How many of Great Britain's medalists from the London 2012 Olympics can you possibly name? It's A LOT harder than you think.
Eight years ago this summer, Great Britain's Olympians were making the nation proud at London 2012 and creating a sporting legacy for future generations to benefit from by amassing an incredible tally of 65 medals, of which 29 were golds.
It was by far the most number of medals Team GB had achieved since London hosted the 1908 Games and while the class of 2016 surpassed the overall mark with 67 in Rio, they fell two golds short on 27.
Many of Britain's Olympic heroes from London subsequently shot to stardom and went on to become household names - not only in the sporting world but also wider popular culture - so this quiz should be easy for you, right?
We're not so sure so we're giving you three difficulty levels to try out.
LEVEL ONE: NAME THE GOLD MEDALISTS PICTURE QUIZ Those with a hazy memory of London 2012 should go for this 'easiest' option where you'll be given the sports, events, what medal they won and even a photograph of each athlete who won a GOLD medal. Simply write their surname in the field provided. For team events, a separate image of each individual involved will appear, so there are a total of 43 points to play for rather than 29. In regards to female athletes who have changed their name due to marriage since London 2012, for consistency we are asking what their surname was at the time of their gold medal. CLICK HERE TO PLAY
LEVEL TWO: NAME EVERY MEDALIST GRID QUIZ Those who have cracked the picture level - or indeed think it would be too easy - should crank up the difficulty and take this option which just gives you the sports and event of EVERY medalist and what medal they won. Again, for team events, there is a separate field for each individual involved, so there are a total of 126 points to play for rather than 65, while for female athletes we're asking for their surnames at the time of London 2012. CLICK HERE TO PLAY
How to play and extra info:
- Type the medalist's surname correctly in the 'Athlete Surname' field. For female athletes, we think it would be easier/fairer for you to type the surnames of what they were called at the time rather than their more recently married names.
- For team events, there is a picture for each individual in that team for you to guess. In the grid quiz there is a field for each individual in team events.
- You have a time limit of 20 minutes in both quizzes to fill in as many as possible.
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