Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics only match, against Club Française, 4-0. Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic golf events. The British golfers took the silver and bronze medals in the men's competition, making Great Britain the only nation other than the United States to win a golfing medal that year. Great Britain's second Olympic gymnastics appearance was no more successful than the nation's first, resulting in no medals. Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic polo event. British athletes played on three of the five teams, two of which included either American
Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournaments as the nation hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the Football Association initially indicated it was unlikely that a men's team would be entered to take part in the Rio Olympics as the component nations of Great Britain were to compete separately in the men's 2015 European Under-21 Championship which acted as the qualifying competition. However, in February 2015, the FA indicated a change in its policy, championed by Gareth Southgate, the England under-21 coach, who held the view that, as the only global tournament for that age group (there is no FIFA under 21/under 23 World Cup),