Grenada at the Olympics It became the smallest country in the history to win a Summer Olympic gold medal. At the Rio 2016 Olympics James again won another medal, this time a silver. On the 14th August 2016 James ran a time of 43.76s. As a result of its performance Grenada has the distinction of being the most efficient country at the Rio games as comes to the medal tally when compared to the country's population. Grenada at the Olympics Grenada first competed at the Olympic Games in 1984, and has participated in each Summer Olympic Games since then. Grenada won its first medal
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hoy became Scotland's most successful Olympic competitor ever, and the first Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908. His success resulted in the velodrome for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow being named in his honour. Rebecca Romero became the first British woman to win a medal in two different Olympic sports by following her silver medal in the quadruple sculls rowing in 2004 with gold in the women's individual pursuit. In the debut appearance of BMX events at the Olympics, world champion Shanaze Reade finished out of the medals after