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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.
Gold medals won by Canadian athletes at the Summer Olympic Games:2004 Athens - 32000 Sydney - 31996 Atlanta - 31992 Barcelona - 61988 Seoul - 31984 Los Angeles - 101980 Moscow - 0 (Canada did not participate)1976 Montreal - 01972 Munich - 01968 Mexico City - 11964 Tokyo - 11960 Rome - 01956 Melbourne - 21952 Helsinki - 11948 London - 01944 London - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)1940 Tokyo/Helsinki - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)1936 Berlin - 11932 Los Angeles - 21928 Amsterdam - 41924 Paris - 01920 Antwerp - 31916 Berlin - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War I)1912 Stockholm - 31908 London - 31904 St. Louis - 41900 Paris - 11896 Athens - 0 (Canada did not participate)Total Summer Olympics gold medals - 54Gold medals won by Canadian athletes at the Winter Olympic Games:2010 Vancouver - 142006 Torino - 72002 Salt Lake - 71998 Nagano - 61994 Lillehammer - 31992 Albertville - 21988 Calgary - 01984 Sarajevo - 21980 Lake Placid - 01976 Innsbruck - 11972 Sapporo - 01968 Grenoble - 11964 Innsbruck - 11960 Squaw Valley - 21956 Cortina - 01952 Oslo - 11948 St. Moritz - 21944 Cortina d'Ampezzo - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)1940 Sapporo - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)1936 Berlin - 01932 Lake Placid - 11928 St. Moritz - 11924 Chamonix - 11920 Antwerp - 1Total Winter Olympics gold medals - 53Total Summer and Winter Olympics gold medals - 107
In fencing at the 1936 Summer Games, Italy won 4 gold medals and Hungary won 3 gold medals.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is India with 8 gold medals in men's hockey. Great Britain, Germany, and Pakistan have each won 3 gold medals, Netherlands has won 2 gold medals, and Australia and New Zealand have won 1 gold medal.
Through events on August 22 in the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing: 1) Swimming - 168 medals (56 gold, 54 silver, 58 bronze) 2) Athletics - 68 medals (19 gold, 24 silver, 25 bronze) 3) Cycling - 42 medals (13 gold, 16 silver, 13 bronze) 4) Rowing - 32 medals (10 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze) 5) Sailing - 19 medals (7 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze) and Canoeing (1 gold, 7 silver, 11 bronze)