Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gareth Warburton da farko ba a zaba shi ba don mita 800, bayan da ya kasa cimma matsayin 'A' na cancanta a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2012 a Helsinki, amma an ba shi wuri a wasannin bayan da aka daukaka kara. Sauran 'yan wasan Burtaniya guda goma ba su yi nasara ba tare da shigar da kararsu ba. Da farko an zabi David Webb a matsayin wani bangare na tawagar maza na marathon
amma ya janye a ranar 25 ga Yuli saboda rauni. Ba a zabi wanda zai maye gurbinsa ba. Paula Radcliffe da farko an zaba ta a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar don wasan marathon na mata amma ta janye a ranar 29 ga Yuli saboda rauni; An kira Freya Murray a matsayin mai maye gurbin ta. An zabi Welshman Dai Greene ya zama kyaftin din 'yan wasan motsa jiki, yana maimaita rawar da ya fara takawa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2011 a Sweden.