Olympic history of the United Kingdom

GBR

The British Olympic Association was incorporated into the International Olympic Committee in 1905 . There are three members of the IOC from the UK : Princess Anne (since 1988), Phil Craven (since 2003) and Craig Reedie (since 1994).

Participation

Since 1896, the British have participated in all summer and winter games. In contrast to international football games, England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland do not have their own Olympic committees; therefore the designation Team GB is used for the team .

Summer games year place athlete 1896 Athens 8th 1900 Paris 103 1904 St. Louis 2 1908 London 676 1912 Stockholm 293 1920 Antwerp 204 1924 Paris 307 1928 Amsterdam 234 1932 los Angeles 74 1936 Berlin 225 1948 London 375 1952 Helsinki 293 1956 Melbourne 200 1960 Rome 252 1964 Tokyo 199 1968 Mexico city 237 1972 Munich 310 1976 Montréal 234 1980 Moscow 222 1984 los Angeles 355 1988 Seoul 382 1992 Barcelona 389 1996 Atlanta 304 2000 Sydney 321 2004 Athens 271 2008 Beijing 313 2012 London 541 2016 Rio de Janeiro 366

Winter games year place athlete 1924 Chamonix 45 1928 St. Moritz 43 1932 Lake Placid 4th 1936 Garmisch-P. 39 1948 St. Moritz 62 1952 Oslo 20th 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 44 1960 Squaw Valley 17th 1964 innsbruck 49 1968 Grenoble 46 1972 Sapporo 40 1976 innsbruck 50 1980 Lake Placid 50 1984 Sarajevo 54 1988 Calgary 57 1992 Albertville 54 1994 Lillehammer 35 1998 Nagano 33 2002 Salt Lake City 50 2006 Turin 40 2010 Vancouver 52 2014 Sochi 56

Alignments

The UK has competed eight times for the Summer Games, but never for the Winter Games. In 2012, London became the first city to host the third Summer Olympic Games.

Successful candidacies

• London 1908
• London 1944 (canceled due to World War II )
• London 1948
• London 2012

Unsuccessful candidacies

• Birmingham 1992
• Manchester 1996
• Manchester 2000

Medals balance

→ Main article : List of Olympic medalists from the United Kingdom

Most successful athlete

The most successful athletes so far have been:

• Chris Hoy - Cycling (6-1-0)
• Steven Redgrave - Rowing (5-0-1)
• Bradley Wiggins - Cycling (4-1-2)
• Ben Ainslie - Sailing (4-1-0)
• Matthew Pinsent - Rowing (4-0-0)
• Paul Radmilovic - swimming, water polo (4-0-0)
• Jack Beresford - Rowing (3-2-0)
• Jason Kenny - Cycling (3-1-0)
• Henry Taylor - Swimming (3-0-2)
• Reginald Doherty - Tennis (3-0-1)
• John Arthur Jarvis - swimming, water polo (3-0-0)
• Richard Meade - Riding (3-0-0)
• Charles Sydney Smith - Water Polo (3-0-0)
• Sebastian Coe - Athletics (2-2-0)
• Charles Bennett - Athletics (2-1-0)
• Victoria Pendleton - Cycling (2-1-0)
• Benjamin Jones - Cycling (2-1-0)
• William Pimm - Shoot (2-1-0)
• Albert Hill - Athletics (2-1-0)
• Iain Percy - Sailing (2-1-0)
• Frederick Humphreys - Tug of War (2-1-0)
• Edwin Mills - Tug of War (2-1-0)
• Rodney Pattisson - Sailing (2-1-0)
• Rebecca Adlington - Rowing (2-0-2)
• Andrew Holmes - Rowing (2-0-1)
• Kelly Holmes - Athletics (2-0-1)
• Edward Clancy - Cycling (2-0-1)

Web links

• The British Olympic Association (English)
• The United Kingdom in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )
• The United Kingdom on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team GB. www.teamgb.com, accessed November 29, 2015 .