How the medals were won

Mo Farah – 10,000m: Farah came into the event as favourite after setting the fastest time in Europe this year, and the 27-year-old did not disappoint with a superbly controlled tactical race.

Mo Farah – 5,000m: Farah completed an historic long-distance double, the first by a British athlete, with another perfectly executed race.

Phillips Idowu – triple jump: Hampered by a virus earlier in the season, Idowu had not looked at his best, but the world champion came good when it mattered with three jumps of 17.40m or better before a new personal best of 17.81m in the fourth round sealed the title.

Andy Turner – 110m hurdles: With team-mate William Sharman disqualified for a false start in the semi-finals, British hopes rested on Turner's shoulders and he did not disappoint, storming clear in the last 30m.

Dai Greene – 400m hurdles: Greene came into the event as a massive favourite but did not let the burden show, storming to victory in a time of 48.12 seconds, second fastest in history by a Briton.

Jessica Ennis – heptathlon: Ennis led from start to finish over the two days of competition, but was only 18 points ahead of Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska going into the final event. However, she powered away from Dobrynska down the home straight to set a new personal best and championship record, winning by 45 points.

Silver

Chris Thompson – 10,000m: After years of injury troubles, Thompson dug deep to win his first senior medal. The 29-year-old looked to be in a battle for bronze until spotting Farah's encouragement and realising he could overhaul Spain's Ayad Lamdassem.

Mark Leiws-Francis – 100m: Another athlete who has suffered badly with injuries, he was largely overlooked ahead of a 100m final expected to be a battle between team-mate Dwain Chambers and France's Christophe Lemaitre.

Christian Malcolm – 200m: The 31-year-old lost his lottery funding last year but came agonisingly close to bouncing back in style with a gold medal, only being beaten on the line thanks to a desperate lunge from France's Lemaitre.

Michael Bingham – 400m: Overcame the disadvantage of running out in lane eight and looked to have judged the race to perfection until Belgium's Kevin Borlee produced a late finishing burst to nick gold.

Michael Rimmer – 800m: Looked like becoming Britain's first European 800m champion for 20 years until Poland's Marcin Lewandowski battled past him just a few metres from the line.

Rhys Williams – 400m hurdles: Four years after winning bronze in Gothenburg, Williams went one better to make it a British, and Welsh, one-two.

Men's 4X400M Relay – Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham and Robert Tobin left Martyn Rooney with a lot to do, and although the 23-year-old was able to overtake Belgium's Jonathan Borlee on the last lap, Russia's Vladimir Krasnov just held on for the win.

Bronze

Martyn Bernard – high jump: The Wakefield athlete was first to clear 2.29m to move into gold medal position, but was eventually overtaken by Russian duo Aleksander Shustov and Ivan Ukhov.

Martyn Rooney – 400m: Poor semi-final meant he was in lane one for the final. However, the 23-year-old almost caught Bingham on the line.

Perri Shakes-Drayton – 400m hurdles: Shakes-Drayton won the European Under-23 title in Lithuania last year and the 21-year-old Londoner finished strongly to grab a bronze medal and new personal best.

Jenny Meadows – 800m: Edged out by favourite Mariya Savinova with 100m to go and storming to victory ahead of Holland's Yvonne Hak.

Chris Tomlinson – Long jump: Tomlinson's jump of 8.23m enough to finish in third place.

Women's 4X400M Relay – Nicola Sanders, Marilyn Okoro, Lee McConnell and Perri Shakes-Drayton took third place, just pipped by Germany.