Britain’s all-time record is 56 gold medals, at the 1908 Olympics in London.
That tally came amid a haul of 146 medals in total, but will almost certainly never be surpassed, given that there were only British entries in some events, which included figure skating, polo, rackets and tug of war
TUG OF WAR?! In the Olympics? Get in! Here’s my vote for the tug-of-war to be back in the 2012 Olympics!
(NB: I was going to go as far as make a petition for this when I thought “No, I have a lot better things to be doing”. I saw that some people don’t however: e.g Allow Kanga’s to compete as athletes (they have to use kangaroos now that we are beating the aussies) and bring back budgie smugglers )
