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Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It ...
, or in full Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the
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(BOA), competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...
in
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,
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, from 5 to 21 August 2016 and the team of selected athletes was officially known as
Team GB Team GB is the brand name used since 1999 by the British Olympic Association (BOA) for their British Olympic team. The brand was developed after the nation's poor performance in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and is now a trademark of the BOA. I ...
. British athletes have appeared in every
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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
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, the three Crown Dependencies, and the thirteen
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, 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 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...
tally of 65 medals, therefore becoming the first nation to surpass its medal total at the Olympics immediately following one that it hosted. Great Britain also became one of only two nations (the other being
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games. 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. In
cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from ...
, male cyclist
Jason Kenny Sir Jason Francis Kenny, (born 23 March 1988) is an English former track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. Kenny is the holder of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) for a British athlete. His wife, Laura Ke ...
won three gold medals, placing him alongside
Sir Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy MBE (born 23 March 1976) is a former track cyclist and Racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Hoy is eleven-times a w ...
as the joint-most successful British Olympian.
Sir Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to r ...
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 Charlotte Susan Jane Dujardin (born 13 July 1985) is a British dressage rider, equestrian and writer. A multiple World and Olympic champion, Dujardin has been described as the dominant dressage rider of her era. She held the complete set of ava ...
's gold medal had briefly placed her in first.
Katherine Grainger Dame Katherine Jane Grainger (born 12 November 1975) is a British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. She served as Chancell ...
'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 Nicola Virginia Adams (born 26 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2017 to 2019. She retired with an undefeated record and held the WBO female flyweight title in 2019. As an amateur, she became the first fe ...
became the first British female Olympians ever to successfully defend individual Olympic titles. Gymnast
Max Whitlock Max Antony Whitlock (born 13 January 1993) is a British artistic gymnast. With fourteen medals and six titles in Olympic and world championships, Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in his nation's history, and the most successful pommel h ...
won Britain's first ever gold medals in
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, in men's floor and pommel horse, and four golds were claimed in
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Alistair Brownlee Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE (born 23 April 1988) is a British triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion ...
became the first triathlete to successfully defend an Olympic title. In
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, in both the men's 5,000 and 10,000 metres,
Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...
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
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Adam Peaty Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, ...
won gold in the 100 metres breaststroke, the first British male swimmer to win gold since 1988.
Jack Laugher Jack David Laugher ( ; born 30 January 1995) is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears, Daniel Goodfell ...
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 Nicholas Charles Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is a British windsurfer, who lives in Poole, Dorset. He became the first man to win three Olympics medals in windsurfing when he won silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, adding to a silver ...
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 Justin Peter Rose, (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour, while keeping his membership on the European Tour. He won his first major championship at the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Golf C ...
claimed the gold medal. In the
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won the country's first gold medal in a team sport at a Summer Olympics for 28 years.


Medallists

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Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...
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Multiple medallists

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


Administration

On 29 April 2014, the
British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both ...
announced the appointment of
Mark England Jonathan Mark England OBE (born 29 April 1959) is a British sports administrator. He was awarded an OBE in 2017 for services to Sport. Early life England was born in Ystalyfera in South Wales (Neath Port Talbot). He moved to Hong Kong when he was ...
as Chef-de-Mission to the British Olympic team at Rio 2016.


Medal and performance targets

UK Sport UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. It was created ...
targeted 47 medals for Rio, the highest target ever for an away Olympics, following the success of the 2012 Games in London. The GB squad surpassed this target on 17 August


Funding

As with previous games,
UK Sport UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom. It is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. It was created ...
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. Four sports, basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo, and weightlifting, initially had all their funding withdrawn, while swimming and badminton had their funding cut. Following an appeal process weightlifting had its funding restored. The
Sport and Recreation Alliance The Sport and Recreation Alliance, formerly known as the Central Council of Physical Recreation, is the representative body for national sports organisations in the United Kingdom. The Sport and Recreation Alliance is the main body for sport an ...
, an umbrella body that represents national sports organisations in Britain, raised concerns about how the
Scottish independence referendum A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was, "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No". The "No" side wo ...
, 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.


Competitors

Nick Skelton Nicholas David Skelton (born 30 December 1957, Bedworth, Warwickshire) is a British former equestrian who competed in show jumping. He retired at the age of 59 years old, on 5 April 2017. He began riding at age 18 months and in 1975 took two t ...
, the show jumper, participated at his seventh Olympic Games, a record for a British competitor. 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:
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and
Jonathan Brownlee Jonathan Callum Brownlee (born 30 April 1990) is a British professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion (once World Triathlon Series, twice World Sprint Triathlon, three-time World Triathlon Mixed Relay), and one-t ...
(Triathlon),
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and Richard Chambers (Rowing),
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and
Rebecca Downie Rebecca "Becky" Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion on the uneven ...
(Gymnastics), Callum and Derek Hawkins (Athletics),
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and
Jamie Murray Jamie Robert Murray, (born 13 February 1986) is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup win ...
(Tennis), Cindy Ofili and
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(Athletics), and
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and
Michael Whitaker Michael Whitaker (born 17 March 1960) is a British Olympic equestrian rider, who competes in the sport of show jumping. He was ranked 5th by the British Showjumping Association in March 2014. Career Younger brother of John Whitaker, Micha ...
(Equestrian). There were also two married couples:
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and
Gabby Adcock Gabrielle Marie Adcock (née White; born 30 September 1990) is an English retired badminton player. Career Gabby started playing badminton aged 10 in the badminton club at her school and became a full-time player straight from school at 16. S ...
(Badminton) and
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and
Kate Richardson-Walsh Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh, (''née'' Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal winning English field hockey player. She was capped a record 375 times for her country and was the England and Great Britain Captain for 13 yea ...
(Hockey).
Mark Gleghorne Mark Gleghorne (born 19 May 1985) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a membe ...
(Hockey) competed for Great Britain while his brother
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competed for Ireland in the same sport. , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", The following is a list of the number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:


Archery

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
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. 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
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meet in
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, Turkey.


Athletics

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
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, 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): 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
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between 24 and 26 June 2016. 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. 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 Dominic King (born 30 May 1983) is a British racewalker. He was selected for the British team in the men's 50 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, having previously competed for England in the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. Career King ...
to the walk. 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,
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won in the qualification time, while
Beth Potter Beth Potter (born 27 December 1991) is a Scottish long-distance runner and triathlete competing internationally for Great Britain, and for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympic ...
, who already had the time, came second and also earned a place in Rio.
Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...
, reigning World and Olympic champion at 5000 and 10000 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. On 29 May 2016,
Katarina Johnson-Thompson Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English athlete primarily known as an elite multi-eventer, both as a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. She has been World Champion in both disciplines, and a double Commonwealth ...
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. 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 Gregory James Rutherford MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth ...
, two-time medalist
Christine Ohuruogu Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu , MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres, the event for which she is a former Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and ...
, high jump bronze medalist
Robbie Grabarz Robert Karl Grabarz (born 3 October 1987) is a retired British high jumper. Active during the 2010s, with his greatest success coming in two periods between 2012 and 2017. He was the 2012 European champion, the 2012 Diamond League high jump cha ...
, Sudanese-born sprinter
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, and long-distance stalwart Jo Pavey, who is set to compete at her fifth Games in the 10,000 metres. ;Track & road events ;Men * : 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.
** :
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was reinstated for the semi-finals following an appeal after obstruction in the heat.
*** : Chijindu Ujah raced in heat but not in final. ;Women * : Kelly Massey raced in heat but not in final. ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events –
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Badminton

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.


Boxing

Great Britain entered twelve boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament.
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,
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,
Qais Ashfaq Qais Ashfaq (born 10 March 1993) is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, Ashfaq competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Amateur career He won the 2012 and 2014 Amateur Boxi ...
,
Joseph Cordina Joe Cordina (born 1 December 1991) is a Welsh professional boxer who held the IBF super-featherweight title in 2022. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth lightweight titles between 2018 and 2019. As an amateur, he won a bron ...
, Antony Fowler,
Joshua Buatsi Joshua Buatsi (born 14 March 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the British light-heavyweight title in 2019, and the WBA International light-heavyweight title between 2018 and 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the light ...
,
Lawrence Okolie Lawrence Okolie (born 16 December 1992) is a British Nigerian professional boxer who has held the WBO cruiserweight title since 2021. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth cruiserweight title from 2018 to 2019, and the British and Europe ...
, and Joseph Joyce claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in
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,
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. London 2012 flyweight champion
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and fellow Olympian
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were the only British women to book Olympic spots, as a result of their quarterfinal victories at the
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in
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, Kazakhstan. Pat McCormack and Josh Kelly secured further Olympic places for Team GB at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in
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, Azerbaijan. ;Men ;Women


Canoeing


Slalom

British canoeists qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the
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and the Olympic selection trials, both held in
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. On 4 November 2015, Team GB announced the names of the four slalom canoeists selected for the Games.


Sprint

British canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following events through the
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and the Olympic selection trials, held in
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(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
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in the equivalent women's event under the same rule. On 18 July 2016, as a consequence of the disqualification of the Romanian and Belarusian squads from the Games,
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and Angela Hannah, as highest ranked non-qualifier in the 2015 World Championships, were upgraded to a quota place in the K2-500 event. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)


Cycling


Road

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
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(for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women). The BOA announced the eight-athlete squad of road racers (five men and three women) for Team GB on 24 June 2016. 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. ;Men ;Women


Track

Following the completion of the
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, 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
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returning to the track scene at his fifth straight Olympics. ;Sprint ;Team sprint Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium


Mountain biking

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.


BMX

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
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and rookie
Kyle Evans Kyle Evans (born 26 September 1993) is a British BMX rider from Hindley, Greater Manchester, who represents Great Britain in international competitions. He competed in the men's time trial event at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships. Evan ...
to the BMX cycling team for the Games on 24 June 2016.


Diving

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. 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
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, to book their places for the Games. 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
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in both men's individual and synchronized platform. ;Men ;Women


Equestrian

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
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. The Great Britain eventing team also qualified by winning a silver medal at the same event. 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.


Dressage


Eventing

"#" 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

"#" 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

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. A trio of men's foil fencers, James Davis,
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and
Richard Kruse Richard Kruse (born 30 July 1983) is a former British right-handed foil fencer and four-time Olympian. In 2015, he was part of the Great Britain team that shocked Olympic champions Italy to win the first European Games gold in team foil, the f ...
, along with their reserve
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, were named to Team GB on 5 May 2016. 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
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of Russia.


Field hockey

;Summary


Men's tournament

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 The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2015. A total of 20 teams competing in 2 events took part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final, ...
. Only three nations qualified through this route, but India had already secured qualification as continental champions after the team's success at the
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, so that the remaining teams automatically received the three quotas. ;Squad ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----


Women's tournament

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 The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June and July 2015. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, played between 21–29 November 2015 in Rosario, ...
. 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 ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match


Golf

Great Britain entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament.
Justin Rose Justin Peter Rose, (born 30 July 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour, while keeping his membership on the European Tour. He won his first major championship at the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Golf C ...
(world no. 11), Danny Willett (world no. 9),
Charley Hull Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in the ...
(world no. 27) and
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(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.


Gymnastics


Artistic

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
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in
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. BOA announced the men's and women's artistic gymnastic squads, highlighted by London 2012 medalists Louis Smith and
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, for the Games on July 12, 2016. ;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women ;Team ;Individual finals


Trampoline

Great Britain qualified two gymnasts in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in
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. Meanwhile, an Olympic berth was secured in the men's event by Nathan Bailey, who finished in the top six at the
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in
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.


Judo

Great Britain qualified a total of seven judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six of them (McKenzie, Oates, Smythe-Davis, Schlesinger, Conway, and Powell) were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Benjamin Fletcher earned a continental quota spot from the European region as Great Britain's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. Team GB officially announced the judo team on 16 June 2016. ;Men ;Women


Modern pentathlon

British athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. If more than two competitors qualified in either the men's or women's event, selection for the two places available to each gender was to be made by the
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in conjunction with Pentathlon GB.
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became the third British woman to qualify for Rio as a result of her world ranking at the end of May 2016. As the two previously qualified athletes failed to guarantee their selection at the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, the choice of which two women would go to the Games was determined by the selectors before the team was named on 8 June; in the event, London 2012 silver medalist
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and rookie
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were selected. * Promoted following the disqualification of a higher-ranked modern pentathlete for doping.


Rowing

Great Britain qualified twelve out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews (except women's single & quadruple sculls) having confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in
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,
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. They also had to have competed at the British Rowing Olympic Trials in Caversham (March 21 to 23) to assure their selection to the Olympic team for the Games. A total of 43 rowers were officially named to
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's Olympic squad on June 9, 2016, with double silver medalist
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aiming to appear at her fifth Olympics and London 2012 bronze medalist Alan Campbell racing in the single sculls at his fourth. The crew also featured reigning Olympic champions Helen Glover and
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from the women's pair, and two-time gold medalists
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and
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from the men's four. A squad of twelve rowers, not including cox
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was announced for the men's eight; Team GB announced at the same time that the men's pair, and two 'spares' or reserves, would be selected at a later date from those members of the twelve that were not seated in the largest boat. Following the breaking up of the women's double sculls partnership of
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and
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, and their failure thereafter to make the women's eight squad, the double sculls was also not announced, although selector David Tanner confirmed later that evening that the pair of Grainger and Thornley would be selected. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage


Rugby sevens

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and
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. Northern Irish players who normally represent
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would have been eligible however the IRFU insisted that they do not play for Great Britain. For the purposes of qualification for the 2016 Olympics the three British unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 men's and
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Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification during the 2014–15 series. The England men's and
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teams earned the right to represent the British unions in that stage of their respective competitions.


Men's tournament

The England men's team secured a qualifying berth for
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at the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places in the
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. ;Squad ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match


Women's tournament

The England women's team secured a qualifying berth for
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at the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places in the
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. ;Squad ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match


Sailing

Great Britain qualified one boat for each of the following classes at the
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, bringing the maximum quota of 15 sailors, in ten boats. The sailors who secured the quotas for Great Britain were not necessarily the athletes who would be selected to represent their country in these events. On 9 September 2015, Team GB announced the names of the first six sailors to be selected for places at the Rio 2016 regatta. Five more sailors were added to the list of confirmed athletes for Rio on 8 March 2016, with the windsurfer
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appearing at his fifth Olympics. The men's 470 (Patience & Grube) and 49er (Fletcher & Sign) crews completed the Team GB's sailing lineup for the Olympics on 4 May 2016. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed M = Medal race; RDG = Redress given; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race


Shooting

British shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the
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and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016. On 10 November 2015, Team GB announced the names of the six sport shooters to compete at the Games. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)


Swimming

British swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), or potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): All British swimmers had to qualify by finishing in the top two of the Olympic trials having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by
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in the relevant final (that time being the fastest time of the sixteenth fastest swimmer internationally in that event in 2015). Great Britain secured its first spot for Rio 2016 when Jack Burnell finished fifth in the open water marathon at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Meanwhile, in the pool, British swimmers earned places for Rio in all the relay events at the same meet with the exception of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay; therefore, they will rely on the ranking times for one of the final four places available in these events. On 21 April 2016,
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announced the final squad of 26 swimmers for the Olympics. Among them were 2015 World champions
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and James Guy, Commonwealth champion
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, and incoming three-time Olympians Robbie Renwick and
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. ;Men * – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race. Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats. ;Women Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.


Synchronized swimming

Great Britain was able to submit a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet, after picking up one of four spare berths freed by the continental selection for being the next highest ranking nation at the FINA Olympic test event in
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. Katie Clark and Olivia Federici, who were both part of the Great Britain lineup for the team event at the 2012 Games, were confirmed as the British representatives in May 2016.


Table tennis

Great Britain qualified a team of three athletes for the table tennis competition at the Games. London 2012 Olympians
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and
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were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings. On 3 June 2016, Sam Walker was named as the third member of the Great Britain team, with Tom Jarvis also named, as travelling reserve.


Taekwondo

Great Britain fielded a squad of four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics by finishing in the top 6 of the WTF Olympic rankings in their respective classes. Defending Olympic champion Jade Jones, and former World and reigning European champion
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qualified automatically for their respective weight classes. The quota secured in the men's 80 kg category could be allocated to either
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or Damon Sansum, and was at the discretion of British Taekwondo in collaboration with the
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; in the event, the higher ranked Muhammad got the nod on 22 June 2016. The remaining British spot was awarded to Mahama Cho in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in
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.


Tennis

Great Britain entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Reigning Olympic champion
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(world no. 2), along with returning Olympian
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(world no. 56) from London 2012 and rookie
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(world no. 18), qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016. Murray also teamed up with his older brother
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in the men's doubles by virtue of the latter's top-10 ATP ranking. On 1 July 2016, the International Tennis Federation announced that further places would be allocated to
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in the men's singles, and the pair of
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and
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in the men's doubles. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Triathlon

British triathletes qualified for the following events at the 2016 Olympic Games. Gordon Benson secured a quota in the men's triathlon event as a result of winning the gold medal at the
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, while
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and
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added two more quotas to the British team in the women's triathlon event by finishing second and third at the ITU World Qualification Event in
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. Stanford and Holland then assured themselves places on the British team in accordance with the selection criteria set by the
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, by finishing second and third in the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago. Two times world champion
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was confirmed as the third British athlete for the women's event over Commonwealth Games champion
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, following victory for Jenkins in the World Triathlon Series event in Gold Coast,
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, used by Great Britain as a selection event, and brothers
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and
Jonathan Brownlee Jonathan Callum Brownlee (born 30 April 1990) is a British professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion (once World Triathlon Series, twice World Sprint Triathlon, three-time World Triathlon Mixed Relay), and one-t ...
, who both won medals at the previous Games, were chosen for the men's event. European Games gold medalist Gordon Benson was the last triathlete to be selected for the Games on 7 June 2016, selected to fill the quota place he had won for Great Britain at those Games.


Weightlifting

Great Britain qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish (for men) and top six (for women), respectively, at the 2016 European Championships. The team were required to allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016. First-time Olympians Sonny Webster and
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were named to Team GB's weightlifting team for the Games on 29 June 2016.


Sports not contested by Great Britain in Rio


Basketball

Neither the men's nor the women's team qualified. The men's team failed to qualify for the finals of
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from which European qualification was made, while the women finished last in their
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group to leave both the Eurobasket competition and Olympic qualification.


Football

Following the appearance of a British team in both the men's and
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tournaments as the nation hosted the
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in London, the
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initially indicated it was unlikely that a men's team would be entered to take part in the Rio Olympics as the component nations of Great Britain were to compete separately in the men's 2015 European Under-21 Championship which acted as the qualifying competition. However, in February 2015, the FA indicated a change in its policy, championed by
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, the England under-21 coach, who held the view that, as the only global tournament for that age group (there is no FIFA under 21/under 23 World Cup), the Olympic tournament would provide valuable experience for the players. As a consequence, the FA indicated its willingness to the BOA to run a men's team for the Olympic Games.
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qualified for the
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but is not an Olympic member nation, as they are part of Great Britain. Although England were one of the top three European teams, the last Olympic spot went to the fourth-best UEFA team.
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had originally declared on 2 March 2015 its intention to enter and run teams on behalf of the
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at the 2016 Olympics should England qualify. However, following strong objections from the Scottish,
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and
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football associations, as well as a commitment from
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that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations were in agreement, the Football Association announced on 30 March 2015 that they would not seek entry into the Olympic tournament.


Handball

Team GB did not qualify.


Volleyball

Team GB had no qualified teams.


Water polo

Team GB did not qualify.


Wrestling

Great Britain did not qualify any athletes.


See also

*
Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed, under the name Great Britain, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places for which the team qualified were for six athletes in sail ...


References


External links


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