British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

[1] The British team won a total of 37 medals, including five golds, this was Britain's largest total medal haul since 1920, and would not be surpassed until 2008, however this was due in part to the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Olympics, which meant that Eastern Bloc competitors were not present.

Great Britain sent a reserve team to the Soviet organised Friendship Games, dubbed the "alternative Olympics" the same year.

In the fourth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, three men and three women represented the country.

The women's scores were separated by only 10 points, as the three placed consecutively in the final ranking.