Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Beijing
Competitors	311[2] in 20 sports
Flag bearers	Mark Foster (opening) Chris Hoy (closing)
Officials	236[1]
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 19 Silver 13 Bronze 19 Total 51
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Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.^[3] The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), one of only five National Olympic Committees to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games since the inaugural event in 1896. The team of athletes selected to compete for the UK was officially known as Team GB; the delegation of 547 consisted of 311 competitors (168 men and 143 women) accompanied by 236 officials. The team incorporated athletes from the whole of the UK, including Northern Ireland (whose citizens may be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Olympics if they have elected to hold Irish citizenship).^[4] Additionally, three of the British Overseas Territories compete separately from Britain in Olympic competition, namely Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.^[5]

Great Britain's Olympic medal performance in 2008 was its best in a century; at the close of the Games, the overall medal count of 47 was the fourth highest ever achieved by Team GB. The total number of gold medals was the highest since the 1908 Summer Olympics, which Britain hosted in London.^[6] Following the retesting of samples in 2016 in connection with the Russian doping scandal, four further bronze medals were awarded to Great Britain in athletics, retrospectively increasing the total medal count to 51. As of 1 July 2020, the award of the bronze medals to both the Men's and Women's 4 × 400 metres relay teams and the upgrade of Goldie Sayers to bronze in the Women's javelin event, confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), brought the official medal total to 50, after which the confirmation of Kelly Sotherton receiving her second reallocated bronze medal in the Women's Heptathlon (having been part of the Women's 4 × 400-metre team) increased the total number of medals to 51.

Great Britain finished fourth overall in the Olympic medal table, a target that had previously been set by UK Sport (the public body responsible for distributing funding to elite sport) for the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was hosted by the UK in London. After Team GB's success at the 2008 Games, UK Sport considered whether to target third place for 2012.^[7] Team GB finished top of the medal tables in cycling, sailing and rowing, and third in swimming. The highest number of medals was won in cycling, with a total of 14, eight of which were gold. Britain also won gold medals in sailing, rowing, swimming, athletics, canoeing and boxing.

There were several outstanding individual achievements for British athletes at the 2008 Games. Cyclist Chris Hoy was the first Briton in 100 years to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games, and Rebecca Adlington's double Olympic gold was the best performance by a British swimmer for a century. Ben Ainslie won a gold medal for the third successive Games to become the most decorated British Olympic sailor of all time. Rebecca Romero became the first British woman to win a medal in two different Olympic sports, winning a rowing silver in 2004 and a cycling gold in 2008. Louis Smith was the first Briton to win an individual gymnastics medal since 1908.

Because London was to be host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics, a British segment featuring football star David Beckham was performed during the closing ceremony.

Medallists

Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

The following British competitors won medals at the Games in August 2008.^[8] Note that the names of the Team GB medallists are shown in bold in the results tables for each discipline below.

Medal Name Sport Event Day Date  Gold Nicole Cooke Cycling Women's road race 2 10 August  Gold Rebecca Adlington Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle 3 11 August  Gold Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff Cycling Men's team sprint 7 15 August  Gold Rebecca Adlington Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle 8 16 August  Gold Tom James Andy Hodge Pete Reed Steve Williams Rowing Men's coxless four 8 16 August  Gold Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men's individual pursuit 8 16 August  Gold Chris Hoy Cycling Men's keirin 8 16 August  Gold Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson Sailing Yngling class 9 17 August  Gold Mark Hunter Zac Purchase Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls 9 17 August  Gold Ben Ainslie Sailing Finn class 9 17 August  Gold Rebecca Romero Cycling Women's individual pursuit 9 17 August  Gold Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men's team pursuit 10 18 August  Gold Paul Goodison Sailing Men's Laser class 11 19 August  Gold Victoria Pendleton Cycling Women's sprint 11 19 August  Gold Chris Hoy Cycling Men's sprint 11 19 August  Gold Christine Ohuruogu Athletics Women's 400 m 11 19 August  Gold Iain Percy Andrew Simpson Sailing Men's Star class 13 21 August  Gold Tim Brabants Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m 14 22 August  Gold James DeGale Boxing Middleweight 15 23 August  Silver David Florence Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 4 12 August  Silver Emma Pooley Cycling Women's road time trial 5 13 August  Silver Ross Edgar Cycling Men's keirin 8 16 August  Silver Debbie Flood Katherine Grainger Frances Houghton Annie Vernon Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 9 17 August  Silver Wendy Houvenaghel Cycling Women's individual pursuit 9 17 August  Silver Richard Egington Alastair Heathcote Matt Langridge Tom Lucy Acer Nethercott (cox) Alex Partridge Colin Smith Tom Stallard Josh West Rowing Men's eight 9 17 August  Silver Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers Sailing Men's 470 10 18 August  Silver Jason Kenny Cycling Men's sprint 11 19 August  Silver Germaine Mason Athletics Men's high jump 11 19 August  Silver Keri-Anne Payne Swimming Women's 10 km open water 12 20 August  Silver David Davies Swimming Men's 10 km open water 13 21 August  Silver Phillips Idowu Athletics Men's triple jump 13 21 August  Silver Heather Fell Modern pentathlon Women's modern pentathlon 14 22 August  Bronze Joanne Jackson Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle 3 11 August  Bronze Tina Cook Daisy Dick William Fox-Pitt Sharon Hunt Mary King Equestrian Team eventing 4 12 August  Bronze Tina Cook Equestrian Individual eventing 4 12 August  Bronze Anna Bebington Elise Laverick Rowing Women's double sculls 8 16 August  Bronze Stephen Rowbotham Matthew Wells Rowing Men's double sculls 8 16 August  Bronze Chris Newton Cycling Men's points race 8 16 August  Bronze Steven Burke Cycling Men's individual pursuit 8 16 August  Bronze* Kelly Sotherton Athletics Women's heptathlon[9] 8 16 August  Bronze Louis Smith Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 9 17 August  Bronze Cassandra Patten Swimming Women's 10 km open water 12 20 August  Bronze Bryony Shaw Sailing Women's RS:X 12 20 August  Bronze Tasha Danvers Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles 12 20 August  Bronze* Goldie Sayers Athletics Women's javelin throw[10] 13 21 August  Bronze Tony Jeffries Boxing Light heavyweight 14 22 August  Bronze David Price Boxing Super heavyweight 14 22 August  Bronze Tim Brabants Canoeing Men's K-1 500 m 15 23 August  Bronze* Michael Bingham Andrew Steele Robert Tobin Martyn Rooney Athletics Men's 4 x 400-metre relay[11] 15 23 August  Bronze Sarah Stevenson Taekwondo Women's +67 kg 15 23 August  Bronze* Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Sotherton Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders Athletics Women's 4 x 400-metre relay[12] 15 23 August

Medals by discipline Discipline Total Cycling 8 4 2 14 Sailing 4 1 1 6 Rowing 2 2 2 6 Swimming 2 2 2 6 Athletics 1 2 5 8 Canoeing 1 1 1 3 Boxing 1 0 2 3 Modern pentathlon 0 1 0 1 Equestrian 0 0 2 2 Gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Total 19 13 19* 51 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 9 Aug 0 0 0 0 2 10 Aug 1 0 0 1 3 11 Aug 1 0 1 2 4 12 Aug 0 1 2 3 5 13 Aug 0 1 0 1 6 14 Aug 0 0 0 0 7 15 Aug 1 0 0 1 8 16 Aug 4 1 5 10 9 17 Aug 4 3 1 8 10 18 Aug 1 1 0 2 11 19 Aug 4 2 0 6 12 20 Aug 0 1 3 4 13 21 Aug 1 2 1 4 14 22 Aug 1 1 2 4 15 23 Aug 1 0 4 5 16 24 Aug 0 0 0 0 Total 19 13 19* 51 * The original bronze medal count for Team GB was 15.[13][14] Between July 2017 and July 2019, four bronze medals were awarded retrospectively in Athletics (see medal table left), bringing the total up to 19.[15]

Multiple medallists

The following British 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
Christine Ohuruogu	Gold  Bronze	Athletics	Women's 400 metres Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Tina Cook	Bronze  Bronze	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing
Kelly Sotherton	Bronze  Bronze	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Women's heptathlon

Medal targets

UK Sport, which distributes National Lottery funding to elite sport, published its expectations for the Beijing Olympics in June 2008. The target medal count was set at 41 "potential" medals, with 35 of those identified as "expected" to be won, including 10 to 12 gold medals. Team GB's overall objective was to finish eighth in the medal table.^[16]

The gold medal expectation was exceeded on 19 August when Paul Goodison earned Britain's 13th gold medal in the men's Laser class sailing event. The expectation of 35 medals was passed on 20 August when Team GB claimed their 36th medal – a bronze in the women's RS:X sailing event, won by Bryony Shaw. The overall medal target of 41 was achieved when canoeist Tim Brabants took gold in the men's 1000 m K-1 canoeing event, claiming Britain's 41st physical medal (three further medals were guaranteed in boxing at the time),^[17] and the target was exceeded when Heather Fell secured the 42nd medal, a silver, in the women's modern pentathlon.^[18]

Not all of the medals claimed had been identified and included in the target medal count; although Team GB fell short of targets in some disciplines, they exceeded targets in others. For example, the cycling target of six medals was met twice over on 19 August when Victoria Pendleton won Britain's 12th cycling medal, a gold in the women's sprint event.^[19] A further two medals were already guaranteed at this stage in the men's individual sprint: Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny subsequently won gold and silver, respectively.^[20] Altogether, Team GB won seven of the ten gold medals available in the track cycling events at the velodrome.^[21] The swimmers also doubled their targeted medal count when David Davies won the team's sixth swimming medal – a silver in the men's 10 km open water marathon on 21 August.^[22] Despite the men's and women's archery teams having placed second and third, respectively, at the 2007 world championships,^[23] the British archers won neither of their targeted medals, leading to criticism of the tactics used by head coach Peter Suk from members of the team.^[24][25]

Medal ceremony for the men's team pursuit event, Laoshan Velodrome, 18 August 2008

Sport	Target	Won	Target met
Archery	2	0	N
Athletics	5	8	Y
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	51	Y
Total expected	35	51	Y
Total gold	12	19	Y

Archery

See also: 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.^[23] This qualified the nation to send the maximum quota of three men and three women to the 2008 Olympics.^[26]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laurence Godfrey	Individual	657	34	Badënov (RUS) (31) L 109–114	Did not advance
Simon Terry		670	7	Hatava (FIN) (58) L 104–105	Did not advance
Alan Wills		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	—		China (CHN) (12) L 210–214	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Charlotte Burgess	Individual	623	40	Guo D (CHN) (25) W 106–104	Folkard (GBR) (8) L 96–110	Did not advance
Naomi Folkard		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		651	7	Wei P-H (TPE) (58) W 108–99	Lorig (USA) (26) L 108–112	Did not advance
Charlotte Burgess Naomi Folkard Alison Williamson	Team	1925	2	—		Bye	Japan (JPN) (7) W 201–196	China (CHN) (3) L 202–208	France (FRA) (5) L 201–203	4

Athletics

Christine Ohuruogu after winning the women's 400 metres event^[27]

See also: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The initial squad was selected for the British team on 14 July; however, the final team was not confirmed until the outcome of a court case involving Dwain Chambers.^[28] Under the rules of the BOA, Chambers had been banned from future Games after testing positive for the steroid THG in 2003. His appeal to overturn that ban, on the grounds that it was an unfair restraint of trade, failed and he was omitted from the squad.^[29] 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. Women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe faced a battle to be fit for the Games due to a stress fracture in her left thigh.^[30] She eventually proved fit enough to start the race but struggled to finish in 23rd position.^[31]

A total of four medals were won, one gold, two silver and one bronze. UK Athletics performance director Dave Collins stood down after the Games. This was due in part to the team's failure to meet the UK Sport target of winning five medals.^[16][32] Ironically, a series of retests ordered in the wake of the Russian doping scandal in 2015 and 2016 found that Great Britain athletes had been deprived of medals in a further four events by athletes later confirmed to have doped – the women's heptathlon (Kelly Sotherton), the men's and women's 4 x 400-metre relay teams and women's javelin (Goldie Sayers). When these medals are redistributed, Great Britain's 2008 athletics total of eight medals will be its most successful since the second world war, and 75% over target.^[33]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		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		10.21	3 Q	10.18	5	Did not advance
Simeon Williamson		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		20.42	2 Q	20.30	4 Q	20.25	4 Q	20.40	5
Alex Nelson		Withdrew (hamstring injury)[34]
Martyn Rooney	400 m	45.00	1 Q	—		44.60	2 Q	45.12	6
Andrew Steele		44.94	1 Q	—		45.59	7	Did not advance
Michael Rimmer	800 m	1:47.61	1 Q	—		1:48.07	6	Did not advance
Andrew Baddeley	1500 m	3:36.47	3 Q	—		3:37.47	3 Q	3:35.37	8
Thomas Lancashire		3:43.40	7	—		Did not advance
Mo Farah	5000 m	13:50.95	6	—				Did not advance
Allan Scott	110 m hurdles	13.56	3 Q	13.66	6	Did not advance
Andy Turner		13.56	2 Q	13.53	5	Did not advance
Andrew Lemoncello	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.06	10	—				Did not advance
Marlon Devonish Tyrone Edgar Craig Pickering Simeon Williamson	4 × 100 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance
Michael Bingham Richard Buck* Dale Garland* Martyn Rooney Andrew Steele Rob Tobin	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.33	1 Q	—				2:58.81
Dan Robinson	Marathon	—						2:16:14	24

* Qualified for the team, but did not compete in any of the rounds

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Greg Rutherford	Long jump	8.16	3 Q	7.84	10
Chris Tomlinson		7.70	27	Did not advance
Larry Achike	Triple jump	17.18	7 Q	17.17	7
Nathan Douglas		16.72	20	Did not advance
Phillips Idowu		17.44	1 Q	17.62
Martyn Bernard	High jump	2.29	=6 Q	2.25	9
Germaine Mason		2.29	=1 Q	2.34
Tom Parsons		2.25	12 Q	2.25	8
Steve Lewis	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Daniel Awde	Result	11.06	7.12	12.03	1.78	47.16	14.69	37.12	4.90	53.10	4:44.80	7516	20
	Points	847	842	608	610	950	887	606	880	636	650

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		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		11.30	2 Q	11.18	3 Q	11.19	3 Q	11.14	6
Laura Turner		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	—		52.11	6	Did not advance
Christine Ohuruogu		51.00	1 Q	—		50.14	1 Q	49.62
Nicola Sanders		51.81	2 Q	—		50.71	4	Did not advance
Jennifer Meadows	800 m	2:00.33	3 Q	—		1:59.43	6	Did not advance
Marilyn Okoro		1:59.01	2 Q	—		1:59.53	6	Did not advance
Jemma Simpson		2:02.16	4	—		Did not advance
Lisa Dobriskey	1500 m	4:03.22	3 Q	—				4:02.10	4
Susan Scott		4:14.66	4	—				Did not advance
Stephanie Twell		4:06.68	6	—				Did not advance
Jo Pavey	5000 m	Withdrew (sickness)[35][36]
	10000 m	—						31:12.30	12
Kate Reed	10000 m	—						32:26.69	23
Sarah Claxton	100 m hurdles	12.97	3 Q	—		12.84	4 Q	12.94	8
Tasha Danvers	400 m hurdles	55.19	1 Q	—		54.31	2 Q	53.84
Helen Clitheroe	3000 m steeplechase	9:29.14 NR	6	—				Did not advance
Barbara Parker		9:51.93	12	—				Did not advance
Emma Ania Montell Douglas Emily Freeman Jeanette Kwakye Ashleigh Nelson* Anyika Onuora* Laura Turner*	4 × 100 m relay	43.02	2 Q	—				DNF
Vicki Barr* Donna Fraser* Lee McConnell* Christine Ohuruogu Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders Kelly Sotherton	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.48	3 Q	—				3:22.68
Paula Radcliffe	Marathon	—						2:32:38	23
Mara Yamauchi		—						2:27:29	6
Liz Yelling		—						2:33:12	26
Johanna Jackson	20 km walk	—						1:31:33 NR	22

* Qualified for the team, but did not compete in any of the rounds

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jade Johnson	Long jump	6.61	11 q	6.64	7
Kate Dennison	Pole vault	4.40	15	Did not advance
Philippa Roles	Discus throw	57.44	27	Did not advance
Zoe Derham	Hammer throw	64.74	35	Did not advance
Goldie Sayers	Javelin throw	62.99	5 Q	65.75 NR

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Julie Hollman	Result	14.43	1.77	12.45	25.41	6.13	39.08	2:22.54	5729	31*
	Points	918	941	691	850	890	650	789
Kelly Sotherton	Result	13.18	1.83	13.87	23.39	6.33	37.66	2:07.34	6517
	Points	1097	1016	785	1040	953	622	1004

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[37][38] 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

See also: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Six British badminton players went to the Games,^[39] competing in four of the five badminton events. They did not win any medals, thus failing to reach the one medal target set by UK Sport.^[16] The mixed doubles pairing of Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, who won silver in the 2004 tournament, progressed furthest amongst the British athletes, reaching the quarterfinals.^[40]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrew Smith	Men's singles	Koukal (CZE) W 10–21, 21–12, 21–15	Zwiebler (GER) L 16–21, 21–13, 21–17	Did not advance
Tracey Hallam	Women's singles	Yip P Y (HKG) W 21–15, 21–17	Ludíková (CZE) W 21–18, 21–13	Xu Hw (GER) L 7–21, 10–21	Did not advance
Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	Women's doubles	—		Chien Y C / Cheng W H (TPE) L 19–21, 13–21	Did not advance
Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	Mixed doubles	—		He Hb / Yu Y (CHN) L 15–21, 8–21	Did not advance
Gail Emms Nathan Robertson		—		Zheng B / Gao L (CHN) W 21–16, 16–21, 21–19	Lee Y-d / Lee H-j (KOR) L 19–21, 12–21	Did not advance

Boxing

See also: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain qualified eight entrants for the boxing competition.^[41] David Price and Tony Jeffries won bronze medals in the super heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions, respectively,^[42][43] and James DeGale won gold in the middleweight class.^[44] This was the first time since 1972 that Team GB had won more than one boxing medal in a single Olympic Games,^[45] and it was Britain's best result in Olympic boxing since 1956.^[43]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khalid Yafai	Flyweight	Bye	Laffita (CUB) L 3–9	Did not advance
Joe Murray	Bantamweight	Yu G (CHN) L 7–17	Did not advance
Frankie Gavin	Lightweight	Withdrew (failed to make weight)[46]
Bradley Saunders	Light welterweight	Neequaye (GHA) W 24–1 KO	Vastine (FRA) L 7–11	Did not advance
Billy Joe Saunders	Welterweight	Kılıççı (TUR) W 14–3	Banteaux (CUB) L 6–13	Did not advance
James DeGale	Middleweight	Hikal (EGY) W 13–4	Estrada (USA) W 11–5	Artayev (KAZ) W 8–3	Sutherland (IRL) W 10–3	Correa (CUB) W 16–14
Tony Jeffries	Light heavyweight	Bye	Alvarez (COL) W 5^+–5	Szello (HUN) W 10–2	Egan (IRL) L 3–10	Did not advance
David Price	Super heavyweight	—	Timurziev (RUS) W RSC	Jakšto (LTU) W 3–1	Cammarelle (ITA) L 1–11	Did not advance

Canoeing

See also: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Seven competitors joined Team GB for the canoeing events, with three in the slalom and four in the flatwater sprint. Anna Hemmings and Jessica Walker, in the K-2 kayaking pairs, were a late addition to the team after qualification complications with the Spanish team.^[47] Three medals were won, exceeding the target of two set by UK Sport.^[16] Two of the medals were won by sprint kayaker Tim Brabants, who had previously won a bronze at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.^[16]

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semi-final		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	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
Campbell Walsh	Men's K-1	86.72	14	85.72	8	172.44	9 Q	95.74	16	Did not advance
Fiona Pennie	Women's K-1	160.06	19	99.00	7	259.06	17	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Brabants	Men's K-1 500 m	1:36.338	1 QS	1:42.530	3 Q	1:37.671
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:27.828	1 QF	Bye		3:26.323
Lucy Wainwright	Women's K-1 500 m	1:50.103	3 QS	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

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy^[48]

Team GB's cycling squad for Beijing totalled twenty five entrants in the four disciplines. Included were two reigning Olympic track cycling champions, Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins, plus a further two medal winners from 2004, as well as several reigning track world champions. Great Britain won fourteen cycling medals (eight gold, four silver and two bronze) in total to top the cycling medal table. The Cycling team won the BBC Sports team of the year award and was nominated for Laureus World team of the year.^{[citation needed]}

On the track Mark Cavendish was the only member of the squad of fourteen not to win at least one medal. Chris Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympic competitor ever,^[49] and the first Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908.^[48][20] His success resulted in the velodrome for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow being named in his honour.^[50] Rebecca Romero became the first British woman to win a medal in two different Olympic sports by following her silver medal in the quadruple sculls rowing in 2004 with gold in the women's individual pursuit.^[51]

In the debut appearance of BMX events at the Olympics, world champion Shanaze Reade finished out of the medals after crashing out of the women's final. Reade had been unbeaten all year and was the favourite to win the women's title.^[52]

On the road Nicole Cooke's win in the women's road race provided the first Olympic gold for an athlete from Wales since Richard Meade in 1972.^[53]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonathan Bellis	Road race	Did not finish
Steve Cummings	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	1:05:07	11
Roger Hammond	Road race	Did not finish
Ben Swift		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

Great Britain was represented by 14 track cyclists, 13 of whom won at least one medal. Seven of the ten gold medals available in the track cycling discipline went to Team GB.^[21]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time 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		9.857 73.044	2 Q	Kwiatkowski (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	Tsukuda (JPN) W 11.736 61.349	—	Krupeckaitė (LTU) W 11.839, W 11.672	Kanis (NED) W 11.537, W 11.885	Meares (AUS) W 11.363, W 11.118
Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff	Men's team sprint	42.950 62.863	1 Q	United States (USA) W 43.034 62.741	—			France (FRA) W 43.128 62.604

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semi-finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Steven Burke	Men's individual pursuit	4:22.260	5 Q	Dyudya (UKR) 4:21.558	3 Q	Markov (RUS) 4:20.947
Bradley Wiggins		4:15.031 OR	1 Q	Serov (RUS) 4:16.571	1 Q	Roulston (NZL) 4:16.977
Wendy Houvenaghel	Women's individual pursuit	3:28.443 NR	1 Q	Kozlíková (CZE) 3:27.829	2 Q	Romero (GBR) 3:30.395
Rebecca Romero		3:28.641	2 Q	Mactier (AUS) 3:27.703 NR	1 Q	Houvenaghel (GBR) 3:28.321
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

Rebecca Romero won gold in the individual pursuit, four years after winning silver in the quadruple sculls rowing event at the 2004 Games.^[54]

Keirin

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

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Chris Newton	Men's points race	56	2
Rebecca Romero	Women's points race	3	0	11
Mark Cavendish Bradley Wiggins	Men's madison	6	−1	9

Mountain biking

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

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Liam Phillips	Men's BMX	37.392	28	18	7	Did not advance
Shanaze Reade	Women's BMX	36.882	2	—		10	5	REL	8

Diving

See also: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

A total of ten divers were part of Team GB in the individual and synchronised diving events,^[55] including 14-year-old Tom Daley, the 2008 European 10 m champion and one of the youngest athletes to ever compete for Great Britain at an Olympics.^[56]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ben Swain	3 m springboard	390.30	26	Did not advance
Tom Daley	10 m platform	440.40	12 Q	458.60	8 Q	463.55	7
Peter Waterfield		497.65	4 Q	430.95	13	Did not advance
Nick Robinson-Baker Ben Swain	3 m synchronised springboard	—				402.36	7
Blake Aldridge Tom Daley	10 m synchronised platform	—				408.48	8

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rebecca Gallantree	3 m springboard	232.75	25	Did not advance
Tonia Couch	10 m platform	320.40	12 Q	297.20	12 Q	328.70	8
Stacie Powell		313.90	14 Q	301.75	11 Q	303.50	10
Tandi Gerrard Hayley Sage	3 m synchronised springboard	—				278.25	8
Tonia Couch Stacie Powell	10 m synchronised platform	—				303.48	8

Equestrian

See also: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Twelve entrants competed for Team GB in the three equestrian disciplines, which took place in Hong Kong.^[57] Zara Phillips, the reigning world eventing champion and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, was originally included in the squad but had to withdraw when her horse Toytown sustained an injury during training; Phillips missed out on her second successive Olympics, having withdrawn from the 2004 Games for the same reason.^[58]

Kristina Cook won an individual eventing bronze medal, and Britain also won bronze in the three-day team event.^[59]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Laura Bechtolsheimer	Mistral Hojris	Individual	65.917	24 Q	67.160	18	Did not advance
Jane Gregory	Lucky Star		63.375	31	Did not advance
Emma Hindle	Lancet 2		71.125	4 Q	70.440	9 Q	74.250	6	72.345	7
Laura Bechtolsheimer Jane Gregory Emma Hindle	See above	Team	66.805	7	—				66.805	6

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

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tina Cook	Miners Frolic	Individual	40.20	13	17.20	57.40	10	0.00	57.40	6 Q	0.00	57.40	3	57.40
Daisy Dick	Spring Along		51.70 #	37	17.20	68.90 #	24	11.00	79.90 #	24	Did not advance			79.90	24
William Fox-Pitt	Parkmore Ed		50.20 #	34	10.00	60.20	14	4.00	64.20	14 Q	4.00	68.20	12	68.20	12
Sharon Hunt	Tankers Town		43.50	18	47.60	91.10 #	38	4.00	95.90 #	35	Did not advance			95.90	35
Mary King	Call Again Cavalier		38.10	9	18.00	56.10	5	8.00	64.10	13 Q	4.00	68.10	11	68.10	11
Tina Cook Daisy Dick William Fox-Pitt Sharon Hunt Mary King	See above	Team	121.80	4	51.90	173.70	3	12.00	185.70	3	—			185.70

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher	Rolette	Individual	1	=14	4	5	=13 Q	0	5	6 Q	0	=1 Q	20	20	=20	20	=20
Nick Skelton	Russel		1	=14	8	9	=22 Q	13	22	=31 Q	12	29	Did not advance			12	29
Tim Stockdale	Fresh Direct Corlato		4	=30	4	8	=16 Q	8	16	=18 Q	0	=1 Q	16	16	=17	16	=16
John Whitaker	Peppermill		5	=39	Withdrew (lame horse)[60]
Michael Whitaker	Suncal Portofino 63		Withdrew (lame horse)[61]
Ben Maher Nick Skelton* Tim Stockdale John Whitaker	(as above)	Team	—								16	=4	21	37	7	37	6**

* Reserve rider Nick Skelton was added to the show jumping team event as a substitute for Michael Whitaker who had withdrawn from the competition.^[61]

** On 21 August, four horses from Brazil, Germany, Ireland and Norway tested positive for a banned substance.^[62] 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

See also: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain qualified three fencers for the individual fencing events. Cambridge University student Alex O'Connell was the only fencer included in the original allocation for Team GB announced in May 2008.^[63][64] The other two British fencers were added through the re-allocation of places by the FIE (the governing body for Olympic fencing) following the withdrawal of entrants from other NOCs.^[65][66]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Richard Kruse	Individual foil	—	Saliscan (ROU) W 15–6	Joppich (GER) L 9–10	Did not advance
Alex O'Connell	Individual sabre	Kovalev (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Martina Emanuel	Individual foil	Smart (USA) L 7–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

See also: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

See also: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The Great Britain men's team qualified for the men's Olympic field hockey tournament after a must-win game against India in the final of the Olympic qualifying event.^[67] Great Britain was drawn in Group B of the Olympic tournament based on world rankings on 18 April 2008. Having finished 3rd in the pool the team went on to finish 5th overall, beating South Korea in the 5th vs. 6th place playoff. Matt Daly was the top scorer for the team with three goals.^{[citation needed]}

Team roster

The following is the British roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[68]

Great Britain's men's field hockey team just before the group stage match against South Africa. From left to right: Hawes, McGregor, Kirkham, Dick, R. Mantell, Wilson, Bleby, Tindall, Daly, Alexander, S. Mantell, Marsden, Moore, Clarke, Jackson, Middleton.

Head Coach: Jason Lee

1. Alistair McGregor (GK)
4. Glenn Kirkham
5. Richard Alexander
6. Richard Mantell
7. Ashley Jackson
8. Simon Mantell
9. Stephen Dick
10. Matt Daly
12. Jonty Clarke
13. Rob Moore
14. Ben Hawes (c)^[69]
17. Alastair Wilson
18. Barry Middleton
20. James Tindall
21. Jon Bleby
24. Ben Marsden

Reserves:

16. Niall Stott
25. James Fair (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	2	0	24	7	+17	11
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8	Fifth place game
4	Pakistan	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6	Seventh place game
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7	4	Ninth place game
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH

11 August 2008 10:30 Pakistan  2–4  Great Britain Abbasi  45' Waqas  59' Report Tindall  2' Moore  14' Jackson  29' Daly  62' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

13 August 2008 21:00 Netherlands  1–0  Great Britain Taekema  63' Report Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

15 August 2008 21:00 South Africa  0–2  Great Britain Report Tindall  20' Daly  66' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Rob ten Cate (NED)

17 August 2008 08:30 Great Britain  1–1  Canada Daly  67' Report Pereira  47' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

19 August 2008 20:30 Australia  3–3  Great Britain George  40' Dwyer  45' Ockenden  68' Report Middleton  34' R. Mantell  47' Moore  55' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Xavier Adell (ESP)

Classification match for 5th/6th place

23 August 2008 11:00 South Korea  2–5  Great Britain Jang Jong-hyun  48' Hyun Hye-sung  67' Report Middleton  44' Jackson  49' Clarke  54', 63' Kirkham  70' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Roel van Eert (NED)

Women's tournament

See also: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The Great Britain Women's team qualified for the women's Olympic field hockey tournament during the 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. Great Britain was drawn in Group B of the Olympic tournament based on world rankings on 5 May 2008. Having finished 3rd in the pool and proceeded to the 5th and 6th place classification match where they lost to Australia. Crista Cullen was the team's top scorer in the tournament with 3 goals.^{[citation needed]}

Team roster

The following is the British roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[68]

Head Coach: Danny Kerry

2. Beth Storry (GK)
3. Lisa Wooding
4. Anne Panter
5. Crista Cullen
6. Melanie Clewlow
7. Charlotte Craddock
8. Helen Richardson
9. Joanne Ellis
10. Lucilla Wright
11. Kate Walsh (c)
12. Chloe Rogers
13. Jennie Bimson
14. Rachel Walker
15. Alex Danson
18. Sarah Thomas
22. Jo Ellis

Reserves:

1. Katy Roberts (GK)
19. Laura Barlett

Group play

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008 21:00 Germany  5–1  Great Britain Rinne  26', 52' Hoffmann  31', 49' Rodewald  60' Report Cullen  29' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)

12 August 2008 08:30 Argentina  2–2  Great Britain García  10' Gulla  27' Report Thomas  49' Clewlow  51' Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Stella Bartlema (NED)

14 August 2008 21:00 New Zealand  1–2  Great Britain Flynn  28' Report Danson  31' Cullen  50' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

16 August 2008 20:30 Great Britain  2–1  Japan Panter  32' Cullen  70' Report Miura  58' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)

18 August 2008 18:00 Great Britain  0–0  United States Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Lisa Roach (AUS)

Classification match for 5th/6th place

22 August 2008 11:00 Australia  2–0  Great Britain Blyth  29' Munro  68' Report Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)

Gymnastics

See also: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB entered nine gymnasts into the artistic and trampoline events. On winning the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse event,^[70] Louis Smith became the first Briton to win an individual gymnastics medal since Walter Tysall won silver in the men's all-around event in 1908.^[71][72] Laura Jones was originally selected to take part in the women's artistic team event but, because of a slipped disc in her back, she was replaced by the reserve gymnast Imogen Cairns.^[73]

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Daniel Keatings	All-around	14.900	15.175	13.775	15.625	14.900	14.575	88.950	25 Q	14.850	15.700	14.000	15.800	14.425	14.225	89.000	20
Louis Smith	All-around	13.700	15.325	13.325	15.375	13.425	14.175	85.325	41	Did not advance
	Pommel horse	—	15.325	—				15.325	5 Q	—	15.725	—				15.725

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Imogen Cairns	Team	14.855	14.850	13.475	14.175	57.050	33	Did not advance
Beckie Downie		14.150	15.050	14.650	14.225	58.075	24 Q
Marissa King		13.750	14.875	13.475	14.325	56.425	42
Beth Tweddle		14.950	—	15.650 Q	—
Hannah Whelan		14.125	13.500	—	14.325	—
Rebecca Wing		—	14.550	14.575	14.575	—
Total		57.775	59.325	57.875	57.450	232.425	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Beckie Downie	All-around	14.100	15.025	15.625	14.700	59.450	12
Beth Tweddle	Uneven bars	—		16.625	—	16.625	4

The result of the uneven bars final, in which Britain's Beth Tweddle placed 4th, was called into question after documents were found that seemed to say that Chinese gymnasts He Kexin and Yang Yilin were only 14, and therefore under the age required to compete, at the time of the Games. An investigation into their ages was launched by the IOC to determine whether it was necessary to disqualify them, thus Tweddle's standing could have been changed to 2nd, giving her a silver medal.^[74] After a five-and-a-half-week investigation the Chinese athletes were cleared and the original results allowed to stand.^[75]

Trampoline

Claire Wright was the only British competitor on the trampoline.^[76]

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

Judo

See also: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB was represented by seven athletes in the Judo events.^[77] 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.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Craig Fallon	−60 kg	Bye	Siccardi (MON) W 1010–0000	Paischer (AUT) L 0001–0002	Did not advance		Ahamdi (MAR) W 0011–0000	Kim K-J (PRK) W 0100–0001	Yekutiel (ISR) L 0101–0200	Did not advance
Euan Burton	−81 kg	Bye	Lucenti (ARG) W 0010–0001	Attaf (MAR) W 0010–0001	Gontiuk (UKR) L 0010–0121	Did not advance	Bye	Valles (COL) W 0110–0001	Camilo (BRA) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Winston Gordon	−90 kg	—	Nabiev (UZB) L 0020–0100	Did not advance
Peter Cousins	−100 kg	—	Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Clark	−63 kg	Heill (AUT) L 0100–1011	Did not advance
Michelle Rogers	−78 kg	Bye	Jeong G-M (KOR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Karina Bryant	+78 kg	Bye	Zambotti (MEX) L 0001–0021	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See also: 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.^[78]

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Sam Weale	Men's	177	25	1060	18–17	13	832	2:02.87	8	1328	164	18	1036	9:21.18	8	1156	5412	10
Nick Woodbridge		160	35	856	14–21	29	736	1:55.96	2	1412	140	12	1060	9:34.46	20	1104	5168	25
Heather Fell	Women's	185	6	1156	20–15	=11	880	2:12.77	3	1328	56	11	1144	10:19.28	5	1244	5752
Katy Livingston		178	18	1072	17–18	=18	808	2:15.68	7	1292	28	6	1172	10:29.47	10	1204	5548	7

Rowing

See also: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain was represented by 43 rowers in 12 boats,^[79] the highest number since qualifying quotas were introduced for rowing after the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[80] Crews were fielded in 12 out of a possible 14 events,^[81] making Team GB the fourth biggest team. Medals were won in six events,^[82] and Britain topped the rowing medal table.^[83] The medals won included gold in the coxless four, for the third successive Games, and Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter winning Great Britain's first ever lightweight rowing Olympic medal in the men's lightweight double sculls.^[84]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alan Campbell	Single sculls	7:14.98	1 QF	—		6:52.74	2 SA/B	7:05.24	2 FA	7:04:47	5
Robin Bourne-Taylor Tom Solesbury	Coxless pair	6:59.48	4 R	6:41.43	4 FC	—		Bye		6:46.83	13
Stephen Rowbotham Matt Wells	Double sculls	6:26.33	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:21.15	3 FA	6:29.10
Mark Hunter Zac Purchase	Lightweight double sculls	6:13.69 OB	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:29.56	1 FA	6:10.99
Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge Steve Williams	Coxless four	6:00.59	1 SA/B	Bye		—		5:54.77	1 FA	6:06.57
Richard Chambers James Clarke James Lindsay-Fynn Paul Mattick	Lightweight coxless four	5:52.38	2 SA/B	Bye		—		6:08.75	3 FA	5:52.12	5
Richard Egington Alastair Heathcote Matt Langridge Tom Lucy Acer Nethercott (cox) Alex Partridge Colin Smith Tom Stallard Josh West	Eight	5:25.86	1 FA	Bye		—				5:25.11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Louisa Reeve Olivia Whitlam	Coxless pair	7:29.88	3 R	7:34.54	2 FA	—		7:33.61	6
Anna Bebington Elise Laverick	Double sculls	7:08.65	3 R	6:54.76	1 FA	—		7:07.55
Helen Casey Hester Goodsell	Lightweight double sculls	6:55.23	3 R	7:24.23	1 SA/B	7:17.67	5 FB	7:11.24	11
Debbie Flood Katherine Grainger Frances Houghton Annabel Vernon	Quadruple sculls	6:13.70	1 FA	Bye		—		6:17.37
Carla Ashford Jess Eddie Katie Greves Natasha Howard* Alison Knowles* Caroline O'Connor (cox) Natasha Page Beth Rodford Sarah Winckless	Eight	6:08.68	2 R	6:12.10	3 FA	—		6:13.74	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

* Substitutes in final because of illness: Louisa Reeve for Howard and Alice Freeman for Knowles^{[citation needed]}

Sailing

See also: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain entered crews in all 11 sailing events at the Games.^[2][85] The team finished top of the sailing medal table, with six medals won,^[86] thus exceeding the target of four set by UK Sport.^[16] Ben Ainslie won a gold medal for the third successive Games to become the most decorated British Olympic sailor of all time.^[87]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nick Dempsey	RS:X	11	9	3	2	1	7	17	5	3	5	14	60	4
Paul Goodison	Laser	15	2	15	1	9	7	1	4	6	CAN	18	63
Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers	470	19	5	1	4	9	6	20	30 OCS	2	3	6	75
Iain Percy Andrew Simpson	Star	7	13	3	5	8	2	1	1	2	6	14	49

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Bryony Shaw	RS:X	4	3	11	6	28 OCS	6	5	3	1	2	4	45
Penny Clark	Laser Radial	2	22	1	22	3	17	18	23	13	CAN	14	112	10
Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark	470	20 DSQ	8	3	4	15	13	8	3	15	5	8	82	6
Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson	Yngling	2	3	4	7	4	2	2	5	CAN	CAN	2	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Ben Ainslie	Finn	10	1	4	1	1	10	2	2	CAN	CAN	—					2	23
Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes	49er	4	3	5	14	14	15	20 OCS	3	2	8	11	15	CAN	CAN	CAN	6	100	9
Will Howden Leigh McMillan	Tornado	6	8	13	8	14	7	7	2	3	12	—					2	68	6

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; OCS = On the course side of the starting line;

Shooting

See also: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain qualified five entrants for the shooting competition, four in the shotgun events and one in the rifle events. Olympic gold medallist Richard Faulds, who won the Men's double trap in 2000, progressed furthest amongst the British competitors, finishing in sixth place.^[88][89]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Richard Faulds	Double trap	137	5 Q	180	6
Jon Hammond	10 m air rifle	589	29	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1148	42	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	589	34	Did not advance
Steve Scott	Double trap	134	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elena Allen	Skeet	66	14	Did not advance
Charlotte Kerwood	Trap	58	16	Did not advance

Swimming

See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington^[90]

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 six medals (two gold, two silver and two bronze) the team bettered the target of three medals set by UK Sport.^[16] Rebecca Adlington was the most successful swimmer, winning two gold medals.^[90] Her 400 m freestyle success was Britain's first Olympic swimming title since 1988, and the first swimming 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, from any sport, at the summer Olympics and was the best swimming performance by a Briton at the Olympics for 100 years.^[91]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Carry	400 m freestyle	3:47.17 NR	15	—		Did not advance
Richard Charlesworth	1500 m freestyle	15:17.27	25	—		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	—		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	—		14:52.11	6
	10 km open water	—				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	—		Did not advance
James Kirton	200 m breaststroke	2:15.25	37	Did not advance
Dean Milwain	400 m freestyle	3:48.77	21	—		Did not advance
Robbie 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
Adam Brown Simon Burnett Ross Davenport Benjamin Hockin	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.69 NR	8 Q	—		3:12.87 NR	8
David Carry Ross Davenport Benjamin Hockin Andrew Hunter Robbie Renwick	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.89 NR	4 Q	—		7:05.92 NR	6
Simon Burnett Chris Cook Michael Rock Liam Tancock	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.83 NR	5 Q	—		3:33.69 NR	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.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Adlington	400 m freestyle	4:02.24	2 Q	—		4:03.22
	800 m freestyle	8:18.08 OR	1 Q	—		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	10	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	—		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	—		4:39.44	6
Cassie Patten	800 m freestyle	8:25.91	8 Q	—		8:32.35	8
	10 km open water	—				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	—		Did not advance
	10 km open water	—				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	4
	200 m backstroke	2:10.56	16 Q	2:09.19	9	Did not advance
Julia Beckett Francesca Halsall Melanie Marshall[92] Caitlin McClatchey Jessica Sylvester	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.18 NR	8 Q	—		3:38.18 NR	7
Rebecca Adlington Francesca Halsall Joanne Jackson Melanie Marshall Caitlin McClatchey Hannah Miley	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:56.16	9	—		Did not advance
Francesca Halsall Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Gemma Spofforth	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.14	2 Q	—		3:57.50	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.

Synchronised swimming

See also: Synchronised swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB was represented by two artistic swimmers, Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall, who placed 14th in the women's duet event. This was the first time since 1992 that Britain had taken part in the synchronised swimming competition at the Olympics.^[93]

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

Taekwondo

See also: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team GB entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition. Sarah Stevenson won Team GB's first-ever medal in Olympic taekwondo – a bronze in the women's +67 kg category.^[94] Another British hopeful, Aaron Cook, missed out on bronze in the men's −80 kg, which led to his coach publicly criticising the referee's decisions.^[95]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Harvey	Men's −58 kg	Pérez (MEX) L 2–3	Did not advance		Nikpai (AFG) L 1–3	Did not advance
Aaron Cook	Men's −80 kg	Jason (MHL) W 7–0	Vásquez (VEN) W 5–2	Sarmiento (ITA) L 5–6	Bye	Zhu G (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance	5
Sarah Stevenson	Women's +67 kg	Dawani (JOR) W 3–2	Chen Z (CHN) W 2–1*	Espinoza (MEX) L 1–4	Bye	Abd Rabo (EGY) W 5–1	Did not advance

* After a successful appeal by the British team, the result of Stevenson's quarterfinal match was reversed, granting her two points for a final-round kick to Chen'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.^[96]

Tennis

See also: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain was represented in the tennis competition by brothers Andy and Jamie Murray. In the first round of the singles tournament, Andy was defeated in straight sets by Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-hsun.^[97][98] The Murray brothers were later eliminated in the second round of the men's doubles tournament.^[99]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andy Murray	Men's singles	Lu Y-H (TPE) L 6–7^(5–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Andy Murray Jamie Murray	Men's doubles	—	Nestor / Niemeyer (CAN) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Clément / Llodra (FRA) L 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See also: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Five competitors were selected to represent Team GB in the triathlon, with three in the men's event and two in the women's.^[100] The best result was recorded by Alistair Brownlee, who finished in 12th place.^[101][102]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Alistair Brownlee	Men's	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)[101]
Hollie Avil	Women's	20:09	0:32	Did not finish[102]
Helen Tucker		19:52	0:31	1:04:17	0:36	37:39	2:02:55	21

Weightlifting

See also: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The only British weightlifter to qualify for the Games was Michaela Breeze who was competing in her second Olympic Games.^[103] She battled through a back injury to finish 15th out of 20 competitors in her event.^[104]

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

Sports not contested in Beijing

The Olympic sports not contested by Team GB in Beijing were baseball, basketball, football, handball, softball, table tennis, volleyball and wrestling. British athletes participated in the qualifying tournaments of some of these sports in the lead up to the 2008 Games, but circumstances outside of their control prevented them from taking part in the Games.^{[citation needed]}

Baseball

See also: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.^[105]

Football

See also: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The award of the 2012 Summer Olympics to London has brought the question of British participation in the football tournaments to the fore, given that there is traditionally no single United Kingdom national team. The British Olympic Association initially refused to rule out the possibility of entry for 2008, but were unable to come to an agreement with the Scottish Football Association.^[106] The 2007 European Under-21 Championship, which served as the European qualifying tournament for the men's competition, saw the England U21 team reach the semi-finals, 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.^{[citation needed]}

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in the United Kingdom are held by the BBC, under the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events. An extensive range of broadcasting options was used to provide over 2,500 hours of coverage.^[107]

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 BBC Red Button, whilst the BBC's website permitted British broadband users to view live streams from a variety of events. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jake Humphrey, Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine and John Inverdale. Former Olympic contenders – including gold medallists Michael Johnson, Shirley Robertson, Adrian Moorhouse, Steve Redgrave, Jonathan Edwards and Chris Boardman – provided analysis.^[108]

Eurosport also broadcast coverage of the Games viewable in the United Kingdom.^[109] 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).^{[citation needed]}

Radio coverage was provided by BBC Radio 5 Live, and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra on digital radio.^[107]

See also

• Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

General

• Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (July 2010). Official Results from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games – Archery to Handball (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2025. Contains results books for the following disciplines contested by Team GB: Archery (pp. 1‍–‍54); Athletics (pp. 55‍–‍414); Badminton (pp. 415‍–‍578); Boxing (pp. 957‍–‍1043); Canoe/Kayak (pp. 1044‍–‍1195); Cycling BMX (pp. 1196‍–‍1212); Cycling Mountain Bike (pp. 1213‍–‍1236); Cycling Road (pp. 1237‍–‍1271); Cycling Track (pp. 1272‍–‍1344); Diving (pp. 1345‍–‍1420); Equestrian (pp. 1421‍–‍1490); Fencing (pp. 1491‍–‍1816); Artistic Gymnastics (pp. 2004‍–‍2177); Trampoline Gymnastics (pp. 2212‍–‍2223).
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External links

• British Olympic Association – and their Team GB pages Archived 1 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine