The cyclist Dame Laura Kenny and the dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin share the record for the most medals won by a female British athlete, with six each; Kenny's five gold medals are the female British record.

The most successful Winter Olympian from Team GB is Lizzy Yarnold, with two gold medals in the women's skeleton.

As the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United Kingdom, the British Olympic Association (BOA) membership encompasses the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, who notably compete separately in many international sports outside Olympic competition for historic reasons), plus the three Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey), and all but three of the British Overseas Territories[2](Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands have their own NOCs).

All athletes from the whole of Ireland were included in the Great Britain team up until the 1920 Olympics as the entire island was part of the United Kingdom at that time, and the Team GB claim to have won at least one gold at every Summer Games is partially founded on a single Irish athlete, Tom Kiely who won gold in the 1904 St. Louis games.

[10] Other nations that formed part of the then British Empire, however, were represented separately even before full independence in a variety of ways, either as fledgling nations such as South Africa and India, or occasionally in regional teams such as Australasia and British West Indies.

In February 2019, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced plans to bid for the 2032 or 2036 Olympics, which was backed by UK Sport.

The idea was backed by Tom Daley, Team GB diver, commenting that "London is one of the few cities on the planet where you would be able to host the games tomorrow".

This table excludes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events.

This table includes seven medals – one gold, two silver, and four bronze – awarded in the 1908 and 1920 figure skating events.

Baxter was exonerated of deliberate wrong doing, but was forced to return his medal on the basis of strict liability.

Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful British athlete at the Winter Olympics, with two gold medals.

Duncan Scott is the most prolific athlete at a single Games, winning four medals (1 gold, 3 silver) at the 2020 Olympics.

Steve Redgrave is the most consistent British Olympic athlete, winning gold medals at five consecutive Games (1984-2000).

Tom Daley, with one gold, one silver and three bronze medals, is the most decorated and most successful British Olympic diver in history, followed by Jack Laugher with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals Great Britain had one rider compete in the hacks and hunter combined event at the first Olympic equestrian events in 1900.

Having qualified as hosts in both tournaments in 2012, pressure arose to find a way for Great Britain, and at least a women's team, to take part in Olympic football competitions.

The solution, first instituted in time for the 2020 Games, and following the precedent set out by field hockey and rugby sevens was for the results of the England women's team, as the highest ranked national team within Great Britain, to be treated as qualification results for the purposes of UEFA quota places.

When the sport returned in the 2016 Rio Olympics, after a 112-year absence, Justin Rose won gold.

Great Britain first competed in gymnastics in the inaugural 1896 Olympics, with wrestler Launceston Elliot entering the rope climbing event and finishing last.

Great Britain's men's and women's handball teams were allowed to take up host places at the 2012 Olympics.

Great Britain would be the only team to play in all five of the Olympic polo tournaments, with no other nation appearing more than three times.

There were 2 games in 1908 pitting teams from Great Britain against each other, necessarily resulting in a 2–2 record that year.

Great Britain's first shooting medals came when the United Kingdom hosted the 1908 Games, at which the British shooters dominated the competitions.

Tennis in 1896 was a sport that allowed mixed teams, and both Boland and George S. Robertson joined partners from other nations to win their medals.

Great Britain again dominated in 1900, taking all four gold medals and adding seven others (three as part of mixed teams).

Great Britain's Olympic tug of war debut came when the United Kingdom hosted the Games in 1908.

Great Britain was then one of only two teams to compete in 1912 and also won the last Tug of War competition held in the Olympics in 1920.

Great Britain's only gold medal in weightlifting came at the first Games in 1896, when Launceston Elliot won the one-hand lift.