The biggest stars in European athletics head to Birmingham next week for the 2026 European Athletics Championships with continental titles and in some cases world records on the line, just a week after the close of the Commonwealth Games.
A world-class field is headlined by the likes of Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, who has endured a stop-start season and faces fierce competition in what should be an electrifying 800m event, with Switzerland’s Audrey Werro, the fastest woman in the world this year, and Femke Broeders-Bol – stepping up from her usual 400m hurdles – also on the startlist.
Hodgkinson’s training partner and new Commonwealth Games 800m champion Georgia Hunter Bell is in action but only in the 1,500m, while reigning European 100m champion Dina Asher-Smith is back to defend her title alongside another British hope in world 200m silver medallist Amy Hunt.
In total, 10 reigning world champions will be in action, including legendary pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, while Norway’s Olympic 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen will make his long-awaited return from injury having not competed at all in 2026.
Here’s everything you need to know.
When are the European Athletics Championships?
The European Athletics Championships take place in Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium from 10-16 August, the first time they have been held in the UK.
How can I watch it?
The European Athletics Championships will be broadcast live on the BBC and BBC iPlayer. Coverage begins on 10 August on BBC Two from 10.30am.
European Athletics Championships 2026 schedule
All times BST
Monday 10 August
- 10:35am – Women’s shot put
- 10:40am – Men’s hammer throw
- 10:45am – Men’s 800m
- 11:25am – Women’s 100m
- 11:30am – Men’s long jump
- 11:55am – Men’s 400m
- 12:20am – Men’s hammer throw
- 12:35am – Women’s 400m hurdles
- 12:40am – Men’s shot put
- 7:03pm – Women’s shot put
- 7:10pm – Women’s hammer throw
- 7:35pm – Women’s 100m hurdles
- 7:55pm – Women’s triple jump
- 8:10pm – Women’s 100m
- 8:33pm – Men’s shot put FINAL🏅
- 8:38pm – Women’s hammer throw
- 8:40pm – Men’s 5000m FINAL🏅
- 9:00pm – Women’s 3000m steeplechase
- 9:40pm – Mixed 4x400m relay FINAL🏅
- 9:50pm – Women’s 100m FINAL🏅
Tuesday 11 August
- 10:33am – Men’s high jump
- 10:35am – Men’s discus throw
- 10:45am – Women’s 400m hurdles
- 11:15am – Men’s 100m
- 11:40am – Men’s 110m hurdles
- 12:00pm – Men’s discus throw
- 12:05pm – Women’s 800m
- 12:40pm – Men’s 400m hurdles
- 7:05pm – Women’s pole vault
- 7:10pm – Men’s hammer throw FINAL🏅
- 7:25pm – Women’s 5000m FINAL🏅
- 7:55pm – Women’s 100m hurdles
- 8:16pm – Men’s long jump FINAL🏅
- 8:32pm – Men’s 100m
- 9:00pm – Men’s 400m
- 9:30pm – Women’s 100m hurdles FINAL🏅
- 9:47pm – Men’s 100m FINAL🏅
Wednesday 12 August
- 10:35am – Men’s decathlon 100m
- 10:40am – Women’s discus throw
- 11:05am – Women’s 400m
- 11:20am – Men’s decathlon long jump
- 11:40am – Women’s 200m
- 12:00pm – Women’s discus throw
- 12:20pm – Men’s 800m
- 12:40pm – Men’s decathlon shot put
- 12:55pm – Men’s 400m hurdles
- 7:05pm – Men’s decathlon high jump
- 7:45pm – Women’s hammer throw FINAL🏅
- 7:55pm – Men’s 110m hurdles
- 8:20pm – Women’s 200m
- 8:40pm – Men’s triple jump
- 8:50pm – Men’s 400m FINAL🏅
- 9:08pm – Women’s hurdles FINAL🏅
- 9:22pm – Men’s decathlon 400m
- 9:47pm – Men’s 110m hurdles FINAL🏅
Thursday 13 August
- 10:33am – Men’s decathlon 110m hurdles
- 10:55am – Women’s high jump
- 11:05am – Men’s 200m
- 11:20am – Men’s decathlon discus throw
- 11:30am – Men’s 3000m steeplechase
- 12:10pm – Women’s 800m
- 12:25pm – Men’s decathlon discus throw
- 12:45pm – Women’s 400m
- 1:00pm – Men’s decathlon pole vault
- 1:35pm – Men’s javelin throw
- 1:45pm – Men’s decathlon pole vault
- 2:55pm – Men’s javelin throw
- 6:35pm – Men’s decathlon javelin throw
- 7:35pm – Men’s decathlon javelin throw
- 7:40pm – Women’s triple jump FINAL🏅
- 7:50pm – Women’s pole vault FINAL🏅
- 8:05pm – Men’s 200m
- 8:29pm – Women’s 3000m steeplechase FINAL🏅
- 8:45pm – Men’s discus throw FINAL🏅
- 9:10pm – Men’s decathlon 1500m FINAL🏅
- 9:28pm – Men’s 800m FINAL🏅
- 9:50pm – Women’s 200m FINAL🏅
Friday 14 August
- 10:35am – Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles
- 10:40am – Women’s javelin throw
- 10:50am – Men’s pole vault
- 11:05am – Men’s 4x400m relay
- 11:25am – Women’s heptathlon high jump
- 11:35am – Women’s 4x400m relay
- 12:00pm – Women’s javelin throw
- 12:05pm – Men’s 1500m
- 7:35pm – Women’s heptathlon shot put
- 7:45pm – Women’s 10,000m FINAL🏅
- 8:00pm – Men’s high jump FINAL🏅
- 8:30pm – Women’s discus throw FINAL🏅
- 8:40pm – Men’s 400m hurdles FINAL🏅
- 8:55pm – Women’s heptathlon 200m
- 9:25pm – Men’s 200m FINAL🏅
- 9:46pm – Women’s 800m FINAL🏅
Saturday 15 August
- 07:30am – Men’s and women’s half marathon race walk FINAL🏅, Men’s and women’s marathon race walk FINAL🏅
- 10:35am – Women’s heptathlon long jump
- 11:50am – Women’s long jump
- 11:55am – Women’s heptathlon javelin throw
- 12:15pm – Women’s 1500m
- 12:40pm – Women’s 4x100m relay
- 1:00pm – Men’s 4x100m relay
- 7:45pm – Women’s heptathlon 800m FINAL🏅
- 8:01pm – Men’s javelin throw FINAL🏅
- 8:07pm – Women’s high jump FINAL🏅
- 8:10pm – Women’s 400m FINAL🏅
- 8:17pm – Men’s triple jump FINAL🏅
- 8:25pm – Men’s 10,000m FINAL🏅
- 9:07pm – Men’s 1500m FINAL🏅
- 9:33pm – Men’s 4x100m relay FINAL🏅
- 9:48pm – Women’s 4x100m relay FINAL🏅
Sunday 16 August
- 07:30am – Women’s marathon FINAL🏅
- 08:10am – Men’s marathon FINAL🏅
- 7:30pm – Men’s pole vault FINAL🏅
- 7:55pm – Women’s javelin throw FINAL🏅
- 8:05pm – Women’s long jump FINAL🏅
- 8:35pm – Mixed 4x100m relay FINAL🏅
- 8:50pm – Men’s 3000m steeplechase FINAL🏅
- 9:13pm – Women’s 1500m FINAL🏅
- 9:33pm – Women’s 4x400m relay FINAL🏅
- 9:48pm – Men’s 4x400m relay FINAL🏅
