Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 303 in 26 sports
Medals Gold
1		 Silver
8		 Bronze
6		 Total
15
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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

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[edit] Medals

Great Britain finished in 36th position in the final medal rankings, with 1 gold and 15 total medals. This was its worst medals haul since 1952 and its worst raking in the table ever (due to the greatly increased numbers of competing countries since the 1970s).

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

  • John Merricks and Ian Walker — Sailing, Men's 470 Class

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In the seventh appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the nation was represented by only three archers and won no medals.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Gary Hardinges - Round of 32, 28th place (1-1)
  • Steven Hallard - Round of 64, 55th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

  • John Nuttall
  • Qualification — 13:52.16
  • Semifinal — 14:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:01.79
  • Semi Final — 3:01.36
  • Final — 2:56.60 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.31s
  • Semi Final — 49.43s (→ did not advance)
  • Gary Jennings
  • Heat — 50.41s (→ did not advance)
  • Peter Crampton
  • Heat — 49.78s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Peter Whitehead — 2:22.37 (→ 55th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 61.64m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 54.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 69.32m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Qualification — 3:28.13 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 55.29
  • Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.33m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 14.55m
  • Final — 14.49m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 13.70m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Lea Haggett
  1. Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
  • Debbie Marti
  1. Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 58.86m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 54.72m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 58.88m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 18.56m
  • Final — 18.34m (→ 11th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6489 points (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Women's Marathon

  • Karen McLeod — 2:42.08 (→ 45th place)
  • Suzanne Rigg — 2:52.09 (→ 58th place)

Women's 10km Walk

  • Vicky Lupton — 47:05 (→ 33rd place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • David Burke
    1. First Round — Lost to Falk Huste (Germany), 9-13

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Fola Okesola
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), referee stopped contest in third round

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:04:36 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Marie Purvis
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 11th place)
  • Sarah Phillips
  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 19th place)
  • Final — 02:53:47 (→ 43rd place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Yvonne McGregor
  • Final — 39:09 (→ 14th place)
  • Sarah Phillips
  • Final — 41:16 (→ 21st place)

[edit] Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Gary Foord
  • Final — 2:29:10 (→ 12th place)
  • David Baker
  • Final — 2:32:30 (→ 15th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Deb Murrell
  • Final — 2:04.44 (→ 22nd place)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Classification Matches
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Round Robin
  • Great Britain – South Korea 0-5
  • Great Britain – Netherlands 1-1
  • Great Britain – United States 1-0
  • Great Britain – Spain 2-2
  • Great Britain – Australia 0-1
  • Great Britain – Germany 3-2
  • Great Britain – Argentina 5-0
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Great Britain – Netherlands 0-0 (Holland wins after penalty strokes, 3-4) → Fourth place
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Sue Slocombe

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Richard Phelps - 5254pts (→ 18th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Mark Foster
    1. Heat – 22.73
    2. B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Nicholas Shackell
    1. Heat – 51.03 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Paul Palmer
    1. Heat – 1:49.05
    2. Swim-off – 1:48.89
    3. Final – 1:49.39 (→ 8th place)
  • Andrew Clayton
    1. Heat – 1:51.06
    2. B-Final – 1:50.59 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Paul Palmer
    1. Heat – 3:51.98
    2. Final – 3:49.00 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Graeme Smith
    1. Heat – 15.14.81
    2. Final – 15:02.48 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Paul Palmer
    1. Heat – 15:22.65 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Neil Willey
    1. Heat – 56.27
    2. B-Final – 56.07 (→ 10th place)
  • Martin Harris
    1. Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Adam Ruckwood
    1. Heat – 2:01.35
    2. B-Final – 2:02.40 (→ 13th place)
  • Martin Harris
    1. Heat – 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Richard Maden
    1. Heat – 1:02.78
    2. B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • James Hickman
    1. Heat – 1:58.16
    2. Final – 1:58.47 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Nicholas Shackell, Alan Rapley, Mark Stevens, and Mike Fibbens
    1. Heat – 3:21.34
    2. Final – 3:21.52 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Paul Palmer, Andrew Clayton, Mark Stevens, and James Salter
    1. Heat – 7:21.92
    2. Final – 7:18.74 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Neil Willey, Richard Maden, James Hickman, and Nicholas Shackell
    1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Sue Rolph
    1. Heat – 26.39 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Sue Rolph
    1. Heat – 56.62
    2. B-Final – 56.58 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Helen Slatter
    1. Heat – 1:03.89
    2. B-Final – 1:03.61 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Joanne Deakins
    1. Heat – 2:15.12
    2. B-Final – 2:14.50 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Jaime King
    1. Heat – 1:10.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Marie Hardiman
    1. Heat – 2:31.12
    2. B-Final – 2:31.39 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Sue Rolph
    1. Heat – 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Claire Huddart, Victoria Horner, Janine Belton, and Karen Pickering
    1. Heat – 8:14.92 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition



Men's Doubles Competition