Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. British athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, alongside Australia, France and Greece, though Great Britain is the only one to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. London is the first city to host the Summer Olympics on three different occasions, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. Soon, it will be joined by Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 in hosting the Olympic Games for a third time.[3] Team GB, organised by BOA, sent a total of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women, to the Games, and won automatic qualification places in all 26 sports.[2][4]
| Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in London 27 July 2012 – 12 August 2012 | |
| Competitors | 541[2] in 26 sports |
| Flag bearers | Chris Hoy (opening) Ben Ainslie (closing)[1] |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
The government agency UK Sport targeted a total of 48 to 70 medals, with a commitment of at least a minimum amount, one more than the team won at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a fourth-place finish in the medal table.[5] On 7 August 2012, Great Britain had reached its 48-medal target, and surpassed the 19 gold-medal tally from Beijing, making it the most successful Olympics since 1908.
Great Britain finished the Summer Olympic Games with a total of 65 medals (29 gold, 17 silver, and 19 bronze; after medal reallocation in men's high jump: 29 gold, 18 silver, and 18 bronze),[6] coming third in the medal table rankings, and fourth in the total number of medal rankings. At least one medal was awarded to Team GB in seventeen sports, eleven of them containing at least one gold. British athletes dominated the medal standings in cycling, wherein they won a total of 12 Olympic medals, including 8 golds, 7 from the 10 track cycling events alone, and in equestrianism, wherein they won 5 medals including 3 golds from 6 events. Great Britain also topped the medal table in triathlon, boxing and rowing. Twelve British athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London.
Among the nation's medalists were taekwondo jin Jade Jones, triathlete Alistair Brownlee, and slalom canoers Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie, who won Great Britain's first Olympic gold medals in their respective disciplines. Nicola Adams became the first female champion in Olympic boxing history as her sport made its debut at the Games.
Having never won a medal in dressage in Olympic history, British riders dominated the event in 2012, winning 2 golds (both team and individual) and a bronze, Charlotte Dujardin becoming one of five British double gold medal winners. Great Britain was the first nation other than Germany to win the team event since 1980. Andy Murray became the first British tennis player to claim an Olympic title since the sport was reintroduced as a full-medal discipline in 1988; he was also the only British athlete to win two medals in a single day. Double trap shooter Peter Wilson won the nation's first gold medal in his sport for 12 years.
By winning two gold medals in London, track cyclist Chris Hoy emerged as Great Britain's most successful athlete in Olympic history with a total of seven medals, including six golds which surpassed the five golds won by former rower Steve Redgrave. Hoy also tied for the most total Olympic medals for a Briton with road cyclist Bradley Wiggins, who won the gold in the men's time trial. Ben Ainslie became the most successful sailor in Olympic history, after winning his fourth gold medal in the Finn class. With three medals (two golds and one silver) in total, Victoria Pendleton became Great Britain's most successful female Olympic athlete, surpassing the record of two golds and one bronze medal, previously held by Kelly Holmes, and briefly shared with Rebecca Adlington.
For the first time in Olympic history, Great Britain had won a women's rowing gold; in the event, Great Britain secured three of the six gold medals in women's rowing. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover took the first Great Britain gold of the games in the women's pair, and the nation's first ever in women's rowing. Katherine Grainger, winning her first gold medal with Anna Watkins in the women's double sculls, became the first Great Britain female athlete to win four Olympic medals, and at four successive games (having previously won three silver medals). Swimmer Rebecca Adlington equalled the feat of four Olympic medals later on the same day. Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland, in the women's lightweight double sculls, completed the hat-trick as part of Super Saturday.
Despite the unprecedented success, Great Britain performed much more poorly in the team sports, winning just a single medal when Great Britain captained by Katie Walsh won the bronze medal match against New Zealand 3–1 in the Women's Field hockey tournament to win the first medal of any colour by a British field hockey team at a Summer Olympics since 1992.
Medallists edit
The team won 65 medals in total: 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze; after medal reallocation in men's high jump: 29 gold, 18 silver, and 18 bronze.[6] For each gold medallist, a post box was painted gold by Royal Mail in recognition of the achievement, usually in the competitor's home town.[7] A first class stamp depicting each gold medal-winning individual or team was also produced.[7][8]
The following British competitors won medals at the Games.[2] In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.
Multiple medallists edit
The following Team GB competitors won several medals at the 2012 Olympic Games.
| Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hoy | Gold | Cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Gold | Men's keirin | ||
| Laura Trott | Gold | Cycling | Women's team pursuit |
| Gold | Women's omnium | ||
| Jason Kenny | Gold | Cycling | Men's team sprint |
| Gold | Men's sprint | ||
| Charlotte Dujardin | Gold | Equestrian | Team dressage |
| Gold | Individual dressage | ||
| Mo Farah | Gold | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Men's 5,000 m | ||
| Andy Murray | Gold | Tennis | Men's singles |
| Silver | Mixed doubles | ||
| Victoria Pendleton | Gold | Cycling | Women's keirin |
| Silver | Women's sprint | ||
| Ed Clancy | Gold | Cycling | Men's team pursuit |
| Bronze | Men's omnium | ||
| Laura Bechtolsheimer | Gold | Equestrian | Team dressage |
| Bronze | Individual dressage | ||
| Louis Smith | Silver | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
| Bronze | Men's team all-around | ||
| Max Whitlock | Bronze | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
| Bronze | Men's team all-around | ||
| Rebecca Adlington | Bronze | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Women's 800 m freestyle |
"Super Saturday" edit
Day 8 (4 August) of the Games, which had been billed in the build up to the Games in the host country as "Super Saturday" due to the expected programme creating numerous strong medal possibilities for the hosts, saw Great Britain record their most successful day at the Olympics since the 1908 games.[9] The day saw the team win 6 gold medals, starting in the rowing for Alex Gregory, Tom James, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge in the men's coxless four and Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking in the women's lightweight double sculls, followed in the cycling by Dani King, Joanna Rowsell Shand and Laura Trott in the women's team pursuit. This was followed by three athletics gold medals in the space of 46 minutes, with Jessica Ennis winning gold in the women's heptathlon, Greg Rutherford in the men's long jump and Mo Farah in the men's 10,000 metres. Completing the medal total on the day in the rowing was a silver for Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase in the men's lightweight double sculls. Lord Coe, organiser of London 2012, described the unfolding of the day's events as "a narrative of infectious success" and the greatest day of sport he had ever witnessed.[10]
Medal and performance targets edit
With Team GB attempting to build on their previous successes in Beijing four years earlier, expectations prior to the London Olympics were very high with the additional advantage of competing with home support. UK Sport, the body responsible for distributing £300 million in Olympic and Paralympic sports, revealed on 4 July 2012 a target of finishing in the top four of the medal table and winning at least 48 medals across at least 12 sports based on an aggregate medal range of 40–70.[11] although a specific number of gold medals was not targeted.[12]
Team GB was also highly rated by other expert and professional sport bodies prior to the Olympics. This included a team of experts invited by BBC Radio 5 live, which implied an estimated total of 95 medals: 27 gold, 25 silver and 43 bronze. Sports statistics provider Infostrada projected 57 medals, 16 of them gold. Sheffield Hallam University 56 medals, 27 of them gold; whilst Luciana Barra a former Italian Olympic Committee member, estimated 59 medals, 16 of them gold.[13]
UK Sport set targets for medals and positions for each individual Olympic sports except Football. These are listed in the table below, along with the actual Team GB performance.[14]
The only sport which Team GB failed to meet its medal target was in Swimming.[15][16][17]
| Sport | Target | Resultant medals or placings | Target realisation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. medals | Non-medal placing | |||
| Archery | 0–1 | 2 × 4th | 3 in last 16 | Missed |
| Athletics | 5–8 | 6 | Realised | |
| Badminton | 0–1 | 1 × 4th | Won 2 of 7 group stage | Missed |
| Basketball | 0–1 | 2 × 5th | Won 1 of 12 group stage | Missed |
| Boxing | 3–5 | 5 | Realised | |
| Canoeing | 3–4 | 4 | Realised | |
| Cycling | 6–10 | 12 | Exceeded | |
| Diving | 1–3 | 1 | Realised | |
| Equestrian | 3–4 | 5 | Exceeded | |
| Fencing | 0–1 | 1 × 6th | 6th & 8th | Realised |
| Field hockey | 1–2 | 1 | Realised | |
| Gymnastics | 1–2 | 4 | Exceeded | |
| Handball | 0–1 | 1 × 5th | Won 0 of 10 group stage | Missed |
| Judo | 0–1 | 4 × 4th | 2 | Exceeded |
| Modern pentathlon | 1–2 | 1 | Realised | |
| Rowing | 6 | 9 | Exceeded | |
| Sailing | 3–5 | 5 | Realised | |
| Shooting | 0–1 | 1 × 4th | 1 | Realised |
| Swimming | 5–7 | 3 | Missed | |
| Synchronised swimming | 0–1 | 0 | Realised | |
| Table tennis | 0–1 | 1 × 32nd | 1 × 16th | Realised |
| Taekwondo | 1–3 | 2 | Realised | |
| Tennis | 0–2 | 2 | Realised | |
| Triathlon | 1–2 | 2 | Realised | |
| Volleyball | 0–1 | 1 team to win 1 match | Won 1 of 10 group stage | Realised |
| Water polo | 0–1 | 4th | Won 0 of 8 group stage | Missed |
| Weightlifting | 0–1 | 1 × 4th | 10 | Missed |
| Wrestling | 0–1 | 1 × 4th | Won 0 of 1 1st round | Missed |
| Total | 48–70 | 65 | Realised | |
UK Sport funding edit
In the Olympic cycle from 2008 until 2012 the government agency UK Sport allocated a total budget of more than £264 million towards funding Team GB and the individual athletes and teams specifically for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The sports which received the highest funding were rowing, cycling, athletics, sailing, and swimming. The only sports on the Olympic Programme that were not given any funding by the body were football and beach volleyball.
| Sport | Funding |
|---|---|
| Archery | £4,408,000 |
| Athletics | £25,148,000 |
| Badminton | £7,434,900 |
| Basketball | £8,599,000 |
| Boxing | £9,551,000 |
| Canoeing | £16,176,000 |
| Cycling | £26,032,000 |
| Diving | £6,535,000 |
| Equestrian | £13,395,100 |
| Fencing | £2,535,335 |
| Field hockey | £15,013,200 |
| Gymnastics | £10,770,600 |
| Handball | £2,924,721 |
| Judo | £7,498,000 |
| Modern pentathlon | £6,288,800 |
| Rowing | £27,287,600 |
| Sailing | £22,942,700 |
| Shooting | £2,461,866 |
| Swimming | £25,144,600 |
| Synchronised swimming | £3,398,300 |
| Table tennis | £1,213,848 |
| Taekwondo | £4,833,600 |
| Triathlon | £5,291,300 |
| Volleyball | £3,536,077 |
| Weightlifting | £1,365,157 |
| Wrestling | £1,435,210 |
| Total | £264,143,753 |
Delegation edit
The team, known by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as Great Britain, selects athletes from all four of the Home Nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), as well as the three Crown Dependencies (Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey), and all but three of the British overseas territories (Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda having their own NOCs).[18] The team is organised by the British Olympic Association (BOA) who have since 1999 branded it Team GB, explaining that "Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team."[19]
The BOA selected a team of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women, to compete in all sports after gaining automatic qualification places in their respective events.
The BOA by-law preventing the selection of athletes sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations was struck down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in April 2012, allowing the participation of Dwain Chambers, David Millar and Carl Myerscough.[20]
British Olympic Association chief Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan condemned the disproportionate number of British Olympic competitors who had attended expensive, elite private schools. Twenty per cent of all British Olympic competitors and 33% of the British participants in the rowing, sailing, and equestrian events, in which the host country won a number of medals, attended private schools. Moynihan called the numbers, "one of the worst statistics in British sport" and said that it was "wrong and unacceptable" that so many elite British athletes came from privileged backgrounds. Alan Bairner, professor of sport and social theory at Loughborough University, said that a primary factor in the numbers was the existence of excellent sports facilities and specialized coaching at the private schools and lack of the same at many state-sponsored schools.[21]
The Great Britain kit was designed by Stella McCartney.[22] In addition to the Olympic merchandise, a range of Team GB branded items went on sale including the BOA's official mascot Pride.[23][24]
Competitors edit
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves for fencing, field hockey, football and handball are not counted as athletes:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Athletics | 44 | 33 | 77 |
| Badminton | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Canoeing | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Cycling | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Diving | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Equestrian | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Fencing | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Football | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Handball | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Judo | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Modern pentathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rowing | 28 | 19 | 47 |
| Sailing | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Shooting | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Swimming | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| Synchronised swimming | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Tennis | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Triathlon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Volleyball | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Water polo | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 279 | 262 | 541 |
Archery edit
As the host nation, Britain automatically received the full allocation of six individual places, alongside entry to both the men's and women's team events.[25][26] Former medalist Alison Williamson competed in her sixth consecutive Summer Olympics, becoming only the third British athlete to do so, but failed to move past the first round.[27] Both the women's and men's teams failed to progress further than the round of 16 after losing to the Russian and Ukrainian teams respectively, while no individual archers made it past the round of 16.
Men edit
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Laurence Godfrey | Individual | 680 | 4 | Milon (BAN) (61) W 6–0 | Serrano (MEX) (29) W 7–1 | Mohamad (MAS) (20) L 5–6 | Did not advance | |||
| Simon Terry | 654 | 50 | Ishizu (JPN) (15) W 7–1 | Olaru (MDA) (47) L 1–7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Alan Wills | 660 | 42 | Worth (AUS) (23) L 5–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Laurence Godfrey Simon Terry Alan Wills | Team | 1994 | 8 | Not scheduled | Ukraine (UKR) (9) L 212–223 | Did not advance | ||||
Women edit
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Naomi Folkard | Individual | 637 | 42 | Timofeeva (RUS) (23) W 6–4 | Avitia (MEX) (10) L 2–6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Amy Oliver | 608 | 57 | Kumari (IND) (8) W 6–2 | Rochmawati (INA) (40) L 1–7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Alison Williamson | 629 | 47 | Bishindee (MGL) (18) L 3–7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Naomi Folkard Amy Oliver Alison Williamson | Team | 1874 | 11 | Not scheduled | Russia (RUS) (6) L 208–215 | Did not advance | ||||
Athletics edit
In Athletics, the British team did not receive any automatic places for representing the host nation, as they had done in other sports. A squad of 77 athletes was initially selected for the Games.[28][29] The selection of Lynsey Sharp as the team's sole representative in the 800 m when there were three places available proved controversial. Sharp, who won the event at the GB Olympic trials, failed to achieve the 'A' qualifying standard. Under international rules, non 'A' standard competitors could only be selected if no other athletes that have met the standard were chosen. As a result, Sharp's inclusion meant the exclusion of four other runners that had achieved the 'A' standard, including 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships gold medallist Jenny Meadows.[30]
Gareth Warburton was initially not selected for the 800 metres, having failed to achieve the 'A' qualifying standard at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, but was granted a place at the Games following an appeal. Ten other British athletes were unsuccessful with their appeals to be included.[31] David Webb was initially chosen as part of the squad for the men's marathon but withdrew on 25 July due to injury. No replacement was selected.[32] Paula Radcliffe was initially chosen as part of the squad for the women's marathon but withdrew on 29 July due to injury; Freya Murray was called up as her replacement.[33] Welshman Dai Greene was selected to captain the athletics squad, reprising a role he had first served at the 2011 European Team Championships in Sweden.[34]
In the Games, Great Britain had their best track and field performance since the Moscow Games in 1980, with 4 gold medals including a double gold for Mo Farah over the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. Pre-event favourites Farah in the 10,000 metres, Jessica Ennis in heptathlon, and the world leading, but slightly less favoured Greg Rutherford in the long jump, won 3 gold medals for Great Britain in the space of 49 minutes on the middle Saturday of the Games.
- 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
- WB
- World Best
- N/A
- Round not applicable for the event
- Bye
- Athlete not required to compete in round
Men edit
Track & road events edit
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Dwain Chambers | 100 m | Bye | 10.02 | 1 Q | 10.05 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| James Dasaolu | Bye | 10.13 | 3 Q | 10.18 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Adam Gemili | Bye | 10.11 | 2 Q | 10.06 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| James Ellington | 200 m | 21.23 | 6 | Not held | Did not advance | ||||
| Christian Malcolm | 20.59 | 2 Q | Not held | 20.51 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Nigel Levine | 400 m | 45.58 | 3 Q | Not held | 45.64 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Martyn Rooney | 45.36 | 2 Q | Not held | 45.31 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Conrad Williams | 46.12 | 3 Q | Not held | 45.53 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
| Andrew Osagie | 800 m | 1:46.42 | 3 Q | Not held | 1:44.74 | 2 Q | 1:43.77 | 8 | |
| Michael Rimmer | 1:49.05 | 5 | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Gareth Warburton | 1:46.97 | 5 | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Andy Baddeley | 1500 m | 3:40.34 | 6 Q | Not held | 3:36.03 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Ross Murray | 3:36.74 | 4 Q | Not held | 3:44.92 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| Mo Farah | 5000 m | 13:26.00 | 3 Q | Not held | 13:41.66 | ||||
| Nick McCormick | 13:25.70 | 12 | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Mo Farah | 10000 m | Not held | 27:30.42 | ||||||
| Chris Thompson | Not held | 29:06.14 | 25 | ||||||
| Lawrence Clarke | 110 m hurdles | 13.42 | 2 Q | Not held | 13.31 | 3 q | 13.39 | 4 | |
| Andrew Pozzi | DNF | Not held | Did not advance | ||||||
| Andrew Turner | 13.42 | 1 Q | Not held | 13.42 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Jack Green | 400 m hurdles | 49.49 | 2 Q | Not held | DNF | Did not advance | |||
| Dai Greene | 48.98 | 1 Q | Not held | 48.19 | 4 q | 48.24 | 4 | ||
| Rhys Williams | 49.17 | 5 q | Not held | 49.63 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Stuart Stokes | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:43.04 | 12 | Not held | Did not advance | ||||
| Dwain Chambers Adam Gemili Christian Malcolm Danny Talbot | 4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Jack Green Dai Greene Nigel Levine* Martyn Rooney Conrad Williams | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.38 | 2 Q | Not held | 2:59:53 | 4 | |||
| Lee Merrien | Marathon | Not held | 2:17:00 | 30 | |||||
| Scott Overall | Not held | 2:22:37 | 61 | ||||||
| Dominic King | 50 km walk | Not held | 4:15:05 | 51 | |||||
* Competed in relay heats only
Field event edit
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Greg Rutherford | Long jump | 8.08 | 4 q | 8.31 | |
| Chris Tomlinson | 8.06 | 5 q | 8.07 | 6 | |
| Philips Idowu | Triple jump | 16.53 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Robbie Grabarz | High jump | 2.29 | 1 q | 2.29 | |
| Steven Lewis | Pole vault | 5.50 | =9 q | 5.75 | =4 |
| Carl Myerscough | Shot put | 18.95 | 29 | Did not advance | |
| Abdul Buhari | Discus throw | 60.08 | 29 | Did not advance | |
| Brett Morse | 58.18 | 35 | Did not advance | ||
| Lawrence Okoye | 65.28 | 4 Q | 61.03 | 12 | |
| Mervyn Luckwell | Javelin throw | 74.09 | 35 | Did not advance | |
| Alex Smith | Hammer throw | 74.71 | 11 q | 72.87 | 12 |
- Combined events – Decathlon
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Awde | Result | 10.71 | 6.83 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Points | 926 | 774 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Women edit
Track & road events edit
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Anyika Onuora | 100 m | Bye | 11.41 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Abi Oyepitan | Bye | 11.22 | 5 q | 11.36 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
| Margaret Adeoye | 200 m | 22.94 | 3 Q | Not held | 23.28 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Anyika Onuora | 23.23 | 4 | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Abi Oyepitan | 22.92 | 2 Q | Not held | 23.14 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Shana Cox | 400 m | 52.01 | 3 Q | Not held | 52.58 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Lee McConnell | 52.23 | 3 Q | Not held | 52.24 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Christine Ohuruogu | 50.80 | 2 Q | Not held | 50.22 | 2 Q | 49.70 | |||
| Lynsey Sharp | 800 m | 2:01.41 | 2 Q | Not held | 2:01.78 | 7 | did not advance | ||
| Lisa Dobriskey | 1500 m | 4:13.32 | 1 Q | Not held | 4:05.35 | 4 Q | 4:15.02 | 10 | |
| Hannah England | 4:05.73 | 5 Q | Not held | 4:06.35 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| Laura Weightman | 4:07.29 | 6 Q | Not held | 4:02.99 | 7 q | 4:16.60 | 11 | ||
| Julia Bleasdale | 5000 m | 15:02.00 | 4 Q | Not held | 15:14.55 | 8 | |||
| Barbara Parker | 15:12.81 | 9 | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Jo Pavey | 15:02.84 | 7 q | Not held | 15:12.72 | 7 | ||||
| Julia Bleasdale | 10000 m | Not held | 30:55.63 | 8 | |||||
| Jo Pavey | Not held | 30:53.20 | 7 | ||||||
| Jessica Ennis | 100 m hurdles | DNS | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Tiffany Porter | 12.79 | 3 Q | Not held | 12.79 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Eilidh Child | 400 m hurdles | 56.14 | 3 Q | Not held | 56.03 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| Perri Shakes-Drayton | 54.62 | 1 Q | Not held | 55.19 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Eilish McColgan | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:54.36 | 9 | Not held | Did not advance | ||||
| Barbara Parker | 9:32.07 | 6 | Not held | Did not advance | |||||
| Eilidh Child* Shana Cox Lee McConnell Christine Ohuruogu Perri Shakes-Drayton | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.05 | 3 Q | Not held | 3:24.76 | 5 | |||
| Claire Hallissey | Marathon | Not held | 2:35:39 | 57 | |||||
| Freya Murray | Not held | 2:32:14 | 44 | ||||||
| Mara Yamauchi | Not held | DNF | |||||||
| Johanna Jackson | 20 km walk | Not held | DSQ | ||||||
* Competed in relay heats only
Field events edit
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Shara Proctor | Long jump | 6.83 | 1 Q | 6.55 | 9 |
| Yamile Aldama | Triple jump | 14.45 | 3 Q | 14.48 | 5 |
| Holly Bleasdale | Pole vault | 4.55 | =7 q | 4.45 | =6 |
| Kate Dennison | 4.25 | =26 | Did not advance | ||
| Sophie Hitchon | Hammer throw | 71.98 NR | 10 q | 69.33 | 12 |
| Goldie Sayers | Javelin throw | NM | — | Did not advance | |
Combined events – Heptathlon edit
| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Ennis | Result | 12.54 WB[35] | 1.86 | 14.28 | 22.83 | 6.48 | 47.49 | 2:08.65 | 6955 NR | |
| Points | 1195 | 1054 | 813 | 1096 | 1001 | 812 | 984 | |||
| Louise Hazel | Result | 13.48 | 1.59 | 12.81 | 24.48 | 5.77 | 47.38 | 2:18.78 | 5856 | 27 |
| Points | 1053 | 724 | 715 | 935 | 780 | 809 | 840 | |||
| Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Result | 13.48 | 1.89 | 11.32 | 23.73 | 6.19 | 38.37 | 2:10.76 | 6267 | 15 |
| Points | 1053 | 1093 | 616 | 1007 | 908 | 636 | 954 |
Badminton edit
As hosts, Team GB were entitled to enter two badminton players regardless of how they fared in qualifying.[36] At the qualification date, Team GB had qualified four places; a single player in each singles event, and a pair in the mixed doubles.
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| Rajiv Ouseph | Men's singles | Hurskainen (SWE) W 22–20 17–21 21–15 | Cordón (GUA) L 21–12 17–21 19–21 | None | 2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Susan Egelstaff | Women's singles | Tvrdy (SLO) W 21–15 21–10 | Sato (JPN) L 21–18 16–21 12–21 | None | 2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Chris Adcock Imogen Bankier | Mixed doubles | Nikolaenko / Sorokina (RUS) L 21–14 9–21 18–21 | Fuchs / Michels (GER) L 21–11 14–21 17–21 | Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 13–21 14–21 | 4 | — | Did not advance | |||
Basketball edit
Basketball was the only sport in which Great Britain were not guaranteed entry as hosts in 2012. In early 2011, FIBA granted the men's and women's teams automatic qualification.[37] Until 2006, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland competed as separate teams.[38]
Men's tournament edit
Roster edit
The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[39]
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Group play edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 400 | 359 | +41 | 9[a] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 402 | 349 | +53 | 9[a] | |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 414 | 394 | +20 | 8[b] | |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 373 | +37 | 8[b] | |
| 5 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | −25 | 6 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 439 | −126 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
29 July 2012 20:00 |
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| Russia | 95–75 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 25–15, 22–24, 24–17 | ||
| Pts: Kirilenko 35 Rebs: Shved 6 Asts: Shved 13 | Pts: Deng 26 Rebs: Freeland 10 Asts: Deng, Reinking 3 | |
31 July 2012 16:45 |
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| Great Britain | 62–67 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 16–23, 16–21, 19–19 | ||
| Pts: Mensah-Bonsu, Reinking 13 Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 12 Asts: Deng 7 | Pts: Splitter 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Huertas 8 | |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Sampietro (ARG) |
2 August 2012 20:00 |
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| Spain | 79–78 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–14, 24–19, 18–30 | ||
| Pts: Calderón 19 Rebs: San Emeterio 10 Asts: Fernández 7 | Pts: Deng 26 Rebs: Deng 9 Asts: Deng 7 | |
4 August 2012 20:00 |
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| Great Britain | 75–106 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40 | ||
| Pts: Freeland 16 Rebs: Freeland 7 Asts: Archibald 4 | Pts: Mills 39 Rebs: Newley 8 Asts: Ingles, Newley 4 | |
6 August 2012 16:45 |
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| Great Britain | 90–58 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–16, 26–17, 18–10 | ||
| Pts: Achara 16 Rebs: Archibald 9 Asts: Lawrence 6 | Pts: Wang Zhizhi 11 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 14 Asts: Liu Wei 4 | |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) |
Women's tournament edit
Roster edit
The following is the Great Britain roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[40]
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Group play edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 356 | 319 | +37 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 353 | 322 | +31 | 9 | |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 314 | 308 | +6 | 8 | |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 328 | 332 | −4 | 7 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 4 | 329 | 354 | −25 | 6 | |
| 6 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 327 | 372 | −45 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
28 July 2012 22:15 |
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| Australia | 74–58 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 23–15, 18–16, 17–16 | ||
| Pts: Jackson 18 Rebs: Batkovic 7 Asts: Richards 4 | Pts: Vanderwal, Leedham 11 Rebs: Page 7 Asts: Stafford, Leedham 3 | |
30 July 2012 20:00 |
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| Great Britain | 65–73 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 17–17, 21–19, 12–18 | ||
| Pts: Stafford, Leedham 15 Rebs: Fagbenle 6 Asts: Collins 4 | Pts: Thorburn 18 Rebs: Pilypaitis, T. Tatham 5 Asts: Gabriele 7 | |
1 August 2012 16:45 |
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| Great Britain | 61–67 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–23, 18–13, 16–15 | ||
| Pts: Stafford 18 Rebs: Page 7 Asts: Collins, Leedham 3 | Pts: Belyakova 12 Rebs: Osipova 9 Asts: Hammon 6 | |
3 August 2012 20:00 |
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| France | 80–77 (OT) | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–10, 20–21, 20–23, Overtime: 13–10 | ||
| Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 16 Rebs: Godin 8 Asts: Godin 4 | Pts: Leedham 29 Rebs: Page, Leedham 8 Asts: Page 3 | |
Boxing edit
Men edit
Britain was guaranteed five male boxers at the Games and one female entrant, by virtue of being the host nation.[41] However following the 2011 World Championships, five British boxers had claimed their places. The special 'host' places for men's boxing therefore became void. The boxers who qualified through the world championships were; Andrew Selby, Luke Campbell, Tom Stalker, Fred Evans and Anthony Joshua.[42]
Following the World Championships Andrew Selby and Khalid Yafai had both attained the qualification standard for the Olympics in the flyweight division. NOCs may only nominate one boxer per event, and since both had reached the quarter finals of the World Championships, a box off was required. The box off took place at the York Hall during the 2011 British Championships in November.[43] Selby won the first bout, following which Yafai failed to make the weight for the second bout by 300 grams, meaning that Selby would represent Great Britain at the Olympics.[44]
In the subsequent AIBA European Qualification Tournament, two further boxers, Josh Taylor and Anthony Ogogo, also qualified.[45][46]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Andrew Selby | Flyweight | Bye | Suleimenov (KAZ) W 19–15 | Ramírez (CUB) L 11–16 | Did not advance | ||
| Luke Campbell | Bantamweight | Bye | Parrinello (ITA) W 11–9 | Dalakliev (BUL) W 16–15 | Shimizu (JPN) W 20–11 | Nevin (IRL) W 14–11 | |
| Josh Taylor | Lightweight | Conceição (BRA) W 13–9 | Valentino (ITA) L 10–15 | Did not advance | |||
| Tom Stalker | Light welterweight | Bye | Manoj (IND) W 20–16 | Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) L 22–23 | Did not advance | ||
| Fred Evans | Welterweight | Abbadi (ALG) W 18–10 | Kavaliauskas (LTU) W 11–7 | Clayton (CAN) W 14–14 | Shelestyuk (UKR) W 11–10 | Sapiyev (KAZ) L 9–17 | |
| Anthony Ogogo | Middleweight | Castillo (DOM) W 13–6 | Khytrov (UKR) W 18–18 | Härtel (GER) W 15–10 | Falcão (BRA) L 9–16 | Did not advance | |
| Anthony Joshua | Super heavyweight | Not scheduled | Savón (CUB) W 17–16 | Zhang Zl (CHN) W 15–11 | Dychko (KAZ) W 13–11 | Cammarelle (ITA) W 18+–18 | |
Women edit
Qualification for the women's events was held at the AIBA 2012 Women's World Championships only. On 16 May 2012, Natasha Jonas qualified in the 60 kg category, and Nicola Adams in the 51 kg category. As a result, the host quota place in women's boxing became void.[47] On 18 May 2012 Savannah Marshall qualified in the 75 kg category, ensuring Great Britain is represented at all women's weights at the first Olympic Games featuring the women's discipline.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Nicola Adams | Flyweight | Bye | Petrova (BUL) W 16–7 | Kom (IND) W 11–6 | Ren Cc (CHN) W 16–7 | |
| Natasha Jonas | Lightweight | Underwood (USA) W 21–13 | Taylor (IRL) L 15–26 | Did not advance | ||
| Savannah Marshall | Middleweight | Bye | Volnova (KAZ) L 12–16 | Did not advance | ||
Canoeing edit
Slalom edit
Britain qualified the maximum of one boat in all four classes, at the 2011 World Championships.[48]
Places were allocated in Team GB in a qualification event in April 2012. As stated above, Great Britain was entitled to one quota of two canoeists in the men's C-2 event; however, as the successful C-2 canoeists Florence and Hounslow had already qualified in the individual events, a quota for a second boat in C-2 became available.[49]
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| David Florence | Men's C-1 | 101.60 | 13 | 93.04 | 4 | 93.04 | 5 Q | 106.16 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| Tim Baillie Etienne Stott | Men's C-2 | 100.44 | 3 | 102.79 | 6 | 100.44 | 4 Q | 110.78 | 6 Q | 106.41 | |
| David Florence Richard Hounslow | 108.23 | 10 | 101.08 | 4 | 101.08 | 7 Q | 108.93 | 1 Q | 106.77 | ||
| Richard Hounslow | Men's K-1 | 94.40 | =14 | 89.12 | 8 | 89.12 | 11 Q | 104.30 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Lizzie Neave | Women's K-1 | 101.95 | 4 | 98.92 | 1 | 98.92 | 2 Q | 117.30 | 12 | Did not advance | |
Sprint edit
The canoe sprint allocation for the host nation was one place in the men's K-1 1000 m, men's C-1 1000 m and women's K-1 500 m. Team GB was expected to earn a healthy number of British quota places.
Men edit
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Tim Brabants | K-1 1000 m | 3:31.869 | 5 Q | 3:30.769 | 4 FA | 3:34.833 | 8 |
| Ed McKeever | K-1 200 m | 35.087 OB | 1 Q | 35.619 | 1 FA | 36.246 | |
| Liam Heath Jon Schofield | K-2 200 m | 33.364 | 2 Q | 32.940 | 2 FA | 34.421 | |
| Richard Jefferies | C-1 200 m | 42.516 | 3 Q | 43.213 | 6 | Did not advance | |
| C-1 1000 m | 4:48.511 | 8 Q | 4:49.874 | 8 FB | 4:42.992 | 15 | |
Women edit
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Rachel Cawthorn | K-1 500 m | 1:53.491 | 1 Q | 1:52.542 | 2 FA | 1:53.345 | 6 |
| Jessica Walker | K-1 200 m | 42.388 | 4 Q | 41.734 | 2 FA | 46.161 | 7 |
| Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | K-2 500 m | 1:46.564 | 5 Q | 1:46.025 | 7 FB | 1:46.341 | 11 |
| Rachel Cawthorn Angela Hannah Louisa Sawers Jessica Walker | K-4 500 m | 1:37.255 | 2 Q | 1:32.550 | 4 FA | 1:33.055 | 5 |
- FA
- Qualify to final (medal)
- FB
- Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling edit
Great Britain selected 27 cyclists across the four cycling disciplines.[50] Included in the squad was David Millar, who was cleared to compete after a British Olympic Association rule preventing any athlete formerly banned for doping from Olympic selection, was overturned.[51]
In the road events Bradley Wiggins won the gold medal and Chris Froome the bronze in the men's time trial. This was Wiggins seventh Olympic medal and took him past Steve Redgrave as the British athlete with the most Olympic medals.[52] He also became the first man to win the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year.[53]
On the track the men's sprint team of Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes set new world records in both the first round and again in the final against France as they won the gold medal. Hoy joined Steve Redgrave as the only British athletes to win five Olympic gold medals.[54] A sixth gold medal in the men's Keirin brought Hoy past the record of Redgrave, and brought him equal with Wiggins on seven Olympic medals[55]
Road edit
Great Britain qualified for a maximum five quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 10 national ranking in the 2011 UCI World Tour. They qualified a maximum 4 quota places in the women's event by virtue of a top 5 national ranking by the end of May 2012.
The BOA announced the five man squad of road racers for Team GB on 4 July 2012.[56]
Men edit
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Mark Cavendish | Road race | 5:46:37 | 29 |
| Chris Froome | Road race | 5:58:24 | 109 |
| Time trial | 51:41.87 | ||
| David Millar | Road race | 5:55:16 | 105 |
| Ian Stannard | 5:46:47 | 92 | |
| Bradley Wiggins | Road race | 5:47:14 | 100 |
| Time trial | 50:39.54 |
Women edit
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Lizzie Armitstead | Road race | 3:35:29 | |
| Time trial | 39:26.24 | 10 | |
| Nicole Cooke | Road race | 3:36:01 | 31 |
| Lucy Martin | OTL | ||
| Emma Pooley | Road race | 3:37:26 | 40 |
| Time trial | 38:37.70 | 6 | |
Track edit
Qualification for the ten events to be held in the Olympic velodrome was entirely dependent on UCI rankings. Entry was limited to one rider, or as the case may be one team, per nation, a rule widely viewed as an attempt to reduce the dominance of the Great Britain team from the 2008 Games where they had taken gold and silver in three events (men's sprint, men's keirin and women's pursuit), and gold and bronze in a further one (men's pursuit). Nations are also limited to 14 riders in total, although 2 riders from other cycling disciplines may also be called upon.
Great Britain qualified in all track events. On 18 June 2012, British Cycling confirmed two accredited 'P' places – sprinters Ross Edgar and Becky James – essentially, substitute riders officially selected for the Olympic squad in the event of injury or illness. Competitors in the individual sprint and keirin events to be chosen from respective team sprint squads.
Sprint edit
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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| 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) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
| Jason Kenny[57] | Men's sprint | 9.713 OR 74.127 | 1 | Bye | Esterhuizen (RSA) W 10.363 69.477 | Bye | Awang (MAS) W 10.433, W 10.030 | Phillip (TRI) W 10.159, W 10.166 | Baugé (FRA) W 10.232, W 10.308 | ||
| Victoria Pendleton | Women's sprint | 10.724 OR 67.139 | 1 | Gnidenko (RUS) W 11.775 61.146 | Bye | Kanis (NED) W 11.840 60.810 | Bye | Panarina (BLR) W 11.226, W 11.339 | great, britain, 2012, summer, olympics, great, britain, northern, ireland, represented, british, olympic, association, competed, 2012, summer, olympics, london, united, kingdom, from, july, august, 2012, host, nation, team, selected, athletes, officially, know. Great Britain and Northern Ireland represented by the British Olympic Association BOA competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB British athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era alongside Australia France and Greece though Great Britain is the only one to have won at least one gold medal at all of them London is the first city to host the Summer Olympics on three different occasions having previously done so in 1908 and 1948 Soon it will be joined by Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 in hosting the Olympic Games for a third time 3 Team GB organised by BOA sent a total of 541 athletes 279 men and 262 women to the Games and won automatic qualification places in all 26 sports 2 4 Great Britain at the2012 Summer OlympicsFlag of the United KingdomIOC codeGBRNOCBritish Olympic Associationin London 27 July 2012 2012 07 27 12 August 2012 2012 08 12 Competitors541 2 in 26 sportsFlag bearersChris Hoy opening Ben Ainslie closing 1 MedalsRanked 3rdGold 29 Silver 18 Bronze 18 Total 65Summer Olympics appearances overview 189619001904190819121920192419281932193619481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024Other related appearances1906 Intercalated Games The government agency UK Sport targeted a total of 48 to 70 medals with a commitment of at least a minimum amount one more than the team won at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a fourth place finish in the medal table 5 On 7 August 2012 Great Britain had reached its 48 medal target and surpassed the 19 gold medal tally from Beijing making it the most successful Olympics since 1908 Great Britain finished the Summer Olympic Games with a total of 65 medals 29 gold 17 silver and 19 bronze after medal reallocation in men s high jump 29 gold 18 silver and 18 bronze 6 coming third in the medal table rankings and fourth in the total number of medal rankings At least one medal was awarded to Team GB in seventeen sports eleven of them containing at least one gold British athletes dominated the medal standings in cycling wherein they won a total of 12 Olympic medals including 8 golds 7 from the 10 track cycling events alone and in equestrianism wherein they won 5 medals including 3 golds from 6 events Great Britain also topped the medal table in triathlon boxing and rowing Twelve British athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London Among the nation s medalists were taekwondo jin Jade Jones triathlete Alistair Brownlee and slalom canoers Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie who won Great Britain s first Olympic gold medals in their respective disciplines Nicola Adams became the first female champion in Olympic boxing history as her sport made its debut at the Games Having never won a medal in dressage in Olympic history British riders dominated the event in 2012 winning 2 golds both team and individual and a bronze Charlotte Dujardin becoming one of five British double gold medal winners Great Britain was the first nation other than Germany to win the team event since 1980 Andy Murray became the first British tennis player to claim an Olympic title since the sport was reintroduced as a full medal discipline in 1988 he was also the only British athlete to win two medals in a single day Double trap shooter Peter Wilson won the nation s first gold medal in his sport for 12 years By winning two gold medals in London track cyclist Chris Hoy emerged as Great Britain s most successful athlete in Olympic history with a total of seven medals including six golds which surpassed the five golds won by former rower Steve Redgrave Hoy also tied for the most total Olympic medals for a Briton with road cyclist Bradley Wiggins who won the gold in the men s time trial Ben Ainslie became the most successful sailor in Olympic history after winning his fourth gold medal in the Finn class With three medals two golds and one silver in total Victoria Pendleton became Great Britain s most successful female Olympic athlete surpassing the record of two golds and one bronze medal previously held by Kelly Holmes and briefly shared with Rebecca Adlington For the first time in Olympic history Great Britain had won a women s rowing gold in the event Great Britain secured three of the six gold medals in women s rowing Heather Stanning and Helen Glover took the first Great Britain gold of the games in the women s pair and the nation s first ever in women s rowing Katherine Grainger winning her first gold medal with Anna Watkins in the women s double sculls became the first Great Britain female athlete to win four Olympic medals and at four successive games having previously won three silver medals Swimmer Rebecca Adlington equalled the feat of four Olympic medals later on the same day Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland in the women s lightweight double sculls completed the hat trick as part of Super Saturday Despite the unprecedented success Great Britain performed much more poorly in the team sports winning just a single medal when Great Britain captained by Katie Walsh won the bronze medal match against New Zealand 3 1 in the Women s Field hockey tournament to win the first medal of any colour by a British field hockey team at a Summer Olympics since 1992 Contents 1 Medallists 1 1 Multiple medallists 1 2 Super Saturday 2 Medal and performance targets 2 1 UK Sport funding 3 Delegation 3 1 Competitors 4 Archery 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 Athletics 5 1 Men 5 1 1 Track amp road events 5 1 2 Field event 5 2 Women 5 2 1 Track amp road events 5 2 2 Field events 5 2 3 Combined events Heptathlon 6 Badminton 7 Basketball 7 1 Men s tournament 7 1 1 Roster 7 1 2 Group play 7 2 Women s tournament 7 2 1 Roster 7 2 2 Group play 8 Boxing 8 1 Men 8 2 Women 9 Canoeing 9 1 Slalom 9 2 Sprint 9 2 1 Men 9 2 2 Women 10 Cycling 10 1 Road 10 1 1 Men 10 1 2 Women 10 2 Track 10 2 1 Sprint 10 2 2 Team sprint 10 2 3 Pursuit 10 2 4 Keirin 10 2 5 Omnium 10 3 Mountain biking 10 4 BMX 11 Diving 11 1 Men 11 2 Women 12 Equestrian 12 1 Dressage 12 2 Eventing 12 3 Show jumping 13 Fencing 13 1 Men 13 2 Women 14 Field hockey 14 1 Men s tournament 14 1 1 Group play 14 1 2 Semi final 14 1 3 Bronze medal match 14 2 Women s tournament 14 2 1 Squad 14 2 2 Group play 14 2 3 Semi final 14 2 4 Bronze medal match 14 2 5 Final rank 15 Football 15 1 Men s tournament 15 1 1 Squad 15 1 2 Group play 15 1 3 Quarter final 15 2 Women s tournament 15 2 1 Squad 15 2 2 Group play 15 2 3 Quarter final 16 Gymnastics 16 1 Artistic 16 1 1 Men 16 1 1 1 Team 16 1 2 Women 16 1 2 1 Team 16 1 2 2 Individual finals 16 2 Rhythmic 16 3 Trampoline 17 Handball 17 1 Men s tournament 17 2 Women s tournament 17 2 1 Squad 17 2 2 Group play 18 Judo 18 1 Men 18 2 Women 19 Modern pentathlon 20 Rowing 20 1 Men 20 2 Women 21 Sailing 21 1 Men 21 2 Women 21 2 1 Fleet racing 21 2 2 Match racing 22 Shooting 22 1 Men 22 2 Women 23 Swimming 23 1 Men 23 2 Women 24 Synchronised swimming 25 Table tennis 26 Taekwondo 27 Tennis 27 1 Men 27 2 Women 27 3 Mixed 28 Triathlon 29 Volleyball 29 1 Beach 29 2 Indoor 29 2 1 Men s tournament 29 2 1 1 Squad 29 2 1 2 Group play 29 2 2 Women s tournament 29 2 2 1 Squad 29 2 2 2 Group play 30 Water polo 30 1 Men s tournament 30 1 1 Team roster 30 1 2 Group play 30 2 Women s tournament 30 2 1 Team roster 30 2 2 Group play 30 2 2 1 Quarter final 30 2 2 2 Semi final 5 8 30 2 2 3 Classification 7 8 31 Weightlifting 32 Wrestling 32 1 Women s freestyle 33 Media coverage 34 Victory parade 35 See also 36 ReferencesMedallists editFurther information 2012 Summer Olympics medal table List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners and 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes The team won 65 medals in total 29 gold 17 silver and 19 bronze after medal reallocation in men s high jump 29 gold 18 silver and 18 bronze 6 For each gold medallist a post box was painted gold by Royal Mail in recognition of the achievement usually in the competitor s home town 7 A first class stamp depicting each gold medal winning individual or team was also produced 7 8 The following British competitors won medals at the Games 2 In the by discipline sections below medallists names are in bold Medal Name Sport Event Date nbsp Gold Helen Glover Heather Stanning Rowing Women s coxless pair 1 August nbsp Gold Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men s time trial 1 August nbsp Gold Tim Baillie Etienne Stott Canoeing Men s slalom C 2 2 August nbsp Gold Peter Wilson Shooting Men s double trap 2 August nbsp Gold Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Cycling Men s team sprint 2 August nbsp Gold Katherine Grainger Anna Watkins Rowing Women s double sculls 3 August nbsp Gold Steven Burke Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Geraint Thomas Cycling Men s team pursuit 3 August nbsp Gold Victoria Pendleton Cycling Women s keirin 3 August nbsp Gold Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge Rowing Men s coxless four 4 August nbsp Gold Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking Rowing Women s lightweight double sculls 4 August nbsp Gold Dani King Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott Cycling Women s team pursuit 4 August nbsp Gold Jessica Ennis Athletics Women s heptathlon 4 August nbsp Gold Greg Rutherford Athletics Men s long jump 4 August nbsp Gold Mo Farah Athletics Men s 10 000 m 4 August nbsp Gold Ben Ainslie Sailing Finn class 5 August nbsp Gold Andy Murray Tennis Men s singles 5 August nbsp Gold Scott BrashPeter CharlesBen MaherNick Skelton Equestrian Team jumping 6 August nbsp Gold Jason Kenny Cycling Men s sprint 6 August nbsp Gold Alistair Brownlee Triathlon Men s triathlon 7 August nbsp Gold Laura Bechtolsheimer Charlotte Dujardin Carl Hester Equestrian Team dressage 7 August nbsp Gold Laura Trott Cycling Women s omnium 7 August nbsp Gold Chris Hoy Cycling Men s keirin 7 August nbsp Gold Charlotte Dujardin Equestrian Individual dressage 9 August nbsp Gold Nicola Adams Boxing Women s flyweight 9 August nbsp Gold Jade Jones Taekwondo Women s 57 kg 9 August nbsp Gold Ed McKeever Canoeing Men s K 1 200 m 11 August nbsp Gold Mo Farah Athletics Men s 5 000 m 11 August nbsp Gold Luke Campbell Boxing Men s bantamweight 11 August nbsp Gold Anthony Joshua Boxing Men s super heavyweight 12 August nbsp Silver Lizzie Armitstead Cycling Women s road race 29 July nbsp Silver Mary King Tina Cook Zara Phillips Nicola Wilson William Fox Pitt Equestrian Team eventing 31 July nbsp Silver Michael Jamieson Swimming Men s 200 m breaststroke 1 August nbsp Silver Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Richard Chambers Rob Williams Rowing Men s lightweight coxless four 2 August nbsp Silver David Florence Richard Hounslow Canoeing Men s slalom C 2 2 August nbsp Silver Gemma Gibbons Judo Women s 78 kg 2 August nbsp Silver Mark Hunter Zac Purchase Rowing Men s lightweight double sculls 4 August nbsp Silver Iain Percy Andrew Simpson Sailing Star class 5 August nbsp Silver Louis Smith Gymnastics Men s pommel horse 5 August nbsp Silver Andy Murray Laura Robson Tennis Mixed doubles 5 August nbsp Silver Christine Ohuruogu Athletics Women s 400 m 5 August nbsp Silver Robbie Grabarz Athletics Men s high jump 7 August nbsp Silver Nick Dempsey Sailing Men s sailboard 7 August nbsp Silver Victoria Pendleton Cycling Women s sprint 7 August nbsp Silver Luke Patience Stuart Bithell Sailing Men s 470 class 10 August nbsp Silver Hannah Mills Saskia Clark Sailing Women s 470 class 10 August nbsp Silver Fred Evans Boxing Men s welterweight 12 August nbsp Silver Samantha Murray Modernpentathlon Women s modern pentathlon 12 August nbsp Bronze Rebecca Adlington Swimming Women s 400 m freestyle 29 July nbsp Bronze Sam Oldham Daniel Purvis Louis Smith Kristian Thomas Max Whitlock Gymnastics Men s artistic team all around 30 July nbsp Bronze Alex Partridge James Foad Tom Ransley Richard Egington Moe Sbihi Greg Searle Matthew Langridge Constantine Louloudis Phelan Hill Rowing Men s eight 1 August nbsp Bronze Chris Froome Cycling Men s time trial 1 August nbsp Bronze George NashWill Satch Rowing Men s coxless pair 3 August nbsp Bronze Alan Campbell Rowing Men s single sculls 3 August nbsp Bronze Karina Bryant Judo Women s 78 kg 3 August nbsp Bronze Rebecca Adlington Swimming Women s 800 m freestyle 3 August nbsp Bronze Max Whitlock Gymnastics Men s pommel horse 5 August nbsp Bronze Ed Clancy Cycling Men s omnium 5 August nbsp Bronze Beth Tweddle Gymnastics Women s uneven bars 6 August nbsp Bronze Jonathan Brownlee Triathlon Men s triathlon 7 August nbsp Bronze Laura Bechtolsheimer Equestrian Individual dressage 9 August nbsp Bronze Anthony Ogogo Boxing Men s middleweight 10 August nbsp Bronze Great Britain women s national field hockey teamBeth StorryEmily MaguireLaura UnsworthCrista CullenAnne PanterHannah MacleodHelen Richardson WalshKate Richardson WalshChloe RogersLaura BartlettAlex DansonGeorgie TwiggAshleigh BallSally WaltonNicola WhiteSarah Thomas Field hockey Women s tournament 10 August nbsp Bronze Lutalo Muhammad Taekwondo Men s 80 kg 10 August nbsp Bronze Liam Heath Jon Schofield Canoeing Men s K 2 200 m 11 August nbsp Bronze Tom Daley Diving Men s 10 m platform 11 August Medals by sport Sport nbsp nbsp nbsp Total Cycling 8 2 2 12 Rowing 4 2 3 9 Athletics 4 2 0 6 Boxing 3 1 1 5 Equestrian 3 1 1 5 Canoeing 2 1 1 4 Sailing 1 4 0 5 Tennis 1 1 0 2 Taekwondo 1 0 1 2 Triathlon 1 0 1 2 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Gymnastics 0 1 3 4 Swimming 0 1 2 3 Judo 0 1 1 2 Modern pentathlon 0 1 0 1 Diving 0 0 1 1 Field hockey 0 0 1 1 Total 29 18 18 65 Medals by date Day Date nbsp nbsp nbsp Total 1 28 July 0 0 0 0 2 29 July 0 1 1 2 3 30 July 0 0 1 1 4 31 July 0 1 0 1 5 1 Aug 2 1 2 5 6 2 Aug 3 3 0 6 7 3 Aug 3 0 4 7 8 4 Aug 6 1 0 7 9 5 Aug 2 4 2 8 10 6 Aug 2 0 1 3 11 7 Aug 4 3 1 8 12 8 Aug 0 0 0 0 13 9 Aug 3 0 1 4 14 10 Aug 0 2 3 5 15 11 Aug 3 0 2 5 16 12 Aug 1 2 0 3 Total 29 18 18 65 Multiple medallists edit The following Team GB competitors won several medals at the 2012 Olympic Games Name Medal Sport Event Chris Hoy nbsp Gold Cycling Men s team sprint nbsp Gold Men s keirin Laura Trott nbsp Gold Cycling Women s team pursuit nbsp Gold Women s omnium Jason Kenny nbsp Gold Cycling Men s team sprint nbsp Gold Men s sprint Charlotte Dujardin nbsp Gold Equestrian Team dressage nbsp Gold Individual dressage Mo Farah nbsp Gold Athletics Men s 10 000 m nbsp Gold Men s 5 000 m Andy Murray nbsp Gold Tennis Men s singles nbsp Silver Mixed doubles Victoria Pendleton nbsp Gold Cycling Women s keirin nbsp Silver Women s sprint Ed Clancy nbsp Gold Cycling Men s team pursuit nbsp Bronze Men s omnium Laura Bechtolsheimer nbsp Gold Equestrian Team dressage nbsp Bronze Individual dressage Louis Smith nbsp Silver Gymnastics Men s pommel horse nbsp Bronze Men s team all around Max Whitlock nbsp Bronze Gymnastics Men s pommel horse nbsp Bronze Men s team all around Rebecca Adlington nbsp Bronze Swimming Women s 400 m freestyle nbsp Bronze Women s 800 m freestyle Super Saturday edit Day 8 4 August of the Games which had been billed in the build up to the Games in the host country as Super Saturday due to the expected programme creating numerous strong medal possibilities for the hosts saw Great Britain record their most successful day at the Olympics since the 1908 games 9 The day saw the team win 6 gold medals starting in the rowing for Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge in the men s coxless four and Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking in the women s lightweight double sculls followed in the cycling by Dani King Joanna Rowsell Shand and Laura Trott in the women s team pursuit This was followed by three athletics gold medals in the space of 46 minutes with Jessica Ennis winning gold in the women s heptathlon Greg Rutherford in the men s long jump and Mo Farah in the men s 10 000 metres Completing the medal total on the day in the rowing was a silver for Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase in the men s lightweight double sculls Lord Coe organiser of London 2012 described the unfolding of the day s events as a narrative of infectious success and the greatest day of sport he had ever witnessed 10 Medal and performance targets edit nbsp Team GB entering the Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremony as the host nation nbsp Silver medal winner Zara Phillips riding High Kingdom during the cross country discipline of the equestrian eventing nbsp A post box in each of the gold medallists home towns was painted gold by Royal Mail to celebrate their success With Team GB attempting to build on their previous successes in Beijing four years earlier expectations prior to the London Olympics were very high with the additional advantage of competing with home support UK Sport the body responsible for distributing 300 million in Olympic and Paralympic sports revealed on 4 July 2012 a target of finishing in the top four of the medal table and winning at least 48 medals across at least 12 sports based on an aggregate medal range of 40 70 11 although a specific number of gold medals was not targeted 12 Team GB was also highly rated by other expert and professional sport bodies prior to the Olympics This included a team of experts invited by BBC Radio 5 live which implied an estimated total of 95 medals 27 gold 25 silver and 43 bronze Sports statistics provider Infostrada projected 57 medals 16 of them gold Sheffield Hallam University 56 medals 27 of them gold whilst Luciana Barra a former Italian Olympic Committee member estimated 59 medals 16 of them gold 13 UK Sport set targets for medals and positions for each individual Olympic sports except Football These are listed in the table below along with the actual Team GB performance 14 The only sport which Team GB failed to meet its medal target was in Swimming 15 16 17 Sport Target Resultant medals or placings Target realisation No medals Non medal placing Archery 0 1 2 4th 3 in last 16 nbsp N Missed Athletics 5 8 6 nbsp Y Realised Badminton 0 1 1 4th Won 2 of 7 group stage nbsp N Missed Basketball 0 1 2 5th Won 1 of 12 group stage nbsp N Missed Boxing 3 5 5 nbsp Y Realised Canoeing 3 4 4 nbsp Y Realised Cycling 6 10 12 nbsp Y nbsp Y Exceeded Diving 1 3 1 nbsp Y Realised Equestrian 3 4 5 nbsp Y nbsp Y Exceeded Fencing 0 1 1 6th 6th amp 8th nbsp Y Realised Field hockey 1 2 1 nbsp Y Realised Gymnastics 1 2 4 nbsp Y nbsp Y Exceeded Handball 0 1 1 5th Won 0 of 10 group stage nbsp N Missed Judo 0 1 4 4th 2 nbsp Y nbsp Y Exceeded Modern pentathlon 1 2 1 nbsp Y Realised Rowing 6 9 nbsp Y nbsp Y Exceeded Sailing 3 5 5 nbsp Y Realised Shooting 0 1 1 4th 1 nbsp Y Realised Swimming 5 7 3 nbsp N Missed Synchronised swimming 0 1 0 nbsp Y Realised Table tennis 0 1 1 32nd 1 16th nbsp Y Realised Taekwondo 1 3 2 nbsp Y Realised Tennis 0 2 2 nbsp Y Realised Triathlon 1 2 2 nbsp Y Realised Volleyball 0 1 1 team to win 1 match Won 1 of 10 group stage nbsp Y Realised Water polo 0 1 4th Won 0 of 8 group stage nbsp N Missed Weightlifting 0 1 1 4th 10 nbsp N Missed Wrestling 0 1 1 4th Won 0 of 1 1st round nbsp N Missed Total 48 70 65 nbsp Y Realised UK Sport funding edit In the Olympic cycle from 2008 until 2012 the government agency UK Sport allocated a total budget of more than 264 million towards funding Team GB and the individual athletes and teams specifically for the 2012 Olympic Games in London The sports which received the highest funding were rowing cycling athletics sailing and swimming The only sports on the Olympic Programme that were not given any funding by the body were football and beach volleyball Sport Funding Archery 4 408 000 Athletics 25 148 000 Badminton 7 434 900 Basketball 8 599 000 Boxing 9 551 000 Canoeing 16 176 000 Cycling 26 032 000 Diving 6 535 000 Equestrian 13 395 100 Fencing 2 535 335 Field hockey 15 013 200 Gymnastics 10 770 600 Handball 2 924 721 Judo 7 498 000 Modern pentathlon 6 288 800 Rowing 27 287 600 Sailing 22 942 700 Shooting 2 461 866 Swimming 25 144 600 Synchronised swimming 3 398 300 Table tennis 1 213 848 Taekwondo 4 833 600 Triathlon 5 291 300 Volleyball 3 536 077 Weightlifting 1 365 157 Wrestling 1 435 210 Total 264 143 753Delegation edit nbsp The athletes entering the Olympic Stadium led by flagbearer Chris Hoy during the opening ceremony The team known by the International Olympic Committee IOC as Great Britain selects athletes from all four of the Home Nations England Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales as well as the three Crown Dependencies Isle of Man Jersey and Guernsey and all but three of the British overseas territories Cayman Islands British Virgin Islands and Bermuda having their own NOCs 18 The team is organised by the British Olympic Association BOA who have since 1999 branded it Team GB explaining that Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team 19 The BOA selected a team of 541 athletes 279 men and 262 women to compete in all sports after gaining automatic qualification places in their respective events The BOA by law preventing the selection of athletes sanctioned for anti doping rule violations was struck down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in April 2012 allowing the participation of Dwain Chambers David Millar and Carl Myerscough 20 British Olympic Association chief Colin Moynihan 4th Baron Moynihan condemned the disproportionate number of British Olympic competitors who had attended expensive elite private schools Twenty per cent of all British Olympic competitors and 33 of the British participants in the rowing sailing and equestrian events in which the host country won a number of medals attended private schools Moynihan called the numbers one of the worst statistics in British sport and said that it was wrong and unacceptable that so many elite British athletes came from privileged backgrounds Alan Bairner professor of sport and social theory at Loughborough University said that a primary factor in the numbers was the existence of excellent sports facilities and specialized coaching at the private schools and lack of the same at many state sponsored schools 21 The Great Britain kit was designed by Stella McCartney 22 In addition to the Olympic merchandise a range of Team GB branded items went on sale including the BOA s official mascot Pride 23 24 Competitors edit The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games Note that reserves for fencing field hockey football and handball are not counted as athletes Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 3 6 Athletics 44 33 77 Badminton 2 2 4 Basketball 12 12 24 Boxing 7 3 10 Canoeing 9 6 15 Cycling 15 12 27 Diving 5 7 12 Equestrian 7 6 13 Fencing 4 6 10 Field hockey 16 16 32 Football 18 18 36 Gymnastics 5 13 18 Handball 14 14 28 Judo 7 7 14 Modern pentathlon 2 2 4 Rowing 28 19 47 Sailing 9 7 16 Shooting 7 4 11 Swimming 23 21 44 Synchronised swimming 0 9 9 Table tennis 3 3 6 Taekwondo 2 2 4 Tennis 4 4 8 Triathlon 3 3 6 Volleyball 14 14 28 Water polo 13 13 26 Weightlifting 3 2 5 Wrestling 0 1 1 Total 279 262 541Archery editMain article Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics As the host nation Britain automatically received the full allocation of six individual places alongside entry to both the men s and women s team events 25 26 Former medalist Alison Williamson competed in her sixth consecutive Summer Olympics becoming only the third British athlete to do so but failed to move past the first round 27 Both the women s and men s teams failed to progress further than the round of 16 after losing to the Russian and Ukrainian teams respectively while no individual archers made it past the round of 16 Men edit Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final BM Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Laurence Godfrey Individual 680 4 nbsp Milon BAN 61 W 6 0 nbsp Serrano MEX 29 W 7 1 nbsp Mohamad MAS 20 L 5 6 Did not advance Simon Terry 654 50 nbsp Ishizu JPN 15 W 7 1 nbsp Olaru MDA 47 L 1 7 Did not advance Alan Wills 660 42 nbsp Worth AUS 23 L 5 6 Did not advance Laurence GodfreySimon TerryAlan Wills Team 1994 8 Not scheduled nbsp Ukraine UKR 9 L 212 223 Did not advance Women edit Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final BM Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Naomi Folkard Individual 637 42 nbsp Timofeeva RUS 23 W 6 4 nbsp Avitia MEX 10 L 2 6 Did not advance Amy Oliver 608 57 nbsp Kumari IND 8 W 6 2 nbsp Rochmawati INA 40 L 1 7 Did not advance Alison Williamson 629 47 nbsp Bishindee MGL 18 L 3 7 Did not advance Naomi FolkardAmy OliverAlison Williamson Team 1874 11 Not scheduled nbsp Russia RUS 6 L 208 215 Did not advanceAthletics editMain article Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics In Athletics the British team did not receive any automatic places for representing the host nation as they had done in other sports A squad of 77 athletes was initially selected for the Games 28 29 The selection of Lynsey Sharp as the team s sole representative in the 800 m when there were three places available proved controversial Sharp who won the event at the GB Olympic trials failed to achieve the A qualifying standard Under international rules non A standard competitors could only be selected if no other athletes that have met the standard were chosen As a result Sharp s inclusion meant the exclusion of four other runners that had achieved the A standard including 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships gold medallist Jenny Meadows 30 Gareth Warburton was initially not selected for the 800 metres having failed to achieve the A qualifying standard at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki but was granted a place at the Games following an appeal Ten other British athletes were unsuccessful with their appeals to be included 31 David Webb was initially chosen as part of the squad for the men s marathon but withdrew on 25 July due to injury No replacement was selected 32 Paula Radcliffe was initially chosen as part of the squad for the women s marathon but withdrew on 29 July due to injury Freya Murray was called up as her replacement 33 Welshman Dai Greene was selected to captain the athletics squad reprising a role he had first served at the 2011 European Team Championships in Sweden 34 In the Games Great Britain had their best track and field performance since the Moscow Games in 1980 with 4 gold medals including a double gold for Mo Farah over the 5 000 and 10 000 metres Pre event favourites Farah in the 10 000 metres Jessica Ennis in heptathlon and the world leading but slightly less favoured Greg Rutherford in the long jump won 3 gold medals for Great Britain in the space of 49 minutes on the middle Saturday of the Games 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 WB World Best N A Round not applicable for the event Bye Athlete not required to compete in round Men edit Track amp road events edit nbsp Double gold medallist Mo Farah competing in the 5000 m Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Dwain Chambers 100 m Bye 10 02 1 Q 10 05 4 Did not advance James Dasaolu Bye 10 13 3 Q 10 18 7 Did not advance Adam Gemili Bye 10 11 2 Q 10 06 3 Did not advance James Ellington 200 m 21 23 6 Not held Did not advance Christian Malcolm 20 59 2 Q Not held 20 51 3 Did not advance Nigel Levine 400 m 45 58 3 Q Not held 45 64 6 Did not advance Martyn Rooney 45 36 2 Q Not held 45 31 5 Did not advance Conrad Williams 46 12 3 Q Not held 45 53 8 Did not advance Andrew Osagie 800 m 1 46 42 3 Q Not held 1 44 74 2 Q 1 43 77 8 Michael Rimmer 1 49 05 5 Not held Did not advance Gareth Warburton 1 46 97 5 Not held Did not advance Andy Baddeley 1500 m 3 40 34 6 Q Not held 3 36 03 8 Did not advance Ross Murray 3 36 74 4 Q Not held 3 44 92 10 Did not advance Mo Farah 5000 m 13 26 00 3 Q Not held 13 41 66 nbsp Nick McCormick 13 25 70 12 Not held Did not advance Mo Farah 10000 m Not held 27 30 42 nbsp Chris Thompson Not held 29 06 14 25 Lawrence Clarke 110 m hurdles 13 42 2 Q Not held 13 31 3 q 13 39 4 Andrew Pozzi DNF Not held Did not advance Andrew Turner 13 42 1 Q Not held 13 42 4 Did not advance Jack Green 400 m hurdles 49 49 2 Q Not held DNF Did not advance Dai Greene 48 98 1 Q Not held 48 19 4 q 48 24 4 Rhys Williams 49 17 5 q Not held 49 63 4 Did not advance Stuart Stokes 3000 m steeplechase 8 43 04 12 Not held Did not advance Dwain ChambersAdam GemiliChristian MalcolmDanny Talbot 4 100 m relay DSQ Not held Did not advance Jack GreenDai GreeneNigel Levine Martyn RooneyConrad Williams 4 400 m relay 3 00 38 2 Q Not held 2 59 53 4 Lee Merrien Marathon Not held 2 17 00 30 Scott Overall Not held 2 22 37 61 Dominic King 50 km walk Not held 4 15 05 51 Competed in relay heats only Field event edit nbsp Greg Rutherford gold medallist in the long jump Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Greg Rutherford Long jump 8 08 4 q 8 31 nbsp Chris Tomlinson 8 06 5 q 8 07 6 Philips Idowu Triple jump 16 53 14 Did not advance Robbie Grabarz High jump 2 29 1 q 2 29 nbsp Steven Lewis Pole vault 5 50 9 q 5 75 4 Carl Myerscough Shot put 18 95 29 Did not advance Abdul Buhari Discus throw 60 08 29 Did not advance Brett Morse 58 18 35 Did not advance Lawrence Okoye 65 28 4 Q 61 03 12 Mervyn Luckwell Javelin throw 74 09 35 Did not advance Alex Smith Hammer throw 74 71 11 q 72 87 12 Combined events Decathlon Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank Daniel Awde Result 10 71 6 83 DNS DNF Points 926 774 0 Women edit Track amp road events edit Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Anyika Onuora 100 m Bye 11 41 5 Did not advance Abi Oyepitan Bye 11 22 5 q 11 36 8 Did not advance Margaret Adeoye 200 m 22 94 3 Q Not held 23 28 7 Did not advance Anyika Onuora 23 23 4 Not held Did not advance Abi Oyepitan 22 92 2 Q Not held 23 14 6 Did not advance Shana Cox 400 m 52 01 3 Q Not held 52 58 7 Did not advance Lee McConnell 52 23 3 Q Not held 52 24 7 Did not advance Christine Ohuruogu 50 80 2 Q Not held 50 22 2 Q 49 70 nbsp Lynsey Sharp 800 m 2 01 41 2 Q Not held 2 01 78 7 did not advance Lisa Dobriskey 1500 m 4 13 32 1 Q Not held 4 05 35 4 Q 4 15 02 10 Hannah England 4 05 73 5 Q Not held 4 06 35 9 Did not advance Laura Weightman 4 07 29 6 Q Not held 4 02 99 7 q 4 16 60 11 Julia Bleasdale 5000 m 15 02 00 4 Q Not held 15 14 55 8 Barbara Parker 15 12 81 9 Not held Did not advance Jo Pavey 15 02 84 7 q Not held 15 12 72 7 Julia Bleasdale 10000 m Not held 30 55 63 8 Jo Pavey Not held 30 53 20 7 Jessica Ennis 100 m hurdles DNS Not held Did not advance Tiffany Porter 12 79 3 Q Not held 12 79 4 Did not advance Eilidh Child 400 m hurdles 56 14 3 Q Not held 56 03 7 Did not advance Perri Shakes Drayton 54 62 1 Q Not held 55 19 3 Did not advance Eilish McColgan 3000 m steeplechase 9 54 36 9 Not held Did not advance Barbara Parker 9 32 07 6 Not held Did not advance Eilidh Child Shana CoxLee McConnellChristine OhuruoguPerri Shakes Drayton 4 400 m relay 3 25 05 3 Q Not held 3 24 76 5 Claire Hallissey Marathon Not held 2 35 39 57 Freya Murray Not held 2 32 14 44 Mara Yamauchi Not held DNF Johanna Jackson 20 km walk Not held DSQ Competed in relay heats only Field events edit Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Shara Proctor Long jump 6 83 1 Q 6 55 9 Yamile Aldama Triple jump 14 45 3 Q 14 48 5 Holly Bleasdale Pole vault 4 55 7 q 4 45 6 Kate Dennison 4 25 26 Did not advance Sophie Hitchon Hammer throw 71 98 NR 10 q 69 33 12 Goldie Sayers Javelin throw NM Did not advance Combined events Heptathlon edit Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank Jessica Ennis Result 12 54 WB 35 1 86 14 28 22 83 6 48 47 49 2 08 65 6955 NR nbsp Points 1195 1054 813 1096 1001 812 984 Louise Hazel Result 13 48 1 59 12 81 24 48 5 77 47 38 2 18 78 5856 27 Points 1053 724 715 935 780 809 840 Katarina Johnson Thompson Result 13 48 1 89 11 32 23 73 6 19 38 37 2 10 76 6267 15 Points 1053 1093 616 1007 908 636 954Badminton editMain article Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics As hosts Team GB were entitled to enter two badminton players regardless of how they fared in qualifying 36 At the qualification date Team GB had qualified four places a single player in each singles event and a pair in the mixed doubles Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final BM OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Rajiv Ouseph Men s singles nbsp Hurskainen SWE W 22 20 17 21 21 15 nbsp Cordon GUA L 21 12 17 21 19 21 None 2 Did not advance Susan Egelstaff Women s singles nbsp Tvrdy SLO W 21 15 21 10 nbsp Sato JPN L 21 18 16 21 12 21 None 2 Did not advance Chris AdcockImogen Bankier Mixed doubles nbsp Nikolaenko Sorokina RUS L 21 14 9 21 18 21 nbsp Fuchs Michels GER L 21 11 14 21 17 21 nbsp Zhang N Zhao Yl CHN L 13 21 14 21 4 Did not advanceBasketball editMain article Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball was the only sport in which Great Britain were not guaranteed entry as hosts in 2012 In early 2011 FIBA granted the men s and women s teams automatic qualification 37 Until 2006 England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland competed as separate teams 38 Men s tournament edit Main article Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men s tournament Roster edit The following is the Great Britain roster in the men s basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics 39 Great Britain men s national basketball team 2012 Summer Olympics roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr PF 4 Kieron Achara 29 1983 07 03 3 July 1983 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in Assignia Manresa nbsp PG 5 Andrew Lawrence 22 1990 06 04 4 June 1990 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Charleston Cougars nbsp SG 6 Mike Lenzly 31 1981 05 01 1 May 1981 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in CEZ Nymburk nbsp F C 7 Pops Mensah Bonsu 28 1983 09 07 7 September 1983 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in Besiktas Milangaz nbsp SF 8 Andrew Sullivan 31 1980 02 12 12 February 1980 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in Leicester Riders nbsp SF 9 Luol Deng 27 1985 04 16 16 April 1985 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in Chicago Bulls nbsp C 10 Robert Archibald 32 1980 03 29 29 March 1980 2 11 m 6 ft 11 in CAI Zaragoza nbsp PF 11 Joel Freeland 25 1987 02 07 7 February 1987 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in Portland Trail Blazers nbsp PG 12 Nate Reinking 38 1973 12 12 12 December 1973 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Sheffield Sharks nbsp PF 13 Daniel Clark 23 1988 09 16 16 September 1988 2 10 m 6 ft 11 in CB Estudiantes nbsp SG 14 Kyle Johnson 23 1988 12 31 31 December 1988 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in APOEL B C nbsp C 15 Eric Boateng 26 1985 11 20 20 November 1985 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in Peristeri B C nbsp Head coach nbsp Chris Finch Assistant coach es nbsp Paul Mokeski nbsp Nick Nurse Legend Club is latest as prior to tournament Age is as at 29 July 2012 Group play edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Russia 5 4 1 400 359 41 9 a Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Brazil 5 4 1 402 349 53 9 a 3 nbsp Spain 5 3 2 414 394 20 8 b 4 nbsp Australia 5 3 2 410 373 37 8 b 5 nbsp Great Britain H 5 1 4 380 405 25 6 6 nbsp China 5 0 5 313 439 126 5Source FIBA archiveRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal average 4 head to head number of points scored H HostsNotes a b Head to head record Russia 1 0 Brazil a b Head to head record Spain 1 0 Australia 29 July 201220 00 Report Russia nbsp 95 75 nbsp Great Britain Scoring by quarter 24 19 25 15 22 24 24 17Pts Kirilenko 35Rebs Shved 6Asts Shved 13 Pts Deng 26Rebs Freeland 10Asts Deng Reinking 3 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Pablo Estevez ARG Jorge Vazquez PUR Stephen Seibel CAN 31 July 201216 45 Report Great Britain nbsp 62 67 nbsp Brazil Scoring by quarter 11 4 16 23 16 21 19 19Pts Mensah Bonsu Reinking 13Rebs Mensah Bonsu 12Asts Deng 7 Pts Splitter 21Rebs three players 6Asts Huertas 8 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Recep Ankarali TUR Ilija Belosevic SRB Fernando Sampietro ARG 2 August 201220 00 Report Spain nbsp 79 78 nbsp Great Britain Scoring by quarter 24 15 13 14 24 19 18 30Pts Calderon 19Rebs San Emeterio 10Asts Fernandez 7 Pts Deng 26Rebs Deng 9Asts Deng 7 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Bill Kennedy USA Sasa Pukl SLO Olegs Latisevs LAT 4 August 201220 00 Report Great Britain nbsp 75 106 nbsp Australia Scoring by quarter 25 18 21 18 14 30 15 40Pts Freeland 16Rebs Freeland 7Asts Archibald 4 Pts Mills 39Rebs Newley 8Asts Ingles Newley 4 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Juan Arteaga ESP Jose Carrion PUR Robert Lottermoser GER 6 August 201216 45 Report Great Britain nbsp 90 58 nbsp China Scoring by quarter 27 15 19 16 26 17 18 10Pts Achara 16Rebs Archibald 9Asts Lawrence 6 Pts Wang Zhizhi 11Rebs Yi Jianlian 14Asts Liu Wei 4 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Cristiano Maranho BRA Fernando Sampietro ARG Vaughan Mayberry AUS Women s tournament edit Main article Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s tournament Roster edit The following is the Great Britain roster in the women s basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics 40 Great Britain women s national basketball team 2012 Summer Olympics roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr G 4 Natalie Stafford 35 1976 12 08 8 December 1976 1 76 m 5 ft 9 in Sydney Uni Flames nbsp G 5 Rose Anderson 24 1988 03 23 23 March 1988 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in UWIC Archers nbsp G 6 Stef Collins 29 1982 12 30 30 December 1982 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in UWIC Archers nbsp PG 7 Rachael Vanderwal 29 1983 06 27 27 June 1983 1 75 m 5 ft 9 in University of Limerick nbsp F 8 Chantelle Handy 25 1987 06 16 16 June 1987 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Sony Athinaikos Athens nbsp G 9 Jenaya Wade Fray 23 1988 09 05 5 September 1988 1 75 m 5 ft 9 in UWIC Archers nbsp F 10 Julie Page 29 1983 04 21 21 April 1983 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Energa Torun nbsp PF 11 Kim Butler 29 1982 09 07 7 September 1982 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in SK Cesis nbsp C 12 Dominique Allen 22 1989 09 10 10 September 1989 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in Oral Roberts University nbsp G 13 Jo Leedham 24 1987 12 05 5 December 1987 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Bulleen Boomers nbsp C 14 Azania Stewart 23 1989 03 13 13 March 1989 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in University of Florida nbsp F 15 Temi Fagbenle 19 1992 09 08 8 September 1992 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in Harvard University nbsp Head coach nbsp Tom Maher Assistant coach es nbsp Ken Shields Legend Club is latest as prior to tournament Age is as at 29 July 2012 Group play edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp France 5 5 0 356 319 37 10 Quarterfinals 2 nbsp Australia 5 4 1 353 322 31 9 3 nbsp Russia 5 3 2 314 308 6 8 4 nbsp Canada 5 2 3 328 332 4 7 5 nbsp Brazil 5 1 4 329 354 25 6 6 nbsp Great Britain H 5 0 5 327 372 45 5Source FIBA archive Rules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal average 4 head to head number of points scored H Hosts 28 July 201222 15 Report Australia nbsp 74 58 nbsp Great Britain Scoring by quarter 16 11 23 15 18 16 17 16Pts Jackson 18Rebs Batkovic 7Asts Richards 4 Pts Vanderwal Leedham 11Rebs Page 7Asts Stafford Leedham 3 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Jorge Carrion PUR Shoko Sugruro JPN Borys Ryschyk UKR 30 July 2012 20 00 Report Great Britain nbsp 65 73 nbsp Canada Scoring by quarter 15 19 17 17 21 19 12 18Pts Stafford Leedham 15Rebs Fagbenle 6Asts Collins 4 Pts Thorburn 18Rebs Pilypaitis T Tatham 5Asts Gabriele 7 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Juan Arteaga ESP Sasa Pukl SLO Vitalis Gode KEN 1 August 201216 45 Report Great Britain nbsp 61 67 nbsp Russia Scoring by quarter 14 16 13 23 18 13 16 15Pts Stafford 18Rebs Page 7Asts Collins Leedham 3 Pts Belyakova 12Rebs Osipova 9Asts Hammon 6 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Felicia Grinter USA Rabah Noujaim LIB Jorge Vazquez PUR 3 August 2012 20 00 Report France nbsp 80 77 OT nbsp Great Britain Scoring by quarter 10 13 17 10 20 21 20 23 Overtime 13 10Pts Gruda Lawson Wade 16Rebs Godin 8Asts Godin 4 Pts Leedham 29Rebs Page Leedham 8Asts Page 3 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Ilija Belosevic SRB Olegs Latisevs LAT Snehal Bendke IND 5 August 201222 15 Report Great Britain nbsp 66 78 nbsp Brazil Scoring by quarter 19 19 17 20 17 25 13 14Pts Stafford 15Rebs Stafford 10Asts Stafford 4 Pts Santos 16Rebs Santos 13Asts Pinto 12 Basketball Arena LondonReferees Christos Christodoulou GRE William Kennedy USA Peng Ling CHN Boxing editMain article Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men edit Britain was guaranteed five male boxers at the Games and one female entrant by virtue of being the host nation 41 However following the 2011 World Championships five British boxers had claimed their places The special host places for men s boxing therefore became void The boxers who qualified through the world championships were Andrew Selby Luke Campbell Tom Stalker Fred Evans and Anthony Joshua 42 Following the World Championships Andrew Selby and Khalid Yafai had both attained the qualification standard for the Olympics in the flyweight division NOCs may only nominate one boxer per event and since both had reached the quarter finals of the World Championships a box off was required The box off took place at the York Hall during the 2011 British Championships in November 43 Selby won the first bout following which Yafai failed to make the weight for the second bout by 300 grams meaning that Selby would represent Great Britain at the Olympics 44 In the subsequent AIBA European Qualification Tournament two further boxers Josh Taylor and Anthony Ogogo also qualified 45 46 Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Andrew Selby Flyweight Bye nbsp Suleimenov KAZ W 19 15 nbsp Ramirez CUB L 11 16 Did not advance Luke Campbell Bantamweight Bye nbsp Parrinello ITA W 11 9 nbsp Dalakliev BUL W 16 15 nbsp Shimizu JPN W 20 11 nbsp Nevin IRL W 14 11 nbsp Josh Taylor Lightweight nbsp Conceicao BRA W 13 9 nbsp Valentino ITA L 10 15 Did not advance Tom Stalker Light welterweight Bye nbsp Manoj IND W 20 16 nbsp Monkh Erdene MGL L 22 23 Did not advance Fred Evans Welterweight nbsp Abbadi ALG W 18 10 nbsp Kavaliauskas LTU W 11 7 nbsp Clayton CAN W 14 14 nbsp Shelestyuk UKR W 11 10 nbsp Sapiyev KAZ L 9 17 nbsp Anthony Ogogo Middleweight nbsp Castillo DOM W 13 6 nbsp Khytrov UKR W 18 18 nbsp Hartel GER W 15 10 nbsp Falcao BRA L 9 16 Did not advance nbsp Anthony Joshua Super heavyweight Not scheduled nbsp Savon CUB W 17 16 nbsp Zhang Zl CHN W 15 11 nbsp Dychko KAZ W 13 11 nbsp Cammarelle ITA W 18 18 nbsp Women edit Qualification for the women s events was held at the AIBA 2012 Women s World Championships only On 16 May 2012 Natasha Jonas qualified in the 60 kg category and Nicola Adams in the 51 kg category As a result the host quota place in women s boxing became void 47 On 18 May 2012 Savannah Marshall qualified in the 75 kg category ensuring Great Britain is represented at all women s weights at the first Olympic Games featuring the women s discipline Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Nicola Adams Flyweight Bye nbsp Petrova BUL W 16 7 nbsp Kom IND W 11 6 nbsp Ren Cc CHN W 16 7 nbsp Natasha Jonas Lightweight nbsp Underwood USA W 21 13 nbsp Taylor IRL L 15 26 Did not advance Savannah Marshall Middleweight Bye nbsp Volnova KAZ L 12 16 Did not advanceCanoeing edit nbsp Gold medallists Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott competing in the Men s C 2 Main article Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Slalom edit Britain qualified the maximum of one boat in all four classes at the 2011 World Championships 48 Places were allocated in Team GB in a qualification event in April 2012 As stated above Great Britain was entitled to one quota of two canoeists in the men s C 2 event however as the successful C 2 canoeists Florence and Hounslow had already qualified in the individual events a quota for a second boat in C 2 became available 49 Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank David Florence Men s C 1 101 60 13 93 04 4 93 04 5 Q 106 16 10 Did not advance Tim BaillieEtienne Stott Men s C 2 100 44 3 102 79 6 100 44 4 Q 110 78 6 Q 106 41 nbsp David FlorenceRichard Hounslow 108 23 10 101 08 4 101 08 7 Q 108 93 1 Q 106 77 nbsp Richard Hounslow Men s K 1 94 40 14 89 12 8 89 12 11 Q 104 30 12 Did not advance Lizzie Neave Women s K 1 101 95 4 98 92 1 98 92 2 Q 117 30 12 Did not advance Sprint edit The canoe sprint allocation for the host nation was one place in the men s K 1 1000 m men s C 1 1000 m and women s K 1 500 m Team GB was expected to earn a healthy number of British quota places Men edit Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Tim Brabants K 1 1000 m 3 31 869 5 Q 3 30 769 4 FA 3 34 833 8 Ed McKeever K 1 200 m 35 087 OB 1 Q 35 619 1 FA 36 246 nbsp Liam HeathJon Schofield K 2 200 m 33 364 2 Q 32 940 2 FA 34 421 nbsp Richard Jefferies C 1 200 m 42 516 3 Q 43 213 6 Did not advance C 1 1000 m 4 48 511 8 Q 4 49 874 8 FB 4 42 992 15 Women edit Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Rachel Cawthorn K 1 500 m 1 53 491 1 Q 1 52 542 2 FA 1 53 345 6 Jessica Walker K 1 200 m 42 388 4 Q 41 734 2 FA 46 161 7 Abigail EdmondsLouisa Sawers K 2 500 m 1 46 564 5 Q 1 46 025 7 FB 1 46 341 11 Rachel CawthornAngela HannahLouisa SawersJessica Walker K 4 500 m 1 37 255 2 Q 1 32 550 4 FA 1 33 055 5 FA Qualify to final medal FB Qualify to final B non medal Cycling editMain article Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics Great Britain selected 27 cyclists across the four cycling disciplines 50 Included in the squad was David Millar who was cleared to compete after a British Olympic Association rule preventing any athlete formerly banned for doping from Olympic selection was overturned 51 In the road events Bradley Wiggins won the gold medal and Chris Froome the bronze in the men s time trial This was Wiggins seventh Olympic medal and took him past Steve Redgrave as the British athlete with the most Olympic medals 52 He also became the first man to win the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year 53 On the track the men s sprint team of Chris Hoy Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes set new world records in both the first round and again in the final against France as they won the gold medal Hoy joined Steve Redgrave as the only British athletes to win five Olympic gold medals 54 A sixth gold medal in the men s Keirin brought Hoy past the record of Redgrave and brought him equal with Wiggins on seven Olympic medals 55 Road edit nbsp Bradley Wiggins competing in the men s time trial an event in which he won his British record seventh Olympic medal Great Britain qualified for a maximum five quota places in the men s Olympic road race by virtue of their top 10 national ranking in the 2011 UCI World Tour They qualified a maximum 4 quota places in the women s event by virtue of a top 5 national ranking by the end of May 2012 The BOA announced the five man squad of road racers for Team GB on 4 July 2012 56 Men edit Athlete Event Time Rank Mark Cavendish Road race 5 46 37 29 Chris Froome Road race 5 58 24 109 Time trial 51 41 87 nbsp David Millar Road race 5 55 16 105 Ian Stannard 5 46 47 92 Bradley Wiggins Road race 5 47 14 100 Time trial 50 39 54 nbsp Women edit Athlete Event Time Rank Lizzie Armitstead Road race 3 35 29 nbsp Time trial 39 26 24 10 Nicole Cooke Road race 3 36 01 31 Lucy Martin OTL Emma Pooley Road race 3 37 26 40 Time trial 38 37 70 6 Track edit Qualification for the ten events to be held in the Olympic velodrome was entirely dependent on UCI rankings Entry was limited to one rider or as the case may be one team per nation a rule widely viewed as an attempt to reduce the dominance of the Great Britain team from the 2008 Games where they had taken gold and silver in three events men s sprint men s keirin and women s pursuit and gold and bronze in a further one men s pursuit Nations are also limited to 14 riders in total although 2 riders from other cycling disciplines may also be called upon Great Britain qualified in all track events On 18 June 2012 British Cycling confirmed two accredited P places sprinters Ross Edgar and Becky James essentially substitute riders officially selected for the Olympic squad in the event of injury or illness Competitors in the individual sprint and keirin events to be chosen from respective team sprint squads Sprint edit Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final TimeSpeed km h Rank OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h OppositionTimeSpeed km h Rank Jason Kenny 57 Men s sprint 9 713 OR74 127 1 Bye nbsp Esterhuizen RSA W 10 36369 477 Bye nbsp Awang MAS W 10 433 W 10 030 nbsp Phillip TRI W 10 159 W 10 166 nbsp Bauge FRA W 10 232 W 10 308 nbsp Victoria Pendleton Women s sprint 10 724 OR 67 139 1 nbsp Gnidenko RUS W 11 77561 146 Bye nbsp Kanis NED W 11 840 60 810 Bye nbsp Panarina BLR W 11 226 W 11 339 span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | ||