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Largest city: London
National languages: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60000 in Scotland)
Total area: 94,526 miles² (244,820 km²)
2008 Estimated population: 60,943,912 people

Britain Medal Count

Gold 19
Silver 13
Bronze 15
Total 47

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Record Breakers

Swimming: Women's 800m Free Qualification: Britain (Rebecca Adlington) 8:18.06 (OR)
Swimming: Women's 800m Free Qualification - Heat 4: Britain (Rebecca Adlington) 8:18.06 (OR)
Cycling: Men's Individual Pursuit Qualification: Britain (Bradley Wiggins) 4:15.031 (OR)
Swimming: Women's 800m Free Final: Britain (Rebecca Adlington) 8:14.10 (WR)
Cycling: Women's Sprint Qualification: Britain (Victoria Pendleton) 10.963 (OR)
Cycling: Men's Sprint Qualification: Britain (Chris Hoy) 9.815 (OR)
Cycling: Men's Team Pursuit Round 1 - Heat 4: Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins) 3:55.202 (WR)
Cycling: Men's Team Pursuit Gold Medal Race: Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins) 3:53.314 (WR)

All Medals

All Medals
Medal	Sport	Event	Athlete
Bronze	Boxing	Super Heavyweight (Over 91 kg)	David Price
Bronze	Boxing	Light Heavyweight (75-81 kg)	Tony Jeffries
Gold	Boxing	Middleweight (69-75 kg)	James Degale
Bronze	Taekwondo	Women's Heavyweight (Over 67 kg)	Sarah Stevenson
Bronze	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Kayak Singles 500m	Tim Brabants
Gold	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Kayak Singles 1000m	Tim Brabants
Silver	Track & Field	Men's Triple Jump	Phillips Idowu
Gold	Sailing	Men's Star - Keelboat	Andrew Simpson, Iain Percy,
Silver	Swimming	Men's 10 km Marathon	David Davies
Bronze	Track & Field	Women's 400-Meter Hurdles	Tasha Danvers
Bronze	Sailing	Women's RS:X - Windsurfer	Bryony Shaw
Silver	Swimming	Women's 10 km Marathon	Keri-Anne Payne
Bronze	Swimming	Women's 10 km Marathon	Cassandra Patten
Gold	Track & Field	Women's 400 Meters	Christine Ohuruogu
Silver	Track & Field	Men's High Jump	Germaine Mason
Gold	Cycling	Men's Sprint	Chris Hoy
Silver	Cycling	Men's Sprint	Jason Kenny
Gold	Cycling	Women's Sprint	Victoria Pendleton
Gold	Sailing	Men's Laser - One-Person Dinghy	Paul Goodison
Gold	Cycling	Men's Team Pursuit	Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Ed Clancy
Silver	Sailing	Men's 470 - Two-Person Dinghy	Nick Rogers, Joe Glanfield,
Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's Pommel Horse	Louis Smith
Silver	Rowing	Men's Eight With Coxswain
Gold	Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit	Rebecca Romero
Silver	Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit	Wendy Houvenaghel
Silver	Rowing	Women's Quadruple Sculls Without Coxswain	Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger, Annie Vernon
Gold	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Double Sculls	Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter
Gold	Sailing	Finn - Heavyweight Dinghy	Ben Ainslie
Gold	Sailing	Women's Yngling - Keelboat	Sarah Webb, Sarah Ayton, Pippa Wilson,
Gold	Cycling	Men's Keirin	Chris Hoy
Silver	Cycling	Men's Keirin	Ross Edgar
Gold	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit	Bradley Wiggins
Bronze	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit	Steven Burke
Bronze	Cycling	Men's Points Race	Chris Newton
Gold	Rowing	Men's Four Without Coxswain	Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge
Bronze	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls	Stephen Rowbotham, Matthew Wells
Bronze	Rowing	Women's Double Sculls	Elise Laverick, Anna Bebington
Gold	Swimming	Women's 800-Meter Freestyle	Rebecca Adlington
Gold	Cycling	Men's Team Sprint	Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny, Chris Hoy
Silver	Cycling	Women's Individual Time Trial	Emma Pooley
Bronze	Equestrian	Individual Eventing	Kristina Cook
Bronze	Equestrian	Team Eventing	Kristina Cook, William Fox-Pitt, Sharon Hunt, Mary King, Daisy Dick
Silver	Canoe/Kayak	Men's Canoe Single	David Florence
Gold	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Nicole Cooke

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Overall Medal Count
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Flag of United States	36	38	36	110
2	Flag of China	51	21	28	100
3	Flag of Russia	23	21	28	72
4	Flag of Britain	19	13	15	47
5	Flag of Australia	14	15	17	46
6	Flag of Germany	16	10	15	41
7	Flag of France	7	16	17	40
8	Flag of South Korea	13	10	8	31

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