Olympic Representation

Birchfield Harriers at the Olympics
At Birchfield Harriers we are very proud of our Olympic heritage. Many of our athletes have ‘Olympic dreams’ and are helped to achieve these. Over the years, Birchfield has had 116 athletes selected for 153 events at the Olympic Games. (86 individual athletes, some being re-selected in subsequent years.) Our athletes have won 31 Olympic medals. This is one of the reasons we claim to be the UK’s Premier Athletics Club.
	2012 XXX Olympic Games London United Kingdom VIEW DETAILS “Twelve for twelve” Target: twelve athletes.		2008 XXIX Olympic Games Beijing China VIEW DETAILS Nine athletes, twelve events, one medal.
	2004 XXVIII Olympic Games Athens Greece VIEW DETAILS Nine athletes, eleven events, five medals.		2000 XXVII Olympic Games Sydney Australia VIEW DETAILS Eleven athletes, sixteen events, five medals.
	1996 XVI Olympic Games Atlanta USA VIEW DETAILS Five athletes, six events, one medal.		1992 XXV Olympic Games Barcelona Spain VIEW DETAILS Five athletes, seven events.
	1988 XXIV Olympic Games Seoul South Korea VIEW DETAILS Five athletes, five events.		1984 XXIII Olympic Games Los Angeles USA VIEW DETAILS Four athletes, five events, one medal.
	1980 XXII Olympic Games Moscow Soviet Union VIEW DETAILS One athlete, one event.		1976 XXI Olympic Games Montreal Canada VIEW DETAILS Five athletes, six events.
	1972 XX Olympic Games Munich West Germany VIEW DETAILS Ten athletes, nine events, one medal.		1968 XIX Olympic Games Mexico City Mexico VIEW DETAILS Eight athletes, nine events, one medal.
	1964 XVIII Olympic Games Tokyo Japan VIEW DETAILS Six athletes, twelve events, four medals.		1960 XVII Olympic Games Rome Italy VIEW DETAILS Six athletes, eleven events, four medals.
	1956 XVI Olympic Games Melbourne Australia VIEW DETAILS Four athletes, five events, one medal.		1952 XV Olympic Games Helsinki Finland no athletes
	1948 XIV Olympic Games London United Kingdom VIEW DETAILS Three athletes, three events.		1936 XI Olympic Games Berlin Germany VIEW DETAILS Two athletes, three events, three medals.
	1932 X Olympic Games Los Angeles United States VIEW DETAILS One athlete, one event.		1928 IX Olympic Games Amsterdam Netherlands VIEW DETAILS Six athletes, six events.
	1924 VIII Olympic Games Paris France VIEW DETAILS Nine athletes, eleven events, one medal.		1920 VII Olympic Games Antwerp Belgium VIEW DETAILS Four athletes, five events, one medal.
	1912 V Olympic Games Stockholm Sweden VIEW DETAILS One athlete, two events.		1908 IV Olympic Games London United Kingdom VIEW DETAILS Two athletes, four events, two medals.
	1904 III Olympic Games Saint Louis United States no athletes		1900 II Olympic Games Paris France no athletes
	1896 I Olympic Games Athens Greece no athletes