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.
Great Britain at the Olympics successful performance both post-War and away from a home Games was in 2016, finishing second. Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny are jointly the most successful cyclists in Olympic history and Ben Ainslie, with four golds at consecutive Games and a silver medal, is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. Great Britain has hosted the Summer Games on three occasions – 1908, 1948 and 2012, all in London – second only to the United States. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Great Britain became the first country to win more medals at a Summer Olympics immediately after hosting a