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Archery

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Further information: Archery at the Summer Olympics

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Athletics

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Badminton

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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.

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

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Basketball

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Further information: Basketball at the Summer Olympics

Biathlon

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Further information: Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh

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Further information: Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics

Boxing

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Canoeing

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Further information: Canoeing and kayaking at the Summer Olympics

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Cricket

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Further information: Cricket at the Olympics

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.

Cross-country skiing

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Further information: Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

Curling

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Further information: Curling at the Winter Olympics

Cycling

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Diving

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Further information: Diving at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain made its Olympic diving debut in 1908. Jack Laugher with one gold, one silver and one bronze medal is the most successful British Olympic diver in history. Tom Daley, with one gold and three bronze medals, is the most decorated.

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Equestrian

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Fencing

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Further information: Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain first competed in fencing in 1900 and won its first fencing medal, a silver, in 1908 at the London Games.

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Figure skating

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Further information: Figure Skating at the Olympic Games

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

Football

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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 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.

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Freestyle skiing

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Further information: Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics

Golf

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Further information: Golf at the Summer Olympics

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.

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Gymnastics

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Handball

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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.

Field hockey

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Further information: Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

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

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Ice hockey

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Further information: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

Jeu de paume

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

Judo

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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 20 judo medals, none have been gold.

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Lacrosse

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Further information: Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain's Olympic lacrosse debut was in 1908.

Luge

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Further information: Luge at the Winter Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Further information: Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics

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.

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Nordic combined

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Further information: Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics

Polo

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Further information: Polo at the Summer Olympics

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.

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[7] 1st place, gold medalist(s) (1908, 1920)

Rackets

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

Rowing

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Rugby

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Further information: Rugby union at the Summer Olympics
Further information: Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics

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.

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 — 0 2 0 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (1900, 1908)
Men's rugby sevens 2/2 2016 2016 — 0 1 0 1 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2016)
Women's rugby sevens 2/2 2016 — — 0 0 0 0 4th (2016, 2020)

Sailing

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Further information: Sailing at the Summer Olympics

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.

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Shooting

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Further information: Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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.

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Short track speed skating

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Further information: Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

Skateboarding

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Further information: Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics

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Skeleton

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Further information: Skeleton at the Winter Olympics

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.

Ski jumping

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Further information: Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics

Snowboarding

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Further information: Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics

Speed skating

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Further information: Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

Sport climbing

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Further information: Sport climbing at the Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Further information: Swimming at the Summer Olympics

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.[8]

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Table tennis

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Further information: Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

Taekwondo

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Further information: Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

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.

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Tennis

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Further information: Tennis at the Summer Olympics
Fans celebrate Great Britain men's tennis player 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. Great Britain again dominated in 1900, taking all four gold medals and adding seven others (three as part of mixed teams).

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Triathlon

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Further information: Triathlon at the Summer Olympics

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).

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Tug of war

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Further information: Tug of war at the Summer Olympics

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.

Volleyball

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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.

Water motorsports

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The United Kingdom hosted the only Olympic water motorsports contests, in 1908.

Water polo

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Further information: Water polo at the Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting

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Further information: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

Great Britain's only gold medal in weightlifting came at the first Games in 1896, when Launceston Elliot won the one-hand lift.

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Wrestling

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Further information: Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Team GB for Beijing". BBC Sport. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Team GB for Beijing – Badminton". BBC Sport. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Badminton players selected for Team GB at Rio Olympics". www.badmintonengland.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Team GB for Beijing – Swimming". BBC Sport. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
  5. ^ Those players were also in squad, but did not play any matches.
  6. ^ a b These players are listed exclusively in the International Olympic Committee medal database Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Colin Campbell is not even listed by the British Olympic Association Archived 2 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine as a team member in Antwerp. However Harold Cooke is listed (as team member not as medalist), but born in 1907, he had to be a 13-year-old boy and he had to become a fencer later on to participate in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
  7. ^ Does not include a gold, a silver, and a bronze medal as part of mixed teams in 1900.
  8. ^ "Rebecca Adlington". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  9. ^ a b Does not include gold and bronze medals won in 1896 by mixed teams that included a British player.
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