Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics, and has competed at every Games. Athletes representing Great Britain have won 715 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 22 at the Winter Olympic Games. Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Games. The most successful British Olympian by gold medals won is Steve Redgrave, who won five consecutive gold medals; in the Coxed four in 1984 then Coxless pair 1988 to 1996 and finally Coxless four in 2000. Redgrave and cyclist Bradley Wiggins are the most bemedalled British Olympians with six medals each.
Yes ... Colin Jackson of Great Britain won a silver medal in men's 110 meter hurdles at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
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No, Great Britain has participated in every Summer Olympics and every Winter Olympics.
Great Britain and Switzerland have been at ever single Olympic games.
No, not through the 2008 Games in Beijing.
England isn't hosting the Olympic Games now - Britain is and the host nation team is called Team GB. The games were previously held in Britain in 1908 and 1948.
56 in 1908.
Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics, and has competed at every Games. Athletes representing Great Britain have won 715 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 22 at the Winter Olympic Games. Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Games. The most successful British Olympian by gold medals won is Steve Redgrave, who won five consecutive gold medals; in the Coxed four in 1984 then Coxless pair 1988 to 1996 and finally Coxless four in 2000. Redgrave and cyclist Bradley Wiggins are the most bemedalled British Olympians with six medals each.
Sprinter Darren Campbell of Great Britain has won two Olympic medals, a silver in men's 200 meter dash at the 2000 Games in Sydney and a gold in men's 4x100 meter relay at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Great Britain has competed in Olympic ice hockey four times (1924, 1928, 1936, 1948). They won gold in 1936 and bronze in 1924.
Yes ... Colin Jackson of Great Britain won a silver medal in men's 110 meter hurdles at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
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Alpine skier Graham Bell of Great Britain did not win an Olympic medal. Graham competed in 5 Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998) with his best finish being 23rd in downhill in the 1988 Games in Calgary and 1998 Games in Nagano.
A chef won the first ever Olympic games.
Barbados has never hosted the Olympic games.