Team England will head to Glasgow 2026 with a 63-strong athletics squad as they look to build on one of the most successful records in Commonwealth Games history.
No nation has won more athletics medals at the Commonwealth Games than Team England, and this summer’s squad arrives packed with international pedigree, championship-winning form and exciting rising talent.
Among those selected are 22 British champions from this month’s UK Athletics Championships, alongside eight British record holders.
Leading the team is reigning Commonwealth champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who returns aiming to complete a remarkable hat-trick of heptathlon titles.
Johnson-Thompson is joined in the combined events by Jade O’Dowda, who won bronze at Birmingham 2022, while Ellen Barber earns selection for her first Commonwealth Games.
On the track, the women’s sprint squad is stacked with proven medal-winning talent.
Amy Hunt makes her Commonwealth Games debut after establishing herself among the world’s fastest sprinters. Hunt will line up in the 100m alongside Birmingham 2022 bronze medallist Daryll Neita and Imani-Lara Lansiquot.
Neita and Lansiquot were both part of Team England’s gold medal-winning 4x100m relay team at Birmingham 2022 and return to defend that title.
They are joined in the relay squad by double British record holder Dina Asher-Smith, Aleeya Sibbons and Success Eduan, with Sibbons and Eduan also competing individually in the 200m.
Olympic medallists Amber Anning and Yemi Mary John will contest the 400m, while world silver medallist Georgia Hunter Bell takes on the 800m.
Revée Walcott-Nolan and Katie Snowden have been selected for the mile, with Glasgow 2026 marking the first time the women’s mile will feature at the Commonwealth Games.
Elsewhere on the track, current British champions Emily Newnham, Elise Thorner and Hannah Nuttall all earn selection.
Newnham and Lina Nielsen will compete in the 400m hurdles, Thorner is selected for the 3000m steeplechase, and Nuttall is joined in the 5000m by double European Under-20 champion Innes FitzGerald.
Izzy Fry and Poppy Tank make their Commonwealth debuts in the 10,000m, while Emma Nwofor lines up in the 100m hurdles.
In the field, Jazmin Sawyers returns for her fourth Commonwealth Games. Her return carries special significance, with Glasgow the city where she claimed long jump silver back in 2014. Sawyers is joined in the long jump by debutantes Lucy Hadaway and Molly Palmer, while Georgina Forde-Wells will compete in the triple jump.
British record holder Morgan Lake is selected in the high jump, while Gemma Tutton earns a maiden Commonwealth Games call-up in the pole vault.
Anna Purchase returns for her second Games in the hammer throw and is joined by Charlotte Payne.
On the men’s side, Louie Hinchliffe earns selection in the 100m, while British record holder Zharnel Hughes will target gold in the 200m after winning silver four years ago.
Hughes also returns as part of Team England’s 4x100m relay squad, aiming for a third consecutive Commonwealth title.
He is joined by fellow Birmingham gold medallists Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Jona Efoloko, with Elliot Jones and Romell Glave completing the relay team.
Ben Pattison returns for his second Commonwealth Games after winning 800m bronze at Birmingham 2022 and is joined over two laps by Max Burgin and Alex Botterill.
Road mile world record holder Elliot Giles will contest the Commonwealth mile alongside Archie Davis, while Scott Beattie is selected for the 10,000m.
Tade Ojora and Sam Bennett are selected in the 110m hurdles, while Jake Minshull, Josh Faulds and Seamus Derbyshire line up in the 400m hurdles.
Zak Seddon returns for his second Team England appearance in the 3000m steeplechase alongside UK champion Kristian Imroth.
In the field, Kimani Jack heads to his first Commonwealth Games after producing a world-leading outdoor high jump height this season.
Pole vaulter Owen Heard earns selection for his second Games after debuting in Birmingham.
Scott Lincoln returns in the shot put looking to improve on his bronze medal from Birmingham 2022, while Lawrence Okoye (discus), Jake Norris (hammer), and Ben East (javelin) complete a strong throws group.
Sammy Ball and Lewis Church have been selected in the decathlon.
The mixed 4x400m relay squad also features a wealth of experience and talent.
British record holder and Olympic silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith headlines the group, alongside Olympic relay bronze medallists Charlie Dobson and Toby Harries.
Laviai Nielsen also returns after winning Olympic bronze medals in both the mixed and women’s relays at Paris 2024.
Poppy Malik and Alicia Regis complete the relay squad, with both athletes set for their Commonwealth Games debuts.
Athletics Team Leader Scott Grace said: “A huge congratulations to all of the athletes who have been selected to represent England. It is a huge honour to be Team Leader, and it has been fantastic to select and celebrate the full team of athletes who will represent our country this summer. I also pass on my congratulations to the athletes’ personal coaches, families and support teams on this achievement, and I look forward to working with them in the build-up to the Games."
"The Commonwealth Games is a prestigious event, and I am confident that this team will do us proud. It features a wide range of experience and emerging talent, from Olympic, World and previous Commonwealth Games medallists to Commonwealth Youth Games and junior international medallists.”
Team England Chef de Mission Jonathon Riall added: “Athletics always lights up any Commonwealth Games and I am thrilled that Team England has announced such an impressive squad for Glasgow 2026.”
"The stature of the athletes selected is reflective of what competing for Team England means and I can't wait to see how our squad of established international medallists and exciting new names fare in Glasgow."
You can watch Team England’s athletics stars compete at Glasgow 2026 this summer. Visit Glasgow2026.com to purchase tickets.
Team England athletics squad:
Women
100m
Amy Hunt (Grantham, 24)
Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Peckham, 28)
Daryll Neita (London, 29)
200m
Success Eduan (Blackley, 21)
400m
Yemi Mary John (Woodford, 23)
Amber Anning (Brighton, 25)
800m
Georgia Hunter Bell (London, 32)
Mile
Revée Walcott-Nolan (Luton, 31)
Katie Snowden (London, 32)
5000m
Hannah Nuttall (Charnwood, 28)
Innes FitzGerald (Beer, 20)
10,000m
Izzy Fry (Newbury, 26)
Poppy Tank (Plymouth, 28)
100m Hurdles
Emma Nwofor (London, 29)
400m Hurdles
Emily Newnham (Dartford, 22)
Lina Nielsen (London, 30)
3000m Steeplechase
Elise Thorner (Bridgwater, 25)
Long Jump
Jazmin Sawyers (Stoke-on-Trent, 32)
Lucy Hadaway (York, 26)
Molly Palmer (Ruddington, 22)
Triple Jump
Georgina Forde-Wells (Northampton, 23)
High Jump
Morgan Lake (Milton Keynes, 29)
Pole Vault
Gemma Tutton (Lewes, 21)
Hammer
Anna Purchase (Woodthorpe, 26)
Charlotte Payne (Newbury, 24)
Heptathlon
Jade O’Dowda (Oxford, 26)
Ellen Barber (Somerset, 28)
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Liverpool, 33)
4x100m Relay
Dina Asher-Smith (Orpington, 30)
Aleeya Sibbons (Barking, 23)
Men
100m
Louie Hinchliffe (Sheffield, 23)
200m
Zharnel Hughes (Anguilla, 30)
800m
Ben Pattison (Frimley, 24)
Max Burgin (Halifax, 24)
Alex Botterill (York, 26)
Mile
Elliot Giles (Birmingham, 32)
Archie Davis (Brighton, 27)
10,000m
Scott Beattie (Morpeth, 27)
110m Hurdles
Tade Ojora (London, 26)
Sam Bennett (Southend, 25)
400m Hurdles
Jake Minshull (Coventry, 21)
Josh Faulds (Rugby, 26)
Seamus Derbyshire (Stoke-on-Trent, 26)
3000m Steeplechase
Kristian Imroth (St Albans, 24)
Zak Seddon (Twyford, 31)
High Jump
Kimani Jack (St Albans, 22)
Pole Vault
Owen Heard (Surrey, 24)
Hammer
Jake Norris (Ascot, 26)
Shot
Scott Lincoln (Northallerton, 33)
Javelin
Ben East (Newbury, 22)
Discus
Lawrence Okoye (Croydon, 34)
Decathlon
Sammy Ball (Wargrave, 21)
Lewis Church (Tonbridge, 29)
4x100m Relay
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Newnham, 32)
Elliot Jones (Wigan, 28)
Jona Efoloko (Manchester, 26)
Romell Glave (South Norwood, 26)
Mixed 4x400m Relay
Laviai Nielsen (London, 30)
Poppy Malik (Harrow, 22)
Alicia Regis (London, 24)
Matt Hudson-Smith (Wolverhampton, 31)
Toby Harries (Brighton, 27)
Charlie Dobson (Colchester, 26)
