Great Britain at the Olympic Games
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Great Britain is the team that sends athletes from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) plus the three Crown dependencies and all but three of the British overseas territories, to the Olympic Games. It is organised by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as the National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. While the BOA and the overall games organizers the International Olympic Committee (IOC) both refer to the team as Great Britain, allocating them the IOC country code GBR, the BOA also currently uses the brand name Team GB for the team, explaining that Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.^[1][2]

Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is one of only three nations (France and Switzerland are the others) to have competed at every Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Athletes representing Great Britain have won 780 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 22 at the Winter Olympic Games. Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Games.

The most successful British Olympians by gold medals won are Chris Hoy who won six gold medals in track cycling and Steve Redgrave, who won five gold medals in rowing. Hoy and fellow cyclist Bradley Wiggins have the most overall medals by British Olympians with seven each.^[3]

Chris Hoy is the most successful cyclist in Olympic history and Ben Ainslie, with four golds at consecutive Games and a silver medal, is the most successful sailor in Olympic history.

Contents 1 Eligibility 2 Hosted Games 3 Medals by Summer Games 4 Medals by Winter Games 5 Medals by individual 5.1 Most successful in their sport 6 Medals by sport 6.1 Archery 6.2 Athletics 6.3 Badminton 6.4 Basketball 6.5 Boxing 6.6 Canoeing 6.7 Cricket 6.8 Cycling 6.9 Diving 6.10 Equestrian 6.11 Fencing 6.12 Figure skating 6.13 Football 6.14 Golf 6.15 Gymnastics 6.16 Handball 6.17 Hockey 6.18 Jeu de paume 6.19 Judo 6.20 Lacrosse 6.21 Modern Pentathlon 6.22 Polo 6.23 Rackets 6.24 Rowing 6.25 Rugby 6.26 Sailing 6.27 Shooting 6.28 Swimming 6.29 Taekwondo 6.30 Tennis 6.31 Triathlon 6.32 Tug of war 6.33 Volleyball 6.34 Water motorsports 6.35 Water polo 6.36 Weightlifting 6.37 Wrestling 7 See also 8 References 8.1 Notes 8.2 Bibliography

Eligibility [edit]

As the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United Kingdom, the British Olympic Association (BOA) membership encompasses the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales), plus the three Crown dependencies (Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey), and all but three of the British overseas territories (Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda having their own NOCs).

Representatives of the devolved Northern Ireland government, however, have objected to the name "Team GB", which they argue creates a perception that Northern Ireland is not part of the British Olympic team, and have called for the team to be renamed as Team UK.^[4][5]

Athletes from Northern Ireland can elect to represent either Britain or Ireland at the Olympics, as people from Northern Ireland are legally entitled to dual citizenship.^{[6][dead link]}

Hosted Games [edit]

London, the United Kingdom's capital, is the first and, to date, only city to host the Olympics on three occasions.

Games	Dates	NOCs
1908 Summer Olympics	27 April – 31 October	22
1948 Summer Olympics	29 July – 14 August	59
2012 Summer Olympics	27 July – 12 August	204

Medals by Summer Games [edit]

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee.^[7]

     Host nation

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	8	2	3	2	7	5
1900 Paris	103	15	6	9	30	3
1904 St. Louis	3	1	1	0	2	6
1908 London	676	56	51	39	146	1
1912 Stockholm	293	10	15	16	41	3
1920 Antwerp	204	15	15	13	43	3
1924 Paris	307	9	13	12	34	4
1928 Amsterdam	234	3	10	7	20	11
1932 Los Angeles	74	4	7	5	16	8
1936 Berlin	225	4	7	3	14	10
1948 London	375	3	14	6	23	12
1952 Helsinki	293	1	2	8	11	18
1956 Melbourne	200	6	7	11	24	8
1960 Rome	252	2	6	12	20	12
1964 Tokyo	199	4	12	2	18	10
1968 Mexico City	237	5	5	3	13	10
1972 Munich	310	4	5	9	18	12
1976 Montreal	234	3	5	5	13	13
1980 Moscow	222	5	7	9	21	9
1984 Los Angeles	355	5	11	21	37	11
1988 Seoul	382	5	10	9	24	12
1992 Barcelona	389	5	3	12	20	13
1996 Atlanta	303	1	8	6	15	36
2000 Sydney	310	11	10	7	28	10
2004 Athens	270	9	9	12	30	10
2008 Beijing	313	19	13	15	47	4
2012 London	541	29	17	19	65	3
Total	7322	236	272	272	780	N/A

Medals by Winter Games [edit]

Games	Competitors[8]	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	45	1	1	2	4	6
1928 St. Moritz	33	0	0	1	1	8
1932 Lake Placid	4	0	0	0	0	-
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	39	1	1	1	3	7
1948 St. Moritz	62	0	0	2	2	13
1952 Oslo	20	1	0	0	1	8
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	45	0	0	0	0	-
1960 Squaw Valley	17	0	0	0	0	-
1964 Innsbruck	49	1	0	0	1	11
1968 Grenoble	46	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Sapporo	40	0	0	0	0	-
1976 Innsbruck	50	1	0	0	1	12
1980 Lake Placid	50	1	0	0	1	11
1984 Sarajevo	54	1	0	0	1	11
1988 Calgary	57	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Albertville	54	0	0	0	0	-
1994 Lillehammer	35	0	0	2	2	21
1998 Nagano	33	0	0	1	1	22
2002 Salt Lake City	51	1	0	1	2	18
2006 Turin	40	0	1	0	1	21
2010 Vancouver	50	1	0	0	1	16
Total	874	9	3	10	22	20

Medals by individual [edit]

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won three or more Olympic gold medals for Great Britain. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.

Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy	Track cycling	2000–2012	Summer	M	6	1	0	7
Redgrave, SteveSteve Redgrave	Rowing	1984–2000	Summer	M	5	0	1	6
Wiggins, BradleyBradley Wiggins	Track cycling, road cycling	2000–2012	Summer	M	4	1	2	7
Ainslie, BenBen Ainslie	Sailing	1996–2012	Summer	M	4	1	0	5
Pinsent, MatthewMatthew Pinsent	Rowing	1992–2004	Summer	M	4	0	0	4
Radmilovic, PauloPaulo Radmilovic	Water polo, swimming	1908–1920	Summer	M	4	0	0	4
Beresford, JackJack Beresford	Rowing	1920–1936	Summer	M	3	2	0	5
Kenny, JasonJason Kenny	Track cycling	2008–2012	Summer	M	3	1	0	4
Taylor, HenryHenry Taylor	Swimming	1908–1920	Summer	M	3	0	2	5
Doherty, ReginaldReginald Doherty	Tennis	1900–1908	Summer	M	3	0	1	4
Wilkinson, GeorgeGeorge Wilkinson	Water polo	1900–1912	Summer	M	3	0	0	3
Smith, Charles SydneyCharles Sydney Smith	Water polo	1908–1920	Summer	M	3	0	0	3
Meade, RichardRichard Meade	Equestrian	1968–1972	Summer	M	3	0	0	3

• People in bold are still active competitors

No British female Olympian has won three gold medals. The leading British female Olympians is track cyclist Victoria Pendleton who, from 2008-2012, won two gold medals and one silver medal. The female British Olympians with the most medals (four) are swimmer Rebecca Adlington who, from 2008-2012, won two gold and two bronze medals and rower Katherine Grainger who, from 2000-2012 won one gold and three silver medals. Other females winners of two gold medals include Edith Hannam, Kelly Holmes in addition to a bronze, Charlotte Dujardin, Laura Trott, Sarah Webb, Sarah Ayton and Shirley Robertson. All but the latter three and Pendleton won their two gold medals at the same games.

Robertson, Webb and Ayton, sailors all, won their gold medals in consecutive Games - Robertson being the first to achieve the feat - her second gold occurring in the same event, the 2004 Yngling class, as the other sailors' first.

Mary Rand won three medals, one of each colour, at the same Games in 1964 - to date, the only British woman to have done so.

Most successful in their sport [edit]

Chris Hoy and Ben Ainslie are the most successful Olympic competitors in their respective sports, cycling and sailing, as of 2012. In addition Steve Redgrave and Reginald Doherty are the most successful male athletes in their respective sports, rowing and tennis.

Shirley Robertson, Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb, with two gold medals, share the honour of most successful female Olympic sailors of all time with a number of other sailors.

As no woman has won more than one gold medal in each of their disciplines, Stephanie Cook and Nicola Adams also share the honour of most successful Olympian in their respective sports, modern pentathlon and boxing. The latter has expressed her intention to continue and to compete in 2016.

Medals by sport [edit]

     Sports not included in the current Olympics program

     Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	53	79	62	194
Rowing	28	22	13	63
Cycling	26	26	23	75
Sailing	25	18	11	54
Boxing	17	12	24	53
Tennis	16	14	12	42
Swimming	15	23	30	67
Shooting	13	15	16	44
Equestrian	9	10	13	32
Figure skating	5	3	7	15
Water polo	4	0	0	4
Canoeing	3	5	5	13
Wrestling	3	4	10	17
Field hockey	3	2	6	11
Football	3	0	0	3
Polo	2	3	1	6
Archery	2	2	5	9
Modern pentathlon	2	2	3	7
Rackets	2	2	3	7
Tug of war	2	2	1	5
Curling	2	0	0	2
Water motorsports	2	0	0	2
Fencing	1	8	0	9
Weightlifting	1	3	3	7
Skeleton	1	1	3	5
Bobsleigh	1	1	2	4
Taekwondo	1	0	2	3
Ice hockey	1	0	1	2
Triathlon	1	0	1	2
Cricket	1	0	0	1
Judo	0	8	10	18
Gymnastics	0	2	6	8
Diving	0	2	5	7
Rugby	0	2	0	2
Badminton	0	1	1	2
Golf	0	1	1	2
Jeu de paume	0	1	1	2
Lacrosse	0	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	0	0	1	1
Total	246	275	283	804

Archery [edit]

Year	Archers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	Did not compete
1904
1908	41	3	2	2	1	5	1
1920	Did not compete
1972	6	2	0	0	0	0	-
1976	4	2	0	0	0	0	-
1980	4	2	0	0	0	0	-
1984	6	2	0	0	0	0	-
1988	6	4	0	0	1	1	4
1992	6	4	0	0	2	2	6
1996	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
2000	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
2004	4	3	0	0	1	1	6
2008	6[9]	4[9]	0	0	0	0	-
2012	6	4	0	0	0	0	-
Total			2	2	5	9	5

Athletics [edit]

Year	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	5	5	0	1	1	2	5
1900	9	10	3	3	2	8	2
1904	3	2	1	1	0	2	2
1908	126	25	7	7	3	17	2
1912			2	1	5	8	4
1920			4	4	4	12	3
1924			3	3	5	11	3
1928			2	2	1	5	4
1932			2	4	2	8	5
1936			2	5	0	7	4
1948			0	6	1	7	14
1952			0	1	4	5	5
1956			1	4	2	7	4
1960			1	3	4	8	6
1964			4	7	1	12	3
1968			1	2	1	4	9
1972			1	1	2	4	7
1976			0	0	1	1	20
1980			4	2	4	10	3
1984			3	7	6	16	3
1988			0	6	2	8	13
1992			2	0	4	6	6
1996			0	4	2	6	25
2000			2	2	2	6	6
2004			3	0	1	4	3
2008	67[10]	36[10]	1	2	1	4	9[11]
2012			4	1	1	6	4
Total			53	79	62	194	3

Badminton [edit]

Great Britain has competed in all Badminton events held at the Summer Olympics since badminton made its full debut as an Olympic sport in 1992.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1972 (demonstration)	6	3	1	0	3	4	2
1976-1988	No Competition
1992	12	4	0	0	0	0	-
1996	22	5	0	0	0	0	-
2000	16	5	0	0	1	1	5
2004	13	5	0	1	0	1	4
2008	6[12]	5	0	0	0	0	-
2012			0	0	0	0	-
Total	65	24	0	1	1	2	6

The figures from 1972 do not count towards the total as badminton was a demonstration sport.

Basketball [edit]

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1936	Did not compete
1948	13	1	0	0	0	0	-
1952-2008	Did not compete
2012	24	2	0	0	0	0	-

Boxing [edit]

Great Britain made its Olympic boxing debut in 1908.

Year	Boxers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No Competition
1904	Did not compete
1908	32	5	5	4	5	14	1
1912	No Competition
1920			2	1	3	6	2
1924			2	2	0	4	2
1928			0	0	0	0	-
1932			0	0	0	0	-
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	2	0	2	6
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			2	1	2	5	1
1960			0	0	3	3	9
1964			0	0	0	0	-
1968			1	0	0	1	5
1972			0	0	3	3	15
1976			0	0	1	1	10
1980			0	0	1	1	11
1984			0	0	1	1	14
1988			0	0	1	1	15
1992			0	0	1	1	15
1996			0	0	0	0	-
2000			1	0	0	1	7
2004	1	1	0	1	0	1	8
2008	7[13]	7	1	0	2	3	6[13]
2012	10	10	3	1	1	5	1
Total			17	12	24	53	3

Canoeing [edit]

Year	Canoeists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	0	0	-
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	0	0	-
1964			0	0	0	0	-
1968			0	0	0	0	-
1972			0	0	0	0	-
1976			0	0	0	0	-
1980			0	0	0	0	-
1984			0	0	0	0	-
1988			0	0	0	0	-
1992			0	1	0	1	-
1996			0	0	0	0	-
2000			0	1	1	2	-
2004			0	1	2	3	-
2008			1	1	1	3	-
2012	15	13	2	1	1	4	-
Total			3	5	5	13	-

Cricket [edit]

Great Britain and France were the only two nations to compete in the only Olympic cricket match, in 1900. The British team won, making them the only nation to win an Olympic cricket contest and the only Olympic gold medalists in cricket.

Year	Cricketers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	12	1	1	0	0	1	1

Cycling [edit]

Year	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	2	4	0	1	1	2	4
1900	Did not compete
1904
1908	38	7	5	3	1	9	1
1912			0	2	0	2	3
1920			1	3	1	5	1
1924			0	1	1	2	5
1928			0	3	1	4	5
1932			0	1	1	2	5
1936			0	0	1	1	6
1948			0	3	2	5	4
1952			0	0	1	1	6
1956			0	1	2	3	5
1960			0	0	0	0	-
1964			0	0	0	0	-
1968			0	0	0	0	-
1972			0	0	1	1	11
1976			0	0	1	1	12
1980			0	0	0	0	-
1984			0	0	0	0	-
1988			0	0	0	0	-
1992			1	0	0	1	4
1996			0	0	2	2	12
2000			1	1	2	4	6
2004			2	1	1	4	3
2008	25[14]	17[14]	8	4	2	14	1[15]
2012			8[16]	2[16]	2[16]	12[16]	1[16]
Total			26	26	23	75	3rd

Diving [edit]

Great Britain made its Olympic diving debut in 1908.

Year	Divers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1904	Did not compete
1908	16	2	0	0	0	0	—
1912			0	0	1	1	3
1920			0	1	0	1	4
1924			0	0	1	1	4
1928			0	0	0	0	-
1932	Did not compete
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	0	0	-
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	2	2	3
1964	6		0	0	0	0	-
1968	5		0	0	0	0	-
1972	8		0	0	0	0	-
1976	4		0	0	0	0	-
1980	6		0	0	0	0	-
1984	6		0	0	0	0	-
1988	5		0	0	0	0	-
1992	4		0	0	0	0	-
1996	5		0	0	0	0	-
2000	8		0	0	0	0	-
2004	7		0	1	0	1	6
2008	10[17]	8[17]	0	0	0	0	-
2012			0	0	1	1
Total			0	2	5	7	16

Equestrian [edit]

Great Britain first competed in the 1912 competition having not competed in the first event held in 1900.

Year	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912			0	0	0	0	-
1920			0	0	0	0	-
1924			0	0	0	0	-
1928			0	0	0	0	-
1932			0	0	0	0	-
1936			0	0	1	1	7
1948			0	0	1	1	7
1952			1	0	0	1	3
1956			1	0	2	3	3
1960			0	0	1	1	7
1964			0	0	1	1	8
1968			1	2	1	4	1
1972			2	1	0	3	2
1976			0	0	0	0	-
1980	Did not compete
1984			0	2	1	3	4
1988			0	2	1	3	4
1992			0	0	0	0	-
1996			0	0	0	0	-
2000			0	1	0	1	5
2004			1	1	1	3	3
2008	12[18]	6[18]	0	0	2	2	7[19]
2012			3	1	1	5	1
Total			9	10	13	32	8

Fencing [edit]

Great Britain won its first fencing medal, a silver, in 1908 at the London Games.

Year	Fencers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1900	1	1	0	0	0	0	—
1904	Did not compete
1908	23	4	0	1	0	1	3
1912			0	1	0	1	5
1920			0	0	0	0	-
1924			0	1	0	1	6
1928			0	1	0	1	5
1932			0	1	0	1	6
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	0	0	-
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			1	0	0	1	4
1960			0	2	0	2	5
1964			0	1	0	1	7
1968			0	0	0	0	-
1972			0	0	0	0	-
1976			0	0	0	0	-
1980			0	0	0	0	-
1984			0	0	0	0	-
1988			0	0	0	0	-
1992			0	0	0	0	-
1996			0	0	0	0	-
2000			0	0	0	0	-
2004			0	0	0	0	-
2008	3	3	0	0	0	0	-
2012			0	0	0	0	-
Total			1	8	0	9	16

Figure skating [edit]

Great Britain hosted the first Olympic figure skating contests in 1908.

Year	Skaters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	11	4	1	2	3	6	1

Football [edit]

Great Britain and Ireland – now represented separately by Team Ireland and Team Great Britain – was one of three nations to play in the inaugural football tournament, winning their only match to take the first Olympic gold medal in football. They competed in the nine Olympics in the table below.

Year	Footballers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No competition
1900	11	1	1	0	0	1	1
1904	Did not compete
1908	11	1	1	0	0	1	1
1912			1	0	0	1	1
1920			0	0	0	0	-
1924	Did not compete
1928
1932	No Competition
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	0	0	-
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	0	0	-
1964–2008	Did not compete
2012		2	0	0	0	0	-
Total			3	0	0	3	2

In 1974 the FA abolished the distinction between "amateur" and "professional" footballers in England. This ended the practice of "shamateurism", where players claimed to be amateur but still got irregular payments from their clubs. Also, Great Britain is not a member of FIFA and its athletes participate in international football competitions as members of the national teams of the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), none of which have National Olympic Committees. As a result, Great Britain usually does not participate in Olympic qualifying tournaments.

Golf [edit]

Great Britain was one of four nations to play golf at the first Olympic golf events in 1900. They did not compete in the only other Olympic golf competition held in 1904.

Year	Golfers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	4	1	0	1	1	2	2
1904	Did not compete
Total	4	1	0	1	1	2	3

Gymnastics [edit]

Great Britain's first gymnastics medal came in 1908 with a silver in the men's individual all-around. Until 2008, Great Britain's last medal for gymnastics was a Bronze in the Women's all-round team event in 1928. At the 2012 Summer Games in London, Great Britain equaled it's tally for all previous games combined, winning 4 medals to being their all-time total to eight.

Year	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	-
1900	5	1	0	0	0	0	-
1904	Did not compete
1908	65	2	0	1	0	1	3
1912	23		0	0	1	1	8
1920	27		0	0	0	0	-
1924	27		0	0	0	0	-
1928			0	0	1	1	6
2008	9		0	0	1	1	13
2012	10		0	1	3	4	12
Total			0	2	6	8	33

Handball [edit]

Great Britain's men's and women's handball teams were allowed to take up host places at the 2012 Olympics. This is the only time that Great Britain has competed in handball at the Olympics.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2012	30	2	0	0	0	0	-

Hockey [edit]

Great Britain hosted the first Olympic field hockey tournament in 1908.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	45	1	1	1	2	4	1
1912	No hockey tournament
1920		1	1	0	0	1	1
1924	No hockey tournament
1928	Did not compete
1932			0	0	0	0	-
1936	Did not compete
1948		1	0	1	0	1	2
1952		1	0	0	1	1	2
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	0	0	-
1964		1	0	0	0	0	-
1968			0	0	0	0	-
1972		1	0	0	0	0	-
1976	Did not compete
1980
1984			0	0	1	1	4
1988		2	1	0	0	1	2
1992		2	0	0	1	1	4
1996		2	0	0	0	0	-
2000		2	0	0	0	0	-
2004		1	0	0	0	0	-
2008		2	0	0	0	0	-
2012		2	0	0	1	1	5
Total			3	2	6	11	-

Jeu de paume [edit]

Great Britain hosted the only Olympic jeu de paume tournament in 1908.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	9	1	0	1	1	2	2

Judo [edit]

Great Britain has competed in all judo events held at the Summer Olympics since judo made its full debut as an Olympic sport in 1964.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1964		4	0	0	0	0	-
1968	No Judo tournament
1972		6	0	1	2	3	4
1976		6	0	1	1	2	5
1980		8	0	1	1	2	8
1984		8	0	1	2	3	5
1988		7	0	0	1	1	11
1992		14	0	2	2	4	11
1996		14	0	0	0	0	-
2000		14	0	1	0	1	12
2004		0	0	0	0	0	-
2008		0	0	0	0	0	-
2012		14	0	1	1	2	13
Total	'	'	0	8	10	18	-

Lacrosse [edit]

Great Britain's Olympic lacrosse debut was in 1908.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	12	1	0	1	0	1	2

Modern Pentathlon [edit]

Great Britain's Olympic modern pentathlon debut was in 1912 when the it was first included in the Olympics. Since the women's event was added in 2000, Great Britain has medalled in that event at every Games. The most successful Games was in 2000, when Great Britain won the gold and bronze medals.

Year	Pentathletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912	3	1	0	0	0	0	-
1920	4	1	0	0	0	0	-
1924			0	0	0	0	-
1928			0	0	0	0	-
1932	3	1	0	0	0	0	-
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	0	0	-
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	0	0	-
1964			0	0	0	0	-
1968	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
1972	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
1976	3	2	1	0	0	1	1
1980	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
1984	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
1988	3	2	0	0	1	1	3
1992	3	2	0	0	0	0	-
1996	1	1	0	0	0	0	-
2000	2	1	1	0	1	2	1
2004	1	1	0	0	1	1	5
2008	4	2	0	1	0	1	4
2012	4	2	0	1	0	1	-
Total			2	2	3	7	7

Polo [edit]

Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the debut of Olympic polo. Three of the five teams had British players, and those three teams took both the top two places and split the third place with the Mexican team.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	7	1	1	1	1	3	1
1904	No competition
1908	12	1	1	2	0	3	1
1912	No competition
1920			1	0	0	1	1
1924			0	0	1	1	3
1928-1932	No competition
1936			0	1	0	1	2
1948–Present	No competition
Total			3	4	2	9	1

Rackets [edit]

Great Britain hosted the only Olympic rackets tournament, in 1908.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	7	2	2	2	3	7	1

Rowing [edit]

Britain took a bronze medal in the first Olympic rowing competition, in 1900.

Year	Rowers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	1	1	0	0	1	1	6
1904	Did not compete
1908	30	4	4	3	1	8	1
1912	24	3	2	2	0	4	1
1920	10	2	0	2	0	2	4
1924	19	4	2	0	0	2	3
1928	18	5	1	2	1	4	2
1932	16	4	2	0	0	2	2
1936	18	5	1	1	0	2	2
1948	26	7	2	1	0	3	1
1952	23	6	0	0	0	0	-
1956	12	3	0	0	0	0	-
1960	26	7	0	0	0	0	-
1964	8	3	0	1	0	1	7
1968	11	2	0	0	0	0	-
1972	17	6	0	0	0	0	-
1976	31	8	0	2	0	2	7
1980	43	11	0	1	2	3	6
1984	42	10	1	0	0	1	5
1988	30	8	1	0	1	2	5
1992	46	11	2	0	0	2	4
1996	37	9	1	0	1	2	7
2000	37	10	2	1	0	3	3
2004	37	11	1	2	1	4	3
2008	45	12	2	2	2	6	1
2012	47	13	4	2	3	9	1
Total			28	22	13	63	3

Rugby [edit]

Britain took a silver medal in the first Olympic rugby competition, in 1900.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No competition
1900	15	1	0	1	0	1	2
1904	No competition
1908	15	1	0	1	0	1	2
1912	No competition
1920-1924	Did not compete
1928-2012	No competition
Total	30	1	0	2	0	2	4

Sailing [edit]

Britain took three gold medals in the first Olympic sailing events, in 1900.

Year	Sailors	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No competition
1900	8	7	3	0	1	4	2
1904	No competition
1908	40	4	4	1	1	6	1
1912	Did not compete
1920			2	0	0	2	4
1924			0	1	0	1	3
1928			0	0	0	0	-
1932			0	1	0	1	5
1936			1	0	1	2	2
1948			1	0	0	1	3
1952		5	0	1	0	1	6
1956		5	0	1	2	3	5
1960		5	0	0	0	0	-
1964		5	0	1	0	1	8
1968		5	1	0	1	2	2
1972		6	1	1	0	2	2
1976		6	1	1	0	2	2
1980	Did not compete
1984		7	0	0	1	1	8
1988		8	1	0	0	1	5
1992		10	0	0	1	1	9
1996		10	0	2	0	2	9
2000		11	3	2	0	5	1
2004		11	2	1	2	5	1
2008		11	4	1	1	6	1
2012		10	1	4	0	5	3
Total			25	18	11	54	1

Shooting [edit]

Great Britain's first shooting medals came when the nation hosted the 1908 Games, at which the British shooters dominated the competitions. There were 215 shooters from 14 nations in the shooting events, including 67 shooters from Great Britain.

Year	Shooters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	2	4	0	0	0	0	-
1900	1	1	0	0	0	0	-
1904	Sport not held
1908	67	15	6	7	8	21	1
1912			1	4	4	9	4
1920			0	0	0	0	-
1924			1	2	0	3	3
1928	Sport not held
1932			0	0	0	0	-
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	0	0	-
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	0	0	-
1964			0	0	0	0	-
1968			1	0	0	1	4
1972			0	0	1	1	16
1976			0	0	0	0	-
1980			0	0	0	0	-
1984			1	0	3	4	5
1988			1	1	0	2	4
1992			0	0	0	0	-
1996			0	0	0	0	-
2000			1	1	0	2	6
2004			0	0	0	0	-
2008	5	4	0	0	0	0	-
2012			1	0	0	1	-
Total			13	15	16	44	6

Swimming [edit]

Great Britain was the third most successful nation in swimming in 2008, with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, with Rebecca Adlington winning two of these, making her the most successful female British swimmer in 100 years.^[20]

Year	Swimmers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	7	5	2	0	1	3	1
1904	Did not compete
1908	28	6	4	2	1	7	1
1912			1	2	3	6	5
1920			0	1	1	2	3
1924			1	2	1	4	2
1928			0	2	2	4	7
1932			0	0	2	2	6
1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	0	1	1	7
1952			0	0	1	1	9
1956			1	0	1	2	4
1960			1	1	1	3	3
1964			0	1	0	1	6
1968			0	1	0	1	9
1972			0	1	0	1	10
1976			1	1	1	3	5
1980			1	3	1	5	4
1984			0	1	4	5	6
1988			1	1	1	3	5
1992			0	0	1	1	16
1996			0	1	1	2	12
2000			0	0	0	0	-
2004			0	0	2	2	18
2008	37	34	2	2	2	6	3
2012			0	1	2	3	14
Total			15	23	30	68	7

Taekwondo [edit]

Great Britain have competed in all four taekwondo competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best result is a gold and bronze in 2012.

Year	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2000	2	2	0	0	0	0	-
2004	4	4	0	0	0	0	-
2008	3	3	0	0	1	1	-
2012	4	4	1	0	1	2	-
Total	13	13	1	0	2	3	-

Tennis [edit]

John Pius Boland dominated the 1896 tennis tournaments. Tennis in 1896 was a sport which allowed mixed teams, and both Boland and George S. Robertson joined partners from other nations to win their medals. Britain again dominated in 1900, taking all four gold medals and adding 7 other medals (3 as part of mixed teams).

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	2	1	1	0	0	1	2
1900	6	4	4	1	3	8	1
1904	Did not compete
1908	22	6	6	5	4	15	1
1912			2	2	2	6	2
1920			2	3	1	6	1
1924			0	1	2	3	3
1924-1964	No competition held
1968 (demonstration)	Did not compete
1972-1980	No competition held
1984 (demonstration)			0	0	0	0	-
1988			0	0	0	0	-
1992			0	0	0	0	-
1996			0	1	0	1	5
2000			0	0	0	0	-
2004			0	0	0	0	-
2008	2	2	0	0	0	0	-
2012	8	5	1	1	0	2	2
Total			16	14	12	42	2

Triathlon [edit]

Great Britain have competed in all four triathlon competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best finish is a 1st and 3rd place in the men's triathlon, and 5th place in the women's triathlon, in 2012.

Year	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2000	6	2	0	0	0	0	-
2004	6	2	0	0	0	0	-
2008	5	2	0	0	0	0	-
2012	6	2	1	0	1	2	1
Total	23	8	1	0	1	2	-

Tug of war [edit]

Great Britain's Olympic tug of war debut came when the nation hosted the Games in 1908. Great Britain were then one of only 2 teams to compete in 1912 and they also won the last Tug of War competition held in the Olympics in 1920.

Year	Contestants	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	24	1	1	1	1	3	1
1912	8	1	0	1	0	1	2
1920	11	1	1	0	0	1	1
1924-present	No Competition
Total	43	3	2	2	1	5	1

Volleyball [edit]

Prior to participating, as host nation, in the 2012 volleyball tournaments, Great Britain had never competed in Olympic volleyball with the exception of the women's team participating in the inaugural Beach volleyball tournament in 1996.

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1964-1992	Did not compete
1996	2	1	0	0	0	0	-
2000-2008	Did not compete
2012	28	4	0	0	0	0	-
Total	-	-	0	0	0	0	-

Water motorsports [edit]

Great Britain hosted the only Olympic water motorsports contests, in 1908.

Year	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1908	13	3	2	0	0	2	1

Water polo [edit]

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	8	1	1	0	0	1	1
1904	Did not compete
1908	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
1912	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
1920	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
1924		1	0	0	0	0	-
1928		1	0	0	0	0	-
1932	Did not compete
1936		1	0	0	0	0	-
1948		1	0	0	0	0	-
1952		1	0	0	0	0	-
1956		1	0	0	0	0	-
1960-2008	Did not compete
2012	26	2	0	0	0	0	-
Total	-	-	4	0	0	4	3

Weightlifting [edit]

Year	Weightlifters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	1	2	1	1	0	2	1
1900	Sport not held
1904	Did not compete
1908	Sport not held
1912	Sport not held
1920-1936			0	0	0	0	-
1948			0	1	1	2	3
1952			0	0	0	0	-
1956			0	0	0	0	-
1960			0	0	1	1	6
1964			0	1	0	1	7
1968			0	0	0	0	-
1972			0	0	0	0	-
1976			0	0	0	0	-
1980			0	0	0	0	-
1984			0	0	1	1	10
1988			0	0	0	0	-
1992			0	0	0	0	-
1996			0	0	0	0	-
2000			0	0	0	0	-
2004			0	0	0	0	-
2008			0	0	0	0	-
2012	5	5	0	0	0	0	-
Total			1	3	3	7	29

Wrestling [edit]

Year	Wrestlers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	1	1	0	0	0	0	-
1900	Sport not held
1904	Did not compete
1908	53	9	3	4	4	11	1
2012	1	1	0	0	0	0	-

See also [edit]

• Great Britain at the Paralympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Great Britain

References [edit]

Notes [edit]

Bibliography [edit]

• Office for National Statistics (2000). Britain 2001: The Official Handbook of the United Kingdom. London: Stationery Office Books. ISBN 978-0-11-621278-8 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 
• "British Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-10. 

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