Great Britain's bronze-winning gymnastics team were last night left to reflect on securing the country's first Olympic men's team medal in a century.

Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvis, Sam Oldham and Kristian Thomas earned their place in the history books after a breathtaking performance at the North Greenwich arena on Monday.

Britain scored a total of 271.711 to take the bronze medal having originally been awarded silver before a Japanese appeal.

The families of the gymasts spoke of their pride at watching their sons make Olympic history.

Daniel Purvis' mother Denise said: "It's just unbelievable. It's really unexpected. I think they thought they had an outside chance but it's just phenomenal and we're all just over the moon and so proud of them."