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Originally Posted by Sparrow
The team is 'Great Britain' at the Olympics (which covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) - although technically the term 'Great Britain' doesn't include Northern Ireland.
We often refer to ' Team GB' for our Olympic participants.
The Republic of Ireland isn't part of GB, and have their own team, so their entry in your list is fine as is. 
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You're right - it is GB and not UK. That's odd - UK would be a more accurate name.