Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Great Britain Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The team was made up of athletes from the United Kingdom, which comprises Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain was represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. The delegation of 547 people included 311 competitors – 168 men, 143 women – and 236 officials. Athletes from the United Kingdom have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1896.

Athletes from Northern Ireland who may elect to hold Irish citizenship under the pre-1999 article 2 of the Irish constitution can be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Olympics. Some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain.

The United Kingdom will be the next host of the Summer Olympics, holding the 2012 Games in London. This will make London the only city to host the games three times.

Great Britain's medal performance at the 2008 Summer Olympics was its best for a century - only its performance at the 1908 Summer Olympics, which Britain also hosted in London, resulted in more gold medals being awarded. It is also the second highest total medal count Great Britain has ever achieved, with only the 1908 games resulting in more medals.

Great Britain finished 4th overall in the medal tables, a target previously set by UK Sport for the 2012 games. UK Sport is now considering whether to target 3rd place in the 2012 games although it will not decide on a target before the autumn.

Medallists

Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners, and 2008 Summer Olympics highlights

In the 'by discipline' sections, medallists' names are emboldened.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nicole Cooke	Cycling	Women's road race	10th
Gold	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	11th
Gold	Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff	Cycling	Men's team sprint	15th
Gold	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	16th
Gold	Tom James, Andy Hodge, Pete Reed, Steve Williams	Rowing	Men's coxless four	16th
Gold	Bradley Wiggins	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit	16th
Gold	Chris Hoy	Cycling	Men's Keirin	16th
Gold	Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson	Sailing	Yngling class	17th
Gold	Mark Hunter, Zac Purchase	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	17th
Gold	Ben Ainslie	Sailing	Finn class	17th
Gold	Rebecca Romero	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	17th
Gold	Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	18th
Gold	Paul Goodison	Sailing	Men's Laser class	19th
Gold	Victoria Pendleton	Cycling	Women's sprint	19th
Gold	Chris Hoy	Cycling	Men's sprint	19th
Gold	Christine Ohuruogu	Athletics	Women's 400 m	19th
Gold	Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson	Sailing	Men's Star class	21st
Gold	Tim Brabants	Canoeing	Men's 1000 m K-1	22nd
Gold	James DeGale	Boxing	Middleweight	23rd
Silver	David Florence	Canoeing	Men slalom C-1	12th
Silver	Emma Pooley	Cycling	Women's road time trial	13th
Silver	Ross Edgar	Cycling	Men's Keirin	16th
Silver	Debbie Flood, Katherine Grainger, Frances Houghton, Annie Vernon	Rowing	Quadruple sculls	17th
Silver	Wendy Houvenaghel	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	17th
Silver	Richard Egington, Alastair Heathcote, Matthew Langridge, Tom Lucy, Acer Nethercott (cox), Alex Partridge, Colin Smith, Tom Stallard, Josh West	Rowing	Men's eight	17th
Silver	Jonathan Glanfield, Nick Rogers	Sailing	Men's 470	18th
Silver	Jason Kenny	Cycling	Men's sprint	19th
Silver	Germaine Mason	Athletics	Men's high jump	19th
Silver	Keri-Anne Payne	Swimming	Women's 10 km marathon	20th
Silver	David Davies	Swimming	Men's 10 km marathon	21st
Silver	Phillips Idowu	Athletics	Men's triple jump	21st
Silver	Heather Fell	Modern pentathlon	Women's modern pentathlon	22nd
Bronze	Joanne Jackson	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	11th
Bronze	Tina Cook, Daisy Dick, William Fox-Pitt, Sharon Hunt, Mary King	Equestrian	Team eventing	12th
Bronze	Tina Cook	Equestrian	Individual eventing	12th
Bronze	Anna Bebington, Elise Laverick	Rowing	Women's double sculls	16th
Bronze	Stephen Rowbotham, Matthew Wells	Rowing	Men's double sculls	16th
Bronze	Chris Newton	Cycling	Men's points race	16th
Bronze	Steven Burke	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit	16th
Bronze	Louis Smith	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	17th
Bronze	Cassie Patten	Swimming	Women's 10 km marathon	20th
Bronze	Bryony Shaw	Sailing	Women's RS:X	20th
Bronze	Tasha Danvers	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles	20th
Bronze	Tony Jeffries	Boxing	Light heavyweight	22nd
Bronze	David Price	Boxing	Super heavyweight	22nd
Bronze	Tim Brabants	Canoeing	Men's 500 m K-1	23rd
Bronze	Sarah Stevenson	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	23rd

Medals by discipline
Discipline				Total
Archery	0	0	0	0
Athletics	1	2	1	4
Badminton	0	0	0	0
Boxing	1	0	2	3
Canoeing	1	1	1	3
Cycling	8	4	2	14
Diving	0	0	0	0
Equestrian	0	0	2	2
Fencing	0	0	0	0
Gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Hockey	0	0	0	0
Judo	0	0	0	0
Modern pentathlon	0	1	0	1
Rowing	2	2	2	6
Sailing	4	1	1	6
Shooting	0	0	0	0
Swimming	2	2	2	6
Synchronised swimming	0	0	0	0
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	0	0
Triathlon	0	0	0	0
Weightlifting	0	0	0	0
Total	19	13	15	47

Notes

• Nicole Cooke's win in the women's road race provided first Olympic gold for an athlete from Wales since 1972.
• Rebecca Adlington's 400 m freestyle success was Britain's first Olympic swimming title since 1988, the first gold by a British woman since 1960. Her second Gold in the 800 m freestyle meant she also equalled the best performance by a British woman at the summer Olympics and was the best swimming performance by a Briton at the Olympics for 100 years.
• Chris Hoy, cyclist, becomes Scotland's most successful Olympic competitor, and the first Briton to win 3 gold medals at a single Olympic games since Henry Taylor in 1908.
• Ben Ainslie by winning the Finn class, his third successive gold medal, plus a silver medal in Atlanta, becomes the most decorated British Olympic sailor of all time.
• Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter won Great Britain's first ever lightweight rowing Olympic medal in the men's lightweight double sculls.
• Rebecca Romero, cyclist, becomes the first British woman in history to win a medal in two different Olympic sports and the first of either sex since 1908, having won a silver in the quadruple sculls rowing in 2004.
• Louis Smith in winning the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse became the first ever British gymnast to win an individual apparatus medal in gymnastics and the first Briton to win any individual gymnastics medal since Walter Tysall won men's all-around medal in 1908.
• Super heavyweight boxer David Price and light heavyweight boxer Tony Jeffries both won bronze medals in the super heavyweight and light heavyweight classes, respectively. Middleweight boxer James DeGale won a gold medal in the middleweight class. It was the first time that Great Britain has won more than one medal in boxing in a single games since 1972 and the best result for Great Britain in boxing since 1956.
• Depending on the outcome of an IOC investigation into the age of some of the female Chinese gymnasts, GBR could pick up one more medal.
• Sarah Stevenson won Team GB's first ever medal in taekwondo - a bronze in women's +67 kg.

Multiple medallists

The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Chris Hoy	Gold  Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint Men's Keirin
Bradley Wiggins	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's team pursuit Men's individual pursuit
Rebecca Adlington	Gold  Gold	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle Women's 800 m freestyle
Jason Kenny	Gold  Silver	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint
Tim Brabants	Gold  Bronze	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m Men's K-1 500 m
Tina Cook	Bronze  Bronze	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing

Targets

In June 2008, UK Sport, which distributes National Lottery funding to elite sport, published its expectations for the Games. It targeted 41 medals and expected to win 35 of them, including 10 to 12 gold medals. On 20 August, Day 13 of the Games, the British Olympic Association set a new target of 20 gold medals due to better than expected results.

Sport	Target	Won	Target met
Archery	2	0	N
Athletics	5	4	N
Badminton	1	0	N
Boxing	2	3	Y
Canoeing	2	3	Y
Cycling	6	14	Y
Diving	1	0	N
Equestrian	3	2	N
Gymnastics (artistic)	1	1†	Y
Judo	2	0	N
Modern pentathlon	1	1	Y
Rowing	4	6	Y
Sailing	4	6	Y
Shooting	2	0	N
Swimming	3	6	Y
Taekwondo	1	1	Y
Triathlon	1	0	N
Total	41	47	Y
Total expected	35	47	Y
Total gold	12	19	Y
Revised total gold‡	20	19	N

Notes

• Team GB exceeded the gold medal expectations on 19th August when Paul Goodison gained Britain's 13th gold medal in the men's Laser class.
• The British cyclists doubled their medal target on 19th August when Victoria Pendleton won Britain's 12th cycling medal by winning the gold in the women's sprint. The cycling team had a further two medals guaranteed at this stage already in the individual sprint, where gold and silver were soon won by Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny respectively. Team GB won seven of the ten gold medals up for grabs at the velodrome.
• Team GB exceeded minimum medal expectations of 35 medals on 20th August when they claimed their 36th medal - a bronze medal at women's RS:X, won by Bryony Shaw.
• ‡ On 20 August, Day 13 of the Games, the British Olympic Association set a new target of 20 gold medals due to better than expected results.
• The British swimmers managed to double the targeted number of medals in swimming when David Davies won the team's sixth swimming medal - a silver medal in the men's 10 km open water marathon on 21st August.
• † Documents have been found that seem to say that Chinese athletes He Kexin and Yang Yilin were only 14, and therefore under the age required to compete, at the time of the games. This has led to an official investigation being opened into their ages. If the IOC decide to disqualify them, Beth Tweddle's 4th place standing in women's uneven bars would be changed to 2nd, giving her a silver medal.
• Team GB met total medal targets when canoeist Tim Brabants took gold in the men's 1000 m K-1 claiming Britain's 41st physical medal (three further medals were guaranteed in boxing at the time). They later exceeded the total medal targets when Heather Fell secured the silver in women's modern pentathlon. It should be noted, however, that the medals claimed were not all ones that had been targeted, with Team GB falling short of targets in some disciplines whilst exceeding them in others. Nine out of seventeen disciplines met their targets.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Great Britain's men's team placed second and its women's team placed third. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laurence Godfrey	Individual	657	34	Badënov (RUS) (31) L 109-114	Did not advance
Simon Terry	Individual	670	7	Hatava (FIN) (58) L 104-105	Did not advance
Alan Wills	Individual	661	21	Nespoli (ITA) (44) W 103-98	Galiazzo (ITA) (12) W 110-109	Stevens (CUB) (28) L 104-108	Did not advance
Laurence Godfrey, Simon Terry, Alan Wills	Team	1998	5	N/A		China (CHN) (12) L 210-214	Did not advance			12

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Charlotte Burgess	Individual	623	40	Guo (CHN) (25) W 106-104	Folkard (GBR) (8) L 96-110	Did not advance
Naomi Folkard	Individual	651	8	Abed Elaal (EGY) (57) W 107-95	Burgess (GBR) (40) W 110-96	Hayakawa (JPN) (9) L 97-106	Did not advance
Alison Williamson	Individual	651	7	Wei (TPE) (58) W 108-99	Lorig (USA) (26) L 112-108	Did not advance
Charlotte Burgess, Naomi Folkard, Alison Williamson	Team	1925	2	N/A		Bye	Japan (JPN) (7) W 201-196	China (CHN) (3) L 202-208	Bronze final  France (FRA) (5) L 201-203	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The following athletes were selected for the British team. Paula Radcliffe faced a battle to be fit for the marathon due to a stress fracture in her left thigh. The team included former Olympic medal winners Marlon Devonish and Kelly Sotherton, as well as former Olympic individual finalists Joanne Pavey, Paula Radcliffe, Helen Clitheroe and Tasha Danvers.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tyrone Edgar	100 m	10.13	1 Q	10.10	3 Q	10.18	7	Did not advance
Craig Pickering	100 m	10.21	3 Q	10.18	5	Did not advance
Simeon Williamson	100 m	10.42	3 Q	10.32	4	Did not advance
Marlon Devonish	200 m	20.49	1 Q	20.43	4 Q	20.57	7	Did not advance
Christian Malcolm	200 m	20.42	2 Q	20.30	4 Q	20.25	4 Q	20.40	5
Alex Nelson	200 m	Withdrew - Hamstring injury
Martyn Rooney	400 m	45.00	1 Q	N/A		44.60	2 Q	45.12	6
Andrew Steele	400 m	44.94	1 Q	N/A		45.59	7	Did not advance
Michael Rimmer	800 m	1:47.61	1 Q	N/A		1:48.07	6	Did not advance
Andy Baddeley	1500 m	3:36.47	3 Q	N/A		3:37.47	3 Q	3:35.37	7
Tom Lancashire	1500 m	3:43.40	7	N/A		Did not advance
Mo Farah	5000 m	13:50.95	6	N/A				Did not advance
Dan Robinson	Marathon	N/A						2:16:14	24
Allan Scott	110 m hurdles	13.56	3 Q	13.66	6	Did not advance
Andy Turner	110 m hurdles	13.56	2 Q	13.53	5	Did not advance
Andrew Lemoncello	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.06	10	N/A				Did not advance
Martyn Bernard	High jump	2.29	=6 Q	N/A				2.25	9
Germaine Mason	High jump	2.29	=1 Q	N/A				2.34
Tom Parsons	High jump	2.25	12 Q	N/A				2.25	8
Greg Rutherford	Long jump	8.16	3 Q	N/A				7.84	10
Chris Tomlinson	Long jump	7.70	13	N/A				Did not advance
Larry Achike	Triple jump	17.18	7 Q	N/A				17.17	7
Nathan Douglas	Triple jump	16.72	20	N/A				Did not advance
Phillips Idowu	Triple jump	17.44	1 Q	N/A				17.62
Steve Lewis	Pole vault	No mark		N/A				Did not advance
Daniel Awde	Decathlon	N/A						7516	21
Marlon Devonish, Tyrone Edgar, Craig Pickering, Simeon Williamson	4×100 m	Disqualified		N/A				Did not advance
From: Michael Bingham, Richard Buck, Dale Garland, Martyn Rooney, Andrew Steele, Rob Tobin	4×400 m	2:59.33 Steele Tobin Bingham Rooney	1 Q	N/A				2:58.81 Steele Tobin Bingham Rooney	4

Decathlon

Event	Daniel Awde
	Result	Points	Rank
100 m (s)	11.06	847	17
Long jump (m)	7.12	842	18
Shot put (m)	12.03	608	36
High jump (m)	1.78	610	36
400 m (s)	47.16	950	1
110 m hurdles (s)	14.69	887	20
Discus throw (m)	37.12	606	28
Pole vault (m)	4.90	880	7
Javelin throw (m)	53.10	636	19
1500 m (s)	4:44.80	650	15
Total		7516	21

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Montell Douglas	100 m	11.36	2 Q	11.38	4	Did not advance
Jeanette Kwakye	100 m	11.30	2 Q	11.18	3 Q	11.19	3 Q	11.14	6
Laura Turner	100 m	11.65	4	Did not advance
Emily Freeman	200 m	22.95	2 Q	22.95	3 Q	22.83	7	Did not advance
Lee McConnell	400 m	51.87	3 Q	N/A		52.11	6	Did not advance
Christine Ohuruogu	400 m	51.00	1 Q	N/A		50.14	1 Q	49.62
Nicola Sanders	400 m	51.81	2 Q	N/A		50.71	4	Did not advance
Jennifer Meadows	800 m	2:00.33	3 Q	N/A		1:59.43	6	Did not advance
Marilyn Okoro	800 m	1:59.01	2 Q	N/A		1:59.53	6	Did not advance
Jemma Simpson	800 m	2:02.16	4	N/A		Did not advance
Lisa Dobriskey	1500 m	4:03.22	3 Q	N/A				4:02.10	4
Susan Scott	1500 m	4:14.66	4	N/A				Did not advance
Stephanie Twell	1500 m	4:06.68	6	N/A				Did not advance
Jo Pavey	5000 m	Withdrew - Fatigue
	10000 m	N/A						31:12.30	12
Kate Reed	10000 m	N/A						32:26.69	23
Paula Radcliffe	Marathon	N/A						2:32:38	23
Mara Yamauchi	Marathon	N/A						2:27:29	6
Liz Yelling	Marathon	N/A						2:33:12	26
Johanna Jackson	20 km walk	N/A						1:31:33 NR	22
Sarah Claxton	100 m hurdles	12.97	3 Q	N/A		12.84	4 Q	12.94	8
Tasha Danvers	400 m hurdles	55.19	1 Q	N/A		54.31	2 Q	53.84
Helen Clitheroe	3000 m steeplechase	9:29.14 NR	6	N/A				Did not advance
Barbara Parker	3000 m steeplechase	9:51.93	12	N/A				Did not advance
Jade Johnson	Long jump	6.61	11 Q	N/A				6.64	7
Kate Dennison	Pole Vault	4.40	7	N/A				Did not advance
Philippa Roles	Discus	57.44	16	N/A				Did not advance
Zoe Derham	Hammer	64.74	35	N/A				Did not advance
Goldie Sayers	Javelin	62.99	5 Q	N/A				65.75 NR	4
Julie Hollman	Heptathlon	N/A						5729	32 31*
Kelly Sotherton	Heptathlon	N/A						6517	5 4*
From: Emma Ania, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Jeanette Kwakye, Ashlee Nelson, Anyika Onuora, Laura Turner	4×100 m	43.02 Kwakye Douglas Freeman Ania	2 Q	N/A				Did not finish
From: Vicki Barr, Donna Fraser, Lee McConnell, Christine Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders, Kelly Sotherton	4×400 m	3:25.48 Sanders Sotherton Okoro Ohurougu	3 Q	N/A				3:22.68	5

Heptathlon

Event	Julie Hollman			Kelly Sotherton
	Results	Points	Rank	Results	Points	Rank
100 m hurdles (s)	14.43	918	37	13.18	1097	4
High jump (m)	1.77	941	14	1.83	1016	6
Shot put (m)	12.45	691	32	13.87	785	14
200 m (s)	25.41	850	33	23.39	1040	2
Long jump (m)	6.13	890	15	6.33	953	9
Javelin throw (m)	39.08	650	12	37.66	622	15
800 m (s)	2:22.54	789	7	2:07.34	1004	2
Total		5729	32 31*		6517	5 4*

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and both British heptathletes moved up a position.

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Great Britain were represented in 4 of the 5 badminton events by 6 athletes, but won no medals, thus failing to reach the one medal target set by UK Sport. The mixed doubles pairing of Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, who won silver in the 2004 Athens Olympics, progressed furthest amongst the British athletes, reaching the quarterfinals.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrew Smith	Men's singles	Petr Koukal (CZE) W 10-21 21-12 21-15	Marc Zwiebler (GER) L 16-21 21-13 21-17	Did not advance
Tracey Hallam	Women's singles	Yip Pui Yin (HKG) W 21-15 21-17	Kristína Ludíková (CZE) W 21-18 21-13	Huaiwen Xu (GER) L 21-7 21-10	Did not advance
Gail Emms, Donna Kellogg	Women's doubles	N/A		Chien Yu Chin, Cheng Wen Hsing (TPE) L 21-19 21-13	Did not advance
Anthony Clark, Donna Kellogg	Mixed doubles	N/A		He Hanbin, Yu Yang (CHN) L 21-15 21-8	Did not advance
Gail Emms, Nathan Robertson	Mixed doubles	N/A		Zheng Bo, Gao Ling (CHN) W 21-16 21-16 21-19	Lee Yong-dae, Lee Hyo-jung (KOR) L 21-19 21-12	Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

A total of eight boxers qualified. Five failed fairly early in the competition, but the remaining three have won two bronze medals, with James DeGale winning Britain's first middleweight gold medal for 40 years.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khalid Yafai	Flyweight	N/A	Andry Laffita L 9-3	Did not advance
Joe Murray	Bantamweight	Yu Gu L 7-17	Did not advance
Frankie Gavin	Lightweight	Withdrew - Failed to make weight
Bradley Saunders	Light welterweight	Samuel Kotey Neequaye W 4-2 (KO)	Alexis Vastine L 7-11	Did not advance
Billy Joe Saunders	Welterweight	Adem Kilicci W 14-3	Carlos Banteaux L 6-13	Did not advance
James DeGale	Middleweight	Mohamed Hikal W 13-4	Shawn Estrada W 11-5	Bakhtiyar Artayev W 8-3	Darren Sutherland W 10-3	Emilio Correa Bayeaux W 16-14
Tony Jeffries	Light heavyweight	Bye	Eleider Alvarez W 5-5 (PTS)	Imre Szello W 10-2	Kenneth Egan L 3-10	Did not advance
David Price	Super heavyweight	N/A	Islam Timurziev W 2-2 (RSC)	Jaroslavas Jakšto W 3-1 (RSCI)	Roberto Cammarelle L 1-11 (RSCH)	Did not advance

Key:

• KO = Knock-out
• PTS = Overall jury points
• RSC = Referee stopped contest
• RSCH = Referee stopped contest due to head injury
• RSCI = Referee stopped contest due to injured competitor

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Seven competitors joined Team GB for the canoeing events, with four in the flatwater and three in the slalom. Anna Hemmings and Jessica Walker in the K2 were added later after complications with the Spanish team.

Flatwater

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Brabants	Men's K-1 500 m	1:36.338	1 Q	1:42.530	3 Q	1:37.671
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:27.828	1 Q	N/A		3:26.323
Lucy Wainwright	Women's K-1 500 m	1:50.103	3 Q	1:52.580	2 Q	1:53.102	7
Anna Hemmings, Jessica Walker	Women's K-2 500 m	1:47.435	9	Did not advance

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Florence	Men's C-1	89.47	7	82.16	1	171.63	3 Q	90.46	4 Q	89.43	2	178.61
Fiona Pennie	Women's K-1	160.06	19	99.00	7	259.06	17	Did not advance
Campbell Walsh	Men's K-1	86.72	14	85.72	8	172.44	9 Q	95.74	16	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Team GB's cycling squad for Beijing will total 25 entrants in the four disciplines. Included are two current Olympic track cycling champions, plus a further two medal winners from 2004, as well as several reigning track world champions.

BMX

Athlete	Events	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Liam Phillips	Men's BMX	37.392	28	18	7	Did not advance
Shanaze Reade	Women's BMX	36.882	2	N/A		10	5	Relegated	8

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Oli Beckingsale	Men's cross-country	2:01:25	12
Liam Killeen	Men's cross-country	2:00:14	7

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonathan Bellis	Road race	DNF	-
Steve Cummings	Road race	DNF	-
	Time trial	1:05:07.91	11
Roger Hammond	Road race	DNF	-
Ben Swift	Road race	DNF	-

Key: DNF=Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nicole Cooke	Road race	3:32.24
	Time trial	37:14.25	15
Sharon Laws	Road race	3:33.17	35
Emma Pooley	Road race	3:32.55	23
	Time trial	35:16.01

Track

In total Great Britain won 12 medals (7 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze) to top the track cycling medal table. Mark Cavendish was the only member of the squad not to win a medal, whilst Chris Hoy's achievement of winning 3 golds resulted in the velodrome for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow being named in his honour.

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals (Repechage)	1/8 finals (Repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Times Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Chris Hoy	Men's sprint	9.815 OR 73.357	1 Q	Dmitriev (RUS) W 10.607 67.879	Watanabe (JPN) W 10.636 67.694	Awang (MAS) W 10.820, W 10.302	Bourgain (FRA) W 10.260, W 10.358	Kenny (GBR) W 12.228, W 10.216
Jason Kenny	Men's sprint	9.857 73.044	2 Q	Kwiatowski (POL) W 10.672 67.466	Awang (MAS) W 10.531 68.369	Sireau (FRA) W 10.546, W 10.595	Levy (GER) W 10.594, W 10.335	Hoy (GBR) L, L
Victoria Pendleton	Women's sprint	10.963 OR 65.675	1 Q	N/A	Tsukuda (JPN) W 11.736 61.349	Krupeckaite (LTU) W 11.839, W 11.672	Kanis (NED) W 11.537, W 11.885	Mears (AUS) W 11.363, W 11.118
Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff	Men's team sprint	42.950 62.863	1 Q	N/A		United States W 43.034 62.741	N/A	France W 43.128 62.604

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Wendy Houvenaghel	Women's individual pursuit	3:28.443 NR	1 Q	Kozlikova (CZE)  3:27.829	2 Q	Romero (GBR) 3:30.395
Rebecca Romero	Women's individual pursuit	3:28.641	2 Q	Mactier (AUS)  3:27.703 NR	1 Q	Houvenaghel (GBR) 3:28.321
Bradley Wiggins	Men's individual pursuit	4:15.031 OR	1 Q	Serov (RUS)  4:16.571	1 Q	Roulston (NZL) 4:16.977
Steven Burke	Men's individual pursuit	4:22.260	5 Q	Dyudya (UKR) 4:21.558	3 Q	Bronze final  Markov (RUS) 4:20.947
Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins	Men's team pursuit	3:57.101	1 Q	Russia (RUS) 3:55.202 WR	1 Q	Denmark (DEN) 3:53.314 WR

Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Ross Edgar	Men's keirin	1 Q	N/A	1 Q
Chris Hoy	Men's keirin	1 Q	N/A	1 Q

Points races

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Chris Newton	Men's points race	56
Rebecca Romero	Women's points race	3	11
Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins	Men's madison	6	9

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

A total of ten divers will be part of Team GB in the individual and synchronised diving events, including 14 year old Tom Daley, the 2008 European 10 m champion and one of the youngest athletes to compete for Great Britain at the Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tom Daley	10 m individual platform	440.40	12 Q	458.60	8 Q	463.55	7
Ben Swain	3 m individual springboard	390.30	26	Did not advance
Peter Waterfield	10 m individual platform	497.65	4 Q	430.95	13	Did not advance
Blake Aldridge, Tom Daley	10 m synchronised platform	N/A				408.48	8
Nick Robinson-Baker, Ben Swain	3 m synchronised springboard	N/A				402.36	7

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tonia Couch	10 m individual platform	320.40	12 Q	297.20	12 Q	328.70	8
Rebecca Gallantree	3 m individual springboard	232.75	25	Did not advance
Stacie Powell	10 m individual platform	313.90	14 Q	301.75	11 Q	303.50	10
Tonia Couch, Stacie Powell	10 m synchronised platform	N/A				303.48	8
Tandi Gerrard, Hayley Sage	3 m synchronised springboard	N/A				278.25	8

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

A total of 12 entrants will compete for Team GB in the three equestrian disciplines that will take place in Hong Kong. Zara Phillips, the reigning world eventing champion had been included in the squad until her horse sustained an injury, meaning she missed her second successive Olympics.

Dressage

(Total scores are based on sum of qualifying round 2 and freestyle final for the individual competition, and average of individual round 1 scores for the team competition.)

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying Round 1		Qualifying Round 2		Freestyle Final		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Laura Bechtolsheimer	Mistral Hojris	Individual	65.917	24 Q	67.160	18	Did not advance		67.160	18
Jane Gregory	Lucky Star	Individual	63.375	31	Did not advance					31
Emma Hindle	Lancet 2	Individual	71.125	4 Q	70.440	9 Q	74.250	6	72.345	7
Laura Bechtolsheimer, Jane Gregory, Emma Hindle	Mistral Hojris Lucky Star Lancet 2	Team	66.805	6	N/A				66.805	6

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tina Cook	Miners Frolic	Individual	40.20	13	17.20	10	-	6 Q	-	3	57.40
Daisy Dick	Spring Along	Individual	51.70	37	17.20	24	11	24	Did not advance		79.90	24
William Fox-Pitt	Parkmore Ed	Individual	50.20	34	10.00	14	4	14 Q	4	12	68.20	12
Sharon Hunt	Tankers Town	Individual	43.50	18	27.60	38	4	35	Did not advance		95.90	35
Mary King	Call Again Cavalier	Individual	38.10	9	18.00	5	8	13 Q	4	11	68.10	11
Tina Cook, Daisy Dick, William Fox-Pitt, Sharon Hunt, Mary King	Miners Frolic Spring Along Parkmore Ed Tankers Town Call Again Cavalier	Team	121.80	4	51.90	3	N/A		12	3	185.70

Show jumping

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2			Qualifying round 3			Final
										Round A		Round B		Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher	Rolette	1	=14	4	5	=13	0	5	6 Q	0	=1 Q	20	=20	20	=20
Nick Skelton	Russel	1	=14	8	9	=22	13	22	=31 Q	12	29	Did not advance
Tim Stockdale	Fresh Direct Corlato	4	=30	4	8	=16	8	16	=18 Q	0	=1 Q	16	=17	16	=16
John Whitaker	Peppermill	5	=39	Withdrew - Lame horse
Michael Whitaker	Suncal Portofino 63	Withdrew - Lame horse

Team

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying round		Final
				Round 1		Round 2		Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher, Nick Skelton, Tim Stockdale, John Whitaker	Rolette Russel Fresh Direct Corlato Peppermill	6	=6 Q	16	=4	21	7	21	7*

* On 21 August, 4 horses from Brazil, Germany, Ireland and Norway tested positive for a banned substance. The riders were subsequently disqualified from the individual competition and if the B samples test positive then Brazil, Germany and Norway will be disqualified from the team competition and Great Britain will move into 5th place.

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Great Britain have qualified 3 fencers for the fencing competition. Two of these come from re-allocation by the FIE after the withdrawal of other fencers.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Martina Emanuel	Women's individual foil	Erinn Smart L 15-7	Did not advance
Richard Kruse	Men's individual foil		Virgil Saliscan W 15-6	Peter Joppich L 9-10	Did not advance
Alexander O'Connell	Men's individual sabre	Nikolay Kovalev L 15-14	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Laura Jones was originally chosen for the artistic gymnastics but due to a slipped disc she was replaced by the reserve Imogen Cairns.

Artistic gymnastics

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Daniel Keatings	All-around	14.900	15.175	13.775	15.625	14.900	14.575	88.950	25 Q	89.000	20
	Floor	14.900						14.900	35	Did not advance
	Pommel horse		15.175					15.175	10
	Rings			13.775				13.775	64
	Vault				15.625			15.625	54
	Parallel bars					14.900		14.900	50
	Horizontal bar						14.575	14.575	39
Louis Smith	All-around	13.700	15.325	13.325	15.375	13.425	14.175	85.325	41	Did not advance
	Floor	13.700						13.700	70
	Pommel horse		15.325					15.325	5 Q	15.725
	Rings			13.325				13.325	69	Did not advance
	Vault				15.375			15.375	62
	Parallel bars					13.425		13.425	73
	Horizontal bar						14.175	14.175	56

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Floor	Vault	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Imogen Cairns	All-around	14.8550	14.850	13.475	14.175	57.050	33	Did not advance
	Floor	14.550				14.550	23
	Vault		14.850			14.850	30
	Uneven bars			13.475		13.475	68
	Balance beam				14.175	14.175	52
Beckie Downie	All-around	14.150	15.050	14.650	14.225	58.075	24 Q	59.450	12
	Floor	14.150				14.150	43	Did not advance
	Vault		15.050			15.050	22
	Uneven bars			14.650		14.650	33
	Balance beam				14.175	14.175	50
Marissa King	All-around	13.750	14.875	13.475	14.325	56.425	42	Did not advance
	Floor	13.750				13.750	62
	Vault		14.875			14.875	28
	Uneven bars			13.475		13.475	69
	Balance beam				14.325	14.325	46
Beth Tweddle	All-around	14.950	-	15.650	-	30.600	81	Did not advance
	Floor	14.950				14.950	11
	Vault		-			-	-
	Uneven bars			15.650		15.650	8 Q	16.625	4*
	Balance beam				-	-	-	Did not advance
Hannah Whelan	All-around	14.125	13.500	-	14.325	41.950	78	Did not advance
	Floor	14.125				14.125	46
	Vault		13.500			13.500	79
	Uneven bars			-		-	-
	Balance beam				14.325	14.325	45
Rebecca Wing	All-around	-	14.550	14.575	14.575	43.225	73	Did not advance
	Floor	-				-	-
	Vault		14.550			14.550	49
	Uneven bars			14.575		14.575	56
	Balance beam				14.575	14.575	39
Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan, Rebecca Wing	Team	57.775	59.325	57.875	57.450	232.425	9	Did not advance

* Documents have been found that seem to indicate that Chinese athletes He Kexin and Yang Yilin are only 14, and therefore under the age required to compete at the time of the games. This has led to the IOC requesting an official investigation. If the IOC decides to disqualify them, Beth Tweddle's 4th place standing in women's uneven bars would be changed to 2nd, giving her a silver medal.

Trampoline

• Claire Wright was the only British competititor on the trampoline.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Claire Wright	Women's individual	63.10	10	Did not advance

Hockey

Men

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament

See also: Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Great Britain men's team qualified for the mens Olympic hockey tournament after a must win game against India in the final of the Olympic qualifying event. Great Britain have been drawn in Group B of the Olympic tournament based on world rankings on 18 April 2008.

Pool B

Squad list	Group stage		Semifinal (Classification round)		Final
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Richard Alexander, Jonathan Bleby, Jonathan 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	Pakistan W 4-2	3	South Korea W 5-2	5	Did not advance
	Netherlands L 0-1
	South Africa W 2-0
	Canada D 1-1
	Australia D 3-3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	13	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10
Australia	11	4	3	2	0	27	10	+17
Great Britain	7	4	2	2	1	13	10	+3
Pakistan	6	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2
Canada	4	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7
South Africa	0	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21

  Qualified for semifinals

11 August 2008 10:30

Pakistan

2 – 4

Great Britain

	Abbasi  45' Waqas  59' Goals Tindall  2' Moore  14' Jackson  29' Daly  62'

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13 August 2008 21:00

Netherlands

1 – 0

Great Britain

	Taekema  63' Goals

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15 August 2008 21:00

South Africa

0 – 2

Great Britain

	Goals Tindall  20' Daly  66'

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17 August 2008 08:30

Great Britain

1 – 1

Canada

	Daly  67' Goals Pereira  47'

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19 August 2008 20:30

Australia

3 – 3

Great Britain

	George  40' Dwyer  45' Ockenden  68' Goals Middleton  34' R. Mantell  47' Moore  55'

Women

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament

See also: 2008 Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier

The Great Britain Women's team qualified for the women's Olympic hockey tournament during the 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. Great Britain have been drawn in Group B of the Olympic tournament based on world rankings on 5 May 2008.

Pool B

Squad list	Group stage		Semifinal (Classification round)		Final
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Jennie Bimson, Melanie Clewlow, Charlotte Craddock, Crista Cullen, Alexandra Danson, Joanne Ellis, Joanne Ellis, Anne Panter, Helen Richardson, Chloe Rogers, Elizabeth Storry, Sarah Thomas, Rachel Walker, Kate Walsh, Lisa Wooding Lucilla Wright	Germany L 1-5	3	Australia L 0-2	6	Did not advance
	Argentina D 2-2
	New Zealand W 2-1
	Japan W 2-1
	United States D 0-0

Pool B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	12	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4
Argentina	11	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6
Great Britain	8	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2
United States	6	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1
Japan	4	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2
New Zealand	0	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7

  Qualified for semifinals

10 August 2008 21:00

Germany

5 – 1

Great Britain

	Rinne  26'  52' Hoffmann  31'  49' Rodewald  60' Goals Cullen  29'

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12 August 2008 08:30

Argentina

2 – 2

Great Britain

	Garcia  10' Gulla  27' Goals Thomas  49' Clewlow  51'

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14 August 2008 21:00

New Zealand

1 – 2

Great Britain

	Flynn  28' Goals Danson  31' Cullen  50'

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16 August 2008 20:30

Great Britain

2 – 1

Japan

	Panter  32' Cullen  70' Goals Miura  58'

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18 August 2008 18:00

Great Britain

0 – 0

United States

	Goals

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Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Team GB were represented by 7 athletes in the Judo events. No British Judoka made it past the quarterfinal stages of competition or through to the medal match of the repechage, meaning the team failed to meet the two medal target set by UK Sport.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Euan Burton	73-81 kg	Emmanuel Lucenti W 0010-0001	Safouane Attaf W 0010-0001	Roman Gontiuk L 0121-0010	Did not advance				Mario Valles W 0110-0001	Tiago Camilo L 0100-0010	Did not advance
Peter Cousins	90-100 kg	Levan Zhorzholiani L 0010-0000	Did not advance
Craig Fallon	-60 kg	Yann Siccardi W 1010-0000	Ludwig Paischer L 00011-00021	Did not advance				Younes Ahamdi W 00110-00001	Kyong Jin Kim W 01001-00010	Gal Yekutiel L 0200-0101	Did not advance
Winston Gordon	81-90 kg	Khurshid Nabiev L 0100-0020	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Karina Bryant	+78 kg	Bye	Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) L 0001-0021	Did not advance
Sarah Clark	57-63 kg	Claudia Heill (AUT) L 1011-0100	Did not advance
Michelle Rogers	70-78 kg	Bye	Gyeongmi Jeong (KOR) L 0001-0000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB sent the maximum allowance of four competitors for the modern pentathlon events in Beijing. For the first time since 1996, the team had entrants in the men's competition.

Event	Athlete	Shoot		Fence		Swim		Ride		Run		Total points	Rank
		Score	Points	W/L	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points
Women's	Heather Fell	185	1156	W20 L15	880	2:12.77	1328	71.58	1144	10:19.28	1244	5752
	Katy Livingston	178	1072	W17 L18	808	2:15.68	1292	67.26	1172	10:29.47	1204	5548	7
Men's	Sam Weale	177	1060	W18 L17	832	2:02.87	1328	83.56	1036	9:21.18	1156	5412	10
	Nick Woodbridge	160	856	W14 L21	736	1:55.96	1412	73.22	1060	9:34.46	1104	5168	25

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

There were 43 rowers in Team GB, the most since qualifying quotas were introduced after the 1992 Summer Olympics. Crews were fielded in 12 out of a possible 14 events making Team GB the fourth biggest team. Medals were won in 6 events, including gold in the coxless fours for the third successive games, meaning GB topped the rowing medal table.

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alan Campbell	Single sculls	7:14.98	1	N/A		6:52.74	2 Q	7:05.24	2 Q	7:04:47	5
Robin Bourne-Taylor, Tom Solesbury	Pairs	6:59.48	4	6:41.43	4	Did not advance
Stephen Rowbotham, Matt Wells	Double sculls	6:26.33	1	N/A				6:21.15	3 Q	6:29.10
Mark Hunter, Zac Purchase	Lightweight double sculls	6:13.69 OB	1	N/A				6:29.56	1 Q	6:10.99
Tom James, Peter Reed, Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Steve Williams	Fours	6:00.59	1	N/A				5:54.77	1 Q	6:06.57
Richard Egington, Alastair Heathcote, Matthew Langridge, Tom Lucy, Acer Nethercott (cox), Alex Partridge, Colin Smith, Tom Stallard, Josh West	Eights	5:25.86	1	N/A						5:25.11
Richard Chambers, James Clarke, James Lindsay-Fynn, Paul Mattick	Lightweight Fours	5:52.38	2	N/A				6:08.75	3 Q	5:52.12	5

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Louisa Reeve, Olivia Whitlam	Pairs	7:29.88	3	7:34.54	2 Q	N/A		7:33.61	6
Anna Bebington, Elise Laverick	Double sculls	7:08.65	3	6:54.76	1 Q	N/A		7:07.55
Helen Casey, Hester Goodsell	Lightweight double sculls	6:55.23	3	7:24.23	1 Q	7:17.67	5	Did not advance
Debbie Flood, Katherine Grainger, Frances Houghton, Annie Vernon	Quadruple sculls	6:13.70	1	N/A				6:17.37
Carla Ashford, Jess Eddie, Katie Greves, Natasha Howard, Alison Knowles, Caroline O'Connor (cox), Natasha Page, Beth Rodford, Sarah Winckless, Substitutes in Final, because of illness: Laura Reeve for Howard, Alice Freeman for Knowles	Eights	6:08.68	2	6:12.10	3 Q	N/A		6:13.74	5

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Medal
Ben Ainslie	Open Finn	(10)	1	4	1	1	10	2	2	CAN		N/A					2	23
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson	Women's Yngling	2	3	4	(7)	4	2	2	5	CAN		N/A					2	24
Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark	Women's 470	(20) DQ	8	3	4	15	13	8	3	15	5	N/A					8	82	6
Penny Clark	Women's Laser Radial	2	22	1	22	3	17	18	(23)	13	CAN	N/A					14	112	10
Nick Dempsey	Men's RS:X	11	9	3	2	1	7	(17)	5	3	5	N/A					14	60	4
Jonathan Glanfield, Nick Rogers	Men's 470	19	5	1	4	9	6	20	(30) OCS	2	3	N/A					6	75
Paul Goodison	Men's Laser	(15)	2	15	1	9	7	1	4	6	CAN	N/A					18	63
Will Howden, Leigh McMillan	Open Tornado	6	8	13	8	(14)	7	7	2	3	12	N/A					2	68	6
Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes	Open 49er	4	3	5	14	14	15	(20) OCS	3	2	8	11	15	CAN			6	100	9
Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson	Men's Star	7	(13)	3	5	8	2	1	1	2	6	N/A					14	49
Bryony Shaw	Women's RS:X	4	3	11	6	(28) OCS	6	5	3	1	2	N/A					4	45

Key

• (X) – Worst result discarded
• OCS – On the Course Side of the starting line
• DSQ – Disqualified
• DNF – Did Not Finish
• BFD – Black Flag Disqualification
• CAN – Race cancelled due to bad weather

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Team GB had a total of five competitors for the shooting disciplines at the 2008 Olympics, with four entered in the shotgun events and one in the rifle events.

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jon Hammond	Men's 10 m air rifle	589	29	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m 3 positions	1148	42	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m prone	589	34	Did not advance

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Richard Faulds	Men's double trap	137	5 Q	180	6
Charlotte Kerwood	Women's trap	58	16	Did not advance
Elena Little	Women's skeet	66	14	Did not advance
Steve Scott	Men's double trap	134	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington.

Thirty-seven athletes represented Team GB in the swimming events. Selection followed the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield in April, with open water event swimmers selected after performance in the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain. In winning 6 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) the team bettered the target of three medals set by UK Sport. The most successful swimmer was Rebecca Adlington who, at the age of just 19, won two gold medals, becoming the first ever British female swimmer to do so.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Carry	400 m freestyle	3:47.17 NR	15	N/A		Did not advance
Richard Charlesworth	1500 m freestyle	15:17.27	25	N/A		Did not advance
Chris Cook	100 m breaststroke	1:00.70	15 Q	1:00.81	15	Did not advance
Todd Cooper	100 m butterfly	52.52	29	Did not advance
Euan Dale	400 m individual medley	4:18.60	19	N/A		Did not advance
Ross Davenport	200 m freestyle	1:47.13	11 Q	1:47.35	10	Did not advance
David Davies	1500 m freestyle	14:46.11	5 Q	N/A		14:52.11	6
	10 km open water	N/A				1:51:53.1
Mark Foster	50 m freestyle	22.35	23	Did not advance
Kristopher Gilchrist	100 m breaststroke	1:01.34	27	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.13	15 Q	2:10.27 NR	13	Did not advance
James Goddard	200 m individual medley	1:59.74	13 Q	1:58.63	6 Q	1:59.24	6
Thomas Haffield	400 m individual medley	4:16.72	17	N/A		Did not advance
James Kirton	200 m breaststroke	2:15.25	37	Did not advance
Dean Milwain	400 m freestyle	3:48.77	21	N/A		Did not advance
Robert Renwick	200 m freestyle	1.47.82	17 Q	1.47.07	8 Q	1:47.47	8
Michael Rock	100 m butterfly	52.48	27	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.55	9 Q	1:55.90	12	Did not advance
Gregor Tait	100 m backstroke	54.62	16 Q	54.37	12	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.03	5 Q	1:56.72	6 Q	1:57.00	8
Liam Tancock	100 m backstroke	53.85	6 Q	53.61	6 Q	53.39 NR	6
	200 m individual medley	1:59.79	14 Q	1:59.42	7 Q	2:00.76	8
From: Adam Brown, Simon Burnett, Ross Davenport, Ben Hockin	4×100 m freestyle	3:13.69 NR Burnett 48.20 NR Brown 48.43 Hockin 48.55 Davenport 48.51	8 Q	N/A		3:12.87 NR Burnett 48.34 Brown 47.75 Hockin 48.50 Davenport 48.28	8
From: David Carry, Ross Davenport, Ben Hockin, Andrew Hunter, Robert Renwick	4×200 m freestyle	7:07.89 NR Carry 1:46.47 NR Hunter 1:46.88 Davenport 1:47.15 Renwick 1:47.39	4 Q	N/A		7:05.92 NR Carry 1:46.78 Hunter 1:46.73 Renwick 1:46.16 Davenport 1:46.25	6
From: Simon Burnett, Christopher Cook, Michael Rock, Liam Tancock	4×100 m medley	3:33.83 NR Tancock 54.67 Cook 59.40 Rock 51.99 Burnett 47.77	5 Q	N/A		3:33.69 NR Tancock 54.69 Cook 59.65 Rock 52.02 Burnett 47.33	6

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Key: NR=National record

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Adlington	400 m freestyle	4:02.24 CR	2 Q	N/A		4:03.22
	800 m freestyle	8:18.08 OR	1 Q	N/A		8:14.10 WR
Kirsty Balfour	100 m breaststroke	1:08.30	14 Q	1:09.23	15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.87	18	Did not advance
Ellen Gandy	200 m butterfly	2:08.98	15 Q	2:10.60	15	Did not advance
Francesca Halsall	50 m freestyle	24.93	8 Q	24.80	7	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.93	5 Q	53.94	5 Q	54.29	8
	100 m butterfly	58.70	21	Did not advance
Kate Haywood	100 m breaststroke	1:08.18	11 Q	1:08.36	11	Did not advance
Joanne Jackson	200 m freestyle	1:58.00	14 Q	1:58.70	14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4.03.80	4 Q	N/A		4:03.52
Jemma Lowe	100 m butterfly	58.49	16 Q	57.78 =NR	6 Q	58.06	6
	200 m butterfly	2:08.07	10 Q	2:07.87	9	Did not advance
Caitlin McClatchey	100 m freestyle	DNS	-	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:56.97	3 Q	1:57.73	7 Q	1:57.65	6
Hannah Miley	200 m individual medley	2.11.72	4 Q	2:12.35	11	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:36.56	8 Q	N/A		4:39.44	6
Cassie Patten	800 m freestyle	8:25.91	8 Q			8:32.35	8
	10 km open water	N/A				1:59:31.0
Keri-Anne Payne	200 m individual medley	2.12.78	15 Q	2:14.14	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:38.69	15	N/A		Did not advance
	10 km open water	N/A				1:59:29.2
Elizabeth Simmonds	100 m backstroke	1:00.53	12 Q	1:00.39	10	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.66 NR	2 Q	2:08.96	7 Q	2:08.51 NR	6
Gemma Spofforth	100 m backstroke	1:00.11	6 Q	59.79	5 Q	59.38 ER	4
	200 m backstroke	2:10.56	16 Q	2:09.19	9	Did not advance
From: Julia Beckett, Francesca Halsall, Melanie Marshall, Caitlin McClatchey, Jessica Sylvester	4×100 m freestyle	3:39.18 NR Halsall 54.36 McClatchey 54.42 Beckett 55.64 Marshall 54.76	8 Q	N/A		3:38.18 NR Halsall 53.81 NR McClatchey 54.48 Sylvester 55.34 Marshall 54.55	7
From: Rebecca Adlington, Francesca Halsall, Joanne Jackson, Melanie Marshall, Caitlin McClatchey, Hannah Miley	4×200 m freestyle	7:56.16 Jackson 1:57.70 Marshall 1:58.44 Miley 1:59.95 Halsall 2:00.07	9	N/A		Did not advance
From: Francesca Halsall, Kate Haywood, Jemma Lowe, Gemma Spofforth	4×100 m medley	3:59.14 ER Spofforth 1:00.33 Haywood 1:08.00 Lowe 57.34 Halsall 53.47	2 Q	N/A		3:57.50 ER Spofforth 59.05 ER Haywood 1:07.51 Lowe 58.13 Halsall 52.81	4

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Key: WR=World record; OR=Olympic record; ER=European record; CR=Commonwealth record; NR=National record; DNS=Did not start

Synchronised swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB was represented by two athletes in synchronised swimming, competing in the duet event.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)				Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Olivia Allison, Jenna Randall	Duet	43.917	14	44.667	13	88.584	14	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB entered three entrants into the taekwondo competition in Beijing.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage	Bronze Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Aaron Cook	Men's -80 kg	Anju Jason (MHL) W 7-0	Carlos Vásquez (VEN) W 5-2	Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) L 6-5	Did not advance	N/A	Zhu Guo (CHN) L 4-1
Michael Harvey	Men's -58 kg	Guillermo Perez (MEX) L 3-2	Did not advance			Rohullah Nikpai (AFG) L 3-1	Did not advance
Sarah Stevenson	Women's +67 kg	Nadin Dwani (JOR) W 3-2	Chen Zhong (CHN) L 1-0 W 1-2 Protested*	Maria Espinoza (MEX) L 4-1	Did not advance	N/A	Noha Abd Rabo (EGY) W 5-1

* After a successful appeal by the British, judges reversed the result of the match, granting Sarah Stevenson two points for a final round kick to her opponent's head which the judges had previously missed. The reversal of the decision, after video footage was considered, is thought to be a first for the sport. Another British hopeful, Aaron Cook, was also unhappy with the judges after losing out on bronze in the men's -80 kg.

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

The Murray brothers were the sole tennis players on Team GB. Andy Murray qualified due to his world ranking and Jamie Murray was nominated for the doubles by the ITF.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andy Murray	Singles	Y H Lu (TPE) L 7-6(5), 6-4	Did not advance
Andy Murray, Jamie Murray	Doubles	N/A	D Nestor, F Niemeyer (CAN) W 4-6, 6-3, 6-4	A Clement, M Llodra(FRA) L 1-6, 3-6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

A total of five competitors were selected by Team GB for the triathlon events in Beijing, with three in the men's event and two in the women's. Four qualified through the ITU Olympic Qualification rankings, while Helen Tucker qualified by winning the 2008 World Championship.

Event	Athlete	Swim	T1	Cycle	T2	Run	Total time	Rank
Men's	Alistair Brownlee	18:11	0:27	59:05	0:29	32:07	1:50:19	12
	Will Clarke	18:53	0:27	58:23	0:31	32:18	1:50:32	14
	Tim Don	18:54	0:26	Lapped on bike (Eliminated)
Women's	Hollie Avil	20:09	0:32	Did not finish
	Helen Tucker	19:52	0:31	1:04:17	0:36	37:39	2:02:55	21

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

The only British weightlifter to qualify for the games was Michaela Breeze who competed in her second Olympics games. She battled through a back injury to finish 15th out of 20 competitors in her event.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michaela Breeze	Women's -63 kg	85	15	100	15	185	15

Other sports

British representatives participated in the qualifying tournaments of a number of other Olympic sports in the lead up to the 2008 games, only for outside events to prevent their further participation in the games.

Baseball

Main articles: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

The GB baseball team finished 2nd in the 2007 European Baseball Championship behind the Netherlands, guaranteeing them a place at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Taiwan. However, a lack of funding forced the team to withdraw, with their place being taken by Germany.

Football

Main articles: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

The award of the 2012 Olympics to London has brought the question of British participation in the football tournaments to the fore, given that there is traditionally no single British national football team. The 2007 European Under-21 Championship, which served as the European qualifying tournament for the men's competition, saw the England U-21 team reach the semifinals, which would have meant a place at the Olympics. Because at the Olympics the team is representative of the entire UK, England were thus prevented from taking this place, with instead a play-off taking place between Portugal and Italy. A similar situation occurred with the England Women's team who, by virtue of being one of the top three European sides at the 2007 World Cup, would have been granted a place at the Olympics. Instead, there was a play-off between Denmark and Sweden.

Records

The following records were set by British athletes during competition in the games.

Date	Sport: Event	Athletes	Record	Type	Ref
09 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 400 m freestyle: Heat	David Carry	3:47.17	NR
09 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m freestyle: Heat	Francesca Halsall 54.36 Caitlin McClatchey 54.42 Julia Beckett 55.64 Melanie Marshall 54.76	3:39.18	NR
10 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 100 m butterfly: Semifinal	Jemma Lowe	57.78	NR=
10 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m freestyle: Final	Francesca Halsall 53.18 Caitlin McClatchey 54.48 Jessica Sylvester 55.34 Melanie Marshall 54.55	3:38.18	NR
10 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 100 m freestyle (during 4×100 m freestyle: Final)	Francesca Halsall	53.18	NR
10 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 400 m freestyle: Heat	Rebecca Adlington	4:02.24	CR, NR
10 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m freestyle: Heat	Simon Burnett 48.20 Adam Brown 48.43 Benjamin Hockin 48.55 Ross Davenport 48.51	3:13.69	NR
10 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 100 m freestyle (during 4×100 m freestyle: Heat)	Simon Burnett	48.20	NR
11 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 100 m backstroke: Semifinal	Gemma Spofforth	59.79	NR
11 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m freestyle: Final	Simon Burnett 48.34 Adam Brown 47.75 Benjamin Hockin 48.50 Ross Davenport 48.28	3:12.87	NR
12 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 100 m backstroke: Final	Gemma Spofforth	59.38	ER, CR, NR
12 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 100 m backstroke: Final	Liam Tancock	53.39	NR
12 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 4×200 m freestyle: Heat	David Carry 1:46.47 Andrew Hunter 1:46.88 Ross Davenport 1:47.15 Robert Renwick 1:47.38	7:07.89	NR
12 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 200 m freestyle (during 4×200 m freestyle: Heat)	David Carry	1:46.47	NR
13 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 200 m breaststroke: Semifinal	Kristopher Gilchrist	2:10.27	NR
13 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 4×200 m freestyle: Final	David Carry 1:46.78 Andrew Hunter 1:46.73 Robert Renwick 1:46.16 Ross Davenport 1:46.25	7:05.92	NR
14 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 800 m freestyle: Heat	Rebecca Adlington	8:18.06	OR, ER, CR, NR
14 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 200 m backstroke: Heat	Elizabeth Simmonds	2:08.66	NR
15 August 2008	Cycling: Men's team sprint: Qualifying	Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff	42.95	WB, NR
15 August 2008	Cycling: Men's individual pursuit: Qualifying	Bradley Wiggins	4:15.031	OR, NR
15 August 2008	Cycling: Women's individual pursuit: Qualifying	Wendy Houvenaghel	3:28.443	NR
15 August 2008	Athletics: Women's 3000 m steeplechase: Heat	Helen Clitheroe	9:29.14	NR
15 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m medley: Heat	Gemma Spofforth 1:00.33 Kate Haywood 1:08.00 Jemma Lowe 57.34 Francesca Halsall 53.47	3:59.14	ER, NR
15 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m medley: Heat	Liam Tancock 54.67 Christopher Cook 59.40 Michael Rock 51.99 Simon Burnett 47.77	3:33.83	NR
16 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 800 m freestyle: Final	Rebecca Adlington	8:14.10	WR, OR, ER, CR, NR
16 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 200 m backstroke: Final	Elizabeth Simmonds	2:08.51	NR
16 August 2008	Cycling: Women's individual pursuit: Round 1	Rebecca Romero	3:27.703	NR
17 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m medley: Final	Gemma Spofforth 59.05 Kate Haywood 1:07.51 Jemma Lowe 58.13 Francesca Halsall 52.81	3:57.50	ER, NR
17 August 2008	Swimming: Women's 100 m backstroke (during 4×100 m medley: Final)	Gemma Spofforth	59.05	ER, CR, NR
17 August 2008	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m medley: Final	Liam Tancock 54.69 Christopher Cook 59.65 Michael Rock 52.02 Simon Burnett 47.33	3:33.69	NR
17 August 2008	Cycling: Women's sprint: Qualifying	Victoria Pendleton	10.963	OR, NR
17 August 2008	Cycling: Men's sprint: Qualifying	Jason Kenny	9.857	OR, NR
17 August 2008	Cycling: Men's sprint: Qualifying	Chris Hoy	9.815	OR, NR
17 August 2008	Cycling: Men's team pursuit: Round 1	Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:55.202	WR, OR, NR
18 August 2008	Cycling: Men's team pursuit: Final	Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:53.31	WR, OR, NR
21 August 2008	Athletics: Women's 20 m walk	Johanna Jackson	1:31:33	NR
21 August 2008	Athletics: Women's javelin throw	Goldie Sayers	65.75 m	NR

Key

• WR: World record
• WB: World best
• OR: Olympic record
• ER: European record
• CR: Commonweath record
• NR: British national record

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in the UK are held by the BBC, under the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events. An extensive range of broadcasting options was used to provide over 2,500 hours of coverage.

For the first time, Olympic coverage was broadcast in high-definition on BBC HD. Digital television viewers had access to up to six streamed channels covering the games on BBCi, whilst the BBC's website permitted UK broadband users to view live streams from a variety of events, and other countries to view delayed highlights. Live broadcasts ran overnight and throughout the day on BBC One and BBC Two, starting at 0200 daily; a highlights programme, Games Today, was broadcast on BBC One following the close of each day's events.

The opening and closing ceremonies were anchored by Sue Barker and Huw Edwards, whilst general coverage was anchored (at various times of the day) by Adrian Chiles, Claire Balding, Gabby Logan, Jake Humphrey, Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine and John Inverdale. Former Olympic contenders — including Michael Johnson, Steve Cram, Adrian Moorhouse, Steve Redgrave, Jonathan Edwards and Chris Boardman — provided analysis.

Eurosport also broadcast coverage of the Games viewable in the UK — in accordance with the ITC Code, it can show live events, provided that such events can also be broadcast by the BBC (although the BBC can choose not to do so).

Radio coverage was provided by BBC Radio 5 Live, and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra on digital radio.

See also

• Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• British Olympic Association – and their Team GB pages
• Team GB for Beijing Olympics