Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics April, with open water event swimmers selected after performance in the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships, in Seville, Spain. In winning six medals (two gold, two silver and two bronze) the team bettered the target of three medals set by UK Sport. The most successful swimmer was Rebecca Adlington who won two gold medals. Her 400 m freestyle success was Britain's first Olympic swimming title since 1988, and the first swimming gold by a British woman since 1960. Her second gold, in the 800 m freestyle, meant she also equalled the best performance by a British woman, from any
Olympics on United States television The Walt Disney Company.) Some decisions as far as what events to show also seem to create questions. For example, NBC got the Beijing organizers to hold swimming, gymnastics, and beach volleyball in the morning and early afternoon local time, U.S. prime time in 2008 (the next morning in Beijing). Such prominent sports as track and field and basketball were not moved to the mornings. The network cited Phelps' potential for winning a record eight gold medals at a single Olympics (which he did), as well as strong U.S. teams in gymnastics and beach volleyball favored to win medals, along