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This page summarises the number of medals that Great Britain and Northern Ireland (as the UK team is officially known at the Olympics) has won at the last seven Summer Olympiads.
This just happens to be the number that fit on the page, but it's also the time frame over which Great Britain, thanks in no small part to Lottery funding, has become a real power at the Olympics again – particularly in what our Australian cousins like to call the "sit–down sports" of cycling, rowing and sailing. (We've always done reasonably well at athletics, and also in equestrianism which is another sit–down sport.)
This spreadsheet gives the same figures, but also includes 1992 and 1996.
| Paris 2024 | Tokyo 2020 | Rio 2016 | London 2012 | Beijing 2008 | Athens 2004 | Sydney 2000 | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | G | S | B | T | |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arct Gym | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art Swim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Athletics | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 38 | |||
| Badminton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||||||
| Canoeing | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||||
| Cycling | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 61 |
| Diving | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Equestrian | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
| Golf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hockey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ModPent* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rowing | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 | |||
| Rugby 7s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 31 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Skateboard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sp. Climb | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swimming | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | |||||||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trampoline | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Triathlon | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Weights | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 22 | 29 | 67 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 65 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 67 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 118 | 101 | 98 | 317 |
| Ranking | 36th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 10th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Modern Pentathlon
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Totals | Rankings | |
| Paris 2024 | 14 | 22 | 29 | 65 | 7th |
| Tokyo 2020 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 65 | 4th |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 67 | 2nd |
| London 2012 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 | 2nd |
| Beijing 2008 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 | 4th |
| Athens 2004 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 10th |
| Sydney 2000 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 10th |
| Atlanta 1996 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 36th |
| Barcelona 1992 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 13th |
| Totals | 137 | 126 | 139 | 402 |
In 2024, Britain won more medals than any other country except the United States and China. Unfortunately, the official medals table ranks nations according to the number of gold medals won, then silvers, then bronze. In the previous three Olympics, Britain did better on golds than on total medals – see below.
1992: Unified Team, USA, Germany, China, Cuba, Spain, South Korea, Hungary, France, Australia, Canada, Italy.
The Unified Team represented all of the former Soviet states except Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – all of whom competed separately.
1996: just about everybody!
2000: USA, Russia, China, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Cuba
2004: USA, China, Russia, Australia, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, South Korea
2008: China, USA, Russia
2012: USA (Russia had more medals altogether – 24 gold, 26 silver, 32 Bronze, total 82 – but fewer golds)
2016: USA (China had more medals altogether – 26 gold, 18 silver, 26 Bronze, total 70 – but fewer golds)
2020: USA, China, Japan (Russian Olympic Committee athletes had more medals altogether – 20 gold, 28 silver, 23 bronze, total 71 – but fewer golds)
2024: USA, China, Japan, Australia, France, Netherlands (this time we were higher on total medals – third, behind the USA and China)
© Haydn Thompson 2017–25