Great Britain (GBR)

Great Britain is the only nation that has never failed to be represented at the Olympic Games, including all the usual exceptions. It competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, the 1908 figure skating events in London, the 1920 figure skating events in Antwerp, and at the 1956 Equestrian Olympics in Stockholm. Through 1920, Great Britain competed as a combined team with Ireland, which was still not an independent nation, and its 1904 participation is in fact due only to three Irish athletes. The British Olympic Association was formed and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1905.

Through 2018, Great Britain has won 898 Olympic medals, 281 of them gold, all but 32 of them (11 gold) at the Summer Olympics. Henry Taylor, a swimmer from 1906-1920, and cyclist Bradley Wiggins lead the British Olympic medal list with eight, followed by two athletes with seven: Chris Hoy (CYC) and Jason Kenny, both cyclists, and two athletes with six: Steven Redgrave (ROW) and John Jarvis (SWI/WAP). Hoy and Kenny lead British Olympians with each winning six gold medals and one silver.

Great Britain has hosted the Olympic Games three times, the Games of the IVth Olympiad in London in 1908, the Games of the XIVth Olympiad in London in 1948, and the Games of the XXXth Olympiad in London in 2012.