Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Rio de Janeiro 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) – 21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)
Competitors	366 in 25 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Andy Murray[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Kate Richardson-Walsh
Officials	Mark England (Chef de Mission)
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 27 Silver 23 Bronze 17 Total 67
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, or in full Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016 and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Greece, and Switzerland, though Great Britain is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. The team represented the United Kingdom, the three Crown Dependencies, and the thirteen British Overseas Territories, ten of whom sent representatives.

These Games were the most successful for Great Britain since 1908, winning a total of 67 medals, which exceeded its London 2012 tally of 65 medals, therefore becoming the first nation to surpass its medal total at the Olympics immediately following one that it hosted.^[2] Great Britain also became one of only two nations (the other being Azerbaijan) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games.^[3] In all, Great Britain finished second in gold medals to the United States, and third in overall medals after the United States and China. Great Britain won gold medals across more different sports than any other nation at the Games. Great Britain also topped the medal tables in cycling, sailing, triathlon, golf and rowing, and won first ever golds in golf, diving and gymnastics. Great Britain successfully defended 18 of the gold medals they had won in London.^[4]

In cycling, male cyclist Jason Kenny won three gold medals, placing him alongside Sir Chris Hoy as the joint-most successful British Olympian. Sir Bradley Wiggins won his fifth gold and eighth overall medal, making him the most decorated British Olympian. Laura Trott won two gold medals to become Britain's most successful female Olympian with a total of four golds; dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin's gold medal had briefly placed her in first. Katherine Grainger's fifth consecutive medal, a silver, made her Britain's joint most decorated female Olympian, and made her one of only five British Olympians to win medals in five consecutive Games. Trott, Dujardin, taekwondo-ka Jade Jones and boxer Nicola Adams became the first British female Olympians ever to successfully defend individual Olympic titles.

Gymnast Max Whitlock won Britain's first ever gold medals in gymnastics, in men's floor and pommel horse, and four golds were claimed in rowing. Alistair Brownlee became the first triathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title. In athletics, in both the men's 5,000 and 10,000 metres, Mo Farah successfully defended his Olympic titles to become Britain's most successful ever athlete in the discipline. Christine Ohorougu became the second British track and field athlete to win medals in three successive Games.

In swimming, Adam Peaty won gold in the 100 metres breaststroke, the first British male swimmer to win gold since 1988. Jack Laugher and Chris Mears became Britain's first Olympic diving champions. Giles Scott won his fifth consecutive gold medal in the Finn sailing class, while Nick Dempsey became the most decorated windsurfer in Olympic history with his third medal, a silver. In the first Olympic men's golf tournament for 100 years, Justin Rose claimed the gold medal. In the women's field hockey, Great Britain won the country's first gold medal in a team sport at a Summer Olympics for 28 years.

Medallists[edit]

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Multiple medallists[edit]

The following Team GB competitors won several medals at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Jason Kenny	Gold  Gold  Gold	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint Men's keirin
Max Whitlock	Gold  Gold  Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's floor Men's pommel horse Men's all around
Mo Farah	Gold  Gold	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres Men's 5,000 metres
Laura Trott	Gold  Gold	Cycling	Women's team pursuit Women's omnium
Charlotte Dujardin	Gold  Silver	Equestrian	Individual dressage Team dressage
Liam Heath	Gold  Silver	Canoeing	Men's K-1 200 metres Men's K-2 200 metres
Jack Laugher	Gold  Silver	Diving	Men's synchronized 3 m springboard Men's 3 m springboard
Adam Peaty	Gold  Silver	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Callum Skinner	Gold  Silver	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint
Jazmin Carlin	Silver  Silver	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle Women's 800 m freestyle
James Guy	Silver  Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Becky James	Silver  Silver	Cycling	Women's keirin Women's sprint
Duncan Scott	Silver  Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Administration[edit]

On 29 April 2014, the British Olympic Association announced the appointment of Mark England as Chef-de-Mission to the British Olympic team at Rio 2016.^[5]

Medal and performance targets[edit]

UK Sport targeted 47 medals for Rio, the highest target ever for an away Olympics, following the success of the 2012 Games in London.^[6] The GB squad surpassed this target on 17 August^[7]

Key

N Target missed

Y Target met

YY Target exceeded

Sport	Medals target set	Medals or result	Target missed, met, or exceeded
Archery	0	0	Y
Athletics	7–9	7	Y
Badminton	0–1	1	Y
Boxing	3–5	3	Y
Canoeing	3–5	4	Y
Cycling	8–10	12	YY
Diving	1–2	3	YY
Equestrian	2–4	3	Y
Fencing	0–1	0	Y
Field hockey	1–2	1	Y
Golf	1–2	1	Y
Gymnastics	3–5	7	YY
Judo	0–1	1	Y
Modern pentathlon	1–2	0	N
Rowing	6–8	5	N
Rugby sevens	0–1	1	Y
Sailing	3–6	3	Y
Shooting	1–2	2	Y
Swimming	3–5	6	YY
Synchronised swimming	0	0	Y
Table tennis	0	0	Y
Taekwondo	1–3	3	Y
Tennis	1–2	1	Y
Triathlon	2–3	3	Y
Weightlifting	0	0	Y
Total	47-79	67	Y

Funding[edit]

As with previous games, UK Sport was the body responsible for allocating elite funding for Olympic sports. In December 2012, a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.^[8]

Four sports, basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo, and weightlifting, initially had all their funding withdrawn, while swimming and badminton had their funding cut.^[9] Following an appeal process weightlifting had its funding restored.^[10]

The Sport and Recreation Alliance, an umbrella body that represents national sports organisations in Britain, raised concerns about how the Scottish independence referendum, which took place on 18 September 2014, would affect sport funding and recognition issues for Scottish athletes who aim to compete at the Olympic Games.^[11]

Competitors[edit]

Nick Skelton, the show jumper, participated at his seventh Olympic Games, a record for a British competitor.^[12] He celebrated this achievement by becoming the first British rider to win an individual gold medal in jumping.

The team included seven sets of siblings: Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee (Triathlon), Peter and Richard Chambers (Rowing), Ellie and Rebecca Downie (Gymnastics), Callum and Derek Hawkins (Athletics), Andy and Jamie Murray (Tennis), Cindy Ofili and Tiffany Porter (Athletics), and John and Michael Whitaker (Equestrian). There were also two married couples: Chris and Gabby Adcock (Badminton) and Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh (Hockey). Mark Gleghorne (Hockey) competed for Great Britain while his brother Paul competed for Ireland in the same sport.^[13]

Archery[edit]

One British archer qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics by securing one of three available Olympic spots at the 2016 European Championships in Nottingham.^[14] Meanwhile, another British archer was added to the squad by virtue of a top six national finish in the women's individual recurve at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.^[15]

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
Patrick Huston	Men's individual	656	38	van der Ven (NED) W 6–4	Ku B-c (KOR) L 0–6	did not advance
Naomi Folkard	Women's individual	639	23	Rochmawati (INA) W 6–5	Kawanaka (JPN) W 6–0	dos Santos (BRA) W 6–2	Chang H-j (KOR) L 1–7	did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Great Britain secured a place in all relay events with the exception of the men's 4 × 100 m relay based on the team's performance at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, before securing a place in the final relay in July 2016 by their position in world rankings. British athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[16][17] The team nominated its athletes with an entry standard for the individual events based on the results at the British Championships, scheduled to take place in Birmingham between 24 and 26 June 2016.^[18]

On 24 April 2016, the top two finishers in both the men's and women's 2016 London Marathon won automatic places for Team GB at the Olympics.^[19] Two days later, British Athletics confirmed four athletes, and added Derek Hawkins, brother of Callum to the men's marathon, and race walker Dominic King to the 50 km (31 mi) walk.^[20]

On 21 May 2016, the Great Britain trials were held for the 10,000 metres, with two places in both the men's and women's races available to the first two across the line, if they had the qualification time. In the women's race, Jess Andrews won in the qualification time, while Beth Potter, who already had the time, came second and also earned a place in Rio. Mo Farah, reigning World and Olympic champion at 5000 and 10,000 metres, has been preselected by Great Britain for both men's races. Neither of the first two finishers in the men's race had at that point achieved the qualifying standard, but on 11 June 2016, Ross Millington, who won the trial, managed to also beat the standard, thus confirming his Olympic place.^[21]

On 29 May 2016, Katarina Johnson-Thompson achieved the qualification mark in heptathlon at the Gotzis meeting, the designated Olympic trial for Great Britain, joining the pre-selected Jessica Ennis-Hill in that event.^[22]

Following the end of the qualifying period on 11 July, a total of 80 athletes (41 men and 39 women) were officially named to Team GB's track and field team for the Games. Apart from Ennis-Hill and Farah, notable athletes also featured defending Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford, two-time medalist Christine Ohuruogu, high jump bronze medalist Robbie Grabarz, Sudanese-born sprinter Rabah Yousif, and long-distance stalwart Jo Pavey, who is set to compete at her fifth Games in the 10,000 metres.^[23]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
James Dasaolu	100 m	Bye		10.18	3 q	10.16	6	Did not advance
James Ellington		Bye		10.29	5	Did not advance
Chijindu Ujah		Bye		10.13	2 Q	10.01 SB	4	Did not advance
Adam Gemili	200 m	20.20	2 Q	—		20.08	3 q	20.12	4
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake		20.24	2 Q	—		20.25	5	Did not advance
Danny Talbot		20.27 PB	2 Q	—		20.25 PB	3	Did not advance
Matthew Hudson-Smith	400 m	45.26	3 Q	—		44.48 PB	2 Q	44.61	8
Martyn Rooney		45.60	5	—		Did not advance
Rabah Yousif		DNS		—		Did not advance
Elliot Giles	800 m	1:47.88	7	—		Did not advance
Michael Rimmer		1:45.99	3 Q	—		1:46.80	8	did not advance
Charlie Grice	1500 m	3:38.41	10 q**	—		3:40.050	5 Q	3:51.73	12
Chris O'Hare		3:39.36	4 Q	—		3:40.93	10	Did not advance
Andrew Butchart	5000 m	13:20.08	5 Q	—				13:08.61 PB	6
Mo Farah		13:25.25	3 Q	—				13:03.30
Tom Farrell		14:11.65	20	—				Did not advance
Mo Farah	10000 m	—						27:05.17
Ross Millington		—						29:14.95	31
Andy Vernon		—						28:19.36 SB	25
Laurence Clarke	110 m hurdles	13:55	3 Q	—		13.47	5	Did not advance
Andrew Pozzi		13:50	2 Q	—		13.67	5	Did not advance
Jack Green	400 m hurdles	48.96	2 Q	—		49.54	8	Did not advance
Sebastian Rodger		49.54	6 *	—		Did not advance
Rob Mullett	3000 m steeplechase	8:48.19	12	—				Did not advance
James Ellington Chijindu Ujah*** Adam Gemili Richard Kilty Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	4 × 100 m relay	38.06	4 q	—				37.98	5
Nigel Levine Matthew Hudson-Smith Delano Williams Martyn Rooney Jack Green Jarryd Dunn Rabah Yousif	4 × 400 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance
Callum Hawkins	Marathon	—						2:11:52	9
Derek Hawkins		—						2:29:24	114
Tsegai Tewelde		—						DNF
Tom Bosworth	20 km walk	—						1:20:13 NR	6
Dominic King	50 km walk	—						DSQ

* : Seb Rodger originally advanced as the last of the 'fastest losers' to the semifinal, but was excluded after a successful appeal by another runner against disqualification.
** : Charlie Grice was reinstated for the semi-finals following an appeal after obstruction in the heat.
*** : Chijindu Ujah raced in heat but not in final.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Desirèe Henry	100 m	Bye		11.08	1 Q	11.09	4	Did not advance
Daryll Neita		Bye		11.41	4	Did not advance
Asha Philip		Bye		11.34	3 q	11.33	8	Did not advance
Dina Asher-Smith	200 m	22.77	2 Q	—		22.49	4 q	22.31 SB	5
Jodie Williams		22.69	3 q	—		22.99	8	Did not advance
Seren Bundy-Davies	400 m	53.63	7	—		Did not advance
Emily Diamond		51.76	4 q	—		51.49	6	Did not advance
Christine Ohuruogu		51.40	2 Q	—		51.22	5	Did not advance
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	800 m	1:56.67	3 q	—		1:59.45 SB	5	Did not advance
Lynsey Sharp		2:00.83	1 Q	—		1:58.65	2 Q	1:57.69 PB	6
Laura Muir	1500 m	4:06.53	3 Q	—		4:04.16	3 Q	4:12.88	7
Laura Weightman		4:08.37	7 q	—		4:05.28	5 Q	4:14.95	11
Eilish McColgan	5000 m	15:18.20	5 Q	—				15:12.09	13
Stephanie Twell		15:25.90	8	—				Did not advance
Laura Whittle		15:31.30	10	—				Did not advance
Jess Andrews	10000 m	—						31:35.92 PB	16
Jo Pavey		—						31:33.44 SB	15
Beth Potter		—						33:04.34	34
Cindy Ofili	100 m hurdles	12.75	1 Q	—		12.71	2 Q	12.63 SB	4
Tiffany Porter		12.87	2 Q	—		12.82	4 q	12.76	=6
Eilidh Doyle	400 m hurdles	55:46	1 Q	—		54.99	3 q	54.61	8
Lennie Waite	3000 m steeplechase	10:14.18	17	—				Did not advance
Daryll Neita Asha Philip Desirèe Henry Dina Asher-Smith	4 × 100 m relay	41.93	2 Q	—				41.77 NR
Emily Diamond Eilidh Doyle Anyika Onuora Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Massey*	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.81 SB	2 Q	—				3:25.88
Alyson Dixon	Marathon	—						2:34:11	28
Sonia Samuels		—						2:34:36	30

* : Kelly Massey raced in heat but not in final.

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Greg Rutherford	Long jump	7.90	10 q	8.29
Chris Baker	High jump	2.26	16	Did not advance
Robbie Grabarz		2.29	5 q	2.33 SB	=4
Luke Cutts	Pole vault	5.45	22	Did not advance
Chris Bennett	Hammer throw	71.32	19	Did not advance
Mark Dry		71.03	21	Did not advance
Nick Miller		70.83	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Shara Proctor	Long jump	6.36	21	Did not advance
Jazmin Sawyers		6.53	12 q	6.69	8
Lorraine Ugen		6.65	7 q	6.58	11
Morgan Lake	High jump	1.94	=15 Q PB	1.93	=10
Holly Bradshaw	Pole vault	4.60	=2 Q	4.70 SB	5
Jade Lally	Discus throw	54.06	28	Did not advance
Sophie Hitchon	Hammer throw	70.37	11 q	74.54 NR

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jessica Ennis-Hill	Result	12.84	1.89	13.86	23.49	6.34	46.06	2:09.07	6775 SB
	Points	1149	1093	785	1030	956	784	978
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Result	13.48	1.98 NR	11.68	23.26	6.51	36.36	2:10.47	6523 SB	6
	Points	1053	1211	640	1053	1010	598	958

Badminton[edit]

Great Britain qualified a total of eight badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rajiv Ouseph	Men's singles	Sasaki (JPN) W (21–15, 21–9)	Koukal (CZE) W (21–14, 21–8)	—	1 Q	Sugiarto (INA) W (21–13, 14–21, 21–16)	Axelsen (DEN) L (12–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Men's doubles	Kim G-j / Kim S-r (KOR) W (17–21, 25–23, 21–18)	Boe / Mogensen (DEN) L (9–21, 21–9, 16–21)	Cwalina / Wacha (POL) W (21–18, 21–16)	2 Q	—	Endo / Hayakawa (JPN) W (21–19, 21–17)	Fu Hf / Zhang N (CHN) L (14-21, 18–21)	Chai B / Hong W (CHN) W (21–18, 19–21, 21–10)
Kirsty Gilmour	Women's singles	Zetchiri (BUL) L (21–12, 17–21, 16–21)	Jaquet (SUI) W (21–17, 21–15)	—	2	did not advance
Heather Olver Lauren Smith	Women's doubles	Maheswari / Polii (INA) L (10–21, 13–21)	Poon L Y / Tse Y S (HKG) W (21–17, 18–21, 21–16)	V Hoo / Woon K W (MAS) L (17–21, 22–24)	3	—	Did not advance
Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	Mixed doubles	Fischer Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) W (21–19, 22–24, 21–17)	Xu C / Ma J (CHN) L (21–13, 20–22, 15–21)	Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) L (21–18, 25–27, 9–21)	3	—	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Great Britain entered twelve boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Galal Yafai, Muhammad Ali, Qais Ashfaq, Joseph Cordina, Antony Fowler, Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie, and Joseph Joyce claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[25]

London 2012 flyweight champion Nicola Adams and fellow Olympian Savannah Marshall were the only British women to book Olympic spots, as a result of their quarterfinal victories at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.^[26] Pat McCormack and Josh Kelly secured further Olympic places for Team GB at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[27]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Galal Yafai	Light flyweight	Fotsala (CMR) W 3–0	Argilagos (CUB) L 1–2	Did not advance
Muhammad Ali	Flyweight	Bye	Finol (VEN) L 0–3	Did not advance
Qais Ashfaq	Bantamweight	Butdee (THA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Joe Cordina	Lightweight	Suarez (PHI) W 2–1	Tojibaev (UZB) L 0–2	Did not advance
Pat McCormack	Light welterweight	Zhussupov (KAZ) W 2–1	Toledo (CUB) L 1–2	Did not advance
Josh Kelly	Welterweight	Mohamed (EGY) W 3–0	Yeleussinov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Antony Fowler	Middleweight	Alimkhanuly (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Joshua Buatsi	Light heavyweight	Katende (UGA) W TKO	Rasulov (UZB) W KO	Benchabla (ALG) W 3–0	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Lawrence Okolie	Heavyweight	Jakubowski (POL) W 3–0	Savón (CUB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Joseph Joyce	Super heavyweight	Bye	Morais (CPV) W TKO	Jalolov (UZB) W 3–0	Dychko (KAZ) W 3–0	Yoka (FRA) L 1–2

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicola Adams	Flyweight	Bye	Kob (UKR) W 3–0	Ren Cc (CHN) W 3–0	Ourahmoune (FRA) W 3–0
Savannah Marshall	Middleweight	Nash (SWE) W 3–0	Fontijn (NED) L 0–2	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

British canoeists qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the Olympic selection trials, both held in Lee Valley Park.^[28] On 4 November 2015, Team GB announced the names of the four slalom canoeists selected for the Games.^[29][30]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Florence	Men's C-1	94.11	1	DNS		94.11	3 Q	99.36	7 Q	109.00	10
David Florence Richard Hounslow	Men's C-2	103.27	2	DNS		103.27	3 Q	109.60	3 Q	102.01
Joe Clarke	Men's K-1	135.89	13	86.95	1	86.95	2 Q	90.67	3 Q	88.53
Fiona Pennie	Women's K-1	100.52	1	DNS		100.52	3 Q	101.81	2 Q	105.70	6

Sprint[edit]

British canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and the Olympic selection trials, held in Duisburg (18 to 19 April 2016). Under Olympic rules, the successful canoeists could also enter other events where no Team GB canoeist was separately entered. As a result, Liam Heath, a World Cup gold medalist in the K-1 200 m, would take part in that event, and this was confirmed on 14 June 2016, as well as the participation of Jessica Walker in the equivalent women's event under the same rule.^[31][32] On 18 July 2016, as a consequence of the disqualification of the Romanian and Belarusian squads from the Games, Lani Belcher and Angela Hannah, as highest ranked non-qualifier in the 2015 World Championships, were upgraded to a quota place in the K2-500 event.^[33]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liam Heath	K-1 200 m	34.327	1 Q	34.076	1 FA	35.197
Liam Heath Jon Schofield	K-2 200 m	31.534	3 Q	31.899	1 FA	32.368

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rachel Cawthorn	K-1 500 m	1:56.612	4 Q	1:58.410	6 FB	1:58.470	15
Jessica Walker	K-1 200 m	41.123	5 Q	41.483	4 FB	42.205	15
Lani Belcher Angela Hannah	K-2 500 m	1:53.948	8 Q	1:49.285	7 FB	1:54.193	15
Rachel Cawthorn Louisa Gurski Rebeka Simon Jessica Walker	K-4 500 m	1:36.853	5 Q	1:36.254	=2 FA	1:40.043	7

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

British riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[34][35]

The BOA announced the eight-athlete squad of road racers (five men and three women) for Team GB on 24 June 2016.^[36] On 19 July, it was announced that Peter Kennaugh had withdrawn from the squad due to a lack of race fitness after struggling to recover from injuries sustained in May and that his place in the squad would be taken by Steve Cummings.^[37]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Steve Cummings	Road race	Did not finish
Chris Froome	Road race	6:13:03	12
	Time trial	1:13:17.54
Ian Stannard	Road race	Did not finish
Geraint Thomas	Road race	6:12:34	11
	Time trial	1:14:52.85	9
Adam Yates	Road race	6:13:08	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lizzie Armitstead	Road race	3:51:47	5
Nikki Harris		Did not finish
Emma Pooley	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	46:31.98	14

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, British riders accumulated spots in both men's and women's team pursuit, and men's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, Great Britain won the right to enter two riders in both men's sprint and men's keirin.

Great Britain narrowly failed to win a quota place in the women's team sprint. As such, they did not earn the two places in women's sprint and keirin that the team quota place would have gained them. However, Great Britain did earn a single place in the women's keirin, and two places in the women's sprint, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Team GB's track cycling squad was officially selected for the Games on 24 June 2016, with seven-time medallist Bradley Wiggins returning to the track scene at his fifth straight Olympics.^[36]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jason Kenny	Men's sprint	9.551 OR 75.384	1 Q	Levy (GER) W 10.245 70.278	Bye	Puerta (COL) W 10.369 69.437	Bye	Constable (AUS) W 10.341, W 10.219	Dmitriev (RUS) L, W 10.048, W 10.071	Skinner (GBR) W 10.164, W 9.916
Callum Skinner		9.703 OR 74.203	2 Q	Constable (AUS) W 10.254 70.216	Bye	Constable (AUS) W 10.359 69.504	Bye	Xu C (CHN) W 10.299, W 10.212	Glaetzer (AUS) W 10.119, W 10.244	Kenny (GBR) L, L
Becky James	Women's sprint	10.721 OR 67.157	1 Q	Ismayilova (AZE) W 11.377 63.285	Bye	Cueff (FRA) W 11.375 63.296	Bye	Zhong Ts (CHN) W 11.289, W 11.243	Ligtlee (NED) W 11.246, W 10.970	Vogel (GER) L, L
Katy Marchant		10.787 66.747	2 Q	Sullivan (CAN) W 11.499 62.614	Bye	Welte (GER) W 12.247 58.789	Bye	Krupeckaitė (LTU) W 11.225, W 11.342	Vogel (GER) L, L	Ligtlee (NED) W 11.237, W 11.424

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 Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	Men's team sprint	42.562 OR 63.436	1 Q	Venezuela (VEN) W 42.640 63.320	2 FA	New Zealand (NZL) W 42.440 OR 63.619

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Steven Burke Ed Clancy Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins	Men's team pursuit	3:51.943	1 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 3:50.570 WR	1	Australia (AUS) W 3:50.265 WR
Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott	Women's team pursuit	4:13.260 WR	1 Q	Canada (CAN) W 4:12.152 WR	1	United States (USA) W 4:10.236 WR

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jason Kenny	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	1 Q
Callum Skinner		6	REL	Did not advance
Becky James	Women's keirin	1 Q	Bye	2 Q

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Mark Cavendish	Men's omnium	6	30	4:16.878	2	38	7	28	1:02.868	6	30	12.793	3	36	32	4	194
Laura Trott	Women's omnium	2	38	3:25.054 NR	1	40	1	40	35.253	2	38	13.708	1	40	34	7	230

Mountain biking[edit]

Great Britain received a spare Olympic berth freed up by Sweden from the UCI to send a mountain biker competing in the Olympic men's cross-country race. On 4 July 2016, British Cycling announced that Grant Ferguson was officially added to the cycling squad for the Games.^[38]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Grant Ferguson	Men's cross-country	1:39.10	17

BMX[edit]

British riders qualified for two men's quota places in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016. Team GB selected London 2012 top 8 finalist Liam Phillips and rookie Kyle Evans to the BMX cycling team for the Games on 24 June 2016.^[36]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyle Evans	Men's BMX	35.776	21	19	7	Did not advance
Liam Phillips		35.095	10	28	8	Did not advance

Diving[edit]

British divers qualified for seven of the maximum of eight individual spots and four synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series.^[39] The divers who secured the places for Great Britain were not necessarily the athletes who would be selected to represent their country in these events. Instead, they needed to compete at the Olympic trials, held from 10 to 12 June 2016 in Sheffield, to book their places for the Games.^[40] A total of eleven divers (five men and six women) were officially named to Team GB on 17 June 2016, featuring London 2012 bronze medalist Tom Daley in both men's individual and synchronized platform.^[41]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jack Laugher	3 m springboard	439.95	7 Q	389.40	12 Q	523.85
Freddie Woodward		388.15	19	Did not advance
Tom Daley	10 m platform	571.85	1 Q	403.25	18	Did not advance
Jack Laugher Chris Mears	3 m synchronised springboard	—				454.32
Tom Daley Daniel Goodfellow	10 m synchronised platform	—				444.45

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rebecca Gallantree	3 m springboard	286.65	20	Did not advance
Grace Reid		304.95	14 Q	314.25	11 Q	318.60	8
Sarah Barrow	10 m platform	277.40	23	Did not advance
Tonia Couch		332.80	5 Q	318.00	10 Q	323.70	12
Alicia Blagg Rebecca Gallantree	3 m synchronized springboard	—				292.83	6
Tonia Couch Lois Toulson	10 m synchronized platform	—				319.44	5

Equestrian[edit]

Great Britain became one of the first three nations to earn places at the Games, qualifying a complete team in dressage by winning the silver medal in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games.^[42] The Great Britain eventing team also qualified by winning a silver medal at the same event.^[43] Great Britain secured a full equestrian team for Rio when the British riders achieved one of three qualification places from the 2015 European Show Jumping Championships.^[44]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Fiona Bigwood	Orthilia	Individual	77.157	8 Q	74.384	16 Q	74.179	77.857	76.018	17
Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro		85.071	1 Q	83.025	2 Q	90.000	97.714	93.857
Carl Hester	Nip Tuck		75.529	15 Q	76.485	9 Q	79.107	86.000	82.553	7
Spencer Wilton	Super Nova		72.686	25 Q	73.739	21	Did not advance
Fiona Bigwood Charlotte Dujardin Carl Hester Spencer Wilton	See above	Team	79.252	2 Q	77.951	2	—		78.602

Eventing[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
William Fox-Pitt	Chilli Morning	Individual	37.00	1	30.40	67.40	22	0.00	67.40	18 Q	0.00	67.40	12	67.40	12
Pippa Funnell	Billy The Biz		43.90	16	40.40	84.30	28	0.00	84.30	26	Did not advance			84.30	26
Kitty King	Ceylor		46.80	26	53.60	100.40	34	0.00	100.40	30	Did not advance			100.40	30
Gemma Tattersall	Quicklook		47.20 #	32	89.60 #	136.80	44	4.00 #	140.80 #	41	Did not advance			140.80	41
William Fox-Pitt Pippa Funnell Kitty King Gemma Tattersall	See above	Team	127.70	4	124.40	252.10	8	0	252.10	5	—			252.10	5

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher	Tic Tac	Individual	4	=27 Q	4	8	=30 Q	1	9	=23 Q	4	=16 Q	13	17	25	17	25
Nick Skelton	Big Star		4	=27 Q	4	8	=30 Q	5	13	=33 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 JO	0
John Whitaker	Ornellaia		0	=1 Q	23 #	23	57	Did not advance
Michael Whitaker	Cassionato		4 #	=27 Q	5	9	=42 Q	Withdrew			Did not advance
Ben Maher Nick Skelton John Whitaker Michael Whitaker	See above	Team	8	=8	13	13	12	Did not advance			—					13	12

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing[edit]

British fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team foil by virtue of being the highest ranking team from Europe outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[45] A trio of men's foil fencers, James Davis, Laurence Halsted and Richard Kruse, along with their reserve Marcus Mepstead, were named to Team GB on 5 May 2016.^[46] In the men's individual foil Kruse came close to winning Great Britain's first medal of the Games, and its first fencing medal since the 1964 Games, finishing fourth after losing the bronze medal match to Timur Safin of Russia.^[47]

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
James Davis	Men's foil	Bye	M Ferjani (TUN) W 15–7	Safin (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance
Laurence Halsted		Bye	Chen Hw (CHN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Richard Kruse		Bye	Sintès (ALG) W 15–4	Cassarà (ITA) W 15–12	Meinhardt (USA) W 15–13	Massialas (USA) L 9–15	Safin (RUS) L 13–15	4
James Davis Laurence Halsted Richard Kruse Marcus Mepstead	Men's team foil	—			Russia (RUS) L 43–45	Classification semifinal  Egypt (EGY) W 45–43	5th place final  China (CHN) L 38–45	6

Field hockey[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Great Britain men's	Men's tournament	Belgium L 1–4	New Zealand D 2–2	Brazil W 9–1	Australia L 1–2	Spain D 1–1	5	Did not advance			9
Great Britain women's	Women's tournament	Australia W 2–1	India W 3–0	Argentina W 3–2	Japan W 2–0	United States W 2–1	1	Spain W 3–1	New Zealand W 3–0	Netherlands W 2–0P FT: 3–3

Men's tournament[edit]

Great Britain's men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having reached the last four at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[48] Only three nations qualified through this route, but India had already secured qualification as continental champions after the team's success at the 2014 Asian Games, so that the remaining teams automatically received the three quotas.

Squad

The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[49]

Head coach: Bobby Crutchley

Reserves:

• James Bailey
• Dan Shingles

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	0	1	21	5	+16	12	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	13	4	+9	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	17	8	+9	7
5	Great Britain	5	1	2	2	14	10	+4	5
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	0	5	1	46	−45	0

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 12:30 Belgium  4–1  Great Britain Truyens  5' Cosyns  32' Gougnard  35' Charlier  56' Report Catlin  27' Umpires: John Weight (RSA) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 17:00 Great Britain  2–2  New Zealand Condon  2' Middleton  25' Report Russell  14' Phillips  19' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Lim Hong Zhen (SIN)

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 18:00 Brazil  1–9  Great Britain Smith  4' Report Dixon  9' Middleton  12', 54' Jackson  27', 57' Martin  37' Ward  47', 59' Gleghorne  56' Umpires: Chen Dekang (CHN) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 20:30 Great Britain  1–2  Australia Jackson  58' Report Zalewski  50' Whetton  55' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) John Wright (RSA)

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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 17:00 Great Britain  1–1  Spain Ward  15' Report Alegre  9' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Women's tournament[edit]

Great Britain's women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[51] As England also won the 2015 Women's EuroHockey tournament, Great Britain were treated as having qualified as European champions, and relinquished their Hockey World League qualification place to the highest ranking non qualified team, India.

Squad

The following is the Great Britain roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[52]

Head coach: Danny Kerry

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Maddie Hinch	(1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 27)
4	DF	Laura Unsworth	(1988-03-08)8 March 1988 (aged 28)
5	DF	Crista Cullen	(1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 30)
6	FW	Hannah Macleod	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 32)
7	MF	Georgie Twigg	(1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 25)
8	MF	Helen Richardson-Walsh	(1981-09-23)23 September 1981 (aged 34)
9	MF	Susannah Townsend	(1989-07-28)28 July 1989 (aged 27)
11	DF	Kate Richardson-Walsh (C)	(1980-05-09)9 May 1980 (aged 36)
13	DF	Sam Quek	(1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 27)
15	FW	Alex Danson	(1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 31)
18	DF	Giselle Ansley	(1992-03-31)31 March 1992 (aged 24)
19	FW	Sophie Bray	(1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (aged 26)
20	DF	Hollie Webb	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 25)
24	MF	Shona McCallin	(1992-05-18)18 May 1992 (aged 24)
26	FW	Lily Owsley	(1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 21)
28	MF	Nicola White	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 28)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	15	Quarter-finals
2	United States	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	12
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	12	6	+6	6
5	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	16	−13	1
6	India	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 20:30 Great Britain  2–1  Australia Owsley  26' Danson  43' Report Morgan  33' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 18:00 India  0–3  Great Britain Report Ansley  25' White  27' Danson  33' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Amy Baxter (USA)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 13:30 Great Britain  3–2  Argentina H. Richardson-Walsh  23', 25' Bray  38' Report F. Habif  41', 42' Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Miao Lin (CHN)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 20:30 Japan  0–2  Great Britain Report Owsley  5' White  55' Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 18:00 Great Britain  2–1  United States Bray  53' Danson  56' Report Vittese  39' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

Quarterfinal

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 18:00 Great Britain  3–1  Spain Twigg  8' H. Richardson-Walsh  13' Owsley  27' Report Oliva  53' Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Melissa Trivic (AUS)

Semifinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 17:00 New Zealand  0–3  Great Britain Report Danson  22', 52' H. Richardson-Walsh  48' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Gold medal match

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 17:00 Netherlands  3–3  Great Britain Van Male  16', 37' Paumen  25' Report Owsley  10' Cullen  26' White  52' Penalties Bos Hoog Leurink Van Geffen 0–2 H. Richardson-Walsh Danson Bray Unsworth Webb Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Golf[edit]

Great Britain entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Justin Rose (world no. 11), Danny Willett (world no. 9), Charley Hull (world no. 27) and Catriona Matthew (world no. 63) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[54][55][56]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Justin Rose	Men's	67	69	65	67	268	−16
Danny Willett		71	70	69	74	284	E	=37
Charley Hull	Women's	68	66	74	68	276	−8	=7
Catriona Matthew		71	66	77	70	284	E	29

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Great Britain qualified a full squad of five gymnasts in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events through top eight finishes in the team all-around competitions at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.^[57][58] BOA announced the men's and women's artistic gymnastic squads, highlighted by London 2012 medalists Louis Smith and Max Whitlock, for the Games on July 12, 2016.^[59]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Brinn Bevan	Team	14.233	14.733	14.333	14.133	14.966	14.366	86.764	17	—	14.866	14.466	15.033	14.933	—	—
Louis Smith		—	15.700 Q	—						—	14.766	—
Kristian Thomas		15.233 Q	—	14.166	14.233	—	14.900	—		15.033	—		15.400	—	14.833
Max Whitlock		15.500 Q	15.800 Q	14.600	13.700	15.066	13.566	88.232	12 Q	15.400	15.991	14.500	14.966	14.500	14.500
Nile Wilson		15.066	14.133	14.941	14.700	14.900	15.500 Q	89.240	5 Q	14.666	—	15.100	—	15.133	15.666
Total		45.799	46.233	43.874	43.066	44.932	44.766	268.670	3 Q	45.099	45.623	44.066	45.399	44.566	44.999	269.752	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Louis Smith	Pommel horse	—	15.833	—				15.833