Great Britain at the Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympics is a history which includes 50 games in 23 countries and 6,000+ athletes.SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), "Great Britain" ; retrieved 2012-7-28. Since 1896, sportsmen of the United Kingdom have taken part the growth of the "Olympic Movement".Olympics.org,  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"; retrieved 2012-7-28.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Great Britain is GBR.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf|website=LA84 Foundation|page=9|accessdate=16 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf|archivedate=12 February 2012}}</ref>

History
The British National Olympic Committee was formed in 1905. It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1905.Olympic.org,  Great Britain; retrieved 2012-7-28.

Great Britain's team first competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Great Britain is the name that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses when it competes at the Olympic Games. Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games in 1896. It has competed at every Games.  As of 2012, Athletes from Great Britain have won 780 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. They have won 22 at the Winter Olympic Games.  Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Games.

Great Britain was the name given to the United Kingdom team for the 1908 Summer Olympics. It was also given the IOC country code GBR''. The team is also called "Team GB". Representatives of the devolved Northern Ireland government, do not think this is a good name. They think it suggests that Northern Ireland is not part of the British Olympic team, and they think the name should be changed to Team UK."Minister urges BOA to change 'erroneous Team GB name'," BBC (UK). 11 March 2011; retrieved 2012-7-28. However, British is a correct term for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as, for instance, in "the British Government".

In an agreement between the British and Irish Olympic groups, athletes from Northern Ireland can choose to be a part of the Irish Olympic team. All British people may have dual citizenship if they wish.

Summer Games results
GamesCompetitorsGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1896 Athens  8  2  3  2  7  5 1900 Paris  103  15  6  9  30  3 1904 St. Louis  3  1  1  0  2  6 1908 London (host nation)  676  56  51  39  146  1 1912 Stockholm  293  10  15  16  41  3 1920 Antwerp  204  15  15  13  43  3 1924 Paris  307  9  13  12  34  4 1928 Amsterdam  234  3  10  7  20  11 1932 Los Angeles  74  4  7  5  16  8 1936 Berlin  225  4  7  3  14  10 1948 London (host nation)  375  3  14  6  23  12 1952 Helsinki  293  1  2  8  11  18 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm  200  6  7  11  24  8 1960 Rome  252  2  6  12  20  12 1964 Tokyo  199  4  12  2  18  10 1968 Mexico City  237  5  5  3  13  10 1972 Munich  310  4  5  9  18  12 1976 Montreal  234  3  5  5  13  13 1980 Moscow  222  5  7  9  21  9 1984 Los Angeles  355  5  11  21  37  11 1988 Seoul  382  5  10  9  24  12 1992 Barcelona  389  5  3  12  20  13 1996 Atlanta  303  1  8  6  15  36 2000 Sydney  320  11  10  7  28  10 2004 Athens  270  9  9  12  30  10 2008 Beijing  313  19  13  15  47  4 2012 London (host nation) 541  29  17  19  65  32016 Rio de Janeiro3602723176722020 Tokyo375222022644 Total  8057 285 315 311 911

Winter Games results
GamesCompetitorsGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1924 Chamonix  45 1  1  2  4  6 1928 St. Moritz  33  0  0  1  1  8 1932 Lake Placid  4  0  0  0  0  - 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  39  1  1  1  3  7 1948 St. Moritz  62  0  0  2  2  13 1952 Oslo  20  1  0  0  1  8 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo  45  0  0  0  0  - 1960 Squaw Valley  17  0  0  0  0  - 1964 Innsbruck  49  1  0  0  1  11 1968 Grenoble  46  0  0  0  0  - 1972 Sapporo  40  0  0  0  0  - 1976 Innsbruck  50  1  0  0  1  12 1980 Lake Placid  50  1  0  0  1  11 1984 Sarajevo  54  1  0  0  1  11 1988 Calgary  57  0  0  0  0  - 1992 Albertville  54  0  0  0  0  - 1994 Lillehammer  35  0  0  2  2  21 1998 Nagano  33  0  0  1  1  22 2002 Salt Lake City  51  1  0  1  2  18 2006 Turin  40  0  1  0  1  21 2010 Vancouver  50  1  0  0  1  16 2014 Sochi             2018 Pyeongchang             Total  874  9  3  10  22  20

Host country
London, the United Kingdom's capital, has hosted the Games on three occasions.
 Games   Dates  Nations 1908 Summer Olympics   27 April - 31 October  22 1948 Summer Olympics   29 July - 14 August  592012 Summer Olympics   27 July - 12 August  204 

In 2012, London became the first city to host the Olympics three times.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites

 British Olympic Association

Olympics
Category:Nations at the Olympics