British Olympic Medals in Athletics |
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Event |
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Medalists |
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| Gold medals | |||||
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Athletics 1900 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Alfred Tysoe | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Charles Bennett | ||
| 4000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | John Rimmer | ||
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Athletics 1904 | ||||
| Decathlon M |
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GBR | Thomas Kiely | ||
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Athletics 1908 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Wyndham Halswelle | ||
| 3 miles team M |
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GBR | Harold Wilson | ||
| Joseph Deakin | |||||
| William Coales | |||||
| Norman Hallows | |||||
| Arthur Robertson | |||||
| 5 miles M |
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GBR | Emil Voigt | ||
| 3200 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Arthur Russell | ||
| 3 km walk M |
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GBR | George Larner | ||
| 10 miles walk M |
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GBR | George Larner | ||
| Triple jump M |
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GBR | Timothy Ahearne | ||
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Athletics 1912 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Arnold Jackson | ||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | Victor D'Arcy | ||
| William Applegarth | |||||
| David Jacobs | |||||
| Henry Macintosh | |||||
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Athletics 1920 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Albert Hill | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Albert Hill | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Percy Hodge | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Robert Lindsay | ||
| John Ainsworth-Davis | |||||
| Cecil Griffiths | |||||
| Guy Butler | |||||
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Athletics 1924 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Harold Abrahams | ||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Eric Liddell | ||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Douglas Lowe | ||
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Athletics 1928 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Douglas Lowe | ||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Lord David Burghley | ||
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Athletics 1932 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Thomas Hampson | ||
| 50 km walk M |
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GBR | Thomas Green | ||
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Athletics 1936 | ||||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Arthur Brown | ||
| William Roberts | |||||
| Frederick Wolff | |||||
| Godfrey Rampling | |||||
| 50 km walk M |
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GBR | Harold Whitlock | ||
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Athletics 1956 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Chris Brasher | ||
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Athletics 1960 | ||||
| 50 km walk M |
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GBR | Donald Thompson | ||
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Athletics 1964 | ||||
| 20 km walk M |
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GBR | Kenneth Matthews | ||
| Long jump M |
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GBR | Lynn Davies | ||
| 800 m W |
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GBR | Ann Packer | ||
| Long jump W |
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GBR | Mary Rand | ||
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Athletics 1968 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | David Hemery | ||
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Athletics 1972 | ||||
| Pentathlon W |
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GBR | Mary Peters | ||
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Athletics 1980 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Allan Wells | ||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Stephen Ovett | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Sebastian Coe | ||
| Decathlon M |
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GBR | Daley Thompson | ||
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Athletics 1984 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Sebastian Coe | ||
| Decathlon M |
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GBR | Daley Thompson | ||
| Javelin throw W |
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GBR | Tessa Sanderson | ||
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Athletics 1992 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Linford Christie | ||
| 400 m hurdles W |
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GBR | Sally Gunnell | ||
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Athletics 2000 | ||||
| Triple jump M |
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GBR | Jonathan Edwards | ||
| Heptathlon W |
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GBR | Denise Lewis | ||
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Athletics 2004 | ||||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | Darren Campbell | ||
| Mark Lewis-Francis | |||||
| Marlon Devonish | |||||
| Jason Gardener | |||||
| 800 m W |
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GBR | Kelly Holmes | ||
| 1500 m W |
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GBR | Kelly Holmes | ||
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Athletics 2008 | ||||
| 400 m W |
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GBR | Christine Ohuruogu | ||
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Athletics 2012 | ||||
| 5000 m M |
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GBR | Mohamed Farah | ||
| 10000 m M |
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GBR | Mohamed Farah | ||
| Long jump M |
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GBR | Greg Rutherford | ||
| Heptathlon W |
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GBR | Jessica Ennis | ||
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Athletics 2016 | ||||
| 5000 m M |
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GBR | Mohamed Farah | ||
| 10000 m M |
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GBR | Mohamed Farah | ||
| Silver medals | |||||
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Athletics 1896 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Grantley Goulding | ||
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Athletics 1900 | ||||
| 2500 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Sidney Robinson | ||
| 4000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Charles Bennett | ||
| High jump M |
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GBR | Patrick Leahy | ||
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Athletics 1904 | ||||
| 2500 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | John Daly | ||
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Athletics 1908 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Harold Wilson | ||
| 5 miles M |
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GBR | Edward Owen | ||
| 3200 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Archie Robertson | ||
| 3 km walk M |
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GBR | Ernest Webb | ||
| 10 miles walk M |
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GBR | Ernest Webb | ||
| High jump M |
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GBR | Cornelius Leahy | ||
| Shot put M |
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GBR | Dennis Horgan | ||
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Athletics 1912 | ||||
| 10 km walk M |
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GBR | Ernest Webb | ||
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Athletics 1920 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Guy Butler | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Philip Noel-Baker | ||
| 3000 m team M |
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GBR | William Seagrove | ||
| Albert Hill | |||||
| Percy Hodge | |||||
| Duncan McPhee | |||||
| Charles Blewitt | |||||
| James Hatton | |||||
| Cross country team M |
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GBR | James Wilson | ||
| Christopher Vose | |||||
| Laurence Cummins | |||||
| Alfred Nichols | |||||
| Frank Hegarty | |||||
| Walter Freeman | |||||
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Athletics 1924 | ||||
| 3000 m team M |
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GBR | William Seagrove | ||
| George Webber | |||||
| Walter Porter | |||||
| Herbert Johnston | |||||
| Arthur Clark | |||||
| Bertram McDonald | |||||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | Lancelot Royle | ||
| Walter Rangeley | |||||
| Harold Abrahams | |||||
| William Nichol | |||||
| 10 km walk M |
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GBR | Gordon Goodwin | ||
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Athletics 1928 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Jack London | ||
| 200 m M |
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GBR | Walter Rangeley | ||
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Athletics 1932 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | John Cornes | ||
| Marathon M |
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GBR | Samuel Ferris | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Thomas Evenson | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Thomas Hampson | ||
| Lord David Burghley | |||||
| Godfrey Rampling | |||||
| Crew Stoneley | |||||
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Athletics 1936 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Arthur Brown | ||
| Marathon M |
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GBR | Ernest Harper | ||
| 110 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Donald Finlay | ||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | Violet Olney | ||
| Audrey Brown | |||||
| Barbara Burke | |||||
| Eileen Hiscock | |||||
| High jump W |
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GBR | Dorothy Odam | ||
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Athletics 1948 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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GBR | Thomas Richards | ||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | John Archer | ||
| John Gregory | |||||
| Alistair McCorquodale | |||||
| Kenneth Jones | |||||
| 100 m W |
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GBR | Dorothy Manley | ||
| 200 m W |
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GBR | Audrey Williamson | ||
| 80 m hurdles W |
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GBR | Maureen Gardner | ||
| High jump W |
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GBR | Dorothy Tyler | ||
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Athletics 1952 | ||||
| High jump W |
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GBR | Sheila Lervill | ||
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Athletics 1956 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Derek Johnson | ||
| 5000 m M |
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GBR | Gordon Pirie | ||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | June Paul | ||
| Jean Scrivens | |||||
| Heather Armitage | |||||
| Anne Pashley | |||||
| High jump W |
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GBR | Thelma Hopkins | ||
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Athletics 1960 | ||||
| 100 m W |
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GBR | Dorothy Hyman | ||
| 80 m hurdles W |
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GBR | Carole Quinton | ||
| High jump W |
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GBR | Dorothy Shirley | ||
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Athletics 1964 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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GBR | Basil Heatley | ||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | John Cooper | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Maurice Herriott | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Timothy Graham | ||
| John Cooper | |||||
| Adrian Metcalfe | |||||
| Robbie Brightwell | |||||
| 50 km walk M |
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GBR | Paul Nihill | ||
| 400 m W |
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GBR | Ann Packer | ||
| Pentathlon W |
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GBR | Mary Rand | ||
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Athletics 1968 | ||||
| 400 m W |
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GBR | Lillian Board | ||
| Long jump W |
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GBR | Sheila Sherwood | ||
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Athletics 1972 | ||||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Alan Pascoe | ||
| Martin Reynolds | |||||
| David Hemery | |||||
| David Jenkins | |||||
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Athletics 1980 | ||||
| 200 m M |
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GBR | Allan Wells | ||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Sebastian Coe | ||
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Athletics 1984 | ||||
| 800 m M |
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GBR | Sebastian Coe | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Stephen Cram | ||
| 10000 m M |
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GBR | Michael McLeod | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Philip Brown | ||
| Kriss Akabusi | |||||
| Todd Bennett | |||||
| Garry Cook | |||||
| Javelin throw M |
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GBR | David Ottley | ||
| 3000 m W |
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GBR | Wendy Sly | ||
| 100 m hurdles W |
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GBR | Shirley Strong | ||
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Athletics 1988 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Linford Christie | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Peter Elliott | ||
| 110 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Colin Jackson | ||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | Michael McFarlane | ||
| Clarence Callender | |||||
| John Regis | |||||
| Elliott Bunney | |||||
| Linford Christie | |||||
| 10000 m W |
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GBR | Elizabeth McColgan | ||
| Javelin throw W |
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GBR | Fatima Whitbread | ||
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Athletics 1996 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Roger Black | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Du'aine Ladejo | ||
| Mark Richardson | |||||
| Roger Black | |||||
| Mark Hylton | |||||
| Iwan Thomas | |||||
| James Baulch | |||||
| Triple jump M |
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GBR | Jonathan Edwards | ||
| Javelin throw M |
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GBR | Stephen Backley | ||
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Athletics 2000 | ||||
| 200 m M |
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GBR | Darren Campbell | ||
| Javelin throw M |
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GBR | Stephen Backley | ||
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Athletics 2008 | ||||
| High jump M |
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GBR | Germaine Mason | ||
| Triple jump M |
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GBR | Phillips Idowu | ||
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Athletics 2012 | ||||
| High jump M |
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GBR | Robert Grabarz | ||
| 400 m W |
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GBR | Christine Ohuruogu | ||
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Athletics 2016 | ||||
| Heptathlon W |
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GBR | Jessica Ennis-Hill | ||
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Athletics 2020 | ||||
| 800 m W |
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GBR | Keely Hodgkinson | ||
| 1500 m W |
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GBR | Laura Muir | ||
| Bronze medals | |||||
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Athletics 1896 | ||||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Charles Gmelin | ||
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Athletics 1900 | ||||
| 4000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Sidney Robinson | ||
| Long jump M |
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GBR | Patrick Leahy | ||
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Athletics 1908 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Norman Hallows | ||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Leonard Tremeer | ||
| 10 miles walk M |
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GBR | Edward Spencer | ||
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Athletics 1912 | ||||
| 200 m M |
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GBR | William Applegarth | ||
| 3000 m team M |
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GBR | William Cottrill | ||
| Edward Owen | |||||
| William Moore | |||||
| George Hutson | |||||
| Cyril Porter | |||||
| 5000 m M |
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GBR | George Hutson | ||
| Cross country team M |
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GBR | Frederick Hibbins | ||
| Thomas Humphreys | |||||
| William Cottrill | |||||
| Ernest Glover | |||||
| William Scott | |||||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | George Nicol | ||
| Ernest Henley | |||||
| Cyril Seedhouse | |||||
| James Soutter | |||||
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Athletics 1920 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Harry Edwards | ||
| 200 m M |
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GBR | Harry Edwards | ||
| 10000 m M |
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GBR | James Wilson | ||
| 10 km walk M |
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GBR | Charles Gunn | ||
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Athletics 1924 | ||||
| 200 m M |
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GBR | Eric Liddell | ||
| 400 m M |
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GBR | Guy Butler | ||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Henry Stallard | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Edward Toms | ||
| George Renwick | |||||
| Guy Butler | |||||
| Richard Ripley | |||||
| Hammer throw M |
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GBR | Malcolm Nokes | ||
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Athletics 1928 | ||||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | Edward Smouha | ||
| Jack London | |||||
| Walter Rangeley | |||||
| Cyril Gill | |||||
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Athletics 1932 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Donald Finlay | ||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | Eileen Hiscock | ||
| Violet Webb | |||||
| Gwen Porter | |||||
| Nellie Halstead | |||||
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Athletics 1948 | ||||
| 50 km walk M |
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GBR | Terence Lloyd-Johnson | ||
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Athletics 1952 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Emmanuel McDonald Bailey | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | John Disley | ||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | Heather Armitage | ||
| Jean Desforges | |||||
| Sylvia Cheeseman | |||||
| June Foulds | |||||
| Long jump W |
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GBR | Shirley Cawley | ||
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Athletics 1956 | ||||
| 5000 m M |
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GBR | Derek Ibbotson | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | Michael Wheeler | ||
| Derek Johnson | |||||
| Peter Higgins | |||||
| John Salisbury | |||||
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Athletics 1960 | ||||
| 100 m M |
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GBR | Peter Radford | ||
| 4x100 m M |
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GBR | Peter Radford | ||
| David Jones | |||||
| Neville Whitehead | |||||
| David Segal | |||||
| 20 km walk M |
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GBR | Stanley Vickers | ||
| 200 m W |
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GBR | Dorothy Hyman | ||
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Athletics 1964 | ||||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | Dorothy Hyman | ||
| Daphne Arden | |||||
| Mary Rand | |||||
| Janet Simpson | |||||
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Athletics 1968 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | John Sherwood | ||
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Athletics 1972 | ||||
| 5000 m M |
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GBR | Ian Stewart | ||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | David Hemery | ||
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Athletics 1976 | ||||
| 10000 m M |
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GBR | Brendan Foster | ||
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Athletics 1980 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
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GBR | Stephen Ovett | ||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Gary Oakes | ||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | Beverley Goddard | ||
| Kathryn Smallwood | |||||
| Heather Hunte | |||||
| Sonia Lannaman | |||||
| 4x400 m W |
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GBR | Michelle Probert | ||
| Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | |||||
| Janine MacGregor | |||||
| Linsey McDonald | |||||
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Athletics 1984 | ||||
| Marathon M |
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GBR | Charles Spedding | ||
| Triple jump M |
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GBR | Keith Connor | ||
| 400 m W |
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GBR | Kathy Cook | ||
| 4x100 m W |
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GBR | Heather Oakes | ||
| Kathy Cook | |||||
| Simmone Jacobs | |||||
| Beverley Callender | |||||
| Long jump W |
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GBR | Susan Hearnshaw | ||
| Javelin throw W |
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GBR | Fatima Whitbread | ||
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Athletics 1988 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M |
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GBR | Mark Rowland | ||
| 3000 m W |
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GBR | Yvonne Murray | ||
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Athletics 1992 | ||||
| 400 m hurdles M |
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GBR | Kriss Akabusi | ||
| 4x400 m M |
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GBR | John Regis | ||
| Kriss Akabusi | |||||
| David Grindley | |||||
| Roger Black | |||||
| Mark Richardson | |||||
| Du'aine Ladejo | |||||
| Javelin throw M |
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GBR | Stephen Backley | ||
| 4x400 m W |
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GBR | Sally Gunnell | ||
| Sandra Douglas | |||||
| Phylis Smith | |||||
| Jennifer Stoute | |||||
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Athletics 1996 | ||||
| High jump M |
|
GBR | Stephen Smith | ||
| Heptathlon W |
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GBR | Denise Lewis | ||
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Athletics 2000 | ||||
| 400 m W |
|
GBR | Katharine Merry | ||
| 800 m W |
|
GBR | Kelly Holmes | ||
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Athletics 2004 | ||||
| Heptathlon W |
|
GBR | Kelly Sotherton | ||
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Athletics 2008 | ||||
| 4x400 m M |
|
GBR | Andrew Steele | ||
| Robert Tobin | |||||
| Michael Bingham | |||||
| Martyn Rooney | |||||
| 400 m hurdles W |
|
GBR | Natasha Danvers | ||
| 4x400 m W |
|
GBR | Nicola Sanders | ||
| Marilyn Okoro | |||||
| Christine Ohuruogu | |||||
| Kelly Sotherton | |||||
| Javelin throw W |
|
GBR | Goldie Sayers | ||
| Heptathlon W |
|
GBR | Kelly Sotherton | ||
|
Athletics 2016 | ||||
| Long jump M |
|
GBR | Greg Rutherford | ||
| 4x100 m W |
|
GBR | Desiree Henry | ||
| Asha Philip | |||||
| Dina Asher-Smith | |||||
| Daryll Neita | |||||
| 4x400 m W |
|
GBR | Emily Diamond | ||
| Christine Ohuruogu | |||||
| Anyika Onuora | |||||
| Eilidh Doyle | |||||
| Hammer throw W |
|
GBR | Sophie Hitchon | ||
|
Athletics 2020 | ||||
| 1500 m M |
|
GBR | Josh Kerr | ||
| 4x100 m W |
|
GBR | Asha Philip | ||
| Dina Asher-Smith | |||||
| Daryll Neita | |||||
| Imani Lansiquot | |||||
| Pole vault W |
|
GBR | Holly Bradshaw | ||
| This list about Great Britain in Athletics at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
