Team Great Britain 2008 Olympic Results

On the face of it, China's hosting of the 2008 Olympics was a success. From Team GB's perspective, there are few if any complaints. The Great British team finished in fourth place on the medals table. They haven't finished this high in over 50 years! This is a particularly promising outcome in light of the 2012 Olympics being hosted in London.

China: 51 Gold, 21 Silver, 28 Bronze - 100 Total
USA: 36 Gold, 38 Silver, 36 Bronze - 110 Total
Russia: 23 Gold, 21 Silver, 28 Bronze - 72 Total
Great Britain: 19 Gold, 13 Silver, 15 Bronze - 47 Total
Germany: 16 Gold,10 Silver, 15 Bronze - 41 Total

Team Great Britain had originally target 12 Gold medals at Beijing. However no one foresaw the extraordinary success of the cycling team under British Cycling Performance Director, Dave Brailsford. The cycling team alone accounted for 8 of the Team GB's 19 Gold medals, with Chris Hoy taking three gold, a first for a Briton since 1908.

The full list of medal winners is;

Gold Medals
Christine Ohuruogu: Athletics, Woman's 400m
James DeGal: Boxing Men's Middle Weight
Tim Brabant: Canoeing Flatwater K1 1000m
Victoria Pendleton: Cycling Woman's Sprint
Rebecca Romero: Cycling Woman's 3000m Individual Pursuit
Bradley Wiggins: Track Cycling 4000m Individual Pursuit
Chris Hoy: Track Cycling Men's Keirin
Chris Hoy: Track Cycling Men's Sprint
Chris Hoy,Jason Kenny &Jamie Staff: Track Cycling Men's Team Sprint
Edward Clancy, Bradley Wiggins, Paul Mannings & Geraint Thomas: Track Cycling Men's 4000m Team Pursuit (3.57.101, WR)
Nicole Cooke: Road Cycling Woman's Road Race
Rebecca Adlington: Swimming Woman's 400m Freestyle
Rebecca Adlington: Swimming Woman's 800m Freestyle (8.14.10, WR)
Tom James, Peter Reed, Andy Triggs-Hodge & Steve Williams; Rowing Men's Fours
Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase: Rowing Double Scull (Lightweight)
Ben Ainslie: Sailing Heavy Weight Dingy-Finn
Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson: Sailing Men's Keelboat - Star
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb & Pippa Wilson: Sailing Keelboat (Yngling)
Paul Goodison Sailing Men's One Person Dingy - LaserGermaine Mason: Athletics High Jump (2.34m, PB)

Silver Medals
Germaine Mason: Athletics High Jump (2.34m, PB)
Jason Kenny: Cycling Men's Sprint
Idowu Phillips: Athletics Men's Triple Jump
David Florence; Canoeing Slalom Men's C1 Single
Wendy Houvenaghel; Track Cycling Woman's 3000m Individual Pursuit
Emma Pooley: Road Cycling Woman's Individual Time Trial
Heather Fell: Modern Pentathlon Women's
Deborah Flood, Katherine Granger, Frances Houghton & Annie Vernon: Rowing Women's Quadruple Sculls
Richard Eginton, Alastair Heathcote, Matthew Langridge, Tom Lucy, Acer Nethercotte, Alex Partridge, Colin Smith,
Tom Stallard & Josh West: Rowing Men's Eight
Jonathan Glanfield & Nick Rogers: Sailing Men's Two Person Dingy 470
David Davies: Aquatics Swimming Men's 10Km Marathon Swim
Keri-Anne Payne: Aquatics Swimming Woman's 10Km Marathon Swim
Ross Edgar: Track Cycling Men's Keirin

Bronze Medals
Tim Brabants: Canoeing Flatwater Men's K1 500m
Natasha Danvers: Athletics Woman's 400m Hurdles (53.84, PB)
Tony Jeffries: Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight
David Price: Boxing Men's Super Heavyweight
Steven Burke: Track Cycling Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
Chris Newton: Track Cycling Men's Points Race
Joanne Jackson: Aquatics Swimming Women's 400m Freestyle
Tina Cook: Equestrian Individual Eventing
Sharon Hunt, Tina Cook, Daisy Dick, Mary King & William Fox-Pitt: Equestrian Team Eventing
Louis Smith: Artistic Gymnastics Pommel Horse
Anna Bebington & Elise Laverick: Rowing Double Scull
Stephen Rowbotham & Matthew Wells: Rowing Double Scull
Sarah Stevenson: Taekwondo Woman's Over 67Kg
Cassie Patten: Aquatic Swimming Woman's 10Km Marathon Swim
Bryony Shaw: Sailing Woman's Windsurfer RS:X