Great Britain at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Athletes from the United Kingdom, all but three of its Overseas Territories, and the three Crown Dependencies, can compete in the Olympic Games as part of Team GB. Athletes from Northern Ireland (part of the UK) can elect to represent either the UK (in Team GB) or 'Team Ireland'.[a] It has sent athletes to every Summer and Winter Games, since the start of the Olympics' modern era in 1896, including the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were boycotted by a number of other Western nations. From 1896 to 2020 inclusive, Great Britain & Northern Ireland has won 918 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 32 at the Winter Olympic Games. It is the only national team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Games, lying third globally in the winning of total medals, surpassed only by the United States and the former Soviet Union.
Team GB is organised by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as the National Olympic Committee for the UK. While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and BOA both refer to the team as 'Great Britain' and the team uses the brand name Team GB, the BOA explains that it is a contraction of the full title, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.[1] Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, and is one of only three nations (France and Switzerland being the others) to have competed at every Summer and Winter Olympic Games. In 1908, the country finished in the Olympic table in first place for the first and only time in its history; its most successful performance both post-War and away from a home Games was in 2016, finishing second.
The most successful British Olympian by gold medals won is Sir Jason Kenny, who has won seven gold medals in track cycling. He is followed by Sir Chris Hoy who won six. Kenny also has the most total medals with 9, followed by fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins who has eight. Dame Laura Kenny, with five gold medals, has the most golds of any British female athlete and became the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020. She shares the designation of most total medals by a British female competitor with horse-rider Charlotte Dujardin. Sir Steve Redgrave is the only British Olympian to win a gold medal in five consecutive Olympic Games, winning his first in 1984 Los Angeles and last in 2000 Sydney.
At the Winter Olympics as a non-alpine team Great Britain has historically been unable to replicate the amount of success they have achieved in the Summer Olympics although the team enjoyed gold medal success at figure skating through the seventies and eighties, while in recent years, the expansion of the Winter Olympics to include sports such as Curling, Snowboarding, Skeleton and Freestyle skiing has brought some renewed success. Currently, Great Britain is the most successful team in women's skeleton, having won a medal six times, and every gold medal from 2010 to 2018. The most successful Winter Olympian from the Great Britain team is Lizzy Yarnold, with two gold medals, both in the women's skeleton.
As the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United Kingdom, the British Olympic Association (BOA) membership encompasses the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), plus the three Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey), and all but three of the British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands have their own NOCs).
Representatives of the devolved Northern Ireland government and others in the region, however, have objected to the name "Team GB" as discriminatory, and have called for it to be renamed as "Team UK" to make it clearer that Northern Ireland is included on the team.[2][3]
The existence of a Great Britain team has been criticised by Welsh and Scottish nationalists, advocating for separate Welsh[4] and Scottish olympic teams instead.[5][6][7]
Under the IOC charter, the Olympic Federation of Ireland is responsible for the entire island of Ireland.[8] However, athletes from Northern Ireland can elect to represent either the UK (in Team GB) or Ireland at the Olympics, as people of Northern Ireland. A number of Northern Irish-born athletes, particularly in boxing, have won medals for Ireland at the Games. All athletes from the whole of Ireland were included in the Great Britain team up until the 1920 Olympics as the entire island was part of the United Kingdom at that time.[9]
The United Kingdom has hosted the Summer Games on three occasions – 1908, 1948 and 2012, all in London – second only to the United States. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Great Britain became the first team to win more medals at a Summer Olympics immediately after hosting a Summer Olympics; they won 67 medals overall, coming in second place in the medal table ahead of China, two more than in London in 2012. This success came 20 years after finishing 36th in the medal table, after winning just one gold and fourteen other medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, which led to significant changes in the management and funding of British sports and facilities.[10]
London also won the right to host the 1944 Summer Olympics. However, the 1944 games were cancelled due to the Second World War.
Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
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1908 Summer Olympics | London | 27 April – 31 October | 22 | 2,008 | 110 |
1944 Summer Olympics | London | Cancelled | |||
1948 Summer Olympics | London | 29 July – 14 August | 59 | 4,104 | 136 |
2012 Summer Olympics | London | 27 July – 12 August | 204 | 10,820 | 302 |
Games | City | Winner of bid |
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1992 Summer Olympics | Birmingham | Barcelona, Spain |
1996 Summer Olympics | Manchester | Atlanta, United States |
2000 Summer Olympics | Manchester | Sydney, Australia |
In February 2019, the Mayor of London announced plans to bid for the 2032 or 2036 Olympics, which was backed by UK Sport.[11] However, it has been speculated that either Manchester or Birmingham may be in the frame to host future games, rather than London. In July 2021, the 2032 Games were awarded to Brisbane.
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table |
Host country
Medals by Summer Sport[edit] Leading in that sport
This table excludes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events. |
Medals by Winter Sport[edit] Leading in that sport
This table includes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events. |
This list also contains the medals won in winter sports at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics, which are not counted in the overall winter Olympic total.
Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
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Madge Syers | 1908 London | ![]() |
Ladies' singles |
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William Jackson Thomas Murray Robin Welsh Laurence Jackson |
1924 Chamonix | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Great Britain men's national ice hockey team | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Jeannette Altwegg | 1952 Oslo | ![]() |
Ladies' singles |
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Robin Dixon Tony Nash |
1964 Innsbruck | ![]() |
Two man |
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John Curry | 1976 Innsbruck | ![]() |
Men's singles |
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Robin Cousins | 1980 Lake Placid | ![]() |
Men's singles |
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Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
1984 Sarajevo | ![]() |
Ice dancing |
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Rhona Martin Debbie Knox Fiona MacDonald Janice Rankin Margaret Morton |
2002 Salt Lake City | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Amy Williams | 2010 Vancouver | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Lizzy Yarnold | 2014 Sochi | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Lizzy Yarnold | 2018 Pyeongchang | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Hailey Duff Mili Smith |
2022 Beijing | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson |
1908 London | ![]() |
Pairs Skating |
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Arthur Cumming | 1908 London | ![]() |
Men's special figures |
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Ralph Broome Thomas Arnold Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher |
1924 Chamonix | ![]() |
Four man |
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Cecilia Colledge | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ![]() |
Ladies' singles |
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Shelley Rudman | 2006 Turin | ![]() |
Women's event |
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David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow Tom Brewster |
2014 Sochi | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Ross Whyte |
2022 Beijing | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Geoffrey Hall-Say | 1908 London | ![]() |
Men's special figures |
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Dorothy Greenhough-Smith | 1908 London | ![]() |
Ladies' singles |
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Madge Syers Edgar Syers |
1908 London | ![]() |
Pairs skating |
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Phyllis Johnson Basil Williams |
1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Pairs Skating |
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Ethel Muckelt | 1924 Chamonix | ![]() |
Ladies' singles |
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Great Britain men's national ice hockey team | 1924 Chamonix | ![]() |
Men's event |
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David Carnegie | 1928 St. Moritz | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ![]() |
Four man |
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Jeannette Altwegg | 1948 St. Moritz | ![]() |
Ladies' singles |
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John Crammond | 1948 St. Moritz | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Nicky Gooch | 1994 Lillehammer | ![]() |
Men's 500m |
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Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
1994 Lillehammer | ![]() |
Ice dancing |
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Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood |
1998 Nagano | ![]() |
Four man |
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Alex Coomber | 2002 Salt Lake City | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Jenny Jones | 2014 Sochi | ![]() |
Women's slopestyle |
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Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton Lauren Gray |
2014 Sochi | ![]() |
Women's event |
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John James Jackson Bruce Tasker Stuart Benson Joel Fearon |
2014 Sochi | ![]() |
Four man |
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Dominic Parsons | 2018 Pyeongchang | ![]() |
Men's event |
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Laura Deas | 2018 Pyeongchang | ![]() |
Women's event |
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Billy Morgan | 2018 Pyeongchang | ![]() |
Men's Big Air |
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Izzy Atkin | 2018 Pyeongchang | ![]() |
Women's slopestyle |
The following athletes have won more than one medal for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics, or in winter disciplines. Bold denotes athletes that have not yet retired.
Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | ![]() |
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Lizzy Yarnold | ![]() |
2014–2018 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Eve Muirhead | ![]() |
2014–2022 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Christopher Dean | ![]() |
1984–1994 | M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jayne Torvill | ![]() |
1984–1994 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jeannette Altwegg | ![]() |
1948–1952 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Madge Syers | ![]() |
1908 | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Phyllis Johnson | ![]() |
1908–1920 | F | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Great Britain's only stripped medal in Winter Olympic history was an Alpine Skiing bronze at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Alain Baxter tested positive for a banned substance, resulting from Baxter using an inhaler product which, unknowingly to him, contained different chemicals in the United States.
Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
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Alain Baxter | 2002 Salt Lake City | ![]() |
Men's slalom |
According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won at least three Olympic gold medals or four Olympic medals for Great Britain. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.
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Jason Kenny | ![]() |
2008–2020 | Summer | M | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chris Hoy | ![]() |
2000–2012 | Summer | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradley Wiggins | ![]() ![]() |
2000–2016 | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Laura Kenny | ![]() |
2012–2020 | Summer | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Steve Redgrave | ![]() |
1984–2000 | Summer | M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ben Ainslie | ![]() |
1996–2012 | Summer | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mo Farah | ![]() |
2012–2016 | Summer | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Matthew Pinsent | ![]() |
1992–2004 | Summer | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Paulo Radmilovic | ![]() ![]() |
1908–1920 | Summer | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack Beresford | ![]() |
1920–1936 | Summer | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Adam Peaty | ![]() |
2016–2020 | Summer | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte Dujardin | ![]() |
2012–2020 | Summer | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Max Whitlock | ![]() |
2012–2020 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Henry Taylor | ![]() |
1908–1920 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ed Clancy | ![]() |
2008–2016 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Reginald Doherty | ![]() |
1900–1908 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richard Meade | ![]() |
1968–1972 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pete Reed | ![]() |
2008–2016 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Sydney Smith | ![]() |
1908–1920 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Triggs Hodge | ![]() |
2008–2016 | Summer | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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James Guy | ![]() |
2016–2020 | Summer | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
1980–1984 | Summer | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebecca Adlington | ![]() |
2008–2012 | Summer | F | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duncan Scott | ![]() |
2016–2020 | Summer | M | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Katherine Grainger | ![]() |
2000–2016 | Summer | F | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kathleen McKane Godfree | ![]() |
1920–1924 | Summer | F | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Guy Butler | ![]() |
1920–1924 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Dixon | ![]() |
1908–1912 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liam Heath | ![]() |
2012–2020 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Christine Ohuruogu | ![]() |
2008–2016 | Summer | F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tom Daley | ![]() |
2012–2020 | Summer | M | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ginny Elliott | ![]() |
1984–1988 | Summer | F | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louis Smith | ![]() |
2008–2016 | Summer | M | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joyce Cooper | ![]() |
1928–1932 | Summer | F | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful British athlete at the Winter Olympics, with two gold medals. Duncan Scott is the most prolific athlete at a single Games, winning four medals (1 gold, 3 silver) at the 2020 Olympics. Steve Redgrave is the most consistent British Olympic athlete, winning gold medals at five consecutive Games (1984-2000).
This table shows how the designation of most successful British Olympian has progressed over time. This table ranks athletes by golds, then silvers, then bronzes; the progression would be different if ranked purely by medals.
Athlete | Sport | Date | Gender | ![]() |
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Launceston Elliot | ![]() |
7 April 1896 | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 April 1896 | M | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Lorne Currie | ![]() |
25 May 1900 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
John Gretton | ![]() |
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Linton Hope | ![]() |
M | |||||
Algernon Maudslay | ![]() |
M | |||||
Laurence Doherty | ![]() |
11 July 1900 | M | ||||
Reginald Doherty | ![]() |
28 August 1900 | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
11 July 1908 | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Henry Taylor | ![]() |
15 July 1912 | M | ||||
Paul Radmilovic | ![]() ![]() |
29 August 1920 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Steve Redgrave | ![]() |
21 July 1996 | M | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
23 September 2000 | M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
Chris Hoy | ![]() |
2 August 2012 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
7 August 2012 | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Jason Kenny | ![]() |
16 August 2016 | M | ||||
3 August 2021 | M | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
8 August 2021 | M | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
As of the 2020 Olympics, the following athletes are the most successful (ordered by golds, then silvers, then bronzes) in their sport:
Steve Redgrave and Reginald Doherty are the most successful male athletes in their respective sports, Rowing and Tennis. Five-time gold medalist Laura Kenny is the most successful female cyclist and Hannah Mills with two gold medals and a silver is the successful woman in sailing. Nicola Adams, with two golds, shares the title of most successful woman in Boxing.
Further information: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics and List of British alpine skiers |
Year | Skiers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1936 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1948 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1952 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1956 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1960 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1964 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1968 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1972 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1994 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1998 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2002 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2006 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2010 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2014 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2018 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2022 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Further information: Archery at the Summer Olympics |
Year | Archers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1900 | Did not compete | ||||||
1904 | |||||||
1908 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
1912 | No Competition | ||||||
1920 | Did not compete | ||||||
1924–1968 | No Competition | ||||||
1972 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1976 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1980 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1984 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1992 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
1996 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2000 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2008 | 6[12] | 4[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | |||||||
Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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William Dod | ![]() |
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Men's double York round |
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Reginald Brooks-King | ![]() |
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Men's double York round |
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Queenie Newall | ![]() |
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Women's double National round |
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Lottie Dod | ![]() |
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Women's double National round |
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Beatrice Hill-Lowe | ![]() |
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Women's double National round |
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Steven Hallard Richard Priestman Leroy Watson |
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Men's team |
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Steven Hallard Richard Priestman Simon Terry |
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Men's team |
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Simon Terry | ![]() |
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Men's individual |
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Alison Williamson | ![]() |
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Women's individual |
Further information: Artistic swimming at the Summer Olympics |
Great Britain appeared in the first synchronised swimming competition in 1984.
Year | Swimmers | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1984 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1988 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1992 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
1996–2004 | Did not compete | ||||||
2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2012 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2024 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Further information: Athletics at the Summer Olympics |
Year | Athletes | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1896 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
1900 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
1904 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1908 | 126 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2 | |
1912 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
1920 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | |
1924 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |
1928 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
1932 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
1936 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
1948 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |
1952 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
1956 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
1960 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
1964 | 62 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
1968 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
1972 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
1976 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
1980 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
1984 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 3 | |
1988 | 102 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | |
1992 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
1996 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | |
2000 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
2004 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
2008 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
2012 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
2016 | 80 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
2020 | 77 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
2024 | |||||||
Total | 55 | 83 | 72 | 210 | 3 |
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Charles Gmelin | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Grantley Goulding | ![]() |
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Men's 110 metres hurdles |
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Alfred Tysoe | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Charles Bennett | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Sidney Robinson | ![]() |
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Men's 2500 metres steeplechase |
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John Rimmer | ![]() |
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Men's 4000 metres steeplechase |
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Charles Bennett | ![]() |
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Men's 4000 metres steeplechase |
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Sidney Robinson | ![]() |
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Men's 4000 metres steeplechase |
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Patrick Leahy | ![]() |
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Men's high jump |
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Patrick Leahy | ![]() |
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Men's long jump |
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John Daly | ![]() |
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Men's 2590 metres steeplechase |
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Tom Kiely | ![]() |
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Men's all-around |
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Wyndham Halswelle | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Harold Wilson | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Norman Hallows | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Emil Voigt | ![]() |
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Men's 5 miles |
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Edward Owen | ![]() |
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Men's 5 miles |
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Jimmy Tremeer | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Arthur Russell | ![]() |
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Men's 3200 metres steeplechase |
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Arthur Robertson | ![]() |
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Men's 3200 metres steeplechase |
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William Coales Joe Deakin Arthur Robertson |
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Men's 3 miles team race |
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George Larner | ![]() |
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Men's 3500 metres walk |
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Ernest Webb | ![]() |
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Men's 3500 metres walk |
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George Larner | ![]() |
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Men's 10 miles walk |
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Ernest Webb | ![]() |
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Men's 10 miles walk |
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Edward Spencer | ![]() |
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Men's 10 miles walk |
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Tim Ahearne | ![]() |
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Men's triple jump |
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Con Leahy | ![]() |
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Men's high jump |
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Denis Horgan | ![]() |
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Men's shot put |
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Willie Applegarth | ![]() |
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Men's 200 metres |
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Arnold Jackson | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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George Hutson | ![]() |
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Men's 5000 metres |
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Willie Applegarth Victor d'Arcy David Jacobs Henry Macintosh |
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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Ernest Henley George Nicol Cyril Seedhouse James Soutter |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Joe Cottrill George Hutson William Moore Edward Owen Cyril Porter |
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Men's 3000 metres team race |
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Ernest Webb | ![]() |
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Men's 10 kilometres walk |
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Ernest Glover Frederick Hibbins Thomas Humphreys |
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Men's team cross country |
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Harry Edward | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Harry Edward | ![]() |
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Men's 200 metres |
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Guy Butler | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Albert Hill | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Albert Hill | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Philip Noel-Baker | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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James Wilson | ![]() |
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Men's 10,000 metres |
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Percy Hodge | ![]() |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Cecil Griffiths Robert Lindsay John Ainsworth-Davis Guy Butler |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Joe Blewitt Albert Hill William Seagrove |
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Men's 3000 metres team race |
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Charles Gunn | ![]() |
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Men's 10 kilometres walk |
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James Wilson Anton Hegarty Alfred Nichols |
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Men's team cross country |
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Harold Abrahams | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Eric Liddell | ![]() |
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Men's 200 metres |
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Eric Liddell | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Guy Butler | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Douglas Lowe | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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H. B. Stallard | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Harold Abrahams Walter Rangeley Wilfred Nichol Lancelot Royle |
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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Edward Toms George Renwick Richard Ripley Guy Butler |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Bertram Macdonald Herbert Johnston George Webber |
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Men's 3000 metres team race |
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Gordon Goodwin | ![]() |
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Men's 10 kilometres walk |
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Malcolm Nokes | ![]() |
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Men's hammer throw |
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Jack London | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Walter Rangeley | ![]() |
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Men's 200 metres |
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Douglas Lowe | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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David Burghley | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Cyril Gill Edward Smouha Walter Rangeley Jack London |
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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Tommy Hampson | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Jerry Cornes | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Donald Finlay | ![]() |
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Men's 110 metres hurdles |
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Thomas Evenson | ![]() |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Crew Stoneley Tommy Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Thomas Evenson | ![]() |
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Men's marathon |
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Tommy Green | ![]() |
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Men's 50 kilometres walk |
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Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Godfrey Brown | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Don Finlay | ![]() |
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Men's 110 metres hurdles |
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Freddie Wolff Godfrey Rampling Bill Roberts Godfrey Brown |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Ernest Harper | ![]() |
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Men's marathon |
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Harold Whitlock | ![]() |
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Men's 50 kilometres walk |
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Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Dorothy Odam | ![]() |
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Women's high jump |
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Alastair McCorquodale John Gregory Ken Jones Jack Archer |
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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Tom Richards | ![]() |
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Men's marathon |
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Tebbs Lloyd Johnson | ![]() |
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Men's 50 kilometres walk |
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Dorothy Manley | ![]() |
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Women's 100 metres |
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Audrey Williamson | ![]() |
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Women's 200 metres |
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Maureen Gardner | ![]() |
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Women's 80 metres hurdles |
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Dorothy Tyler | ![]() |
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Women's high jump |
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McDonald Bailey | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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John Disley | ![]() |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Sheila Lerwill | ![]() |
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Women's high jump |
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Shirley Cawley | ![]() |
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Women's long jump |
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Derek Johnson | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Gordon Pirie | ![]() |
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Men's 5000 metres |
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Derek Ibbotson | ![]() |
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Men's 5000 metres |
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Chris Brasher | ![]() |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Peter Higgins Derek Johnson John Salisbury Michael Wheeler |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Heather Armitage Anne Pashley June Paul Jean Scrivens |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Thelma Hopkins | ![]() |
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Women's high jump |
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Peter Radford | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Peter Radford David Jones David Segal Nick Whitehead |
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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Stan Vickers | ![]() |
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Men's 20 kilometres walk |
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Don Thompson | ![]() |
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Men's 50 kilometres walk |
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Dorothy Hyman | ![]() |
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Women's 100 metres |
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Dorothy Hyman | ![]() |
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Women's 200 metres |
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Carole Quinton | ![]() |
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Women's 80 metres hurdles |
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Dorothy Shirley | ![]() |
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Women's high jump |
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John Cooper | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Maurice Herriott | ![]() |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Tim Graham Adrian Metcalfe John Cooper Robbie Brightwell |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Basil Heatley | ![]() |
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Men's marathon |
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Ken Matthews | ![]() |
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Men's 20 kilometres walk |
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Paul Nihill | ![]() |
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Men's 50 kilometres walk |
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Lynn Davies | ![]() |
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Men's long jump |
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Ann Packer | ![]() |
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Women's 400 metres |
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Ann Packer | ![]() |
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Women's 800 metres |
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Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Mary Rand | ![]() |
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Women's long jump |
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Mary Rand | ![]() |
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Women's pentathlon |
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David Hemery | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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John Sherwood | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Lillian Board | ![]() |
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Women's 400 metres |
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Sheila Sherwood | ![]() |
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Women's long jump |
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Ian Stewart | ![]() |
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Men's 5000 metres |
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David Hemery | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Martin Reynolds Alan Pascoe David Hemery David Jenkins |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Mary Peters | ![]() |
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Women's pentathlon |
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Brendan Foster | ![]() |
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Men's 10,000 metres |
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Allan Wells | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Allan Wells | ![]() |
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Men's 200 metres |
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Steve Ovett | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Steve Ovett | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Gary Oakes | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Daley Thompson | ![]() |
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Men's decathlon |
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Heather Hunte Kathy Smallwood Beverley Goddard Sonia Lannaman |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Donna Hartley |
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Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Steve Cram | ![]() |
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Men's 1500 metres |
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Mike McLeod | ![]() |
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Men's 10,000 metres |
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Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Charlie Spedding | ![]() |
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Men's marathon |
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Keith Connor | ![]() |
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Men's triple jump |
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David Ottley | ![]() |
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Men's javelin throw |
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Daley Thompson | ![]() |
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Men's decathlon |
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Kathy Smallwood-Cook | ![]() |
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Women's 400 metres |
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Wendy Smith-Sly | ![]() |
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Women's 3000 metres |
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Shirley Strong | ![]() |
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Women's 100 metres hurdles |
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Simmone Jacobs Kathy Smallwood-Cook Beverley Goddard Heather Hunte |
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Women's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Susan Hearnshaw | ![]() |
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Women's long jump |
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Tessa Sanderson | ![]() |
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Women's javelin throw |
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Fatima Whitbread | ![]() |
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Women's javelin throw |
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Linford Christie | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Peter Elliott | ![]() |
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Men's 800 metres |
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Colin Jackson | ![]() |
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Men's 110 metres hurdles |
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Mark Rowland | ![]() |
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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Elliot Bunney John Regis Linford Christie Mike McFarlane |
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Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
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Yvonne Murray | ![]() |
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Women's 3000 metres |
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Liz McColgan | ![]() |
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Women's 10,000 metres |
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Fatima Whitbread | ![]() |
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Women's javelin throw |
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Linford Christie | ![]() |
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Men's 100 metres |
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Kriss Akabusi | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres hurdles |
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Roger Black David Grindley Kriss Akabusi John Regis Du'aine Ladejo* Mark Richardson* |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Steve Backley | ![]() |
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Men's javelin throw |
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Sally Gunnell | ![]() |
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Women's 400 metres hurdles |
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Phylis Smith Sandra Douglas Jennifer Stoute Sally Gunnell |
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Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Roger Black | ![]() |
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Men's 400 metres |
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Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black Mark Hylton* Du'aine Ladejo* |
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Men's 4 x 400 metres relay |
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Steve Smith | ![]() |
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Men's high jump |
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Jonathan Edwards | ![]() |
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Men's triple jump |
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Steve Backley | ![]() |
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Men's javelin throw |
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Denise Lewis | ![]() |
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Women's heptathlon |
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Darren Campbell | ![]() |
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Men's 200 metres |
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Jonathan Edwards | ![]() |