Team GB made it into the top-three on the medal table in the last two Olympics. In Tokyo, it was fourth for GB.
This year’s long-awaited Olympic games have concluded. Though we began the week in 6th place, Team GB has finished the games strongly, sitting comfortably in fourth. Though we have more medals than Japan overall, the host nation won five more golds than us in a record haul for the Japanese.
The UK has won 65 medals – 22 gold, 21 silver and 22 bronze – finishing in 4th, but matching their medal haul from London 2012.
Whilst fourth their lowest medal table finish since 2008, Tokyo 2020 will go down as Great Britain’s second best ever overseas games, just behind Rio 2016.
In the end, the USA pipped China to top spot with a flurry of medals on the final day. The final medal table standings see the Americans finish top with 39 golds, China in second with 38 golds and hosts Japan rounding off the top three with 27 golds.
On the final day for Team GB, Jason Kenny won a brilliant gold in the men’s keirin to confirm his status as the country’s most successful Olympian ever, whilst boxer Lauren Price picked up a gold in the middleweight final.
The final day rounded off a hugely successful games for Team GB, finishing just two medals short of their historic efforts in Rio five years ago. Before the games, UK Sport had set the team a target of between 45 and 70 medals.
The Team GB governing body actually lowered its targets before the games due to the exceptional circumstances of this Olympics. Tokyo is a very different Olympics and even days before the starter’s pistol was set to fire, it looked like it might have even happened.
In Rio, Team GB won 67 medals – 27 gold, 23 silver, and 17 bronze. They finished second behind the United States and beat out China by a small margin.
In London 2012, Team GB won 65 medals – 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze. They finished third overall, behind the US and China.
But despite not quite matching those heights, Team GB chef de mission Mark England has described the medal haul in Tokyo as “the greatest achievement in British Olympic history,” and labelling the team’s performance as “the miracle of Tokyo.”
So for one final time, let’s give you a final rundown of every single Team GB medallist from Tokyo 2020
Gold:
- Cycling BMX: Women’s Racing – Beth Shriever
- Cycling BMX: Women’s Freestyle – Charlotte Worthington
- Diving: Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform – Tom Daley and Matty Lee
- Eventing: Team (Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen)
- Gymnastics: Men’s Pommel Horse – Max Whitlock
- Mountain Bike Cycling: Men’s Cross Country – Tom Pidcock
- Swimming: Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Adam Peaty
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle – Tom Dean
- Swimming: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott)
- Swimming: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin)
- Triathlon: Mixed relay (Jessica Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee)
- Sailing: Men’s 49er- Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell
- Sailing: Finn Class- Giles Scott
- Sailing: women’s 470 class- Hannah Mills, Eilidh McIntyre
- Equestrian: Individual showjumping- Ben Maher
- Athletics: Modern pentathlon- Kate French
- Cycling: Omnium cycling- Matt Walls
- Boxing: Men’s flyweight- Galal Yafai
- Cycling: Cycling madison- Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald
- Equastrian: Men’s modern pentathlon- Joe Choong
- Cycling: Men’s keirin – Jason Kenny
- Boxing: Women’s middleweight – Lauren Price
Silver-
- Canoe Slalom: Women – Mallory Franklin
- Cycling BMX: Men’s racing – Kye Whyte
- Rowing: Men’s Quadruple Sculls (Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont)
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Freestyle – Duncan Scott
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Duncan Scott
- Swimming: Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay (Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott)
- Taekwondo: Men -68kg – Bradly Sinden
- Taekwondo: Women -67kg – Lauren Williams
- Triathlon: Men’s Individual – Alex Yee
- Triathlon: Women’s Individual – Georgia Taylor-Brown
- Weightlifting – Emily Campbell
- Eventing Singles -Tom McEwen
- Cycling: Men’s Team Sprint- Jason Kenny, Ryan Owens and Jack Carlin
- Cycling: Team pursuit- Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny, Jessie Knight and Neah Evans
- Sailing: mixed Nacra 17 class- John Gimson and Anna Burnet
- Boxing: men’s light-heavyweight- Ben Whittaker
- Athletics: 800m- Keely Hodgkinson
- Boxing: 69kg welterweight class- Pat McCormack
- Athletics: Men’s 4x100m relay team
- Athletics: Women’s 1,500m- Laura Muir
- Cycling: Men’s Madison- Ethan Hayter and Matt Walls
Bronze
- Boxing: Women’s Featherweight – Karriss Artingstall
- Cycling BMX: Men’s Freestyle – Declan Brooks
- Dressage: Team (Carl Hester, Charlotte Fry, Charlotte Dujardin)
- Dressage: Individual – Charlotte Dujardin
- Gymnastics: Women’s Team Final (Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan)
- Rowing: Men’s Eight (Josh Bugajski, Jacob Dawson, Tom George, Mohamed Sbihi, Charlie Elwes, Ollie Wynne-Griffith, James Rudkin, Tom Ford and cox Henry Fieldman)
- Sailing: Women’s RS:X – Emma Wilson
- Shooting: Trap Men’s – Matthew Coward-Holley
- Swimming: Men’s 200m Backstroke – Luke Greenbank
- Taekwondo: Women +67kg – Bianca Walkden
- Trampoline Gymnastics: Women – Bryony Page
- Women’s Judo- Chelsie Giles
- Diving: 3m springboard- Jack Laugher
- Cycling: Men’s Team Sprint- Ason Kenny, Ryan Owens and Jack Carlin
- Skateboarding- Sky Brown
- Kayak single 200m- Liam Heath
- Diving: men’s 10m platform diving- Tom Daley
- Athletics: women’s 4x100m relay (Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita)
- Hockey: Women’s team
- Athletics: Pole Vault: Holly Bradshaw
- Boxing: Men’s boxing super heavyweight- Frazer Clarke
- Athletics: Men’s 1500m – Josh Kerr
For comparison, let’s take a look at 2016’s Rio Games.
Gold
- Swimming, men’s 100m breaststroke: Adam Peaty
- Canoeing slalom: Joe Clarke
- Men’s synchronised 3m springboard: Jack Laugher and Chris Mears
- Cycling, men’s team sprint: Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner
- Rowing, women’s pairs: Helen Glover and Heather Stanning
- Rowing, men’s four: Alex Gregory, Mohamed Sbihi, George Nash and Constantine Louloudis
- cycling, men’s team pursuit: Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Owain Doull
- Rowing, men’s eight: Scott Durant, Tom Ransley, Andrew T Hodge, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Matt Langridge, William Satch and Phelan Hill
- Cycling, women’s team pursuit: Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker
- Athletics, men’s 10,000 metres and men’s 5,000 metres: Mo Farah
- gymnastics, men’s floor and men’s pommel horse: Max Whitlock
- Golf, men’s tournament: Justin Rose
- Cycling, men’s sprint and men’s Keirin: Jason Kenny
- Tennis, men’s singles: Andy Murray
- Equestrian, dressage individual grand prix freestyle: Charlotte Dujardin
- Sailing, Finn class: Giles Scott
- Cycling, women’s omnium: Laura Trott
- Triathlon, men’s race: Alistair Brownlee
- Sailing, women’s 470: Hannah Clark and Saskia Mills
- Taekwondo, women’s -57kg: Jade Jones
- Equestrian, individual showjumping: Nick Skelton
- Hockey: Kate Richardson-Walsh, Maddie Hinch, Laura Unsworth, Crista Cullen, Hannah Macleod, Susannah Townsend, Helen Richardson-Walsh, Alex Danson, Sophie Bray, Hollie Webb, Giselle Ansley, Nicola White, Georgie Twigg, Sam Quek, Shona McCallin and Lily Owsley
- Canoeing, men’s K1 200 metres: Liam Heath
- boxing, women’s flyweight: Nicola Adams
Silver
- Swimming, women’s 400 metres freestyle and women’s 800 metres freestyle: Jazz Carlin
- Swimming, women’s 200 metres individual medley: Siobhan O’Connor
- Swimming, men’s 4×200 metres freestyle: James Guy, Stephen Milne, Dan Wallace, Duncan Scott, Robbie Renwick
- Rowing, women’s double sculls: Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley
- Canoeing, men’s C2: David Florence and Richard Hounslow
- Men’s rugby sevens: Mark Bennett, Dan Bibby, Phil Burgess, Sam Cross, James Davies, Ollie Lindsay Hague, Tom Mitchell, Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Mark Robertson, Marcus Watson, Ruaridh McConnochie
- Equestrian, team dressage: Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Fiona Bigwood and Spencer Wilton
- Gymnastics, trampolining: Bryony Page
- Rowing, women’s eight: Katie Greves, Melanie Wilson, Frances Houghton, Polly Swann, Jessica Eddie, Olivia Carnegie-Brown, Karen Bennett, Zoe Lee and Zoe de Toledo
- Cycling, women’s Keirin and women’s sprint: Becky James
- Swimming, men’s 4×100 metres medley relay: Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott
- Athletics, women’s heptathlon: Jessica Ennis-Hill
- Sailing, men’s RS:X: Nick Dempsey
- Gymnastics, men’s pommel horse: Louis Smith
- Cycling, men’s sprint: Callum Skinner
- Cycling, men’s omnium: Mark Cavendish
- Diving, men’s three metres springboard: Jack Laugher
- Canoeing, men’s kayak double 200 metres: Jon Schofield and Liam Heath
- Triathlon, men’s event: Jonny Brownlee
- Taekwondo, men’s -80kg: Lutalo Muhammad
- Boxing, men’s super-heavyweight: Joe Joyce
Bronze
- Shooting, men’s trap: Ed Ling
- Diving, men’s synchronised 10 metres platform: Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow
- Cycling, men’s time trial: Chris Froome
- Shooting, men’s double trap: Steven Scott
- Judo, women’s -70kg: Sally Conway
- Gymnastics, men’s all-around individual: Max Whitlock
- Athletics, men’s long jump: Greg Rutherford
- Athletics, women’s hammer: Sophie Hitchon
- Gymnastics, women’s floor: Amy Tinkler
- Gymnastics, men’s horizontal bar: Nile Wilson
- Cycling, women’s sprint: Katy Marchant
- Boxing, men’s light-heavyweight: Josh Buatsi
- Badminton, men’s doubles: Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge
- Athletics, 4×100 metres relay: Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita
- Triathlon, women’s race: Vicky Holland
- Taekwondo, women’s +67kg: Bianca Walkden
- Athletics, women’s 4×400 metres relay: Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond, Anyika Onuora, Christine Ohuruogu and Kelly Massey
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