EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: THE LEADING CONTENDERS
THESE ARE THE BEST MARKS IN 2016 BY ATHLETES SELECTED FOR OR LIKELY TO BE COMPETING IN AMSTERDAM AND HAVE BEEN COMPILED
BY MEL WATMAN
Key: w = wind assisted; A = at high altitude; i = indoor mark; + en route time; nm = no mark. British team in bold. Note: at the time these lists were compiled only the British, German, Dutch and French teams had been announced. For other countries a maximum of three athletes per event have been included.
100 METRES
9.86 Jimmy Vicaut FRA
9.92A Jak Ali Harvey TUR (10.18)
10.03 Julian Reus GER
10.06 Bruno Hortelano ESP
10.08 Churandy Martina NED
10.09 Christophe Lemaitre FRA
10.10A Serhiy Smelyk UKR
10.11 James Ellington GBR (9.96w)
10.12 Emre Zafer Barnes TUR
10.12 Stuart Dutamby FRA
10.14 Richard Kilty GBR (9.92w)
10.17 Lucas Jakubczyk GER
10.18 Denis Dimitrov BUL
10.19 Adam Gemili GBR
10.19 Ramil Guliyev TUR
Notable absentees:
10.06 Chijindu Ujah GBR (9.97w)
10.09 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
GBR
10.10 Zharnel Hughes GBR
10.11 James Dasaolu GBR (9.93w)

James Ellington: selected for the 100 metres
200 METRES
19.95 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake GBR
20.11 Churandy Martina NED
20.27 Aleixo Platini Menga GER
20.27 Christophe Lemaitre FRA
20.31 Eseosa Desalu ITA
20.36 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas GRE
20.39 Danny Talbot GBR
20.40 Serhiy Smelyk UKR
20.41 Julian Reus GER
20.42 Ramil Guliyev TUR
20.43 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR
20.44 Solomon Bockarie NED
20.44 Davide Manenti ITA
20.48 Bruno Hortelano ESP (20.36w)
20.49 Mickael-Meba Zeze FRA
20.49 Igor Bodrov UKR
Other British:
20.62 Zharnel Hughes
Wind assisted:
20.31 Karol Zalewski POL Notable absentees:
20.31 James Ellington GBR
20.37 Adam Gemili GBR
400 METRES
45.12 Matteo Galvan ITA
45.17 Kevin Borlée BEL
45.22 Luka Janezic SLO
45.26 Donald Blair-Sanford ISR
45.33A Pavel Maslák CZE (45.46/45.44i)
45.49 Rafal Omelko POL
45.64 Yavuz Can TUR
45.65 Samuel García ESP
45.69 Liemarvin Bonevacia NED *
45.72 Thomas Jordier FRA
45.73 Julien Watrin BEL
45.75 Aliaksandr Linnik BLR
45.78 Martyn Rooney GBR
45.85 Vitaliy Butrym UKR
45.87 Jonathan Borlée BEL
Other British:
46.02 Jarryd Dunn
Notable absentees:
44.88 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR
45.50 Delano Williams GBR
45.52 Rabah Yousif GBR
800 METRES
1:44.51 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA
1:44.91 Marcin Lewandowski POL
1:44.99 Adam Kszczot POL
1:45.23 Amel Tuka BIH
1:45.25 Thijmen Kupers NED
1:45.61 Kevin López ESP
1:45.61 Daniel Andújar ESP
1:45.93 Alvaro de Arriba ESP
1:46.13 Michael Rimmer GBR
1:46.21 Andreas Bube DEN
1:46.39 Sofiane Selmouni FRA
1:46.43 Sören Ludolph GER
1:46.44 Charles Grethen LUX
1:46.57 Benedikt Huber GER
1:46.59 Jamie Webb GBR
Other British:
1:47.21 Elliot Giles
1500 METRES
3:35.05 Homiyu Tesfaye GER
3:35.15 Jakub Holusa CZE
3:35.39 Florian Carvalho FRA
3:35.58 Mourad Amdouni FRA
3:36.00 Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR (3:53.19M)
3:36.14 David Bustos ESP
3:36.21 Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR
3:36.29 Lee Emanuel GBR
3:36.32 Filip Sasinek CZE
3:36.40 Timo Benitz GER
3:36.64 Jake Wightman GBR
3:37.03 Bryan Cantero FRA
3:37.24 Antonio Abadia ESP
3:37.74 Hélio Gomes POR
3:37.77 Tom Lancashire GBR
Notable absentees:
3:35.37 Chris O’Hare GBR (3:52.91i 1M)
3:37.70+ Charlie Grice GBR (3:52.64 1M)