List of the flag bearers of the British teams at the Olympic Games

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The list of flag-bearers of the British teams at the Olympic Games lists in chronological order all the flag-bearers of the British teams at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games .

List of standard bearers

team event Standard Bearer ( EF ) Standard Bearer ( AF )
1896 in Athens Summer games no invasion of the athletes
1900 in Paris Summer games no opening ceremony no graduation ceremony
1904 in St. Louis Summer games no opening ceremony no graduation ceremony
1906 in Athens Interludes fencing William Grenfell
1908 in London Summer games Kynaston Studd (Official) no graduation ceremony
1912 in Stockholm Summer games Water polo Charles Sydney Smith
1920 in Antwerp Summer games athletics Philip Noel-Baker
1924 in Chamonix Winter games Bobsleigh Archibald Crabbe
1924 in Paris Summer games Water polo Arthur Hunt
1928 in St. Moritz Winter games
1928 in Amsterdam Summer games athletics Malcolm Nokes
1932 in Lake Placid Winter games figure skating Mollie Phillips
1932 in Los Angeles Summer games athletics David Cecil
1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter games Bobsleigh Frederick McEvoy
1936 in Berlin Summer games rowing Jack Beresford
1948 in St. Moritz Winter games figure skating Graham Sharp
1948 in London Summer games fencing John Llody
1952 in Oslo Winter games figure skating John Nicks
1952 in Helsinki Summer games athletics Harold Whitlock
1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter games Bobsleigh Stuart Parkinson
1956 in Stockholm Equestrian games John Oram (Official)
1956 in Melbourne Summer games Wrestling George MacKenzie
1960 in Squaw Valley Winter games biathlon John Moore
1960 in Rome Summer games Boxing Richard McTaggart
1964 in Innsbruck Winter games BobsleighLuge Keith Schellenberg
1964 in Tokyo Summer games swim Anita Lonsbrough fencing Allan Jay
1968 in Grenoble Winter games Bobsleigh Robin Dixon Alpine skiing Gina Hathorn
1968 in Mexico City Summer games athletics Lynn Davies athletics David Hemery
1972 in Sapporo Winter games Bobsleigh Michael Freeman
1972 in Munich Summer games horse riding David Broome horse riding Richard Meade
1976 in Innsbruck Winter games figure skating John Curry
1976 in Montreal Summer games sailing Rodney Pattison Modern pentathlon Jim Fox
1980 in Lake Placid Winter games Luge Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson
1980 in Moscow Summer games Dick Palmer (Official) Dick Palmer (Official)
1984 in Sarajevo Winter games figure skating Christopher Dean Bobsleigh Gomer Llyod
1984 in Los Angeles Summer games horse riding Lucinda Green athletics Sebastian Coe
1988 in Calgary Winter games Bobsleigh Nick Phipps biathlon Michael Dixon
1988 in Seoul Summer games hockey Ian Taylor shoot Malcolm Cooper
1992 in Albertville Winter games Short track Wilf O'Reilly Bobsleigh Mark Tout
1992 in Barcelona Summer games canoe Steven Redgrave athletics Linford Christie
1994 in Lillehammer Winter games biathlon Michael Dixon Short track Nicholas Gooch
1996 in Atlanta Summer games canoe Steven Redgrave athletics Roger Black
1998 in Nagano Winter games biathlon Michael Dixon Bobsleigh Sean Olsson
2000 in Sydney Summer games canoe Matthew Pinsent rowing Steven Redgrave
2002 in Salt Lake City Winter games biathlon Michael Dixon Curling Rhona Martin
2004 in Athens Summer games Judo Kate Howey athletics Kelly Holmes
2006 in Turin Winter games Curling Rhona Martin skeleton Shelley Rudman
2008 in Beijing Summer games swim Mark Foster Track cycling Chris Hoy
2010 in Vancouver Winter games skeleton Shelley Rudman skeleton Amy Williams
2012 in London Summer games Track cycling Chris Hoy sailing Ben Ainslie
2014 in Sochi Winter games Short track Jon Eley skeleton Elizabeth Yarnold
2016 in Rio de Janeiro Summer games tennis Andy Murray hockey Kate Richardson-Walsh
2018 in Pyeongchang Winter games skeleton Elizabeth Yarnold Snowboard Billy Morgan

Note: (EF) = opening ceremony, (AF) = closing ceremony

statistics

Summer games

rank sport EF AF
1 athletics athletics 5 5 10
2 canoe canoe 3 0 3
fencing fencing 2 1 3
horse riding horse riding 2 1 3
Official 2 1 3
6th hockey hockey 1 1 2
Cycling Cycling 1 1 2
rowing rowing 1 1 2
swim swim 2 0 2
sailing sailing 1 1 2
Water polo Water polo 2 0 2
12 Boxing Boxing 1 0 1
Judo Judo 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon 0 1 1
shoot shoot 0 1 1
tennis tennis 1 0 1
Wrestling Wrestling 1 0 1
Total: 26th 14th 40

Winter games

rank sport EF AF
1 Bobsleigh bob 6th 3 9
2 biathlon biathlon 4th 1 5
figure skating figure skating 5 0 5
4th skeleton skeleton 2 3 5
Short track Short track 2 1 3
6th Curling Curling 1 1 2
7th Luge Luge 2 0 2
Alpine skiing Alpine skiing 0 1 1
Snowboard Snowboard 0 1 1
Total: 22nd 11 33

total

rank sport EF AF
1 athletics athletics 5 5 10
2 Bobsleigh bob 6th 3 9
3 biathlon biathlon 4th 1 5
figure skating figure skating 5 0 5
skeleton skeleton 2 3 5
6th canoe canoe 3 0 3
fencing fencing 2 1 3
horse riding horse riding 2 1 3
Short track Short track 2 1 3
Official 2 1 3
11 Curling Curling 1 1 2
hockey hockey 1 1 2
Cycling Cycling 1 1 2
Luge Luge 2 0 2
rowing rowing 1 1 2
swim swim 2 0 2
sailing sailing 1 1 2
Water polo Water polo 2 0 2
19th Boxing Boxing 1 0 1
Judo Judo 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon 0 1 1
shoot shoot 0 1 1
tennis tennis 1 0 1
Wrestling Wrestling 1 0 1
Alpine skiing Alpine skiing 0 1 1
Snowboard Snowboard 0 1 1
Total: 48 25th 73

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Great Britain in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )