London 2012 Olympics: Happy and glorious - the Great British medallists

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"DOES it really have to end?" I asked at the conclusion of my last blog post. Sadly, yes, it did indeed have to end. 

But, from Lizzie Armistead's silver medal in the women's road race to Samantha Murray's medal of the same colour in the modern pentathlon, this was an epic 16 days which Great Britain, as a country, will never forget. 

London 2012 has, for a short while at least, made Britain feel truly great again as - despite all the worries beforehand - it has delivered a brilliant Olympic Games.

As chairman of organisers LOCOG, Lord Sebastian Coe - himself a two-time Olympic gold medallist - promised at the opening ceremony that London would "do it right". 

At the closing ceremony last night, he was able to confirm that had been the case. "We lit the flame and lit up the world," he added, before the biggest cheer of the night arrived. 

It was not for the athletes or their coaches - but deservedly for the Games Makers, a 70,000-strong army of volunteers who had changed the face of London for a glorious two weeks.

London was actually the first host to introduce volunteers to the Olympics when it hosted them previously in 1948 as a war-ravaged country struggled to meet the costs.

There were similar fears this time around. Britain may not be in a state of war but the economic outlook is little brighter and the £9bn which it spent was probably too much in the cold light of day.

Now that it is spent, though, it makes it all the more important then that the money has been invested wisely and that there is genuine legacy to London 2012. This can only be judged in time, of course.

For now, it is time just to sit back and recall the 65 medal-winning moments which Great British athletes produced at these brilliant Olympic Games, as well as so many other memories. 

A roll of honour featuring them all can be found below.

GOLD

Athletics

Jessica Ennis Heptathlon

Mo Farah 5,000m and 10,000m 
Greg Rutherford Long jump

Boxing

Nicola Adams Women's flyweight
Luke Campbell Men's bantamweight

Anthony Joshua Men's super heavyweight - Great Britain's 29th and final gold of London 2012

Canoe - slalom

Tim Baillie & Etienne Stott Men's C-2

Canoe - sprint

Ed McKeever Men's K-1 200m

Cycling - road

Bradley Wiggins Men's time trial

Cycling - track

Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny & Sir Chris Hoy Men's team sprint

Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas & Peter Kennaugh Men's team pursuit

Laura Trott, Dani King & Joanna Rowsell Women's team pursuit

Sir Chris Hoy Men's Keirin

Jason Kenny Men's sprint

Victoria Pendleton Women's Keirin

Laura Trott Women's Omnium

Equestrian - dressage

Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester & Charlotte Dujardin Team dressage

Charlotte Dujardin Individual dressage

Equestrian - jumping

Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash & Peter Charles Team jumping

Rowing

Helen Glover & Heather Stanning Women's pair - Great Britain's first gold of London 2012

Katherine Grainger & Anna Watkins Women's double scull

Andy Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Alex Gregory & Tom James Men's four

Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking Women's lightweight double scull

Sailing

Ben Ainslie Finn

Shooting

Peter Wilson Double trap

Taekwondo

Jade Jones Women's lightweight 57kg

Tennis

Andy Murray Men's singles

Triathlon

Alistair Brownlee Men's triathlon

SILVER

Athletics

Christine Ohuruogu 400m

Boxing

Fred Evans Men's welterweight

Canoeing - slalom

David Florence & Richard Hounslow Men's C-2

Cycling - road

Lizzie Armistead Women's road race - Great Britain's first medal of London 2012

Cycling - track

Victoria Pendleton Women's sprint

Equestrian - eventing

Tina Cook, William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Zara Phillips & Nicola Wilson Team eventing

Gymnastics

Louis Smith Pommel horse

Judo

Gemma Gibbons Women's half-heavyweight 78kg

Modern Pentathlon

Samantha Murray Women's modern pentathlon - Great Britain's 65th and final medal of London 2012

Rowing

Chris Bartley, Richard Chambers, Peter Chambers & Rob Williams Men's lightweight four

Zac Purchase & Mark Hunter Men's lightweight double scull

Sailing

Iain Percy & Andrew Simpson Star

Nick Dempsey Men's RS-X

Luke Patience & Stuart Bithell Men's 470

Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark Women's 470

Swimming

Michael Jamieson 200m breaststroke

Tennis

Andy Murray & Laura Robson Mixed doubles

BRONZE 
Athletics

Robbie Grabarz High jump

Boxing

Anthony Ogogo Men's middleweight

Canoeing - sprint

Liam Heath & Jon Schofield Men's K-2 200m

Cycling - road  
Chris Froome Men's time trial

Cycling - track

Ed Clancy Men's Omnium

Diving

Tom Daley Men's 10m platform

Equestrian - dressage

Laura Bechtolsheimer Individual dressage

Gymnastics

Sam Oldham, Dan Purvis, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas & Max Whitlock Men's team all-round

Max Whitlock Pommel horse

Beth Tweddle Uneven bars

Hockey

Women's team Beth Storry, Emile Maguire, Laura Unsworth, Crista Cullen, Hannah MacLeod, Anne Panter, Helen Richardson, Kate Walsh, Chloe Rogers, Laura Bartlett, Alex Danson, Georgie Twigg, Ashleigh Ball, Sally Walton, Nicola White & Sarah Thomas

Judo

Karina Bryant Women's heavyweight +78kg

Swimming

Rebecca Adlington 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle

Taekwondo

Lutalo Muhammad Men's middleweight 80kg

Triathlon

Jonny Brownlee Men's triathlon

Rowing

Alex Partridge, James Foad, Tom Ransley, Richard Egington, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Matthew Langridge, Constantine Louloudis & Phelan Hill (cox) Men's eight

George Nash & Will Satch Men's pair

Alan Campbell Men's single scull


FINAL MEDAL TABLE

Rank	Country	G	S	B	Total
1	UNITED STATES (USA)	45	29	29	103
2	China (CHN)	38	27	23	88
3	Great Britain & NI (GBR)	29	17	19	65
4	Russian Federation (RUS)	24	26	32	82
5	South Korea (KOR)	13	8	7	28
6	Germany (GER)	11	19	14	44
7	France (FRA)	11	11	12	34
8	Italy (ITA)	8	8	11	27
9	Hungary (HUN)	8	4	5	17
10	Australia (AUS)	7	16	12	35
11	Japan (JPN)	7	14	17	38
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	7	1	5	13
13	Netherlands (NED)	6	6	8	20
14	Ukraine (UKR)	6	5	9	20
15	New Zealand (NZL)	6	2	5	13
16	Cuba (CUB)	5	3	6	14
17	Iran (IRN)	4	5	3	12
18	Jamaica (JAM)	4	4	4	12
19	Czech Republic (CZE)	4	3	3	10
20	North Korea (PRK)	4	0	2	6
21	Spain (ESP)	3	9	4	16
22	Brazil (BRZ)	3	5	9	17
23	South Africa (RSA)	3	2	1	6
24	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	1	3	7
25	Croatia (CRO)	3	1	2	6
26	Belarus (BLR)	2	5	5	12
27	Romania (ROU)	2	5	2	9
28	Kenya (KEN)	2	4	5	11
29	Denmark (DEN)	2	4	3	9
30	Poland (POL)	2	2	6	10
30	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	2	6	10
32	Turkey (TUR)	2	2	1	5
33	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
34	Lithuania (LIT)	1	1	2	4
35	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
36	Canada (CAN)	1	5	12	18
37	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	3	8
38	Colombia (COL)	1	3	4	8
39	Mexico (MEX)	1	3	3	7
39	Georgia (GEO)	1	3	3	7
41	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	3	5
42	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
42	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	2	4
42	Serbia (SBR)	1	1	2	4
45	Tunisia (TUN)	1	1	1	3
46	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	1	0	2
47	Trinidad & Tobago (TRI)	1	0	3	4
47	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	3	4
49	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	1	2
50	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
50	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
50	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	0	1
50	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
50	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
55	India (IND)	0	2	4	6
56	Mongolia (MGL)	0	2	3	5
57	Thailand (THA)	0	2	1	3
58	Egypt (EGY)	0	2	0	2
59	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	3	4
60	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	2	3
60	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	2	3
60	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
63	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	1	2
63	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
63	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
63	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
63	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	1	2
63	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	1	2
69	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
69	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	0	1
69	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	0	1
69	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	0	1
69	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
69	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
75	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
75	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
75	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	2	2
75	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	2	2
79	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
79	Bahrain (BRN)	0	0	1	1
79	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
79	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
79	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
79	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
79	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1