Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics 3–1 in the Women's Field hockey tournament to win the first medal of any colour by a British field hockey team at a Summer Olympics since 1992. The team won 65 medals in total; 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze. For each gold medallist, a post box was painted gold by Royal Mail in recognition of the achievement, usually in the competitor's home town. A first class stamp depicting each gold medal winning individual or team was also produced. The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.
Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's bantamweight Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's bantamweight The men's bantamweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 11 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Twenty-eight boxers from 28 nations competed. Luke Campbell of Great Britain won the gold medal, defeating Ireland's John Joe Nevin in the final. Nevin took the silver medal and bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition consisted of 28 boxers who had qualified through various qualifying tournaments held in 2011 and