Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in London 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) – 12 August 2012 (2012-08-12)
Competitors	541[2] in 26 sports
Flag bearers	Chris Hoy (opening) Ben Ainslie (closing)[1]
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 29 Silver 18 Bronze 18 Total 65
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1906 Intercalated Games

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]

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	N Missed
Athletics	5–8		6	Y Realised
Badminton	0–1	1 × 4th	Won 2 of 7 group stage	N Missed
Basketball	0–1	2 × 5th	Won 1 of 12 group stage	N Missed
Boxing	3–5		5	Y Realised
Canoeing	3–4		4	Y Realised
Cycling	6–10		12	YY Exceeded
Diving	1–3		1	Y Realised
Equestrian	3–4		5	YY Exceeded
Fencing	0–1	1 × 6th	6th & 8th	Y Realised
Field hockey	1–2		1	Y Realised
Gymnastics	1–2		4	YY Exceeded
Handball	0–1	1 × 5th	Won 0 of 10 group stage	N Missed
Judo	0–1	4 × 4th	2	YY Exceeded
Modern pentathlon	1–2		1	Y Realised
Rowing	6		9	YY Exceeded
Sailing	3–5		5	Y Realised
Shooting	0–1	1 × 4th	1	Y Realised
Swimming	5–7		3	N Missed
Synchronised swimming	0–1		0	Y Realised
Table tennis	0–1	1 × 32nd	1 × 16th	Y Realised
Taekwondo	1–3		2	Y Realised
Tennis	0–2		2	Y Realised
Triathlon	1–2		2	Y Realised
Volleyball	0–1	1 team to win 1 match	Won 1 of 10 group stage	Y Realised
Water polo	0–1	4th	Won 0 of 8 group stage	N Missed
Weightlifting	0–1	1 × 4th	10	N Missed
Wrestling	0–1	1 × 4th	Won 0 of 1 1st round	N Missed
Total	48–70		65	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	£264,143,753

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.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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]

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 PG 5 Andrew Lawrence 22 – (1990-06-04)4 June 1990 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Charleston Cougars SG 6 Mike Lenzly 31 – (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) ČEZ Nymburk F/C 7 Pops Mensah-Bonsu 28 – (1983-09-07)7 September 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Beşiktaş Milangaz SF 8 Andrew Sullivan 31 – (1980-02-12)12 February 1980 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Leicester Riders SF 9 Luol Deng 27 – (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chicago Bulls C 10 Robert Archibald 32 – (1980-03-29)29 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) CAI Zaragoza PF 11 Joel Freeland 25 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Portland Trail Blazers PG 12 Nate Reinking 38 – (1973-12-12)12 December 1973 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sheffield Sharks PF 13 Daniel Clark 23 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Estudiantes SG 14 Kyle Johnson 23 – (1988-12-31)31 December 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) APOEL B.C. C 15 Eric Boateng 26 – (1985-11-20)20 November 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Peristeri B.C.	Head coach Chris Finch Assistant coach(es) Paul Mokeski Nick Nurse Legend Club is latest as prior to tournament. Age is as at 29 July 2012.

Group play[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

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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]

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 G 5 Rose Anderson 24 – (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) UWIC Archers G 6 Stef Collins 29 – (1982-12-30)30 December 1982 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) UWIC Archers PG 7 Rachael Vanderwal 29 – (1983-06-27)27 June 1983 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) University of Limerick F 8 Chantelle Handy 25 – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sony Athinaikos Athens G 9 Jenaya Wade-Fray 23 – (1988-09-05)5 September 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) UWIC Archers F 10 Julie Page 29 – (1983-04-21)21 April 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Energa Toruń PF 11 Kim Butler 29 – (1982-09-07)7 September 1982 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) SK Cēsis C 12 Dominique Allen 22 – (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Oral Roberts University G 13 Jo Leedham 24 – (1987-12-05)5 December 1987 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bulleen Boomers C 14 Azania Stewart 23 – (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) University of Florida F 15 Temi Fagbenle 19 – (1992-09-08)8 September 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Harvard University	Head coach Tom Maher Assistant coach(es) Ken Shields Legend Club is latest as prior to tournament. Age is as at 29 July 2012.

Group play[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
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

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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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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]

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 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
		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
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
		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 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
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
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
		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	Vogel (GER) W 11.481, W 11.538	Meares (AUS) L REL, L

Team sprint[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Philip Hindes Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	Men's team sprint	43.065 OR 62.695	1 Q	Japan (JPN) W 42.747 WR 63.162	1 Q	France (FRA) W 42.600 WR[54] 63.380
Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish	Women's team sprint	32.526 WR 55.340	2 Q	Ukraine (UKR) L REL	8	did not advance

Pursuit[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Steven Burke Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Geraint Thomas	Men's team pursuit	3:52.499 WR	1 Q	Denmark (DEN) W 3:52.743	1	Australia (AUS) W 3:51.659 WR
Dani King Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott	Women's team pursuit	3:15.669 WR	1 Q	Canada (CAN) W 3:14.682 WR	1	United States (USA) W 3:14.051 WR

• Andy Tennant and Wendy Houvenaghel were selected as part of the pursuit squads but did not ride during the event.

Keirin[edit]

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Chris Hoy[57]	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	1 Q
Victoria Pendleton	Women's keirin	1 Q	Bye	1 Q

Omnium[edit]

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Ed Clancy	Men's omnium	12.556	1	18	11	5	4:20.853	2	10	1:00.981	1	30
Laura Trott	Women's omnium	14.057	1	14	10	1	3:30.547	2	3	35.110	1	18

Mountain biking[edit]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Liam Killeen	Men's cross-country	did not finish[58]
Annie Last[59]	Women's cross-country	1:33:47	8

BMX[edit]

The cyclists below were selected for the BMX events. On 18 June 2012, British Cycling announced that two further riders – Kyle Evans and Abbie Taylor – had been granted 'P' accreditations, and would be substitute riders in the event of illness or injury.

Athlete	Events	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Liam Phillips	Men's BMX	38.719	12	6	2 Q	9	3 Q	2:11.918	8
Shanaze Reade	Women's BMX	39.368	5	Not scheduled		5	2 Q	39.247	6

Diving[edit]

As hosts Great Britain were automatically entitled to places in all four synchronised diving events, but athletes for individual events had to qualify through their own performances.^[60] Through finishes at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, the 2012 FINA Diving World Cup event in London, and the dive-off on the final day of the 2012 event, Great Britain achieved the maximum allowable number of quota places; two in each individual event.

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jack Laugher	3 m springboard	330.00	27	Did not advance
Chris Mears		436.05	18 Q	461.00	9 Q	439.75	9
Tom Daley	10 m platform	448.45	15 Q	521.10	4 Q	556.95
Peter Waterfield		412.45	23	Did not advance
Chris Mears Nick Robinson-Baker	3 m synchronised springboard	Not scheduled				432.60	5
Tom Daley Peter Waterfield	10 m synchronised platform	Not scheduled				454.65	4

Women[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rebecca Gallantree	3 m springboard	299.25	16 Q	267.10	18	Did not advance
Hannah Starling		298.25	17 Q	313.95	13	Did not advance
Monique Gladding	10 m platform	301.45	19	Did not advance
Stacie Powell		287.30	20	Did not advance
Alicia Blagg Rebecca Gallantree	3 m synchronised springboard	Not scheduled				285.60	7
Sarah Barrow Tonia Couch	10 m synchronised platform	Not scheduled				321.72	5

Equestrian[edit]

Great Britain automatically received a team and the maximum number of individual competitors in each of the 3 disciplines; dressage, eventing and show jumping.^[61]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Overall score	Rank
Laura Bechtolsheimer	Mistral Hojris	Individual	76.839	7 Q	77.794	5 Q	80.679	88.000	84.339
Richard Davison	Hiscox Artemis		72.812	18 Q	70.524	26	did not advance
Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro		83.663	1 Q	83.286	1 Q	86.750	93.429	90.089
Carl Hester	Uthopia		77.720	5 Q	80.571	3 Q	77.714	88.000	82.857	5
Laura Bechtolsheimer Charlotte Dujardin Carl Hester	See above	Team	79.407	1	80.550	1	Not scheduled		79.979

Eventing[edit]