Team GB

Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team which competes at the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games. The Team is selected and managed by the British Olympic Association, in conjunction with the national governing bodies, from the best sportsmen and women to compete in the 26 summer and 7 winter sports on the Olympic Programme.

There is only one Olympic team from Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Team GB. There is not an Olympic swimming team or Olympic rowing team. The individual sports join to become Team GB, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team.

Our Greatest Team

At the London 2012 Olympic Games Team GB - Our Greatest Team - will be the largest single team to represent the nation in any sporting event for over 100 years. Consisting of over 500 athletes and 1,000 support staff, we will be the best prepared, best equipped, best supported and most ambitious team to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in over a century.

Team GB will compete in more sports and more disciplines and our mission is to deliver best performance, more medals, from more sports. With the support of the whole of the UK, Our Greatest Team is 60 million strong. Team GB will be the most diverse team: geographically; ethnically and socially. The athletes who compete for Team GB are ordinary men and women with extraordinary talents.

Team 2012 presented by Visa

Team GB is selected from a group of Olympic hopefuls across the 26 sports, who are all training and competing for the chance to represent their country at London 2012. ‘Team 2012’ is the official support programme for these hopefuls and their Paralympic contemporaries in the build-up to 2012. Its aim is to give our British athletes the best chance of success at London 2012. Through ‘Team 2012’, you can find out more about these Olympic hopefuls as well as interact with them and support them on their journey