Olympic Media Guide 5/8/04 - sportcentric

GB RESULTS AT EACH OLYMPIC GAMESOVERALLVENUEGSB45678FinalistsSFsEntriesCompMed%Fin%19001906190819121920192419281932193619481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219962000ParisAthensLondonStockholmAntwerpParisAmsterdamLos AngelesBerlinLondonHelsinkiMelbourneRomeTokyoMexico CityMunichMontrealMoscowLos AngelesSeoulBarcelonaAtlantaSydney2141-1-----11---11-1----222122-----11111311-1-12131122-1111---114111-11112323-1--312-143--1-12-1-5-1--2-2221--3-1132----2315124222-264-2-3--------231-122141432131--------11212131311131888841497777812101061119207781088181913231510141217141921304236403336322219151137263030221723292320253149665950535751343710628181826211320252118232524363928333830283620.0%45.5%18.9%23.1%6.7%13.3%18.2%11.8%0.0%3.4%4.3%10.0%12.0%3.2%2.0%1.5%5.1%10.0%9.4%5.3%2.0%5.9%0.0%53.3%72.7%21.6%30.8%13.3%46.7%40.9%41.2%30.4%24.1%30.4%40.0%48.0%32.3%20.4%9.1%18.6%38.0%37.7%12.3%13.7%23.5%27.0%TOTALS14222630274330232155017955647.8%27.0%The Sydney games in 2000 represented only the second time that GB has failed to win a swimming medal at anOlympics (the other was in Berlin in 1936), whilst the best medal haul was seven in 1908 in London when the teamalso won a record 4 gold’s.The most recent gold medal was won by Adrian Moorhouse in the 100m Breaststroke in Seoul, and the most recentmedallist was Graeme Smith with a bronze in the 1500m Freestyle on 26 July 1996.The largest British swimming team at an Olympics was in 1976 when GB took 39 different swimmers to Montreal, thesmallest squad was the 6 participants in Athens in 1906.10