I have just seen a list of countries in order of how many Olympic medals they have won. At the bottom of the list with one bronze is Wales. When and in what event did Wales win this and how did they come to be competing separately from the rest of Britain?

Kainantu

It’s a mistake: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/List_of_IOC_country_codes http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List%20of%20IOC%20country%20codes Aug 18 04, 11:59 PM

gmackematix

It may be. Here is the source: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0115108.html Aug 19 04, 10:53 AM

SOTHC

That includes the Intercalated games of 1906 which is not recognised by the IOC. Great Britain appears numerous times in the list as well. Aug 19 04, 1:24 PM

DaveLister

In the London games of 1908 England, Scotland and Wales entered separate teams in the Hockey event. I'm not sure why, but it appears that there were only 3 other teams entered (Ireland, France and Germany), so I'm guessing that it was done simply to ensure that there was a sufficiently large number of teams... Aug 19 04, 9:46 PM