
L 2–3
Huseynova
 
W 5–3
4 Q
W3 L3
Natalia Sheppard Women's foil Goglidze
 
W 5–4
Boldor
 
W 4–3
Sauer
 
L 1–4
Hatuel
 
W 4–3
Huin
 
W 5–4
2 Q
W4 L1
Aliya Itzkowitz Women's Sabre Zhovnir
 
W 5–2
Bunyatova
 
L 3–5
Pascu
 
W 5–4
Gevaert
 
W 5–2
Kovaleva
 
W 5–3
2 Q
W4 L1

Q – qualified for knockout stages

Elimination rounds
Athlete Event Elimination phase Rank
1/16
Opposition
Score
1/8
Opposition
Score
Quarterfinal
Opposition
Score
Semifinal
Opposition
Score
Final/BM
Opposition
Score
James Honeybone Men's Sabre Bucur
 
W 15–6
Dolniceanu
 
L 10–15
Did not advance
Richard Kruse Men's Foil Tony Helissey
 
L 9–15
Did not advance
Marcus Mepstead Ingargiola
 
L 14–15
Did not advance
Corinna Lawrence Women's Épée Tataran
 
W 15–10
Rizzi
 
L 12–15
Did not advance
Natalia Sheppard Women's Foil Walczyk
 
W 13–7
Golubytskyi
 
L 12–13
Did not advance
Aliya Itzkowitz Women's Sabre Watora
 
L 12–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

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Acrobatic

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Great Britain qualified five athletes based on performances at the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. The event was seen as a showcase for an event and athletes not currently included in Olympic competition.

Acrobatic mixed pair Ryan Bartlett and Hannah Baughn enjoyed a very successful games, winning three bronze medals, placing third in each of the mixed pairs disciplines. their success boosted Great Britain's overall tally of medals in gymnastics to five.

Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Total Rank Total Rank
Jennifer Bailey
Cicely Irwin
Josie Russell
Women's group all-around 25.520 6
Women's group balance 28.190 3 Q 25.800 6
Women's group dynamic 28.040 4 Q 27.690 6
Ryan Bartlett
Hannah Baughn
Mixed pair all-around 28.350  
Mixed pair balance 28.360 3 Q 26.260  
Mixed pair dynamism 28.450 3 Q 28.650  

Aerobic

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Great Britain has qualified five athletes after their performance at the 2013 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships.[20]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Ella Augier
Chloe Farrance
Olivia Farrance
Sophie Groves
Kayleigh Silva
Mixed group 19.161 7 R1 Did not advance

Artistic

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Great Britain sent a mainly development team to the Games, with none of the bronze medal winning men's Olympic team, Youth Olympic champion Giarnni Regini-Moran or European medalists such as Daniel Keatings, Ellie or Becky Downie present. This development team contrasted with the strong senior squads sent by a number of other countries, and was reflected in lower finishes in the team events than in recent European Championships.

The team did however include double Commonwealth and five time European Junior champion Nile Wilson, making a comeback from injury, and successful junior Brinn Bevan on his senior debut. In the event, Wilson did not make any finals, but Bevan took the opportunity to win his first senior medal, a bronze, in pommel horse, an historically strong event for Great Britain. It was Great Britain's sole artistic gymnastics medal of the Games.

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Frank Baines All-around 14.900 R3 14.866 27.399
Brinn Bevan 14.133 14.766 Q 13.866 15.033 14.800 13.666 R3 86.264 7QA 14.800 13.800 12.433 14.833 14.733 11.700 82.299 9
Nile Wilson 14.400 13.533 13.766 14.333 14.033 13.733 83.798 18
Brinn Bevan
Frank Baines
Nile Wilson
Team 29.300 28.299 27.632 29.899 28.833 27.399 171.362 8
Apparatus finals
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Brinn Bevan Men's pommel horse 14.766 3 Q 14.200  
Women
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Charlie Fellows All-Around 13.966 13.700 10.966 R1 13.166 51.798 24
Georgina Hockenhull 13.533 11.166 13.833 12.600 Q 51.132 30
Kelly Simm 14.233 R1 13.833Q 12.533 13.600 53.299 13 QA 14.133 14.266 10.233 13.300 51.932 11
Charlie Fellows
Georgina Hockenhull
Kelly Simm
Team 28.199 26.633 26.366 26.766 107.964 8

Q : qualified for apparatus final QA : qualified for the All-Around final R : reserve for apparatus final

Apparatus finals
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Kelly Simm Women's vault 13.883 6 Q 7.166 6
Georgina Hockenhull Women's beam 13.833 6 Q 11.833 6

Trampoline

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Great Britain qualified two athletes based on the results at the 2014 European Trampoline Championships. The female gymnasts competed in both the individual and the synchronized event.

Kat Driscoll won her first major international individual trampoline medal for Great Britain at the Games, having previously won several in synchronized trampoline.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Luke Strong Men's individual 52.050 27 Did not advance
Katherine Driscoll Women's individual 99.465 5 Q 53.910  
Laura Gallagher 20.225 23 Did not advance
Katherine Driscoll
Laura Gallagher
Women's synchronized 83.800 5 Q 43.200 5

Judo

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Great Britain endured a difficult time on the judo mat; reaching only one medal match, where Natalie Powell succumbed to a late attack to lose a bronze medal. Olympic medalist Gemma Gibbons lost early in her weight category, failing even to reach the repechage, and noted that her recent results had "not been good or consistent enough", mixing good wins with unnecessary losses, and that this was "a fight I need to be winning",[21] while former Israeli judoka and World medalist Alice Schlesinger suffered a shock defeat to Ana Cachola.[22]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ashley McKenzie 60 kg Loreto
 
W 000-000
shido 2–1
Mooren
 
L 000-011
Did not advance
Colin Oates 66 kg Van Gansbeke
 
W 001-000
Oleinic
 
L 000-001
Did not advance
Owen Livesey 81 kg Mrvaljevic
 
W 100-000
Luz
 
L 011-000
Did not advance
Frazer Chamberlain 90 kg Wenzinger
 
L 000-100
Did not advance
Ben Fletcher 100 kg Bezzina
 
W 100-000
Grol
 
L 000-010
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kelly Edwards 52 kg Stankevich
 
W 001-000
Florian
 
L 010-100
Did not advance
Nekoda Smythe-Davis 57 kg Zabludina
 
L 000-011
Did not advance
Alice Schlesinger 63 kg Bernholm
 
W 001-000
Cachola
 
L 000-001
Did not advance
Gemma Howell Drexler
 
W 000-000
shido 0–1
Hermansson
 
L 000-010
Did not advance
Sally Conway 70 kg Samardzic
 
W 100-000
Stam
 
W 101-001
Deidrich
 
L 000-001
Did not advance Gercsak
 
l 000-100
Did not advance
Megan Fletcher Klys
 
L 002-000
Did not advance
Natalie Powell 78 kg bye Dmitrieva
 
W 011-000
Verkerk
 
L 000-101
Did not advance Joo
 
W 100-000
FOR BRONZE
Velensek
 
L 00-100
5
Gemma Gibbons Molonga
 
W 010-001
Turks
 
L 000-100
Did not advance
Sarah Adlington +78 kg Iaronka
 
001-101
Did not advance

Shooting

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Great Britain secured the maximum number of quotas in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014. Quotas were also won in some of the rifle events.

Amber Hill, a 17-year-old skeet shooter won Great Britain's only shooting medal, the gold medal in women's skeet, following a marathon shoot-off. Steve Scott set the Games record in men's double trap qualification, but slipped to fifth in the semi-finals, missing out on a medal match.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semi-final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jon Hammond 50 m rifle prone 612.8 20 Did not advance
Tim Kneale Double trap 137 14 Did not advance
Steve Scott 142 GR 1 Q 28 (+11/12SO) 5 Did not advance
Brad Davis Trap 115 37 Did not advance
Ed Ling 122 4 Q 12 4 QB 11 4
Jeremy Bird Skeet 111 27 Did not advance
Mike Gilligan 120 13 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Semi-final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jennifer McIntosh 10 m air rifle 415 9 Did not advance
Seonaid McIntosh 414.2 11 Did not advance
Jennifer McIntosh 50 m rifle 3 positions 580.0 5 Q 399.7 7
Charlotte Kerwood Trap 67 17 Did not advance
Abbey Ling 69 12 Did not advance
Elena Allen Skeet 67 14 Did not advance
Amber Hill 73 2 Q 16 =1 QG 15 (+30/30 so)  

SO – shoot-off GR – Games record QB – qualified for bronze medal match QG – qualified for gold and silver medals match

Swimming

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Following the European Junior Swimming Championships held in July 2014, LEN informed each NOC how many swimming quotas they would receive for the European Games. In December 2014, British Swimming published their selection criteria for the Games and confirmed that they would be sending a full team of 24 swimmers.[23]

Ranks are given as overall placements.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Freestyle
Daniel Speers Men's 50m freestyle 23.62 25 Did not advance
Tom Fannon 23.36 12 Q 23.03 10 Did not advance
Daniel Speers Men's 100m freestyle 53.93 57 Did not advance
Cameron Kurle 52.02 40 Did not advance
Martyn Walton 51.06 15 Q 53.21 16 Did not advance
Duncan Scott 50.24 GR 1 Q 49.81 2 Q 49.43 GR  
Kyle Chisholm Men's 200m freestyle 1:51.18 7 Did not advance
Cameron Kurle 1:49,83 3 Q 1:49.50 2 Q 1:48.92  
Martyn Walton 1:51.19 14 Did not advance
Duncan Scott 1:49,39 2 Q 1:50.11 4 Q 1:48.55 GR  
Cameron Kurle Men's 400m freestyle 3:56.03 12 Did not advance
Kyle Chisholm 3:56.08 13 Did not advance
Tom Derbyshire 4:02.82 36 Did not advance
Tom Derbyshire Men's 1500m freestyle 15:39.19 8
Backstroke
Luke Greenbank Men's 100m backstroke 55.12 GR 1 Q 54.61 GR 1 Q 54.76  
Joe Hulme 55.74 3 Q 55.36 5 Q 55.37 4
Joe Litchfield 56.92 17 Did not advance
Luke Greenbank Men's 200m backstroke 1:59.06 GR 1 Q 1:57.53 GR 1 Q 1:56.89 GR WJR  
Joe Hulme 2:01.11 4 Q 2:00.23 3 Q 2:00.16 5
Joe Lichfield 2:03.71 13 Did not advance
Breaststroke
Luke Davies Men's 50m breaststroke 29.59 29 Did not advance
Charlie Attwood 28.62 8 Q 28.55 9 Did not advance
Tom Fannon 30.58 39 Did not advance
Luke Davies Men's 100m breaststroke 1:03.17 11 Q 1:03.21 9 Did not advance
Charlie Attwood 1:01.93 2 Q 1:01.77 3 Q 1.01.71  
Luke Davies Men's 200m breaststroke 2:12.75 2 Q 2:13.45 3 Q 2:13.45  
Charlie Attwood 2:14.78 4 Q 2:14.75 6 Q 2:13.62 4
Butterfly
Tom Fannon Men's 50m butterfly 25.12 26 Did not advance
Luke Greenbank 25.20 32 Did not advance
Joe Litchfield Men's 200m butterfly 2:03.08 14 Q 2:02.32 12 Did not advance
Kyle Chisholm 2:03.15 16 Q 2:02.59 13 Did not advance
Medley
Joe Hulme Men's 200m ind. medley 2:07.09 21 Did not advance
Jarvis Parkinson 2:04.62 12 Q 2:03.53 8 Q 2:01.94  
Martyn Walton 2:04.01 7 Q 2: 03.17 5 Q 2:02.24  
Luke Greenbank Men's 400m ind. medley 4:29.87 19 Did not advance
Jarvis Parkinson 4:33.77 29 Did not advance
Martyn Walton 4:29.59 18 Did not advance
Joe Litchfield 4:26.08 9 Did not advance
Relay
  Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Daniel Speers
Martyn Walton
Thomas Fannon
Cameron Kurle
Matthew Lee
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:24.45 5 Q 3:19.38 GR  
  Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Kyle Chisholm
Martyn Walton
Cameron Kurle
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:25.91 2 Q 7:19.36  
  Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Charlie Attwood
Martyn Walton
Luke Greenbank
Cameron Kurle
Kyle Chisholm
Luke Davies
Joe Hulme
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:46:43 5 Q 3:39.01  
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Freestyle
Darcy Deakin Women's 50m freestyle 26.78 20 Did not advance
Hannah Featherstone 26.93 25 Did not advance
Madeleine Crompton 27.41 38 Did not advance
Darcy Deakin Women's 100m freestyle 56.59 6 Q 56.61 7 Q 56.94 5
Georgia Coates 56.96 8 Q 57.35 12 Did not advance
Hannah Featherstone 57.11 11 Did not advance
Madeleine Crompton 57.29 12 Did not advance
Darcy Deakin Women's 200m freestyle 2:03.44 5 Did not advance
Holly Hibbott 2:02.24 2 Q 2:02.02 4 Q 2:02.24 7
Hannah Featherstone 2:02.68 4 Q 2:03.54 11 Did not advance
Madeleine Crompton 2:05.08 18 Did not advance
Holly Hibbott Women's 400m freestyle 4:16.53 4 14:13.17 4
Madeleine Crompton 4:23.29 16 Did not advance
Holly Hibbott Women's 800m freestyle 8:39.02 GR  
Backstroke
Rebecca Sherwin Women's 50m backstroke 30.22 17 SO 2 Did not advance
Women's 100m backstroke 1:04.48 11 Q 1:04.56 12 Did not advance
Women's 200m backstroke 2:18.86 10 Q 2:16.50 6 Q 2:17.00 7
Breaststroke
Emma Cain Women's 50m breaststroke 32.58 8 Q 32.64 12 Did not advance
Layla Black 32.63 8 Q 32.30 5 Q 32.21 5
Emma Cain Women's 100m breaststroke 1:10.79 4 Q 1:10.21 5 Q 1:10.42 5
Layla Black 1:10.92 5 Q 1:09.84 4 Q 1:09.26 4
Emma Cain Women's 200m breaststroke 2:29.82 6 Did not advance
Layla Black 2:28.71 2 Q 2:27.09 2 Q 2:27.61  
Abbie Wood 2:29.03 5 Did not advance
Georgia Coates 2:28.75 3 Q 2:30.41 5 Q 2:29.93 5
Butterfly
Amelia Clynes Women's 50m butterfly 28.55 28 Did not advance
Laura Stephens 27.79 7 Q 27.75 6 Q 27.49 6
Amelia Clynes Women's 100m butterfly 1:00.93 3 Q 1:00.09 2 Q 1:00.12  
Laura Stephens 1:01.09 4 Q 1:00.77 6 Q 1:00.54  
Holly Hibbott Women's 200m butterfly 2:12.07 GR 1 Q 2:12.69 6 Q 2:15.56 8
Amelia Clynes 2:13.15 2 Q 2:12.65 5 Q 2:12.82 6
Laura Stephens 2:13.69 5 Did not advance
Medley
Abbie Wood Women's 200m ind. medley 2:17.28 4 Q 2:15.34 3 Q 2:14.49  
Georgia Coates 2:17.35 6 Q 2:16.75 7 Q 2:15.07 5
Abbie Wood Women's 400m ind. medley 4:45.61 GR 1 Q 4:41.97 GR  
Georgia Coates 4:48.06 3 Q 4:46.52 4
Relay
  Great Britain
Holly Hibbott
Madeleine Crompton
Georgia Coates
Darcy Deakin
Hannah Featherstone
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:50.03 3 Q 3:45.80  
  Great Britain
Holly Hibbott
Madeleine Crompton
Georgia Coates
Darcy Deakin
Hannah Featherstone
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:14.76 GR 1 Q 8:4.84  
  Great Britain
Emma Cain
Rebecca Sherwin
Darcy Deakin
Abbie Wood
Layla Black
Georgia Coates
Amelia Clynes
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:13.43 2 Q 4:09.10  
Mixed
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Relay
  Great Britain
Duncan Scott
Martyn Walton
Georgia Coates
Darcy Deakin
Hannah Featherstone
Madeleine Crompton
Daniel Speers
Cameron Kurle
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:38.66 4 Q 3:32.65  
  Great Britain
Luke Greenbank
Charlie Attwood
Amelia Clynes
Georgia Coates
Luke Davies
Joe Litchfield
Abbie Wood
Hannah Featherstone
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:58.25 3 Q 3:52.03  

Synchronised Swimming

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Great Britain secured a place in all the synchronised swimming events in Baku by finishing fifth at a qualifier held in Turkey in February, 2015.[24]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jodie Cowie
Genevieve Randall
Duet 144.4326 10 Q 144.5659 12
  Great Britain
Phoebe Bradley-Smith
Jorja Brown
Danielle Cooper
Jodie Cowie
Emma Critchley
Lara Hockin
Esme Lower
Genevieve Randall
Hannah Randall
Rebecca Richardson
Team 143.2716 10 Q 144.6049 9
Free Combination 74.9000 10 Q 75.9000 10

Table Tennis

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Based on the ITTF European rankings as at 1 March 2015, Great Britain secured three quotas for the Games.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Paul Drinkhall Men's singles Bye   Pattantyús (HUN)
W 4–2
  Tokic (SLO)
W 4–2
  Freitas (POR)
W 4–1
  Ovtcharov (GER)
L 2–4
  Kou (UKR)
L 4–2
4
Liam Pitchford Men's singles Bye   Duranspahic (BIH)
W 4–2
  Wang (SVK)
W 4–2
  Kou (UKR)
L 4–1
Did not progress 5
Kelly Sibley Women's singles   Paškauskienė (LTU)
L 4–2
did not advance 33

Taekwondo

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Based on the WTF rankings as at 31 March 2015, Great Britain secured seven quotas for the Games. Ruebyn Richards was originally selected for the men's 68 kg class, but was replaced by Martin Stamper.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Max Cater Men's −58 kg   Chellamootoo (FRA)
W 7–4
  Ketbi (BEL)
L 13–3
Did not advance =9
Martin Stamper Men's −68 kg   Gigrc (CRO)
W 18–13
  Denisenko (RUS)
L 18–6
Did not advance =9
Lutalo Muhammad Men's −80 kg   Fejzić (SRB)
W 8–7
  Harchegani (AZE)
L 16–4
Did not advance   Georgiev (BUL)
W 16–4
  Botto (ITA)
W 12–7
Did not advance  
Mahama Cho Men's +80 kg   Gkoltsios (GRE)
L 5–10
did not advance =13
Charlie Maddock Women's 49 kg   Romoldanova (UKR)
W 8–7 GP
  Nicoli (ITA)
W 17–3
  Gonda (HUN)
W 4–1
BYE BYE   Bogdanovic (SRB)
W 9–8 GP
 
Jade Jones Women's 57 kg   Pilivaki (CYP)
W 9–1
  Kotsis (HUN)
W 5–2
  Gladnovic (SWE)
W 7–6
BYE BYE   Zaninovic (CRO)
W 12–9
 
Bianca Walkden Women's +67 kg   Aydin (TUR)
W 9–6 GP
  Konieva (UKR)
L 13–14 GP
Did not advance =9

GP = Golden Point

Triathlon

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Great Britain qualified for one quota place in both the men's and women's events by results in the European Triathlon Championships. Further quota places were won through end of year rankings. As a result, Great Britain had a full quota of places at Baku 2015.

Gordon Benson won Great Britain's first European Games medal, and first gold, in the men's race. In doing so, he guaranteed a quota place in men's triathlon for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total time Rank
Gordon Benson Men's triathlon 19:17 0:45 56:05 0:26 31:58 1:48:31  
Tom Bishop 18:48 0:48 56:34 0:31 34:19 1:51:00 16
Philip Graves 19:33 0:47 55:49 0:26 47:11 2:03:46 46
Heather Sellers Women's triathlon 21:56 0:49 1:05:12 0:29 37:01 2:05:27 15

Volleyball

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Based on the rankings on 1 January 2015, Great Britain secured a single quota place in men's beach volleyball.

Beach

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Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Pool Match 1 Pool Match 2 Pool Match 3 Standing
Chris Gregory
Jake Sheaf
Men's  
Winter &
Petutschnig
L 0 – 2
 
Marco &
Garcia
L 0 – 2
 
Kollo &
Vesik
L 0 – 2
4 Did not advance 13

Water Polo

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Great Britain's U17 Women's Water Polo team secured qualification for the games at a qualifier held in Nice, France, in March, 2015.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Greece 5 4 0 1 78 29 +49 12 Qualification to Semifinals
2   Netherlands 5 4 0 1 86 34 +52 12 Qualification to Play-offs
3   Hungary 5 4 0 1 80 35 +45 12
4   Germany 5 2 0 3 32 61 −29 6
5   Great Britain 5 1 0 4 33 74 −41 3
6   Israel 5 0 0 5 18 94 −76 0
First match(es) will be played: 12 June 2015. Source: baku2015.com[usurped]

Preliminary Matches

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12 Jun 2015
13:45
Game 3 Greece   20–2   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, Baku
13 Jun 2015
16:45
Game 5 Great Britain   8–10   Germany Water Polo Arena, Baku
14 Jun 2015
16:45
Game 8 Netherlands   19–6   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, Baku
15 Jun 2015
15:00
Game 10 Great Britain   13–9   Israel Water Polo Arena, Baku
16 Jun 2015
18:00
Game 15 Hungary   16–4   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, Baku

7th–12th Classification

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Quarter-final

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17 Jun 2015
10:30
Game 1 Great Britain   3–11   Serbia Water Polo Arena, Baku

11th–12th

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18 Jun 2015
13:00
Game 1 Great Britain   10–5   Israel Water Polo Arena, Baku

Wrestling

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Following the European Wrestling Championships held in April 2014, UWW informed the British Wrestling Association that they would receive 2 quota places.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chinu Xxx Men's freestyle 125 kg bye   Khotsianivskyi (UKR)
L 0–10
Did not advance =9
Yana Rattigan Women's −48 kg   Kogut (UKR)
L 1–4
Did not advance 17

References

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  12. ^ Benson makes history.
  13. ^ Hat trick of European titles for Brownlee
  14. ^ "Alistair Brownlee beats brother Jonny to Commonwealth triathlon gold". The Guardian. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022.
  15. ^ Dijkstra claims YOG gold
  16. ^ GB win improbable gold.
  17. ^ Hill books Rio spot with Baku gold.
  18. ^ Gold for Nicola Adams.
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