How did Team GB win their Olympic medals?

Let nan celebrations statesman - Team Great Britain person vanished Paris 2024 pinch 65 medals, beating their full from Tokyo by one.

Sixty-five matches nan team's badge haul from London 2012 and is nan joint-third-highest for Team GB astatine a azygous Games down Rio 2016 (67 medals) and London 1908 (146).

But GB did get 8 less golds than they did 3 years agone successful Tokyo.

In truth 14 golds was only bully capable for seventh successful nan badge table, GB's lowest placing since Athens 2004.

So, was Paris 2024 a record-breaking Games aliases a backwards step? Let's spell done nan stats.

British fans person been spoiled astatine caller Games. Third successful London, 2nd successful Rio and 4th successful Tokyo.

Seventh almost feels for illustration a disappointment.

But if we alteration nan array from astir golds to astir medals, things abruptly look overmuch better.

And location is simply a precedent. The US media person been presenting Olympic badge tables this measurement for decades. Below connected nan near is BBC Sport's badge table. On nan correct is American broadcaster NBC's interpretation.

Rowing past topped GB's badge array astatine Atlanta, but has knocked cycling disconnected apical spot for nan first clip since 2004.

With equestrian being GB's third-best athletics based connected golds, Paris was the Olympics for sports which required British athletes to beryllium sitting down.

Money talks. UK Sport awarded £245,837,685 of backing for nan Paris Olympic cycle.

It intends each GB badge cost, connected average, £3,782,118.

Cycling received £29,314,683, nan astir backing for immoderate sport, followed by rowing (£23,794,482) and sailing (£22,800,520).

Hockey (£13,689,907) had nan astir backing of immoderate athletics successful which GB did not triumph a badge successful Paris.

UK Sport - funded by nan authorities and National Lottery income - does not springiness Olympic backing to golf, making Tommy Fleetwood's silver GB's cheapest medal.

The adjacent cheapest badge was Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe's silver successful nan creator swimming women's duet. Artistic swimming received conscionable £467,250 from UK Sport.

If we spell by spot of commencement London was Britain's champion root of medals pinch 32.

The southbound eastbound of England contributed 21, nan West Midlands 14 and nan northbound westbound of England and Yorkshire were locked together connected 12.

Scotland took location 10, Wales 7 and Northern Ireland four.

Of course!

In nan conflict of nan sexes British antheral athletes won 31 medals, pinch female athletes winning 30. Four of GB's medals were successful mixed events.

The mean property of British medallists was 27 years and 3 months. The youngest victor was 16-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown. The oldest was 57-year-old dressage rider Carl Hester.

Thanks to McEwan, Pidcock, Dean, Digby, Ford, Daley, George and Fleetwood nan astir communal first sanction for a GB medallist was Thomas.

So, if you are a 23-year-old antheral rower surviving successful London called Tom - get training now. You are our champion dream for Los Angeles 2028!