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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.
Some medals that have been revoked have not been re-awarded. Some early events, such as cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics , had only two entrants. Retroactively awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals for the 1896 and 1900 games results in some anomalies, such as the 100 metre freestyle swimming event in 1896 where no surviving records ...
The first medals of the Games for Great Britain were won by martial artists with taekwondo-ka Bradly Sinden guaranteeing Team GB at least a silver medal by qualifying for the final of the −68 kg event in taekwondo. Before the final took place, however, judoka Chelsie Giles secured a bronze medal in the 52 kg class via the repechage
Texas athletes won 41 medals overall (16 gold, 14 silver, 11 bronze) which would make the Lone Star state the seventh best-performing country. ... Great Britain: 65 medals (14 gold, 22 silver and ...
65 medals were won, the third most overall medals won by any nation in the Games after United States and China, beating the amount won in Tokyo 2020 and the lower target of 50 set by UK Sport. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 14 gold medals were won, the lowest amount since Athens 2004 – leading to a final ranking of 7th in the medal table.
Pages in category "Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 606 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Great Britain won gold medals across more different sports than any other nation at the Games. Great Britain also topped the medal tables in cycling, sailing, triathlon, golf and rowing, and won first ever golds in golf, diving and gymnastics. Great Britain successfully defended 18 of the gold medals they had won in London. [4]
The women's team, skipped by Eve Muirhead won gold, beating Japan 10-3 in the gold medal game, and the men's team, skipped by Bruce Mouat won silver, having lost the gold medal match to Sweden 5-4 after an extra end. The gold medal from women's curling team ensured Great Britain won at least one gold medal for a fourth consecutive Winter Olympics.