Great Britain (United Kingdom)
Number of Athletes: 313
Sports: Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Archery, Athletics, Badminton,
Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling - BMX, Mountain Bike, Road, Track, Equestrian, Fencing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting
Medal Prospects: Paula Radcliffe (still yet to decide if she will compete), Tom Daley (diving), Victoria Pendleton (cycling), Kelly Sotherton (heptathlon), Coxless Four Rowers
Athens Medals: Gold 9, Silver 9, Bronze 12, Total 30
Roberto Cammarelle from Italy wins gold in boxing super heavyweight
Roberto Cammarelle from Italy has defeated China’s Zhilei Zhang to win the gold medal in boxing’s super heavy weight division.
David Price from Great Britain and Vyacheslav Glazkov of Ukraine won bronze medals.
China wins second gold medal in boxing
China’s Zhang Xiaoping has won the country’s second-ever gold medal in boxing in the light-heavyweight division, defeating Kenny Egan of Ireland 11-7.
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev from Kazakhstan and Tony Jeffries from Great Britain won bronze medals.
Maria del Rosario Espinoza from Mexico has won the gold medal in the women’s 67kg plus division of taekwondo.
Nina Solheim from Norway won the silver medal. Sarah Stevenson from Great Britain and Natalia Falavigna from Brazil won bronze medals.
Ken Wallace from Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s K1 500 meters.
Adam van Koeverden from Canada won the silver medal and Tim Brabants from Great Britain won the bronze.
Lena Schoneborn of Germany has won the gold medal in women’s modern pentathlon.
Heather Fell from Great Britain won the silver medal and Victoria Tereshuk of Ukraine won the bronze.
Tim Brabants from Great Britain has won the gold in men’s K1 1000 meters.
Eirik Veraas from Norway has won the silver medal and Ken Wallace from Australia won the bronze.
Nelson Evora wins gold in men’s triple jump
Nelson Evora from Portugal has won the gold medal in the men’s triple jump at the Beijing Olympics.
Phillips Idowu from Great Britain won the silver medal and Leevan Sands won the Bahamas’ first medal.
- Great Britain pair win gold in the star - sailing event
- Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands wins gold in men’s swimming marathon
- Melanie Walker from Jamaica wins gold in women’s 400m hurdles
- BBC apologizes to viewers for athlete swearing
- Gold to China in women’s windsurfing
- Russia’s Larisa Ilchenko wins 10km marathon swim
- Victoria Pendleton on Great Britain’s success in the cycling
- Christine Ohuruogu wins women’s 400 meters
