Great Britain at the 2015 European Games explained

Games:	European Games
Games Link:	2015 European Games
Year:	2015
Noc:	GBR
Nocname:	British Olympic Association
Competitors:	160
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Nicola Adams (opening) Joe Joyce (closing)
Officials:	Lord Coe
Location:	Baku, Azerbaijan
Start Date:	13
End Date:	28 June 2015
Gold:	18
Silver:	11
Bronze:	18
Rank:	3
Appearances:	auto

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.

Before the Games

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On 2 June 2015, it was announced that five athletes had withdrawn from the British team: Lisa Whiteside (boxing), Tyesha Mattis and Rebecca Tunney (both artistic gymnastics), and Helen Jenkins and Jess Learmonth (both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

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

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

The following British competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Multiple medalists

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Name	Medal	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's 200 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre freestyle Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay	27 June 25 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 27 June
				24 June 26 June 26 June 27 June
			Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 200 metre freestyle	23 June 24 June 25 June 27 June 27 June
			Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 medley freestyle relay Men's 200 metre ind. medley	23 June 24 June 25 June 27 June 25 June
				20 June 19 June 18 June
			Women's 400 metre ind. medley Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 200 metre ind. medley	23 June 27 June 25 June 27 June
			Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	23 June 24 June
			Women's 400 metre freestyle Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	23 June 23 June 27 June
			Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	24 June 27 June 23 June 25 June 27 June
			Mixed's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	23 June 27 June 25 June 27 June
			Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 200 metre breaststroke	26 June 27 June 24 June
			Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Men's 100 metre breaststroke	26 June 27 June 27 June
				26 June 27 June 25 June
			Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	26 June 27 June
			Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	24 June 23 June 25 June 27 June
			Mixed 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	24 June 23 June 27 June
			Mixed acrobatics pair all-around Mixed acrobatics pair dynamic Mixed acrobatics pair balance	19 June 21 June 21 June
			Mixed acrobatics pair all-around Mixed acrobatics pair dynamic Mixed acrobatics pair balance	19 June 21 June 21 June
			Women's 200 metre breaststroke Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay	25 June 25 June

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Medals by sport
Sports				Total
Swimming	7	7	9	23
Diving	4	1	1	6
Boxing	2	0	3	5
Taekwondo	2	0	1	3
Fencing	1	0	0	1
Triathlon	1	0	0	1
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Canoe sprint	0	2	0	2
Gymnastics	0	1	4	5
Total	18	11	18	47
Rank				3rd

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	13 June	0	0	0	0
2	14 June	1	0	0	1
3	15 June	0	0	0	0
4	16 June	1	2	0	3
5	17 June	1	0	0	1
6	18 June	1	0	2	3
7	19 June	0	1	1	2
8	20 June	2	0	1	3
9	21 June	2	1	2	5
10	22 June	0	0	0	0
11	23 June	3	0	1	4
12	24 June	1	1	2	4
13	25 June	2	2	4	8
14	26 June	2	2	2	6
15	27 June	2	2	3	7
16	28 June	0	0	0	0
Total		18	11	18	47
Rank					3rd

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2015 European Games.

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 /
		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	9
Naomi Folkard	Women's individual	633	25	Hunt L 0–6	25
Nicky Hunt		621	40	Folkard W 6–0	Erdyniyeva L 4–6	=17
Amy Oliver		604	53	Longova L 0–6	53
Naomi Folkard Nicky Hunt Amy Oliver	Women's team	1858	12	Georgia L 3–5	12
Naomi Folkard Kieran Slater	Mixed team	1278	16*	17*

• Azerbaijan as host gained automatic entry into the last sixteen despite a lower qualification score.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2015 European Games.

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	colspan="4"
Muhammad Ali	52 kg	Riscan W 3–0	Picardi L 0–3	colspan=4
Qais Ashfaq	56 kg	Gogatishvili W 3–0	Selcuk W 2–1	El-Hag W 3–0	Asanau L 0–3
Luke McCormack	60 kg	Matsagkos W 3–0	Oumiha L 0–3	colspan=4
Sam Maxwell	64 kg		Goyeram L 1–2	colspan=4
Josh Kelly	69 kg		Nuridzinau W 2–1	Nolan W 2–1	Baghirov L 0–3
Antony Fowler	75 kg		Cavallaro L 0–3	colspan="4"
Joshua Buatsi	81 kg	Mammadov L 0–3	colspan="5"
Joe Joyce	+91 kg		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
Savannah Marshall	75 kg	Fontijn L 0–3

Canoe Sprint

See main article: Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games.

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	32.518		4
Andrew Daniels Timothy Pendle	K2 1000 m	3:18.017	7	3:16.984	8	colspan="2"
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

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	–	colspan="4"
Hayleigh Mason Louisa Sawers	K2 500 m	1:42.205	5	1:40.168	4	colspan="2"
Lani Belcher Angela Hannah Hayleigh Mason Louisa Sawers	K4 500 m	1:35.191	2 Q	1:36.439		8

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2015 European Games. 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

See main article: Fencing at the 2015 European Games.

Team Events

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	colspan="4"
Richard Kruse	Men's Foil	Tony Helissey L 9–15	colspan="5"
Marcus Mepstead		Ingargiola L 14–15	colspan="5"
Corinna Lawrence	Women's Épée	Tataran W 15–10	Rizzi L 12–15	colspan="4"
Natalia Sheppard	Women's Foil	Walczyk W 13–7	Golubytskyi L 12–13	colspan="4"
Aliya Itzkowitz	Women's Sabre	Watora L 12–15

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games.

Acrobatic

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
align=left rowspan="3"	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

Great Britain has qualified five athletes after their performance at the 2013 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships.^[19]

Artistic

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
Frank Baines	All-around	14.900 R3	–	–	14.866	–	–	27.399	–	colspan="8"
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	colspan="8"
Brinn Bevan Frank Baines Nile Wilson	Team	29.300								28.299	27.632	29.899	28.833	27.399	171.362	8

Apparatus finals

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Charlie Fellows	All-Around	13.966	13.700	10.966 R1	13.166	51.798	24	colspan="6"
Georgina Hockenhull		13.533	11.166	13.833	12.600 Q	51.132	30	colspan="6"
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 finalQA : qualified for the All-Around finalR : 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

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	colspan="2"
Katherine Driscoll	Women's individual	99.465	5 Q	53.910
Laura Gallagher		20.225	23	colspan="2"
Katherine Driscoll Laura Gallagher	Women's synchronized	83.800	5 Q	43.200	5

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2015 European Games.

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",^[20] while former Israeli judoka and World medalist Alice Schlesinger suffered a shock defeat to Ana Cachola.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		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	colspan="5"
Colin Oates	66 kg		Van Gansbeke W 001-000	Oleinic L 000-001	colspan=5
Owen Livesey	81 kg		Mrvaljevic W 100-000	Luz L 011-000	colspan="5"
Frazer Chamberlain	90 kg	Wenzinger L 000-100	colspan="7"
Ben Fletcher	100 kg		Bezzina W 100-000	Grol L 000-010

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		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	colspan="5"
Nekoda Smythe-Davis	57 kg	Zabludina L 000-011	colspan="6"
Alice Schlesinger	63 kg	Bernholm W 001-000	Cachola L 000-001	colspan="5"
Gemma Howell		Drexler W 000-000 shido 0–1	Hermansson L 000-010	colspan="5"
Sally Conway	70 kg	Samardzic W 100-000	Stam W 101-001	Deidrich L 000-001		Gercsak l 000-100	colspan="2"
Megan Fletcher		Klys L 002-000	colspan="6"
Natalie Powell	78 kg		Dmitrieva W 011-000	Verkerk L 000-101		Joo W 100-000	FOR BRONZE Velensek L 00-100	5
Gemma Gibbons		Molonga W 010-001	Turks L 000-100	colspan="5"
Sarah Adlington	+78 kg	Iaronka 001-101

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2015 European Games.

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	colspan="2"
Tim Kneale	Double trap	137	14	colspan="4"
Steve Scott		142 GR	1 Q	28 (+11/12SO)	5	colspan="2"
Brad Davis	Trap	115	37	colspan="4"
Ed Ling		122	4 Q	12	4 QB	11	4
Jeremy Bird	Skeet	111	27	colspan="4"
Mike Gilligan		120	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semi-final		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer McIntosh	10 m air rifle	415	9	colspan="2"
Seonaid McIntosh		414.2	11	colspan="2"
Jennifer McIntosh	50 m rifle 3 positions	580.0	5 Q	399.7		7
Charlotte Kerwood	Trap	67	17	colspan="4"
Abbey Ling		69	12	colspan="4"
Elena Allen	Skeet	67	14	colspan="4"
Amber Hill		73	2 Q	16	=1 QG	15 (+30/30 so)

SO – shoot-offGR – Games recordQB – qualified for bronze medal matchQG – qualified for gold and silver medals match

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2015 European Games. 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.^[22]

Ranks are given as overall placements.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
colspan="8"
Daniel Speers	Men's 50m freestyle	23.62	25	colspan="4"
Tom Fannon		23.36	12 Q	23.03	10	colspan="2"
Daniel Speers	Men's 100m freestyle	53.93	57	colspan="4"
Cameron Kurle		52.02	40	colspan="4"
Martyn Walton		51.06	15 Q	53.21	16	colspan="2"
Duncan Scott		50.24 GR	1 Q	49.81	2 Q	49.43 GR
Kyle Chisholm	Men's 200m freestyle	1:51.18	7	colspan="4"
Cameron Kurle		1:49,83	3 Q	1:49.50	2 Q	1:48.92
Martyn Walton		1:51.19	14	colspan="4"
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	colspan="2"
Kyle Chisholm		3:56.08	13	colspan="2"
Tom Derbyshire		4:02.82	36	colspan="2"
align=left	Tom Derbyshire	align=left	Men's 1500m freestyle	15:39.19				8
colspan="8"
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	colspan="4"
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	colspan="4"
colspan="8"
Luke Davies	Men's 50m breaststroke	29.59	29	colspan="4"
Charlie Attwood		28.62	8 Q	28.55	9	colspan="2"
Tom Fannon		30.58	39	colspan="4"
Luke Davies	Men's 100m breaststroke	1:03.17	11 Q	1:03.21	9	colspan="2"
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
colspan="8"
Tom Fannon	Men's 50m butterfly	25.12	26	colspan="4"
Luke Greenbank		25.20	32	colspan="4"
Joe Litchfield	Men's 200m butterfly	2:03.08	14 Q	2:02.32	12	colspan="2"
Kyle Chisholm		2:03.15	16 Q	2:02.59	13	colspan="2"
colspan="8"
Joe Hulme	Men's 200m ind. medley	2:07.09	21	colspan="4"
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	colspan="4"
Jarvis Parkinson		4:33.77	29	colspan="4"
Martyn Walton		4:29.59	18	colspan="4"
Joe Litchfield		4:26.08	9	colspan="4"
colspan="8"
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
Duncan Scott Kyle Chisholm Martyn Walton Cameron Kurle	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:25.91	2 Q	7:19.36
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
colspan="8"
Darcy Deakin	Women's 50m freestyle	26.78	20	colspan="4"
Hannah Featherstone		26.93	25	colspan="4"
Madeleine Crompton		27.41	38	colspan="4"
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	colspan="2"
Hannah Featherstone		57.11	11	colspan="4"
Madeleine Crompton		57.29	12	colspan="4"
Darcy Deakin	Women's 200m freestyle	2:03.44	5	colspan="4"
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	colspan="2"
Madeleine Crompton		2:05.08	18	colspan="4"
Holly Hibbott	Women's 400m freestyle	4:16.53	4	14:13.17		4
Madeleine Crompton		4:23.29	16	colspan="2"
Holly Hibbott	Women's 800m freestyle	8:39.02 GR
colspan="8"
Rebecca Sherwin	Women's 50m backstroke	30.22	17 SO 2	colspan="4"
	Women's 100m backstroke	1:04.48	11 Q	1:04.56	12	colspan="2"
	Women's 200m backstroke	2:18.86	10 Q	2:16.50	6 Q	2:17.00	7
colspan="8"
Emma Cain	Women's 50m breaststroke	32.58	8 Q	32.64	12	colspan="2"
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	colspan="4"
Layla Black		2:28.71	2 Q	2:27.09	2 Q	2:27.61
Abbie Wood		2:29.03	5	colspan="4"
Georgia Coates		2:28.75	3 Q	2:30.41	5 Q	2:29.93	5
colspan="8"
Amelia Clynes	Women's 50m butterfly	28.55	28	colspan="4"
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	colspan="4"
colspan="8"
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
colspan="8"
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
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
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
colspan="8"
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
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

See main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 European Games. 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.^[23]

• Team – Phoebe Bradley-Smith, Jorja Brown, Danielle Cooper, Jodie Cowie, Emma Critchley, Lara Hockin, Esme Lower, Genevieve Randall, Hannah Randall, Rebecca Richardson

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jodie Cowie Genevieve Randall	Duet	144.4326	10 Q	144.5659	12
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

See main article: Table tennis at the 2015 European Games. 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		W 4–2	W 4–2	W 4–1	L 2–4	L 4–2	4
Liam Pitchford	Men's singles		W 4–2	W 4–2	L 4–1	5
Kelly Sibley	Women's singles	L 4–2	33

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2015 European Games. 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	W 7–4	L 13–3	=9
Martin Stamper	Men's −68 kg	W 18–13	L 18–6	=9
Lutalo Muhammad	Men's −80 kg	W 8–7	L 16–4		W 16–4	W 12–7
Mahama Cho	Men's +80 kg	L 5–10	=13
Charlie Maddock	Women's 49 kg	W 8–7 GP	W 17–3	W 4–1			W 9–8 GP
Jade Jones	Women's 57 kg	W 9–1	W 5–2	W 7–6			W 12–9
Bianca Walkden	Women's +67 kg	W 9–6 GP	L 13–14 GP	=9

GP = Golden Point

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2015 European Games. 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

See main article: Volleyball at the 2015 European Games.

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

Beach

Water Polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2015 European Games. Great Britain's U17 Women's Water Polo team secured qualification for the games at a qualifier held in Nice, France, in March, 2015.

• Women's team – Dani Brazier, Isabelle Dean, Hannah Edwards, Sophie Jackson, Fleur Kennedy, Verity McCoy, Mhairi Nurthen, Lara Partridge, Hayley Price, Kathy Rogers, Grace Rowland, Lucy Shaw, Beth Ward

7th–12th Classification

11th–12th

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2015 European Games. 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		L 0–10	=9
Yana Rattigan	Women's −48 kg	L 1–4	17

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baku 2015 European Games . Baku2015.com . 2015-06-12 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328060705/http://www.baku2015.com/en/european-games/participants.aspx . 28 March 2014 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Team GB confirm competing sports for European Games 2015. British Olympic Association. 20 March 2015.
3. News: Adams & Jones lead GB at Euro Games. BBC Sport. 23 April 2015.
4. Web site: Baku 2015: Meet Team GB. British Olympic Association. 23 April 2015.
5. Web site: Baku 2015 Meet the Team: Boxing. British Olympic Association. 6 May 2015.
6. Web site: Baku 2015 Meet the Team: Shooting. British Olympic Association. 6 May 2015.
7. News: Triathlete Helen Jenkins injured for European Games in Baku. BBC Sport . 3 June 2015.
8. Web site: Baku 2015 final medal table . 28 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910054019/http://www.baku2015.com/medals/index.html . 10 September 2019 . usurped .
9. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/duncan-scott-continues-gold-rush-at-european-games.130295744 Scott continues gold rush in Baku
10. http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/luke-greenbank-sets-world-junior-record-in-200-back-in-baku/ Greenbank sets junior record in Baku
11. http://www.teamgb.com/news/baku-2015-sport-sport-review Team GB review
12. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/baku/baku-2015-gordon-benson-wins-great-britains-first-gold-medal-10318986.html Benson makes history.
13. http://etu.triathlon.org/news/article/european_hat_trick_for_alistair_brownlee_in_kitzbuhel Hat trick of European titles for Brownlee
14. Web site: Alistair Brownlee beats brother Jonny to Commonwealth triathlon gold . 24 July 2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129101301/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/24/alistair-brownlee-jonny-triathlon-commonwealth-games-glasgow-2014 . 29 November 2022 . live .
15. http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/nanjing_2014_youth_olympic_games_mens_review Dijkstra claims YOG gold
16. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/baku/baku-games-2015-great-britains-fencing-team-stun-reigning-champions-italy-for-gold-10350355.html GB win improbable gold.
17. http://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/585877/Amber-Hill-Shooting-Gold-Baku-European-Games-Rio-Olympics-2016 Hill books Rio spot with Baku gold.
18. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/nicola-adams-wins-gold-european-5948800 Gold for Nicola Adams.
19. Web site: OwnCloud . www.webfpg.com . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20140329195410/http://www.webfpg.com/FFgExport/2013_ARQUES/Resultat/pdf/SEN_Results_Group's_Qualifications.pdf/ . 29 March 2014 . dead.
20. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/33298267 Gibbons out of Baku 2015
21. http://www.teamgb.com/news/baku-2015-conway-upbeat-despite-repechage-defeat Schlesinger loses in second round.
22. Web site: 2015 European Games, 21st–28th June 2015, Baku, Azerbaijan. Swimming.org. 2015-06-12.
23. Web site: Synchro team reach qualification standard for European Games. Myswimming.org. 16 February 2015. 16 February 2015.