Great Britain at the Olympics

Athletes from the United Kingdom, all but three of its overseas territories, and the three Crown dependencies, compete in the Olympic Games as part of the team Great Britain or Team GB. It has sent athletes to every Summer and Winter Games, along with France and Switzerland, since the start of the Olympics' modern era in 1896, including the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were boycotted by a number of other Western nations. From 1896 to 2018 inclusive, Great Britain has won 851 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 32 at the Winter Olympic Games. It is the only national team to have won at least one Gold Medal at every Summer Games, lying third globally in the winning of total medals, surpassed only by the United States and the former Soviet Union, and fourth behind Germany when considering gold medal totals.

Great Britain at the Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 274 Silver 299 Bronze 310 Total 883
Summer appearances
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games  Ireland (1924–present)

Team GB is organised by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as the National Olympic Committee for the UK. While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and BOA both refer to the team as 'Great Britain' and the team uses the brand name Team GB, the BOA explains that it is a contraction of the full title, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.[1] Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is one of only three nations (France and Switzerland being the others) to have competed at every Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

The most successful British Olympians by gold medals won are Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, who have won six gold (and one silver) medals each in track cycling; two British Olympians come next with five gold medals – fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins, and Sir Steve Redgrave, who won five gold medals in five consecutive Games in rowing, a record for an endurance event. Sailor Sir Ben Ainslie jointly holds the Great Britain record for most individual Olympic gold medals with Chris Hoy and Sir Mo Farah with four, and the most gold medals in a single event with three gold medals (in the Men's Finn class sailing event 2004–2012) - again shared with Jason Kenny (men's team sprint 2008–2016), Steve Redgrave (men's coxless pair 1988–1996) and Ed Clancy (men's team pursuit 2008-2016). Sir Chris Hoy holds the record for gold medals in different events, having reached the top step in four different disciplines – men's kilo, men's team sprint, men's match sprint and men's kierin.

Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins has the most overall medals by a British Olympian (and thus often referred to in the media as the "most decorated British Olympian") with eight. Sir Steve Redgrave is the only British Olympian to win a gold medal in five consecutive Olympic Games, winning his first in 1984 Los Angeles and last in 2000 Sydney. With five golds and a bronze, Redgrave is the most successful Olympic male rower of all time.

The most successful female Olympian for GB is cyclist Laura Trott, who has four gold medals, while the most decorated female Olympians are Katherine Grainger and Kathleen McKane Godfree, with five medals each - one gold and four silver for Grainger, a gold, two silver and two bronze for McKane Godfree. Alongside five time gold medalist Redgrave, Grainger, Ainslie, Wiggins and Jack Beresford are the only British Olympians to win medals of any colour in five successive Games. In 1908, the country finished in the Olympic table in first place for the first and only time in its history; its most successful performance both post-War and away from a home Games was in 2016, finishing second.

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

At the Winter Olympics as a non-alpine nation Great Britain has historically been unable to replicate the amount of success they have achieved in the Summer Olympics although in recent years with the expansion of the Winter Olympics to include sports such as Curling, Snowboarding, Skeleton and Freestyle skiing has brought some increased success. Currently Great Britain is the most successful nation in women's skeleton, having won a medal six times, at least one for each time the event has been held, including a gold medal for Amy Williams in 2010, and the same for Lizzy Yarnold in 2014 and 2018. Great Britain enjoyed a period of significant success between 1976 and 1984 in figure skating, winning golds in three successive games on the rink. Prior to the 2014 Games all Britain's Winter Olympic medals had been won in sports performed on ice. Snowboarder Jenny Jones became the first British athlete to win a medal on snow in the 90 years of the winter games when she won a bronze medal in the women's slopestyle event.[2][3][4] At the 2018 Games, Izzy Atkin won Britain's first skiing medal, winning a bronze in the women's ski slopestyle.[5][nb 1]

The most successful Winter Olympian from Great Britain is Lizzy Yarnold, with two gold medals in the women's skeleton.

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 from a unionist background, however, have objected to the name "Team GB", and have called for it to be renamed as Team UK to make it clearer that Northern Ireland is included on the team.[7][8]

Under the IOC charter, the Olympic Council of Ireland is responsible for the entire island of Ireland.[9] However, athletes from Northern Ireland can elect to represent either the UK 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. Athletes from Ireland represented Great Britain up until the 1920 Olympics while the entire island was part of the United Kingdom.[10]

Hosted Games

Great Britain 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 country 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.[11]

London also won the right to host the 1944 Summer Olympics. However, the 1944 games were cancelled due to WW2.

Successful Bids

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
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
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 London mayor announced plans to bid for the 2032 or 2036 Olympics, which was backed by UK sport.[12] However, it has been speculated that either Manchester or Birmingham may be in the frame to host, rather than London, at least for the 2040 games. Although it may be possible for London to host the 2032 games, with Manchester or Birmingham hosting the 2040 games.[13]

Medal tables

  Host country

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 8 2 3 2 7 5 1900 Paris 103 15 6 9 30 3 1904 St. Louis 3 1 1 0 2 6 1908 London 676 56 51 39 146 1 1912 Stockholm 293 10 15 16 41 3 1920 Antwerp 204 15 15 13 43 3 1924 Paris 307 9 13 12 34 4 1928 Amsterdam 234 3 10 7 20 11 1932 Los Angeles 74 4 7 5 16 8 1936 Berlin 225 4 7 3 14 10 1948 London 375 3 14 6 23 12 1952 Helsinki 293 1 2 8 11 18 1956 Melbourne 200 6 7 11 24 8 1960 Rome 252 2 6 12 20 12 1964 Tokyo 199 4 12 2 18 10 1968 Mexico City 237 5 5 3 13 10 1972 Munich 310 4 5 9 18 12 1976 Montreal 234 3 5 5 13 13 1980 Moscow 222 5 7 9 21 9 1984 Los Angeles 355 5 11 21 37 11 1988 Seoul 382 5 10 9 24 12 1992 Barcelona 389 5 3 12 20 13 1996 Atlanta 303 1 8 6 15 36 2000 Sydney 310 11 10 7 28 10 2004 Athens 270 9 9 12 30 10 2008 Beijing 313 19 13 19 51 4 2012 London 541 29 17 19 65 3 2016 Rio de Janeiro 366 27 23 17 67 2 2020 Tokyo Future event 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 263 295 293 851 3

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 45 1 1 2 4 6 1928 St. Moritz 33 0 0 1 1 8 1932 Lake Placid 4 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 39 1 1 1 3 7 1948 St. Moritz 62 0 0 2 2 13 1952 Oslo 20 1 0 0 1 8 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 45 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Squaw Valley 17 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Innsbruck 49 1 0 0 1 11 1968 Grenoble 46 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 40 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Innsbruck 50 1 0 0 1 12 1980 Lake Placid 50 1 0 0 1 11 1984 Sarajevo 54 1 0 0 1 11 1988 Calgary 57 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 54 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 35 0 0 2 2 21 1998 Nagano 33 0 0 1 1 22 2002 Salt Lake City 51 1 0 1 2 18 2006 Turin 40 0 1 0 1 21 2010 Vancouver 50 1 0 0 1 19 2014 Sochi 56 1 1 3 5 19 2018 Pyeongchang 58 1 0 4 5 19 2022 Beijing Future event 2026 Milan–Cortina Future event Total 11 4 17 32 19

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Athletics 55 80 70 205 3 Cycling 32 30 25 87 3 Rowing 31 24 13 68 3 Sailing 28 19 11 58 1 Boxing 18 13 25 56 3 Tennis 17 14 12 43 2 Swimming 16 28 30 74 7 Shooting 13 15 18 46 6 Equestrian 11 11 13 35 5 Canoeing 5 7 5 17 13 Field hockey 4 2 6 12 4 Water polo 4 0 0 4 3 Wrestling 3 4 10 17 26 Football 3 0 0 3 3 Gymnastics 2 4 9 15 22 Polo 2 3 1 6 1 Archery 2 2 5 9 5 Modern pentathlon 2 2 3 7 6 Rackets 2 2 3 7 1 Tug of war 2 2 1 5 1 Taekwondo 2 1 3 6 6 Triathlon 2 1 2 5 1 Water motorsports 2 0 0 2 1 Fencing 1 8 0 9 18 Diving 1 3 6 10 13 Weightlifting 1 3 3 7 31 Golf 1 1 1 3 2 Cricket 1 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 8 11 19 34 Rugby 0 3 0 3 6 Badminton 0 1 2 3 8 Jeu de paume 0 1 1 2 2 Lacrosse 0 1 0 1 2 Total 262 293 289 844 3 This table excludes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events.

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Figure skating 5 3 7 15 6 Skeleton 3 1 5 9 2 Curling 2 1 1 4 3 Bobsleigh 1 1 3 5 9 Ice hockey 1 0 1 2 5 Snowboarding 0 0 2 2 20 Freestyle skiing 0 0 1 1 20 Short track speed skating 0 0 1 1 12 Total 12 6 21 39 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.

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
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
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
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 James H. Johnson	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 curling
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

Stripped Medal

Great Britain's only stripped medal in Olympic history was an Alpine Skiing bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Alain Baxter tested positive for a banned substance, which was claimed to be as a result of Baxter using an inhaler with different chemicals in the United States.

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Alain Baxter	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine Skiing	Men's slalom

Medals by individual

Jason Kenny (top) shares the most gold medals of any British Olympian on six with Chris Hoy (2nd from top). Lizzy Yarnold (bottom) is the most successful British Winter Olympian.

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

Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender				Total
Chris Hoy	Track cycling	2000–2012	Summer	M	6	1	0	7
Jason Kenny	Track cycling	2008–2016	Summer	M	6	1	0	7
Bradley Wiggins	Track cycling Road cycling	2000–2016	Summer	M	5	1	2	8
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
Laura Kenny	Track cycling	2012–2016	Summer	F	4	0	0	4
Jack Beresford	Rowing	1920–1936	Summer	M	3	2	0	5
Charlotte Dujardin	Equestrian	2012–2016	Summer	F	3	1	0	4
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
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
George Wilkinson	Water polo	1900–1912	Summer	M	3	0	0	3

• People in bold are still active competitors

In addition to the above, the female British Olympian with the most medals (five) is rower Katherine Grainger who, from 2000-2016 won one gold and four silver medals. Kathleen McKane Godfree also won five medals, but were one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes. Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful British athlete at the Winter Olympics, with two gold medals.

Most successful in their sport

Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny (both cycling), Ben Ainslie (sailing) Alistair Brownlee (Triathlon) and Lizzy Yarnold (skeleton) are the most successful Olympic competitors in their sports, as of 2018.

Steve Redgrave and Reginald Doherty are the most successful male athletes in their respective sports, rowing and tennis. In addition, Shirley Robertson, Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb with two gold medals in sailing, Nicola Adams in boxing and Stephanie Cook in modern pentathlon) share the position as most successful woman in their respective sports.

Medals by sport

Alpine skiing

Further information: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Year	Skiers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
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	-
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Archery

Further information: Archery at the Summer Olympics

Year	Archers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
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[14]	4[14]	0	0	0	0	-
2012	6	4	0	0	0	0	-
2016	2	4	0	0	0	0	-
Total			2	2	5	9	5

Artistic swimming

Further information: Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain appeared in the first synchronised swimming competition in 1984.

Year	Swimmers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
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	-
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Year	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	5	12	0	1	1	2	5
1900	9	23	3	3	2	8	2
1904	3	25	1	1	0	2	2
1908	126	26	7	7	3	17	2
1912	61	30	2	1	5	8	4
1920	41	29	4	4	4	12	3
1924	65	27	3	3	5	11	3
1928	55	22	2	2	1	5	4
1932	24	23	2	4	2	8	5
1936	52	23	2	5	0	7	4
1948	79	24	0	6	1	7	14
1952	66	24	0	1	4	5	5
1956	55	24	1	4	2	7	4
1960	61	24	1	3	4	8	6
1964	62	24	4	7	1	12	3
1968	68	24	1	2	1	4	9
1972	70	24	1	1	2	4	7
1976	52	23	0	0	1	1	20
1980	61	24	4	2	4	10	3
1984	85	24	3	7	6	16	3
1988	102	24	0	6	2	8	13
1992	91	24	2	0	4	6	6
1996	77	24	0	4	2	6	25
2000	72	24	2	2	2	6	6
2004	54	24	3	0	1	4	3
2008	58	24	1	2	5	8	8
2012	69	24	4	1	1	6	3
2016	80	24	2	1	4	7	6
Total			55	80	70	205	3

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 100 metres	25/28	1896	1920	1924	3	2	3	8	(1924, 1980, 1992)
Men's 400 metres	26/28	1896	1896	1908	2	3	2	7	(1908, 1924)
Men's 800 metres	27/28	1896	1900	1900	6	3	0	9	(six times)

Badminton

Further information: Badminton at the Summer Olympics

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[15]	5	0	0	0	0	-
2012	8	5	0	0	0	0	-
2016	8[16]	5	0	0	1	1	8
Total			0	1	2	3	7

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

Basketball

Further information: Basketball at the Summer Olympics

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	Did not compete

Biathlon

Further information: Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Year	Skiers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1928 (demonstration)	Did not compete
1932	Sport not held
1936 (demonstration)	Did not compete
1948 (demonstration)	Did not compete
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	-
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Bobsleigh

Further information: Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

Year	Riders	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	-
Total			1	1	3	5	9

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the Summer Olympics

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[17]	11	1	0	2	3	6[17]
2012	10	13	3	1	1	5	1
2016	12	13	1	1	1	3	6
Total			18	13	25	56	3

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
Total			5	7	5	17	13

Cricket

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

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

Cross-country skiing

Further information: Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

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	-
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Curling

Further information: Curling at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	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	-
Total			2	1	1	4	3

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the Summer Olympics

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]	18	8	4	2	14	1 [19]
2012	25	18	8[20]	2[20]	2[20]	12[20]	1 [20]
2016	26	18	6	4	2	12	1
Total			32	30	25	87	3

Diving

Further information: Diving at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain made its Olympic diving debut in 1908.

Year	Divers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1904	Did not compete
1908	16	2	0	0	0	0	—
1912	3	5	0	0	1	1	3
1920	5	6	0	1	0	1	4
1924	11	6	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[21]	8[21]	0	0	0	0	-
2012	12	8	0	0	1	1	7
2016	11	8	1	1	1	3	2
Total			1	3	6	10	13

Equestrian

Further information: Equestrian at the Summer Olympics

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

Year	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912	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[22]	6[22]	0	0	2	2	7[23]
2012	13	6	3	1	1	5	1
2016	12	6	2	1	0	3	2
Total			11	11	13	35	5

Fencing

Further information: Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain 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	-
Total			1	8	0	9	18

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	-
Total			5	3	7	15	6

Football

Further information: Football at the Summer Olympics

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

Year	Footballers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No competition
1900	11	1	1	0	0	1	1
1904	Did not compete
1908	11	1	1	0	0	1	1
1912	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
Total			3	0	0	3	3

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.

Freestyle skiing

Further information: Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

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
Total			0	0	1	1	20

Golf

Further information: Golf at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain was one of four nations to play golf at the first Olympic golf events in 1900. 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
Total	8	4	1	1	1	3	2

Gymnastics

Further information: Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

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.

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	14	0	0	0	0	-
1992	8	14	0	0	0	0	-
1996	4	14	0	0	0	0	-
2000	7	14	0	0	0	0	-
2004	6	14	0	0	0	0	-
2008	8	14	0	0	1	1	17
2012	10	14	0	1	3	4	12
2016	10	14	2	2	3	7	3
Total			2	4	9	15	22

Handball

Further information: Handball at the Summer Olympics

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

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

Field hockey

Further information: Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

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
Total			4	2	6	12	5

Ice hockey

Further information: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

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	-
1952-2018	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

Further information: Judo at the Summer Olympics

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 19 judo medals, none have been gold.

Year	Players	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
Total			0	8	11	19	34

Lacrosse

Further information: Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics

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

Further information: Luge at the Winter Olympics

Year	Athletes	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	-
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Modern pentathlon

Further information: Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics

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

Year	Pentathletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1912	3	1	0	0	0	0	-
1920	4	1	0	0	0	0	-
1924	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	-
Total			2	2	3	7	=6

Nordic combined

Further information: Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics

Year	Skiers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924-1932	Did not compete
1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	-
1948-2018	Did not compete
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Polo

Further information: Polo at the Summer Olympics

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

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	7	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

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

Further information: Rowing at the Summer Olympics

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
Total			31	24	13	68	3

Rugby

Further information: Rugby union at the Summer Olympics

Further information: Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

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

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No competition
1900	15	1	0	1	0	1	2
1904	No competition
1908	15	1	0	1	0	1	2
1912	No competition
1920-1924	Did not compete
1928-2012	No competition
2016	24	2	0	1	0	1	3
Total			0	3	0	3	6

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the Summer Olympics

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	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896	No competition
1900	8	7	4	0	1	5	2
1904	No competition
1908	41	4	4	1	1	6	1
1912	Did not compete
1920	6	14	2	0	0	2	4
1924	5	3	0	1	0	1	3
1928	7	3	0	0	0	0	-
1932	2	4	0	1	0	1	5
1936	14	4	1	0	1	2	2
1948	13	5	1	0	0	1	3
1952	14	5	0	1	0	1	6
1956	12	5	0	1	2	3	5
1960	11	5	0	0	0	0	-
1964	9	5	0	1	0	1	8
1968	5	5	1	0	1	2	2
1972	13	6	1	1	0	2	2
1976	12	6	1	1	0	2	2
1980	Did not compete
1984	13	7	0	0	1	1	8
1988	15	8	1	0	0	1	5
1992	16	10	0	0	1	1	9
1996	16	10	0	2	0	2	9
2000	16	11	3	2	0	5	1
2004	18	11	2	1	2	5	1
2008	18	11	4	1	1	6	1
2012	16	10	1	4	0	5	3
2016	15	10	2	1	0	3	1
Total			28	19	11	58	1

Shooting

Further information: Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain's first shooting medals came when the nation hosted the 1908 Games, at which the British shooters dominated the competitions. There were 215 shooters from 14 nations in the shooting events, including 67 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		7	0	0	0	0	-
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
Total			13	15	18	46	6

Short track speed skating

Further information: Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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	-
Total			0	0	1	1	12

Skeleton

Further information: Skeleton at the Winter Olympics

Great Britain is the most successful nation 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	Riders	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
Total			3	1	5	9	2

Ski jumping

Further information: Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

Year	Skiers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924–1984	Did not compete
1988	1	3	0	0	0	0	-
1992–1998	Did not compete
2002	1	3	0	0	0	0	-
2006–2018	Did not compete
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Snowboarding

Further information: Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

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
Total			0	0	2	2	20

Speed skating

Further information: Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Sport climbing

Year	Climbers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2020	1	2	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain was the third most successful nation in swimming in 2008, with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, with Rebecca Adlington winning two of these, making her the most successful female British swimmer in 100 years.[24]

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
Total			16	28	30	74	7

Table tennis

Further information: Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

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	-
Total			0	0	0	0	-

Taekwondo

Further information: Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain have competed in all five taekwondo competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best result is a gold, silver and bronze in 2016.

Year	Athletes	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
Total			2	1	3	6	6

Tennis

Further information: Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Fans celebrate Andy Murray winning gold, 5 August 2012

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. 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
Total			17	14	12	43	2

Triathlon

Further information: Triathlon at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain have competed in all five triathlon competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best finish is a 1st and 2nd place in the men's triathlon, and 3rd-place finish in the women's triathlon, in 2016.

Year	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2000	6	2	0	0	0	0	-
2004	6	2	0	0	0	0	-
2008	5	2	0	0	0	0	-
2012	6	2	1	0	1	2	1
2016	6	2	1	1	1	3	1
Total	29	10	2	1	2	5	=1

Tug of war

Further information: Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain's Olympic tug of war debut came when the nation 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

Further information: Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Further information: Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics

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	Did not compete
Total	-	-	0	0	0	0	-

Water motorsports

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

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

Water polo

Further information: Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Year	Players	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900	8	1	1	0	0	1	1
1904	Did not compete
1908	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
1912	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
1920	7	1	1	0	0	1	1
1924		1	0	0	0	0	-
1928		1	0	0	0	0	-
1932	Did not compete
1936		1	0	0	0	0	-
1948		1	0	0	0	0	-
1952		1	0	0	0	0	-
1956		1	0	0	0	0	-
1960-2008	Did not compete
2012	26	2	0	0	0	0	-
2016	Did not compete
Total	-	-	4	0	0	4	3

Weightlifting

Further information: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

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	-
Total			1	3	3	7	29

Wrestling

Further information: Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

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	-
1952	6	16	0	0	1	1
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	Did not compete
Total			3	4	10	17	24

See also

• 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

Notes

1. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Alain Baxter finished third in the Men's Slalom, but was subsequently stripped on the bronze medal owing to a failed drugs test.[6]

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External links

• "Great Britain". International Olympic Committee.
• "Great Britain". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/GBR". olympanalyt.com.
• Office for National Statistics (2000). Britain 2001: The Official Handbook of the United Kingdom. London: Stationery Office Books. ISBN 978-0-11-621278-8.