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Summer Olympic Sports

The table below shows how much each sport has received from UK Sport’s World Class Performance Programme since funding began in May 1997. Clicking on the sport’s name will provide more current information on the sport and the athletes that are supported.

Sport

Sydney
Olympiad*
Athens
Olympiad*
Beijing
Olympiad^
Archery n/a £800,000 £2,834,000 
Athletics £10,600,000 £11,400,000 £26,513,000 
Badminton n/a** n/a** £8,759,000 
Basketball n/a n/a £3,694,000 
Boxing n/a** n/a** £5,005,000 
Canoeing £4,500,000 £4,700,000 £13,622,000 
Cycling £5,400,000 £8,600,000 £22,151,000 
Diving £900,000 £1,400,000 £5,873,000 
Equestrian £3,000,000 £4,400,000 £11,727,000 
Fencing n/a n/a £3,074,000 
Gymnastics £5,900,000 £4,100,000 £9,036,000 
Handball n/a n/a £2,986,000 
Hockey n/a** n/a** £9,882,000 
Judo £3,900,000 £4,100,000 £6,947,000 
Modern Pentathlon £1,100,000 £2,000,000 £5,920,000 
Rowing £9,600,000 £10,600,000 £26,042,000 
Sailing £5,100,000 £7,600,000 £22,292,000 
Shooting n/a £1,400,000 £5,056,000 
Swimming £6,900,000 £6,400,000 £20,659,000 
Synchronised Swimming n/a n/a £1,648,000 
Table Tennis n/a** n/a** £2,533,000 
Taekwondo £600,000 £600,000 £2,667,000 
Triathlon £1,400,000 £2,600,000 £5,113,000 
Volleyball n/a n/a £4,112,000 
Water Polo n/a n/a £3,147,000 
Weightlifting n/a  £300,000  £1,686,000 
Wrestling n/a  n/a  £2,125,000 
Total £58,900,000  £70,000,000  £ 235,103,000

 

* Figures for the Sydney and Athens Olympiads relate just to Podium level funding. During that time, the home nation sports councils were responsible for supporting Development and Talent level activities

^ On 1 April, 2006 UK Sport became responsible for all Performance funding from Talent to Podium and these figures reflect that total package. These figures also include the cost of sports science and medicine provision not previously incorporated as part of a sport’s funding award

** Prior to 1 April 2006, governing bodies of sports administered on a home nation basis within the UK were funded by their respective home nation sports councils

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