Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Nicole Cooke Cycling Women 's road race August 10
Gold Rebecca Adlington Swimming Women 's 400 m freestyle August 11
Gold Chris Hoy Jason Kenny Jamie Staff Cycling Men 's team sprint August 15
Gold Rebecca Adlington Swimming Women 's 800 m freestyle August 16
Gold Tom James Andy Hodge Pete Reed Steve Williams Rowing Men 's coxless four August 16
Gold Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men 's individual pursuit August 16
Gold Chris Hoy Cycling Men 's keirin August 16
Gold Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson Sailing Yngling class August 17
Gold Mark Hunter Zac Purchase Rowing Men 's lightweight double sculls August 17
Gold Ben Ainslie Sailing Finn class August 17
Gold Rebecca Romero Cycling Women 's individual pursuit August 17
Gold Ed Clancy Paul Manning Geraint Thomas Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men 's team pursuit August 18
Gold Paul Goodison Sailing Men 's Laser class August 19
Gold Victoria Pendleton Cycling Women 's sprint August 19
Gold Chris Hoy Cycling Men 's sprint August 19
Gold Christine Ohuruogu Athletics Women 's 400 m August 19
Gold Iain Percy Andrew Simpson Sailing Men 's Star class August 21
Gold Tim Brabants Canoeing Men 's K-1 1000 m August 22
Gold James DeGale Boxing Middleweight August 23
Silver David Florence Canoeing Men 's slalom C-1 August 12
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The United Kingdom was represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. Britain is one of only five NOCs to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games since 1896. The delegation of 547 people included 311 competitors - 168 men, 143 women - and 236 officials. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland (whose people may elect to hold Irish citizenship and are able to be selected to represent either Great Britain or Ireland at the Olympics). Additionally some British overseas territories compete separately from Britain in Olympic competition. Great Britain's medal performance at the 2008 Summer Olympics was its best in a century; only its performance at the 1908 Summer Olympics, which Britain hosted in London, resulted in more gold medals being awarded. The total medal count, 47, is also the fourth highest Great Britain has ever achieved, with only the 1908, 2012 and 2016 Games resulting in more medals. Following retests of doping samples in 2016 in connection with the Russian doping scandal, 4 further medals, all bronze, are expected to be awarded in athletics, retrospectively bringing the total gained to 51. As of 26 July 2018, the award of the bronze medals to the Men's and Women's 4 x 400 metres relay teams and the upgrade of Goldie Sayers to bronze in the Women's Javelin, confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), brought the official medal total to 50, after which the confirmation of Kelly Sotherton receiving her reallocated bronze medal in the Women's Heptathlon took the total number of medals won to 51. Great Britain finished 4th overall in the medal tables, a target previously set by UK Sport, the public body responsible for distributing funding to elite sport, for the 2012 Games. UK Sport considered whether to target 3rd place in the 2012 Games, which was hosted by the United Kingdom in London.