Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics five entrants in the four disciplines. Included were two reigning Olympic track cycling champions, Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins, plus a further two medal winners from 2004, as well as several reigning track world champions. Great Britain won fourteen cycling medals (eight gold, four silver and two bronze) in total to top the cycling medal table. The Cycling team won the BBC Sports team of the year award and was nominated for Laureus World team of the year. On the track Mark Cavendish was the only member of the squad of fourteen not to win at least one medal. Chris
Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 234 competitors, 218 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports. British athletes won fifteen gold medals (up from ten in 1912) and 43 medals overall, finishing third, something they did not do again until London 2012 Five divers, three men and two women, represented Great Britain in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Just as in 1912, the women had the better showing for the country.