Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Competitors

311 (168 men, 143 women)^[1] in 20 sports

Officials

236^[2]

Flag bearer

Mark Foster (opening)
Chris Hoy (closing)

Medals
Rank: 4

Gold
19

Silver
13

Bronze
15

Total
47

Olympic history

Summer Games

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Winter Games

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Great Britain competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.^[3] The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. Britain is one of only five NOCs to have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1896. The delegation of 547 people included 311 competitors – 168 men, 143 women – and 236 officials. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland (whose people may elect to hold Irish citizenship and are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Olympics).^[4] Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Olympic competition.

Great Britain's medal performance at the 2008 Summer Olympics was its best in a century; only its performance at the 1908 Summer Olympics, which Britain also hosted in London, resulted in more gold medals being awarded.^[5] The total medal count, of 47, is also the second highest Great Britain has ever achieved, with only the 1908 games resulting in more medals.

Great Britain finished 4th overall in the medal tables, a target previously set by UK Sport, the public body responsible for distributing funding to elite sport, for the 2012 games. UK Sport is currently considering whether to target 3rd place in the 2012 games, which will be hosted by the United Kingdom in London.^[6]

Medallists

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

The following British competitors won medals at the Games, all dates are August 2008.^[7] In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are emboldened.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Cooke, NicoleNicole Cooke	Cycling	Women's road race	10th
1 Gold	Adlington, RebeccaRebecca Adlington	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	11th
1 Gold	Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy, Kenny, JasonJason Kenny, Staff, JamieJamie Staff	Cycling	Men's team sprint	15th
1 Gold	Adlington, RebeccaRebecca Adlington	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	16th
1 Gold	James, TomTom James, Hodge, AndyAndy Hodge, Reed, PetePete Reed, Williams, SteveSteve Williams	Rowing	Men's coxless four	16th
1 Gold	Wiggins, BradleyBradley Wiggins	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit	16th
1 Gold	Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy	Cycling	Men's Keirin	16th
1 Gold	Ayton, SarahSarah Ayton, Webb, SarahSarah Webb, Wilson, PippaPippa Wilson	Sailing	Yngling class	17th
1 Gold	Hunter, MarkMark Hunter, Purchase, ZacZac Purchase	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls	17th
1 Gold	Ainslie, BenBen Ainslie	Sailing	Finn class	17th
1 Gold	Romero, RebeccaRebecca Romero	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	17th
1 Gold	Clancy, EdEd Clancy, Manning, PaulPaul Manning, Thomas, GeraintGeraint Thomas, Wiggins, BradleyBradley Wiggins	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	18th
1 Gold	Goodison, PaulPaul Goodison	Sailing	Men's Laser class	19th
1 Gold	Pendleton, VictoriaVictoria Pendleton	Cycling	Women's sprint	19th
1 Gold	Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy	Cycling	Men's sprint	19th
1 Gold	Ohuruogu, ChristineChristine Ohuruogu	Athletics	Women's 400 m	19th
1 Gold	Percy, IainIain Percy, Simpson, AndrewAndrew Simpson	Sailing	Men's Star class	21st
1 Gold	Brabants, TimTim Brabants	Canoeing	Men's 1000 m K-1	22nd
1 Gold	DeGale, JamesJames DeGale	Boxing	Middleweight	23rd
2 Silver	Florence, DavidDavid Florence	Canoeing	Men slalom C-1	12th
2 Silver	Pooley, EmmaEmma Pooley	Cycling	Women's road time trial	13th
2 Silver	Edgar, RossRoss Edgar	Cycling	Men's Keirin	16th
2 Silver	Flood, DebbieDebbie Flood, Grainger, KatherineKatherine Grainger, Houghton, FrancesFrances Houghton, Vernon, AnnieAnnie Vernon	Rowing	Quadruple sculls	17th
2 Silver	Houvenaghel, WendyWendy Houvenaghel	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit	17th
2 Silver	Egington, RichardRichard Egington, Heathcote, AlastairAlastair Heathcote, Langridge, MatthewMatthew Langridge, Lucy, TomTom Lucy, Nethercott, AcerAcer Nethercott (cox), Partridge, AlexAlex Partridge, Smith, ColinColin Smith, Stallard, TomTom Stallard, West, JoshJosh West	Rowing	Men's eight	17th
2 Silver	Glanfield, JonathanJonathan Glanfield, Rogers, NickNick Rogers	Sailing	Men's 470	18th
2 Silver	Kenny, JasonJason Kenny	Cycling	Men's sprint	19th
2 Silver	Mason, GermaineGermaine Mason	Athletics	Men's high jump	19th
2 Silver	Payne, Keri-AnneKeri-Anne Payne	Swimming	Women's 10 km marathon	20th
2 Silver	Davies, DavidDavid Davies	Swimming	Men's 10 km marathon	21st
2 Silver	Idowu, PhillipsPhillips Idowu	Athletics	Men's triple jump	21st
2 Silver	Fell, HeatherHeather Fell	Modern pentathlon	Women's modern pentathlon	22nd
3 Bronze	Jackson, JoanneJoanne Jackson	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	11th
3 Bronze	Cook, TinaTina Cook, Dick, DaisyDaisy Dick, Fox-Pitt, WilliamWilliam Fox-Pitt, Hunt, SharonSharon Hunt, King, MaryMary King	Equestrian	Team eventing	12th
3 Bronze	Cook, TinaTina Cook	Equestrian	Individual eventing	12th
3 Bronze	Bebington, AnnaAnna Bebington, Laverick, EliseElise Laverick	Rowing	Women's double sculls	16th
3 Bronze	Rowbotham, StephenStephen Rowbotham, Wells, MatthewMatthew Wells	Rowing	Men's double sculls	16th
3 Bronze	Newton, ChrisChris Newton	Cycling	Men's points race	16th
3 Bronze	Burke, StevenSteven Burke	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit	16th
3 Bronze	Smith, LouisLouis Smith	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	17th
3 Bronze	Patten, CassieCassie Patten	Swimming	Women's 10 km marathon	20th
3 Bronze	Shaw, BryonyBryony Shaw	Sailing	Women's RS:X	20th
3 Bronze	Danvers, TashaTasha Danvers	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles	20th
3 Bronze	Jeffries, TonyTony Jeffries	Boxing	Light heavyweight	22nd
3 Bronze	Price, DavidDavid Price	Boxing	Super heavyweight	22nd
3 Bronze	Brabants, TimTim Brabants	Canoeing	Men's 500 m K-1	23rd
3 Bronze	Stevenson, SarahSarah Stevenson	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	23rd

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

Multiple medallists

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

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy	1 Gold 1 Gold 1 Gold	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint Men's Keirin
Wiggins, BradleyBradley Wiggins	1 Gold 1 Gold	Cycling	Men's team pursuit Men's individual pursuit
Adlington, RebeccaRebecca Adlington	1 Gold 1 Gold	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle Women's 800 m freestyle
Kenny, JasonJason Kenny	1 Gold 2 Silver	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint
Brabants, TimTim Brabants	1 Gold 3 Bronze	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m Men's K-1 500 m
Cook, TinaTina Cook	3 Bronze 3 Bronze	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing

Targets

In June 2008, UK Sport, which distributes National Lottery funding to elite sport, published its expectations for the Games. It identified 41 potential medals to target and expected to win 35 of them, including 10 to 12 gold medals.^[8] Team GB exceeded the gold medal expectations on 19 August when Paul Goodison earned Britain's 13th gold medal in the men's Laser class. The minimum medal target, of 35 medals, was passed on 20 August when they claimed their 36th medal - a bronze in the women's RS:X, won by Bryony Shaw. The total medal target was equalled when canoeist Tim Brabants took gold in the men's 1000 m K-1 claiming Britain's 41st physical medal (three further medals were guaranteed in boxing at the time).^[9] They later exceeded the total number of targeted medals when Heather Fell secured the silver in women's modern pentathlon^[10].

It should be noted that the medals claimed were not all ones that had been targeted, with Team GB falling short of targets in some disciplines whilst exceeding them in others. Nine out of seventeen disciplines met their targets. The British cyclists, for example doubled their medal target on 19 August when Victoria Pendleton won Britain's 12th cycling medal, a gold in the women's sprint^[11]. A further two medals were already guaranteed at this stage in the men's individual sprint, where gold and silver were soon won by Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny respectively.^[12] In all Team GB won seven of the ten gold medals up for grabs at the velodrome. The swimmers also managed to double the targeted number of medals in their sport when David Davies won the team's sixth swimming medal - a silver medal in the men's 10 km open water marathon on 21 August.^[13] Despite the men's and women's archery teams having come second and third respectively at the 2007 world championships, British archers were unable to win either of their targeted medals. This led to criticism of the tactics used by head coach Peter Suk from members of the team.^[14]^[15]

Medal ceremony at the men's team pursuit.

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

Archery

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Great Britain's men's team placed second and its women's team placed third. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.^[16]

Men

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

Women

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The initial squad was selected for the British team on 14 July; however, the final team was not confirmed until the outcome of a courtcase involving Dwain Chambers.^[17] Under the rules of the BOA, Chambers had been banned from future Games after testing positive for the steroid THG in 2003. His appeal to overturn that ban, on the grounds that it was an unfair restraint of trade, failed and he was omitted from the squad.^[18] The team included former Olympic medal winners Marlon Devonish and Kelly Sotherton, as well as former Olympic individual finalists Joanne Pavey, Paula Radcliffe, Helen Clitheroe and Tasha Danvers. Women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe faced a battle to be fit for the Games due to a stress fracture in her left thigh.^[19] She eventually proved fit enough to start the race but struggled to finish in 23rd position.^[20]

A total of four medals were won, one gold, two silver and one bronze. UK Athletics performance director Dave Collins stood down after the Games. This was due in part to the team's failure to meet the UK Sport target of winning five medals,^[8]^[21]

Men

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

Decathlon

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

Women

Christine Ohuruogu after her victory in the women's 400m.

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

Heptathlon

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

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[22]^[23] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and both British heptathletes moved up a position.

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Badminton

Six British badminton players went to the Games, competing in four out of the five badminton events. They did not win any medals, thus failing to reach the one medal target set by UK Sport.^[8] The mixed doubles pairing of Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, who won silver in the 2004 Athens Olympics, progressed furthest amongst the British athletes, reaching the quarterfinals.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrew Smith	Men's singles	Koukal (CZE) W 10–21 21–12 21–15	Zwiebler (GER) L 16–21 21–13 21–17	Did not advance
Tracey Hallam	Women's singles	Yip (HKG) W 21–15 21C–17	Ludíková (CZE) W 21–18 21–13	Huaiwen (GER) L 7–21 10–21	Did not advance
Gail Emms, Donna Kellogg	Women's doubles	N/A		Chien, Cheng (TPE) L 19–21 13–21	Did not advance
Anthony Clark, Donna Kellogg	Mixed doubles	N/A		He, Yu (CHN) L 15–21 8–21	Did not advance
Gail Emms, Nathan Robertson	Mixed doubles	N/A		Zheng, Gao (CHN) W 21–16 16–21 21–19	Lee, Lee (KOR) L 19–21 12–21	Did not advance

Boxing

A total of eight boxers qualified. David Price and Tony Jeffries both won bronze medals in the super heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions respectively. Middleweight James DeGale won a gold medal in the middleweight class. It was the first time that Great Britain has won more than one medal in boxing in a single games since 1972, and the best result for Great Britain in boxing since 1956.^[24]^[25]^[26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khalid Yafai	Flyweight	N/A	Laffita (CUB) L 3–9	Did not advance
Joe Murray	Bantamweight	Yu (CHN) L 7–17	Did not advance
Frankie Gavin	Lightweight	Withdrew - Failed to make weight^[27]
Bradley Saunders	Light welterweight	Neequaye (GHA) W 4–2 (KO)	Vastine (FRA) L 7–11	Did not advance
Billy Joe Saunders	Welterweight	Kilicci (TUR) W 14–3	Banteaux (CUB) L 6–13	Did not advance
James DeGale	Middleweight	Hikal (EGY) W 13–4	Estrada (USA) W 11–5	Artayev (KAZ) W 8–3	Sutherland (IRL) W 10–3	Bayeaux (CUB) W 16–14
Tony Jeffries	Light heavyweight	Bye	Alvarez (COL) W 5–5 (PTS)	Szello (HUN) W 10–2	Egan (IRL) L 3–10	Did not advance
David Price	Super heavyweight	N/A	Timurziev (RUS) W 2–2 (RSC)	Jakšto (LTU) W 3–1 (RSCI)	Cammarelle (ITA) L 1–11 (RSCH)	Did not advance

Key:

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

Canoeing

Seven competitors joined Team GB for the canoeing events, with four in the flatwater and three in the slalom. Anna Hemmings and Jessica Walker, in the K-2 kayaking pairs, were added later after complications with the Spanish team.^[28] Three medals were won, two by Tim Brabants, who had previously won a bronze at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. This exceeded the target of two set by UK Sport.^[8]

Flatwater

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

Slalom

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

Cycling

Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy.

Team GB's cycling squad for Beijing totaled twenty five entrants in the four disciplines. Included were two reigning Olympic track cycling champions, Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins, plus a further two medal winners from 2004, as well as several reigning track world champions. Great Britain won twelve cycling medals (seven gold, three silver and two bronze) in total to top the cycling medal table.

On the track Mark Cavendish was the only member of the squad of fourteen not to win at least one medal. Chris Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympic competitor ever,^[29] and the first Briton to win 3 gold medals at a single Olympic games since Henry Taylor in 1908.^[12]. His success resulted in the velodrome for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow being named in his honour.^[30] Rebecca Romero became the first British woman in history to win a medal in two different Olympic sports by following her silver medal in the quadruple sculls rowing in 2004 with gold in the women's individual pursuit.^[31]

In the debut appearance of BMX events at the Olympics, world champion Shanaze Reade finished out of the medals after crashing out of the women's final. Reade had been unbeaten all year and was the favourite to win the women's title.^[32]

On the road Nicole Cooke's win in the women's road race provided the first Olympic gold for an athlete from Wales since Richard Meade in 1972.^[33]

BMX

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

Mountain bike

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

Road

Men

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

Key: DNF=Did not finish

Women

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

Track

Sprints

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

Pursuits

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

Women's individual pursuit gold medallist Rebecca Romero.

Keirin

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

Points races

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

Diving

A total of ten divers were part of Team GB in the individual and synchronised diving events,^[34] including 14 year old Tom Daley, the 2008 European 10 m champion and one of the youngest athletes to ever compete for Great Britain at an Olympics.^[35]

Men

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

Women

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

Equestrian

A total of twelve entrants competed for Team GB in the three equestrian disciplines that took place in Hong Kong. Zara Phillips, the reigning world eventing champion and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, had been included in the squad until her horse, Toytown, sustained an injury, which meant she missed her second successive Olympics.^[36]

Dressage

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

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

Eventing

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

Show jumping

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2			Qualifying round 3			Final
		Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2			Qualifying round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher	Rolette	1	=14	4	5	=13	0	5	6 Q	0	=1 Q	20	=20	20	=20
Nick Skelton^[37]	Russel	1	=14	8	9	=22	13	22	=31 Q	12	29	Did not advance
Tim Stockdale	Fresh Direct Corlato	4	=30	4	8	=16	8	16	=18 Q	0	=1 Q	16	=17	16	=16
John Whitaker	Peppermill	5	=39	Withdrew - Lame horse
Michael Whitaker	Suncal Portofino 63	Withdrew - Lame horse^[37]

Team

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying round		Final
		Qualifying round		Round 1		Round 2		Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher, Nick Skelton,^[37] Tim Stockdale, John Whitaker	Rolette Russel Fresh Direct Corlato Peppermill	6	=6 Q	16	=4	21	7	21	7*

* On 21 August, 4 horses from Brazil, Germany, Ireland and Norway tested positive for a banned substance.^[38] The riders were subsequently disqualified from the individual competition and if the B samples test positive then Brazil, Germany and Norway will be disqualified from the team competition and Great Britain will move into 5th place.

Fencing

Great Britain qualified three fencers for the fencing competition. Two of these came from the re-allocation of places by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), the governing body for Olympic fencing, after the withdrawal of other fencers.^[39]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Martina Emanuel	Women's individual foil	Smart (USA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Richard Kruse	Men's individual foil	N/A	Saliscan (ROU) W 15–6	Joppich (GER) L 9–10	Did not advance
Alex O'Connell	Men's individual sabre	Kovalev (RUS) L 14–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Team GB entered nine gymnasts into the artistic and trampoline events. Louis Smith, in winning the bronze medal in the men's pommel horse, became the first ever British gymnast to win an individual apparatus medal in gymnastics, and the first Briton to win any individual gymnastics medal since Walter Tysall won men's all-around medal in 1908.^[40] Laura Jones was originally chosen for the artistic gymnastics but, due to a slipped disc in her back, she was replaced by the reserve Imogen Cairns.^[41]

Artistic

Men

Athlete ^[42]	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
Athlete ^[42]	Event	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Daniel Keatings	All-around	14.900	15.175	13.775	15.625	14.900	14.575	88.950	25 Q	89.000	20
	Floor	14.900	N/A					14.900	35	Did not advance
	Pommel horse	N/A	15.175	N/A				15.175	10
	Rings	N/A		13.775	N/A			13.775	64
	Vault	N/A			15.625	N/A		15.625	54
	Parallel bars	N/A				14.900	N/A	14.900	50
	Horizontal bar	N/A					14.575	14.575	39
Louis Smith	All-around	13.700	15.325	13.325	15.375	13.425	14.175	85.325	41	Did not advance
	Floor	13.700	N/A					13.700	70	Did not advance
	Pommel horse	N/A	15.325	N/A				15.325	5 Q	15.725
	Rings	N/A		13.325	N/A			13.325	69	Did not advance
	Vault	N/A			15.375	N/A		15.375	62
	Parallel bars	N/A				13.425	N/A	13.425	73
	Horizontal bar	N/A					14.175	14.175	56

Women

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

The result of the uneven bars final, in which Britain's Beth Tweddle placed 4th, was called into question after documents were found that seemed to say that Chinese gymnasts He Kexin and Yang Yilin were only 14, and therefore under the age required to compete, at the time of the games. An investigation into their ages was launched by the IOC to determine whether it was necessary to disqualify them, thus Tweddle's standing could have been changed to 2nd, giving her a silver medal.^[43]^[44]^[45] After a five and a half week investigation the Chinese athletes were cleared and the original results allowed to stand.^[46]

Trampoline

Claire Wright was the only British competitor on the trampoline.^[47]

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

Hockey

Men

The Great Britain men's team qualified for the men's Olympic hockey tournament after a must-win game against India in the final of the Olympic qualifying event.^[48] Great Britain was drawn in Group B of the Olympic tournament based on world rankings on 18 April 2008. Having finished 3rd in the pool the team went on to finish 5th overall, beating South Korea in the 5th vs. 6th place playoff. Matt Daly was the top scorer for the team with three goals.

Team roster and tournament statistics^[49]

№	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	McGregor, AlistairAlistair McGregor (GK)	6	0	0
4	Kirkham, GlennGlenn Kirkham	6	1	1	1			1
5	Alexander, RichardRichard Alexander	6	0	2
6	Mantell, RichardRichard Mantell	6	1	14		1
7	Jackson, AshleyAshley Jackson	6	2	8		1	1	1
8	Mantell, SimonSimon Mantell	6	0	4
9	Dick, StephenStephen Dick	6	0	4
10	Daly, MattMatt Daly	6	3	6	2	1			1
12	Clarke, JontyJonty Clarke	6	2	4	2
13	Moore, RobRob Moore	6	2	6	2
14	Hawes, BenBen Hawes	6	0	3					1
17	Wilson, AlastairAlastair Wilson	6	0	0				3
18	Middleton, BarryBarry Middleton	6	2	8	2
20	Tindall, JamesJames Tindall	6	2	10	2			2	2
21	Bleby, JonJon Bleby	6	0	1
24	Marsden, BenBen Marsden	6	0	1
Team totals		6	15	72	11	3	1	7	4	0

Legend: GP – Games Played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field Goals; PC – Penalty Corners; PS – Penalty Strokes; Green Cards; Yellow Cards; Red Cards

Pool B

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

Qualified for semifinals

11 August 10:30
	Pakistan	2 – 4	Great Britain	Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Amarjit Singh (MAS)
	Abbasi 45' Waqas 59'		Tindall 2' Moore 14' Jackson 29' Daly 62'
	Waqas 27' Bilgrami One match suspension^[50]	≪ Discipline ≫	Kirkham 24' Hawes 47'

13 August 21:00
	Netherlands	1 – 0	Great Britain	Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
	Taekema 63'
	Van der Weide 25' 61'	≪ Discipline ≫	Tindall 62'

15 August 21:00
	South Africa	0 – 2	Great Britain	Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Rob ten Cate (NED)
			Tindall 20' Daly 66'
	Smith 12'	≪ Discipline ≫	Jackson 20' Tindall 32'

17 August 08:30
	Great Britain	1 – 1	Canada	Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Gary Simmonds (RSA)
	Daly 67'		Pereira 47'
	Daly 30' Wilson 31' Tindall 41'	≪ Discipline ≫	R. Short 26' Singh 28'

19 August 20:30
	Australia	3 – 3	Great Britain	Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Xavier Adell (ESP)
	George 40' Dwyer 45' Ockenden 68'		Middleton 34' R. Mantell 47' Moore 55'
	Wilson 32'	≪ Discipline ≫

5th and 6th place classification

23 August 11:00
	Korea	2 – 5	Great Britain	Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Roel van Eert (NED)
	Jang Jong-Hyun 48' Hyun Hye-Sung 67'		Middleton 44' Jackson 49' Clarke 54' 63' Kirkham 70'
	Jang Jong-Hyun 63'	≪ Discipline ≫	Tindall 30' Wilson 37'

Women

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

Team roster and tournament statistics^[51]

№	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
2	Storry, BethBeth Storry (GK)	6	0	0
3	Wooding, LisaLisa Wooding	6	0	2
4	Panter, AnneAnne Panter	6	1	3	1
5	Cullen, CristaCrista Cullen	6	3	12		3		3
6	Clewlow, MelanieMelanie Clewlow	6	1	10		1
7	Craddock, CharlotteCharlotte Craddock	6	0	3					1
8	Richardson, HelenHelen Richardson	6	0	4
9	Ellis, Joanne CatherineJoanne Catherine Ellis	6	0	1				1
10	Wright, LucillaLucilla Wright	6	0	1
11	Walsh, KateKate Walsh	6	0	4				1
12	Rogers, ChloeChloe Rogers	6	0	1				1	1
14	Walker, RachelRachel Walker	5	0	4
15	Danson, AlexAlex Danson	6	1	6	1
18	Thomas, SarahSarah Thomas	6	1	2		1
19	Bartlett, LauraLaura Bartlett	3	0	2
22	Ellis, JoJo Ellis	6	0	5
Team totals		6	7	60	2	5	0	6	2	0

Legend: GP – Games Played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field Goals; PC – Penalty Corners; PS – Penalty Strokes; Green Cards; Yellow Cards; Red Cards

Pool B

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

Qualified for semifinals

10 August 21:00
	Germany	5 – 1	Great Britain	Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)
	Rinne 26' 52' Hoffmann 31' 49' Rodewald 60'		Cullen 29'
	Rinne 12' Kühn 18'	≪ Discipline ≫	Cullen 30'

12 August 08:30
	Argentina	2 – 2	Great Britain	Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Stella Bartlema (NED)
	García 10' Gulla 27'		Thomas 49' Clewlow 51'
	Luchetti 31' Gonzalez Oliva 44' Margalot 51'	≪ Discipline ≫	Cullen 31'

14 August 21:00
	New Zealand	1 – 2	Great Britain	Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)
	Flynn 28'		Danson 31' Cullen 50'
	Igasan 25' Krystal Forgesson 56'	≪ Discipline ≫	Cullen 52'

16 August 20:30
	Great Britain	2 – 1	Japan	Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Carol Metchette (IRL)
	Panter 32' Cullen 70'		Miura 58'
	Rogers 12' 47' Walsh 41' Craddock 66'	≪ Discipline ≫	Komazawa 27'

18 August 18:00
	Great Britain	0 – 0	USA	Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Lisa Roach (AUS)

5th and 6th place classification match

22 August 11:00
	Australia	2 – 0	Great Britain	Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Miao Lin (CHN)
	Blyth 29' Munro 68'
		≪ Discipline ≫	J. C. Ellis 60'

Judo

Team GB was represented by seven athletes in the Judo events.^[52] No British Judoka made it past the quarterfinal stages of competition or through to the medal match of the repechage, meaning the team failed to meet the two medal target set by UK Sport.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Bronze
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Euan Burton	73-81 kg	Lucenti (ARG) W 0010–0001	Attaf (MAR) W 0010–0001	Gontiuk (UKR) L 0010–0121	Did not advance		N/A		Valles (COL) W 0110–0001	Camilo (BRA) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Peter Cousins	90-100 kg	Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Craig Fallon	-60 kg	Siccardi (MON) W 1010–0000	Paischer (AUT) L 00021–00011	Did not advance			N/A	Ahamdi (MAR) W 00110–00001	Kyong (PRK) W 01001–00010	Yekutiel (ISR) L 0101–0200	Did not advance
Winston Gordon	81-90 kg	Nabiev (UZB) L 0020–0100	Did not advance

Women

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

Modern pentathlon

Team GB sent the maximum allowance of four competitors for the modern pentathlon events in Beijing. For the first time since 1996, the team had entrants in the men's competition.^[53]

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

Rowing

There were 43 rowers in Team GB, the most since qualifying quotas were introduced after the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[54] Crews were fielded in 12 out of a possible 14 events making Team GB the fourth biggest team. Medals were won in 6 events, which meant that GB topped the rowing medal table.^[55] The medals won included gold in the coxless fours, for the third successive games, and Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter winning Great Britain's first ever lightweight rowing Olympic medal in the men's lightweight double sculls.^[56]

Men

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

Women

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

Sailing

Great Britain entered crews in all 11 sailing events at the Games.^[1] The team finished top of the sailing medal table, with six medals won,^[57] thus exceeding the target of four set by UK Sport.^[8] Ben Ainslie won a gold medal for the third successive Games to become the most decorated British Olympic sailor of all time.^[58]

Athlete^[59]	Event	Race																Score	Rank
Athlete^[59]	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Medal	Score	Rank
Ben Ainslie	Open Finn	(10)	1	4	1	1	10	2	2	CAN		N/A					2	23
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson	Women's Yngling	2	3	4	(7)	4	2	2	5	CAN		N/A					2	24
Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark	Women's 470	(20) DQ	8	3	4	15	13	8	3	15	5	N/A					8	82	6
Penny Clark	Women's Laser Radial	2	22	1	22	3	17	18	(23)	13	CAN	N/A					14	112	10
Nick Dempsey	Men's RS:X	11	9	3	2	1	7	(17)	5	3	5	N/A					14	60	4
Jonathan Glanfield, Nick Rogers	Men's 470	19	5	1	4	9	6	20	(30) OCS	2	3	N/A					6	75
Paul Goodison	Men's Laser	(15)	2	15	1	9	7	1	4	6	CAN	N/A					18	63
Will Howden, Leigh McMillan	Open Tornado	6	8	13	8	(14)	7	7	2	3	12	N/A					2	68	6
Stevie Morrison, Ben Rhodes	Open 49er	4	3	5	14	14	15	(20) OCS	3	2	8	11	15	CAN			6	100	9
Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson	Men's Star	7	(13)	3	5	8	2	1	1	2	6	N/A					14	49
Bryony Shaw	Women's RS:X	4	3	11	6	(28) OCS	6	5	3	1	2	N/A					4	45

Key

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

Shooting

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

Rifle

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

Shotgun

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

Swimming

Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington.

Thirty-seven athletes represented Team GB in the swimming events. Selection followed the 2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials in Sheffield in April, with open water event swimmers selected after performance in the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships, in Seville, Spain. In winning six medals (two gold, two silver and two bronze) the team bettered the target of three medals set by UK Sport.^[8] The most successful swimmer was Rebecca Adlington who won two gold medals. Her 400 m freestyle success was Britain's first Olympic swimming title since 1988, and the first swimming gold by a British woman since 1960. Her second gold, in the 800 m freestyle, meant she also equalled the best performance by a British woman, from any sport, at the summer Olympics and was the best swimming performance by a Briton at the Olympics for 100 years.^[60]

Men

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

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

Key: NR=National record

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Adlington	400 m freestyle	4:02.24 CR	2 Q	N/A		4:03.22
Rebecca Adlington	800 m freestyle	8:18.08 OR	1 Q	N/A		8:14.10 WR
Kirsty Balfour	100 m breaststroke	1:08.30	14 Q	1:09.23	15	Did not advance
Kirsty Balfour	200 m breaststroke	2:27.87	18	Did not advance
Ellen Gandy	200 m butterfly	2:08.98	15 Q	2:10.60	15	Did not advance
Francesca Halsall	50 m freestyle	24.93	8 Q	24.80	7	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.93	5 Q	53.94	5 Q	54.29	8
	100 m butterfly	58.70	21	Did not advance
Kate Haywood	100 m breaststroke	1:08.18	11 Q	1:08.36	11	Did not advance
Joanne Jackson	200 m freestyle	1:58.00	14 Q	1:58.70	14	Did not advance
Joanne Jackson	400 m freestyle	4.03.80	4 Q	N/A		4:03.52
Jemma Lowe	100 m butterfly	58.49	16 Q	57.78 =NR	6 Q	58.06	6
Jemma Lowe	200 m butterfly	2:08.07	10 Q	2:07.87	9	Did not advance
Caitlin McClatchey	100 m freestyle	DNS	-	Did not advance
Caitlin McClatchey	200 m freestyle	1:56.97	3 Q	1:57.73	7 Q	1:57.65	6
Hannah Miley	200 m individual medley	2.11.72	4 Q	2:12.35	11	Did not advance
Hannah Miley	400 m individual medley	4:36.56	8 Q	N/A		4:39.44	6
Cassie Patten	800 m freestyle	8:25.91	8 Q			8:32.35	8
Cassie Patten	10 km open water	N/A				1:59:31.0
Keri-Anne Payne	200 m individual medley	2.12.78	15 Q	2:14.14	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:38.69	15	N/A		Did not advance
	10 km open water	N/A				1:59:29.2
Elizabeth Simmonds	100 m backstroke	1:00.53	12 Q	1:00.39	10	Did not advance
Elizabeth Simmonds	200 m backstroke	2:08.66 NR	2 Q	2:08.96	7 Q	2:08.51 NR	6
Gemma Spofforth	100 m backstroke	1:00.11	6 Q	59.79	5 Q	59.38 ER	4
Gemma Spofforth	200 m backstroke	2:10.56	16 Q	2:09.19	9	Did not advance
From: Julia Beckett, Francesca Halsall, Melanie Marshall,^[61] Caitlin McClatchey, Jessica Sylvester	4×100 m freestyle	3:39.18 NR Halsall 54.36 McClatchey 54.42 Beckett 55.64 Marshall 54.76	8 Q	N/A		3:38.18 NR Halsall 53.81 NR McClatchey 54.48 Sylvester 55.34 Marshall 54.55	7
From: Rebecca Adlington, Francesca Halsall, Joanne Jackson, Melanie Marshall, Caitlin McClatchey, Hannah Miley	4×200 m freestyle	7:56.16 Jackson 1:57.70 Marshall 1:58.44 Miley 1:59.95 Halsall 2:00.07	9	N/A		Did not advance
From: Francesca Halsall, Kate Haywood, Jemma Lowe, Gemma Spofforth	4×100 m medley	3:59.14 ER Spofforth 1:00.33 Haywood 1:08.00 Lowe 57.34 Halsall 53.47	2 Q	N/A		3:57.50 ER Spofforth 59.05 ER Haywood 1:07.51 Lowe 58.13 Halsall 52.81	4

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

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

Synchronised swimming

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

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

Taekwondo

Team GB entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition in Beijing. Sarah Stevenson won Team GB's first ever medal in Olympic taekwondo - a bronze in the women's +67 kg.^[62]

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

* After a successful appeal by the British, judges reversed the result of the match, granting Sarah Stevenson two points for a final round kick to her opponent's head which the judges had previously missed. The reversal of the decision, after video footage was considered, is thought to be a first for the sport.^[62] Another British hopeful, Aaron Cook, was also unhappy with the judges after losing out on bronze in the men's -80 kg.^[63]

Tennis

The Murray brothers were the sole tennis players on Team GB. Andy Murray qualified due to his world ranking and Jamie Murray was nominated for the doubles by the International Tennis Federation, the governing body of world tennis.

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

Triathlon

A total of five competitors were selected by Team GB for the triathlon events in Beijing, with three in the men's event and two in the women's. Four qualified through the Olympic Qualification rankings of theInternational Triathlon Union, the body responsible for organizing official world championship series races, while Helen Tucker qualified by winning the 2008 World Championships.

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

Weightlifting

The only British weightlifter to qualify for the games was Michaela Breeze who competed in her second Olympic Games.^[64] She battled through a back injury to finish 15th out of 20 competitors in her event.^[65]

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

Sports not contested in Beijing

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

Baseball

The GB baseball team finished 2nd in the 2007 European Baseball Championship behind the Netherlands, guaranteeing them a place at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Taiwan. However, a lack of funding forced the team to withdraw, with their place being taken by Germany.^[66]

Football

The award of the 2012 Olympics to London has brought the question of British participation in the football tournaments to the fore, given that there is traditionally no single British national football team. The British Olympic Association initially refused to rule out the possibility of entry for 2008, but were unable to come to an agreement with the Scottish Football Association.^[67] The 2007 European Under-21 Championship, which served as the European qualifying tournament for the men's competition, saw the England U-21 team reach the semifinals, which would have meant a place at the Olympics. Because at the Olympics the team is representative of the entire UK, England were thus prevented from taking this place, with instead a play-off taking place between Portugal and Italy. A similar situation occurred with the England Women's team who, by virtue of being one of the top three European sides at the 2007 World Cup, would have been granted a place at the Olympics. Instead, there was a play-off between Denmark and Sweden.

Records

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

Date	Sport: Event	Athletes	Record	Type	Ref
01 !9 August	Swimming: Men's 400 m freestyle: Heat	Carry, DavidDavid Carry	3:47.17	5 !NR	^[68]
02 !9 August	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m freestyle: Heat	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall 54.36 Caitlin McClatchey 54.42 Julia Beckett 55.64 Melanie Marshall 54.76	3:39.18	5 !NR	^[68]
03 !10 August	Swimming: Women's 100 m butterfly: Semifinal	Lowe, JemmaJemma Lowe	57.78	5.1 !NR=	^[69]
04 !10 August	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m freestyle: Final	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall 53.18 Caitlin McClatchey 54.48 Jessica Sylvester 55.34 Melanie Marshall 54.55	3:38.18	5 !NR	^[69]
05 !10 August	Swimming: Women's 100 m freestyle (during 4×100 m freestyle: Final)	Halsall, FrancescaFrancesca Halsall	53.18	5 !NR	^[70]
06 !10 August	Swimming: Women's 400 m freestyle: Heat	Adlington, RebeccaRebecca Adlington	4:02.24	4 !CR, NR	^[71]
07 !10 August	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m freestyle: Heat	Burnett, SimonSimon Burnett 48.20 Adam Brown 48.43 Benjamin Hockin 48.55 Ross Davenport 48.51	3:13.69	5 !NR	^[71]
08 !10 August	Swimming: Men's 100 m freestyle (during 4×100 m freestyle: Heat)	Burnett, SimonSimon Burnett	48.20	5 !NR	^[71]
09 !11 August	Swimming: Women's 100 m backstroke: Semifinal	Spofforth, GemmaGemma Spofforth	59.79	5 !NR	^[72]
10 !11 August	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m freestyle: Final	Burnett, SimonSimon Burnett 48.34 Adam Brown 47.75 Benjamin Hockin 48.50 Ross Davenport 48.28	3:12.87	5 !NR	^[72]
11 !12 August	Swimming: Women's 100 m backstroke: Final	Spofforth, GemmaGemma Spofforth	59.38	3 !ER, CR, NR	^[73]
12 !12 August	Swimming: Men's 100 m backstroke: Final	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock	53.39	5 !NR	^[73]
13 !12 August	Swimming: Men's 4×200 m freestyle: Heat	Carry, DavidDavid Carry 1:46.47 Andrew Hunter 1:46.88 Ross Davenport 1:47.15 Robert Renwick 1:47.38	7:07.89	5 !NR	^[74]
14 !12 August	Swimming: Men's 200 m freestyle (during 4×200 m freestyle: Heat)	Carry, DavidDavid Carry	1:46.47	5 !NR	^[74]
15 !13 August	Swimming: Men's 200 m breaststroke: Semifinal	Gilchrist, KristopherKristopher Gilchrist	2:10.27	5 !NR	^[75]
16 !13 August	Swimming: Men's 4×200 m freestyle: Final	Carry, DavidDavid Carry 1:46.78 Andrew Hunter 1:46.73 Robert Renwick 1:46.16 Ross Davenport 1:46.25	7:05.92	5 !NR	^[75]
17 !14 August	Swimming: Women's 800 m freestyle: Heat	Adlington, RebeccaRebecca Adlington	8:18.06	2 !OR, ER, CR, NR	^[76]
18 !14 August	Swimming: Women's 200 m backstroke: Heat	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	2:08.66	5 !NR	^[76]
19 !15 August	Cycling: Men's team sprint: Qualifying	Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff	42.95	1.1 !WB, NR	^[77]
20 !15 August	Cycling: Men's individual pursuit: Qualifying	Wiggins, BradleyBradley Wiggins	4:15.031	2 !OR, NR	^[78]
21 !15 August	Cycling: Women's individual pursuit: Qualifying	Houvenaghel, WendyWendy Houvenaghel	3:28.443	5 !NR	^[79]
22 !15 August	Athletics: Women's 3000 m steeplechase: Heat	Clitheroe, HelenHelen Clitheroe	9:29.14	5 !NR	^[80]
23 !15 August	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m medley: Heat	Spofforth, GemmaGemma Spofforth 1:00.33 Kate Haywood 1:08.00 Jemma Lowe 57.34 Francesca Halsall 53.47	3:59.14	3 !ER, NR	^[81]
24 !15 August	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m medley: Heat	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock 54.67 Christopher Cook 59.40 Michael Rock 51.99 Simon Burnett 47.77	3:33.83	5 !NR	^[81]
25 !16 August	Swimming: Women's 800 m freestyle: Final	Adlington, RebeccaRebecca Adlington	8:14.10	1 !WR, OR, ER, CR, NR	^[60]
26 !16 August	Swimming: Women's 200 m backstroke: Final	Simmonds, ElizabethElizabeth Simmonds	2:08.51	5 !NR	^[82]
27 !16 August	Cycling: Women's individual pursuit: Round 1	Romero, RebeccaRebecca Romero	3:27.703	5 !NR	^[83]
28 !17 August	Swimming: Women's 4×100 m medley: Final	Spofforth, GemmaGemma Spofforth 59.05 Kate Haywood 1:07.51 Jemma Lowe 58.13 Francesca Halsall 52.81	3:57.50	3 !ER, NR	^[84]
29 !17 August	Swimming: Women's 100 m backstroke (during 4×100 m medley: Final)	Spofforth, GemmaGemma Spofforth	59.05	3 !ER, CR, NR	^[84]
30 !17 August	Swimming: Men's 4×100 m medley: Final	Tancock, LiamLiam Tancock 54.69 Christopher Cook 59.65 Michael Rock 52.02 Simon Burnett 47.33	3:33.69	5 !NR	^[84]
31 !17 August	Cycling: Women's sprint: Qualifying	Pendleton, VictoriaVictoria Pendleton	10.963	2 !OR, NR	^[83]
32 !17 August	Cycling: Men's sprint: Qualifying	Kenny, JasonJason Kenny	9.857	2 !OR, NR	^[83]
33 !17 August	Cycling: Men's sprint: Qualifying	Hoy, ChrisChris Hoy	9.815	2 !OR, NR	^[83]
34 !17 August	Cycling: Men's team pursuit: Round 1	Clancy, EdEd Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:55.202	1 !WR, OR, NR	^[83]
35 !18 August	Cycling: Men's team pursuit: Final	Clancy, EdEd Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins	3:53.31	1 !WR, OR, NR	^[83]
36 !21 August	Athletics: Women's 20 m walk	Jackson, JohannaJohanna Jackson	1:31:33	5 !NR	^[85]
37 !21 August	Athletics: Women's javelin throw	Sayers, GoldieGoldie Sayers	65.75 m	5 !NR	^[86]

Legend: WR – World record; WB – World best; OR – Olympic record; ER – European record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – British national record;

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in the UK are held by the BBC, under the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events. An extensive range of broadcasting options was used to provide over 2,500 hours of coverage.^[87]

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

The opening and closing ceremonies were anchored by Sue Barker and Huw Edwards, whilst general coverage was anchored (at various times of the day) by Adrian Chiles, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jake Humphrey, Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine and John Inverdale. Former Olympic contenders — including gold medallists Michael Johnson, Shirley Robertson, Adrian Moorhouse, Steve Redgrave, Jonathan Edwards and Chris Boardman — provided analysis.^[88]

Eurosport also broadcast coverage of the Games viewable in the UK.^[89] In accordance with the ITC Code, it can show live events, provided that such events can also be broadcast by the BBC (although the BBC can choose not to do so).

Radio coverage was provided by BBC Radio 5 Live, and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra on digital radio.^[87]

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "All currently selected Team GB athletes". British Olympic Association. http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/TeamGB.aspx. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
↑ "Team GB's 311 Athletes Entered for Beijing 2008". British Olympic Association. http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/News.aspx?id=2518. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "Team GB". British Olympic Association. http://www.olympics.org.uk/contentpage.aspx?page=127. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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