| European Athletics Championships, Barcelona 2010 |
| Men | | Women | |
| A | B | Event | A | B |
| 1:45.40 | 1:46.60 | 800m | 2:00.00 | 2:01.30 |
| 3:36.20 | 3:39.20 | 1500m | 4:06.00 | 4:09.00 |
| 13:20.00 | 13:29.00 | 5000m | 15:10.00 | 15:25.00 |
| 27:47.00 | 28:12.00 | 10000m | 31:45.00 | 32:20.00 |
| 8:23.00 | 8:33.50 | 3000m Chase | 9:40.00 | 9:48.00 |
| The UKA qualification period is from 1st January 2009 to midnight (BST) on 4th July 2010. | | | | |
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| IAAF World Junior (U20) Athletics Championships, Moncton, Canada 19 to 25th July 2010 | | | | |
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| | Men | Event | Women | |
| | 1:48.50 | 800m | 2:05.00 | |
| | 3:44.00 | 1500m | 4:18.00 | |
| | N/A | 3000m | 9:15.00 | |
| | 14:00.00 | 5000m | 16:05.00 | |
| | 30:00.00 | 10000m | N/A | |
| | 8:50.00 | 3000m Chase | 10:15.00 | |
| Qualifying period up until July 4 | | | | |
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2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi - Qualifying Standards
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| Event | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | Isle of Man | Guernsey | Jersey |
| 800m | 02:01.00 | 02:01.80 | 02:02.00 | 02:03.50 | 02:05.00 | 02:10.00 | 02:06.00 |
| 1500m | 04:10.00 | 04:09.00 | 04:11.00 | 04:13.00 | 04:18.00 | 04:27.00 | 04:19.60 |
| 5,000m | 15:25.00 | 15:35.00 | 15:55.00 | 15:45.00 | 16:30.00 | 16:50.00 | 16:23.70 |
| 10,000m | 33:00.00 | 32:35.00 | 34:00.00 | 33:00.00 | 34:00.00 | 35:28.00 | 35:01.20 |
| Marathon | 2:38.00 | 2:38:00 | 2:38:00 | 2:40:00 | 2:42:00 | 2:46:00 | 2:44:30 |
| 3000m S/C | 09:50.00 | 09:55.00 | 10:00.00 | 09:55.00 | 10:30.00 | 10:56.00 | NT |
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| Event | England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | Isle of Man | Guernsey | Jersey |
| 800m | 01:47.50 | 01:47.80 | 01:48.00 | 01:47.30 | 01:50.00 | 01:51.50 | 01:50.80 |
| 1500m | 03:40.00 | 03:41.30 | 03:41.00 | 03:40.00 | 03:47.00 | 03:48.00 | 03:46.40 |
| 5,000m | 13:38.00 | 13:30.00 | 13:38.00 | 13:40.00 | 14:00.00 | 14:20.00 | 14:13.90 |
| 10,000m | 28:50.00 | 28:38.00 | 29:20.00 | 28:45.00 | 29:30.00 | 30:15.00 | 30:23.10 |
| Marathon | 2:18.00 | 2:19:00 | 2:19:40 | 2:18:00 | 2:23:00 | 2:27:30 | 2:22:10 |
| 3000m S/C | 8:39.00 | 08:36.00 | 08:43.00 | 08:40.00 | 08:55.00 | 09:00.00 | 08:59.70 |