Rio Olympics 2016 in Numbers

Our amazing achievement in the 2016 Olympics in Rio surpassed the expectations of many. We were second in the medals table and exceeded our medal tally from London 2012. Here are some fun facts about the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Great Britain was second in the medal table winning 67 medals: 27 golds, 23 silvers and 17 bronze medals.

1: There were a number of firsts in this year’s Olympics

• We were the first country to win more medals in the Olympics following their home games.
• We won medals in two sports appearing in the Olympics for the first time: Rugby Sevens and Golf (first appearance since 1904).
• Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh were the first gay married to compete in the same sport at the Olympics.
• Nile Wilson was the first Briton to win a medal in the gymnastics horizontal bar.
• Bryony Page won a silver medal and was the first British woman to win a medal in trampolining.
• Max Whitlock won Britain's first-ever Olympic gymnastics gold with victory in the men's floor.
• Alistair Brownlee was the first athlete to win successive Olympic triathlon titles and, with brother Jonny they ,were the first brothers to win gold and silver in the same Olympic event since 1960 in Rome when the D’Inzeos from Italy won medals in showjumping.

4: the number of gold medals won by Mo Farah at London and Rio making him the first Olympian to win the 5,000m and 10,000m in 2 Olympic games since Lasse Viren from Finland in 1976.

5: Bradley Wiggins has won a medal in 5 consecutive Olympic games, joining Katherine Grainger, Steve Redgrave, Ben Ainslie and Jack Beresford.

8: The number of games the GB women’s hockey team won in their journey to gold (all of them).

10: The number of gold medals engaged couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott have between them.

16: Amy Tinkler was the youngest member of Team GB at 16 and won a bronze medal in the Gymnastics floor competition.

17: The number of bronze medals we won.

22: The number of sports we won medals in (see full table below).

23: The number of gold medals won by team GB.

58: Nick Skelton, at 58, is GB’s oldest Olympic champion since Jerry Milner won gold in 1908, aged 61.

67: The number of medals won by team GB.

67: Justin Rose’s score to win gold in the golf Gold medallist. Justin Rose lived in Fleet from the age of 5 and played at Hartley Wintney Golf Club as well as being a junior member at North Hants Golf Club from the ages of 10 until he turned professional in 1998 aged just 17.

146: The most medals ever won by GB at an Olympics, in London 1908.

366: The number of competitors in team GB Olympic squad (compared to 541 in 2012).

1435: How many days until the next Olympics in Tokyo.

Team GB Medals table