Original sentence: British athletes won three gold medals and twenty-three medals overall, finishing twelfth.It was the second time that the United Kingdom had hosted the Summer Olympic Games, equalling the record of France and the United States to that point.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, competing as Great Britain, was the host nation for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.The nation was one of only four nations to compete in every Summer Olympic Games to that point
Edited sentence: Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed under the IOC country code GBR.It was the eleventh time that the nation had participated, being one of only four nations to compete in every Summer Olympics to that point.It was the second time that the United Kingdom had hosted the Summer Olympics, equally the record of France and the United States.Overall, they won twenty-three medals, finishing twelfth.The London Games were a severe disappontment for the British competitors, who had been expected to compete for second place in the medals table, thanks to a boycott by the Soviet Union and the non-invitation of Germany and Japan.The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1948 Summer Olympics, which they hosted in London.Ultimately, British athletes won only three gold medals (down from four in 1936, the previous Games)