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Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The delegation of 327 athletes included 172 women and 155 men and featured 73 medallists from previous Games. The team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland.

Administration
On 17 March 2022, the British Olympic Association announced that Mark England would be the team's chef de mission in Paris, following his success in the role at the two previous Games in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, where Great Britain won 67 and 64 medals respectively. ==Medal targets==
Medal targets
UK Sport, the organisation responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom, set the team a target of winning between 50 and 70 medals in Paris. ==Competitors==
Archery
Penny Healey gained a quota for Great Britain by winning the gold medal in the women's individual recurve at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. The individual quota was returned when the British women's team won the bronze medal, and with it qualification for a full women's team, at the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey. The men's team matched this performance at the same event. The squad of six archers was announced on 1 July 2024. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed ==Artistic swimming==
Artistic swimming
Great Britain qualified two athletes to the artistic swimming duet competition as a result of finishing top of the eligible teams on combined scores from the Duet Technical and Duet Free events at the 2024 World Championships in Doha. Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe were named as the duo for the Olympics on 14 May 2024. Shortman and Thorpe were in fourth place after their Big Ben-themed technical round performance, 0.7 points outside of a medal position. In the free routine the British pairing's Rising Phoenix routine scored 294.5085, highest in the round, giving them a combined total of 558.5367, second overall and winning a silver medal, Britain's first ever Olympic medal in the sport. ==Athletics==
Athletics
British track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): The selection policy of UK Athletics is that to accept a world ranking invite, the athlete must meet either the qualification standard itself, or in certain cases a slightly lower UK Athletics standard. In addition, all individual medallists from the 2023 World Athletics Championships will be guaranteed selection if they have the required standard as the selector's discretionary picks. As a result, not all eligible athletes will necessarily be selected to travel to Paris. Great Britain won quotas in all five relays at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in May 2024. The team was announced on 5 July 2024. On 29 July Charlie Carvell withdrew from the 4x400 metres relay squad due to a hamstring injury and was replaced by Sam Reardon. On 1 August Jake Wightman was forced to pull out of the Games due to a hamstring injury sustained during training and he was replaced by Elliot Giles. On 4 August Charlotte Purdue withdrew from the marathon due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Clara Evans. Great Britain won 10 athletics medals in Paris which was the highest number since the partially boycotted 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In addition they set new national records in eight events, two of which were also European records. They were the only nation to reach the podium of every relay event (a silver and four bronze medals), and three of the four individual middle distance events (a gold, silver and bronze). The highest achiever was Keely Hodgkinson who finally broke her silver streak with gold in the women's 800, while other gold medal hopefuls, Josh Kerr in the men's 1500 metres, Matthew Hudson-Smith in the men's 400 metres and Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon all picked up silver medals, narrowly missing out on gold. Emile Cairess, Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith narrowly missed out on individual medals with fourth place finishes, although the latter two enjoyed a silver medal in the women's 4 x 100 metre relay. ;Track and road events ;Men ;Women ;Mixed ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events – Women's heptathlon ==Badminton==
Badminton
Great Britain entered three badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings. ==Boxing==
Boxing
Great Britain qualified six boxers into the Olympic tournament. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Charley Davison (women's bantamweight), along with rookies Delicious Orie (men's super heavyweight) and Rosie Eccles (women's welterweight), secured the spots in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or finishing in the top two, at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. A fourth and fifth boxer, Patrick Brown, and Chantelle Reid won a quota at men's heavyweight and women's middleweight respectively at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy. They were joined by Lewis Richardson at men's light-middleweight from the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2. ==Canoeing==
Canoeing
Slalom Great Britain initially qualified a boat in the men's C-1 class at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland. However, this was superseded when they secured a quota in this class at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lea Valley in Greater London. They also qualified boats in the men's K-1 and the women's C-1 and K-1 classes at this event. All slalom canoeists qualified can also take part in the new Olympic extreme kayak/kayak cross discipline. Team GB announced their squad for Paris on 15 November 2023. The experienced team includes former Olympic men's K-1 champion and current world champion in both this and the KX-1 discipline Joe Clarke, as well as Tokyo women's C-1 silver medallist and reigning world champion Mallory Franklin and current women's KX-1 world champion Kimberley Woods. Although C1 canoeist Adam Burgess is eligible to compete in the KX-1 kayak cross event as a C1 slalom entrant, his participation in the second event was not initially announced; Burgess' place in kayak cross was confirmed on 14 June 2024. Kayak cross ==Cycling==
Cycling
The first batch of riders were announced on 24 June 2024. Tom Pidcock rode in multiple disciplines, on both road and mountain bike. Team GB named the remainder of the squad on 4 July 2024. Road Great Britain secured a quota in the women's road time trial, when Anna Henderson finished fourth at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships women's time trial. The top ten NOCs each received one quota for the Olympic time trial. Josh Tarling secured a quota in the men's road time trial when he won the bronze medal at the same World Championships. At the end of the qualification period, Great Britain had achieved fourth place in both the men's and women's rankings, guaranteeing a full team of four riders in both road races, and second quotas in each of the time trials. Great Britain were the only NOC to secure a full slate of quotas in all four events. In the Games, however, Great Britain chose to forgo their second time trial quota in each event. Men Women Track Results from the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup events in Milton and Hong Kong ensured that the Great Britain women's team pursuit team could not finish below tenth overall in the team pursuit world rankings, and were thus guaranteed a quota in all three women's track endurance events in Paris. Further results in the Pan American championships, the final pre-Olympic continental qualifier, confirmed Great Britain's full track team. Team Sprint Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final Travelling reserves: Joe Truman and Lowri Thomas. Sprint Team Pursuit Travelling reserves: Mark Stewart, Megan Barker Keirin Omnium Madison In the men's event travelling reserve Mark Stewart was a late replacement for Ethan Hayter who pulled out with a thigh injury. Stewart joined Oliver Wood but the pairing, who were silver medallists at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, finished in tenth place after Wood was involved in a crash with the Dutch pair. The Netherlands were eventually disqualified improving the British team to ninth. Mountain biking Great Britain were assured of a quota in the men's event when the reigning Olympic champion Tom Pidcock won the gold medal at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. A full quota of two men and two women was obtained through the final UCI mountain biking Olympic rankings. BMX Freestyle Great Britain secured quotas at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow when Kieran Reilly won the gold medal in the men's event and reigning Olympic champion Charlotte Worthington ensured that her country was the third highest placed NOC in the women's event. However, these quotas will only be finalised after the completion of the qualification process to ensure full continental representation in the event. Reilly's place was confirmed on 23 June 2024 after he finished second in the Olympic Qualifier Series. Race Reigning Olympic champion Beth Shriever won the gold medal at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships to secure a quota for Great Britain in the women's event. A quota in the men's racing was confirmed by the UCI Olympic BMX Racing rankings. Travelling reserves: Ross Cullen, Emily Hutt ==Diving==
Diving
British divers secured a full slate of quotas for Paris 2024. One quota in the women's individual 10 metre platform event was gained by winning a gold medal in the event at the 2023 European Games in Rzeszów, Poland, The remaining quotas were achieved by the British squads at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan and the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. The first team members were announced on 7 May 2024, with the remainder being confirmed on 12 June 2024. Men Women ==Equestrian==
Equestrian
Great Britain entered a full squad of equestrian riders each to the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions through a top-six finish in dressage and top-five in jumping at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark and through a top-seven finish at the Eventing Worlds in the same year in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy. The team was named on 26 June 2024. One member of each discipline will act as traveling reserve. For dressage, Becky Moody was originally selected as traveling reserve. She replaced Charlotte Dujardin in the team after she pulled out. Andrew Gould was named as the new alternate. Joe Stockdale was named for show-jumping and Tom McEwen for eventing. Carl Hester was selected among the three dressage riders and became the second British athlete to compete at seven Olympic Games, matching the record of fellow equestrian Nick Skelton. Dressage Eventing Jumping ==Field hockey==
Field hockey
Summary Men's tournament Great Britain men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top three at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. During the tournament, Tom Sorsby and Tim Nurse, who had heen selected as a travelling reserves, were brought into the playing squad as replacements for the injured David Goodfield and Nick Park respectively. Squad Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal Women's tournament Great Britain women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top three at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers. The squad was announced on 18 June 2024.{{cite news|title=Men's and women's hockey squads selected to represent Team GB Squad Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ==Golf==
Golf
Great Britain qualified two players for both the men's and women's tournaments via the world rankings as at 17 and 24 June 2024 respectively. Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood were named as the men's representatives on 21 June 2024. Georgia Hall and Charley Hull were announced as the women's representatives on 28 June 2024. ==Gymnastics==
Gymnastics
Artistic Great Britain fielded a full squad of ten artistic gymnasts for Paris after achieving top-three finishes in both the men's and women's team all-around competitions at the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool. The team was announced on 13 June 2024. James Hall was named reserve for the men's team. Max Whitlock was attempting to become the first male gymnast to medal at four successive games on a single apparatus but finished fourth in the pommel horse final. Men Team Individual Women Team ;Individual Trampoline Great Britain qualified a gymnast for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight of both events at the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. A second female trampoline gymnast qualified through the Trampoline World Cup Series. The team was announced on 13 June 2024. ==Judo==
Judo
Qualification ended on 23 June 2024 and Great Britain had five judokas, all women, in qualifying positions. In the two heavier classes, Great Britain has two judoka in each class in qualification position, from which they will select one per class. The team was announced on 30 June 2024. ==Modern pentathlon==
Modern pentathlon
British modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places for Paris 2024. Defending champion Joe Choong, along with rookie Olivia Green on the women's side, secured a quota each in their respective individual events by finishing among the eight highest-ranked modern pentathletes eligible for qualification at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland; Kerenza Bryson gained a quota by winning a bronze medal at the 2023 UIPM World Championships in Bath; and Myles Pillage qualified a quota through the final Olympic ranking. In the women's section, both defending Olympic champion Kate French and Jessica Varley were also in qualification positions, as was Charlie Brown in the men' section. Great Britain could elect any of the eligible athletes so long as they remain within the two per NOC limit. In the event, Team GB selected reigning Olympic Champion Kate French over Olivia Green, otherwise selecting those three athletes that had secured the primary qualification. On 20 July 2024, Team GB announced that Pillage had withdrawn for injury reasons, to be replaced by Charlie Brown. French qualified for the women's final at the Games with a fifth place finish in her semi-final, but withdrew due to illness. ==Rowing==
Rowing
Great Britain's rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia or the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in May 2024. The team was named on 5 June 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2024/06/team-gb-rowing-squad-selected-for-paris-2024/ Men Women Travelling reserves: James Robson, Olivia Bates and Lucy Glover. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage ==Rugby sevens==
Rugby sevens
Summary Women's tournament Great Britain women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. The squad was announced on 19 June 2024. Squad ;Group stage ---- ---- ;Quarter-finals ---- ;5–8th place playoff semi-finals ---- ;Seventh place match ==Sailing==
Sailing
British sailors qualified boats in eight classes at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. Qualification in the men's Formula Kite and mixed 470 classes was achieved at later events to give Great Britain a full team for the sailing events for the sixth consecutive Games. On 11 October 2023, it was announced that ten sailors had been selected as the first athletes chosen in any sport to represent Team GB in Paris. They included Tokyo 2020 medallists Anna Burnet, John Gimson and Emma Wilson. ;Elimination events ;Medal race events M = Medal race; BFD = Black flag disqualification; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; UFD = "U" Flag disqualification ==Shooting==
Shooting
British shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. Shooters who gain a quota place may also take part in other events for which they have a sufficient qualification score, a rule that will allow Seonaid McIntosh to take part in the 50 metre three-position rifle event. Michael Bargeron achieved a quota in the 50 metre 3-position air rifle for men at the ISSF World Qualification event, which also entitled Great Britain to a team consisting of Bargeron and McIntosh in the mixed team 10m air rifle. The team was officially confirmed on 28 June 2024. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed ==Skateboarding==
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