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The 2024 Olympic opening ceremonial is connected Friday 26 July

With Paris 2024 accelerated approaching, BBC Sport is counting down Team GB's top Olympic moments astatine a summertime Games since 2000.

The Olympics unfastened connected Friday, 26 July and Great Britain are hoping for different successful version aft winning 64 medals astatine Tokyo 2020.

There person been truthful galore breathtaking achievements successful nan past 24 years that it's difficult to prime nan best.

But our master sheet of broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, BBC executive shaper Ron Chakraborty and erstwhile GB Olympians Katharine Merry and Steve Parry person whittled things down to a non-exhaustive shortlist of 10 standout moments since Sydney 2000.

Vote for your favourite astatine nan bottommost of nan page.

Results of nan ballot will beryllium announced connected BBC Radio 5 Live from 19:30 to 21:00 BST connected Wednesday, 24 July, pinch Oldroyd presenting alongside Merry and Parry.

The ballot opens astatine 08:00 BST connected Thursday, 11 July and will adjacent astatine 22:00 BST connected Tuesday, 16 July.

Sir Steve Redgrave wins his 5th golden (Sydney 2000)

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Sir Steve Redgrave won his 5th consecutive golden astatine Sydney 2000. Only Hungary's Aladar Gerevich has a higher tally successful squad events, pinch six successive golds betwixt 1932 and 1960 successful nan squad sabre fencing

When Great Britain edged Italy by conscionable 0.38 seconds to triumph golden successful nan coxless fours rowing arena astatine Sydney 2000, a roar bellowed retired from nan crowd of 22,000 spectators. Sir Matthew Pinsent fell into nan h2o arsenic he rushed to hug his chap oarsmen.

Meanwhile, seasoned Sir Steve Redgrave, who had conscionable go nan first Briton to triumph 5 Olympic golden medals, slumped complete his oars successful exhaustion.

Dame Kelly Holmes' dream double (Athens 2004)

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After a profession dogged by injury, Holmes made history astatine Athens 2004 by winning double Olympic gold

Days aft winning nan 800m, Dame Kelly Holmes group a British grounds of 3 minutes 57.90 seconds successful nan 1500m event.

Starting nan last thigh eighth retired of 12, she burst guardant and moreover had clip to look complete her enarthrosis and raise her arms successful triumph arsenic she approached nan decorativeness line.

Holmes became nan first Briton successful 84 years to execute nan Olympic middle-distance double. The only different British jock to execute that feat is Albert Hill, successful Antwerp successful 1920.

Rebecca Adlington's double golden (Beijing 2008)

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Adlington's 2 golden medals successful Beijing equalled nan champion capacity by a British female astatine a azygous Olympics, pursuing Dame Kelly Holmes' double golden successful Athens 4 years earlier

In Beijing, Rebecca Adlington became Britain's first female to triumph Olympic golden successful nan excavation successful 48 years pinch triumph successful nan 400m freestyle. Days later, she added a golden successful nan 800m freestyle – making her nan astir successful British swimmer successful 100 years.

The then-19-year-old besides group a world grounds successful nan 800m, finishing 2.12 seconds wrong nan erstwhile world best.

Sir Chris Hoy's triple triumph (Beijing 2008)

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In 2008, Hoy became nan first Briton successful 100 years to triumph 3 golds astatine nan aforesaid Olympics

A 32-year-old Sir Chris Hoy gave nan triumph salute arsenic he crossed nan statement successful nan individual sprint successful Beijing to declare a historical treble.

After winning golden successful nan squad sprint and keirin, nan cycling awesome hit team-mate Sir Jason Kenny successful nan individual arena to declare his 3rd golden badge of nan Games.

The past Briton to execute that feat was swimmer Henry Taylor, who did truthful successful London successful 1908.

Super Saturday (London 2012)

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On Saturday 4 August 2012, Team GB won 3 golds successful nan abstraction of 44 minutes

Nicola Adams smashes done nan solid ceiling (London 2012)

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Adams became nan first British female boxer to triumph an Olympic golden badge successful 2012

Women's boxing made its debut astatine nan London 2012 Games, 108 years aft nan men.

While chap Britons Natasha Jonas and Savannah Marshall mislaid their first bouts, Leeds combatant Nicola Adams outclassed Chinese world number 1 lightweight Ren Cancan successful nan flyweight final, successful beforehand of a crowd of 10,000 astatine nan ExCeL to return gold.

Max Whitlock wins 2 gymnastics golds (Rio 2016)

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Whitlock is Britain's astir successful gymnast and will discontinue aft Paris 2024

Before Rio 2016, Great Britain had ne'er won an Olympic golden successful gymnastics.

Max Whitlock changed that pinch 2 successful 1 day.

First he claimed triumph successful nan level last earlier pursuing that up pinch gold connected nan pommel horse, wherever he pipped team-mate Louis Smith.

Earlier successful nan Games he had besides won GB's first all-around badge successful 108 years pinch a bronze.

Women's lucky squad triumph gripping shootout (Rio 2016)

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A tv assemblage of 9 cardinal tuned successful to watch nan women's lucky squad hit reigning world champions Netherlands successful nan last astatine Rio 2016

Rio 2016 put women's lucky connected nan representation for Great Britain.

After a thrilling last against Netherlands vanished 3-3 successful normal time, nan necktie went to a punishment shootout.

Britain's keeper Maddie Hinch made a drawstring of singular saves during nan lucifer and stopped each 4 Dutch penalties successful nan shootout.

Meanwhile, Helen Richardson-Walsh and Hollie Webb scored nan match-clinching efforts to seal Britain's first Olympic lucky gold successful melodramatic fashion.

Laura Trott and Jason Kenny – fiances observe occurrence connected nan way (Rio 2016)

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Partners Kenny and Trott won 5 golds betwixt them astatine Rio 2016

The Rio Olympics were memorable for aureate mates Laura Trott and Jason Kenny (now Dame Laura Kenny and Sir Jason Kenny) 5 weeks earlier they sewage married.

Kenny won 3 golds astatine nan Games and took his wide tally to six, equalling Sir Chris Hoy's grounds of nan highest number of Olympic golds for immoderate British athlete.

Meanwhile, his fiancée won 2 golds and became Britain's astir successful female Olympic jock successful history pinch 4 overall.

After an unthinkable badge haul, they shared a tearful clasp successful nan Rio Velodrome.

Tom Daley lands elusive golden (Tokyo 2020)

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Daley's agelong hold for an Olympic golden badge yet came to an extremity astatine Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 was Tom Daley's 4th Olympics.

Alongside Matty Lee, he put connected a superb show successful nan synchronised 10m level to pip Chinese brace Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen and extremity China’s aureate grip connected nan event, which dated backmost to 2000.

Wild celebrations followed arsenic nan consequence was confirmed and Daley, who had won bronze successful Rio, wept pinch joyousness connected nan podium.

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