2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

GBR

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The UK took part in the Summer Olympics for the 26th time in 2008. The British Olympic Association named 313 athletes for the Summer Olympics in Beijing , 168 men and 143 women. They took part in 20 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Mark Foster .

Medalist

The British medal record was the best since the 1908 Games in London, the most successful British athlete was track cyclist Chris Hoy with three gold medals.

Medals by sports
sport				Total
Boxing	1	-	2	3
canoe	1	1	1	3
athletics	1	2	1	4th
Mod. Pentathlon	-	1	-	1
Cycling	8th	4th	2	14th
horse riding	-	-	2	2
rowing	2	2	2	6th
swim	2	2	2	6th
sailing	4th	1	1	6th
Taekwondo	-	-	1	1
do gymnastics	-	-	1	1

Gold Medals (19)
discipline	athlete
Boxing, middleweight (M)	James DeGale
Canoe, single kayak 1000 m (M)	Tim Brabants
Athletics, 800 m (F)	Christine Ohuruogu
Cycling, single pursuit (F)	Rebecca Romero
Cycling, single pursuit (M)	Bradley Wiggins
Cycling, Keirin (M)	Chris Hoy
Cycling, team pursuit (M)	Ed Clancy , Paul Manning , Geraint Thomas , Bradley Wiggins
Cycling, sprint (F)	Victoria Pendleton
Cycling, sprint (M)	Chris Hoy
Cycling, road racing (F)	Nicole Cooke
Cycling, team sprint (M)	Chris Hoy , Jason Kenny , Jamie Staff
Rowing, lightweight double sculls (M)	Mark Hunter , Zac Purchase
Rowing, foursome without a helmsman (M)	Tom James , Peter Reed , Andrew Triggs Hodge , Steve Williams
Sailing, Finn dinghy (M)	Ben Ainslie
Sailing, laser (M)	Paul Goodison
Sailing, Star (M)	Iain Percy , Andrew Simpson
Sailing, yngling (F)	Sarah Ayton , Sarah Webb , Philippa Wilson
Swimming, 400 m freestyle (F)	Rebecca Adlington
Swimming, 800 m freestyle (F)	Rebecca Adlington

Silver Medals (13)
discipline	athlete
Athletics, triple jump (M)	Phillips Idowu
Athletics, high jump (M)	Germaine Mason
Modern Pentathlon (F)	Heather fur
Canoe slalom, single-Canadian (M)	David Florence
Cycling, single pursuit (F)	Wendy Houvenaghel
Cycling, Keirin (M)	Ross Edgar
Cycling, sprint (M)	Jason Kenny
Cycling, time trial (F)	Emma Pooley
Rowing sculls (F)	Debbie Flood , Katherine Grainger , Frances Houghton , Annie Vernon
Rowing, figure eight (M)	Richard Egington , Alastair Heathcote , Matthew Langridge , Tom Lucy , Acer Nethercott , Alex Partridge , Colin Smith , Tom Stallard , Josh West
Swimming, 10 km marathon (F)	Keri-Anne Payne
Swimming, 10 km marathon (M)	David Davies
Sailing, 470 (M)	Joe Glanfield , Nick Rogers

Bronze Medals (15)
discipline	athlete
Boxing, light heavyweight (M)	Tony Jeffries
Boxing, super heavyweight (M)	David Price
Canoe, single kayak 500 m (M)	Tim Brabants
Athletics, 100 m hurdles (F)	Tasha Danvers
Cycling, single pursuit (M)	Steven Burke
Cycling, points race (M)	Chris Newton
Riding, eventing singles	Tina Cook
Horse riding, eventing team	Tina Cook , Daisy Dick , William Fox-Pitt , Sharon Hunt , Mary King
Row, double scull (F)	Anna Bebington , Elise Laverick
Row, double scull (M)	Stephen Rowbotham , Matthew Wells
Swimming, 400 m freestyle (F)	Joanne Jackson
Swimming, 10 km marathon (F)	Cassie Patten
Sailing, windsurfing (F)	Bryony Shaw
Canoe, single kayak 500 m (M)	Tim Brabants
Taekwondo, class over 67 kg (F)	Sarah Stevenson

Participants by sport

badminton

Women:

• Gail Emms (doubles, mixed)
• Tracey Hallam (singles)
• Donna Kellogg (doubles, mixed)

Men:

• Anthony Clark (Mixed)
• Nathan Robertson (Mixed)
• Andrew Smith (singles)

Archery

Women:

• Charlotte Burgess (individual, team)
• Naomi Folkard (individual, team)
• Alison Williamson (Individual, Team)

Men:

• Larry Godfrey (individual, team)
• Simon Terry (individual, team)
• Alan Wills (individual, team)

Boxing

• James DeGale (middleweight )
• Tony Jeffries (light heavyweight )
• Joe Murray (bantamweight)
• David Price (super heavyweight )
• Billy Joe Saunders (welterweight)
• Bradley Saunders (light welterweight)
• Khalid Saeed Yafai (flyweight)

fencing

Women:

• Martina Emanuel (foil)

Men:

• Richard Kruse (foil)
• Alex O'Connell (saber)

Weightlifting

Women:

• Michaela Breeze (women, class up to 63 kg)

Judo

Women:

• Karina Bryant (heavyweight)
• Sarah Clark (light middleweight)
• Michelle Rogers (light heavyweight)

Men:

• Euan Burton (light middleweight)
• Peter Cousins (light heavyweight)
• Craig Fallon (super light weight)
• Winston Gordon (middleweight)

hockey

The 2008 British Olympic men's hockey selection

Men: Richard Alexander Jonathan Bleby Jonty Clarke Matthew Daly Stephen Dick Ben Hawes Ashley Jackson Glenn Kirkham Richard Mantell Simon Mantell Benjamin Marsden Alistair McGregor Barry Middleton Rob Moore James Tindall Alastair Wilson

Women: Jennie Bimson Melanie Clewlow Charlotte Craddock Crista Cullen Alexandra Danson Joanne Ellis Catherine Ellis Anne Panter Helen Richardson Chloe Rogers Elizabeth Storry Sarah Thomas Rachel Walker Kate Richardson-Walsh Lisa Wooding Lucilla Wright

canoe

Canoe racing

Women:

• Anna Hemmings (two-person kayak 500 m)
• Jessica Walker (two-person kayak 500 m)
• Lucy Wainwright (single kayak 500 m)

Men:

• Tim Brabants (single kayak 1000 m , single kayak 500 m )

Canoe slalom

Women:

• Fiona Pennie (single kayak)

Men:

• David Florence (Canoe Slalom Single Canoe )
• Campbell Walsh (Canoe Slalom Single Kayak)

athletics

Men:

Tyrone Edgar (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Craig Pickering (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Simeon Williamson (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Marlon Devonish (200 m, 4 × 100 m) Christian Malcolm (200 m) Martyn Rooney (400 m, 4 × 400 m) Andrew Steele (400 m, 4 × 400 m) Michael Rimmer (800 m) Andrew Baddeley (1500 m) Thomas Lancashire (1500 m) Mo Farah (5000 m) Dan Robinson (marathon) Allan Scott (110 m hurdles) Andrew Turner (110 m hurdles) Andrew Lemoncello (3000 m obstacle) Michael Bingham (4 × 400 m) Rob Tobin (4 × 400 m)

Martyn Bernard (high jump) Germaine Mason (high jump ) Tom Parsons (high jump) Steven Lewis (pole vault) Greg Rutherford (long jump) Christopher Tomlinson (long jump) Onochie Achike (triple jump) Nathan Douglas (triple jump) Phillips Idowu (triple jump ) Daniel Awde (decathlon)

Women:

Montell Douglas (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Jeanette Kwakye (100 m, 4 × 100 m) Laura Turner (100 m) Emily Freeman (200 m, 4 × 100 m) Lee McConnell (400 m) Christine Ohuruogu (400 m , 4 × 400 m) Nicola Sanders (400 m, 4 × 400 m) Jennifer Meadows (800 m) Marilyn Okoro (800 m, 4 × 400 m) Jemma Simpson (800 m) Lisa Dobriskey (1500 m) Susan Scott (1500 m) Stephanie Twell (1500 m) Joanne Pavey (10,000 m) Kate Reed (10,000 m) Paula Radcliffe (marathon) Mara Yamauchi (marathon) Liz Yelling (marathon) Johanna Jackson (20 km walk) Sarah Claxton (100m hurdles) Tasha Danvers (400 m hurdles ) Helen Clitheroe (3000 m obstacle) Barbara Parker (3000 m obstacle) Emma Ania (4 × 100 m)

Kate Dennison (pole vault) Jade Johnson (long jump) Philippa Roles (discus throw) Zoe Derham (hammer throw) Goldie Sayers (javelin throw) Julie Hollman (heptathlon) Kelly Sotherton (heptathlon, 4 × 400 m)

Modern pentathlon

Women:

• Heather fur
• Katy Livingston

Men:

• Sam Weale
• Nick Woodbridge

Cycling

train

Women:

• Wendy Houvenaghel (chase )
• Victoria Pendleton (Sprint )
• Rebecca Romero (One Pursuit )

Men:

• Steven Burke (One Pursuit )
• Mark Cavendish (Madison)
• Ed Clancy (Team Pursuit )
• Ross Edgar (Keirin )
• Chris Hoy (Keirin , Sprint , Team Sprint )
• Jason Kenny (sprint , team sprint )
• Paul Manning (Team Pursuit )
• Chris Newton (points race )
• Jamie Staff (team sprint )
• Geraint Thomas (Team Pursuit )
• Bradley Wiggins (Single Pursuit , Team Pursuit )

BMX

Women:

• Shanaze Reade

Men:

• Liam Phillips

Mountain bike

Men:

• Oli Beckingsale
• Liam Killeen

Street

Women:

• Nicole Cooke (road racing , time trial)
• Sharon Laws (road race)
• Emma Pooley (road racing, time trial )

Men:

• Jonathan Bellis (road racing)
• Steve Cummings (road racing, time trial)
• Roger Hammond (road race)
• Ben Swift (road racing)

horse riding

Dressage:

• Laura Bechtolsheimer
• Jane Gregory
• Emma Hindle

Show jumping:

• Ben Maher
• Tim Stockdale
• John Whitaker
• Michael Whitaker

Versatility:

• Tina Cook (individual , team )
• Daisy Dick (individual, team )
• William Fox-Pitt (individual, team )
• Sharon Hunt (individual, team )
• Mary King (individual, team )

rowing

Women:

Carla Ashford (eighth) Anna Bebington (double scull ) Helen Casey (lightweight double scull) Jess Eddie (eighth) Deborah Flood (quadruple ) Alice Freeman (eighth) Hester Goodsell (lightweight quad scull ) Katherine Grainger (double scull ) Catherine Greves (eighth) Frances Houghton (quadruple ) Natasha Howard (eighth)

Alison Knowles (eighth) Elise Laverick (double scull ) Caroline O'Connor (eighth) Natasha Page (eighth) Alex Partridge (eighth) Louisa Reeve (two without helmsman) Beth Rodford (eighth) Annie Vernon (Quadruple ) Olivia Whitlam (two without helmsman) Sarah Winckless (eighth)

Men:

Alan Campbell (one) Robin Bourne-Taylor (two without helmsman) Richard Chambers (Lightweight Quadruple) James Clarke (lightweight quadruple scull) Richard Egington (eighth ) Alastair Heathcote (eighth ) Mark Hunter (lightweight double scull ) Tom James (foursome without a helmsman ) Matthew Langridge (eighth ) James Lindsay-Fynn (lightweight quadruple scull ) Tom Lucy (eighth ) Paul Mattick (lightweight quad scull )

Acer Nethercott (eighth ) Alex Partridge (eighth ) Zac Purchase (lightweight double scull ) Peter Reed (foursome without helmsman ) Stephen Rowbotham (double scull ) Colin Smith (eighth ) Tom Solesbury (two without helmsman) Tom Stallard (eighth ) Andrew Triggs Hodge (foursome without a helmsman ) Matthew Wells (double scull ) Josh West (eighth ) Steve Williams (foursome without a helmsman )

shoot

Women:

• Charlotte Kerwood (Trap)
• Elena Little (Skeet)

Men:

• Jon Hammond (rifle)
• Richard Faulds (double trap)
• Steve Scott (Skeet)

swim

Women:

• Rebecca Adlington (400m freestyle , 800m freestyle , 4 × 200m freestyle)
• Kirsty Balfour (100 + 200 m chest)
• Julia Beckett (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Ellen Gandy (200 m butterfly)
• Francesca Halsall (50 + 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Kate Haywood (100 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Joanne Jackson (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle , 4 × 200m freestyle)
• Jemma Lowe (100 + 200 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Melanie Marshall (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Caitlin McClatchey (100 + 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Hannah Miley (200 + 400 m medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Cassie Patten (800 m freestyle, 10 km marathon )
• Keri-Anne Payne (200 + 400 m individual medley, 10 km marathon )
• Elizabeth Simmonds (100 + 200 m back)
• Gemma Spofforth (100 + 200 m back, 4 × 100 m layers)
• Jessica Sylvester (4 × 100 m freestyle)

Men:

• Adam Brown (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Simon Burnett (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• David Carry (400 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Richard Charlesworth (1500 m freestyle)
• Christopher Cook (100 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Todd Cooper (100 m butterfly)
• Euan Dale (400 m layers)
• Ross Davenport (200m freestyle, 4 × 100m freestyle, 4 × 200m freestyle)
• David Davies (1,500 m freestyle, 10 km marathon )
• Mark Foster (50m freestyle)
• Kristopher Gilchrist (100 + 200 m chest)
• James Goddard (200 m individual medley)
• Thomas Haffield (400 m individual medley )
• Ben Hockin (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Andrew Hunter (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• James Kirton (200 m chest)
• Dean Milwain (400 m freestyle)
• Robert Renwick (200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Michael Rock (100 + 200 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Gregor Tait (100 + 200 m back)
• Liam Tancock (100 m chest, 200 m medley, 4 × 100 m medley)

sailing

Women:

• Sarah Ayton (Yngling )
• Christina Bassadone (470s)
• Penny Clark (laser)
• Saskia Clark (470s)
• Bryony Shaw (windsurfing )
• Sarah Webb (Yngling )
• Pippa Wilson (Yngling )

Men:

• Ben Ainslie (Finn Dinghy )
• Nick Dempsey (windsurfing)
• Joe Glanfield (470s )
• Paul Goodison (laser )
• Will Howden (Tornado)
• Leigh McMillan (Tornado)
• Stevie Morrison (49er)
• Iain Percy (Star )
• Ben Rhodes (49er)
• Nick Rogers (470s )
• Andrew Simpson (Star )

Synchronized swimming

• Olivia Allison
• Jenna Randall

Taekwondo

Women:

• Sarah Stevenson (over 67kg class )

Men:

• Aaron Cook (class up to 80 kg)
• Michael Harvey (class up to 58 kg)

tennis

Men:

• Andy Murray
• Jamie Murray

Trampoline exercise

Women:

• Claire Wright

Triathlon

Women:

• Hollie Avil
• Helen Tucker

Men:

• Alistair Brownlee
• Will Clarke
• Tim Don

do gymnastics

Women:

• Imogen Cairns
• Becky Downie
• Marissa King
• Beth Tweddle
• Hannah Whelan
• Rebecca Wing

Men:

• Daniel Keatings
• Louis Smith ( horse)

Diving

Women:

• Tonia Couch (high diving, 10 m synchronized diving)
• Rebecca Gallantree (jumping)
• Tandi Gerrard (high diving, 10 m synchronized diving)
• Stacie Powell (high diving, 10m synchronized diving)
• Hayley Sage (3m synchronized jumping)

Men:

• Blake Aldridge (10m synchronized jumping)
• Thomas Daley (high diving, 10 m synchronized diving)
• Nick Robinson-Baker (3m synchronized jumping)
• Ben Swain (artificial jumping, 3-meter synchronized jumping)
• Peter Waterfield (diving)

Web links

• British Olympic Team 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• British Olympic Association
• Team GB