The following tables state our UK Sport funding awards to sports for the current Olympic and Paralympic cycles, for both the summer (Los Angeles) and winter (Milan-Cortina) games.
The figures quoted below for each sport are exclusive of any Athlete Performance Awards (APAs), which is paid directly to the athletes and contributes to their living and sporting costs. In addition to the funding awards below for the Los Angeles cycle an overall £80 million will be invested in APAs and for the Milan-Cortina cycle we will invest in the region of £5 million.
Last updated: April 2026
Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic funding award
|
Sport
|
Funding award type
|
Funding amount
|
|
Archery
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,050,000
|
|
Aquatics (All)
|
World Class Programme
|
£28,900,000*
|
|
Artistic Swimming
|
World Class Programme
|
*Included in Aquatics (All)
|
|
Athletics
|
World Class Programme
|
£20,450,000
|
|
Badminton
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,825,000
|
|
Baseball / Softball
|
New Sport for LA 2028
|
£700,000
|
|
Basketball
|
Development Sport
|
£2,925,000**
|
|
Boxing
|
World Class Programme
|
£12,450,000
|
|
Canoeing
|
World Class Programme
|
£12,713,825
|
|
Cycling (All)
|
World Class Programme
|
£30,494,000
|
|
Diving
|
World Class Programme
|
*Included in Aquatics (All)
|
|
Equestrian
|
World Class Programme
|
£12,282,000
|
|
Fencing
|
Development Sport
|
£1,725,000
|
| Flag Football |
New Sport for LA 2028
|
£500,000
|
|
Gymnastics
|
World Class Programme
|
£14,175,000
|
|
Handball
|
Development Sport
|
£375,000
|
|
Hockey
|
World Class Programme
|
£14,425,000
|
|
Judo
|
World Class Programme
|
£7,025,000
|
|
Lacrosse
|
New Sport for LA 2028
|
£901,600
|
|
Modern Pentathlon
|
World Class Programme
|
£5,275,000
|
|
Rowing
|
World Class Programme
|
£25,042,000
|
|
Sailing
|
World Class Programme
|
£23,950,000
|
|
Shooting
|
World Class Programme
|
£6,600,000
|
|
Skateboarding
|
Development Sport
|
£2,550,000
|
|
Sport Climbing
|
Development Sport
|
£3,681,044
|
| Squash |
New Sport for LA 2028
|
£500,000
|
|
Surfing
|
Development Sport
|
£1,525,000
|
|
Swimming
|
World Class Programme
|
*Included in Aquatics (All)
|
|
Table Tennis
|
Development Sport
|
£1,581,000
|
|
Taekwondo
|
World Class Programme
|
£8,975,000
|
|
Triathlon
|
World Class Programme
|
£7,550,000
|
|
Volleyball
|
Development Sport
|
£795,000
|
|
Water Polo
|
World Class Programme
|
*Included in Aquatics (All)
|
|
Weightlifting
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,450,000
|
|
Wrestling
|
Development Sport
|
£406,000
|
|
|
Total funding awards investment:
|
£258,646,469
|
*The investment figure for all aquatic sports as of the funding cycle, 2025-2029, is provided as one funding amount, see Aquatics (All) for funding amount.
**This includes £1.55m that has been allocated to Basketball to pursue the 3x3 discipline, which sits outside the scope of the LA performance investment awards. This is part of an innovative pilot project in partnership with Sport England.
Los Angeles 2028 Summer Paralympic funding awards
|
Sport
|
Funding award type
|
Funding amount
|
|
Boccia
|
World Class Programme
|
£4,275,000
|
|
Goalball
|
Development Sport
|
£557,434
|
|
Para-Archery
|
World Class Programme
|
£2,925,000
|
|
Para-Athletics
|
World Class Programme
|
£9,800,000
|
|
Para-Badminton
|
World Class Programme
|
£1,668,600
|
|
Para-Canoe
|
World Class Programme
|
£4,462,000
|
| Para-Climbing |
New Sport for LA
|
£500,000
|
|
Para-Cycling
|
World Class Programme
|
£8,825,000
|
|
Para-Equestrian
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,625,000
|
|
Para-Rowing
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,725,000
|
|
Para-Swimming
|
World Class Programme
|
£9,220,000
|
|
Para-Table Tennis
|
World Class Programme
|
£4,175,000
|
|
Para-Taekwondo
|
World Class Programme
|
£1,500,000
|
|
Para-Triathlon
|
World Class Programme
|
£4,400,000
|
|
Powerlifting
|
World Class Programme
|
£2,150,000
|
|
Shooting Para Sport
|
World Class Programme
|
£2,450,000
|
|
VI Judo
|
World Class Programme
|
£1,252,500
|
|
Wheelchair Basketball
|
World Class Programme
|
£4,925,000
|
|
Wheelchair Fencing
|
World Class Programme
|
£1,857,000
|
|
Wheelchair Rugby
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,225,000
|
|
|
Total funding awards investment:
|
£75,517,534
|
Notes
Table above includes any changes to investments made since the original funding awards were made for the LA cycle in April 2025. The original funding awards can be found in this document (PDF file download).
In addition to the investment figures above the following amounts have been awarded across:
- Performance Programmes £1.9m historical VAT rebates covering the period 01 Jan 2021 - 31 Mar 2024
- £2.4m to support Performance Leadership
- £1.7m to support Elite Training Environments
Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic funding awards
|
Sport
|
Funding award type
|
Funding amount
|
|
Bobsleigh
|
World Class Programme
|
£3,155,926
|
|
Curling
|
World Class Programme
|
£6,367,525
|
|
Ice Hockey
|
National Squads
|
£900,000
|
|
Luge
|
National Squads
|
£85,000
|
|
Skeleton
|
World Class Programme
|
£5,765,123
|
|
Ski and Snowboard
|
World Class Programme
|
£7,273,193
|
|
Figure Skating
Short Track
Speed Skating
|
National Squads
|
£1,991,035
|
|
|
Total funding awards investment:
|
£25,537,802
|
Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic funding awards