Great Britain at the Olympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Great Britain at theOlympics |
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NOC | British Olympic Association | ||||||||
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The United Kingdom has been represented at every modern Olympic Games. By end of the 2024 Summer Olympics, it is third in the all-time Summer Olympic medal table by overall number of medals, and fourth in number of gold medals won. London hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012.
Athletes from the United Kingdom compete as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, currently branded "Team GB". The team is organised by the British Olympic Association, the National Olympic Committee for the UK. Team GB also represents the United Kingdom's Overseas Territories (with the exceptions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands), and the three Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man. Athletes from Northern Ireland can choose to compete for either Britain or the Republic of Ireland.
British athletes have won a combined total of 1,015 medals at the Olympic Games; 981 of those medals were won at the Summer Olympics, where Team GB is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every games. Team GB is also the only team to have won at least one athletics medal at every Summer Olympic Games. The team has been less successful at the Winter Olympics, winning 34 medals, 12 of them gold. The United Kingdom finished in first place on the medals table at the 1908 games, placed second at the 2016 games, and third at the 1900, 1912, 1920, and 2012 games.
The most successful British Olympian by gold medals and total medals won is Sir Jason Kenny, who has won seven gold medals and nine overall, all in track cycling. The cyclist Dame Laura Kenny and the dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin share the record for the most medals won by a female British athlete, with six each; Kenny's five gold medals are the female British record. The most successful Winter Olympian from Team GB is Lizzy Yarnold, with two gold medals in the women's skeleton.
Contents
- Eligibility
- Hosted games
- Medals
- List of Winter Olympic medallists
- Medals by individual
- Medals by sport
- Alpine skiing
- Archery
- Artistic swimming
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Biathlon
- Bobsleigh
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cricket
- Cross-country skiing
- Curling
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Figure skating
- Football
- Freestyle skiing
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Field hockey
- Ice hockey
- Jeu de paume
- Judo
- Lacrosse
- Luge
- Modern pentathlon
- Nordic combined
- Polo
- Rackets
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Short track speed skating
- Skateboarding
- Skeleton
- Ski jumping
- Snowboarding
- Speed skating
- Sport climbing
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Tug of war
- Volleyball
- Water motorsports
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- See also
Eligibility
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, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), plus the three Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey), and all but three of the British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands have their own NOCs).
Representatives of the devolved Northern Ireland government and others in the region, however, have objected to the name "Team GB" as discriminatory, and have called for it to be renamed as "Team UK" to make it clearer that Northern Ireland is included on the team.
The existence of a Great Britain team has been criticised by Welsh and Scottish nationalists, advocating for separate Welsh and Scottish Olympic teams instead.
Under the IOC charter, the Olympic Federation of Ireland is responsible for the entire island of Ireland. However, athletes from Northern Ireland can elect to represent either the UK (in Team GB) or Ireland at the Olympics, as people of Northern Ireland. A number of Northern Irish-born athletes, particularly in boxing, have won medals for Ireland at the Games. All athletes from the whole of Ireland were included in the Great Britain team up until the 1920 Olympics as the entire island was part of the United Kingdom at that time.
Hosted games
The United Kingdom has hosted the Summer Games on three occasions – 1908, 1948 and 2012, all in London – second only to the United States. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Great Britain became the first team to win more medals at a Summer Olympics immediately after hosting a Summer Olympics; they won 67 medals overall, coming in second place in the medal table ahead of China, two more than in London in 2012. This success came 20 years after finishing 36th in the medal table, after winning just one gold and fourteen other medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, which led to significant changes in the management and funding of British sports and facilities.
London also won the right to host the 1944 Summer Olympics. However, the 1944 games were cancelled due to the Second World War.
Successful bids
Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
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1908 Summer Olympics | London | 27 April – 31 October | 22 | 2,008 | 110 |
1944 Summer Olympics | London | Cancelled | |||
1948 Summer Olympics | London | 29 July – 14 August | 59 | 4,104 | 136 |
2012 Summer Olympics | London | 27 July – 12 August | 204 | 10,820 | 302 |
Unsuccessful bids
Games | City | Winner of bid |
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1992 Summer Olympics | Birmingham | Barcelona, Spain |
1996 Summer Olympics | Manchester | Atlanta, United States |
2000 Summer Olympics | Manchester | Sydney, Australia |
Potential future bids
In February 2019, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced plans to bid for the 2032 or 2036 Olympics, which was backed by UK Sport. However, it has been speculated that either Manchester or Birmingham may be in the frame to host future games, rather than London. In July 2021, the 2032 Games were awarded to Brisbane.
In July 2024, Khan revealed he was to attend the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and would use the opportunity to lobby members of the British Olympic Association and the Prime Minister (a potential bid would need to be both underwritten by the government and backed by the BOA) into hosting the 2040 Olympics. He claimed London could host the "greenest games ever" by reusing venues from the 2012 games including the London Stadium, the London Aquatics Centre, Lee Valley Velopark and Copper Box Arena. The idea was backed by Tom Daley, Team GB diver, commenting that "London is one of the few cities on the planet where you would be able to host the games tomorrow".
Medals
Host country
Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by Summer SportLeading in that sport
This table excludes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events. |
Medals by Winter SportLeading in that sport
This table includes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events. |
List of Winter Olympic medallists
This list also contains the medals won in winter sports at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics, which are not counted in the overall winter Olympic total.
Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Madge Syers | 1908 London | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Gold | William Jackson Thomas Murray Robin Welsh Laurence Jackson |
1924 Chamonix | Curling | Men's event |
Gold | Great Britain men's national ice hockey team | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Ice hockey | Men's event |
Gold | Jeannette Altwegg | 1952 Oslo | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Gold | Robin Dixon Tony Nash |
1964 Innsbruck | Bobsleigh | Two man |
Gold | John Curry | 1976 Innsbruck | Figure skating | Men's singles |
Gold | Robin Cousins | 1980 Lake Placid | Figure skating | Men's singles |
Gold | Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
1984 Sarajevo | Figure skating | Ice dancing |
Gold | Rhona Martin Debbie Knox Fiona MacDonald Janice Rankin Margaret Morton |
2002 Salt Lake City | Curling | Women's event |
Gold | Amy Williams | 2010 Vancouver | Skeleton | Women's event |
Gold | Lizzy Yarnold | 2014 Sochi | Skeleton | Women's event |
Gold | Lizzy Yarnold | 2018 Pyeongchang | Skeleton | Women's event |
Gold | Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Hailey Duff Mili Smith |
2022 Beijing | Curling | Women's event |
Silver | Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson |
1908 London | Figure skating | Pairs Skating |
Silver | Arthur Cumming | 1908 London | Figure skating | Men's special figures |
Silver | Ralph Broome Thomas Arnold Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher |
1924 Chamonix | Bobsleigh | Four man |
Silver | Cecilia Colledge | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Silver | Shelley Rudman | 2006 Turin | Skeleton | Women's event |
Silver | David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow Tom Brewster |
2014 Sochi | Curling | Men's event |
Silver | Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Ross Whyte |
2022 Beijing | Curling | Men's event |
Bronze | Geoffrey Hall-Say | 1908 London | Figure skating | Men's special figures |
Bronze | Dorothy Greenhough-Smith | 1908 London | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Bronze | Madge Syers Edgar Syers |
1908 London | Figure skating | Pairs skating |
Bronze | Phyllis Johnson Basil Williams |
1920 Antwerp | Figure skating | Pairs Skating |
Bronze | Ethel Muckelt | 1924 Chamonix | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Bronze | Great Britain men's national ice hockey team | 1924 Chamonix | Ice hockey | Men's event |
Bronze | David Carnegie | 1928 St. Moritz | Skeleton | Men's event |
Bronze | Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Bobsleigh | Four man |
Bronze | Jeannette Altwegg | 1948 St. Moritz | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Bronze | John Crammond | 1948 St. Moritz | Skeleton | Men's event |
Bronze | Nicky Gooch | 1994 Lillehammer | Short track speed skating | Men's 500m |
Bronze | Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
1994 Lillehammer | Figure skating | Ice dancing |
Bronze | Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood |
1998 Nagano | Bobsleigh | Four man |
Bronze | Alex Coomber | 2002 Salt Lake City | Skeleton | Women's event |
Bronze | Jenny Jones | 2014 Sochi | Snowboarding | Women's slopestyle |
Bronze | Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton Lauren Gray |
2014 Sochi | Curling | Women's event |
Bronze | John James Jackson Bruce Tasker Stuart Benson Joel Fearon |
2014 Sochi | Bobsleigh | Four man |
Bronze | Dominic Parsons | 2018 Pyeongchang | Skeleton | Men's event |
Bronze | Laura Deas | 2018 Pyeongchang | Skeleton | Women's event |
Bronze | Billy Morgan | 2018 Pyeongchang | Snowboarding | Men's Big Air |
Bronze | Izzy Atkin | 2018 Pyeongchang | Freestyle skiing | Women's slopestyle |
Multiple medallists
The following athletes have won more than one medal for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics, or in winter disciplines. Bold denotes athletes that have not yet retired.
Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Total | |||
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Lizzy Yarnold | Skeleton | 2014–2018 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Eve Muirhead | Curling | 2014–2022 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Christopher Dean | Figure skating | 1984–1994 | M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jayne Torvill | Figure skating | 1984–1994 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jeannette Altwegg | Figure skating | 1948–1952 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Madge Syers | Figure skating | 1908 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Phyllis Johnson | Figure skating | 1908–1920 | F | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Stripped medal
Great Britain's only stripped medal in Winter Olympic history was an Alpine Skiing bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Alain Baxter tested positive for a banned substance, resulting from Baxter using a branded inhaler product bought in Salt Lake City which, unknown to him, contained different chemicals in the United States than in his native country. While the British version contained no banned substances, the American version did, albeit in small amounts. Baxter was exonerated of deliberate wrong doing, but was forced to return his medal on the basis of strict liability.
Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
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Bronze | Alain Baxter | 2002 Salt Lake City | Alpine Skiing | Men's slalom |
Medals by individual
According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won at least three Olympic gold medals or four Olympic 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 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Kenny | Track cycling | 2008–2020 | Summer | M | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chris Hoy | Track cycling | 2000–2012 | Summer | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradley Wiggins | Track cycling Road cycling |
2000–2016 | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Laura Kenny | Track cycling | 2012–2020 | Summer | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Steve Redgrave | Rowing | 1984–2000 | Summer | M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ben Ainslie | Sailing | 1996–2012 | Summer | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mo Farah | Athletics | 2012–2016 | Summer | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Pinsent | Rowing | 1992–2004 | Summer | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paulo Radmilovic | Water polo Swimming |
1908–1920 | Summer | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
James Guy | Swimming | 2016–2024 | Summer | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Adam Peaty | Swimming | 2016–2024 | Summer | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack Beresford | Rowing | 1920–1936 | Summer | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte Dujardin | Equestrian | 2012–2020 | Summer | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Max Whitlock | Gymnastics | 2012–2020 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Henry Taylor | Swimming | 1908–1920 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ed Clancy | Track cycling | 2008–2016 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reginald Doherty | Tennis | 1900–1908 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tom Dean | Swimming | 2020–2024 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ben Maher | Equestrian | 2012–2024 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richard Meade | Equestrian | 1968–1972 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pete Reed | Rowing | 2008–2016 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Sydney Smith | Water polo | 1908–1920 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Triggs Hodge | Rowing | 2008–2016 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 Olympic medals or more, and fewer than 3 Olympic golds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duncan Scott | Swimming | 2016–2024 | Summer | M | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sebastian Coe | Athletics | 1980–1984 | Summer | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alex Yee | Triathlon | 2020–2024 | Summer | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebecca Adlington | Swimming | 2008–2012 | Summer | F | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Katherine Grainger | Rowing | 2000–2016 | Summer | F | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kathleen McKane Godfree | Tennis | 1920–1924 | Summer | F | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Elinor Barker | Track cycling | 2016–2024 | Summer | F | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tom Daley | Diving | 2012–2024 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Guy Butler | Athletics | 1920–1924 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Dixon | Tennis | 1908–1912 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liam Heath | Canoeing | 2012–2020 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Carl Hester | Equestrian | 2012–2024 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack Laugher | Diving | 2016–2024 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Christine Ohuruogu | Athletics | 2008–2016 | Summer | F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack Carlin | Track cycling | 2020–2024 | Summer | M | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ginny Elliott | Equestrian | 1984–1988 | Summer | F | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louis Smith | Gymnastics | 2008–2016 | Summer | M | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joyce Cooper | Swimming | 1928–1932 | Summer | F | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
- People in bold are still active competitors
Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful British athlete at the Winter Olympics, with two gold medals. Duncan Scott is the most prolific athlete at a single Games, winning four medals (1 gold, 3 silver) at the 2020 Olympics. Steve Redgrave is the most consistent British Olympic athlete, winning gold medals at five consecutive Games (1984-2000).
Most successful British Olympian progression
This table shows how the designation of most successful British Olympian has progressed over time. This table ranks athletes by golds, then silvers, then bronzes; the progression would be different if ranked purely by medals.
Athlete | Sport | Date | Gender | Total | |||
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Launceston Elliot | Weightlifting | 7 April 1896 | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 April 1896 | M | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Lorne Currie | Sailing | 25 May 1900 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
John Gretton | Sailing | M | |||||
Linton Hope | Sailing | M | |||||
Algernon Maudslay | Sailing | M | |||||
Laurence Doherty | Tennis | 11 July 1900 | M | ||||
Reginald Doherty | Tennis | 28 August 1900 | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 July 1908 | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Henry Taylor | Swimming | 15 July 1912 | M | ||||
Paul Radmilovic | Swimming Water polo |
29 August 1920 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Steve Redgrave | Rowing | 21 July 1996 | M | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
23 September 2000 | M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
Chris Hoy | Track cycling | 2 August 2012 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
7 August 2012 | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Jason Kenny | Track cycling | 16 August 2016 | M | ||||
3 August 2021 | M | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
8 August 2021 | M | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Most successful in their sport
As of the 2024 Olympics, the following athletes are the most successful (ordered by golds, then silvers, then bronzes) in their sport:
- Jason Kenny (Cycling)
- Ben Ainslie (Sailing)
- Alex Yee (Triathlon)
- Lizzy Yarnold (Skeleton)
- John Wodehouse (Polo)
- John Astor (Rackets)
- John Shepherd, Frederick Humphreys and Edwin Mills (Tug of War)
- John Field-Richards, Bernard Boverton Redwood and Isaac Thomas Thornycroft (Water Motorsports)
- Twelve members of the Devon and Somerset Wanderers team (Cricket)
Steve Redgrave and Reginald Doherty are the most successful male athletes in their respective sports, Rowing and Tennis. Five-time gold medalist Laura Kenny is the most successful female cyclist and Hannah Mills with two gold medals and a silver is the successful woman in sailing. Nicola Adams, with two golds, shares the title of most successful woman in Boxing.
Medals by sport
Alpine skiing
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1936 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1998 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Archery
Year | Archers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1900 | Did not compete | ||||||
1904 | |||||||
1908 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
1912 | No Competition | ||||||
1920 | Did not compete | ||||||
1924–1968 | No Competition | ||||||
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2008 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Gold | William Dod | 1908 London | Archery | Men's double York round |
Silver | Reginald Brooks-King | 1908 London | Archery | Men's double York round |
Gold | Queenie Newall | 1908 London | Archery | Women's double National round |
Silver | Lottie Dod | 1908 London | Archery | Women's double National round |
Bronze | Beatrice Hill-Lowe | 1908 London | Archery | Women's double National round |
Bronze | Steven Hallard Richard Priestman Leroy Watson |
1988 Seoul | Archery | Men's team |
Bronze | Steven Hallard Richard Priestman Simon Terry |
1992 Barcelona | Archery | Men's team |
Bronze | Simon Terry | 1992 Barcelona | Archery | Men's individual |
Bronze | Alison Williamson | 2004 Athens | Archery | Women's individual |
Artistic swimming
Great Britain appeared in the first synchronised swimming competition in 1984.
Year | Swimmers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1984 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996–2004 | Did not compete | ||||||
2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Silver | Kate Shortman Isabelle Thorpe |
2024 Paris | Artistic swimming | Women's duet |
Athletics
Year | Athletes | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1896 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
1900 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
1904 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1908 | 126 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2 | |
1912 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
1920 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | |
1924 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |
1928 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
1932 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
1936 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
1948 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |
1952 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
1956 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
1960 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
1964 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
1968 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
1972 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
1976 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
1980 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
1984 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 3 | |
1988 | 102 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
1992 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
1996 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | |
2000 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
2004 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
2008 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
2012 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
2016 | 80 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
2020 | 77 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
2024 | 63 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 56 | 87 | 77 | 220 | 3 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Bronze | Charles Gmelin | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Silver | Grantley Goulding | 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
Gold | Alfred Tysoe | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Gold | Charles Bennett | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Silver | Sidney Robinson | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's 2500 metres steeplechase |
Gold | John Rimmer | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4000 metres steeplechase |
Silver | Charles Bennett | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4000 metres steeplechase |
Bronze | Sidney Robinson | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4000 metres steeplechase |
Silver | Patrick Leahy | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's high jump |
Bronze | Patrick Leahy | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Men's long jump |
Silver | John Daly | 1904 St. Louis | Athletics | Men's 2590 metres steeplechase |
Gold | Tom Kiely | 1904 St. Louis | Athletics | Men's all-around |
Gold | Wyndham Halswelle | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Silver | Harold Wilson | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Norman Hallows | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Gold | Emil Voigt | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 5 miles |
Silver | Edward Owen | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 5 miles |
Bronze | Jimmy Tremeer | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Gold | Arthur Russell | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 3200 metres steeplechase |
Silver | Arthur Robertson | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 3200 metres steeplechase |
Gold | William Coales Joe Deakin Arthur Robertson |
1908 London | Athletics | Men's 3 miles team race |
Gold | George Larner | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 3500 metres walk |
Silver | Ernest Webb | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 3500 metres walk |
Gold | George Larner | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 10 miles walk |
Silver | Ernest Webb | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 10 miles walk |
Bronze | Edward Spencer | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's 10 miles walk |
Gold | Tim Ahearne | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
Silver | Con Leahy | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's high jump |
Silver | Denis Horgan | 1908 London | Athletics | Men's shot put |
Bronze | Willie Applegarth | 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
Gold | Arnold Jackson | 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | George Hutson | 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
Gold | Willie Applegarth Victor d'Arcy David Jacobs Henry Macintosh |
1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Ernest Henley George Nicol Cyril Seedhouse James Soutter |
1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Bronze | Joe Cottrill George Hutson William Moore Edward Owen Cyril Porter |
1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres team race |
Silver | Ernest Webb | 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's 10 kilometres walk |
Bronze | Ernest Glover Frederick Hibbins Thomas Humphreys |
1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's team cross country |
Bronze | Harry Edward | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Bronze | Harry Edward | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
Silver | Guy Butler | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Gold | Albert Hill | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Gold | Albert Hill | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Silver | Philip Noel-Baker | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | James Wilson | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
Gold | Percy Hodge | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
Gold | Cecil Griffiths Robert Lindsay John Ainsworth-Davis Guy Butler |
1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Joe Blewitt Albert Hill William Seagrove |
1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres team race |
Bronze | Charles Gunn | 1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's 10 kilometres walk |
Silver | James Wilson Anton Hegarty Alfred Nichols |
1920 Antwerp | Athletics | Men's team cross country |
Gold | Harold Abrahams | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Bronze | Eric Liddell | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
Gold | Eric Liddell | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Bronze | Guy Butler | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Gold | Douglas Lowe | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Bronze | H. B. Stallard | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Silver | Harold Abrahams Walter Rangeley Wilfred Nichol Lancelot Royle |
1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Edward Toms George Renwick Richard Ripley Guy Butler |
1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Bertram Macdonald Herbert Johnston George Webber |
1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres team race |
Silver | Gordon Goodwin | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's 10 kilometres walk |
Bronze | Malcolm Nokes | 1924 Paris | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
Silver | Jack London | 1928 Amsterdam | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Silver | Walter Rangeley | 1928 Amsterdam | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
Gold | Douglas Lowe | 1928 Amsterdam | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Gold | David Burghley | 1928 Amsterdam | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London |
1928 Amsterdam | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Gold | Tommy Hampson | 1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Silver | Jerry Cornes | 1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Donald Finlay | 1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
Silver | Thomas Evenson | 1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
Silver | Crew Stoneley Tommy Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling |
1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Thomas Evenson | 1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's marathon |
Gold | Tommy Green | 1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
Bronze | Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
1932 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Silver | Godfrey Brown | 1936 Berlin | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Silver | Don Finlay | 1936 Berlin | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
Gold | Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts Godfrey Brown |
1936 Berlin | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Ernest Harper | 1936 Berlin | Athletics | Men's marathon |
Gold | Harold Whitlock | 1936 Berlin | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
Silver | Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke |
1936 Berlin | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Silver | Dorothy Odam | 1936 Berlin | Athletics | Women's high jump |
Silver | Alastair McCorquodale John Gregory Ken Jones Jack Archer |
1948 London | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Silver | Tom Richards | 1948 London | Athletics | Men's marathon |
Bronze | Tebbs Lloyd Johnson | 1948 London | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
Silver | Dorothy Manley | 1948 London | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
Silver | Audrey Williamson | 1948 London | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
Silver | Maureen Gardner | 1948 London | Athletics | Women's 80 metres hurdles |
Silver | Dorothy Tyler | 1948 London | Athletics | Women's high jump |
Bronze | McDonald Bailey | 1952 Helsinki | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Bronze | John Disley | 1952 Helsinki | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
Bronze | Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage |
1952 Helsinki | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Silver | Sheila Lerwill | 1952 Helsinki | Athletics | Women's high jump |
Bronze | Shirley Cawley | 1952 Helsinki | Athletics | Women's long jump |
Silver | Derek Johnson | 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Silver | Gordon Pirie | 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
Bronze | Derek Ibbotson | 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
Gold | Chris Brasher | 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
Bronze | Peter Higgins Derek Johnson John Salisbury Michael Wheeler |
1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Paul Jean Scrivens |
1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Silver | Thelma Hopkins | 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Women's high jump |
Bronze | Peter Radford | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Bronze | Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead |
1960 Rome | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Stan Vickers | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk |
Gold | Don Thompson | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
Silver | Dorothy Hyman | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
Bronze | Dorothy Hyman | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Women's 200 metres |
Silver | Carole Quinton | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Women's 80 metres hurdles |
Silver | Dorothy Shirley | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Women's high jump |
Silver | John Cooper | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Silver | Maurice Herriott | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
Silver | Tim Graham Adrian Metcalfe John Cooper Robbie Brightwell |
1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Basil Heatley | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's marathon |
Gold | Ken Matthews | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk |
Silver | Paul Nihill | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
Gold | Lynn Davies | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's long jump |
Silver | Ann Packer | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
Gold | Ann Packer | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
Bronze | Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman |
1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Gold | Mary Rand | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's long jump |
Silver | Mary Rand | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's pentathlon |
Gold | David Hemery | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Bronze | John Sherwood | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Silver | Lillian Board | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
Silver | Sheila Sherwood | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Women's long jump |
Bronze | Ian Stewart | 1972 Munich | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
Bronze | David Hemery | 1972 Munich | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Martin Reynolds Alan Pascoe David Hemery David Jenkins |
1972 Munich | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Gold | Mary Peters | 1972 Munich | Athletics | Women's pentathlon |
Bronze | Brendan Foster | 1976 Montreal | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
Gold | Allan Wells | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Silver | Allan Wells | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
Gold | Steve Ovett | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Silver | Sebastian Coe | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Gold | Sebastian Coe | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Steve Ovett | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Gary Oakes | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Gold | Daley Thompson | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
Bronze | Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman |
1980 Moscow | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Donna Hartley |
1980 Moscow | Athletics | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Sebastian Coe | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Gold | Sebastian Coe | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Silver | Steve Cram | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Silver | Mike McLeod | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
Silver | Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown |
1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Bronze | Charlie Spedding | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's marathon |
Bronze | Keith Connor | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
Silver | David Ottley | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
Gold | Daley Thompson | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
Bronze | Kathy Smallwood-Cook | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
Silver | Wendy Smith-Sly | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres |
Silver | Shirley Strong | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Simmone Jacobs Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Goddard Heather Hunte |
1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Susan Hearnshaw | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's long jump |
Gold | Tessa Sanderson | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
Bronze | Fatima Whitbread | 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
Silver | Linford Christie | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Silver | Peter Elliott | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 800 metres |
Silver | Colin Jackson | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Mark Rowland | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
Silver | Elliot Bunney John Regis Linford Christie Mike McFarlane |
1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Yvonne Murray | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres |
Silver | Liz McColgan | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres |
Silver | Fatima Whitbread | 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
Gold | Linford Christie | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 100 metres |
Bronze | Kriss Akabusi | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Roger Black David Grindley Kriss Akabusi John Regis Du'aine Ladejo* Mark Richardson* |
1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Bronze | Steve Backley | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
Gold | Sally Gunnell | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Phylis Smith Sandra Douglas Jennifer Stoute Sally Gunnell |
1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Roger Black | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Silver | Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black Mark Hylton* Du'aine Ladejo* |
1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Bronze | Steve Smith | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's high jump |
Silver | Jonathan Edwards | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
Silver | Steve Backley | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
Bronze | Denise Lewis | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Silver | Darren Campbell | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 200 metres |
Gold | Jonathan Edwards | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
Silver | Steve Backley | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
Bronze | Katharine Merry | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
Bronze | Kelly Holmes | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
Gold | Denise Lewis | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Gold | Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis |
2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Gold | Kelly Holmes | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
Gold | Kelly Holmes | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Kelly Sotherton | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Bronze | Martyn Rooney Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Michael Bingham |
2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Germaine Mason | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's high jump |
Silver | Phillips Idowu | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's triple jump |
Gold | Christine Ohuruogu | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
Bronze | Tasha Danvers | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles |
Bronze | Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Sotherton Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders |
2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Bronze | Goldie Sayers | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
Bronze | Kelly Sotherton | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Gold | Mo Farah | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
Gold | Mo Farah | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
Silver | Robbie Grabarz | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's high jump |
Gold | Greg Rutherford | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's long jump |
Silver | Christine Ohuruogu | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 400 metres |
Gold | Jessica Ennis | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Gold | Mo Farah | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres |
Gold | Mo Farah | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres |
Bronze | Greg Rutherford | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's long jump |
Bronze | Asha Philip Desiree Henry Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Eilidh Doyle Anyika Onuora Emily Diamond Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Massey* |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Bronze | Sophie Hitchon | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's hammer throw |
Silver | Jessica Ennis-Hill | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Bronze | Josh Kerr | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Silver | Keely Hodgkinson | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
Silver | Laura Muir | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Asha Philip Imani-Lara Lansiquot Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita |
2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Holly Bradshaw | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's pole vault |
Silver | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's 400 metres |
Silver | Josh Kerr | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Jeremiah Azu Louie Hinchliffe Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty* |
2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Alex Haydock-Wilson Matthew Hudson-Smith Lewis Davey Charlie Dobson Samuel Reardon* Toby Harries* |
2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Gold | Keely Hodgkinson | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's 800 metres |
Bronze | Georgia Bell | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres |
Silver | Dina Asher-Smith Imani-Lara Lansiquot Amy Hunt Daryll Neita Bianca Williams* Desirèe Henry* |
2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
Bronze | Victoria Ohuruogu Laviai Nielsen Nicole Yeargin Amber Anning Yemi Mary John* Hannah Kelly* Jodie Williams* Lina Nielsen* |
2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
Silver | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's heptathlon |
Bronze | Sam Reardon Laviai Nielsen Alex Haydock-Wilson Amber Anning Nicole Yeargin* |
2024 Paris | Athletics | Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay |
Badminton
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 | 2 | 3 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
2020 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
The figures from 1972 do not count towards the total as badminton was a demonstration sport.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Simon Archer Joanne Goode |
2000 Sydney | Badminton | Mixed doubles |
Silver | Gail Emms Nathan Robertson |
2004 Athens | Badminton | Mixed doubles |
Bronze | Chris Langridge Marcus Ellis |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Badminton | Men's doubles |
Basketball
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 | – |
2016–2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Biathlon
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1928 (demonstration) | Did not compete | ||||||
1932 | Sport not held | ||||||
1936 (demonstration) | Did not compete | ||||||
1948 (demonstration) | |||||||
1952–1956 | Sport not held | ||||||
1960 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1998 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Bobsleigh
Year | Bobsledders | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1928 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932 | Did not compete | ||||||
1936 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1948 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | Did not compete | ||||||
1956 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1968 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1998 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2002 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2018 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Boxing
Great Britain made its Olympic boxing debut in 1908.
Year | Boxers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896–1900 | No competition | ||||||
1904 | Did not compete | ||||||
1908 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
1912 | No competition | ||||||
1920 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
1924 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
1928 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1936 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
1952 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
1960 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
1964 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1972 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
1976 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
1980 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
1984 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
1988 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
1992 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
1996 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
2004 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
2008 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
2012 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
2016 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2020 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
2024 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Total | 20 | 15 | 28 | 63 | 3 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | A. Henry Thomas | 1908 London | Boxing | Bantamweight (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) |
Silver | John Condon | 1908 London | Boxing | Bantamweight (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) |
Bronze | William Webb | 1908 London | Boxing | Bantamweight (-52.6 kg / 116 lb) |
Gold | Richard Gunn | 1908 London | Boxing | Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) |
Silver | Charles Morris | 1908 London | Boxing | Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) |
Bronze | Hugh Roddin | 1908 London | Boxing | Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) |
Gold | Frederick Grace | 1908 London | Boxing | Lightweight (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) |
Silver | Frederick Spiller | 1908 London | Boxing | Lightweight (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) |
Bronze | Harry Johnson | 1908 London | Boxing | Lightweight (-63.5 kg / 140 lb) |
Gold | Johnny Douglas | 1908 London | Boxing | Middleweight (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) |
Bronze | William Philo | 1908 London | Boxing | Middleweight (-71.7 kg / 158 lb) |
Gold | Albert Oldman | 1908 London | Boxing | Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) |
Silver | Sydney Evans | 1908 London | Boxing | Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) |
Bronze | Frank Parks | 1908 London | Boxing | Heavyweight (over 71.7 kg/158 lb) |
Bronze | William Cuthbertson | 1920 Antwerp | Boxing | Flyweight (−50.8 kg / 112 lb) |
Bronze | George McKenzie | 1920 Antwerp | Boxing | Bantamweight (−53.5 kg / 118 lb) |
Silver | Alexander Ireland | 1920 Antwerp | Boxing | Welterweight (−66.7 kg / 147 lb) |
Gold | Harry Mallin | 1920 Antwerp | Boxing | Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb) |
Bronze | Harold Franks | 1920 Antwerp | Boxing | Light heavyweight (−79.4 kg / 175 lb) |
Gold | Ronald Rawson | 1920 Antwerp | Boxing | Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) |
Silver | James McKenzie | 1924 Paris | Boxing | Flyweight (−50.8 kg / 112 lb) |
Gold | Harry Mallin | 1924 Paris | Boxing | Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb) |
Silver | John Elliott | 1924 Paris | Boxing | Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb) |
Gold | Harry Mitchell | 1924 Paris | Boxing | Light heavyweight (−79.4 kg / 175 lb) |
Silver | John Wright | 1948 London | Boxing | Middleweight (−73 kg) |
Silver | Don Scott | 1948 London | Boxing | Light heavyweight (−80 kg) |
Gold | Terence Spinks | 1956 Melbourne | Boxing | Flyweight (−51 kg) |
Silver | Thomas Nicholls | 1956 Melbourne | Boxing | Featherweight (−57 kg) |
Gold | Richard McTaggart | 1956 Melbourne | Boxing | Lightweight (−60 kg) |
Bronze | Nicholas Gargano | 1956 Melbourne | Boxing | Welterweight (−67 kg) |
Bronze | John McCormack | 1956 Melbourne | Boxing | Light middleweight (−71 kg) |
Bronze | Richard McTaggart | 1960 Rome | Boxing | Lightweight (−60 kg) |
Bronze | Jimmy Lloyd | 1960 Rome | Boxing | Welterweight (−67 kg) |
Bronze | William Fisher | 1960 Rome | Boxing | Light middleweight (−71 kg) |
Gold | Chris Finnegan | 1968 Mexico City | Boxing | Middleweight |
Bronze | Ralph Evans | 1972 Munich | Boxing | Light flyweight |
Bronze | George Turpin | 1972 Munich | Boxing | Bantamweight |
Bronze | Alan Minter | 1972 Munich | Boxing | Light middleweight |
Bronze | Patrick Cowdell | 1976 Montreal | Boxing | Bantamweight |
Bronze | Tony Willis | 1980 Moscow | Boxing | Light welterweight (63.5 kg) |
Bronze | Robert Wells | 1984 Los Angeles | Boxing | Super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) |
Bronze | Richard Woodhall | 1988 Seoul | Boxing | Light middleweight (- 71 kg) |
Bronze | Robin Reid | 1992 Barcelona | Boxing | Light middleweight |
Gold | Audley Harrison | 2000 Sydney | Boxing | Super heavyweight |
Silver | Amir Khan | 2004 Athens | Boxing | Lightweight |
Gold | James DeGale | 2008 Beijing | Boxing | Middleweight |
Bronze | Tony Jeffries | 2008 Beijing | Boxing | Light heavyweight |
Bronze | David Price | 2008 Beijing | Boxing | Super heavyweight |
Gold | Luke Campbell | 2012 London | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
Silver | Fred Evans | 2012 London | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
Bronze | Anthony Ogogo | 2012 London | Boxing | Men's middleweight |
Gold | Anthony Joshua | 2012 London | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight |
Gold | Nicola Adams | 2012 London | Boxing | Women's flyweight |
Bronze | Joshua Buatsi | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight |
Silver | Joe Joyce | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight |
Gold | Nicola Adams | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Boxing | Women's flyweight |
Gold | Galal Yafai | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's flyweight |
Silver | Pat McCormack | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
Silver | Benjamin Whittaker | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's light heavyweight |
Bronze | Frazer Clarke | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight |
Bronze | Karriss Artingstall | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Women's featherweight |
Gold | Lauren Price | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Women's middleweight |
Bronze | Lewis Richardson | 2024 Paris | Boxing | Men's 71 kg |
Canoeing
Year | Canoeists | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1936 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
1996 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
2004 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
2008 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2012 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
2016 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
2020 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
2024 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 17 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Silver | Gareth Marriott | 1992 Barcelona | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 |
Silver | Paul Ratcliffe | 2000 Sydney | Canoeing | Men's slalom K-1 |
Bronze | Tim Brabants | 2000 Sydney | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-1, 1000 metres |
Silver | Campbell Walsh | 2004 Athens | Canoeing | Men's slalom K-1 |
Bronze | Helen Reeves | 2004 Athens | Canoeing | Women's slalom K-1 |
Bronze | Ian Wynne | 2004 Athens | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-1, 500 metres |
Silver | David Florence | 2008 Beijing | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 |
Bronze | Tim Brabants | 2008 Beijing | Canoeing | Men's sprint K--1, 500 metres |
Gold | Tim Brabants | 2008 Beijing | Canoeing | Men's sprint K--1, 1000 metres |
Gold | Timothy Baillie Etienne Stott |
2012 London | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-2 |
Silver | David Florence Richard Hounslow |
2012 London | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-2 |
Gold | Ed McKeever | 2012 London | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-1, 200 metres |
Bronze | Liam Heath Jon Schofield |
2012 London | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-2, 200 metres |
Silver | David Florence Richard Hounslow |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-2 |
Gold | Joe Clarke | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Canoeing | Men's slalom K-1 |
Gold | Liam Heath | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-1, 200 metres |
Silver | Liam Heath Jon Schofield |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-2, 200 metres |
Silver | Mallory Franklin | 2020 Tokyo | Canoeing | Women's slalom C-1 |
Bronze | Liam Heath | 2020 Tokyo | Canoeing | Men's sprint K-1, 200 metres |
Silver | Adam Burgess | 2024 Paris | Canoeing | Men's slalom C-1 |
Silver | Joe Clarke | 2024 Paris | Canoeing | Men's slalom KX-1 |
Bronze | Kimberley Woods | 2024 Paris | Canoeing | Women's slalom K-1 |
Bronze | Kimberley Woods | 2024 Paris | Canoeing | Women's slalom KX-1 |
Cricket
Great Britain and France were the only two teams 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 medallists in cricket.
Year | Cricketers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cross-country skiing
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924–1932 | Did not compete | ||||||
1936 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948–1952 | Did not compete | ||||||
1956 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968–2006 | Did not compete | ||||||
2010 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Curling
Year | Curlers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1928 | No competition held | ||||||
1932 (demonstration) | Did not compete | ||||||
1936–1984 | No competition held | ||||||
1988 (demonstration) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 (demonstration) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | No competition held | ||||||
1998 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2006 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
2018 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Cycling
Jason Kenny with seven gold and two silver medals is the most successful British Olympian, most successful British cyclist, indeed the most successful cyclist, in Olympic history. His wife, Laura Kenny is the most successful British female Olympian, and most successful Olympic female cyclist in history, with five golds and one silver. As of 2021, of the 100 cycling medals won by Great Britain, half (50) have been won in the four Games since 2008, including 28 gold medals. Great Britain had won ten golds in total between 1896 and 2008.
Year | Cyclists | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
1900 | Did not compete | ||||||
1904 | |||||||
1908 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
1912 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
1920 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
1924 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
1928 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
1932 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
1936 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
1948 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
1952 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
1956 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1960 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
1976 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
1980 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1996 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
2000 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2004 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
2008 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
2012 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
2016 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
2020 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
2024 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 40 | 39 | 31 | 110 | 2 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Edward Battell | 1896 Athens | Track cycling | Men's individual road race |
Silver | Frederick Keeping | 1896 Athens | Track cycling | Men's 12 hour race |
Gold | Victor Johnson | 1908 London | Track cycling | Men's 660 yards |
Gold | Benjamin Jones | 1908 London | Track cycling | Men's 5000 metres |
Gold | Clarence Kingsbury | 1908 London | Track cycling | Men's 20 kilometres |
Silver | Benjamin Jones | 1908 London | Track cycling | Men's 20 kilometres |
Gold | Charles Bartlett | 1908 London | Track cycling | Men's 100 kilometres |
Silver | Charles Denny | 1908 London | Track cycling | Men's 100 kilometres |
Silver | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
1908 London | Track cycling | Men's tandem |
Bronze | Charlie Brooks Walter Isaacs |
1908 London | Track cycling | Men's tandem |
Gold | Benjamin Jones Clarence Kingsbury Leonard Meredith Ernest Payne |
1908 London | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Frederick Grubb | 1912 Stockholm | Road cycling | Men's individual time trial |
Silver | Frederick Grubb Leonard Meredith Charles Moss William Hammond |
1912 Stockholm | Road cycling | Men's team time trial |
Silver | Horace Johnson | 1920 Antwerp | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Bronze | Harry Ryan | 1920 Antwerp | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Silver | Cyril Alden | 1920 Antwerp | Track cycling | Men's 50 kilometres |
Gold | Thomas Lance Harry Ryan |
1920 Antwerp | Track cycling | Men's tandem |
Silver | Albert White Cyril Alden Horace Johnson William Stewart |
1920 Antwerp | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Cyril Alden | 1924 Paris | Track cycling | Men's 50 kilometres |
Bronze | Harry Wyld | 1924 Paris | Track cycling | Men's 50 kilometres |
Silver | Frank Southall | 1928 Amsterdam | Road cycling | Men's individual road race |
Silver | Jack Lauterwasser John Middleton Frank Southall |
1928 Amsterdam | Road cycling | Men's team road race |
Bronze | George Southall Harry Wyld Leonard Wyld Percy Wyld |
1928 Amsterdam | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Ernest Chambers John Sibbit |
1928 Amsterdam | Track cycling | Men's tandem |
Bronze | Frank Southall William Harvell Charles Holland Ernest Johnson |
1932 Los Angeles | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Ernest Chambers Stanley Chambers |
1932 Los Angeles | Track cycling | Men's tandem |
Bronze | Ernie Mills Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King |
1936 Berlin | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Robert John Maitland Ian Scott Gordon Thomas Ernie Clements |
1948 London | Road cycling | Men's team road race |
Bronze | Wilfred Waters Robert Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts |
1948 London | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Reg Harris | 1948 London | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Silver | Alan Bannister Reg Harris |
1948 London | Track cycling | Men's tandem |
Bronze | Tommy Godwin | 1948 London | Track cycling | Men's 1000 metre time trial |
Bronze | Ronald Stretton Donald Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton |
1952 Helsinki | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Bronze | Alan Jackson | 1956 Melbourne | Road cycling | Men's individual road race |
Silver | Arthur Brittain William Holmes Alan Jackson |
1956 Melbourne | Road cycling | Men's team road race |
Bronze | Tom Simpson Donald Burgess Mike Gambrill John Geddes |
1956 Melbourne | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Bronze | William Moore Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble |
1972 Munich | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Bronze | Ian Hallam Ian Banbury Michael Bennett Robin Croker |
1976 Montreal | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Gold | Chris Boardman | 1992 Barcelona | Track cycling | Men's individual pursuit |
Bronze | Max Sciandri | 1996 Atlanta | Road cycling | Men's road race |
Bronze | Chris Boardman | 1996 Atlanta | Road cycling | Men's time trial |
Bronze | Paul Manning Chris Newton Bryan Steel Bradley Wiggins Jon Clay Rob Hayles |
2000 Sydney | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Silver | Chris Hoy Craig MacLean Jason Queally |
2000 Sydney | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
Gold | Jason Queally | 2000 Sydney | Track cycling | Men's track time trial |
Bronze | Yvonne McGregor | 2000 Sydney | Track cycling | Women's individual pursuit |
Bronze | Rob Hayles Bradley Wiggins |
2004 Athens | Track cycling | Men's madison |
Gold | Bradley Wiggins | 2004 Athens | Track cycling | Men's individual pursuit |
Silver | Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins |
2004 Athens | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Gold | Chris Hoy | 2004 Athens | Track cycling | Men's track time trial |
Gold | Nicole Cooke | 2008 Beijing | Road cycling | Women's road race |
Silver | Emma Pooley | 2008 Beijing | Road cycling | Women's time trial |
Gold | Chris Hoy | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
Silver | Ross Edgar | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
Bronze | Chris Newton | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's points race |
Gold | Bradley Wiggins | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's individual pursuit |
Bronze | Steven Burke | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's individual pursuit |
Gold | Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins |
2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Gold | Chris Hoy | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Silver | Jason Kenny | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Gold | Jamie Staff Jason Kenny Chris Hoy |
2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
Gold | Rebecca Romero | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Women's individual pursuit |
Silver | Wendy Houvenaghel | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Women's individual pursuit |
Gold | Victoria Pendleton | 2008 Beijing | Track cycling | Women's sprint |
Gold | Bradley Wiggins | 2012 London | Road cycling | Men's time trial |
Bronze | Chris Froome | 2012 London | Road cycling | Men's time trial |
Silver | Lizzie Armitstead | 2012 London | Road cycling | Women's road race |
Gold | Chris Hoy | 2012 London | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
Bronze | Ed Clancy | 2012 London | Track cycling | Men's omnium |
Gold | Ed Clancy Geraint Thomas Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh |
2012 London | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Gold | Jason Kenny | 2012 London | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Gold | Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny |
2012 London | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
Gold | Victoria Pendleton | 2012 London | Track cycling | Women's keirin |
Gold | Laura Trott | 2012 London | Track cycling | Women's omnium |
Gold | Dani King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell |
2012 London | Track cycling | Women's team pursuit |
Silver | Victoria Pendleton | 2012 London | Track cycling | Women's sprint |
Bronze | Chris Froome | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Road cycling | Men's time trial |
Gold | Jason Kenny | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
Silver | Mark Cavendish | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Men's omnium |
Gold | Ed Clancy Steven Burke Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Gold | Jason Kenny | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Silver | Callum Skinner | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Gold | Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
Silver | Becky James | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Women's keirin |
Gold | Laura Trott | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Women's omnium |
Gold | Katie Archibald Laura Trott Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Shand |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Women's team pursuit |
Silver | Becky James | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Women's sprint |
Bronze | Katy Marchant | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Track cycling | Women's sprint |
Gold | Jason Kenny | 2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Men's keirin |
Silver | Ethan Hayter Matt Walls |
2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Men's madison |
Gold | Matt Walls | 2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Men's omnium |
Bronze | Jack Carlin | 2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Silver | Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens |
2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
Gold | Katie Archibald Laura Kenny |
2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Women's madison |
Silver | Katie Archibald Laura Kenny Neah Evans Josie Knight Elinor Barker |
2020 Tokyo | Track cycling | Women's team pursuit |
Gold | Tom Pidcock | 2020 Tokyo | Mountain biking | Men's cross country |
Silver | Kye Whyte | 2020 Tokyo | BMX | Men's BMX racing |
Bronze | Declan Brooks | 2020 Tokyo | BMX | Men's BMX freestyle |
Gold | Beth Shriever | 2020 Tokyo | BMX | Women's BMX racing |
Gold | Charlotte Worthington | 2020 Tokyo | BMX | Women's BMX freestyle |
Silver | Anna Henderson | 2024 Paris | Road cycling | Women's time trial |
Bronze | Jack Carlin | 2024 Paris | Track cycling | Men's sprint |
Silver | Ed Lowe Hamish Turnbull Jack Carlin |
2024 Paris | Track cycling | Men's team sprint |
Silver | Daniel Bigham Ethan Hayter Charlie Tanfield Ethan Vernon Oliver Wood |
2024 Paris | Track cycling | Men's team pursuit |
Bronze | Emma Finucane | 2024 Paris | Track cycling | Women's sprint |
Gold | Katy Marchant Sophie Capewell Emma Finucane |
2024 Paris | Track cycling | Women's team sprint |
Bronze | Emma Finucane | 2024 Paris | Track cycling | Women's keirin |
Silver | Elinor Barker Neah Evans |
2024 Paris | Track cycling | Women's madison |
Bronze | Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jessica Roberts |
2024 Paris | Track cycling | Women's team pursuit |
Gold | Tom Pidcock | 2024 Paris | Mountain biking | Men's cross country |
Silver | Kieran Reilly | 2024 Paris | BMX | Men's BMX freestyle |
Diving
Great Britain made its Olympic diving debut in 1908. Tom Daley, with one gold, one silver and three bronze medals, is the most decorated and most successful British Olympic diver in history, followed by Jack Laugher with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals
Year | Divers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1904 | Did not compete | ||||||
1908 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
1912 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1920 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1924 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1928 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932 | Did not compete | ||||||
1936 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1952 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
1964 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
2008 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2016 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
2020 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
2024 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Isabelle White | 1912 Stockholm | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform |
Silver | Beatrice Armstrong | 1920 Antwerp | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Harold Clarke | 1924 Paris | Diving | Men's plain high diving |
Bronze | Brian Phelps | 1960 Rome | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Elizabeth Ferris | 1960 Rome | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform |
Silver | Peter Waterfield Leon Taylor |
2004 Athens | Diving | Men's synchronized 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Tom Daley | 2012 London | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform |
Silver | Jack Laugher | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Diving | Men's 3 metre springboard |
Gold | Jack Laugher Chris Mears |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Diving | Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard |
Bronze | Tom Daley Daniel Goodfellow |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Diving | Men's synchronized 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Jack Laugher | 2020 Tokyo | Diving | Men's 3 metre springboard |
Bronze | Tom Daley | 2020 Tokyo | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform |
Gold | Tom Daley Matty Lee |
2020 Tokyo | Diving | Men's synchronized 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Noah Williams | 2024 Paris | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Anthony Harding Jack Laugher |
2024 Paris | Diving | Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard |
Silver | Tom Daley Noah Williams |
2024 Paris | Diving | Men's synchronized 10 metre platform |
Bronze | Yasmin Harper Scarlett Mew Jensen |
2024 Paris | Diving | Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard |
Bronze | Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix Lois Toulson |
2024 Paris | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 metre platform |
Equestrian
Great Britain had one rider compete in the hacks and hunter combined event at the first Olympic equestrian events in 1900.
Year | Riders | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1912 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1920 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1924 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1928 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1932 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1936 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
1948 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
1952 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1956 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
1960 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
1964 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
1968 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
1972 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1976 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | Did not compete | ||||||
1984 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
1988 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
1992 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2004 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2008 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2012 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
2016 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
2020 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
2024 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 15 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 4 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Alec Scott on Bob Clive Edward Howard-Vyse on Blue Steel Richard Fanshawe on Bowie Knife |
1936 Berlin | Equestrian | Team eventing |
Bronze | Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter Henry Nicoll and Kilgeddin Arthur Carr and Monty |
1948 London | Equestrian | Team jumping |
Gold | Wilfred White and Nizefela Douglas Stewart and Aherlow Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter |
1952 Helsinki | Equestrian | Team jumping |
Bronze | Francis Weldon and Kilbarry |
1956 Melbourne|Stockholm | Equestrian | Individual eventing |
Gold | Francis Weldon and Kilbarry Arthur Rook and Wild Venture Bertie Hill and Countryman III |
1956 Melbourne|Stockholm | Equestrian | Team eventing |
Bronze | Francis Weldon and Kilbarry Arthur Rook and Wild Venture Bertie Hill and Countryman III |
1956 Melbourne|Stockholm | Equestrian | Team Jumping |
Bronze | David Broome and Sunsalve |
1960 Rome | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Bronze | Peter Robeson and Firecrest |
1964 Tokyo | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Silver | Derek Allhusen and Lochinvar |
1968 Mexico City | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Gold | Derek Allhusen and Lochinvar Richard Meade and Cornishman V Reuben Jones and The Poacher |
1968 Mexico City | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Silver | Marion Coakes and Stroller |
1968 Mexico City | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Bronze | David Broome and Mr. Softee |
1968 Mexico City | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Gold | Richard Meade on Laurieston |
1972 Munich | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Gold | Richard Meade and Laurieston Mary Gordon-Watson and Cornishman V Bridget Parker and Cornish Gold Mark Phillips and Great Ovation |
1972 Munich | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Silver | Ann Moore on Psalm |
1972 Munich | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Bronze | Virginia Leng and Priceless |
1984 Los Angeles | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Silver | Virginia Leng and Priceless Ian Stark and Oxford Blue Diana Clapham and Windjammer Lucinda Green and Regal Realm |
1984 Los Angeles | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Silver | Michael Whitaker and Overton Amanda John Whitaker and Ryan's Son Steven Smith and Shining Example Timothy Grubb and Linky |
1984 Los Angeles | Equestrian | Team Jumping |
Silver | Ian Stark and Sir Wattie |
1988 Seoul | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Bronze | Virginia Leng and Master Craftsman |
1988 Seoul | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Silver | Captain Mark Phillips and Cartier Karen Straker and Get Smart Virginia Leng and Master Craftsman Ian Stark and Sir Wattie |
1988 Seoul | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Silver | Ian Stark and Jaybee Jeanette Brakewell and Over To You Pippa Funnell and Supreme Rock Leslie Law and Shear H2O |
2000 Sydney | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Gold | Leslie Law on Shear L'Eau |
2004 Athens | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Bronze | Pippa Funnell on Primmore's Pride |
2004 Athens | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Silver | Jeanette Brakewell on Over To You Mary King on King Solomon III Leslie Law on Shear L'Eau Pippa Funnell on Primmore's Pride William Fox-Pitt on Tamarillo |
2004 Athens | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Bronze | Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic |
2008 Beijing | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Bronze | Sharon Hunt on Tankers Town Daisy Dick on Spring Along William Fox-Pitt on Parkmore Ed Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic Mary King on Call Again Cavalier |
2008 Beijing | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Gold | Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro |
2012 London | Equestrian | Individual Dressage |
Bronze | Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris |
2012 London | Equestrian | Individual Dressage |
Gold | Carl Hester on Uthopia Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro |
2012 London | Equestrian | Team Dressage |
Silver | Nicola Wilson on Opposition Buzz Mary King on Imperial Cavalier Zara Phillips on High Kingdom Kristina Cook on Miners Frolic William Fox-Pitt on Lionheart |
2012 London | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Gold | Scott Brash on Hello Sanctos Peter Charles on Vindicat Ben Maher on Tripple X Nick Skelton on Big Star |
2012 London | Equestrian | Team Jumping |
Gold | Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Equestrian | Individual Dressage |
Silver | Spencer Wilton on Super Nova II Fiona Bigwood on Orthilia Carl Hester on Nip Tuck Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Equestrian | Team Dressage |
Gold | Nick Skelton on Big Star |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Bronze | Charlotte Dujardin on Gio |
2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Individual Dressage |
Bronze | Charlotte Fry on Everdale Carl Hester on En Vogue Charlotte Dujardin on Gio |
2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Team Dressage |
Silver | Tom McEwen on Toledo de Kerser |
2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Gold | Laura Collett on London 52 Tom McEwen on Toledo de Kerser Oliver Townend on Ballaghmore Class |
2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Gold | Ben Maher on Explosion W |
2020 Tokyo | Equestrian | Individual Jumping |
Bronze | Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale |
2024 Paris | Equestrian | Individual Dressage |
Bronze | Becky Moody on Jagerbomb Carl Hester on Fame Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale |
2024 Paris | Equestrian | Team Dressage |
Bronze | Laura Collett on London 52 |
2024 Paris | Equestrian | Individual Eventing |
Gold | Rosalind Canter on Lordships Graffalo Tom McEwan on JD Dublin Laura Collett on London 52 |
2024 Paris | Equestrian | Team Eventing |
Gold | Ben Maher on Dallas Vegas Batilly Harry Charles on Romeo 88 Scott Brash on Jefferson |
2024 Paris | Equestrian | Team Jumping |
Fencing
Great Britain first competed in fencing in 1900 and won its first fencing medal, a silver, in 1908 at the London Games.
Year | Fencers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | Did not compete | ||||||
1900 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
1904 | Did not compete | ||||||
1908 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1912 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1920 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1924 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
1928 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1932 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
1936 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1960 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
1964 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
1968 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
2028 | |||||||
Total | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Silver | Charles Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie |
1908 London | Fencing | Men's team épée |
Silver | Edgar Amphlett John Blake Percival Davson Arthur Everitt Martin Holt Sydney Mertineau Robert Montgomerie Edgar Seligman |
1912 Stockholm | Fencing | Men's team épée |
Silver | Gladys Davis | 1924 Paris | Fencing | Women's foil |
Silver | Muriel Freeman | 1928 Amsterdam | Fencing | Women's foil |
Silver | Judy Guinness | 1932 Los Angeles | Fencing | Women's foil |
Gold | Gillian Sheen | 1956 Melbourne | Fencing | Women's foil |
Silver | Allan Jay | 1960 Rome | Fencing | Men's épée |
Silver | Allan Jay Michael Howard John Pelling Henry Hoskyns Raymond Harrison Michael Alexander |
1960 Rome | Fencing | Men's team épée |
Silver | Henry Hoskyns | 1964 Tokyo | Fencing | Men's épée |
Figure skating
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 |
1920 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1924 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
1928 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1936 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1948 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
1952 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1956 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1980 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1984 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1988 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
1998 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
Football
Great Britain and Ireland – now represented separately by Team Ireland and Team Great Britain – was one of three teams to play in the inaugural football tournament, winning their only match to take the first Olympic gold medal in football. The men's team competed in the ten Olympics in the table below. The women's team competed in 2012, and has qualified for 2020.
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.
Having qualified as hosts in both tournaments in 2012, pressure arose to find a way for Great Britain, and at least a women's team, to take part in Olympic football competitions. The solution, first instituted in time for the 2020 Games, and following the precedent set out by field hockey and rugby sevens was for the results of the England women's team, as the highest ranked national team within Great Britain, to be treated as qualification results for the purposes of UEFA quota places. When both England and Scotland qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup, the UEFA designated qualification tournament, England's results were treated as Great Britain results for Olympic qualification purposes, while Scottish results were ignored for the same purposes. England's U23 men's team do not have a similar arrangement. Notwithstanding the arrangement, in the event of qualification, Scottish and Welsh players are eligible.
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 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1920 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1924 | Did not compete | ||||||
1928 | |||||||
1932 | No Competition | ||||||
1936 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964–2008 | Did not compete | ||||||
2012 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | Did not compete | ||||||
2020 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
2028 | |||||||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | James Jones Claude Buckenham William Gosling Alfred Chalk Tom Burridge William Quash Richard Turner Fred Spackman John Nicholas Jack Zealley Henry Haslam |
1900 Paris | Football | Men's tournament |
Gold | Horace Bailey Arthur Berry Frederick Chapman Walter Corbett Harold Hardman Robert Hawkes Kenneth Hunt Herbert Smith Harold Stapley Clyde Purnell Vivian Woodward George Barlow Albert Bell Ronald Brebner W. Crabtree Walter Daffern Thomas Porter Albert Scothern |
1908 London | Football | Men's tournament |
Gold | Arthur Berry Ronald Brebner Thomas Burn Joseph Dines Edward Hanney Gordon Hoare Arthur Knight Henry Littlewort Douglas McWhirter Ivan Sharpe Harold Stamper Harold Walden Vivian Woodward Gordon Wright |
1912 Stockholm | Football | Men's tournament |
Freestyle skiing
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 (demonstration) | Did not compete | ||||||
1992 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1998 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | Did not compete | ||||||
2010 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
2022 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
Golf
Great Britain was one of four teams to play golf at the first Olympic golf events in 1900, taking silver and bronze in the men's competition. They did not compete in the Olympic golf competition held in 1904. When the sport returned in the 2016 Rio Olympics, after a 112-year absence, Justin Rose won gold.
Year | Golfers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1904 | Did not compete | ||||||
1908–2012 | No competition | ||||||
2016 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Silver | Walter Rutherford | 1900 Paris | Golf | Men's individual |
Bronze | David Robertson | 1900 Paris | Golf | Men's individual |
Gold | Justin Rose | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Golf | Men's individual |
Silver | Tommy Fleetwood | 2024 Paris | Golf | Men's individual |
Gymnastics
Great Britain first competed in gymnastics in the inaugural 1896 Olympics, with wrestler Launceston Elliot entering the rope climbing event and finishing last. 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 its tally for all previous games combined, winning 4 medals to bring their all-time total to eight. A record seven medals, including first ever gold medals, were won in 2016, while a further three, including one gold, were won at the 2020 Games. Having won only four medals in total between 1896 and 2008, 14 medals, including 3 gold medals were secured between 2012 and 2020.
Year | Gymnasts | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | 1 | 8 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
1920 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1924 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1928 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
1932 | Did not compete | ||||||
1936 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
2012 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
2016 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
2020 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2024 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 19 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Silver | Walter Tysall | 1908 London | Gymnastics | Men's all-around, individual |
Bronze | Albert Betts William Cowhig Sidney Cross Harold Dickason Herbert Drury Bernard Franklin Leonard Hanson Samuel Hodgetts Charles Luck William MacKune Ronald McLean Alfred Messenger Henry Oberholzer Edward Pepper Edward Potts Reginald Potts George Ross Charles Simmons Arthur Southern William Titt Charles Vigurs Samuel Walker John Whitaker |
1912 Stockholm | Gymnastics | Men's all-around, team |
Bronze | Annie Broadbent Lucy Desmond Margaret Hartley Amy Jagger Isobel Judd Jessie Kite Marjorie Moreman Edith Pickles Ethel Seymour Ada Smith Hilda Smith Doris Woods |
1928 Amsterdam | Gymnastics | Women's all-around, team |
Bronze | Louis Smith | 2008 Beijing | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
Bronze | Sam Oldham Daniel Purvis Louis Smith Kristian Thomas Max Whitlock |
2012 London | Gymnastics | Men's all-around, team |
Silver | Louis Smith | 2012 London | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
Bronze | Max Whitlock | 2012 London | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
Bronze | Beth Tweddle | 2012 London | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars |
Bronze | Max Whitlock | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Men's all-around, individual |
Gold | Max Whitlock | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Men's floor exercise |
Gold | Max Whitlock | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
Silver | Louis Smith | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
Bronze | Nile Wilson | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar |
Bronze | Amy Tinkler | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Women's floor exercise |
Silver | Bryony Page | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Gymnastics | Women's trampoline |
Gold | Max Whitlock | 2020 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
Bronze | Jennifer Gadirova Jessica Gadirova Alice Kinsella Amelie Morgan |
2020 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Women's all-around, team |
Bronze | Bryony Page | 2020 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Women's trampoline |
Bronze | Jake Jarman | 2024 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's floor exercise |
Bronze | Harry Hepworth | 2024 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's vault |
Gold | Bryony Page | 2024 Paris | Gymnastics | Women's trampoline |
Handball
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1936 | Did not compete | ||||||
1948–1968 | No competition | ||||||
1972–2008 | Did not compete | ||||||
2012 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016–2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Field hockey
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 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1924 | No hockey tournament | ||||||
1928 | Did not compete | ||||||
1932 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
1936 | Did not compete | ||||||
1948 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1952 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1956 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1960 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1964 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1968 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1972 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1976 | Did not compete | ||||||
1980 | |||||||
1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1988 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
2016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2020 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2024 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | England Louis Baillon Harry Freeman Eric Green Gerald Logan Alan Noble Edgar Page Reggie Pridmore Percy Rees John Yate Robinson Stanley Shoveller Harvey Wood |
1908 London | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Silver | Ireland Edward Allman-Smith Henry Brown Walter Campbell William Graham Richard Gregg Edward Holmes Robert Kennedy Henry Murphy Jack Peterson Walter Peterson Charles Power Frank Robinson |
1908 London | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Bronze | Scotland Alexander Burt John Burt Alastair Denniston Charles Foulkes Hew Fraser James Harper-Orr Ivan Laing Hugh Neilson Gordon Orchardson Norman Stevenson Hugh Walker |
1908 London | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Bronze | Wales Frank Connah Llewellyn Evans Arthur Law Richard Lyne Wilfred Pallott Frederick Phillips Edward Richards Charles Shephard Bertrand Turnbull Philip Turnbull James Williams |
1908 London | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Gold | Charles Atkin John Bennett Colin Campbell Harold Cassels Harold Cooke Eric Crockford Reginald Crummack Harry Haslam Arthur Leighton Charles Marcon John McBryan George McGrath Stanley Shoveller William Smith Cyril Wilkinson |
1920 Antwerp | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Silver | Robert Adlard Norman Borrett David Brodie Ronald Davis William Griffiths Frederick Lindsay William Lindsay John Peake Frank Reynolds George Sime Michael Walford William White |
1948 London | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Bronze | Denys Carnill John Cockett John Conroy Graham Dadds Derek Day Dennis Eagan Robin Fletcher Roger Midgley Richard Norris Neil Nugent Anthony Nunn Anthony John Robinson John Paskin Taylor |
1952 Helsinki | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Bronze | Paul Barber Stephen Batchelor Kulbir Bhaura Robert Cattrall Richard Dodds James Duthie Norman Hughes Sean Kerly Richard Leman Stephen Martin Billy McConnell Veryan Pappin Jon Potter Mark Precious Ian Taylor David Westcott |
1984 Los Angeles | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Gold | Paul Barber Stephen Batchelor Kulbir Bhaura Robert Clift Richard Dodds David Faulkner Russell Garcia Martyn Grimley Sean Kerly Jimmy Kirkwood Richard Leman Stephen Martin Veryan Pappin Jon Potter Imran Sherwani Ian Taylor |
1988 Seoul | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
Bronze | Jill Atkins Lisa Bayliss Karen Brown Vickey Dixon Susan Fraser Wendy Fraser Kathryn Johnson Sandy Lister Jackie McWilliams Tammy Miller Helen Morgan Mary Nevill Mandy Nicholls Alison Ramsay Jane Sixsmith Joanne Thompson |
1992 Barcelona | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
Bronze | Beth Storry Emily Maguire Laura Unsworth Crista Cullen Anne Panter Hannah Macleod Helen Richardson Kate Walsh Chloe Rogers Laura Bartlett Alex Danson Georgie Twigg Ashleigh Ball Sally Walton Nicola White Sarah Thomas |
2012 London | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
Gold | Maddie Hinch Laura Unsworth Crista Cullen Hannah Macleod Georgie Twigg Helen Richardson-Walsh Susannah Townsend Kate Richardson-Walsh Sam Quek Alex Danson Giselle Ansley Sophie Bray Hollie Webb Shona McCallin Lily Owsley Nicola White |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
Bronze | Giselle Ansley Grace Balsdon Fiona Crackles Maddie Hinch Sarah Jones Hannah Martin Shona McCallin Lily Owsley Hollie Pearne-Webb Isabelle Petter Ellie Rayer Sarah Robertson Anna Toman Susannah Townsend Laura Unsworth Leah Wilkinson |
2020 Tokyo | Field hockey | Women's tournament |
Ice hockey
Year | Players | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | Did not compete | ||||||
1924 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1928 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932 | Did not compete | ||||||
1936 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1948 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952–2022 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Jeu de paume
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
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. Although Great Britain has won 20 judo medals, none have been gold.
Year | Judokas | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | No Judo tournament | ||||||
1972 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
1976 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
1980 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
1984 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1988 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
1992 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
1996 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
2004 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
2016 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
2020 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
2024 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 34 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Brian Jacks | 1972 Munich | Judo | Men's 80 kg |
Silver | David Starbrook | 1972 Munich | Judo | Men's 93 kg |
Bronze | Angelo Parisi | 1972 Munich | Judo | Men's open category |
Bronze | David Starbrook | 1976 Montreal | Judo | Men's 93 kg |
Silver | Keith Remfry | 1976 Montreal | Judo | Men's open category |
Silver | Neil Adams | 1980 Moscow | Judo | Men's 71 kg |
Bronze | Arthur Mapp | 1980 Moscow | Judo | Men's open category |
Bronze | Neil Eckersley | 1984 Los Angeles | Judo | Men's 60 kg |
Bronze | Kerrith Brown | 1984 Los Angeles | Judo | Men's 71 kg |
Silver | Neil Adams | 1984 Los Angeles | Judo | Men's 78 kg |
Bronze | Dennis Stewart | 1988 Seoul | Judo | Men's 95 kg |
Silver | Raymond Stevens | 1992 Barcelona | Judo | Men's 95 kg |
Bronze | Sharon Rendle | 1992 Barcelona | Judo | Women's 52 kg |
Silver | Nicola Fairbrother | 1992 Barcelona | Judo | Women's 56 kg |
Bronze | Kate Howey | 1992 Barcelona | Judo | Women's 66 kg |
Silver | Kate Howey | 2000 Sydney | Judo | Women's 70 kg |
Silver | Gemma Gibbons | 2012 London | Judo | Women's 78 kg |
Bronze | Karina Bryant | 2012 London | Judo | Women's +78 kg |
Bronze | Sally Conway | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Judo | Women's 70 kg |
Bronze | Chelsie Giles | 2020 Tokyo | Judo | Women's 52 kg |
Lacrosse
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 |
Luge
Year | Lugers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1998 | Did not compete | ||||||
2002 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | Did not compete | ||||||
2018 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Modern pentathlon
Great Britain's Olympic modern pentathlon debut was in 1912 when it was first included in the Olympics. Their most successful games were the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Great Britain won both the available gold medals.
Year | Pentathletes | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1912 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1920 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1924 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1928 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1936 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 3 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2008 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2012 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2016 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2024 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Jim Fox Danny Nightingale Adrian Parker |
1976 Montreal | Modern pentathlon | Men's team |
Bronze | Richard Phelps Dominic Mahony Graham Brookhouse |
1988 Seoul | Modern pentathlon | Men's team |
Gold | Stephanie Cook | 2000 Sydney | Modern pentathlon | Women's individual |
Bronze | Kate Allenby | 2000 Sydney | Modern pentathlon | Women's individual |
Bronze | Georgina Harland | 2004 Athens | Modern pentathlon | Women's individual |
Silver | Heather Fell | 2008 Beijing | Modern pentathlon | Women's individual |
Silver | Samantha Murray | 2012 London | Modern pentathlon | Women's individual |
Gold | Joe Choong | 2020 Tokyo | Modern pentathlon | Men's individual |
Gold | Kate French | 2020 Tokyo | Modern pentathlon | Women's individual |
Nordic combined
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924–1932 | Did not compete | ||||||
1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948–2022 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Polo
Great Britain was one of four teams 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. Great Britain would be the only team to play in all five of the Olympic polo tournaments, with no other nation appearing more than three times. The nation took gold and two silvers in 1908, when only British teams competed. Facing international competition in 1920, the British side won. The 1924 tournament resulted in a bronze medal for Great Britain, while the team took silver in 1936. In international play, the Great Britain team had an overall record of 5–3 (semifinal and final wins in 1920, a 2–2 record the 1924 round-robin, and a first-round win and final loss in 1936). There were 2 games in 1908 pitting teams from Great Britain against each other, necessarily resulting in a 2–2 record that year. The mixed teams in 1900 had records of 3–0, 1–1, and 0–1, though both losses (and, of course, therefore two of the wins) were against each other.
Year | Players | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 7 | as part of the Mixed team | |||||
1904 | No competition | ||||||
1908 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
1912 | No competition | ||||||
1920 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1924 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1928–1932 | No competition | ||||||
1936 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1948–Present | No competition | ||||||
Total | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Event | No. of appearances |
First appearance |
First medal |
First gold medal |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's | 5/5 | 1900 | 1908 | 1908 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | (1908, 1920) |
Rackets
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
Great Britain took a bronze medal in the first Olympic rowing competition, in 1900.
Year | Rowers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
1904 | Did not compete | ||||||
1908 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
1912 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1920 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
1924 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
1928 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
1932 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1936 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1948 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
1952 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
1968 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
1980 | 43 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
1984 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1988 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
1992 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
1996 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2000 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2004 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
2008 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
2012 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
2016 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
2020 | 41 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
2024 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 34 | 27 | 17 | 78 | 2 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Saint-George Ashe | 1900 Paris | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Gold | Harry Blackstaffe | 1908 London | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Silver | Alexander McCulloch | 1908 London | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Gold | John Fenning Gordon Thomson |
1908 London | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Silver | George Fairbairn Philip Verdon |
1908 London | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Gold | Collier Cudmore James Angus Gillan Duncan Mackinnon John Somers-Smith |
1908 London | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Silver | Philip Filleul Harold Barker John Fenning Gordon Thomson |
1908 London | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | Albert Gladstone Frederick Kelly Banner Johnstone Guy Nickalls Charles Burnell Ronald Sanderson Raymond Etherington-Smith Henry Bucknall Gilchrist Maclagan |
1908 London | Rowing | Men's eight |
Bronze | Frank Jerwood Eric Powell Oswald Carver Edward Williams Henry Goldsmith Harold Kitching John Burn Douglas Stuart Richard Boyle |
1908 London | Rowing | Men's eight |
Gold | Wally Kinnear | 1912 Stockholm | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Silver | Julius Beresford Karl Vernon Charles Rought Bruce Logan Geoffrey Carr |
1912 Stockholm | Rowing | Men's coxed four |
Gold | Edgar Burgess Sidney Swann Leslie Wormald Ewart Horsfall James Angus Gillan Stanley Garton Alister Kirby Philip Fleming Henry Wells |
1912 Stockholm | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | William Fison William Parker Thomas Gillespie Beaufort Burdekin Frederick Pitman Arthur Wiggins Charles Littlejohn Robert Bourne John Walker |
1912 Stockholm | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | Jack Beresford | 1920 Antwerp | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Silver | Ewart Horsfall Guy Oliver Nickalls Richard Lucas Walter James John Campbell Sebastian Earl Ralph Shove Sidney Swann Robin Johnstone |
1920 Antwerp | Rowing | Men's eight |
Gold | Jack Beresford | 1924 Paris | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Gold | Maxwell Eley James MacNabb Robert Morrison Terence Sanders |
1924 Paris | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Bronze | David Collet | 1928 Amsterdam | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Silver | Terence O'Brien Robert Nisbet |
1928 Amsterdam | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Gold | John Lander Michael Warriner Richard Beesly Edward Vaughan Bevan |
1928 Amsterdam | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Silver | Jamie Hamilton Guy Oliver Nickalls John Badcock Donald Gollan Harold Lane Gordon Killick Jack Beresford Harold West Arthur Sulley |
1928 Amsterdam | Rowing | Men's eight |
Gold | Lewis Clive Hugh Edwards |
1932 Los Angeles | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Gold | John Badcock Hugh Edwards Jack Beresford Rowland George |
1932 Los Angeles | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | Jack Beresford Dick Southwood |
1936 Berlin | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
Silver | Martin Bristow Alan Barrett Peter Jackson John Sturrock |
1936 Berlin | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | Richard Burnell Bertie Bushnell |
1948 London | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
Gold | John Wilson Ran Laurie |
1948 London | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Silver | Christopher Barton Michael Lapage Guy Richardson Paul Bircher Paul Massey Brian Lloyd John Meyrick Alfred Mellows Jack Dearlove |
1948 London | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | John Russell Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh William Barry John James |
1964 Tokyo | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Silver | Chris Baillieu Michael Hart |
1976 Montreal | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
Silver | Richard Lester John Yallop Timothy Crooks Hugh Matheson David Maxwell Jim Clark Frederick Smallbone Lenny Robertson Patrick Sweeney |
1976 Montreal | Rowing | Men's eight |
Bronze | Charles Wiggin Malcolm Carmichael |
1980 Moscow | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Bronze | John Beattie Ian McNuff David Townsend Martin Cross |
1980 Moscow | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Silver | Duncan McDougall Allan Whitwell Henry Clay Chris Mahoney Andrew Justice John Pritchard Malcolm McGowan Richard Stanhope Colin Moynihan |
1980 Moscow | Rowing | Men's eight |
Gold | Richard Budgett Martin Cross Adrian Ellison Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave |
1984 Los Angeles | Rowing | Men's coxed four |
Gold | Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave |
1988 Seoul | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Bronze | Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Patrick Sweeney |
1988 Seoul | Rowing | Men's coxed pair |
Gold | Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave |
1992 Barcelona | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Gold | Garry Herbert Greg Searle Jonny Searle |
1992 Barcelona | Rowing | Men's coxed pair |
Gold | Matthew Pinsent Steve Redgrave |
1996 Atlanta | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Bronze | Gregory Searle Jonathan William Searle Rupert John Obholzer Tim Foster |
1996 Atlanta | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | James Cracknell Steve Redgrave Tim Foster Matthew Pinsent |
2000 Sydney | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | Andrew Lindsay Ben Hunt-Davis Simon Dennis Louis Attrill Luka Grubor Kieran West Fred Scarlett Steve Trapmore Rowley Douglas |
2000 Sydney | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | Guin Batten Miriam Batten Katherine Grainger Gillian Lindsay |
2000 Sydney | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls |
Gold | Steve Williams James Cracknell Ed Coode Matthew Pinsent |
2004 Athens | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Bronze | Sarah Winckless Elise Laverick |
2004 Athens | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
Silver | Alison Mowbray Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Rebecca Romero |
2004 Athens | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
Silver | Katherine Grainger Cath Bishop |
2004 Athens | Rowing | Women's coxless pair |
Bronze | Matthew Wells Stephen Rowbotham |
2008 Beijing | Rowing | Men's double sculls |
Gold | Tom James Steve Williams Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge |
2008 Beijing | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Silver | Alex Partridge Tom Stallard Tom Lucy Richard Egington Josh West Alastair Heathcote Matt Langridge Colin Smith Acer Nethercott |
2008 Beijing | Rowing | Men's eight |
Gold | Zac Purchase Mark Hunter |
2008 Beijing | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls |
Bronze | Elise Laverick Anna Bebington |
2008 Beijing | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
Silver | Annabel Vernon Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Katherine Grainger |
2008 Beijing | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls |
Bronze | Alan Campbell | 2012 London | Rowing | Men's single sculls |
Bronze | George Nash Will Satch |
2012 London | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Gold | Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge |
2012 London | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Bronze | Alex Partridge James Emmott Tom Ransley Richard Egington Moe Sbihi Greg Searle Matt Langridge Constantine Louloudis Phelan Hill |
2012 London | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | Zac Purchase Mark Hunter |
2012 London | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls |
Silver | Peter Chambers Rob Williams Richard Chambers Chris Bartley |
2012 London | Rowing | Men's lightweight coxless four |
Gold | Anna Watkins Katherine Grainger |
2012 London | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
Gold | Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
2012 London | Rowing | Women's coxless pair |
Gold | Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking |
2012 London | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls |
Gold | Alex Gregory Moe Sbihi George Nash Constantine Louloudis |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matt Gotrel Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Pete Reed Will Satch Andrew Triggs Hodge Phelan Hill |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | Victoria Thornley Katherine Grainger |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
Gold | Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rowing | Women's coxless pair |
Silver | Katie Greves Melanie Wilson Frances Houghton Polly Swann Jessica Eddie Olivia Carnegie-Brown Karen Bennett Zoe Lee Zoe de Toledo |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rowing | Women's eight |
Bronze | Josh Bugajski Jacob Dawson Thomas George Moe Sbihi Charles Elwes Oliver Wynne-Griffith James Rudkin Thomas Ford Henry Fieldman |
2020 Tokyo | Rowing | Men's eight |
Silver | Harry Leask Angus Groom Tom Barras Jack Beaumont |
2020 Tokyo | Rowing | Men's quadruple sculls |
Silver | Oliver Wynne-Griffith Thomas George |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
Bronze | Oliver Wilkes David Ambler Matt Aldridge Freddie Davidson |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
Gold | Morgan Bolding Sholto Carnegie Rory Gibbs Thomas Ford Jacob Dawson Charles Elwes Thomas Digby James Rudkin Harry Brightmore c |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Men's eight |
Bronze | Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Becky Wilde |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Women's double sculls |
Gold | Lauren Henry Hannah Scott Lola Anderson Georgina Brayshaw |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls |
Silver | Helen Glover Esme Booth Samantha Redgrave Rebecca Shorten |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Women's coxless four |
Bronze | Annie Campbell-Orde Holly Dunford Emily Ford Lauren Irwin Heidi Long Rowan McKellar Eve Stewart Harriet Taylor Henry Fieldman c |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Women's eight |
Gold | Emily Craig Imogen Grant |
2024 Paris | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls |
Rugby
Great Britain took a silver medal in the first Olympic rugby competition, in 1900. They repeated as silver medallists by losing the only match in 1908. Great Britain did not compete in 1920 or 1924. When the sport returned in 2016 as rugby sevens, Great Britain earned a third silver medal (in men's) as well as placing 4th in the first women's rugby competition.
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 | ||||||
2016 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Event | No. of appearances |
First appearance |
First medal |
First gold medal |
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's rugby union | 2/4 | 1900 | 1900 | N/A | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | (1900, 1908) |
Men's rugby sevens | 2/2 | 2016 | 2016 | N/A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | (2016) |
Women's rugby sevens | 2/2 | 2016 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th (2016, 2020) |
Sailing
Great Britain took four gold medals in the first Olympic sailing events in 1900. In addition, British sailors were part of two mixed teams that won gold.
Year | Sailors | Boats competing/Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Ranking |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | Scheduled but event wasn't held | ||||||
1900 | 73 | 16/13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
1904 | Not Scheduled | ||||||
1908 | 41 | 7/4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
1912 | 0 | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1916 | Games Cancelled | ||||||
1920 | 6 | 2/14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
1924 | 6 | 2/3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1928 | 8 | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1932 | 3 | 2/4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1936 | 14 | 4/4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1940 | Games Cancelled | ||||||
1944 | Games Cancelled | ||||||
1948 | 13 | 5/5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1952 | 14 | 5/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
1956 | 12 | 5/5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1960 | 11 | 5/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1964 | 9 | 4/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
1968 | 11 | 5/5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1972 | 13 | 6/6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1976 | 12 | 6/6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1980 | 0 | 0/6 | Sport Choose to Boycott | ||||
1984 | 13 | 7/7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
1988 | 15 | 8/8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1992 | 17 | 10/10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
1996 | 16 | 10/10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
2000 | 16 | 10/11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
2004 | 18 | 11/11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
2008 | 18 | 11/11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
2012 | 16 | 10/10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
2016 | 15 | 10/10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
2020 | 15 | 10/10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
2024 | 14 | 10/10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 32 | 21 | 13 | 66 | 1 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Lorne Currie John Gretton Linton Hope Algernon Maudslay |
1900 Paris | Sailing | Open class |
Gold | Lorne Currie John Gretton Linton Hope Algernon Maudslay |
1900 Paris | Sailing | .5 to 1 ton |
Gold | Howard Taylor Edward Hore Harry Jefferson |
1900 Paris | Sailing | 3 to 10 ton |
Bronze | Edward Hore | 1900 Paris | Sailing | 10 to 20 ton |
Gold | Cecil Quentin | 1900 Paris | Sailing | 20+ ton |
Silver | Selwin Calverley | 1900 Paris | Sailing | 20+ ton |
Gold | Gilbert Laws Thomas McMeekin Charles Crichton |
1908 London | Sailing | 6 metre |
Gold | Charles Rivett-Carnac Norman Bingley Richard Dixon Frances Rivett-Carnac |
1908 London | Sailing | 7 metre |
Gold | Blair Cochrane Charles Campbell John Rhodes Henry Sutton Arthur Wood |
1908 London | Sailing | 8 metre |
Bronze | Blair Cochrane Charles Campbell Philip Hunloke Alfred Hughes Frederick Hughes George Ratsey William Ward The Duchess of Westminster |
1908 London | Sailing | 8 metre |
Gold | T. C. Glen-Coats J. H. Downes J. S. Aspin John Buchanan J. C. Bunten A. D. Downes David Dunlop John Mackenzie Albert Martin Gerald Tait |
1908 London | Sailing | 12 metre |
Silver | C. MacIver J. G. Kenion J. M. Adam James Baxter W. P. Davidson J. F. Jellico T. A. R. Littledale C. R. MacIver C. Macleod Robertson J. F. D. Spence |
1908 London | Sailing | 12 metre |
Gold | Francis Richards Trevor Hedberg |
1920 Antwerp | Sailing | 18' Dinghy |
Gold | Cyril Wright Robert Coleman William Maddison Dorothy Wright |
1920 Antwerp | Sailing | 7 metre |
Silver | Ernest Roney Harold Fowler Edwin Jacob Thomas Riggs Walter Riggs |
1924 Paris | Sailing | 8 metre |
Silver | George Colin Ratsey Peter Jaffe |
1932 Los Angeles | Sailing | Star |
Bronze | Peter Scott | 1936 Berlin | Sailing | O-Jolle |
Gold | Christopher Boardman Miles Bellville Russell Harmer Charles Leaf Leonard Martin |
1936 Berlin | Sailing | 6 Metre |
Gold | Stewart Morris David Bond |
1948 London | Sailing | Swallow |
Silver | Charles Currey | 1952 Helsinki | Sailing | Finn |
Bronze | Jasper Blackall Terence Smith |
1956 Melbourne | Sailing | 12m² Sharpie |
Bronze | Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson |
1956 Melbourne | Sailing | Dragon |
Silver | Robert Perry David Bowker John Dillon Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick |
1956 Melbourne | Sailing | 5.5 Metre |
Silver | Keith Musto Tony Morgan |
1964 Tokyo | Sailing | Flying Dutchman |
Gold | Rodney Pattisson Iain MacDonald-Smith |
1968 Mexico City | Sailing | Flying Dutchman |
Bronze | Robin Aisher Paul Anderson Adrian Jardine |
1968 Mexico City | Sailing | 5.5 Metre |
Gold | Rodney Pattisson Christopher Davies |
1972 Munich | Sailing | Flying Dutchman |
Silver | Alan Warren David Hunt |
1972 Munich | Sailing | Tempest |
Silver | Rodney Pattisson Julian Brooke-Houghton |
1976 Montreal | Sailing | Flying Dutchman |
Gold | Reginald White John Osborn |
1976 Montreal | Sailing | Tornado |
Bronze | Jonathan Richards Peter Allam |
1984 Los Angeles | Sailing | Flying Dutchman |
Gold | Michael McIntyre Bryn Vaile |
1988 Seoul | Sailing | Star |
Bronze | Lawrie Smith Robert Cruikshank Ossie Stewart |
1992 Barcelona | Sailing | Soling |
Silver | John Merricks Ian Walker |
1996 Atlanta | Sailing | Men's 470 |
Silver | Ben Ainslie | 1996 Atlanta | Sailing | Laser |
Gold | Shirley Robertson | 2000 Sydney | Sailing | Europe |
Gold | Iain Percy | 2000 Sydney | Sailing | Finn |
Gold | Ben Ainslie | 2000 Sydney | Sailing | Laser |
Silver | Ian Barker Simon Hiscocks |
2000 Sydney | Sailing | 49er |
Silver | Ian Walker Mark Covell |
2000 Sydney | Sailing | Star |
Gold | Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb Sarah Ayton |
2004 Athens | Sailing | Yngling |
Bronze | Nick Dempsey | 2004 Athens | Sailing | Men's Mistral One Design |
Gold | Ben Ainslie | 2004 Athens | Sailing | Finn |
Silver | Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield |
2004 Athens | Sailing | Men's 470 |
Bronze | Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks |
2004 Athens | Sailing | 49er |
Bronze | Bryony Shaw | 2008 Beijing | Sailing | Women's RS:X |
Gold | Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson |
2008 Beijing | Sailing | Yngling |
Gold | Paul Goodison | 2008 Beijing | Sailing | Laser |
Silver | Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield |
2008 Beijing | Sailing | Men's 470 |
Gold | Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
2008 Beijing | Sailing | Star |
Gold | Ben Ainslie | 2008 Beijing | Sailing | Finn |
Silver | Nick Dempsey | 2012 London | Sailing | Men's RS:X |
Gold | Ben Ainslie | 2012 London | Sailing | Finn |
Silver | Luke Patience Stuart Bithell |
2012 London | Sailing | Men's 470 |
Silver | Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
2012 London | Sailing | Star |
Silver | Hannah Mills Saskia Clark |
2012 London | Sailing | Women's 470 |
Silver | Nick Dempsey | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sailing | Men's RS:X |
Gold | Giles Scott | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sailing | Finn |
Gold | Hannah Mills Saskia Clark |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sailing | Women's 470 |
Gold | Giles Scott | 2020 Tokyo | Sailing | Finn |
Gold | Dylan Fletcher Stuart Bithell |
2020 Tokyo | Sailing | 49er |
Bronze | Emma Wilson | 2020 Tokyo | Sailing | Women's RS:X |
Gold | Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre |
2020 Tokyo | Sailing | Women's 470 |
Silver | John Gimson Anna Burnet |
2020 Tokyo | Sailing | Nacra 17 |
Bronze | Emma Wilson | 2024 Paris | Sailing | Women's IQFoil |
Gold | Ellie Aldridge | 2024 Paris | Sailing | Women's Formula Kite |
Shooting
Great Britain's first shooting medals came when the United Kingdom hosted the 1908 Games, at which the British shooters dominated the competitions. There were 215 shooters from 14 teams in the shooting events, including 67 from Great Britain.
Year | Shooters | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1900 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1904 | Sport not held | ||||||
1908 | 67 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 1 |
1912 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
1920 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1924 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
1928 | Sport not held | ||||||
1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1936 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
1948 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1972 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
1976 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1984 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
1988 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
1992 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
2004 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2016 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
2020 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
2024 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 14 | 16 | 19 | 49 | 6 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Joshua Millner | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's 1000 yard free rifle |
Bronze | Maurice Blood | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's 1000 yard free rifle |
Silver | Arthur Fulton John Martin Harcourt Ommundsen Walter Padgett Philip Richardson Fleetwood Varley |
1908 London | Shooting | Men's military rifle, team |
Gold | Arthur Carnell | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's stationary target small-bore rifle |
Silver | Harold Humby | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's stationary target small-bore rifle |
Bronze | George Barnes | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's stationary target small-bore rifle |
Gold | John Fleming | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's moving target small-bore rifle |
Silver | Maurice Matthews | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's moving target small-bore rifle |
Bronze | William Marsden | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's moving target small-bore rifle |
Gold | William Styles | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle |
Silver | Harold Hawkins | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle |
Bronze | Edward Amoore | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's disappearing target small-bore rifle |
Gold | Edward Amoore Harold Humby Maurice Matthews William Pimm |
1908 London | Shooting | Men's team small-bore rifle |
Silver | Ted Ranken | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's single-shot running deer |
Bronze | Alexander Rogers | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's single-shot running deer |
Silver | Ted Ranken | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's double-shot running deer |
Silver | William Ellicott William Russell Lane-Joynt Charles Nix Ted Ranken |
1908 London | Shooting | Men's team single-shot running deer |
Bronze | Geoffrey Coles William Ellicott Henry Lynch-Staunton Jesse Wallingford |
1908 London | Shooting | Men's 50 yard free pistol, team |
Bronze | Alexander Maunder | 1908 London | Shooting | Men's trap |
Gold | Percy Easte Alexander Maunder Frederic Moore Charles Palmer John Pike John Postans |
1908 London | Shooting | Men's trap, team |
Bronze | John Butt Henry Creasey Bob Hutton William Morris George Skinner George Whitaker |
1908 London | Shooting | Men's trap, team |
Bronze | Hugh Durant Albert Kempster Horatio Poulter Charles Stewart |
1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 30 metre team rapid fire pistol |
Bronze | Charles Stewart | 1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol |
Bronze | Hugh Durant Albert Kempster Horatio Poulter Charles Stewart |
1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 50 metre team free pistol |
Silver | William Milne | 1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle, prone |
Bronze | Henry Burt | 1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle, prone |
Silver | Henry Burr Arthur Fulton Harcourt Ommundsen Edward Parnell James Reid Edward Skilton |
1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's team military rifle |
Silver | William Milne Joseph Pepé William Pimm William Styles |
1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 25 metre team small-bore rifle |
Gold | Edward Lessimore Robert Murray Joseph Pepé William Pimm |
1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's 50 metre team small-bore rifle |
Silver | John Butt William Grosvenor Harold Humby Alexander Maunder Charles Palmer George Whitaker |
1912 Stockholm | Shooting | Men's trap, team |
Silver | Cyril Mackworth-Praed | 1924 Paris | Shooting | Men's 100 metre running deer, single shots |
Silver | Cyril Mackworth-Praed | 1924 Paris | Shooting | Men's 100 metre running deer, double shots |
Gold | Cyril Mackworth-Praed Philip Neame Herbert Perry Allen Whitty |
1924 Paris | Shooting | Men's 100 metre team running deer, double shots |
Gold | Bob Braithwaite | 1968 Mexico City | Shooting | Mixed trap |
Bronze | John Kynoch | 1972 Munich | Shooting | Mixed 50 metre running target |
Bronze | Barry Dagger | 1984 Los Angeles | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air rifle |
Bronze | Michael Sullivan | 1984 Los Angeles | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle, prone |
Gold | Malcolm Cooper | 1984 Los Angeles | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions |
Bronze | Alister Allan | 1984 Los Angeles | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions |
Gold | Malcolm Cooper | 1988 Seoul | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions |
Silver | Alister Allan | 1988 Seoul | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions |
Silver | Ian Peel | 2000 Sydney | Shooting | Men's trap |
Gold | Richard Faulds | 2000 Sydney | Shooting | Men's double trap |
Gold | Peter Wilson | 2012 London | Shooting | Men's double trap |
Bronze | Edward Ling | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Shooting | Men's trap |
Bronze | Steven Scott | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Shooting | Men's double trap |
Bronze | Matthew Coward-Holley | 2020 Tokyo | Shooting | Men's trap |
Gold | Nathan Hales | 2024 Paris | Shooting | Men's trap |
Silver | Amber Rutter | 2024 Paris | Shooting | Women's skeet |
Short track speed skating
Year | Skaters | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 (demonstration) | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1992 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
1998 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Skateboarding
Year | Skateboarders | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2024 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Sky Brown | 2020 Tokyo | Skateboarding | Women's park |
Bronze | Sky Brown | 2024 Paris | Skateboarding | Women's park |
Skeleton
Great Britain is the most successful team in Skeleton winning a medal at every Games in which the sport has been included and has won at least one medal in each of the five contests of Women's skeleton since its introduction with five different athletes. Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful Skeleton rider of all time winning back to back gold medals in 2014 and 2018. No other rider has successfully defended a gold medal.
Year | Racers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1928 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1932–1936 | No competition held | ||||||
1948 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
1952–1998 | No competition held | ||||||
2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2006 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2010 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2018 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2022 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Ski jumping
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924–1984 | Did not compete | ||||||
1988 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992–1998 | Did not compete | ||||||
2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006–2022 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Snowboarding
Year | Snowboarders | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Did not compete | ||||||
2002 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
2018 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
2022 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
Speed skating
Year | Skaters | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1928 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1932–1936 | Did not compete | ||||||
1948 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994–2018 | Did not compete | ||||||
2022 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Sport climbing
Year | Climbers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Toby Roberts | 2024 Paris | Sport climbing | Men's combined |
Swimming
Great Britain was the third most successful team 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.
Year | Swimmers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | Did not compete | ||||||
1900 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
1904 | Did not compete | ||||||
1908 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
1912 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
1920 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1924 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
1928 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
1932 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
1936 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
1952 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
1956 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
1960 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
1964 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
1968 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
1972 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
1976 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
1980 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
1984 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1988 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
1992 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
1996 | 39 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
2000 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
2008 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
2012 | 44 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
2016 | 28 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
2020 | 32 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
2024 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 21 | 35 | 31 | 87 | 7 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | John Arthur Jarvis | 1900 Paris | Swimming | Men's 1000 metre freestyle |
Gold | John Arthur Jarvis | 1900 Paris | Swimming | Men's 4000 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Peter Kemp | 1900 Paris | Swimming | Men's 200 metre obstacle event |
Gold | Henry Taylor | 1908 London | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
Gold | Henry Taylor | 1908 London | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
Silver | Thomas Battersby | 1908 London | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Herbert Haresnape | 1908 London | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
Gold | Frederick Holman | 1908 London | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Silver | William Robinson | 1908 London | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Gold | John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor |
1908 London | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Silver | John Hatfield | 1912 Stockholm | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
Silver | John Hatfield | 1912 Stockholm | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Percy Courtman | 1912 Stockholm | Swimming | Men's 400 metre breaststroke |
Bronze | William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor |
1912 Stockholm | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Bronze | Jennie Fletcher | 1912 Stockholm | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle |
Gold | Belle Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer |
1912 Stockholm | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay |
Bronze | Harold Annison Edward Peter Leslie Savage Henry Taylor |
1920 Antwerp | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Silver | Hilda James Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Charlotte Radcliffe |
1920 Antwerp | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay |
Silver | Phyllis Harding | 1924 Paris | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Gold | Lucy Morton | 1924 Paris | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
Bronze | Gladys Carson | 1924 Paris | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Florence Barker Constance Jeans Grace McKenzie Iris Tanner |
1924 Paris | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay |
Bronze | Joyce Cooper | 1928 Amsterdam | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle |
Silver | Ellen King | 1928 Amsterdam | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Bronze | Joyce Cooper | 1928 Amsterdam | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Silver | Joyce Cooper Ellen King Cissie Stewart Iris Tanner |
1928 Amsterdam | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay |
Bronze | Valerie Davies | 1932 Los Angeles | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Bronze | Joyce Cooper Valerie Davies Edna Hughes Helen Varcoe |
1932 Los Angeles | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay |
Bronze | Catherine Gibson | 1948 London | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Helen Gordon | 1952 Helsinki | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
Gold | Judy Grinham | 1956 Melbourne | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Bronze | Margaret Edwards | 1956 Melbourne | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Bronze | Natalie Steward | 1960 Rome | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle |
Silver | Natalie Steward | 1960 Rome | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke |
Gold | Anita Lonsbrough | 1960 Rome | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Robert McGregor | 1964 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle |
Silver | Martyn Woodroffe | 1968 Mexico City | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
Silver | David Wilkie | 1972 Munich | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Silver | David Wilkie | 1976 Montreal | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Gold | David Wilkie | 1976 Montreal | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Bronze | Alan McClatchey Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie David Dunne |
1976 Montreal | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Gold | Duncan Goodhew | 1980 Moscow | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Phil Hubble | 1980 Moscow | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
Bronze | Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew David Lowe Martin Smith Paul Marshall Mark Taylor |
1980 Moscow | Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay |
Silver | Sharron Davies | 1980 Moscow | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley |
Silver | Helen Jameson Margaret Kelly Ann Osgerby June Croft |
1980 Moscow | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay |
Bronze | Neil Cochran | 1984 Los Angeles | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
Bronze | Neil Cochran Paul Easter Paul Howe Andrew Astbury |
1984 Los Angeles | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Silver | Sarah Hardcastle | 1984 Los Angeles | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Bronze | June Croft | 1984 Los Angeles | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Sarah Hardcastle | 1984 Los Angeles | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
Gold | Adrian Moorhouse | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Nick Gillingham | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Bronze | Andy Jameson | 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly |
Bronze | Nick Gillingham | 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Paul Palmer | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Graeme Smith | 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
Bronze | David Davies | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Stephen Parry | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
Silver | David Davies | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Men's marathon 10 kilometre |
Gold | Rebecca Adlington | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Joanne Jackson | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Gold | Rebecca Adlington | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
Silver | Keri-Anne Payne | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Women's marathon 10 kilometre |
Bronze | Cassandra Patten | 2008 Beijing | Swimming | Women's marathon 10 kilometre |
Silver | Michael Jamieson | 2012 London | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
Bronze | Rebecca Adlington | 2012 London | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Rebecca Adlington | 2012 London | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
Gold | Adam Peaty | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Stephen Milne Duncan Scott Daniel Wallace James Guy Robbie Renwick |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Silver | Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay |
Silver | Jazmin Carlin | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle |
Silver | Jazmin Carlin | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
Silver | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley |
Gold | Tom Dean | 2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
Silver | Duncan Scott | 2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
Bronze | Luke Greenbank | 2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke |
Gold | Adam Peaty | 2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Duncan Scott | 2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
Gold | Tom Dean James Guy Matthew Richards Duncan Scott Calum Jarvis |
2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Silver | Luke Greenbank Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott James Wilby |
2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay |
Gold | Kathleen Dawson Adam Peaty James Guy Anna Hopkin Freya Anderson |
2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay |
Silver | Ben Proud | 2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
Silver | Matthew Richards | 2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle |
Silver | Adam Peaty | 2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke |
Silver | Duncan Scott | 2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley |
Gold | James Guy Tom Dean Matthew Richards Duncan Scott Jack McMillan Kieran Bird |
2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay |
Table tennis
Year | Players | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | Did not compete | ||||||
2008 | |||||||
2012 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Taekwondo
Great Britain have competed in all six taekwondo competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best result is a gold, silver and bronze in 2016.
Year | Taekwondokas | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
2012 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2016 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2020 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
2024 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze | Sarah Stevenson | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Women's Heavyweight (+67 kg) |
Gold | Jade Jones | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Women's Lightweight (57 kg) |
Bronze | Lutalo Muhammad | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Men's Middleweight (80 kg) |
Gold | Jade Jones | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taekwondo | Women's Featherweight (57 kg) |
Silver | Lutalo Muhammad | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taekwondo | Men's Welterweight (80 kg) |
Bronze | Bianca Walkden | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taekwondo | Women's Heavyweight (+67 kg) |
Silver | Bradly Sinden | 2020 Tokyo | Taekwondo | Men's Featherweight (68 kg) |
Silver | Lauren Williams | 2020 Tokyo | Taekwondo | Women's Welterweight (67 kg) |
Bronze | Bianca Walkden | 2020 Tokyo | Taekwondo | Women's Heavyweight (+67 kg) |
Silver | Caden Cunningham | 2024 Paris | Taekwondo | Men's Heavyweight (+80 kg) |
Tennis
John Pius Boland dominated the 1896 tennis tournaments. Tennis in 1896 was a sport that allowed mixed teams, and both Boland and George S. Robertson joined partners from other nations to win their medals. Great Britain again dominated in 1900, taking all four gold medals and adding seven others (three as part of mixed teams).
Year | Players | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1896 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
1920 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
1924 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
1924–1964 | No competition held | ||||||
1968 (demonstration) | Did not compete | ||||||
1972–1980 | No competition held | ||||||
1984 (demonstration) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2000 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2016 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 17 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 2 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | John Boland | 1896 Athens | Tennis | Men's singles |
Gold | Laurence Doherty | 1900 Paris | Tennis | Men's singles |
Silver | Harold Mahony | 1900 Paris | Tennis | Men's singles |
Bronze | Reginald Doherty | 1900 Paris | Tennis | Men's singles |
Bronze | Arthur Norris | 1900 Paris | Tennis | Men's singles |
Gold | Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty |
1900 Paris | Tennis | Men's doubles |
Bronze | Harold Mahony Arthur Norris |
1900 Paris | Tennis | Men's doubles |
Gold | Charlotte Cooper | 1900 Paris | Tennis | Women's singles |
Gold | Charlotte Cooper Reginald Doherty |
1900 Paris | Tennis | Mixed doubles |
Gold | Major Ritchie | 1908 London | Tennis | Men's outdoor singles |
Bronze | Wilberforce Eaves | 1908 London | Tennis | Men's outdoor singles |
Gold | Reginald Doherty George Hillyard |
1908 London | Tennis | Men's outdoor doubles |
Silver | James Cecil Parke Major Ritchie |
1908 London | Tennis | Men's outdoor doubles |
Bronze | Clement Cazalet Charles Dixon |
1908 London | Tennis | Men's outdoor doubles |
Gold | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 1908 London | Tennis | Women's outdoor singles |
Silver | Dora Boothby | 1908 London | Tennis | Women's outdoor singles |
Bronze | Ruth Winch | 1908 London | Tennis | Women's outdoor singles |
Gold | Arthur Gore | 1908 London | Tennis | Men's indoor singles |
Silver | George Caridia | 1908 London | Tennis | Men's indoor singles |
Bronze | Major Ritchie | 1908 London | Tennis | Men's indoor singles |
Gold | Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore |
1908 London | Tennis | Men's indoor doubles |
Silver | George Caridia George Simond |
1908 London | Tennis | Men's indoor doubles |
Gold | Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith | 1908 London | Tennis | Women's indoor singles |
Silver | Alice Greene | 1908 London | Tennis | Women's indoor singles |
Silver | Charles Dixon | 1912 Stockholm | Tennis | Men's indoor singles |
Bronze | Alfred Beamish Charles Dixon |
1912 Stockholm | Tennis | Men's indoor doubles |
Gold | Edith Hannam | 1912 Stockholm | Tennis | Women's indoor singles |
Bronze | Mabel Parton | 1912 Stockholm | Tennis | Women's indoor singles |
Gold | Edith Hannam Charles Dixon |
1912 Stockholm | Tennis | Mixed indoor doubles |
Silver | Helen Aitchison Herbert Roper Barrett |
1912 Stockholm | Tennis | Mixed indoor doubles |
Gold | Noel Turnbull Max Woosnam |
1920 Antwerp | Tennis | Men's doubles |
Silver | Dorothy Holman | 1920 Antwerp | Tennis | Women's singles |
Bronze | Kathleen McKane | 1920 Antwerp | Tennis | Women's singles |
Gold | Kathleen McKane Winifred McNair |
1920 Antwerp | Tennis | Women's doubles |
Silver | Winifred Beamish Dorothy Holman |
1920 Antwerp | Tennis | Women's doubles |
Silver | Kathleen McKane Max Woosnam |
1920 Antwerp | Tennis | Mixed doubles |
Bronze | Kathleen McKane | 1924 Paris | Tennis | Women's singles |
Silver | Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane |
1924 Paris | Tennis | Women's doubles |
Bronze | Evelyn Colyer Dorothy Shepherd-Barron |
1924 Paris | Tennis | Women's doubles |
Silver | Neil Broad Tim Henman |
1996 Atlanta | Tennis | Men's doubles |
Gold | Andy Murray | 2012 London | Tennis | Men's singles |
Silver | Laura Robson Andy Murray |
2012 London | Tennis | Mixed doubles |
Gold | Andy Murray | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Tennis | Men's singles |
Triathlon
Great Britain have competed in all Six triathlon competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best finish is 2 1st-place finishes in the men's individual triathlon event, and a 1st-place finish in the mixed triathlon relay event, in 2020(2021).
Year | Triathletes | 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 |
2016 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
2020 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
2024 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Alistair Brownlee | 2012 London | Triathlon | Men's individual |
Bronze | Jonathan Brownlee | 2012 London | Triathlon | Men's individual |
Gold | Alistair Brownlee | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Triathlon | Men's individual |
Silver | Jonathan Brownlee | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Triathlon | Men's individual |
Bronze | Vicky Holland | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Triathlon | Women's individual |
Silver | Alex Yee | 2020 Tokyo | Triathlon | Men's individual |
Silver | Georgia Taylor-Brown | 2020 Tokyo | Triathlon | Women's individual |
Gold | Jess Learmonth Jonathan Brownlee Georgia Taylor-Brown Alex Yee |
2020 Tokyo | Triathlon | Mixed relay |
Gold | Alex Yee | 2024 Paris | Triathlon | Men's individual |
Bronze | Beth Potter | 2024 Paris | Triathlon | Women's individual |
Bronze | Alex Yee Georgia Taylor-Brown Sam Dickinson Beth Potter |
2024 Paris | Triathlon | Mixed relay |
Tug of war
Great Britain's Olympic tug of war debut came when the United Kingdom hosted the Games in 1908. Great Britain was then one of only two teams to compete in 1912 and 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
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000–2008 | Did not compete | ||||||
2012 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016–2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Water motorsports
The United Kingdom 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
Year | Players | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
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 | – |
2016–2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | George Cornet Charles Forsyth George Nevinson Paul Radmilovic Charles Smith Thomas Thould George Wilkinson |
1908 London | Water polo | Men's tournament |
Gold | Charles Sydney Smith George Cornet George Wilkinson Charles Bugbee Arthur Edwin Hill Paul Radmilovic Isaac Bentham |
1912 Stockholm | Water polo | Men's tournament |
Gold | Charles Sydney Smith Paul Radmilovic Charles Bugbee Noel Purcell Christopher Jones William Peacock William Henry Dean |
1920 Antwerp | Water polo | Men's tournament |
Weightlifting
Great Britain's only gold medal in weightlifting came at the first Games in 1896, when Launceston Elliot won the one-hand lift.
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 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1952 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
1964 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
1968 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
1988 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
2024 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
2028 | |||||||
Total | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 35 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Launceston Elliot | 1896 Athens | Weightlifting | Men's one hand lift |
Silver | Launceston Elliot | 1896 Athens | Weightlifting | Men's two hand lift |
Silver | Julian Creus | 1948 London | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
Bronze | James Halliday | 1948 London | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
Bronze | Louis Martin | 1960 Rome | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg |
Silver | Louis Martin | 1964 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg |
Bronze | David Mercer | 1984 Los Angeles | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg |
Silver | Emily Campbell | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's +87 kg |
Bronze | Emily Campbell | 2024 Paris | Weightlifting | Women's +81 kg |
Wrestling
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 |
1912 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1920 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
1924 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
1928 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
1932 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1936 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- |
1948 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1952 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- |
1956 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- |
1960 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- |
1964 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- |
1968 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- |
1972 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
1988 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | Did not compete | ||||||
2004 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2008 | Did not compete | ||||||
2012 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016–2024 | Did not compete | ||||||
Total | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
Silver | William J. Press | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle bantamweight |
Silver | James Slim | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle featherweight |
Bronze | William McKie | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle featherweight |
Gold | George de Relwyskow | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle lightweight |
Silver | William Wood | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle lightweight |
Bronze | Albert Gingell | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle lightweight |
Gold | Stanley Bacon | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle middleweight |
Silver | George de Relwyskow | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle middleweight |
Bronze | Frederick Beck | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle middleweight |
Gold | Con O'Kelly | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight |
Bronze | Edward Barrett | 1908 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight |
Bronze | Bernard Bernard | 1920 Antwerp | Wrestling | Men's freestyle featherweight |
Bronze | Herbert Wright | 1920 Antwerp | Wrestling | Men's freestyle lightweight |
Bronze | Archie MacDonald | 1924 Paris | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight |
Bronze | Samuel Rabin | 1928 Amsterdam | Wrestling | Men's freestyle middleweight |
Bronze | Kenneth Richmond | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight |
Bronze | Noel Loban | 1984 Los Angeles | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg |
See also
In Spanish: Reino Unido en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños
- List of flag bearers for Great Britain at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for Great Britain
- Great Britain at the Paralympics
- Great Britain at the European Games
- Great Britain at the Youth Olympics