With Great Britain third in the Olympics is this our greatest ever?

Question

With Great Britain third in the Olympics is this our greatest ever?

Answer 1

Ash we are third because we have the third most amount of gold and that is how it is tallied.

Answer 2

Not quite, the best Games ever for Great Britain was Paris 1900 when we won 17 golds, so one more gold will equal it and another will be the best British performance at an Olympics ever bar London 1908 (when Britain won 56 golds)

Answer 3

In London 1908 we won 56 gold medals, 146 medals in total. This is regarded as unbeatable and  was partly due to the fact there were only 22 countries competing, and for some of the events, eg ice skating, we were the only competitors.

In Paris 1900 and Antwerp 1920 we won 14 gold medals according to the BBC.

Edit; Well, we've finally come through in 4th place with 19 golds, and I, for one am very proud of how well our athletes have done.

We've done outstandingly well this year. I reckon we could beat 1908 if we put the resources in - not going to happen anytime soon though!

Answer 4

i think so

Answer 5

United States  (b) 26 (s) 28 (g) 28  (overall) 82

China (b) 45 (s)14 (g) 20 (overall) 79

Russia (b)13 (s)14 (g)18 (overall) 45

Britain (b)16 (s)10(g) 11 (overall) 37

Australia (b)11 (s)12  (g)13 (overall) 36

Answer 6

The Brits are lovely.

Answer 7

Whether it is a 3rd place or 4th place, Britain has already achieved the best results ever ( in total number of golds won ). Though Britain is currently at 3rd position but i think the Russians will overtake soon. I think the British is going to pose serious challenges to other country in the London 2012 games. I expect China to top the table in 2008 as well as in 2012. In London, Britain is going to give the Americans a hard time, that's for sure

Answer 8

if uk was a bigger country we would be first  the talent that came out of britain was amazing i came from uk now in the u,s a small island as big as a state well done GB