Historical Funding Figures - Olympic
Summer Olympic Sports
The table below shows how much each sport has received from UK Sport’s World Class Performance Programme since funding began in May 1997. Clicking on the sport’s name will provide more current information on the sport and the athletes that are supported.
Sport
Sydney
Olympiad*
Athens
Olympiad*
Beijing
Olympiad^
Archery n/a £800,000
£2,834,000
Athletics
£10,600,000
£11,400,000
£26,513,000
Badminton n/a** n/a**
£8,759,000
Basketball n/a n/a
£3,694,000
Boxing n/a** n/a**
£5,005,000
Canoeing
£4,500,000
£4,700,000
£13,622,000
Cycling
£5,400,000
£8,600,000
£22,151,000
Diving
£900,000
£1,400,000
£5,873,000
Equestrian
£3,000,000
£4,400,000
£11,727,000
Fencing n/a n/a
£3,074,000
Gymnastics
£5,900,000
£4,100,000
£9,036,000
Handball n/a n/a
£2,986,000
Hockey n/a** n/a**
£9,882,000
Judo
£3,900,000
£4,100,000
£6,947,000
Modern Pentathlon
£1,100,000
£2,000,000
£5,920,000
Rowing
£9,600,000
£10,600,000
£26,042,000
Sailing
£5,100,000
£7,600,000
£22,292,000
Shooting n/a £1,400,000
£5,056,000
Swimming
£6,900,000
£6,400,000
£20,659,000
Synchronised Swimming n/a n/a
£1,648,000
Table Tennis n/a** n/a**
£2,533,000
Taekwondo
£600,000
£600,000
£2,667,000
Triathlon
£1,400,000
£2,600,000
£5,113,000
Volleyball n/a n/a
£4,112,000
Water Polo n/a n/a
£3,147,000
Weightlifting n/a £300,000
£1,686,000
Wrestling n/a n/a
£2,125,000
Total
£58,900,000
£70,000,000
£ 235,103,000 * Figures for the Sydney and Athens Olympiads relate just to Podium level funding. During that time, the home nation sports councils were responsible for supporting Development and Talent level activities
^ On 1 April, 2006 UK Sport became responsible for all Performance funding from Talent to Podium and these figures reflect that total package.