Great Britain

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Olympic team national sports team

Great Britain is the name used by the United Kingdom’s athletes competing together as a single national team at the Olympic Games.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
GBR	4
United Kingdom mainland	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic team ⓘ national sports team ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Team GB ⓘ
athletesFrom	British Overseas Territories ⓘ Crown dependencies ⓘ surface form: Crown Dependencies England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
competesIn	Olympic Games ⓘ modern Olympic Games ⓘ surface form: Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympics ⓘ surface form: Winter Olympic Games
countryRepresented	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstOlympicAppearance	1896 Summer Olympics ⓘ
governingBody	British Olympic Association ⓘ
includesParalympicCounterpart	ParalympicsGB ⓘ surface form: Great Britain at the Paralympics
IOCCode	Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GBR
isDistinctFrom	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Great Britain (geographical island) United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom (sovereign state name)
NOC	British Olympic Association ⓘ
recognizedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
represents	United Kingdom at the Olympic Games ⓘ Team GB ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom at the Summer Olympics United Kingdom at the Winter Olympics ⓘ
representsInOlympics	British Empire ⓘ surface form: British Empire (historically) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
teamNameUsedSince	early modern Olympic era ⓘ
usesAnthem	God Save the King ⓘ
usesFlag	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
usesName	Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Britain → IOCCode → Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBR

Team GB → IOCCode → Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBR

CONTEST → appliesTo → Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom mainland

Daley Thompson → competedFor → Great Britain ⓘ

Team GB → countryCodeStandard → Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBR

Daley Thompson → countryOfCitizenship → Great Britain ⓘ

ParalympicsGB → countryRepresented → Great Britain ⓘ

Team GB → countryRepresented → Great Britain ⓘ

British Olympic Association → countryServed → Great Britain ⓘ

Summer Olympics 1896 → hasParticipatingNation → Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: 1896 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics 1948 → hostNation → Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXX Olympiad → hostNation → Great Britain ⓘ

XIV Olympiad → hostNationTeam → Great Britain ⓘ

British Olympic Association → jurisdiction → Great Britain ⓘ

United Kingdom → olympicTeamName → Great Britain ⓘ

British Olympic Foundation → regionServed → Great Britain ⓘ

Anne, Princess Royal → represented → Great Britain ⓘ

Eric Liddell → representedBy → Great Britain ⓘ

Lewis Clive → representedCountry → Great Britain ⓘ

BOA → represents → Great Britain ⓘ

British Olympic Association → represents → Great Britain ⓘ

Summer Olympics 2012 → thirdMedalCountry → Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics

Team GB → usesIOCCode → Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBR

ParalympicsGB → usesName → Great Britain ⓘ

Team GB → usesName → Great Britain ⓘ