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Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the name under which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competes at the Olympic Games.[1] Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics, and has competed at every Games. Athletes representing Great Britain have won 715 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 21 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 assigned to the United Kingdom team by the International Olympic Committee[citation needed] for the 1908 Summer Olympics along with the IOC country code GBR. The team is also referred to as Team GB.[1] Under the terms of a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland, athletes from Northern Ireland can elect to represent Ireland at the Olympics as Northern Irish people are legally entitled to dual citizenship.[citation needed] [edit] Hosted GamesLondon, the United Kingdom's capital, has hosted the Games on two occasions, and is scheduled to host the 2012 Summer Olympics:
In 2012, London will become the first and, to date, only city to host the Olympics on three occasions. [edit] Summer Games resultsFurther information: All-time Olympic Games medal count
[edit] Winter Games resultsFurther information: All-time Olympic Games medal count
[edit] Medals by sport
[edit] ArcheryFurther information: Archery at the Summer Olympics
[edit] AthleticsFurther information: Athletics at the Summer Olympics
[edit] BadmintonFurther information: Badminton at the Summer Olympics Great Britain has competed in all Badminton events held at the Summer Olympics since badminton made its full debut as an Olympic sport in 1992.
The figures from 1972 do not count towards the total as badminton was a demonstration sport. [edit] BoxingFurther information: Boxing at the Summer Olympics Great Britain made its Olympic boxing debut in 1908.
[edit] CricketFurther information: Cricket at the Olympics Great Britain and Ireland was one of only two nations to compete in the only Olympic cricket match, in 1900. The team won, making them the only nation to win an Olympic cricket contest and the only Olympic gold medallists in cricket.
[edit] CyclingFurther information: Cycling at the Summer Olympics
[edit] DivingFurther information: Diving at the Summer Olympics Great Britain made its Olympic diving debut in 1908.
[edit] EquestrianFurther information: Equestrian at the Summer Olympics Great Britain first competed in the 1912 competition having not competed in the first event held in 1900.
[edit] FencingGreat Britain won its first fencing medal, a silver, in 1908 at the London Games.
[edit] Figure skatingGreat Britain hosted the first Olympic figure skating contests in 1908.
[edit] FootballGreat Britain and Ireland - now represented separately by Team Ireland and Team Great Britain - was one of three nations to play in the inaugural football tournament, winning their only match to take the first Olympic gold medal in football. They competed in the nine Olympics in the table below.
In 1974 the FA abolished the distinction between "amateur" and "professional" footballers in England. This ended the practice of "shamateurism", where players claimed to be amateur but still got irregular payments from their clubs. At that time the Olympics were only open to amateur competitors, so the British Associations were no longer able to enter a football team.[13] Also, the Great Britain is not a member of FIFA and its athletes participate in international football competitions as members of the national teams of the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), none of which have National Olympic Committees. As a result Great Britain usually does not participate in Olympic qualifying tournaments. Fans from England (Football Supporter's Federation), Scotland (Association of Tartan Army clubs), Northern Ireland (Amalgamation of Official NI Fans Clubs) and Wales (Football Supporter's Federation Cymru) along with the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations have all publicly voiced their concern about a footballing Team GB.[1] The English FA and the British Olympic Association have planned to submit an English only team nonetheless. Those in favour of Team GB have taken the discussions on a very dangerous route by involving the UK Government and Prime Minister. they are now applying political pressure. FIFA take a very dim view of political involvement in National Football teams and can ultimately ban the National association from participation in FIFA sanctioned tournaments. [edit] GolfGreat Britain was one of four nations to play golf at the first Olympic golf events in 1900. They did not compete in the only other Olympic golf competition held in 1904.
[edit] GymnasticsGreat Britain's first gymnastics medal came in 1908 with a silver in the men's individual all-around. Until 2008, Great Britain's last medal for gymnastics was a Bronze in the Women's all-round team event in 1928.
[edit] HockeyGreat Britain's hosted the first Olympic field hockey tournament in 1908.
[edit] Jeu de paumeGreat Britain hosted the only Olympic jeu de paume tournament in 1908.
[edit] LacrosseGreat Britain's Olympic lacrosse debut was in 1908.
[edit] Modern PentathlonGreat Britain's Olympic modern pentathlon debut was in 1912 when the it was first included in the Olympics. When the women's event was added in 2000 Great Britain won the gold and bronze medals.
[edit] PoloGreat Britain was one of four nations to compete in the debut of Olympic polo. Three of the five teams had British players, and those three teams took both the top two places and split the third place with the Mexican team.
[edit] RacketsGreat Britain hosted the only Olympic rackets tournament, in 1908.
[edit] RowingBritain took a bronze medal in the first Olympic rowing competition, in 1900.
[edit] RugbyBritain took a silver medal in the first Olympic rugby competition, in 1900.
[edit] SailingBritain took five gold medals in the first Olympic sailing events, in 1900.
[edit] ShootingGreat Britain's first shooting medals came when the nation hosted the 1908 Games, at which the British shooters dominated the competitions. There were 215 shooters from 14 nations in the shooting events, including 67 shooters from Great Britain.
[edit] SwimmingGreat Britain was the most successful nation in swimming in 1900, its debut in the sport. Jarvis's pair of gold medals and Kemp's bronze made Britain's first outing a successful one.
[edit] TennisJohn Pius Boland dominated the 1896 tennis tournaments. Tennis in 1896 was a sport which allowed mixed teams, and both Boland and George S. Robertson joined partners from other nations to win their medals. Britain again dominated in 1900, taking all four gold medals and adding 7 other medals (3 as part of mixed teams).
[edit] TriathlonGreat Britain have competed in all three triathlon competitions that have taken place since 2000. Their best finish is a 6th place in the women's triathlon in 2004.
[edit] Tug of warGreat Britain's Olympic tug of war debut came when the nation hosted the Games in 1908. Great Britain were then one of only 2 teams to compete in 1912 and they also won the last Tug of War competition held in the Olympics in 1920.
[edit] Water motorsportsGreat Britain hosted the only Olympic water motorsports contests, in 1908.
[edit] Water polo
[edit] Weightlifting
[edit] Wrestling
[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Notes
[edit] Bibliography
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