breakdown

Beijing medal count (sports conducted sitting down):

• Britain: 14 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze
• Australia: 5 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze

Beijing medal count (other sports):

• Britain: 5 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze
• Australia: 9 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze

Just saying.

This counts cycling, canoeing (excluding the kneeling canoe events), equestrian, rowing, and sailing (excluding sailboards). Interestingly, only dressage made my hate-list the other day.

On a less flippant note, the discrepancy in medals between the two countries, GB 19-13-15 vs AUS 14-15-17, can be attributed almost entirely to cycling, where Britain dominated (8-4-2), and Australia had one of our worst Olympics ever (0-1-0).