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.
Gold Medals (19) | ||
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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) | ||
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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) | ||
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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
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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:
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Women:
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Modern pentathlon
Women:
Men:
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:
Men:
Mountain bike
Men:
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:
Show jumping:
Versatility:
- Tina Cook (individual , team )
- Daisy Dick (individual, team )
- William Fox-Pitt (individual, team )
- Sharon Hunt (individual, team )
- Mary King (individual, team )
rowing
Women:
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Men:
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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
Taekwondo
Women:
- Sarah Stevenson (over 67kg class )
Men:
- Aaron Cook (class up to 80 kg)
- Michael Harvey (class up to 58 kg)
tennis
Men:
Trampoline exercise
Women:
Triathlon
Women:
Men:
do gymnastics
Women:
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