Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, and Greece.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Adam Peaty	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke	7 August
Silver	Jazmin Carlin	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle	7 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	1	1	0	2
Total	1	1	0	2

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	6 Aug	0	0	0	0
2	7 Aug	1	1	0	2
Total		1	1	0	2

Administration

On 29 April 2014, the British Olympic Association announced the appointment of Mark England as Chef-de-Mission to the British Olympic team at Rio 2016.

Funding

As with previous Games UK Sport was the body responsible for allocating elite funding for Olympic sports. In December 2012 a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.

Four sports, basketball, synchronised swimming, water polo and weightlifting, initially had all their funding withdrawn, while swimming and badminton had their funding cut. Following an appeal process weightlifting had its funding restored.

The Sport and Recreation Alliance, an umbrella body that represents national sports organisations in Britain, raised concerns about how the Scottish independence referendum which took place on 18 September 2014 would affect sport funding and recognition issues for Scottish athletes who aim to compete at the Olympic Games.

Competitors

Nick Skelton, the show jumper, will be participating at his seventh Olympic Games, a record for a British competitor.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

The Great Britain team at the opening ceremony, tennis player Andy Murray is the flag bearer.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	41	39	80
Badminton	4	4	8
Boxing	10	2	12
Canoeing	5	7	12
Cycling	16	10	26
Diving	5	6	11
Equestrian	7	5	12
Fencing	3	0	3
Field hockey	16	16	32
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	6	7	13
Judo	3	4	7
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	28	15	43
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	8	7	15
Shooting	3	3	6
Swimming	16	12	28
Synchronized swimming	—	2	2
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Tennis	5	2	7
Triathlon	3	3	6
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	202	164	366

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

One British archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics by securing one of three available Olympic spots at the 2016 European Championships in Nottingham. Meanwhile, another British archer was added to the squad by virtue of a top six national finish in the women's individual recurve at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patrick Huston	Men's individual	656	38	van der Ven (NED) 0
Naomi Folkard	Women's individual	639	23	Rochmawati (INA) 0

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain secured a place in all relay events with the exception of the men's 4 × 100 m relay based on the team's performance at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, before securing a place in the final relay in July 2016 by their position in world rankings. British athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The team nominated its athletes with an entry standard for the individual events based on the results at the British Championships, scheduled to take place in Birmingham between 24 and 26 June 2016.

On 24 April 2016, the top two finishers in both the men's and women's 2016 London Marathon won automatic places for Team GB at the Olympics. Two days later, British Athletics confirmed four athletes, and added Derek Hawkins, brother of Callum to the men's marathon, and race walker Dominic King to the 50 km walk.

On 21 May 2016, the Great Britain trials were held for the 10,000 metres, with two places in both the men's and women's races available to the first two across the line, if they had the qualification time. In the women's race, Jess Andrews won in the qualification time, while Beth Potter, who already had the time, came second and also earned a place in Rio. Mo Farah, reigning World and Olympic champion at 5000 and 10000 metres, has been preselected by Great Britain for both men's races. Neither of the first two finishers in the men's race had at that poiunt achieved the qualifying standard, but on 11 June 2016, Ross Millington, who won the trial, managed to also beat the standard, thus confirming his Olympic place.

On 29 May 2016, Katarina Johnson-Thompson achieved the qualification mark in heptathlon at the Gotzis meeting, the designated Olympic trial for Great Britain, joining the pre-selected Jessica Ennis-Hill in that event.

Following the end of the qualifying period on 11 July, a total of 80 athletes (41 men and 39 women) were officially named to Team GB's track and field team for the Games. Apart from Ennis-Hill and Farah, notable athletes also featured defending Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford, two-time medalist Christine Ohuruogu, high jump bronze medalist Robbie Grabarz, Sudanese-born sprinter Rabah Yousif, and long-distance stalwart Jo Pavey, who is set to compete at her fifth Games in the 10,000 metres.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
James Dasaolu	100 m
James Ellington
Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili	200 m			—
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake				—
Danny Talbot				—
Matthew Hudson-Smith	400 m			—
Martyn Rooney				—
Rabah Yousif				—
Elliot Giles	800 m			—
Michael Rimmer				—
Charlie Grice	1500 m			—
Chris O'Hare				—
Andrew Butchart	5000 m			—
Mo Farah				—
Tom Farrell				—
Mo Farah	10000 m	—
Ross Millington		—
Andy Vernon		—
Laurence Clarke	110 m hurdles			—
Andrew Pozzi				—
Jack Green	400 m hurdles			—
Sebastian Rodger				—
Rob Mullett	3000 m steeplechase			—
James Dasaolu James Ellington Chijindu Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Richard Kilty Ojie Edoburun Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	4 × 100 m relay			—
Matthew Hudson-Smith Rabah Yousif Martyn Rooney Jack Green Delano Williams Nigel Levine Jarryd Dunn	4 × 400 m relay			—
Callum Hawkins	Marathon	—
Derek Hawkins		—
Tsegai Tewelde		—
Tom Bosworth	20 km walk	—
Dominic King	50 km walk	—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Chris Baker	High jump
Robbie Grabarz
Luke Cutts	Pole vault
Greg Rutherford	Long jump
Chris Bennett	Hammer throw
Nick Miller
Mark Dry

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Desiree Henry	100 m
Daryll Neita
Asha Philip
Dina Asher-Smith	200 m			—
Jodie Williams				—
Seren Bundy-Davies	400 m			—
Emily Diamond				—
Christine Ohurougu				—
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	800 m			—
Lynsey Sharp				—
Laura Muir	1500 m			—
Laura Weightman				—
Eilish McColgan	5000 m			—
Stephanie Twell				—
Laura Whittle				—
Jess Andrews	10000 m	—
Jo Pavey		—
Beth Potter		—
Cindy Ofili	100 m hurdles
Tiffany Porter
Eilidh Doyle	400 m hurdles			—
Lennie Waite	3000 m steeplechase			—
Daryll Neita Asha Philip Desiree Henry Dina Asher-Smith Bianca Williams Ashleigh Nelson Louise Bloor	4 × 100 m relay			—
Seren Bundy-Davies Emily Diamond Eilidh Doyle Anyika Onuora Christine Ohuruogu Margaret Adeoye Kelly Massey	4 × 400 m relay			—
Alyson Dixon	Marathon	—
Sonia Samuels		—

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Shara Proctor	Long jump
Jazmin Sawyers
Lorraine Ugen
Morgan Lake	High jump
Holly Bradshaw	Pole vault
Jade Lally	Discus throw
Sophie Hitchon	Hammer throw

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jessica Ennis-Hill	Result
	Points
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Result
	Points

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has qualified a total of eight badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rajiv Ouseph	Men's singles	Sasaki (JPN) 0	Koukal (CZE) 0	—
Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	Men's doubles	Kim G-j / Kim S-r (KOR) 0	Boe / Mogensen (DEN) 0	Cwalina / Wacha (POL) 0		—
Kirsty Gilmour	Women's singles	Zechiri (BUL) 0	Jaquet (SUI) 0	—
Heather Olver Lauren Smith	Women's doubles	Maheswari / Polii (INA) 0	Poon L Y / Tse Y S (HKG) 0	Hoo K M / Woon K W (MAS) 0		—
Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock	Mixed doubles	Fischer Nielsen / Pedersen (DEN) 0	Xu C / Ma J (CHN) 0	Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) 0		—

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has entered twelve boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Galal Yafai, Muhammad Ali, Qais Ashfaq, Joseph Cordina, Antony Fowler, Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie, and Joseph Joyce claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.

London 2012 flyweight champion Nicola Adams and fellow Olympian Savannah Marshall were the only British women to book Olympic spots, as a result of their quarterfinal victories at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. Pat McCormack and Josh Kelly secured further Olympic places for Team GB at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Galal Yafai	Light flyweight	Fotsala (CMR) W 3–0	Argilagos (CUB) 0
Muhammad Ali	Flyweight	Bye	0
Qais Ashfaq	Bantamweight	Butdee (THA) 0
Joseph Cordina	Lightweight	Suarez (PHI) W 2–1	Tojibaev (UZB) 0
Pat McCormack	Light welterweight	Zhussupov (KAZ) 0
Josh Kelly	Welterweight	Mohamed (EGY) 0
Antony Fowler	Middleweight	Alimkhanuly (KAZ) 0
Joshua Buatsi	Light heavyweight	Katende (UGA) W TKO	Rasulov (UZB)
Lawrence Okolie	Heavyweight	Jakubowski (POL) W 3–0	Savón (CUB) 0
Joseph Joyce	Super heavyweight	Bye	Morais (CPV) 0

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicola Adams	Flyweight	Bye	0
Savannah Marshall	Middleweight	Nash (SWE) 0

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Slalom

British canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the Olympic selection trials, both held in Lee Valley Park. On 4 November 2015, Team GB announced the names of the four slalom canoeists selected for the Games.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Florence	Men's C-1	94.11	1	dns	-	94.11	3
David Florence Richard Hounslow	Men's C-2
Joe Clarke	Men's K-1	135.89	13	86.95	1	86.95	2
Fiona Pennie	Women's K-1

Sprint

British canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and the Olympic selection trials, held in Duisburg (18 to 19 April 2016). Under Olympic rules, the successful canoeists may also enter other events where no Team GB canoeist is currently entered. As a result, it was expected that Liam Heath, a World Cup gold medalist in the K-1 200m, will take part in that event, and this was confirmed on 14 June 2016, as well as the participation of Jessica Walker in the equivalent women's event under the same rule. On 18 July 2016, as a consequence of the disqualification of the Romanian and Belarussian squads from the Games, Lani Belcher and Angela Hannah , as highest ranked non-qualifier in the 2015 World Championships, were upgraded to a quota place in the K2-500 event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liam Heath	K-1 200 m
Liam Heath Jon Schofield	K-2 200 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rachel Cawthorn	K-1 500 m
Jessica Walker	K-1 200 m
Lani Belcher Angela Hannah	K-2 500 m
Rachel Cawthorn Louisa Gurski Rebeka Simon Jessica Walker	K-4 500 m

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

British riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).

The BOA announced the eight-athlete squad of road racers (five men and three women) for Team GB on 24 June 2016. On 19 July, Peter Kennaugh was replaced through injury by Steve Cummings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chris Froome	Road race	6:13:03	12
	Time trial
Steve Cummings	Road race	Did not finish
Ian Stannard		Did not finish
Geraint Thomas		6:12:34	11
Adam Yates		6:13:08	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lizzie Armitstead	Road race	3:51:47	5
Nikki Harris		Did not finish
Emma Pooley	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, British riders have accumulated spots in both men's and women's team pursuit, and men's team sprint, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, Great Britain has won the right to enter two riders in both men's sprint and men's keirin.

Great Britain narrowly failed to win a quota place in the women's team sprint. As such, they did not earn the two places in women's sprint and keirin that the team quota place would have gained them. However, Great Britain did earn a single place in the women's keirin, and two places in the women's sprint, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Team GB's track cycling squad was officially selected for the Games on 24 June 2016, with seven-time medallist Bradley Wiggins returning to the track scene at his fifth straight Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Jason Kenny	Men's sprint
Callum Skinner
Philip Hindes Jason Kenny Callum Skinner	Men's team sprint			—
Becky James	Women's sprint
Katy Marchant

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Steven Burke Mark Cavendish Ed Clancy Owain Doull Bradley Wiggins	Men's team pursuit
Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Ciara Horne Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott	Women's team pursuit

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jason Kenny	Men's keirin
Callum Skinner
Becky James	Women's keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race	Individual pursuit		Elimination race	Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank
Mark Cavendish	Men's omnium
Laura Trott	Women's omnium

Mountain biking

Great Britain has received a spare Olympic berth freed up by Sweden from UCI to send a mountain biker competing in the Olympic men's cross-country race. On 4 July 2016, British Cycling announced that Grant Ferguson was officially added to the cycling squad for the Games.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Grant Ferguson	Men's cross-country

BMX

British riders qualified for two men's quota places in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016. Team GB selected London 2012 top 8 finalist Liam Phillips and rookie Kyle Evans to the BMX cycling team for the Games on 24 June 2016.

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyle Evans	Men's BMX
Liam Phillips

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

British divers qualified for seven of the maximum of eight individual spots and four synchronized teams at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. The divers who secured the places for Great Britain were not necessarily the athletes who will be selected to represent their country in these events. Instead, they needed to compete at the Olympic trials, held from 10 to 12 June 2016 in Sheffield, to book their places for the Games. A total of eleven divers (five men and six women) were officially named to Team GB on 17 June 2016, featuring London 2012 bronze medalist Tom Daley in both men's individual and synchronized platform.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jack Laugher	3 m springboard
Freddie Woodward
Tom Daley	10 m platform
Jack Laugher Chris Mears	3 m synchronised springboard	—
Tom Daley Daniel Goodfellow	10 m synchronised platform	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rebecca Gallantree	3 m springboard
Grace Reid
Sarah Barrow	10 m platform
Tonia Couch
Alicia Blagg Rebecca Gallantree	3 m synchronized springboard	—				292.83	6
Tonia Couch Lois Toulson	10 m synchronized platform	—

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain became one of the first three nations to earn places at the Games, qualifying a complete team in dressage by winning the silver medal in the team event at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games. The Great Britain eventing team also qualified by winning a silver medal at the same event. Great Britain secured a full equestrian team for Rio when the British riders achieved one of three qualification places from the 2015 European Show Jumping Championships.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Fiona Bigwood	Orthilia	Individual
Charlotte Dujardin	Valegro
Carl Hester	Nip Tuck
Spencer Wilton	Super Nova
Fiona Bigwood Charlotte Dujardin Carl Hester Spencer Wilton	See above	Team					—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
William Fox-Pitt	Chilli Morning	Individual	37.00	1
Pippa Funnell	Billy The Biz		43.90	16
Kitty King	Ceylor		46.80	26
Gemma Tattersall	Quicklook		47.20	32
William Fox-Pitt Pippa Funnell Kitty King Gemma Tattersall	See above	Team	127.70	4							—

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ben Maher	Tic Tac	Individual
Nick Skelton	Big Star
John Whitaker	Ornellaia
Michael Whitaker	Cassionato
Ben Maher Nick Skelton John Whitaker Michael Whitaker	See above	Team	—

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

British fencers have qualified a full squad in the men's team foil by virtue of being the highest ranking team from Europe outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. A trio of men's foil fencers (Davis, Halsted, and Kruse), along with their reserve Marcus Mepstead, were named to Team GB on 5 May 2016.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
James Davis	Men's foil	Bye	M Ferjani (TUN) W 15–7	Safin (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance
Laurence Halsted		Bye	Chen Hw (CHN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Richard Kruse		Bye	Sintès (ALG) W 15–4	Cassarà (ITA) W 15–12	Meinhardt (USA) W 15–13	Massialas (USA) L 9–15	Safin (RUS) L 13–15	4
James Davis Laurence Halsted Richard Kruse Marcus Mepstead	Men's team foil	—			Russia (RUS) 0

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Great Britain's men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having reached the last four at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals. Only three nations qualified through this route, but India had already secured qualification as continental champions after the team's success at the 2014 Asian Games, so that the remaining teams automatically received the three quotas. Should England win the 2015 EuroHockey tournament, Great Britain will be treated as having qualified as European champions, and shall relinquish their Hockey World League qualification place to the highest ranking non qualifed team, Spain.

Squad

Group play

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Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Great Britain's women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals. Should England win the 2015 Women's EuroHockey tournament, Great Britain will be treated as having qualified as European champions, and shall relinquish their Hockey World League qualification place to the highest ranking non qualified team, India.

Squad

Group play

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Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Justin Rose (world no. 11), Danny Willett (world no. 9), Charley Hull (world no. 27) and Catriona Matthew (world no. 63) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Justin Rose	Men's
Danny Willett
Charley Hull	Women's
Catriona Matthew

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Great Britain qualified a full squad of five gymnasts in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events through top eight finishes in the team all-around competitions at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. BOA announced the men's and women's artistic gymnastic squads, highlighted by London 2012 medalists Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, and Beth Tweddle, for the Games on July 12, 2016.

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Brinn Bevan	Team	14.233	14.733	14.333	14.133	14.966	14.366	86.764	17
Louis Smith		—	15.700 Q	—
Kristian Thomas		15.233 Q	—	14.166	14.233	—	14.900	—
Max Whitlock		15.500 Q	15.800 Q	14.600	13.700	15.066	13.566	88.232	12 Q
Nile Wilson		15.066	14.133	14.941	14.700	14.900	15.500 Q	89.240	5 Q
Total		45.799	46.233	43.874	43.066	44.932	44.766	268.670	3 Q

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Louis Smith	Pommel horse	—		—
Kristian Thomas	Floor		—
Max Whitlock	All-around
	Floor		—
	Pommel horse	—		—
Nile Wilson	All-around
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Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Ellie Downie	Team	14.833	14.633	14.50	12.50	56.466
Rebecca Downie			15.233	13.300
Claudia Fragapane		14.766	12.533	13.400	14.333	55.032
Ruby Harrold		14.600	14.800		13.633
Amy Tinkler		14.833		14.500	14.600
Total		44.432	44.666	42.400	42.566	174.064	Q

Trampoline

Great Britain has qualified two gymnasts in the women's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark. Meanwhile, an Olympic berth was secured in the men's event by Nathan Bailey, who finished in the top six at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nathan Bailey	Men's
Bryony Page	Women's
Katherine Driscoll

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has qualified a total of seven judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Six of them (McKenzie, Oates, Smythe-Davis, Schlesinger, Conway, and Powell) were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Benjamin Fletcher earned a continental quota spot from the European region as Great Britain's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. Team GB officially announced the judo team on 16 June 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ashley McKenzie	−60 kg	Bye	Özlü (TUR) W 0030–0000	Smetov (KAZ) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Colin Oates	−66 kg	Bye	Le Blouch (FRA) L 0000–0000	Did not advance
Benjamin Fletcher	−100 kg	Bye	Gviniashvili (GEO) 0

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nekoda Smythe-Davis	−57 kg	Filzmoser (AUT) 0
Alice Schlesinger	−63 kg	Bak J-y (KOR) 0
Sally Conway	−70 kg	Miled (TUN) 0
Natalie Powell	−78 kg	Bye	Mazouz (GAB) 0

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

British athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. If more than two competitors qualify in either the men's or women's event, selection for the two places available to each gender will be made by the British Olympic Association in conjunction with Pentathlon GB. Freyja Prentice became the third British woman to qualify for Rio as a result of her world ranking at the end of May 2016. As the two previously qualified athletes failed to guarantee their selection at the 2016 World Modern Pentathlon Championships the choice of which two women will go to the Games was determined by the selectors before the team was named on 8 June; in the event, London 2012 silver medalist Samantha Murray and rookie Kate French were selected.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Joe Choong	Men's
Jamie Cooke
Kate French	Women's
Samantha Murray

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has qualified twelve out of fourteen boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews (except women's single & quadruple sculls) having confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France. They must also have competed at the British Rowing Olympic Trials in Caversham (March 21 to 23) to assure their selection to the Olympic team for the Games.

A total of 43 rowers were officially named to Team GB's Olympic squad on June 9, 2016, with double silver medalist Frances Houghton aiming to appear at her fifth Olympics and London 2012 bronze medalist Alan Campbell racing in the single sculls at his fourth. The crew also featured reigning Olympic champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning from the women's pair, and two-time gold medalists Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs-Hodge from the men's four. A squad of twelve rowers, not including cox Phelan Hill was announced for the men's eight; Team GB announced at the same time that the men's pair, and two 'spares' or reserves, would be selected at a later date from those members of the twelve that were not seated in the largest boat. Following the breaking up of the women's double sculls partnership of Katherine Grainger and Victoria Thornley, and their failure thereafter to make the women's eight squad, the double sculls was also not announced, although selector David Tanner confirmed later that evening that the pair of Grainger and Thornley would be selected.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alan Campbell	Single sculls	7:08	1 QF	—
Stewart Innes Alan Sinclair	Pair	6:50.77	2 SA/B	—		—
John Collins Jonathan Walton	Double sculls	6:43.93	4 R			—
Richard Chambers Will Fletcher	Lightweight double sculls					—
Alex Gregory Constantine Louloudis George Nash Mohamed Sbihi	Four					—
Mark Aldred Chris Bartley Peter Chambers Jono Clegg	Lightweight four	6:01.27	2 SA/B	—		—
Angus Groom Peter Lambert Sam Townsend Jack Beaumont	Quadruple sculls	5:52.77	4 R			—
Paul Bennett Scott Durant Matt Gotrel Matt Langridge Tom Ransley Pete Reed William Satch Andrew Triggs-Hodge Phelan Hill (cox)	Eight					—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helen Glover Heather Stanning	Pair
Katherine Grainger Victoria Thornley	Double sculls	7:05.32	2 SA/B	—
Katherine Copeland Charlotte Taylor	Lightweight double sculls
Karen Bennett Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Katie Greves Frances Houghton Zoe Lee Polly Swann Melanie Wilson Zoe De Toledo (cox)	Eight					—

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

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

In international competition the constituent nations of Great Britain ordinarily compete as separate unions representing England, Scotland and Wales. For the purposes of qualification for the 2016 Olympics the three British unions agreed in advance of the 2013–14 men's and women's Sevens World Series that their highest-finishing teams in that season would represent all three unions in the first stage of qualification during the 2014–15 series. The England men's and women's teams earned the right to represent the British unions in that stage of their respective competitions.

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The England men's team secured a qualifying berth for Great Britain at the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places in the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.

Squad

Group play

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Women's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The England women's team secured a qualifying berth for Great Britain at the Olympics by having achieved one of the top four places in the 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Squad

Group play

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Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has qualified one boat for each of the following classes at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, bringing the maximum quota of 15 sailors, in ten boats. The sailors who secured the quotas for Great Britain are not necessarily the athletes who will be selected to represent their country in these events. On 9 September 2015, Team GB announced the names of the first six sailors to be selected for places at the Rio 2016 regatta. Five more sailors were added to the list of confirmed athletes for Rio on 8 March 2016, with the windsurfer Nick Dempsey appearing at his fifth Olympics. The men's 470 (Patience & Grube) and 49er (Fletcher & Sign) crews completed the Team GB's sailing lineup for the Olympics on 4 May 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Nick Dempsey	RS:X
Nick Thompson	Laser											—
Giles Scott	Finn											—
Chris Grube Luke Patience	470											—
Dylan Fletcher Alain Sign	49er

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Bryony Shaw	RS:X
Alison Young	Laser Radial											—
Saskia Clark Hannah Mills	470											—
Sophie Ainsworth Charlotte Dobson	49erFX

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Ben Saxton Nicola Groves	Nacra 17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

British shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.

On 10 November 2015, Team G announced the names of the six sport shooters to compete at the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tim Kneale	Double trap
Edward Ling	Trap
Steven Scott	Double trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elena Allen	Skeet
Amber Hill
Jennifer McIntosh	10 m air rifle	414.7	15	—		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions			—

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

British swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), or potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): All British swimmers must qualify by finishing in the top two of the Olympic trials having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by British Swimming in the relevant final (that time being the fastest time of the sixteenth fastest swimmer internationally in that event in 2015).

Great Britain secured its first spot for Rio 2016 when Jack Burnell finished fifth in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Meanwhile, in the pool, British swimmers earned places for Rio in all the relay events at the same meet with the exception of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay; therefore, they will rely on the ranking times for one of the final four places available in these events.

On 21 April 2016, British Swimming announced the final squad of 26 swimmers for the Olympics. Among them were 2015 World champions Adam Peaty and James Guy, Commonwealth champion Jazmin Carlin, and incoming three-time Olympians Robbie Renwick and Hannah Miley.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Craig Benson	200 m breaststroke
Jack Burnell	10 km open water	—
James Guy	200 m freestyle	1:46.13	5 Q
	400 m freestyle	3:45.31	5 Q	—		3:44.68	6
	100 m butterfly
Cameron Kurle	200 m freestyle	1:49.08	35	Did not advance
Max Litchfield	400 m individual medley	4:11.95	5 Q	—		4:11.62	4
Ieuan Lloyd	200 m individual medley
Stephen Milne	400 m freestyle	3:46.00	17	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle			—
Ross Murdoch	100 m breaststroke	59.47	3 Q	1:00.05	11	Did not advance
Adam Peaty		57.55 WR	1 Q	57.62	1 Q	57.13 WR
Benjamin Proud	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
Duncan Scott	100 m freestyle
Timothy Shuttleworth	1500 m freestyle			—
Chris Walker-Hebborn	100 m backstroke	53:54	10 Q
Daniel Wallace	200 m individual medley
Andrew Willis	200 m breaststroke
James Guy Stephen Milne Robbie Renwick Duncan Scott Cameron Kurle* Ieuan Lloyd* Daniel Wallace*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			—
James Guy Adam Peaty Duncan Scott Chris Walker-Hebborn	4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jazmin Carlin	400 m freestyle	4:02.88	2 Q	—		4:01.23
	800 m freestyle			—
Georgia Coates	200 m freestyle
Georgia Davies	100 m backstroke	59.86	7 Q	59.85	10	Did not advance
Eleanor Faulkner	200 m freestyle
Francesca Halsall	50 m freestyle
Camilla Hattersley	800 m freestyle			—
Hannah Miley	200 m individual medley
	400 m individual medley	4:33.74	4 Q	—		4:32.54	4
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	200 m individual medley
Keri-Anne Payne	10 km open water			—
Molly Renshaw	100 m breaststroke	1:07.92	23	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke
Chloe Tutton	100 m breaststroke	1:06.88	12 Q
	200 m breaststroke
Aimee Willmott	200 m butterfly
	400 m individual medley	4:34.08	5 Q	—		4:35.04	7
Jazmin Carlin Georgia Coates Eleanor Faulkner Camilla Hattersley	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			—
Georgia Davies Francesca Halsall Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Chloe Tutton	4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain is due to find a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet after picking up one of four spare berths freed by the continental selection for being the next highest ranking nation at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro. Katie Clark and Olivia Federici, who were both part of the Great Britain lineup for the team event at the 2012 Games, were confirmed as the British representatives in May 2016.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Katie Clark Olivia Federici	Duet

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has qualified a team of three athletes in the table tennis competition at the Games. London 2012 Olympians Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings. On 3 June 2016, Sam Walker was named as the third member of the Great Britain team, with Tom Jarvis also named, as travelling reserve.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Drinkhall	Men's singles	Bye	Karakašević (SRB) W 4–1	Gao N (SIN) W 4–3	Gaćina (CRO) 0
Liam Pitchford		Bye		Kenjaev (UZB) W 4–1	Jung Y-s (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford Sam Walker	Men's team	—				France (FRA) 0

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has fielded a full squad of four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics by finishing in the top 6 of the WTF Olympic rankings in their respective classes. Defending Olympic champion Jade Jones, and former World and reigning European champion Bianca Walkden qualified automatically for their respective weight classes. The quota secured in the men's 80 kg category could be allocated to either Lutalo Muhammad or Damon Sansum, and is at the discretion of British Taekwondo in collaboration with the British Olympic Association; in the event, the higher ranked Muhammad got the nod on 22 June 2016. The remaining British spot was awarded to Mahama Cho in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lutalo Muhammad	Men's −80 kg
Mahama Cho	Men's +80 kg
Jade Jones	Women's −57 kg
Bianca Walkden	Women's +67 kg

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Reigning Olympic champion Andy Murray (world no. 2), along with returning Olympian Heather Watson (world no. 56) from London 2012 and rookie Johanna Konta (world no. 18), qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016. Murray also teamed up with his older brother Jamie in the men's doubles by virtue of the latter's top-10 ATP ranking.

On 1 July 2016, the International Tennis Federation announced that further places would be allocated to Kyle Edmund in the men's singles, and the pair of Colin Fleming and Dominic Inglot in the men's doubles.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kyle Edmund	Singles	Thompson (AUS) W 6–4, 6–2	Daniel (JPN) 0
Andy Murray		Troicki (SRB) W 6–3, 6–2	Mónaco (ARG) 0
Colin Fleming Dominic Inglot	Doubles	—	González / Reyes-Varela (MEX) L 3–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Andy Murray Jamie Murray		—	Bellucci / Sá (BRA) L 6–7(6–8), 6–7(14–16)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Johanna Konta	Singles	Vogt (LIE) W 6-3, 6-1	Garcia (FRA) 0
Heather Watson		Peng S (CHN) W 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3	Svitolina (UKR) 0
Johanna Konta Heather Watson	Doubles	—	Janković / Krunić (SRB) W 6–1, 6–2	H-c Chan / Y-j Chan (TPE) 0

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jamie Murray Johanna Konta	Doubles

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

British triathletes qualified for the following events at the 2016 Olympic Games. Gordon Benson secured a quota in the men's triathlon event as a result of winning the gold medal at the 2015 European Games, while Non Stanford and Vicky Holland added two more quotas to the British team in the women's triathlon event by finishing second and third at the ITU World Qualification Event in Rio de Janeiro. Stanford and Holland then assured themselves places on the British team in accordance with the selection criteria set by the British Triathlon Federation, by finishing second and third in the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago. Two times world champion Helen Jenkins was confirmed as the third British athlete for the women's event over Commonwealth Games champion Jodie Stimpson, following victory for Jenkins in the World Triathlon Series event in Gold Coast, Australia, used by Great Britain as a selection event, and brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, who both won medals at the previous Games, were chosen for the men's event. European Games gold medalist Gordon Benson was the last triathlete to be selected for the Games on 7 June 2016, selected to fill the quota place he had won for Great Britain at those Games.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Gordon Benson	Men's
Alistair Brownlee
Jonathan Brownlee
Vicky Holland	Women's
Helen Jenkins
Non Stanford

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Great Britain has qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish (for men) and top six (for women), respectively, at the 2016 European Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.

First-time Olympians Sonny Webster and Rebekah Tiler were named to Team GB's weightlifting team for the Games on 29 June 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sonny Webster	Men's −94 kg
Rebekah Tiler	Women's −69 kg

Sports not contested by Great Britain in Rio

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Neither men's or women's teams qualified.

Football

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Following the appearance of a British team in both the men's and women's tournaments as the nation hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics in London the Football Association initially indicated it was unlikely that a men's team would be entered to take part in the Rio Olympics as the component nations of Great Britain will compete separately in the men's 2015 European Under-21 Championship which act as the qualifying competition. However, in February 2015, the FA indicated a change in its policy, championed by Gareth Southgate, the England under-21 coach, who held the view that, as the only global tournament for that age group (there is no FIFA under 21/under 23 World Cup), the Olympic tournament would provide valuable experience for the players. As a consequence, the FA indicated its willingness to the BOA to run a men's team for the Olympic Games.

England women's national football team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup but is not an Olympic member nation, as they are part of Great Britain. Although England were one of the top three European teams, the last Olympic spot will go to the fourth-best UEFA team. The Football Association had originally declared on 2 March 2015 its intention to enter and run teams on behalf of the British Olympic Association at the 2016 Olympics should England qualify. However, following strong objections from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations, as well as a commitment from FIFA that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations were in agreement, the Football Association announced on 30 March 2015 that they would not seek entry into the Olympic tournament.

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Team GB did not qualify.

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Team GB have no qualified pairs.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Team GB did not qualify.

See also

• Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics