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Historical funding figures

The following tables state the UK Sport funding received by sports for Olympic and Paralympic cycles, for both the summer and winter games since funding began in May 1997.


In addition to funding for sports funding has been made directly to athletes in the form of Athlete Performance Awards (APAs).

 

Funding for sports

Summer Olympic Sports

Sport Sydney Athens Beijing  London  Rio  Tokyo
Archery - £405,093 £2,420,480 £3,479,900 £2,473,437 £1,122,879
Artistic Swimming - - £1,514,339 £2,686,800 £1,011,290 £251,000
Athletics £6,248,571 £8,326,888 £23,460,643 £20,613,100 £21,820,808 £22,416,808
Badminton - £291,100 £7,648,909 £5,979,860 £4,922,229 £889,793
Baseball - - - - - £30,500
Basketball - - £3,676,000 £7,127,800 £1,927,061 £330,500
Boxing - - £3,776,894 £7,551,900 £11,151,737 £11,606,057
Breaking - - - - - -
Canoeing £2,687,586 £3,450,000 £12,375,883 £12,981,800 £16,293,651 £15,765,693
Cycling £3,993,317 £6,920,582 £19,785,347 £20,613,900 £23,966,916 £24,559,306
Diving £599,722 £921,500 £5,080,320 £5,190,700 £6,133,760 £7,172,659
Equestrian £1,789,058 £3,581,000 £10,774,979 £10,580,200 £14,397,300 £11,951,195 
Fencing - - £2,690,976 £2,132,346 £3,593,344 £341,631
Gymnastics £4,345,223 £3,712,140 £8,539,225 £8,734,100 £11,791,228 £13,285,417
Handball - - £2,659,224 £2,924,721 - £8,400
Hockey - - £9,085,352 £11,915,500 £12,489,618 £12,640,301
Judo £2,179,527 £3,242,160 £6,155,829 £6,048,700 £6,004,700 £6,425,471
Karate - - - - - £771,439
Modern Pentathlon £655,339 £1,553,080 £5,092,320 £4,990,900 £5,586,124 £5,176,847
Rowing £6,102,509 £7,488,861 £22,982,000 £21,579,000 £26,156,762 £23,682,934
Sailing £3,098,496 £5,700,000 £19,778,027 £18,133,000 £21,469,835 £21,796,891
Shooting - £1,080,000 £4,489,938 £2,461,866 £3,452,146 £5,892,790
Skateboarding - - - - - £178,165
Softball - - - - - £62,500
Sport Climbing - - - - - £737,365
Surfing - - - - - £131,093
Swimming £4,562,442 £4,920,000 £18,598,779 £20,195,800 £17,138,391 £18,046,062
Table Tennis - - £2,358,001 £1,132,648 - £325,100
Taekwondo - £420,000 £2,261,437 £3,827,600 £6,653,992 £8,158,805
Triathlon £967,937 £1,845,492 £4,592,224 £4,210,100 £6,308,664 £6,808,283
Volleyball - - £3,480,150 £3,993,318 £108,466  £73,350
Water Polo - - £2,713,650 £2,874,544 £890,725 -
Weightlifting £45,000 £1,495,928 £1,246,157 £1,246,157 £1,470,540 £215,900
Wrestling - - £1,857,030 £1,435,210 - £50,700
Total £37,229,727  £53,902,896  £209,343,884 £214,641,470 £227,212,724  £220,906,834

Summer Paralympic Sports

Sport Sydney Athens Beijing London Rio  Tokyo
Boccia £84,552 £175,758 £464,438 £1,466,300 £2,742,928 £2,872,322
Disability Football - - £170,200 - £273,466 -
Goalball £77,030 £13,465 £115,000 £513,453 £241,406 £125,000
Para-Archery -  £252,000 £839,524 £1,375,100 £1,770,297 £2,628,541
Para-Athletics £1,136,298 £1,797,243 £3,906,619 £4,414,700 £7,609,257 £8,469,600
Para-Badminton - - - - - £910,711
Para-Canoe  -  - - - £2,237,335 £2,834,671
Para-Cycling - £350,000 £1,177,500 £2,624,200 £4,745,300 £5,661,328
Para-Equestrian Dressage - £740,000 £1,838,565 £2,291,500 £2,681,800 £3,179,056 
Para-Rowing - - £911,600 £1,465,300 £2,767,482 £2,399,105
Para-Sailing - - £925,100 £1,098,700 £2,853,110 -
Para-Shooting £75,706 £159,967  £407,300 £1,375,900 £2,551,228 £2,076,000
Para-Swimming £1,844,895 £2,974,000 £4,931,548 £6,567,950 £8,554,918 £8,721,543
Para-Table Tennis £87,620 £187,297 £666,484  £1,145,000 £2,199,209 £2,704,847
Para-Taekwondo - - - - - £468,525
Para-Triathlon - - - - £2,356,181 £2,683,775
Powerlifting £77,506 £197,459 £578,872 £722,400 £683,935 £1,097,075 
Sitting Volleyball

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- £230,200 - - £11,000
VI Judo - £530,000 £497,850 £863,100 £1,513,974 £1,859,166
Wheelchair Basketball £766,369 £821,600 £1,688,500 £3,030,831 £4,181,459 £4,462,597
Wheelchair Fencing £76,133 £100,013 £321,100 £552,892 £319,001 £650,044
Wheelchair Rugby £116,317 £325,884 £880,850 £1,527,500 £2,374,907 £460,000
Wheelchair Tennis £54,921 £473,000 £549,331 £329,696 £1,349,345 -
Total  £4,397,347  £9,097,686  £21,100,581  £31,364,522  £54,006,538 £54,274,906

Any variances related to previously published figures relating to the Tokyo 2020 cycle are due to the postponement of the games until 2021. With any significant underspend being transferred into the sports funding for the Paris cycle.

Winter Olympic Sports

Sport Salt Lake City Torino Vancouver  Sochi PyeongChang  Beijing 
Biathlon  - - - - -  £6,000
Bobsleigh  £1,061,489 £741,810 £384,000 £2,743,254  £4,102,764  £120,000
Curling  £95,873 £372,180 £720,000 £1,588,133  £4,408,350  £5,257,900
Figure Skating  - - £360,000 £191,340  £1,009,016  £40,000
Luge  - - - - -  £6,000
Short Track Speed Skating  £269,345 £616,280 £760,000 £2,596,500  £3,665,308  £700,271
Skeleton  £298,579 - £1,621,440 £2,972,700  £5,781,819  £6,479,500
Ski and Snowboard  £185,000 £1,566,666 £450,000 £1,212,047  £4,248,785  £9,530,628
Speed Skating  - - - - -  £20,000
Total £1,910,286 £3,296,936 £4,295,440 £11,303,974   £23,216,042  £22,160,299

Winter Paralympic Sports

Sport Vancouver Sochi  PyeongChang  Beijing
Para-Ski and Snowboard £205,000 £250,600  £2,237,000  £4,539,964
Wheelchair Curling £339,970 £253,732  £510,080  £735,606
Total £544,970 £504,332  £2,747,080  £5,275,570

 

Funding for athletes (Athlete Performance Awards)

Total funding for Summer Olympic and Paralympic athletes per cycle via APA's;

Sydney Athens Beijing London Rio Tokyo
£26,754,729 £22,173,718 £33,348,400 £67,392,148 £57,469,978 £62,634,476

Total funding for Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes per cycle via APA's;

Torino Vancouver Sochi PyeongChang  Beijing
£517,415 £1,564,372 £2,262,492 £5,404,056  £5m

All information correct as of last update: February 2023

 

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