Although British gymnasts competed at numerous
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
as early as
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
, they did not compete at a World Championships until
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
.
Neil Thomas won Great Britain's first world medal, a silver on floor exercise, at the
1993 World Championships. At the
2015 World Championships both men and women won their first team medals, a silver and bronze respectively.
Medalists
Medal tables
By gender
By event
Junior World medalists
See also
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Great Britain men's national artistic gymnastics team
The Great Britain men's national artistic gymnastics team represents Great Britain in FIG international competitions.
History
British gymnasts first competed at the Olympic Games in 1908. They won their first Olympic team medal, a bronze, at th ...
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Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team
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References
{{World Artistic Gymnastics Championships by country
Gymnastics in England
Nations at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships