article: But there was one sport notably absent from the party - swimming. When their competition began a week earlier the British team were aiming to beat the three medals (two golds and a bronze) that they achieved in the pool in Beijing four years ago. This was backed by strong performances at last year's world championships, but Hannah Miley, Ellen Gandy, Fran Halsall and double world open water champion Keri-Anne Payne all failed to deliver on their pre-Games podium potential. Michael Jamieson claimed a stunning silver in the 200m breaststroke and Rebecca Adlington delivered two bronze medals, but the British camp had little else to celebrate. BBC Sport assesses the performances of the British team in London. When a swimmer as experienced as Adlington admits that at times she found the passionate home support "overwhelming" it's easy to imagine that other British swimmers suffered anxieties. "With home advantage we're seeing people running, jumping, shooting out of their skins - if we're finding it a problem then the management need to look at that," said Athens bronze medallist and BBC analyst Steve Parry. Media playback is not supported on this device But British Swimming performance director Michael Scott said it was not something for which they could easily prepare. "There's not a mechanism, they have never stood in front of a crowd like this before," said Scott. "We can do all the training and all of the preparation, but the first time they get to experience it is when they walk out here. "Sometimes it's broader than the crowd, it's the public expectation, but our swimmers need to learn how to cope with that." Although there were near-misses - Halsall was denied 50m bronze by 0.08 seconds, while Elizabeth Simmonds and the men's 4x100m relay team both came fourth - too many swimmers failed to achieve either their personal best or even their fastest time this season. "I'm not here to make excuses, we had hoped to get more," Scott told BBC Sport. "We have to understand the reasons why we didn't convert final positions and we need to address them going forward." I was so confident [in GB swimmers] I had a little bet with Kelly Sotherton that we'd get more medals than the athletes Put simply, medals means money and without hitting their minimum target of five, British Swimming puts itself in significant danger of a cut from the £25.1m they have received over the last four years. The £264m UK Sport divides between all Olympic sports is expected to remain the same for the Rio 2016 campaign, but with the likes of judo and canoeing performing well in London, they can expect a larger slice of the funding pie. Parry admits he is concerned. "UK Sport operate a very objective system based on your targeted medals and how many you achieve. "The fact of the matter is that there are loads of other sports that are doing extremely well and there's only one pot of a certain size." Since Beijing, British Swimming has invested heavily in five International Training Centres
summary: It was dubbed "Super Saturday" after Great Britain enjoyed their most successful day at the Olympics for more than 100 years.