In Olympic competition, the nation has always shortened its official name to Great Britain rather than the United Kingdom seen elsewhere.

The roster listed is that credited with gold medals by the IOC, but not by Olympedia[2][3] The roster for the Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester as listed by the International Olympic Committee is Thomas Coe, John Henry Derbyshire, Peter Kemp, William Lister, Arthur G. Robertson, Eric Robinson, and George Wilkinson.

Lister, however, had died two weeks prior to the Games,[4] while Derbyshire, Robinson, and Wilkinson all played water polo matches in England either during the tournament or too soon after it to have traveled back from Paris in time.

The British team won a total of 9 athletics medals including a sweep of the 4000 metre steeplechase event.

Great Britain's second Olympic gymnastics appearance was no more successful than the nation's first, resulting in no medals.

However, even a perfect performance by the British athletes would have earned only a total of 8 medals—Great Britain failed to medal in only 2 of its attempts.

The records of the British Olympic Association give the crew as Lorne Currie, John Gretton and Linton Hope, but it has been established that Linton Hope was in England at the time of the races and his name only appears in the Olympic records as he was the designer of the "Scotia".

The one crew member whose participation has been established is Algernon Maudslay, whose name does not appear in any Olympic records, but from contemporary press reports it is clear that he was the helmsman of the "Scotia"".

The Doherty brothers, Reginald and Laurence, and Charlotte Cooper won all 4 gold medals.

Since they were seeded in such a way that they would face each other in the semifinals, Reginald withdrew, accepting a bronze medal while Lawrence went on to win gold.