Great_Britain_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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.[1][4]
| Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in London 27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) – 12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) | |
| Competitors | 541[1] in 26 sports |
| Flag bearers | Chris Hoy (opening) Ben Ainslie (closing)[2] |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
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.
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.[1] In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.
Multiple medallists
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"
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]
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
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 |
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
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 |
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
| 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
| 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 | ||||
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
Track & road events
| 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
| 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
Track & road events
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
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 | ||||
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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 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
Roster
The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[39]
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Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Russia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 400 | 359 | +41 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Brazil |
5 | 4 | 1 | 402 | 349 | +53 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  Spain |
5 | 3 | 2 | 414 | 394 | +20 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 4 |  Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 373 | +37 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 5 |  Great Britain (H) |
5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | −25 | 6 | |
| 6 |  China |
5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 439 | −126 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
29 July 2012 20:00 |
| Russia |
95–75 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 25–15, 22–24, 24–17 | ||
| Pts: Kirilenko 35 Rebs: Shved 6 Asts: Shved 13 |
Pts: Deng 26 Rebs: Freeland 10 Asts: Deng, Reinking 3 | |
31 July 2012 16:45 |
| Great Britain |
62–67 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 16–23, 16–21, 19–19 | ||
| Pts: Mensah-Bonsu, Reinking 13 Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu 12 Asts: Deng 7 |
Pts: Splitter 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Huertas 8 | |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Sampietro (ARG) |
2 August 2012 20:00 |
| Spain |
79–78 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–14, 24–19, 18–30 | ||
| Pts: Calderón 19 Rebs: San Emeterio 10 Asts: Fernández 7 |
Pts: Deng 26 Rebs: Deng 9 Asts: Deng 7 | |
4 August 2012 20:00 |
| Great Britain |
75–106 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 21–18, 14–30, 15–40 | ||
| Pts: Freeland 16 Rebs: Freeland 7 Asts: Archibald 4 |
Pts: Mills 39 Rebs: Newley 8 Asts: Ingles, Newley 4 | |
6 August 2012 16:45 |
| Great Britain |
90–58 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 19–16, 26–17, 18–10 | ||
| Pts: Achara 16 Rebs: Archibald 9 Asts: Lawrence 6 |
Pts: Wang Zhizhi 11 Rebs: Yi Jianlian 14 Asts: Liu Wei 4 | |
Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS) |
Women's tournament
Roster
The following is the Great Britain roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[40]
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Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
28 July 2012 22:15 |
| Australia |
74–58 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 23–15, 18–16, 17–16 | ||
| Pts: Jackson 18 Rebs: Batkovic 7 Asts: Richards 4 |
Pts: Vanderwal, Leedham 11 Rebs: Page 7 Asts: Stafford, Leedham 3 | |
30 July 2012 20:00 |
| Great Britain |
65–73 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 17–17, 21–19, 12–18 | ||
| Pts: Stafford, Leedham 15 Rebs: Fagbenle 6 Asts: Collins 4 |
Pts: Thorburn 18 Rebs: Pilypaitis, T. Tatham 5 Asts: Gabriele 7 | |
1 August 2012 16:45 |
| Great Britain |
61–67 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 13–23, 18–13, 16–15 | ||
| Pts: Stafford 18 Rebs: Page 7 Asts: Collins, Leedham 3 |
Pts: Belyakova 12 Rebs: Osipova 9 Asts: Hammon 6 | |
3 August 2012 20:00 |
| France |
80–77 (OT) | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–10, 20–21, 20–23, Overtime: 13–10 | ||
| Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 16 Rebs: Godin 8 Asts: Godin 4 |
Pts: Leedham 29 Rebs: Page, Leedham 8 Asts: Page 3 | |
Men
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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Women
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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||
Slalom
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 | |||||||
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| 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
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
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| 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)
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
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
| 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
| 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
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
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Team sprint
| 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 |
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| Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish |
Women's team sprint | 32.526 WR 55.340 |
2 Q | Ukraine (UKR) L REL |
8 | did not advance | |
Pursuit
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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- Andy Tennant and Wendy Houvenaghel were selected as part of the pursuit squads but did not ride during the event.
Keirin
| 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
| Athlete | Event | Flying lap | Points race | Elimination race | Individual pursuit | Scratch race | Time trial | Total points |
Rank | ||||
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| 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
| 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
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 | ||||
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| 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 | |
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
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| 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
| 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 | |||
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
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
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| 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
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
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| Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Tina Cook | Miners Frolic | Individual | 42.00 | 14 | 0.00 | 42.00 | 5 | 1.00 | 43.00 | 4 Q | 8.00 | 51.00 | 6 | 51.00 | 6 |
| William Fox-Pitt | Lionheart | 44.10 | =17 | 9.20 | 53.30 | 22 | 0.00 | 53.30 | 15 | did not advance | 53.30 | 15 | |||
| Mary King | Imperial Cavalier | 40.90 | 12 | 1.20 | 42.10 | 6 | 0.00 | 42.10 | 3 Q | 8.00 | 50.10 | 5 | 50.10 | 5 | |
| Zara Phillips | High Kingdom | 46.10 | =24 | 0.00 | 46.00 | =10 | 7.00 | 53.00 | 14 Q | 0.00 | 53.00 | 8 | 53.00 | 8 | |
| Nicola Wilson* | Opposition Buzz | 51.70 | =39 | 0.00 | 51.70 | 20 | 4.00 | 55.70 | 19 | did not advance | 55.70 | 19 | |||
| Tina Cook William Fox-Pitt Mary King Zara Phillips Nicola Wilson |
See above | Team | 127.00 | 3 | 3.20 | 130.20 | 2 | 8.00 | 138.20 | 2 | Not scheduled | 138.20 | | ||
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- Piggy French, riding DHI Topper W, was originally selected by Team GB, but withdrew on 2 July 2012 due to an injury to her horse. Nicola Wilson was promoted from the reserve team[62]
Show jumping
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||||||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round A | Round B | Total | ||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Scott Brash | Hello Sanctos | Individual | 4 | =42 Q | 4 | 8 | =31 Q | 0 | 8 | =11 Q | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 4 | =5 | 4 | =5 |
| Peter Charles |
Vindicat W | 10 | =65 | did not advance | |||||||||||||
| Ben Maher |
Tripple X III | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 4 | =4 Q | 4 | =11 Q | 4 | 8 | =9 | 8 | =9 | |
| Nick Skelton |
Big Star | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 4 | =5 | 4 | =5 | |
| Scott Brash Peter Charles Ben Maher Nick Skelton |
See above | Team | — | 4 | =2 Q | 4 | 8 | =1 JO | 0 | | |||||||
- JO
- Jump off for gold medal
As hosts, Great Britain received eight quota places which could be allocated to any of the fencing events. Additional places could be won in specific disciplines in a series of qualification events.
On 24 March 2012, Richard Kruse won a qualifying event in Copenhagen, thus earning Team GB a ninth quota place in men's foil.[63] On 22 April 2012, Natalia Sheppard attained a qualifying place at the Zonal European Qualifier in women's foil.[64] On 1 June 2012, the BOA announced the first seven of ten fencers, and confirmed the remaining three fencers would be in foil events.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| James-Andrew Davis | Individual foil | Bye | Joppich (GER) L 10–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Richard Kruse | Bye | Akhmatkhuzin (RUS) L 5–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Husayn Rosowsky |  Samandi (MAR)L 8–15 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| James-Andrew Davis Richard Kruse Husayn Rosowsky Laurence Halsted |
Team foil | Not scheduled |  Egypt (EGY)W 45–33 |
Italy (ITA) L 45–40 |
Classification semi-final France (FRA) W 45–29 |
5th place final Russia (RUS) L 35–45 |
6 | |
| James Honeybone | Individual sabre | Pryiemka (BLR) L 9–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Corinna Lawrence | Individual épée |  Bravo (CHI)W 15–12 |
 Gherman (ROU)L 9–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Anna Bentley | Individual foil | Peterson (CAN) L 9–10 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Natalia Sheppard |  Troiano (GBR)W 12–9 |
Maîtrejean (FRA) L 5–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Sophie Troiano | Sheppard (GBR) L 9–12 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Anna Bentley Natalia Sheppard Sophie Troiano Martina Emanuel |
Team foil | Not scheduled | Egypt (EGY) W 34–45 |
Italy (ITA) L 42–14 |
Classification semi-final Poland (POL)L 20–43 |
7th place final Japan (JPN) L 21–30 |
8 | |
| Louise Bond-Williams | Individual sabre | Not scheduled |  Vougiouka (GRE)L 8–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Sophie Williams | Not scheduled | Vecchi (ITA) L 6–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
The Great Britain men's and women's teams qualified automatically as hosts. England, Wales and Scotland compete separately in most competitions, but sent a combined team to the Olympics, which was managed by England Hockey.[65][66]
Men's tournament
The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[67]
Head Coach: Jason Lee
Reserves:
Head coach Jason Lee appeared at his fifth Olympics, having played for Great Britain in 1992 and 1996, and been head coach in 2004 and 2008.
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | |
| 3 | Spain |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 4 |  Pakistan |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Seventh place game |
| 5 |  Argentina |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 | Ninth place game |
| 6 |  South Africa |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 1 | Eleventh place game |
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Semi-final
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Bronze medal match
Women's tournament
Squad
The Great Britain women's field hockey team for the 2012 Games was announced on 18 May 2012.[68]
Head Coach: Danny Kerry
Reserves:
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 9 | |
| 3 | China |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 |  South Korea |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Japan |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 6 |  Belgium |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
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Semi-final
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Bronze medal match
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Final rank
Bronze
Great Britain men's football team competed at the Olympics for the first time since 1960. The team was run by The Football Association, as the national associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland declined to take part. However, despite objections from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, players from all four nations were considered for selection, although Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Joe Allen (all Welsh) were the only non-English players who were selected.[69] However, players chosen to represent England at the 2012 European Championships were not considered for selection,[70] although one player (Jack Butland) received special dispensation to compete.[71] Former England captain David Beckham, who was involved in promoting London's bid to host the Games, had expressed an interest in appearing as one of the three over-23 players in the squad.[72] The men's team was managed by Stuart Pearce and the women's by Hope Powell.[73]
- Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players
- Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players
Men's tournament
Squad
The following is the Great Britain squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[74]
As part of an agreement with the FA, no players from England's Euro 2012 squad were selected. However, an agreement was made to allow Jack Butland to play on both squads. Butland, a late injury replacement for the Euro 2012 team, did not play in the tournament as England's third goalkeeper, and was allowed to keep his Olympic roster spot.
Coach: Stuart Pearce
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | 2012 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Jack Butland | (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 |  Birmingham City |
| 2 | 2DF | Neil Taylor | (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 |  Swansea City |
| 3 | 2DF | Ryan Bertrand | (1989-08-05)5 August 1989 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Chelsea |
| 4 | 2DF | Danny Rose | (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 5 | 2DF | Steven Caulker | (1991-12-29)29 December 1991 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 6 | 2DF | Craig Dawson | (1990-05-06)6 May 1990 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 7 | 3MF | Tom Cleverley | (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Manchester United |
| 8 | 3MF | Joe Allen | (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Swansea City |
| 9 | 4FW | Daniel Sturridge | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Chelsea |
| 10 | 4FW | Craig Bellamy* | (1979-07-13)13 July 1979 (aged 33) | 1 | 0 | Liverpool |
| 11 | 3MF | Ryan Giggs* (c) | (1973-11-29)29 November 1973 (aged 38) | 1 | 0 | Manchester United |
| 12 | 2DF | James Tomkins | (1989-03-29)29 March 1989 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | West Ham United |
| 13 | 3MF | Jack Cork | (1989-06-25)25 June 1989 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Southampton |
| 14 | 2DF | Micah Richards* | (1988-06-24)24 June 1988 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Manchester City |
| 15 | 3MF | Aaron Ramsey | (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 16 | 3MF | Scott Sinclair | (1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Swansea City |
| 17 | 4FW | Marvin Sordell | (1991-02-17)17 February 1991 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 18 | 1GK | Jason Steele | (1990-08-18)18 August 1990 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Middlesbrough |
* Over-aged player.
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Great Britain (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Senegal |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Uruguay |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  United Arab Emirates |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Quarter-final
| Great Britain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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Ramsey  36' (pen.) |
Report | Ji Dong-won 29' |
| Penalties | ||
Ramsey  Cleverley Dawson Giggs Sturridge  |
4–5 | Koo Ja-cheol Baek Sung-dong Hwang Seok-ho Park Jong-woo Ki Sung-yueng |
Women's tournament
Squad
Head coach: Hope Powell
Great Britain named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.[79][80] During the tournament, Dunia Susi replaced Ifeoma Dieke on 30 July 2012 due to injury.[81][82]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Karen Bardsley | (1984-10-14)14 October 1984 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 |  Linköping |
| 2 | 2DF | Alex Scott | (1984-10-14)14 October 1984 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 3 | 2DF | Steph Houghton | (1988-04-23)23 April 1988 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 4 | 3MF | Jill Scott | (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Everton |
| 5 | 2DF | Sophie Bradley | (1989-10-20)20 October 1989 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Lincoln Ladies |
| 6 | 2DF | Casey Stoney (captain) | (1982-05-13)13 May 1982 (aged 30) | 1 | 0 | Lincoln Ladies |
| 7 | 4FW | Karen Carney | (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | Birmingham City |
| 8 | 3MF | Fara Williams | (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Everton |
| 9 | 4FW | Ellen White | (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 10 | 4FW | Kelly Smith | (1978-10-29)29 October 1978 (aged 33) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 11 | 3MF | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 12 | 4FW | Kim Little | (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 22) | 1 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 13 | 2DF | Ifeoma Dieke | (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 31) | 1 | 0 | Vittsjö |
| 14 | 3MF | Anita Asante | (1985-04-27)27 April 1985 (aged 27) | 1 | 0 | Göteborg |
| 15 | 4FW | Eniola Aluko | (1987-02-21)21 February 1987 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Birmingham City |
| 16 | 2DF | Claire Rafferty | (1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 23) | 1 | 0 | Chelsea |
| 17 | 4FW | Rachel Williams | (1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Birmingham City |
| 18 | 1GK | Rachel Brown | (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | Everton |
| 19 | 2DF | Dunia Susi | (1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Chelsea |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 20 | 4FW | Jessica Clarke | (1989-05-05)5 May 1989 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Lincoln Ladies |
| 21 | 4FW | Jane Ross | (1989-09-18)18 September 1989 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 |  Glasgow City |
| 22 | 1GK | Emma Higgins | (1986-05-15)15 May 1986 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 |  KR |
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Great Britain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Qualified for the quarter-finals |
| 2 | Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 |  New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Quarter-final
Artistic
Great Britain fielded a full team of five gymnasts in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events. The women's team qualified through a top eight finish in the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, whilst the men qualified by winning the Olympic qualification event,[87] after failing to qualify at the world championships.[88] Included in the squads were Louis Smith, who won a bronze medal in the pommel horse at the 2008 Games, Beth Tweddle, 2009 World Floor Champion and 2010 Uneven Bars Champion, and Rebecca Tunney, who, at the age of 15, was the youngest Team GB athlete from any sport.[89]
Men
Team
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Sam Oldham | Team | 14.700 | — | 14.600 | 15.533 | 14.666 | 15.100 | — | — | 14.033 | — | 14.966 | 14.000 | — | |||
| Daniel Purvis | 15.200 | 13.400 | 15.033 | 16.100 | 14.733 | 14.733 | 89.199 | 10 Q | 15.533 | 14.733 | 14.600 | 15.966 | 14.800 | 14.633 | — | ||
| Louis Smith | — | 15.800 Q | — | 13.033 | — | — | 15.966 | — | |||||||||
| Kristian Thomas | 15.366 | 14.133 | 14.566 | 16.200 | 14.625 | 15.366 | 90.256 | 5 Q | 15.433 | — | 14.433 | 16.550 | — | 15.200 | — | ||
| Max Whitlock | 15.266 | 14.900 Q | 14.133 | 16.033 | 13.900 | — | 15.166 | 15.233 | — | 15.666 | 14.800 | — | — | ||||
| Total | 45.832 | 44.833 | 44.199 | 48.333 | 44.024 | 45.199 | 272.420 | 3 Q | 46.132 | 45.932 | 43.066 | 48.182 | 44.566 | 43.833 | 271.711 | | |
- Individual finals
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||||
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| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
| Daniel Purvis | All-around | 15.166 | 14.266 | 14.800 | 16.000 | 13.600 | 14.500 | 88.332 | 13 |
| Louis Smith | Pommel horse | — | 16.066 | — | 16.066 | | |||
| Kristian Thomas | All-around | 15.566 | 14.566 | 14.633 | 14.908 | 14.733 | 15.000 | 89.406 | 7 |
| Vault | — | 15.533 | — | 15.533 | 8 | ||||
| Max Whitlock | Pommel horse | — | 15.600 | — | 15.600 | | |||
Women
Team
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
| Imogen Cairns | Team | — | 14.433 | — | 13.366 | — | — | 14.266 | — | 13.500 | — | ||
| Jennifer Pinches | 14.100 | 14.366 | 13.700 | 13.100 | 55.266 | 21 | 14.366 | 14.833 | — | 11.833 | — | ||
| Rebecca Tunney | 14.000 | 14.400 | 14.825 | 13.166 | 56.391 | 15 Q | — | 14.866 | 14.766 | — | — | ||
| Beth Tweddle | 14.433 | — | 16.133 Q | — | 14.166 | — | 15.833 | — | — | ||||
| Hannah Whelan | 13.933 | 14.500 | 14.200 | 13.066 | 55.699 | 17 Q | 14.200 | — | 14.000 | 13.866 | — | ||
| Total | 42.533 | 43.333 | 45.158 | 39.632 | 170.656 | 5 Q | 42.732 | 43.965 | 44.599 | 39.199 | 170.495 | 6 | |
Individual finals
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
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| F | V | UB | BB | ||||
| Rebecca Tunney | All-around | 13.933 | 14.866 | 15.000 | 13.133 | 56.392 | 13 |
| Beth Tweddle | Uneven bars | — | 15.916 | — | 15.916 | | |
| Hannah Whelan | All-around | 14.133 | 0.000* | 14.166 | 13.700 | 41.999 | 24 |
* Whelan's vault score was wiped after she fell face first during her landing.[90]
Rhythmic
The British Olympic Association announced that the team would utilise host nation qualification places. However an agreement between British Gymnastics and the BOA stipulated that the team had to reach a target score (45.223) at a test event held in London in January 2012.[91] They narrowly missed this target in the qualification stage by 0.273 marks.[92] though they met the mark on the finals day.
This led to a dispute in which British Gymnastics originally argued that they should not be included in the Games as they had failed to make the mark in the agreed manner; the gymnasts argued that it was not clear the mark had to be reached on the qualification round, and that their mark in the final day (which was over the target mark) should be accepted.
On 5 March 2012, the gymnasts won their appeal, and British Gymnastics announced that the team would now be nominated for selection.[93][94]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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| Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | ||
| Francesca Jones | Individual | 24.200 | 24.550 | 21.975 | 23.900 | 94.625 | 24 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
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| 5 balls | 3 ribbons 2 hoops |
Total | Rank | 5 balls | 3 ribbons 2 hoops |
Total | Rank | ||
| Georgina Cassar Jade Faulkner Francesca Fox Lynne Hutchison Louisa Pouli Rachel Smith |
Team | 24.150 | 23.850 | 48.000 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
Trampoline
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Katherine Driscoll | Women's | 100.985 | 9 | did not advance | |
Great Britain's men's and women's handball teams were allowed to take up host places at the 2012 Olympics.[95] This is the first time that Great Britain has competed in handball at the Olympics.[96]
Men's tournament
The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[97][98]
Head coaches: Dragan Đukić
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- Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Iceland |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 132 | +35 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| France |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 110 | +49 | 8 | |
| Sweden |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 115 | +41 | 6 | |
 Tunisia |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 125 | −4 | 4 | |
| Argentina |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 138 | −25 | 2 | |
| Great Britain |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 192 | −96 | 0 |
| 29 July 2012 19:30 |
France |
44 – 15 | Great Britain |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000[99] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| Joli 11 | (21–7) | Garnham 6 | ||
2× 2× |
Report | 3× 4× 1×
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| 31 July 2012 14:30 |
Great Britain |
19 – 41 | Sweden |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,382[100] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| Larsson 4 | (10–24) | Ekberg 13 | ||
| 3× 6× 1× |
Report | 3× 4×
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| 2 August 2012 16:15 |
Great Britain |
21–32 | Argentina |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,581[101] Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV) |
| Larsson 6 | (11–16) | Simonet 6 | ||
| 4× 4× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 4 August 2012 09:30 |
Tunisia |
34 – 17 | Great Britain |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,319[102] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| Toumi 10 | (14–8) | Edgar 5 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 3× 6×
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| 6 August 2012 16:15 |
Iceland |
41 – 24 | Great Britain |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856[103] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| Sigurðsson 8 | (18–15) | Larsson 9 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 3× 5×
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Women's tournament
Squad
The following is the British roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[104]
Head coaches: Jesper Holmris, Vigdis Holmeset
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Group play
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Brazil |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 122 | +15 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
 Croatia |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 115 | +30 | 8 | |
| Russia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 125 | +26 | 7 | |
 Montenegro |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 123 | +14 | 5 | |
 Angola |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 142 | −10 | 2 | |
| Great Britain |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 166 | −75 | 0 |
| 28 July 2012 19:30 |
Montenegro |
31 – 19 | Great Britain |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,941[105] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| A. Bulatović 5 | (18–12) | Gerbron 6 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 30 July 2012 14:30 |
Great Britain |
16 – 37 | Russia |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,596[106] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| Byl 5 | (8–17) | Turey, Chernoivanenko 5 | ||
| 3× 1× |
Report | 2× 4×
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| 1 August 2012 16:15 |
Great Britain |
17 – 30 | Brazil |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,622[107] Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV) |
| Byl, Gerbron 5 | (8–17) | Rodrigues 7 | ||
| 2× 3× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 3 August 2012 09:30 |
Angola |
31 – 25 | Great Britain |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,081[108] Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU) |
| Almeida 8 | (14–10) | Gerbron 9 | ||
| 2× 3× |
Report | 3× 1×
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| 5 August 2012 16:15 |
Croatia |
37 – 14 | Great Britain |
Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,792[109] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| three players 5 | (17–6) | Fairbrother 3 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 3× 4×
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British judoka received one place in each of the 14 categories by virtue of hosting the Olympic tournament – the maximum allocation possible.[110]
Men
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | ||
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |||
| Ashley McKenzie | −60 kg | Bye | Hiraoka (JPN) L 0000–0111 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Colin Oates |
−66 kg | Bye | Dos Santos (AUS) W 0020–0002 |
Khashbaatar (MGL) W 0011–0000 |
 Shavdatuashvili (GEO)L 0100–0000 |
Did not advance |  Cho J-H (KOR)L 0002-0021 |
Did not advance | 7 | |
| Daniel Williams | −73 kg | Bye |  Boqiev (TJK)L 0000–1001 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Euan Burton | −81 kg | Bye | Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 0000–1000 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Winston Gordon | −90 kg | Not held | Émond (CAN) W 1000–0000 |
Denisov (RUS) L 0000–0010 |
Did not advance | |||||
| James Austin | −100 kg | Not held | Anai (JPN) L 0003–0101 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Christopher Sherrington | +100 kg | Not held | Andrewartha (AUS) W 1000–0000 |
Mikhailine (RUS) L 0011–0001 |
Did not advance | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Kelly Edwards | −48 kg | Bye | Fukumi (JPN) L 0000–0020 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Sophie Cox | −52 kg |  An K-a (PRK)L 0000–0010 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Sarah Clark | −57 kg | Pavia (FRA) L 0001–0010 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Gemma Howell | −63 kg | Émane (FRA) L 0000–1000 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Sally Conway | −70 kg |  Ngarlemdana (CHA)W 1110–0002 |
Bosch (NED) L 0001–0010 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Gemma Gibbons | −78 kg |  Ramirez (POR)W 1000–0000 |
Lkhamdegd (MGL) W 0021–0010 |
Verkerk (NED) W 0100–0000 |
Tcheuméo (FRA) W 1000–0000 |
Bye | Harrison (USA) L 0000–0020 |
|
| Karina Bryant | +78 kg | Asselah (ALG) W 1000–0001 |
Polavder (SLO) W 0011–0000 |
Issanova (KAZ) W 0102–0011 |
Sugimoto (JPN) L 0002–0011 |
Bye | Kindzerska (UKR) W 0020–0011 |
|
As hosts, Great Britain received one automatic qualification place per gender. A maximum of two British men and two British women were able to qualify for modern pentathlon events.[111] In the event, Great Britain earned two quota places in each gender.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) |
Swimming (200 m freestyle) |
Riding (show jumping) |
Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol/3000 m) |
Total points |
Final rank | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | ||||
| Sam Weale | Men's | 17–18 | =13 | 808 | 2:03.40 | 12 | 1320 | 24 | 7 | 1176 | 11:00.00 | 22 | 2360 | 5664 | 13 |
| Nick Woodbridge | 17–18 | =13 | 808 | 1:57.32 | 2 | 1396 | 44 | 11 | 1156 | 11:01.66 | 23 | 2356 | 5716 | 10 | |
| Samantha Murray | Women's | 18–17 | =16 | 832 | 2:08.20 | 2 | 1264 | 60 | 13 | 1140 | 12:00.59 | 10 | 2120 | 5356 | |
| Mhairi Spence | 19–16 | =11 | 856 | 2:16.51 | 10 | 1164 | 104 | 25 | 1096 | 12:46.23 | 28 | 1936 | 5052 | 21 | |
Great Britain qualified boats in 13 of the 14 Olympic events at the 2011 World Championships; the only boat which Britain did not qualify for the Olympics was in the women's single sculls event where Frances Houghton was one place short.[112][113]
In the heats of the women's coxless pair, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning set a new Olympic record with a time of six minutes 57.29 seconds.[114]
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alan Campbell | Single sculls | 6:47.62 | 1 QF | Bye | 6:52.10 | 1 SA/B | 7:18.92 | 2 FA | 7:03.28 | | |
| George Nash Will Satch |
Pair | 6:16.58 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Not held | 6:56.46 | 1 FA | 6:21.77 | | ||
| Bill Lucas Sam Townsend |
Double sculls | 6:11.94 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Not held | 6:22.47 | 3 FA | 6:40.54 | 5 | ||
| Mark Hunter Zac Purchase |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:36.29 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Not held | 6:36.62 | 1 FA | 6:37.78 | | ||
| Alex Gregory Tom James Pete Reed Andrew Triggs Hodge |
Four | 5:50.27 | 1 Q | Bye | Not held | 5:58.26 | 1 FA | 6:03.97 | | ||
| Charles Cousins Stephen Rowbotham Tom Solesbury Matthew Wells |
Quadruple sculls | 5:41.75 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Not held | 6:05.32 | 3 FA | 5:49.14 | 5 | ||
| Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Richard Chambers Rob Williams |
Lightweight four | 5:49.29 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Not held | 5:59.68 | 1 FA | 6:03.09 | | ||
| Richard Egington James Foad Matt Langridge Constantine Louloudis Alex Partridge Tom Ransley Moe Sbihi Greg Searle Phelan Hill (cox) |
Eight | 5:27.61 | 2 R | 5:26.85 | 1 FA | Not held | 5:52.18 | | |||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
Pair | 6:57.29 OR | 1 FA | Bye | Not held | 7:27.13 | | ||
| Katherine Grainger Anna Watkins |
Double sculls | 6:44.33 | 1 FA | Bye | Not held | 6:55.82 | | ||
| Katherine Copeland Sophie Hosking |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:56.97 | 1 SA/B | Bye | 7:05.90 | 1 FA | 7:09.30 | | |
| Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Beth Rodford Melanie Wilson |
Quadruple sculls | 6:20.71 | 4 R | 6:21.65 | 3 FA | Not held | 6:51.54 | 6 | |
| Jessica Eddie Katie Greves Lindsey Maguire Natasha Page Louisa Reeve Victoria Thornley Annabel Vernon Olivia Whitlam Caroline O'Connor (cox) |
Eight | 6:23.51 | 3 R | 6:21.58 | 4 FA | Not held | 6:18.77 | 5 | |
Qualification legend: FA, final A (medal); FB, final B (non-medal); FC, final C (non-medal); FD, final D (non-medal); FE, final E (non-medal); FF, final F (non-medal); SA/B, semifinals A/B; SC/D, semifinals C/D; SE/F, semifinals E/F; QF, quarterfinals; R, repechage
As hosts, Great Britain received automatic qualification places in each boat class.[115][116]
Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points |
Final rank | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
| Nick Dempsey | RS:X | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | Not scheduled | 6 | 41 | | |||||
| Paul Goodison | Laser | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 8 | Not scheduled | 6 | 93 | 7 | |||||
| Ben Ainslie | Finn | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Not scheduled | 18 | 46 | | |||||
| Stuart Bithell Luke Patience |
470 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Not scheduled | 8 | 30 | | |||||
| Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes |
49er | 12 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 124 | 5 | |
| Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
Star | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Not scheduled | 16 | 34 | | |||||
Women
Fleet racing
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points |
Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Bryony Shaw | RS:X | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 7 | |
| Alison Young | Laser Radial | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 5 | |
| Saskia Clark Hannah Mills |
470 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 51 | | |
Match racing
| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Rank | Knockouts | Rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEN |
 ESP |
POR |
AUS |
 FIN |
FRA |
 NZL |
RUS |
SWE |
NED |
USA |
Quarter- final |
Semi- final |
Final | ||||
| Lucy MacGregor Kate MacGregor Annie Lush |
Elliott 6m | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | 7 Q | RUS L (2–3) |
Did not advance | 7* | |
- Due to the lack of wind the 5–8th place classification races were cancelled. The final round robin table was used for classification.
- BFD
- Disqualified under the black flag rule.
- M
- Medal races. Points awarded in medal races are double the position achieved in the race.
As the host nation, Great Britain were awarded a minimum of nine quota places in nine different events. Additional places have been secured by Richard Brickell in the men's skeet, Richard Faulds and Peter Wilson in the men's double trap and Georgina Geikie in women's 25 m pistol.[117] In addition, a shooter that has qualified for one event may compete in others without affecting the quotas.
On 28 May 2012, the Great Britain team was confirmed.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Richard Brickell | Skeet | 118 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Richard Faulds | Double trap | 133 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Jon Hammond | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1142 | 41 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle prone | 593 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
| James Huckle | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1162 | 25 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle prone | 591 | 29 | Did not advance | ||
| 10 m air rifle | 593 | 24 | Did not advance | ||
| Edward Ling | Trap | 118 | 21 | Did not advance | |
| Rory Warlow | Skeet | 118 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Peter Wilson | Double trap | 143 | 1 Q | 188 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Elena Allen | Skeet | 60 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Georgina Geikie | 25 m pistol | 562 | 37 | Did not advance | |
| 10 m air pistol | 359 | 47 | Did not advance | ||
| Charlotte Kerwood | Trap | 64 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Jennifer McIntosh | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 570 | 42 | Did not advance | |
| 10 m air rifle | 392 | 36 | Did not advance | ||
British swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[118][119] All British swimmers must qualify by finishing in the top two of the Olympic trials having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by British Swimming in the relevant final (that time being the fastest time of the sixteenth fastest swimmer internationally in that event in 2011).
Men
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Craig Benson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.04 | 13 Q | 1:00.13 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Adam Brown | 50 m freestyle | 22.39 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 49.20 | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
| David Carry | 400 m freestyle | 3:47.25 | 7 Q | Not scheduled | 3:48.62 | 7 | |
| David Davies | 1500 m freestyle | 15:14.77 | 16 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | ||
| Daniel Fogg | 1500 m freestyle | 14:56.12 | 5 Q | Not scheduled | 15:00.76 | 8 | |
| 10 km open water | Not scheduled | 1:50:37.3 | 5 | ||||
| James Goddard | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.56 | 6 Q | 1:58.49 | =7 Q | 1:59.05 | 7 |
| Antony James | 100 m butterfly | 53.25 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| Michael Jamieson | 100 m breaststroke | 59.89 | 9 Q | 59.89 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:08.98 | 2 Q | 2:08.20 | 1 Q | 2:07.43 | | |
| Ieuan Lloyd | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.52 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| Marco Loughran | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.72 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Roberto Pavoni | 200 m butterfly | 1:57.55 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:15.56 | 13 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | |||
| Robbie Renwick | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.86 | 6 Q | 1:46.65 | =6 Q | 1:46.53 | 6 |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:47.25 | 10 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | |||
| Michael Rock | 100 m butterfly | 52.56 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Joseph Roebuck | 200 m butterfly | 1:56.99 | =17 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:00.04 | 15 Q | 1:59.57 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:20.24 | 24 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | |||
| Liam Tancock | 100 m backstroke | 53.86 | 8 Q | 53.25 | 3 Q | 53.35 | 5 |
| Chris Walker-Hebborn | 100 m backstroke | 54.78 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 1:59.00 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
| Andrew Willis | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.33 | 3 Q | 2:08.47 | 3 Q | 2:09.44 | 8 |
| Simon Burnett James Disney-May Craig Gibbons Grant Turner |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:17.08 | 12 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | ||
| Rob Bale David Carry** Ross Davenport Ieuan Lloyd Robbie Renwick |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:10.70 | 3 Q | Not scheduled | 7:09.33 | 6 | |
| Craig Benson** Adam Brown Michael Jamieson Liam Tancock Michael Rock |
4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:33.44 | 2 Q | Not scheduled | 3:32.32 | 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.
Women
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Rebecca Adlington | 400 m freestyle | 4:05.75 | 8 Q | Not scheduled | 4:03.01 | | |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:21.78 | 1 Q | Not scheduled | 8:20.32 | | ||
| Sophie Allen | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.72 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Georgia Davies | 100 m backstroke | 59.92 | 6 Q | 1:00.56 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Eleanor Faulkner | 800 m freestyle | 8:38.00 | 17 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | ||
| Ellen Gandy | 100 m butterfly | 58.25 | 9 Q | 57.66 | 7 Q | 57.76 | 8 |
| 200 m butterfly | 2:09.92 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| Francesca Halsall | 50 m freestyle | 24.61 | 3 Q | 24.63 | 5 Q | 24.47 | 5 |
| 100 m freestyle | 54.02 | 7 Q | 53.77 | =4 Q | 53.66 | 6 | |
| 100 m butterfly | 58.23 | 8 Q | 58.52 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Kate Haywood | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.22 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| Joanne Jackson | 400 m freestyle | 4:11.50 | 21 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | ||
| Jemma Lowe | 200 m butterfly | 2:07.64 | 3 Q | 2:07.34 | 8 Q | 2:06.80 | 6 |
| Caitlin McClatchey | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.03 | =7 Q | 1:57.33 | 6 Q | 1:57.70 | 7 |
| Hannah Miley | 200 m individual medley | 2:17.27 | 10 Q | 2:10.89 | 7 Q | 2:11.29 | 7 |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:34.98 | 6 Q | Not scheduled | 4:34.17 | 5 | ||
| Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.32 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Keri-anne Payne | 10 km open water[120] | Not scheduled | 1:57:42.2 | 4 | |||
| Stephanie Proud | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.01 | 12 Q | 2:09.04 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| Elizabeth Simmonds | 2:10.37 | 15 Q | 2:08.48 | 7 Q | 2:07.26 | 4 | |
| Amy Smith | 50 m freestyle | 25.28 | =16 Q* | 24.87 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle | 54.02 | 13 Q | 54.28 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Gemma Spofforth | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.05 | 12 Q | 59.70 | 6 Q | 59.20 | 5 |
| Stacey Tadd | 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.18 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Rebecca Turner | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.98 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
| Aimee Willmott | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.87 | 11 | Not scheduled | Did not advance | ||
| Francesca Halsall Jessica Lloyd Caitlin McClatchey Amy Smith Rebecca Turner** |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:38.21 | =7 Q | Not scheduled | 3:37.02 | 5 | |
| Eleanor Faulkner** Joanne Jackson Caitlin McClatchey Hannah Miley Rebecca Turner |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:54.31 | 7 Q | Not scheduled | 7:52.47 | 5 | |
| Gemma Spofforth Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Jemma Lowe** Ellen Gandy Amy Smith** Francesca Halsall |
4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:59.37 | 6 Q | Not scheduled | 3:59.46 | 8 | |
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. * Amy Smith tied equal with two other swimmers for the final spot in to the semi-finals. A swim-off was held between the three competitors, which Smith won and was awarded with the 16th qualification place in to the semi-finals. ** Competed in the heats only
As the host nation, Great Britain will have a squad of 9 synchronised swimmers taking part in both the duet and team events.[121] British Swimming announced the squad on 8 May 2012.[122]
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
| Olivia Federici Jenna Randall |
Duet | 88.100 | 9 | 88.790 | 176.890 | 9 Q | 89.170 | 177.270 | 9 |
| Yvette Baker Katie Clark Katie Dawkins Olivia Federici Jennifer Knobbs Vicki Lucass Asha Randall Jenna Randall Katie Skelton |
Team | 87.300 | 6 | Not scheduled | 88.140 | 175.440 | 6 | ||
Team GB fielded a six-strong table tennis team at the 2012 Olympic Games after being granted permission to use host nation qualification places.[123]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Paul Drinkhall | Men's singles | Bye |  Al-Hasan (KUW)W 4–0 |
 Yang Z (SIN)W 4–1 |
Ovtcharov (GER) L 0–4 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Andrew Baggaley Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford |
Men's team | Not scheduled | Portugal (POR) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Joanna Parker | Women's singles | Bye | Kumahara (BRA) W 4–0 |
Silbereisen (GER) L 1–4 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Na Liu Joanna Parker Kelly Sibley |
Women's team | Not scheduled | North Korea (PRK) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | ||||||
Britain did not take any formal part in qualification tournaments in taekwondo, as the GB team already had four guaranteed places at their disposal, two for men, two for women.[124] British Taekwondo nominated four athletes to take up their host quota places.[125]
The nomination of Lutalo Muhammad for the 80 kg class was originally rejected by the BOA on 31 May 2012, following concerns over the selection process. Muhammad, European champion, and world ranked number seven, at 87 kg had been nominated in preference to double European champion at 80 kg, and world ranked number one fighter at that weight, Aaron Cook (Muhammad was ranked below 50th in the world at that weight category, at which he had rarely fought recently). On 8 June 2012, Muhammad's renewed nomination was ratified.[126]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Martin Stamper | Men's −68 kg | Osornio (MEX) W 5–2 |
 Fejzić (SRB)W 8–3 |
 Tazegül (TUR)L 6–9 |
Bye |  Nikpai (AFG)L 3–5 |
Did not advance | 5 |
| Lutalo Muhammad | Men's −80 kg | Negmatov (TJK) W 7–1 |
García (ESP) L 3–7 |
Did not advance |  Karami (IRI)W 11–7 |
 Yeremyan (ARM)W 9–3 |
Did not advance | |
| Jade Jones | Women's −57 kg | Gladović (SRB) W 15–1 |
Hamada (JPN) W 13–3 |
 Tseng (TPE)W 10–6 |
Bye | Hou (CHN) W 6–4 |
| |
| Sarah Stevenson | Women's −67 kg | McPherson (USA) L 1–5 |
Did not advance | |||||
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Great Britain had only two players that qualified automatically through their world ranking: world number four Andy Murray took part in the men's singles, and also played with his brother Jamie Murray, who had sufficiently high ranking in doubles, in the men's doubles.[127] Ross Hutchins and Colin Fleming have also qualified for the men's doubles.[128]
Great Britain did not have any other players with a sufficiently high world ranking to qualify automatically, and therefore applied for a number of wildcard places in the men's and women's draws.[127] A total of four British players (two each in the women's singles and women's doubles) were given places, allowing Great Britain to take part in all five events (a pair for the mixed doubles will be selected at the Games).[129] On 12 July, the IOC confirmed that withdrawals from the women's doubles event had created a vacancy in that event, and Great Britain's entries in the singles event, Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong would team up to enter.[130] On 24 July, Heather Watson, one of Great Britain's other women's doubles pair, was given an entry to the women's singles as a replacement for Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine, who withdrew due to injury.[131] Laura Robson replaced Croatian Petra Martić withdrew due to injury, chosen as an alternate replacement.
Men
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Andy Murray | Singles |  Wawrinka (SUI)W 6–3, 6–3 |
Nieminen (FIN) W 6–2, 6–4 |
 Baghdatis (CYP)W 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Almagro (ESP) W 6–4, 6–1 |
Djokovic (SRB) W 7–5, 7–5 |
Federer (SUI) W 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
|
| Andy Murray Jamie Murray |
Doubles | Not scheduled |  Melzer /Peya (AUT) L 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 5–7 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Ross Hutchins Colin Fleming |
Not scheduled | Benneteau / Gasquet (FRA) L 5–7, 3–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Elena Baltacha | Singles |  Szávay (HUN)W 6–3, 6–3 |
Ivanovic (SRB) L 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Did not advance | ||||
| Anne Keothavong | Wozniacki (DEN) L 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Heather Watson | Soler Espinosa (ESP) W 6–2, 6–2 |
Kirilenko (RUS) L 3–6, 2–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Laura Robson |  Šafářová (CZE)W 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Sharapova (RUS) L 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Elena Baltacha Anne Keothavong |
Doubles | Not scheduled | Görges / Grönefeld (GER) L 3–6, 1–6 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Laura Robson Heather Watson |
Not scheduled | Kerber / Lisicki (GER) L 6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Andy Murray Laura Robson |
Doubles | Štěpánek / Hradecká (CZE) W 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [10–7] |
Stosur / Hewitt (AUS) W 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Lisicki / Kas (GER) W 6–1, 6–7(7–9), [10–7] |
Azarenka / Mirnyi (BLR) L 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] |
|
Helen Jenkins became the second Briton to qualify for the Olympics, when she won the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2011 London event, meeting the British qualifying standards of finishing on the podium at the race over the Olympic course.[132][133] The next day Alistair Brownlee and his brother Jonathan Brownlee became the third and fourth people to qualify for London, as Alistair won the race and Jonny came in third over the Olympic course.[134]
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Brownlee | Men's | 17:04 | 0:39 | 59:08 | 0:27 | 29:07 | 1:46:25 | |
| Jonathan Brownlee | 17:02 | 0:38 | 59:11 | 0:28 | 29:37 | 1:46:56 | | |
| Stuart Hayes | 17:17 | 0:39 | 59:04 | 0:35 | 33:29 | 1:51:04 | 37 | |
| Lucy Hall | Women's | 18:17 | 0:43 | 1:06:39 | 0:35 | 38.24 | 2:04:38 | 33 |
| Vicky Holland | 19:22 | 0:41 | 1:07:23 | 0:31 | 34:58 | 2:02:55 | 26 | |
| Helen Jenkins | 19:19 | 0:43 | 1:05:35 | 0:32 | 34:10 | 2:00:19 | 5 |
As hosts, Great Britain gained automatic entry for men's and women's teams in both indoor and beach volleyball.[135]
Beach
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | |||
| John Garcia Thompson Steve Grotowski |
Men's | Pool F Binstock – Reader (CAN) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 13–21) Cunha – Santos (BRA)L 0 – 2 (17–21, 12–21)  Skarlund – Spinnangr (NOR)L 0 – 2 (20–22, 13–21) |
4 | Did not advance | 19 | |||
| Zara Dampney Shauna Mullin |
Women's | Pool F Lessard – Martin (CAN) W 2 – 1 (17–21, 21–14, 15–13) Cicolari – Menegatti (ITA)L 0 – 2 (18–21, 12–21) Khomyakova – Ukolova (RUS)L 0 – 2 (23–25, 13–21) Lucky Losers D Schwaiger – S Schwaiger (AUT)L 0 – 2 (15–21, 12–21) |
3 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Indoor
Men's tournament
Squad
The following is the British roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[136]
Head coach: Harry Brokking
| № | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2012 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Bakare | 2 July 1989 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 359 cm (141 in) | 339 cm (133 in) | Landstede Zwolle |
| 2 | Ben Pipes (C) | 21 October 1986 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 337 cm (133 in) | 318 cm (125 in) | Landstede Zwolle |
| 3 | Dami Bakare | 22 September 1988 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 363 cm (143 in) | 339 cm (133 in) | VC Argex Duvel Puurs |
| 4 | Daniel Hunter (L) | 23 January 1990 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Landstede Zwolle |
| 5 | Mark Plotyczer | 19 February 1987 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 344 cm (135 in) | 316 cm (124 in) | St-Brieuc CAVB |
| 7 | Mark McGivern | 24 February 1983 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 352 cm (139 in) | 324 cm (128 in) | Avignon Volley-Ball |
| 8 | Jason Haldane | 23 July 1971 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) |  VC CSKA Sofia |
| 9 | Andrew Pink | 25 January 1983 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 349 cm (137 in) | 321 cm (126 in) | Amicale Laïque Canteleu-Maromme |
| 10 | Nathan French | 20 April 1990 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 333 cm (131 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Avignon Volley-Ball |
| 11 | Joel Miller | 15 December 1988 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 329 cm (130 in) | 311 cm (122 in) |  VBK Klagenfurt |
| 12 | Christopher Lamont | 7 December 1982 | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 337 cm (133 in) | 314 cm (124 in) | ASUL Lyon |
| 17 | Kieran O'Malley | 12 May 1988 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Abiant Lycurgus |
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria |
5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 407 | 390 | 1.044 |
| 2 |  Poland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 433 | 374 | 1.158 |
| 3 | Argentina |
5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 382 | 367 | 1.041 |
| 4 |  Italy |
5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 426 | 413 | 1.031 |
| 5 | Australia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 395 | 397 | 0.995 |
| 6 | Great Britain |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 274 | 376 | 0.729 |
| 29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) 09:30 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Bulgaria |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Wang Ning (CHN), Akihiko Tano (JPN) |
| (18–25, 20–25, 24–26) Results Statistics | ||||
| 31 July 2012 (2012-07-31) 20:00 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Australia |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA) |
| (15–25, 18–25, 20–25) Results Statistics | ||||
| 2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 22:30 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Italy |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Nasr Shaaban (EGY) |
| (19–25, 16–25, 20–25) Results Statistics | ||||
| 4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) 11:30 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Poland |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,900 Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) |
| (16–25, 19–25, 18–25) Results Statistics | ||||
| 6 August 2012 (2012-08-06) 16:45 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Argentina |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,750 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Zorica Bjelić (SRB) |
| (18–25, 18–25, 15–25) Results Statistics | ||||
Women's tournament
Squad
The following is the British roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[137]
Head coach: Audrey Cooper
| № | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2012 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savanah Leaf | 24 November 1993 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 68 kg (150 lb) | 316 cm (124 in) | 289 cm (114 in) |  University of Miami |
| 2 | Lucy Wicks | 20 March 1982 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 60 kg (130 lb) | 285 cm (112 in) | 274 cm (108 in) |  Alemannia Aachen |
| 4 | Rachel Laybourne | 23 May 1982 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 299 cm (118 in) | 279 cm (110 in) | Silesia Volley Myslowice |
| 6 | Jennifer Taylor | 16 August 1980 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 287 cm (113 in) | 278 cm (109 in) | TFM/DOK Dwingeloo |
| 7 | Maria Bertelli (L) | 6 October 1977 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 279 cm (110 in) | 263 cm (104 in) |  VBC Köniz |
| 8 | Rachel Bragg | 11 December 1984 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 300 cm (120 in) | 283 cm (111 in) | VT Aurubis Hamburg |
| 9 | Joanne Morgan | 7 October 1983 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 278 cm (109 in) | 271 cm (107 in) | TFM/DOK Dwingeloo |
| 10 | Lynne Beattie (C) | 23 December 1985 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 64 kg (141 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 287 cm (113 in) | CV Las Palmas |
| 12 | Elizabeth Reid | 21 March 1989 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 314 cm (124 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | University of Georgia |
| 17 | Janine Sandell | 7 December 1985 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 305 cm (120 in) | 283 cm (111 in) | CV Albacete |
| 18 | Grace Carter | 10 August 1989 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 304 cm (120 in) | 291 cm (115 in) | Olympic Terville Florange |
| 19 | Ciara Michel | 2 July 1985 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 302 cm (119 in) | Alemannia Aachen |
Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | 459 | 352 | 1.304 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Italy |
5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2.800 | 442 | 368 | 1.201 | |
| 3 | Japan |
5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1.833 | 401 | 335 | 1.197 | |
| 4 |  Dominican Republic |
5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 374 | 362 | 1.033 | |
| 5 | Great Britain |
5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.214 | 295 | 396 | 0.745 | |
| 6 |  Algeria |
5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 252 | 410 | 0.615 |
| 28 July 2012 14:45 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Russia |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (USA), Rogério Espicalski (BRA) |
| (19–25, 10–25, 16–25) result statistics | ||||
| 30 July 2012 22:00 |
Great Britain |
3–2 | Algeria |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Janpen Jirakakul (THA) |
| (22–25, 25–19, 23–25, 25–19, 15–8) result statistics | ||||
| 1 August 2012 16:45 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Italy |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,800 Referees: Zorica Bjelić (SRB), Denny Lassi (DOM) |
| (25–27, 12–25, 12–25) result statistics | ||||
| 3 August 2012 16:45 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Dominican Republic |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Mohamad Shaaban (EGY), Janpen Jirakakul (THA) |
| (9–25, 18–25, 19–25) result statistics | ||||
| 5 August 2012 14:45 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | Japan |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Michael Davidson (CAN), Mohamed Shaaban (EGY) |
| (19–25, 14–25, 12–25) result statistics | ||||
As hosts, Great Britain gained automatic entry for both men's and women's teams.[138]
Men's tournament
Team roster
The following is the British roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[139]
| № | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of birth | 2012 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Scott | GK | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 28 May 1988 | CE Mediterrani |
| 2 | Ciaran James | D | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 5 July 1991 | SV Cannstatt |
| 3 | Glen Robinson | D | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | 26 January 1989 | SV Wurzburg 05 |
| 4 | Sean King | D | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 3 May 1989 | SV Weiden |
| 5 | Craig Figes | D | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | 14 August 1978 | Pescara |
| 6 | Jack Waller | CF | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 6 October 1989 | CN Sant Andreu |
| 7 | Alexander Parsonage | D | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 30 April 1985 | UZSC |
| 8 | Jake Vincent | CB | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 24 June 1989 | SV Bayer Uerdingen |
| 9 | Robert Parker | CB | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 4 December 1987 | CN Terrassa |
| 10 | Adam Scholefield | CF | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 24 May 1985 |  PVSK |
| 11 | Sean Ryder | D | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 18 June 1987 | SV Weiden |
| 12 | Joseph O’Regan | CB | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 104 kg (229 lb) | 22 June 1991 | PVSK |
| 13 | Matthew Holland | GK | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 22 June 1989 | Aix-en-Provence |
- Head coach: Cristian Iordache
Group play
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serbia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| Montenegro |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 7 | |
| Hungary |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 6 | |
| United States |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 6 | |
 Romania |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 2 | |
| Great Britain |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 77 | −49 | 0 |
| 29 July 2012 18:20 |
Report | Romania |
13–4 | Great Britain |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–0, 3–2, 4–1 | |||||
| Diaconu 4 | Goals | Parker 2 | |||
| 31 July 2012 18:20 |
Report | Serbia |
21–7 | Great Britain |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gus Pinker (RSA), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–2, 6–1, 5–1 | |||||
| Prlainović 5 | Goals | Figes 3 | |||
| 2 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain |
7–13 | United States |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Ni Shiwei (CHN) |
| Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3 | |||||
| Parker 3 | Goals | Azevedo 4 | |||
| 4 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Hungary |
17–6 | Great Britain |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Denis Danelon (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–4, 4–0, 2–1 | |||||
| Kásás, Madaras 3 | Goals | six players 1 | |||
| 6 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain |
4–13 | Montenegro |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3 | |||||
| four players 1 | Goals | Zloković 3 | |||
Women's tournament
Team roster
The following is the British roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics..[140]
| № | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of birth | 2012 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robyn Nicholls | GK | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 8 May 1990 | City of Manchester |
| 2 | Chloe Wilcox | D | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 20 December 1986 | City of Manchester |
| 3 | Fiona McCann | CB | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 70 kg (154 lb) | 13 May 1987 | City of Liverpool |
| 4 | Francesca Snell | CB | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 63 kg (139 lb) | 28 March 1987 | West London Penguin |
| 5 | Alexandra Rutlidge | CB | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 12 November 1988 | City of Manchester |
| 6 | Frances Leighton | CF | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 30 March 1982 | City of Sheffield |
| 7 | Lisa Gibson | CF | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 12 August 1989 | City of Manchester |
| 8 | Hazel Musgrove | CB | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 6 February 1989 | City of Liverpool |
| 9 | Ciara Gibson-Byrne | D | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | 59 kg (130 lb) | 3 December 1992 | City of Manchester |
| 10 | Angela Winstanley-Smith | CF | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 66 kg (146 lb) | 5 August 1985 | City of Manchester |
| 11 | Francesca Clayton | D | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 7 January 1990 | City of Liverpool |
| 12 | Rebecca Kershaw | D | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 59 kg (130 lb) | 11 August 1990 | City of Manchester |
| 13 | Rosemary Morris | GK | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 31 January 1986 | City of Liverpool |
- Head coach: Szilveszter Fekete
Group play
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 6 |
| Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 4 |
| Italy |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 0 |
| 30 July 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain |
6–7 | Russia |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marie Deslieres (CAN), Ni Shiwei (CHN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 0–1, 1–1 | |||||
| Winstanley-Smith 3 | Goals | Beliaeva, Prokofyeva 2 | |||
| 1 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | Great Britain |
3–16 | Australia |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gus Pinker (RSA), Denis Danelon (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–5, 0–5 | |||||
| Wilcox 2 | Goals | Webster 5 | |||
| 3 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain |
5–10 | Italy |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–2, 1–2, 1–2 | |||||
| Gibson-Byrne 2 | Goals | Emmolo, Di Mario 3 | |||
Quarter-final
| 5 August 2012 20:20 |
Report | Spain |
9–7 | Great Britain |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Gus Pinker (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 2–3, 1–2 | |||||
| Miranda, Espar 2 | Goals | Painter-Snell 3 | |||
Semi-final 5–8
| 7 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Russia |
11–9 | Great Britain |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Denis Danelon (BRA), German Moller (ARG) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 4–2, 3–2 | |||||
| Prokofyeva 4 | Goals | Wilcox, Painter-Snell 3 | |||
Classification 7–8
| 9 August 2012 14:30 |
Report | Italy |
11–7 | Great Britain |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 2–2 | |||||
| Di Mario 4 | Goals | McCann, Clayton 2 | |||
As the hosts, British weightlifters have already received three men's quota places and two women's places for the London Olympics. The GB team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 10 June 2012.[141]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Gareth Evans | Men's −69 kg | 130 | =17 | 158 | 17 | 288 | 17 |
| Jack Oliver | Men's −77 kg | 140 | 11 | 170 | 10 | 310 | 10 |
| Peter Kirkbride | Men's −94 kg | 138 | 20 | 190 | 15 | 328 | 16 |
| Zoe Smith | Women's −58 kg | 90 | 15 | 121 | 11 | 211 | 10* |
| Natasha Perdue | Women's −69 kg | 92 | 13 | 113 | 12 | 205 | 8* |
- Following disqualifications as a result of retested samples.
Great Britain were originally offered three guaranteed places at the Games as host nation. If any wrestlers qualify directly through the qualification process, these places were to be reduced.[142]
On 29 May 2012, the BOA announced that British Wrestling had failed to meet the agreed criteria for the three quota places, and therefore only one quota place would be awarded. Ukrainian-born Olga Butkevych was selected in the women's 55 kg category.[143]
- VT
- Victory by fall.
- PP
- Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO
- Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
Women's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Olga Butkevych | −55 kg | Bye |  Antes (ECU)L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 11 | ||||
The BBC paid £40–50 million for the broadcast rights to the 2012 Olympic Games and showed around 5,800 hours of content over the 17 days of the Games, all of which was available in high definition. This is an increase on the amount of coverage shown at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing when half of the international feed, 2,500 hours, was broadcast.[144] To accompany its coverage the BBC commissioned an anthem from the British band, Elbow, entitled "First Steps".[145]
A celebratory parade took place in central London on 10 September 2012 to commemorate the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[146][147]
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