Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	376 (176 men and 200 women) in 28 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Hannah Mills Moe Sbihi[2]
Flag bearer (closing)	Laura Kenny[1]
Officials	Mark England (Chef de Mission)
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 22 Silver 20 Bronze 22 Total 64
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, or in full Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA), which represents the United Kingdom, competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside those of Australia, France, Greece, and Switzerland, although Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. This streak was maintained in Tokyo when Adam Peaty successfully defended his 100 metre breaststroke title on the third morning of the Games.

The first medals of the Games for Great Britain were won by martial artists with taekwondo-ka Bradly Sinden guaranteeing Team GB at least a silver medal by qualifying for the final of the −68 kg event in taekwondo. Before the final took place, however, judoka Chelsie Giles secured a bronze medal in the 52 kg class via the repechage.

Summary[edit]

The 2020 Games saw members of the Great Britain team achieve a number of prominent milestones. In the pool, Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to successfully defend an Olympic gold medal, winning the 100 metre breaststroke for the second time. The British swimming team also had its most successful Olympics in history winning eight medals (with four golds) eclipsing the previous Olympic swimming best of seven medals (which also included four golds) which had stood since the London 1908 Games (113 years). This included a 1–2 finish in the final of the Men's 200m freestyle for Duncan Scott (who took silver) and Tom Dean (who took gold) which was the first time British swimmers had achieved this in any Olympic swimming event since 1908. Scott also became Britain's most successful athlete in any sport at a single games in terms of number of medals won with four medals in total made up of one gold and three silver medals. However, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Tom Dean were more successful in terms of gold medals winning two golds to Scott's single gold. By winning gold alongside James Guy and Adam Peaty in the mixed 4 × 100 metres medley relay Freya Anderson, Kathleen Dawson and Anna Hopkin became the first British female swimmers since Rebecca Adlington took double individual gold in the 400 metre freestyle and 800m freestyle events at the Beijing 2008 games to win an Olympic gold medal. However, no British female swimmer won a medal in any of the individual women's events making the medals from mixed medley the only ones won by British female swimmers at the Games.

On 4 August Sky Brown became the youngest British Olympian ever to win a medal when she won bronze in the Women's Park Skateboarding at the age of 13 years and 28 days.

Gymnast Max Whitlock also clinched his second consecutive Olympic title on the pommel horse becoming one of the most successful gymnasts ever in the history of that specific apparatus – having also won three World Championship titles in the discipline – and the fourth man in Olympic history to successfully defend their pommel horse title. In doing do he cemented his position as Great Britain's most successful Olympic gymnast with six medals overall including three golds. Bryony Page in the Women's Trampoline competition claimed her second consecutive Olympic medal in the event with a bronze medal having won a silver in Rio. A team containing Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie Morgan also won a Bronze in the Women's Team Artistic All-Round event. giving the gymnastics squad three medals at Tokyo 2020 overall down from the seven achieved by gymnastics in Rio in 2016.

Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir secured silver medals in the Women's 800 metres and 1500 metres respectively. These were the first medals in either of these events for a British athlete since Kelly Holmes won double gold at the Athens 2004 Games. Josh Kerr by winning bronze in the Men's 1500m also became the first British athlete to win an Olympic medal in that event since Seoul 1988 where Peter Elliott won a silver medal. Holly Bradshaw also won her first medal in either Olympic or outdoor World Championship competition with bronze in the women's pole vault. The women's 4 × 100 relay squad also won a bronze.

Despite failing to medal in the men's match sprint Jason Kenny took sole ownership of the record as Great Britain's most successful Olympian, most decorated Olympian and the most successful and most decorated Olympic cyclist of any nation, with silver in the men's team sprint and gold in the men's keirin. This was the fourth consecutive keirin title for Great Britain, and took Kenny's career tally to seven gold and two silver medals and was the fourth consecutive Olympics in which he had won one or more golds. His wife Laura Kenny lost her omnium title after a major crash in the opening scratch race, and only managed a silver medal in the women's team pursuit. However, in the inaugural Olympic women's Madison she and partner Katie Archibald won the event, gaining a lap and winning all but two of the intermediate sprints. This took her career tally to five golds and one silver making her the most decorated British female Olympian, and the most successful and most decorated female Olympic cyclist of any nation. Together the Kennys also became the most successful married Olympians in history where both partners have won a gold medal. Britain's other track cycling gold came courtesy of Matt Walls in the men's omnium- the first time a male British Olympic cyclist has won the Olympic title in that event. Walls also won a silver medal alongside Ethan Hayter in the men's Madison event.

On the waves, Giles Scott secured Great Britain's sixth consecutive gold medal in sailing's Finn class which was making its final Olympic appearance, while Hannah Mills became Great Britain's most successful female Olympic sailor defending her Women's 470 title with Eilidh McIntyre having won the same class with Saskia Clark in 2016. McIntyre was emulating her father Michael who had won gold in the Star class alongside Bryn Vaile at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

On a less positive note a number of iconic 'streaks' of British success were broken. The men's team pursuit title left British hands for the first time since 2004, as did the men's team sprint with both Ed Clancy and Jason Kenny denied fourth consecutive gold medals in the same event. The men's match sprint in cycling also left British hands for the first time since 2004, although Jack Carlin won a bronze medal. The men's coxless four lost the Olympic title for the first time since 1996, while the rowing team – having been the only British sporting team during the disastrous Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics to have won gold, and thus maintained Great Britain's streak of at least one gold medal in every Summer Games – won no gold medals for the first time since 1980 winning only 2 medals in total across the whole Olympic rowing regatta.

Despite winning five medals in total, these Olympics were the first time since 1996 that Great Britain's athletics team failed to win a gold medal. This was partly due to unfortunately timed injuries to reigning world champions Dina Asher-Smith (200 metres) and Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Heptathlon) who were seen as Britain's best medal hopes in the athletics events. The men's 4 × 100 metres relay squad were also pipped to gold by Italy by 0.01 seconds on the finish line having been leading going into the anchor leg. However, it subsequently emerged the British quartet could lose their silver medals after a member of the quartet CJ Ujah was revealed on 12 August 2021 to have failed a drugs test with Ujah provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit following the games pending further investigation . The matter was referred to the Court of Arbitration For Sport Anti-Doping Division to decide if the British 4 × 100 male quartet should be disqualified from the final results.^[4] On 18 February 2022, it was confirmed the British Mens 4 × 100 metres athletics relay quartet would be stripped of their silver medals meaning Great Britains final medal tally from the game is 64 – one less than achieved at the London 2012 Olympics. Three medals across the four middle-distance events, a long hoped-for global medal for Holly Bradshaw in pole vault and a bronze medal for the women's sprint relay team ensured the British athletics team did not leave Tokyo empty handed.^[5][6]

A number of British defending champions from 2016 (including some 'double' champions who won gold medals in 2012 and 2016) either were not selected, or were unable to retain their titles, including Mo Farah, Alistair Brownlee, Jade Jones, Charlotte Dujardin and Andy Murray. In comparison, three former multiple world champions, but long time 'nearly men' on the Olympic stage finally reached the top step of the rostrum, Jonathan Brownlee winning the inaugural triathlon mixed relay, James Guy in both the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and the mixed medley relay, and Tom Daley, winning gold in the men's 10 metre synchro with debutant Matty Lee, before his bronze in the individual event made him the first British diver to win four career Olympic medals.

Great Britain had some notable success in new sports and events, winning the inaugural gold medals for women's BMX freestyle, mixed 4 × 100 metre medley swimming relay (in a new world record), women's madison and the triathlon mixed team relay, and medals in men's BMX freestyle, women's skateboarding and women's featherweight boxing. The women's +87 kg weightlifting event was technically a new event, but was in reality simply an adjusted version of the existing super-heavyweight class. Nonetheless, Emily Campbell's silver medal was the first ever won in weightlifting by a British woman, the first British weightlifting medal for either sex since 1984 and the first at a non-boycotted Games since Louis Martin medalled in consecutive Olympics in 1960 and 1964. Indeed, the weightlifting event at the Games was a significant success for Great Britain, with top-seven finishes for all four selected lifters, and Sarah Davies coming agonisingly close to winning a second silver medal in the −64 kg class.

Great Britain also had great success in both of the men's and women's modern pentathlon events with Kate French taking gold in the women's event, while Joseph Choong became the first British male modern pentathlete to win an individual medal when taking gold in the men's event. The victories of French and Choong marked the first time since the introduction of the women's event in 2000 that a 'double' had been achieved, with the same nation winning both men's and women's events.

Medallists[edit]

Multiple medallists[edit]

The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Charlotte Dujardin's two bronze medals added to her two golds from London 2012 and her gold and silver from Rio 2016 made her the first female British athlete to win six Olympic medals, a feat later equalled by Laura Kenny. Dujardin also became the first female British athlete to win multiple medals at three consecutive Games (two in London, two in Rio and two in Tokyo), a feat which was again equalled by Kenny. Two medals for Jason Kenny made him the first British athlete of either sex to win multiple medals at four successive games (2 in 2008, 2 in 2012, 3 in 2016 and 2 in 2020), a feat also unequalled by anyone in the Olympic sport of cycling.^[7] With silver in the Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, Duncan Scott becomes the first British Olympian to win four medals in a single Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Adam Peaty	Gold  Gold  Silver	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
James Guy	Gold  Gold  Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Tom Dean	Gold  Gold	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Duncan Scott	Gold  Silver  Silver  Silver	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Men's 200 m freestyle Men's 200 metre individual medley Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay*
Georgia Taylor-Brown	Gold  Silver	Triathlon	Mixed relay Women's individual
Alex Yee	Gold  Silver	Triathlon	Mixed relay Men's individual
Tom McEwen	Gold  Silver	Equestrian	Team eventing Individual eventing
Laura Kenny	Gold  Silver	Cycling	Women's Madison Women's team pursuit
Jason Kenny	Gold  Silver	Cycling	Men's keirin Men's team sprint
Katie Archibald	Gold  Silver	Cycling	Women's Madison Women's team pursuit
Matthew Walls	Gold  Silver	Cycling	Men's omnium Men's Madison
Tom Daley	Gold  Bronze	Diving	Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Men's 10 metre platform
Jack Carlin	Silver  Bronze	Cycling	Men's team sprint Men's sprint
Luke Greenbank	Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay Men's 200 m backstroke
Charlotte Dujardin	Bronze  Bronze	Equestrian	Team dressage Individual dressage

Administration[edit]

On 9 April 2018, the British Olympic Association announced that Mark England would be their Chef de Mission in Tokyo following his success in this role at Rio 2016. Under his leadership Team GB had become the first nation to increase its medal haul at the summer games after acting as host at London 2012.^[8]

Medal targets[edit]

On 9 July 2021, UK Sport announced they had set a medal target of 45–70 medals for the team. No individual targets have been set for each sport as it was considered impossible to properly evaluate the position of each sport in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, and the large scale disruption to both training and sports events that entailed.^[9]

Team GB medal target

Event	Medal target	2012 medals	2016 medals	Medals won	Target met
Overall	45–70	65	67	64	Y

Competitors[edit]

The team included nine sets of siblings: Tom and Emily Ford (Rowing), Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova (Gymnastics), Charlotte and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne (Rowing), Joe and Max Litchfield (Swimming), Luke and Pat McCormack (Boxing), Andy and Jamie Murray (Tennis), Tiffany Porter and Cindy Sember (Athletics), Hannah and Jodie Williams (Athletics), and Adam and Simon Yates (Cycling). The Gadirovas, McCormacks and Yateses are all twins. In addition, Hannah Martin was a member of the women's hockey team while her brother Harry Martin, a two time Olympian, was a travelling reserve for the men's team. There was also one married couple in multi gold medallists: Jason and Laura Kenny (Cycling).

Dressage rider Carl Hester was competing at his sixth Olympic Games. Only fellow equestrian rider Nick Skelton has represented Great Britain at more Games with seven appearances. Meanwhile, archer Naomi Folkard was making her fifth consecutive appearance. Among British female athletes only six time Olympians Tessa Sanderson and Alison Williamson have competed at more Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Artistic swimming	—	2	2
Athletics	37	40	77
Badminton	4	3	7
Boxing	7	4	11
Canoeing	3	5	8
Cycling	15	11	26
Diving	6	6	12
Equestrian	5	4	9
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	0	18	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	4	6	10
Judo	1	5	6
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	19	22	41
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	8	7	15
Shooting	2	3	5
Skateboarding	0	2	2
Sport climbing	0	1	1
Swimming	18	14	32
Table tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	2	3	5
Tennis	5	1	6
Triathlon	2	3	5
Weightlifting	0	4	4
Total	176	200	376

In addition to the 376 strong British delegation Team GB confirmed the selection of 22 travelling reserves for various sports.^[10] These included the reserves for football, hockey and rugby 7s. On 3 July 2021, the IOC, having consulted with the individual federations of these three sports together with those of handball and water polo, announced that each team would be able to select their teams from both the original squads and the travelling reserves without the need to permanently replace one individual with another. This effectively increased the size of the squads from 18 to 22 for football, 16 to 18 for hockey and 12 to 13 for rugby 7s.^[11]

Archery[edit]

British archers qualified each for the men's and women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of their respective team recurves at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.^[12] The rules of qualification also stipulate that a nation that qualifies at least one male and one female archer, as Great Britain have done, is automatically entered in the mixed team event. On 21 April 2021, Team GB announced the selection of the six archers who will represent the team in Tokyo.^[13]

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
Tom Hall	Individual	649	48	Shana (BAN) L 3–7	Did not advance
Patrick Huston		658	25	D'Almeida (BRA) L 1–7	Did not advance
James Woodgate		652	38	Abdullin (KAZ) L 3–7	Did not advance
Tom Hall Patrick Huston James Woodgate	Team	1959	10	—		Indonesia (INA) W 6–0	Netherlands (NED) L 3–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sarah Bettles	Individual	653	15	Acosta Giraldo (COL) W 6–4	Wu Jx (CHN) L 2–6	Did not advance
Naomi Folkard		629	47	Wu Jx (CHN) L 2–6	Did not advance
Bryony Pitman		634	38	Tan Y-t (TPE) W 6–4	Román (MEX) W 6–2	Osipova (ROC) L 0–6	Did not advance
Sarah Bettles Naomi Folkard Bryony Pitman	Team	1916	9	—		Italy (ITA) L 3–5	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patrick Huston Sarah Bettles	Team	1311	12	China (CHN) W 5–3	Mexico (MEX) L 0–6	Did not advance

Artistic swimming[edit]

Great Britain qualified two athletes to the artistic swimming duet competition as a result of Spain's success in the final Artistic Swimming Olympic Team Qualification competition event on 11 June 2021. Spain's elevation to the team event freed a quota place in the 2019 European Champions Cup competition inherited by Great Britain. This slot was then superseded by the top seven finish achieved by Great Britain itself at the final FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic Qualification Tournament. On 22 June 2021, Team GB announced the selection of Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe for Tokyo.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Kate Shortman Isabelle Thorpe	Duet	85.1548	14	84.7333	169.8881	14	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

British athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in several track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[15][16] The team will be selected based on the results of the 2021 British Athletics Championships ( 25 to 27 June) to be held in Manchester, England.^[17] Relay qualification is achieved by a top eight finish at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in a relay event, or a top eight ranking in that event not including previously qualified nations. The first confirmed place was therefore assured when Great Britain finished fourth in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the Worlds in Doha. Great Britain secured top eight finishes, and therefore Olympic qualification, in the other four relay events in Doha on 5 and 6 October – along with the United States, they were the only teams to gain Olympic places in all five relay events at Doha.

In December 2019, UK Athletics confirmed the preselection of Callum Hawkins for the men's marathon. On 26 March 2021, at the 2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial in Kew Gardens, Chris Thompson, Ben Connor, Stephanie Davis and Tom Bosworth confirmed qualification for Tokyo with a top two finish in their respective races, having already gained the qualification time.^[18] On 1 April 2021, Team GB announced the selection of these five athletes together with marathon runners Jess Piasecki and Steph Twell for Tokyo.^[19] On 4 June 2021, World Athletics confirmed that Cameron Corbishley and Dominic King had qualified by World Rankings for the Men's 50 km walk event. However, they have not met the qualification time requirements set out in British Athletics selection policy document and it remains to be seen whether they will be selected on the basis of future potential.^[20]

On 29 June 2021, Team GB announced the selection of a further 65 athletes following the completion of the British trials. The squad of 72 includes reigning world champions Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson subject to the latter proving her fitness.^[21] On 2 July 2021, the final four athletes were confirmed by Team GB resulting in a 76 strong squad for Tokyo.^[22] Laura Muir later withdrew from the women's 800 m to concentrate on the 1500 m and her place was taken by Alexandra Bell increasing the final squad to 77.^[23]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zharnel Hughes	100 m	Bye		10.04	3 Q	9.98	1 Q	DSQ
Reece Prescod		Bye		10.12	5 q	DSQ		Did not advance
Chijindu Ujah		Bye		10.08	3 Q	10.11	5	Did not advance
Adam Gemili	200 m	1:58.58	7	—		Did not advance
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake		20.56	5			Did not advance
Oliver Dustin	800 m	1:46.94	6	—		Did not advance
Elliot Giles		1:44.49	3 Q			1:44.75	3	Did not advance
Daniel Rowden		1:45.73	2 Q			1:44.38	5	Did not advance
Jake Heyward	1500 m	3:36.14	1 Q	—		3:32.82	6 q	3:34.43	9
Josh Kerr		3:36.29	7 q			3:32.18	3 Q	3:29.05
Jake Wightman		3:41.18	3 Q			3:33.48	1 Q	3:35.09	10
Andrew Butchart	5000 m	13:31.27	7 q	—				13:09.97	11
Marc Scott		13:39.61	6					Did not advance
Sam Atkin	10000 m	—						DNF
Marc Scott								28:09.23	14
David King	110 m hurdles	13.55	6 q	—		13.67	7	Did not advance
Andrew Pozzi		13.50	4 Q			13.32	4 q	13.30	7
Phil Norman	3000 m steeplechase	8:46.57	13	—				Did not advance
Zak Seddon		8:43.29	14					Did not advance
Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Chijindu Ujah	4 × 100 m relay	38.02	2 Q	—				37.51	DSQ
Joe Brier Cameron Chalmers Michael Ohioze Lee Thompson	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.29	6	—				Did not advance
Ben Connor	Marathon	—						DNF
Callum Hawkins								DNF
Chris Thompson								2:21.29	54
Tom Bosworth	20 km walk	—						1:25:57	25
Callum Wilkinson								1:22:38	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dina Asher-Smith	100 m	Bye		11.07	2 Q	11.05	3	Did not advance
Daryll Neita		Bye		10.98 PB	2 Q	11.00	4 q	11.12	8
Asha Philip		Bye		11.31	2 Q	11.30	8	Did not advance
Beth Dobbin	200 m	22.78 =SB	2 Q	—		22.85	5	Did not advance
Ama Pipi	400 m	51.17	4 q	—		51.59	7	Did not advance
Jodie Williams		50.99	1 Q			49.97	2 Q	49.97	6
Nicole Yeargin		DSQ				Did not advance
Alexandra Bell	800 m	2:00.96	4 q	—		1:58.83	3 q	1:57.66	7
Keely Hodgkinson		2:01.59	2 Q			1:59.12	1 Q	1:55.88 NR
Jemma Reekie		1:59.97	1 Q			1:59.77	2 Q	1:56.90	4
Laura Muir	1500 m	4:03.89	2 Q	—		4:00.73	2 Q	3.54.50 NR
Katie Snowden		4:02.77	6 Q			4:02.93	9	Did not advance
Revée Walcott-Nolan		4:06.23	7			Did not advance
Jessica Judd	5000 m	15:06.47	13	—				Did not advance
Eilish McColgan		15:09.68	10					Did not advance
Amy-Eloise Markovc		15:03.22	9					Did not advance
Jessica Judd	10000 m	—						31:56.80	17
Eilish McColgan								31:04.46	9
Tiffany Porter	100 m hurdles	12.85	4 Q	—		12.86	5	Did not advance
Cindy Sember		13.00	4 Q			12.76	7	Did not advance
Meghan Beesley	400 m hurdles	55.91	7	—		Did not advance
Jessie Knight		DNF				Did not advance
Jessica Turner		56.83	4 Q			1:00.36	7	Did not advance
Elizabeth Bird	3000 m steeplechase	9:24.34	5 q	—				9:19.68 NR	9
Aimee Pratt		9:47.56	11					Did not advance
Dina Asher-Smith Imani-Lara Lansiquot Daryll Neita Asha Philip	4 × 100 m relay	41.55 NR	1 Q	—				41.88
Zoey Clark[a] Emily Diamond Laviai Nielsen[a] Ama Pipi Jodie Williams Nicole Yeargin	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.99	3 Q	—				3:22.59	5
Stephanie Davis	Marathon	Not held						2:36:33	39
Jess Piasecki								2:55:39	71
Steph Twell								2:53:26	68

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Niclas Baker Cameron Chalmers Zoey Clark[a] Emily Diamond Lee Thompson[a] Nicole Yeargin	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.95	4 q	3:12.07	6

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ben Williams	Triple jump	16.30	22	Did not advance
Tom Gale	High jump	2.28	13 q	2.27	11
Harry Coppell	Pole vault	5.65	=12 q	5.80	7
Scott Lincoln	Shot put	20.42	18	Did not advance
Lawrence Okoye	Discus throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Taylor Campbell	Hammer throw	71.34	28	Did not advance
Nick Miller		76.93	3 Q	78.15	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abigail Irozuru	Long jump	6.75	4 Q	6.51	11
Jazmin Sawyers		6.62	11 q	6.80	8
Lorraine Ugen		6.05	15	Did not advance
Emily Borthwick	High jump	1.93	=16	Did not advance
Morgan Lake		1.95	7 Q	DNS
Holly Bradshaw	Pole vault	4.55	=1 q	4.85
Sophie McKinna	Shot put	17.81	18	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Result	13.27	1.86	13.31	DSQ	DNS	—	—	DNF
	Points	1084	1054	748	0	0	—	—

^a Ran in the heats only.

Badminton[edit]

Great Britain entered badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings of 15 June 2021: one entry each in the men's and women's singles and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.^[24] On 28 June 2021, Team GB announced the squad of seven players who will represent the team in Tokyo.^[25] Ben Lane and Sean Vendy were selected to compete in the men's doubles even though Rio 2016 bronze medallists Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge finished ahead of them in the rankings.^[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
Toby Penty	Men's singles	Schäfer (GER) W (21–18, 21–11)	Wangcharoen (THA) W (21–19, 21–12)	—	1 Q	Antonsen (DEN) L (10–21, 15–21)	Did not advance
Ben Lane Sean Vendy	Men's doubles	Gideon / Sukamuljo (INA) L (15–21, 11–21)	Lee Y / Wang C-l (TPE) L (17–21, 14–21)	Rankireddy / Shetty (IND) L (17–21, 19–21)	4	—	Did not advance
Kirsty Gilmour	Women's singles	Shahzad (PAK) W (21–14, 21–14)	Yamaguchi (JPN) L (9–21, 18–21)	—	2	Did not advance
Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	Women's doubles	Fukushima / Hirota (JPN) L (13–21, 14–21)	Polii / Rahayu (INA) L (11–21, 13–21)	Chow M K / Lee M Y (MAS) L (19–21, 16–21)	4	—	Did not advance
Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	Mixed doubles	Gicquel / Delrue (FRA) W (21–18, 21–17)	Hurlburt-Yu / Wu (CAN) W (21–13, 21–19)	Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai (THA) W (21–12, 21–19)	1 Q	—	Tse Y S / Tang C M (HKG) L (13–21, 18–21)	Did not advance

Boxing[edit]

Great Britain entered eleven boxers (seven men and four women) to compete for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion Galal Yafai (men's flyweight) and 2019 world bronze medallist Peter McGrail (men's featherweight) were the first boxers to secure their spots on the British squad by winning the round of 16 match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London.^[26][27] After being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying tournament resumed in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France. Nine further boxers secured places in their respective weight divisions, including Rio 2016 Olympian Pat McCormack in the men's welterweight. The final total of eleven qualified boxers is the joint highest (with Uzbekistan and the ROC) of any nation at the 2020 Summer Olympics. On 23 June 2021, Team GB announced the names of the eleven boxers who would represent the team in Tokyo – each place went to the boxer who had obtained the quota place in qualification.^[28]

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	Flyweight	Soghomonyan (ARM) W RSC	Chinyemba (ZAM) W 3–2	Veitia (CUB) W 4–1	Bibossinov (KAZ) W 3–2	Paalam (PHI) W 4–1
Peter McGrail	Featherweight	Butdee (THA) L 0–5	Did not advance				17
Luke McCormack	Lightweight	Kaushik (IND) W 4–1	Cruz (CUB) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Pat McCormack	Welterweight	Bye	Radzionau (BLR) W 5–0	Baturov (UZB) W 4–1	Walsh (IRL) W WO	Iglesias (CUB) L 0–5
Benjamin Whittaker	Light heavyweight	Vivas (COL) W 4–1	Oraby (EGY) W 5–0	Machado (BRA) W 3–2	Khataev (ROC) W 4–1	López (CUB) L 1–4
Cheavon Clarke	Heavyweight	Bye	Teixeira (BRA) L 1–4	Did not advance			9
Frazer Clarke	Super heavyweight	Bye	Rogava (UKR) W 4–1	Aliev (FRA) W DSQ	Jalolov (UZB) L RSC–I	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Charley Davison	Flyweight	Cheddar (MAR) W 5–0	Chang Y (CHN) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Karriss Artingstall	Featherweight	Kenosi (BOT) W 5–0	Romeu (BRA) W 5–0	Nicolson (AUS) W 3–2	Irie (JPN) L 2–3	Did not advance
Caroline Dubois	Lightweight	Sadiku (KOS) W 5–0	Ellis (USA) W 3–0	Seesondee (THA) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Lauren Price	Middleweight	—	Mönkhbat (MGL) W 5–0	Bylon (PAN) W 5–0	Fontijn (NED) W 3–2	Li Q (CHN) W 5–0

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

British canoeists qualified boats in all four classes for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[29] On 10 October 2019, Team GB announced the names of the slalom canoeists selected for the Games, as a result of their performances at three selection meets: the British Senior and Olympic Trials, the 2019 ICF World Cup series in Lee Valley Park, and the World Championships.^[30]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adam Burgess	Men's C-1	99.82	4	99.64	2	99.64	3 Q	106.18	8 Q	103.86	4
Bradley Forbes-Cryans	Men's K-1	93.65	5	101.46	21	93.65	13 Q	96.48	5 Q	100.58	6
Mallory Franklin	Women's C-1	107.51	1	105.06	1	105.06	1 Q	117.75	6 Q	108.68
Kimberley Woods	Women's K-1	109.63	8	107.82	8	107.82	9 Q	109.00	6 Q	177.09	10

Sprint[edit]

Great Britain qualified a single boat in the men's K-1 200 m with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[31] On 10 October 2019, reigning Olympic champion Liam Heath headed the list of canoeists being selected for the Games.^[30] Following the re-allocation of quota places gained at the World Championships and in subsequent competitions, Great Britain secured a place in the women's K-1 500 m.^[32] On 30 June 2021, Team GB announced the selection of the remaining members of their sprint canoe squad for Tokyo.^[33] On 8 July 2021, it was confirmed that Team GB had been reallocated a quota in the women's C-1 200 m and that Katie Reid would join the British canoe sprint squad in Tokyo.^[34]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liam Heath	Men's K-1 200 m	34.582	3 QF	33.985	1 SF	35.108	2 FA	35.202
Katie Reid	Women's C-1 200 m	47.876	4 QF	47.821	4	Did not advance
Emily Lewis	Women's K-1 200 m	42.038	4 QF	42.945	3	Did not advance
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:55.743	7 QF	1:51.996	4	Did not advance
Deborah Kerr	Women's K-1 200 m	41.168	3 QF	42.742	1 SF	39.751	2 FA	40.409	8
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:51.375	5 QF	1:50.133	3 SF	1:55.955	7	Did not advance

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

Cycling[edit]

On 21 June 2021, Team GB announced the selection of their cycling squad for Tokyo. Notable inclusions were multiple gold medallists Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy, and Jason and Laura Kenny.^[35] For the fourth Olympics in a row, Great Britain topped the medal table in cycling.^[36]

Road[edit]

Great Britain entered a squad of six riders (four men and two women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their respective positions in the UCI World Ranking for nations as at 22 October 2019. Included were three Grand Tour winners, Geraint Thomas (2018 Tour de France), Simon Yates (2018 Vuelta a España) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (2020 Giro d'Italia). Former World Champion and London 2012 silver medallist Lizzie Deignan highlighted the women's team.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tao Geoghegan Hart	Men's road race	Did not finish
Geraint Thomas		Did not finish
Adam Yates		6:06:33	9
Simon Yates		6:09:04	17
Tao Geoghegan Hart	Men's time trial	1:01:44.81	29
Geraint Thomas		57:46.61	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Elizabeth Deignan	Women's road race	3:54:31	11
Anna Shackley	Women's road race	Did not finish
	Women's time trial	34:13.60	18

• James Knox and Joscelin Lowden were named as travelling reserves.

Track[edit]

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, British riders accumulated spots in men's team sprint, men's and women's team pursuit, and men's and women's madison, 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.

Unable to earn a quota place in the women's team sprint, Great Britain won a single quota place in the women's individual sprint through the UCI Olympic rankings. Qualification for the individual sprint means a quota place is also gained in the women's keirin.

Great Britain's most successful male and female Olympians, Jason and Laura Kenny return, along with Ed Clancy. Both Jason Kenny (team sprint) and Clancy (team pursuit) are seeking to set a record for consecutive victories (four) in a single Olympic cycling event. Jason Kenny will also be seeking to gain the outright records for gold medals for a British Olympian, which he currently shares with Chris Hoy and most medals for any Olympic cyclist, currently held by Bradley Wiggins. Laura Kenny will seek to increase her lead as the British female Olympian with the most gold medals, and surpass Charlotte Dujardin as Britain's most decorated female Olympian, and Leontien van Moorsel from the Netherlands as the most successful and most decorated Olympic female cyclist.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jack Carlin	Men's sprint	9.306 77.369	3 Q	Hart (AUS) W 9.829 73.253	Bye	Sahrom (MAS) W 9.884 72.845	Bye	Vigier (FRA) W 9.963 72.267	Bye	Levy (GER) W 9.680, W 9.795	Lavreysen (NED) L, L	Dmitriev (ROC) W 9.786, W 9.934
Jason Kenny		9.510 75.710	8 Q	Awang (MAS) W 9.791 73.537	Bye	Wakimoto (JPN) W 9.916 72.610	Bye	Dmitriev (ROC) L	Awang (MAS)  Wakimoto (JPN) W 10.066 71.528	Lavreysen (NED) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Levy (GER)  Paul (TTO)  Vigier (FRA) L	8
Katy Marchant	Women's sprint	10.495 68.604	8 Q	Kobayashi (JPN) W 11.134 64.667	Bye	Lee W-s (HKG) W 10.970 65.634	Bye	Genest (CAN) W 10.935 65.844	Bye	Lee W-s (HKG) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Friedrich (GER)  Braspennincx (NED)  Genest (CAN) L	6

Team sprint

With silver in the team sprint, Jason Kenny became Great Britain's outright most successful Olympian, cycling's most successful Olympian and the joint most decorated British and cycling Olympian with Bradley Wiggins.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens	Men's team sprint	42.231 63.934	2	Germany (GER) W 41.829 64.549	2 FA	Netherlands (NED) L 44.589 60.553

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final * Philip Hindes travels as reserve.

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Ed Clancy Ethan Hayter Ethan Vernon Matthew Walls Oliver Wood Charlie Tanfield*	Men's team pursuit	3:47.507	4	Denmark (DEN) 4:28.489	8	Switzerland (SUI) 3:45.636	7
Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Neah Evans Laura Kenny Josie Knight	Women's team pursuit	4:09.022	2	United States (USA) 4:07.562	2	Germany (GER) 4:10.607

* Charlie Tanfield originally travelled as a reserve. Following the qualification ride of the men's team pursuit, Ed Clancy withdrew from the men's team, citing a back injury, and announced his immediate retirement. As a consequence, Tanfield was called into the main squad and rode the heat and placing final. In the former, he suffered a crash when clipped from behind by the Denmark team.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jack Carlin	Men's keirin	1 Q	Bye	2 Q	4 FB	8
Jason Kenny		4 R	1 Q	2 Q	1 FA
Katy Marchant	Women's keirin	REL	1 Q	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Matthew Walls	Men's omnium	1	40	3	36	2	38	2	39	153
Laura Kenny	Women's omnium	DNF	16	1	40	13	16	1	24	96	6

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Ethan Hayter Matthew Walls	Men's madison	40	0
Katie Archibald Laura Kenny	Women's madison	58	20

Mountain biking[edit]

Great Britain entered single mountain bikers to compete in both the men's and women's cross-country races. The men's quota was gained by finishing in the top two eligible nations of the under-23 division at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada. The women's quota was secured by virtue of their position in the UCI World Ranking for nations as at 16 May 2021.

Tom Pidcock's preparations for the men's event were disrupted when he broke his collarbone after being hit by a car during training in May 2021. However, he recovered to be able to compete in the Games where we won Britain's first ever Olympic mountain biking medal, winning gold by a margin of 20 seconds over second placed Mathias Flückiger of Switzerland.^[38]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tom Pidcock	Men's cross-country	1:25:14
Evie Richards	Women's cross-country	1:19:09	7

BMX[edit]

Great Britain received two quota spots (one per gender) for BMX racing at the Olympics. The men's place was secured as a result of the nation's seventh-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 1 June 2021, while the women's was derived from Bethany Shriever's individual ranking.^[39][40]

In BMX freestyle, two places (one per gender) were awarded to the British squad at the Olympics; both were secured as a result of the nation's top-five finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 8 June 2021.

Race

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Kye Whyte	Men's race	9	2 Q	8	2 Q	39.167
Bethany Shriever	Women's race	5	1 Q	3	1 Q	44.358

* Ross Cullen travels as reserve.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Seeding				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Average	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Declan Brooks	Men's freestyle	74.30	79.20	76.75	7	89.40	90.80
Charlotte Worthington	Women's freestyle	81.80	81.20	81.50	4	38.60	97.50

Diving[edit]

British divers gained a full quota of 16 places for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships, the 2019 European Championships and the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup. The divers who secured the places for Great Britain were not necessarily the athletes who would be selected to represent their team in these events. Instead, they needed to compete at the Olympic trials to book their places for the Games. A team of 12 divers was announced on 2 June 2021, including defending champions Jack Laugher and Daniel Goodfellow in the men's synchronized springboard; and two-time world champion and multiple Olympic medallist Tom Daley.^[41] James Heatly, Katherine Torrance and Matty Lee make Olympic debuts, having all won gold in the inaugural European Games in 2015 as juniors with the returning Lois Toulson, while Grace Reid will do so as a reigning Commonwealth Games champion. European bronze and silver medallist Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, the youngest of the squad, debuts at 16 years old.

Laugher, Daley, Reid and Touslon will double up in individual and synchronised events, with their quota places released to be filled by next-in-line alternates.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
James Heatly	3 m springboard	458.40	4 Q	454.85	4 Q	411.00	9
Jack Laugher		445.05	6 Q	514.75	3 Q	518.00
Tom Daley	10 m platform	453.70	4 Q	462.90	4 Q	548.25
Noah Williams		309.55	27	Did not advance
Daniel Goodfellow Jack Laugher	3 m synchronized springboard	—				382.80	7
Tom Daley Matty Lee	10 m synchronized platform	—				471.81

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Scarlett Mew Jensen	3 m springboard	243.45	22	Did not advance
Grace Reid		268.15	19	Did not advance
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix	10 m platform	307.70	10 Q	314.00	8 Q	305.50	7
Lois Toulson		314.00	7 Q	311.10	9 Q	289.6	9
Grace Reid Katherine Torrance	3 m synchronized springboard	—				269.10	6
Eden Cheng Lois Toulson	10 m synchronized platform	—				289.26	7

Equestrian[edit]

British equestrians qualified a full squad in the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States in dressage and eventing, and a top-three finish among eligible nations in the jumping competition at the 2019 FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[42][43][44]

On 1 July 2021, Team GB announced the selection of their dressage and eventing teams for Tokyo. Included in the dressage team were triple gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester who will be competing at his sixth Olympic Games.^[45][46] The following day Team GB revealed the names of the three riders who will compete in the jumping events in Tokyo. The team included London 2012 gold medallists Scott Brash and Ben Maher.^[47]

In the team dressage the British team of Dujardin, Hester and Charlotte Fry finished in the bronze medal position. This was Dujardin's fifth Olympic medal, tying her with rower Katherine Grainger and tennis player Kathleen McKane Godfree as the female British athletes with the most Olympic medals.^[48] The following day in the individual dressage Dujardin, who was the two-time defending Olympic champion in the event, took another bronze medal, making her the first female British athlete to win six Olympic medals.^[7]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Charlotte Dujardin	Gio	Individual	80.963	4 Q	—		83.000	94.086	88.543
Charlotte Fry	Everdale		77.096	8 Q			75.714	85.514	80.614	13
Carl Hester	En Vogue		75.124	13 q			77.750	85.886	81.818	8
Charlotte Dujardin Charlotte Fry Carl Hester	See above	Team	7508.5	2 Q	7723.0	3	—		7723.0

Travelling reserve: Gareth Hughes (Sintano Van Hof Olympia)

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

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
Laura Collett	London 52	Individual	25.80	6	0.00	25.80	3	4.00	29.80	5 Q	8.00	37.80	9	37.80	9
Tom McEwen	Toledo de Kerser		28.90	12	0.00	28.90	6	0.00	28.90	3 Q	0.00	28.90	2	28.90
Oliver Townend	Ballaghmor Class		23.60	2	0.00	23.60	1	4.00	27.60	2 Q	4.80	32.40	5	32.40	5
Laura Collett Tom McEwen Oliver Townend	See above	Team	78.30	1	0.00	78.30	1	8.00	86.30	1	—			86.30

Travelling reserve: Rosalind Canter (Allstar B)

Jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final			Jump-off
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Scott Brash	Hello Jefferson	Individual	0	=1 Q	1	88.45	7	Did not advance
Harry Charles	Romeo 88		0	=1 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Ben Maher	Explosion W		0	=1 Q	0	85.67	=1	0	37.85
Harry Charles Ben Maher Holly Smith	Romeo 88 Explosion W Denver	Team	20	7 Q	24+WD	162.46	10	Did not advance

* Harry Charles was the travelling reserve and he was called on to substitute for Holly Smith in the individual event and for Scott Brash in the team competition following an injury to the latter's horse, Hello Jefferson.^[49]

Fencing[edit]

Great Britain entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2019 world silver medallist Marcus Mepstead claimed a spot in the men's foil as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[50]

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
Marcus Mepstead	Men's foil	Bye	Hamza (EGY) L 13–15	Did not advance

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	South Africa W 3–1	Canada W 3–1	Germany L 1–5	Netherlands D 2–2	Belgium D 2–2	3 Q	India L 1–3	Did not advance		5
Great Britain women's	Women's tournament	Germany L 1–2	South Africa W 4–1	India W 4–1	Netherlands L 0–1	Ireland W 2–0	3 Q	Spain D 2–2 FT (2–0 P)	Netherlands L 1–5	India W 4–3

Men's tournament[edit]

Great Britain men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven team quotas available from the 2019 Men's FIH Olympic Qualifiers, defeating Malaysia 9–3 on aggregate in a two-match playoff in London.^[51]

Squad

The squad was announced on 17 June 2021.^[52]

Head coach: Danny Kerry^[53]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
5	DF	David Ames	(1989-06-25)25 June 1989 (aged 32)	101	{{{goals}}}	Holcombe
6	MF	Jacob Draper	(1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 23)	66	{{{goals}}}	Hampstead & Westminster
7	FW	Alan Forsyth	(1992-04-05)5 April 1992 (aged 29)	189	{{{goals}}}	Surbiton
8	FW	Rupert Shipperley	(1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 28)	87	{{{goals}}}	Hampstead & Westminster
9	MF	Harry Martin	(1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 28)	238	{{{goals}}}	Hampstead & Westminster
10	FW	Chris Griffiths	(1990-09-03)3 September 1990 (aged 30)	112	{{{goals}}}	Old Georgians
11	MF	Ian Sloan	(1993-11-19)19 November 1993 (aged 27)	112	{{{goals}}}	Wimbledon
13	FW	Sam Ward	(1990-12-24)24 December 1990 (aged 30)	135	{{{goals}}}	Old Georgians
15	FW	Phil Roper	(1992-01-24)24 January 1992 (aged 29)	155	{{{goals}}}	Wimbledon
16	MF	Adam Dixon (Captain)	(1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 34)	284	{{{goals}}}	Beeston
18	DF	Brendan Creed	(1993-01-03)3 January 1993 (aged 28)	87	{{{goals}}}	Surbiton
20	GK	Ollie Payne	(1999-04-06)6 April 1999 (aged 22)	11	{{{goals}}}	Holcombe
21	FW	Liam Ansell	(1993-11-12)12 November 1993 (aged 27)	54	{{{goals}}}	Wimbledon
25	DF	Jack Waller	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 24)	55	{{{goals}}}	Wimbledon
26	MF	James Gall	(1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 26)	88	{{{goals}}}	Surbiton
27	DF	Liam Sanford	(1996-03-14)14 March 1996 (aged 25)	69	{{{goals}}}	Old Georgians
29	DF	Tom Sorsby	(1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 24)	39	{{{goals}}}	Surbiton
32	FW	Zach Wallace	(1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 21)	55	{{{goals}}}	Surbiton

Travelling reserves: Alan Forsyth and Harry Martin

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:30 v Great Britain  3–1  South Africa Ward  2' Ansell  32' Waller  56' Report Guise-Brown  4' North Pitch Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Ben Goentgen (GER)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:45 v Great Britain  3–1  Canada Ansell  33', 57' Ward  41' Report Van Son  51' North Pitch Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 12:15 v Germany  5–1  Great Britain Fuchs  15', 51', 60' Rühr  35' Weigand  42' Report Roper  8' South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 12:15 v Netherlands  2–2  Great Britain Brinkman  22' Janssen  31' Report Ward  52', 57' South Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 21:15 v Belgium  2–2  Great Britain Boon  36' Briels  43' Report Shipperley  17' Ansell  38' South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Quarterfinal

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 21:00 v India  3–1  Great Britain Dilpreet  7' Gurjant  16' Hardik  57' Report Ward  45' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Women's tournament[edit]

Great Britain women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven team quotas available from the 2019 Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers, defeating Chile 5–1 on aggregate in a two-match playoff in London.^[51] On 17 June, Great Britain Hockey announced the selection of the squad that would represent the team in Tokyo.^[54]

Squad

The squad was announced on 17 June 2021.^[55]

Head coach: Mark Hager

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Maddie Hinch	(1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 32)	158	0	No club listed
4	MF	Laura Unsworth	(1988-03-08)8 March 1988 (aged 33)	276	11	East Grinstead
5	MF	Sarah Evans	(1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 30)	122	9	Surbiton
6	DF	Anna Toman	(1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 28)	91	7	Wimbledon
7	FW	Hannah Martin	(1994-12-30)30 December 1994 (aged 26)	77	15	Hampstead & Westminster
8	MF	Sarah Jones	(1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 31)	129	13	Holcombe
9	MF	Susannah Townsend	(1989-07-28)28 July 1989 (aged 31)	180	13	Canterbury
10	FW	Sarah Robertson	(1993-09-27)27 September 1993 (aged 27)	158	13	Hampstead & Westminster
13	FW	Elena Rayer	(1996-11-22)22 November 1996 (aged 24)	58	3	East Grinstead
16	FW	Isabelle Petter	(2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 21)	33	6	Loughborough Students
17	DF	Leah Wilkinson	(1986-12-03)3 December 1986 (aged 34)	182	23	Holcombe
18	DF	Giselle Ansley	(1992-03-31)31 March 1992 (aged 29)	165	23	Surbiton
20	DF	Hollie Pearne-Webb (Captain)	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 30)	191	8	No club listed
21	MF	Fiona Crackles	(2000-02-11)11 February 2000 (aged 21)	13	0	Durham University
24	MF	Shona McCallin	(1992-05-18)18 May 1992 (aged 29)	93	3	No club listed
26	FW	Lily Owsley	(1994-12-10)10 December 1994 (aged 26)	164	36	Hampstead & Westminster
31	DF	Grace Balsdon	(1993-04-13)13 April 1993 (aged 28)	81	7	Hampstead & Westminster
32	DF	Amy Costello	(1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 23)	88		East Grinstead

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 09:30 v Great Britain  1–2  Germany Jones  13' Report Huse  24' Stapenhorst  33' North Pitch Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Irene Presenqui (ARG)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 18:30 v South Africa  1–4  Great Britain Walraven  6' Report Rayer  29', 50' Toman  39' Unsworth  40' North Pitch Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Maggie Giddens (USA)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 10:00 v Great Britain  4–1  India Martin  2', 19' Owsley  41' Balsdon  57' Report Sharmila  23' South Pitch Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 19:00 v Great Britain  0–1  Netherlands Report Matla  13' South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 20:45 v Ireland  0–2  Great Britain Report Townsend  17' Martin  32' North Pitch Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Emi Yamada (JPN)

Quarterfinal

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 21:00 v Spain  2–2  Great Britain Iglesias  20' Bonastre  51' Report Martin  17' Balsdon  37' Penalties Ycart García Grau Oliva Pérez 0–2 Toman Martin Jones Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Annelize Rostron (RSA)

Semifinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 10:30 v Netherlands