Olympics - Britains Olympic Gold Medal Count... Put into Perspective.

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I was trying to do a bit of digging (and not to take the shine off whats currently happening with Britain at the current Olympics) to see how successful we are compared to other Olympics we've competed at, as i didn't have a clue of how well / bad we were doing comparatively.

In 1908 we got 56 goals , i didn't realise how bad we were in the 50's 60's 70's 80's and 90's!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics

If you click on Summer games ( on the right) it shows you how many medals from each Olympics were won.

Addickted4life

This thing on the BBC is very good as well: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/medals/olympic-powers

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Fascinating stuff , thanks for posting this.

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In 1908 , 22 nations took part , & In 1948 only 59 nations took part , now i think its over 200?

Algarveaddick

They said on the coverage that in 1908 two thirds of the competitors were British, there is no comparison.

guinnessaddick

Algarveaddick said:

They said on the coverage that in 1908 two thirds of the competitors were British, there is no comparison.

The tug of war was won by the British police, runner up was the British police and the bronze went to the police also.

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guinnessaddick said:

Algarveaddick said:

They said on the coverage that in 1908 two thirds of the competitors were British, there is no comparison.

The tug of war was won by the British police, runner up was the British police and the bronze went to the police also.

Trouble is GA i don't know whether you are joking or not? :-0

guinnessaddick

Mendonca In Asdas said:

guinnessaddick said:

Algarveaddick said:

They said on the coverage that in 1908 two thirds of the competitors were British, there is no comparison.

The tug of war was won by the British police, runner up was the British police and the bronze went to the police also.

Trouble is GA i don't know whether you are joking or not? :-0

1London City Police-1GBR Gold

2Liverpool Police Team-2 GBR Silver

3 K Division Metropolitan Police Team-3 GBR Bronze

4 Sweden SWE

5 United States USA

HugoZHackenbush

But apparently Sweden upped themselves in 1912 when the Stockholm police won gold!

Covered End

The police are now practicing for the relay, as they are handy with the baton :-)

mparsons1

56 goals?! who were we playing!!

Harry Gregory

mparsons1 said:

56 goals?! who were we playing!!

British Police

Mendonca In Asdas

mparsons1 said:

56 goals?! who were we playing!!

Aggh well spotted , just seeing if you were awake! :-0

I know i was half asleep when i originally posted!