Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics the women's events and taking fourth place each time. Great Britain competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the fourth time in 1920, the fifth appearance of the sport in the Olympics. Britain won its fourth (and final, through 2008) gold medal in the sport. The Bergvall System was used in 1920. Great Britain won all three of its matches, taking the gold medal. 41 athletes represented Great Britain in 1920. It was the nation's sixth appearance in athletics, having competed in the sport at every Olympics. With four medals of each type, Great Britain was the third most
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" competed at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, from 4–13 August 2017. It was the first time that the United Kingdom had hosted the World Championships. Mo Farah won the first medal for the host nation, also winning the first gold medal of the Championships (in the 10,000 metres). <nowiki>*</nowiki> – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final UK Sport targeted a minimum of 6 medals for London 2017, just slightly fewer than the set target of seven medals