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Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics: The Medal Winners

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Beijing: The Olympic Medal Count For Great Britain

Great Britain finished the 2008 Summer Olympics with a final tally of 47 medals, placing it fourth in the medal rankings behind the United States, China and Russia.

Great Britain also ranked fourth in the medal table for the quantity of individual color medals, again behind China, the United States and Russia.

News of the individuals and teams that won medals for Great Britain can be found below.

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GOLD MEDALS (19)

Athletics - Women's 400m: Christine Ohuruogu

Boxing - Men's Middle (75kg): James Degale

Canoe/Kayak - Kayak Single (K1) 1000m Men: Tim Brabants

Cycling - Women's Road Race: Nicole Cooke

Cycling - Men's Team Sprint: Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff

Cycling - Men's Keirin: Chris Hoy

Cycling - Men's Sprint: Chris Hoy

Cycling - Men's Individual Pursuit: Bradley Wiggins

Cycling - Men's Team Pursuit: Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins

Cycling - Women's Individual Pursuit: Rebecca Romero

Cycling - Women's Sprint: Victoria Pendleton

Rowing - Men's Four: Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs-Hodge

Rowing - Lightweight Men's Double Sculls: Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter

Sailing - Finn: Ben Ainslie

Sailing - Laser: Paul Goodison

Sailing - Star: Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson

Sailing - Yngling: Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson

Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle: Rebecca Adlington

Swimming - Women's 800m Freestyle: Rebecca Adlington (New World Record)

SILVER MEDALS (13)

Athletics - Men's High Jump: Germaine Mason

Athletics - Men's Triple Jump: Phillips Idowu

Canoe/Kayak - Canoe Single (C1) Men: David Florence

Cycling - Women's Individual Time Trial: Emma Pooley

Cycling - Men's Keirin: Ross Edgar

Cycling - Men's Sprint: Jason Kenny

Cycling - Women's Individual Pursuit: Wendy Houvenaghel

Modern Pentathlon - Women: Heather Fell

Rowing - Men's Eight: Alex Patridge, Tom Stallard, Tom Lucy, Richard Egington, Josh West, Alastair Heathcote, Matt Langridge, Colin Smith, Acer Nethercott

Rowing - Women's Quadruple Sculls: Annie Vernon, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger

Sailing - 470 Men: Nick Rogers, Joe Glanfield

Swimming - Men's Marathon 10km: David Davies

Swimming - Women's Marathon 10km: Keri-Anne Payne

BRONZE MEDALS (15)

Athletics - Women's 400m Hurdles: Tasha Danvers

Boxing - Men's Light Heavy (81kg): Tony Jeffries

Boxing - Men's Super Heavy (+91kg): David Price

Canoe/Kayak Flatwater - Kayak Single (K1) 500m Men: Tim Brabants

Cycling - Men's Individual Pursuit: Steven Burke

Cycling - Men's Points Race: Chris Newton

Equestrian - (Eventing Individual): Kristina Cook

Equestrian - (Eventing Team): Daisy Dick, William Fox-Pitt, Kristina Cook, Sharon Hunt, Mary King

Gymnastics Artistic - Men's Pommel Horse: Louis Smith

Rowing - Women's Double Sculls: Elise Laverick, Anna Bebington

Rowing - Men's Double Sculls: Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham

Sailing - RS:X Women: Bryony Shaw

Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle: Joanne Jackson

Swimming - Women's Marathon 10km: Cassandra Patten

Taekwondo - Women +67kg: Sarah Stevenson

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Feb 13, 2012 @ 3:14 amOlympic boost as GB girls settle for silver - This... from great britain olympics news - Google News: Olympic boost as GB girls settle for silverThis is KentIT WAS a case of close and yet so far for Great Britain ladies as they fell just short of glory in the Champions Trophy tournament in Argentina....
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Feb 13, 2012 @ 6:28 amWho put the sex into cycling? - Evening Standard from Men's Team Sprint Cycling - Google News: Evening StandardWho put the sex into cycling?Evening StandardOn these shores, much of that is down to Victoria Pendleton, the sprint champion at the last Olympics in Beijing and an eight-time world ch...
Feb 13, 2012 @ 2:22 amGB trio settle for silver - SkySports from Men's Team Sprint Cycling - Google News: Cambs TimesGB trio settle for silverSkySportsThere was a shock silver medal for Great Britain Para-Cycling's team sprint trio of Darren Kenny, Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy on the final day of the t...
Feb 13, 2012 @ 2:09 amCycling in Marin: Irish immigrant living in Fairfa... from Men's Team Sprint Cycling - Google News: Cycling in Marin: Irish immigrant living in Fairfax was so serious about pro ...Marin Independent-JournalDillion now races for the NOW and Novartis for MS racing team. (Photo by Bob Cullinan) WE HEAR...
Feb 12, 2012 @ 12:22 pmUS team announced for final UCI Track World Cup -... from Men's Team Sprint Cycling - Google News: US team announced for final UCI Track World CupCyclingnews.comThe men's roster is headlined by 2008 Olympic cyclists Michael Blatchford, Bobby Lea, and Giddeon Massie. Blatchford and Kevin Mansker...
Feb 12, 2012 @ 8:17 amUSA Cycling names 21 to US team for 2012 UCI Pan A... from Men's Team Sprint Cycling - Google News: USA Cycling names 21 to US team for 2012 UCI Pan American Road & Track ...Bike World NewsThe track portion of the Continental Championships is slated for March 5-9, and valuable Olympic qualificat...

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Canoeing: David Florence Wins Silver for Britain

David Florence won silver for Britain after a perfect run in the slalom canoeing final at the Shunyi white water park.

The 26-year-old is Britain's first slalom canoeing medallist since Gareth Marriott also won silver at Barcelona in 1992.

Florence, who only took up paddling when he was 15, came into the final in fourth place and produced a faultless run which propelled him above Poland's Krzystof Bieryt and Czech paddler Stanislav Jezek.

He was in first place until Slovakian world number one Michal Martikan claimed gold with the last run of the final.

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Jan 4, 2011 @ 10:06 pm | delete

RS Gold

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RichLeigh Aug 17, 2008 @ 11:19 am | delete

Excellent! 5 stars from me, a great idea for a lens; last time I looked we were third which is just amazing! I couldn't believe it when David Florence dropped to second place! I thought we had the gold in the bag, and then with the final run of the final the guy snatched it away from us... Still, a silver medal is nothing to shy away from!

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Kanga Aug 16, 2008 @ 8:08 pm | delete

Watching the team sprint cycling was great!

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chrgr Aug 16, 2008 @ 7:55 pm | delete

Nice lens. . . will be interesting to see if you can overtake the Aussies on the medal count !!

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