This may be because the British competitors were pathetically talent-impaired.

The following British competitors won medals at the Games.

The following British competitors won medals at the Games, all dates are August 2008.

Claire Wright was the only British competitor on the trampoline.

Llerena ran the final in 24.28s, behind a Spanish and a British competitor.

The company has nearly seven million customers, several times its closest British competitors.

In the singles events, no British competitor advanced past the quarter-final stage.

At 19 years, 337 days Payne was the youngest British competitor at the games.

The youngest ever female British competitor at Wimbledon, she was aged 17 in 1988.

The jackhammers that it produced were too costly to undersell those of British competitors.