Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	332 in 28 sports
Medals	Gold 11	Silver 10	Bronze 7	Total 28
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

The Sydney Games were one of the best performances by Great Britain in the Olympic Games, with British competitors winning a total of 28 medals.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.2.1 Men's Competition 2.2.2 Women's Competition 2.3 Badminton 2.4 Boxing 2.5 Canoe / Kayak 2.5.1 Flatwater 2.5.1.1 Men's competition 2.5.1.2 Women's competition 2.5.2 Slalom 2.5.2.1 Men's competition 2.5.2.2 Women's competition 2.6 Cycling 2.6.1 Cross Country Mountain Bike 2.6.2 Road Cycling 2.6.2.1 Men's competition 2.6.2.2 Women's competition 2.6.3 Track Cycling 2.6.3.1 Men's competition 2.6.3.2 Women's competition 2.7 Diving 2.8 Hockey 2.8.1 Men's team competition 2.8.2 Women's team competition 2.9 Modern Pentathlon 2.10 Sailing 2.11 Swimming 2.12 Triathlon 3 References

[edit] Medals

Great Britain finished in tenth position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold and 28 total medals.

[edit] Gold

• Ben Ainslie — Sailing, Men's laser class individual competition

• Stephanie Cook — Modern pentathlon, Women's individual competition

• Jonathan Edwards — Athletics, Men's triple jump

• Richard Faulds — Target shooting, Men's double trap shotgun

• Audley Harrison — Boxing, Men's super heavyweight division

• Denise Lewis — Athletics, Women's heptathlon

• Ian Percy — Sailing, Men's finn class individual competition

• Jason Queally — Cycling, Men's 1 km time trial

• Shirley Robertson — Sailing, Women's europe class individual competition

• James Cracknell, Tim Foster, Matthew Pinsent, and Steve Redgrave — Rowing, Men's coxless four

• Louis Attrill, Simon Dennis, Rowley Douglas, Luka Gruber, Ben Hunt-Davis, Andrew Lindsay, Fred Scarlett, Steve Trapmore, and Kieran West — Rowing, Men's Eights

[edit] Silver

• Steve Backley — Athletics, Men's Javelin

• Darren Campbell — Athletics, Men's 200 m

• Kate Howey — Judo, Women's 70 kg category

• Chris Hoy — Cycling, Olympic Sprint

• Ian Peel — Target Shooting, Olympic Trap

• Jason Queally — Cycling, Olympic Sprint

• Paul Ratcliffe — Canoeing, Men's K1 Slalom

• Jeanette Brakewell, Pippa Funnell, Leslie Law, and Ian Stark — Equestrian, Three Day Event

• Guin Batten, Miriam Batten, Katherine Grainger, and Gillian Lindsay — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls

• Ian Barker and Simon Hisscocks — Sailing, Men's 49er Class Team competition

• Mark Covell and Ian Walker — Sailing, Men's Star Class Team competition

[edit] Bronze

• Kate Allenby — Modern Pentathlon, Women's Individual Competition

• Tim Brabants — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m

• Kelly Holmes — Athletics, Women's 800 m

• Yvonne McGregor — Cycling, Women's 3.000 m Individual Pursuit

• Katherine Merry — Athletics, Women's 400 m

• Simon Archer and Joanne Goode — Badminton, Mixed Doubles

• Jonathon Clay, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton, Brian Steel, and Bradley Wiggins — Cycling, Men's 4.000 m Team Pursuit

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[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

The three British archers had a combined record of 3-3.

Men's individual
	Simon Needham
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Ken Uprichard New Zealand	160-155
1/16 eliminations	Lost to	Ismely Arias Cuba	164-164

Women's individual
	Alison Williamson			Vladlena Priestman
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Kristina Norlander Sweden	156-145	Lost to	Cornelia Pfohl Germany	159-155
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Elif Altinkaynak Turkey	157-154	-	-	-
1/8 eliminations	Lost to	Mi-Jin Yun Korea	173-164	-	-	-

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

• Darren Campbell
  1. Round 1 – 10.28
  2. Round 2 – 10.21
  3. Semifinal – 10.19
  4. Final – 10.13 (→ 6th place)
• Dwain Chambers
  1. Round 1 – 10.38
  2. Round 2 – 10.12
  3. Semifinal – 10.14
  4. Final – 10.08 (→ 4th place)
• Jason Gardener
  1. Round 1 – 10.38
  2. Round 2 – 10.27 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Christian Malcolm
  1. Round 1 – 20.52
  2. Round 2 – 20.19
  3. Semifinal – 20.19
  4. Final – 20.23 (→ 5th place)
• Darren Campbell
  1. Round 1 – 20.71
  2. Round 2 – 20.13
  3. Semifinal – 20.23
  4. Final – 20.14 (→ Silver Medal)
• Marlon Devonish
  1. Round 1 – 20.89
  2. Round 2 – 20.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Daniel Caines
  1. Round 1 – 45.39
  2. Round 2 – 45.37
  3. Semifinal – 45.55 (→ did not advance)
• Sean Baldock
  1. Round 1 – 46.45 (→ did not advance)
• Jamie Baulch
  1. Round 1 – 46.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• James McIlroy
  1. Round 1 – 01:47.44
  2. Semifinal – 01:46.39 (→ did not advance)
• Andrew Hart
  1. Round 1 – 01:48.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m

• John Mayock
  1. Round 1 – 03:39.08
  2. Semifinal – 03:38.68
  3. Final – 03:39.41 (→ 9th place)
• Andrew Graffin
  1. Round 1 – 03:39.75
  2. Semifinal – 03:42.72 (→ did not advance)
• Anthony Whiteman
  1. Round 1 – DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

• Kristen Bowditch
  1. Round 1 – 14:11.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

• Karl Keska
  1. Round 1 – 27:48.29
  2. Final – 27:44.09 (→ 8th place)
• Andres Jones
  1. Round 1 – 28:11.20 (→ did not advance)
• Robert Denmark
  1. Round 1 – 28:43.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Colin Jackson
  1. Round 1 – 13.38
  2. Round 2 – 13.27
  3. Semifinal – 13.34
  4. Final – 13.28 (→ 5th place)
• Damien Greaves
  1. Round 1 – 14.01
  2. Round 2 – 14.08 (→ did not advance)
• Tony Jarrett
  1. Round 1 – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Matt Douglas
  1. Round 1 – 49.62
  2. Semifinal – 49.53 (→ did not advance)
• Anthony Borsumato
  1. Round 1 – 50.73 (→ did not advance)
• Christopher Rawlinson
  1. Round 1 – 51.3
  2. Semifinal – 49.25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Relay

• Dwain Chambers, Allyn Condon, Marlon Devonish, and Jason Gardener
  1. Round 1 – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 m Relay

• Jamie Baulch, Daniel Caines, Jared Deacon, and Iwan Thomas
  1. Round 1 – 03:04.35
  2. Semifinal – 03:01.35
  3. Final – 03:01.22 (→ 5th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Justin Chaston
  1. Round 1 – 08:31.01 (→ did not advance)
• Christian Stephenson
  1. Round 1 – 08:46.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Mark Proctor
  1. Qualifying – 18.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Robert Weir
  1. Qualifying – 60.01 (→ did not advance)
• Glen Smith
  1. Qualifying – 56.22 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Steve Backley
  1. Qualifying – 83.74
  2. Final – 89.85 (→ Silver Medal)
• Michael Hill
  1. Qualifying – 82.24
  2. Final – 81.00 (→ 11th place)
• Nick Nieland
  1. Qualifying – 82.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Jonathan Edwards
  1. Qualifying – 17.08
  2. Final – 17.71 (→ Gold Medal)
• Phillips Idowu
  1. Qualifying – 17.12
  2. Final – 17.08 (→ 6th place)
• Onochie Achike
  1. Qualifying – 17.30
  2. Final – 17.29 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

• Ben Challenger
  1. Qualifying – 2.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Kevin Hughes
  1. Qualifying – 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Chris Maddocks
  1. Final – 4:52:12 (→ 39th place)

Men's marathon

• Jon Brown
  1. Final – 2:11:17 (→ 4th place)
• Keith Cullen
  1. Final – 2:16:59 (→ 19th place)
• Mark Steinle
  1. Final – 2:24:42 (→ 56th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Dean Macey
  1. 100 m – 10.81
  2. Long Jump – 7.77
  3. Shot Put – 14.62
  4. High Jump – 2.09
  5. 400 m – 46.41
  6. 100 m Hurdles – 14.53
  7. Discus Throw – 43.37
  8. Pole Vault – 4.80
  9. Javelin Throw – 60.38
  10. 1,500 m – 04:23.45
  • Points – 8567.00 (→ 4th place)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

• Joice Maduaka
  1. Round 1 – 11.51 (→ did not advance)
• Shani Anderson
  1. Round 1 – 11.55 (→ did not advance)
• Marcia Richardson
  1. Round 1 – 11.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Samantha Davies
  1. Round 1 – 23.36
  2. Round 2 – 23.20 (→ did not advance)
• Joice Maduaka
  1. Round 1 – 23.36
  2. Round 2 – 23.57 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Donna Fraser
  1. Round 1 – 52.33
  2. Round 2 – 50.77
  3. Semifinal – 50.21
  4. Final – 49.79 (→ 4th place)
• Allison Curbishley
  1. Round 1 – 52.20
  2. Round 2 – 52.50 (→ did not advance)
• Katharine Merry
  1. Round 1 – 51.61
  2. Round 2 – 50.50
  3. Semifinal – 50.32
  4. Final – 49.72 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 800 m

• Kelly Holmes
  1. Round 1 – 02:01.76
  2. Semifinal – 01:58.45
  3. Final – 01:56.80 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Diane Modahl
  1. Round 1 – 02:02.41 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m

• Helen Pattinson
  1. Round 1 – 04:08.80
  2. Semifinal – 04:09.60 (→ did not advance)
• Kelly Holmes
  1. Round 1 – 04:10.38
  2. Semifinal – 04:05.35
  3. Final – 04:08.02 (→ 7th place)
• Hayley Tullett
  1. Round 1 – 04:10.58
  2. Semifinal – 04:05.34
  3. Final – 04:22.29 (→ 11th place)

Women's 5,000 m

• Jo Pavey
  1. Round 1 – 15:08.82
  2. Final – 14:58.27 (→ 12th place)
• Andrea Whitcombe
  1. Round 1 – 16:15.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Paula Radcliffe
  1. Round 1 – 32:34.73
  2. Final – 30:26.97 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Diane Allahgreen
  1. Round 1 – 13.11
  2. Round 2 – 13.22 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Natasha Danvers
  1. Round 1 – 55.68
  2. Semifinal – 54.95
  3. Final – 55.00 (→ 8th place)
• Sinead Dudgeon
  1. Round 1 – 57.82 (→ did not advance)
• Keri Maddox
  1. Round 1 – 57.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Relay

• Shani Anderson, Samantha Davies, Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, and Sarah Wilhelmy
  1. Round 1 – 43.26
  2. Semifinal – 43.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m Relay

• Allison Curbishley, Natasha Danvers, Donna Fraser, Helen Frost, and Katharine Merry
  1. Round 1 – 03:25.28
  2. Final – 03:25.67 (→ 6th place)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

• Tanni Grey-Thompson
  1. Final – 01:56.86 (→ 4th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Judith Oakes
  1. Qualifying – 17.81 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Lorraine Shaw
  1. Qualifying – 63.21
  2. Final – 64.27 (→ 9th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Jo Wise
  1. Qualifying – 6.59 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Ashia Hansen
  1. Qualifying – 14.29
  2. Final – 13.44 (→ 11th place)

Women's Pole Vault

• Janine Whitlock
  1. Qualifying – 4.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Lisa Kehler
  1. Final – 1:37:47 (→ 33rd place)

Women's Marathon

• Marian Sutton
  1. Final – 2:34:33 (→ 26th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Denise Lewis
  1. 100 m Hurdles – 13.23
  2. High Jump – 1.75
  3. Shot Put – 15.55
  4. 200 m – 24.34
  5. Long Jump – 6.48
  6. Javelin Throw – 50.19
  7. 800 m – 02:16.83
  8. Points – 6584 (→ Gold Medal)

[edit] Badminton

Men's Singles

• Peter Knowles
  1. Round of 64: Bye
  2. Round of 32: Lost to Ong Ewe Hock of Malaysia
• Richard Vaughan
  1. Round of 64: Defeated Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand
  2. Round of 32: Defeated Rasmus Wengberg of Sweden
  3. Round of 16: Lost to Sun Jun of China

Men's Doubles

• Julian Robertson, Peter Knowles
  1. Round of 32: Defeated Denis Constantin, Edouard Clarisse of Mauritius
  2. Round of 16: Lost to Lee Dong-soo, Yoo Yong-sung of Korea
• Simon Archer, Nathan Robertson
  1. Round of 32: Bye
  2. Round of 16: Defeated Michal Logosz, Robert Mateusiak of Poland
  3. Quarterfinal: Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia

Women's Singles

• Kelly Morgan
  1. Round of 64: Defeated Apama Popat of India
  2. Round of 32: Defeated Wai Chee Louisa Koon of Hong Kong
  3. Round of 16: Lost to Camilla Martin of Denmark
• Julia Mann
  1. Round of 64: Defeated Amrita Sawaram of Mauritius
  2. Round of 32: Defeated Maja Pohar of Slovenia
  3. Round of 16: Lost to Yasuko Mizui of Japan

Women's Doubles

• Sarah Hardaker, Joanne Davies
  1. Round of 32: Defeated Deyana Gresye S. Lomban, Nathanael Elysa of Indonesia
  2. Round of 16: Lost to Ra Kyung-min, Jae Hee Chung of Korea
• Joanne Goode, Donna Kellogg
  1. Round of 32: Bye
  2. Round of 16: Defeated Milaine Cloutier, Robbyn Hermitage of Canada
  3. Quarterfinal: Lost to Qin Yiyuan, Gao Ling of China

Mixed Doubles

• Chris Hunt, Donna Kellogg
  1. Round of 32: Lost to Bambang Suprianto, Zelin Resiana of Indonesia
• Joanne Goode, Simon Archer
  1. Round of 32: Defeated Robbyn Hermitage, Brent Olynyk of Canada
  2. Round of 16: Defeated Jon Holst-Christensen, Ann Jorgensen of Denmark
  3. Quarterfinal: Defeated Chris Bruil, Erica van den Heuvel of Netherlands
  4. Semifinal: Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of Indonesia
  5. Bronze medal match: Defeated Michal Sogaard, Rikke Olsen of Denmark – Bronze medal

[edit] Boxing

Men's 81 kg

• Courtney Fry
  • Round 1 – Lost to Charles Adamu of Ghana (did not advance)

Men's +91 kg

• Audley Harrison
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Defeated Alexey Lezin of Russia
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Oleksii Mazikin of Ukraine
  • Semifinal – Defeated Paolo Vidoz of Italy
  • Final – Defeated Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov of Kazakhstan – Gold medal

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Ian Wynne
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:42.779
  2. Semifinal – 01:41.486 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Tim Brabants
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:36.903
  2. Semifinal – 03:37.205
  3. Final – 03:35.057 (Bronze medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Paul Darby-Dowman, Ross Sabberton
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:32.782
  2. Semifinal – 01:33.173 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Paul Darby-Dowman, Ross Sabberton
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:19.392
  2. Semifinal – 03:19.826 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Andrew Train, Stephen Train
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:46.986
  2. Semifinal – 01:49.931 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Andrew Train, Stephen Train
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:39.599
  2. Semifinal – 03:45.624 (did not advance)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Anna Hemmings
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:59.190
  2. Semifinal – 01:59.664 (did not advance)

[edit] Slalom

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Paul Ratcliffe
  1. Qualifying – 253.69
  2. Final – 223.71 (Silver medal)

Men's Canoe Singles

• Stuart McIntosh
  1. Qualifying – 274.39
  2. Final – 243.61 (8th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles

• Stuart Bowman, Nick Smith
  1. Qualifying – 280.60
  2. Final – 249.93 (4th place)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

• Laura Blakeman
  1. Qualifying – 311.47
  2. Final – 273.71 (12th place)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Oliver Beckingsale
  1. Final – 2:18:17.01 (23rd place)
• Nick Craig
  1. Final – 2:20:00.27 (25th place)

Women's Mountain Bike

• Caroline Alexander
  1. Final – 1:56:50.62 (12th place)
• Louise Robinson
  1. Final – 1:59:23.27 (15th place)

[edit] Road Cycling

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Chris Boardman
  1. Final – 0:59:32 (11th place)
• David Millar
  1. Final – 1:00:17 (16th place)

Men's Road Race

• Maximilian Sciandri
  1. Final – 5:30:46 (35th place)
• John Tanner
  1. Final – 5:30:46 (38th place)
• Rob Hayles
  1. Final – DNF
• Jeremy Hunt
  1. Final – DNF
• Nick Craig
  1. Final – DNF

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Ceris Gilfillan
  1. Final – 0:44:29 (14th place)
• Yvonne McGregor
  1. Final – 0:44:37.09 (17th place)

Women's Road Race

• Sara Symington
  1. Final – 3:06:31 (10th place)
• Yvonne McGregor
  1. Final – 3:06:31 (24th place)
• Ceris Gilfillan
  1. Final – 3:06:37 (27th place)

[edit] Track Cycling

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Sprint

• Craig MacLean
  • Qualifying – 10.459
  • Repechage – 1st place – Heat 2
  • First Round – Lost to Jose Villanueva of Spain
  • 1/8 Finals – Lost to Laurent Gane of France
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Marty Nothstein of United States
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage – 1st place – Heat 2
  • Finals 5-8 – 8th place

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Rob Hayles
  • Qualifying – 04:20.996
  • Semifinal – Lost to Jens Lehmann of Germany
  • Final – Lost to Brad McGee of Australia

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Jason Queally
  • Final – 01:01.609 (Gold medal)

Men's Point Race

• Jonny Clay
  • Points – 10
  • Laps Down – 2 (13th place)

Men's Keirin

• Chris Hoy
  • First Round – Heat – 2; Place – 4
  • Repechage – Heat – 3; DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

• Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean, Jason Queally
  • Qualifying – 44.659
  • Second Round – 44.517
  • Final – 44.680 (Silver medal)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Bryan Steel, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Newton
  • Qualifying – 04:04.030
  • Quarterfinal – 04:04.143
  • Semifinal – 04:02.387 (did not advance)

Men's Madison

• Bradley Wiggins, Rob Hayles
  • Final – 13 (4th place)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Individual Pursuit

• Yvonne McGregor
  • Qualifying – 03:35.492
  • Semifinal – Lost to Marion Clignet of France
  • Final – Defeated Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand (Bronze medal)

Women's Point Race

• Emma Davies
  • Points – 0 (14th place)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Tony Ally
  1. Preliminary – 393.36
  2. Semi-final – 206.25 – 599.61
  3. Final – 377.55 – 583.8 (12th place)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Mark Shipman
  1. Preliminary – 285.9 (46th place, did not finish)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Leon Taylor
  1. Preliminary – 399.9
  2. Semi-final – 185.91 – 585.81 (13th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Peter Waterfield
  1. Preliminary – 317.31 (33rd place, did not advance)

Men's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

• Tony Ally, Mark Shipman
  1. Final – 296.64 (7th place)

Men's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Leon Taylor, Peter Waterfield
  1. Final – 335.34 (4th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Karen Smith
  1. Preliminary – 224.58 (31st place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Jane Smith
  1. Preliminary – 269.22
  2. Semi-final – 207.9 – 477.12 (16th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Sally Freeman
  1. Preliminary – 256.17 (25th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Lesley Ward
  1. Preliminary – 238.65 (28th place, did not advance)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's team competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Great Britain – Netherlands 2-4
• Great Britain – Pakistan 1-8
• Great Britain – Malaysia 2-2
• Great Britain – Canada 1-1
• Great Britain – Germany 2-1

• Classification Matches

• 5th-8th place: Great Britain – India 2-1
• 5th-6th place: Great Britain – Germany 0-4 (→ Sixth place)

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) Simon Mason (gk)
• ( 2.) David Luckes (gk)
• ( 3.) Jon Wyatt
• ( 4.) Julian Halls
• ( 5.) Tom Bertram
• ( 6.) Craig Parnham
• ( 7.) Guy Fordham
• ( 8.) Ben Sharpe
• ( 9.) Mark Pearn
• (10.) Jimmy Wallis
• (11.) Brett Garrard
• (12.) Bill Waugh
• (13.) Daniel Hall
• (14.) Michael Johnson
• (15.) Calum Giles
• (16.) David Hacker

• Head Coach: Barry Dancer

[edit] Women's team competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Great Britain – Australia 1-2
• Great Britain – Argentina 0-1
• Great Britain – South Korea 2-2
• Great Britain – Spain 2-0

• Classification Matches

• Great Britain – South Africa 3-2
• Great Britain – Germany 0-2 (→ 9th place)

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) Carolyn Reid (gk)
• ( 2.) Hilary Rose (gk)
• ( 3.) Kristy Bowden
• ( 4.) Jane Smith
• ( 6.) Melanie Clewlow
• ( 7.) Tina Cullen
• ( 8.) Kathryn Johnson
• ( 9.) Lucilla Wright
• (10.) Jane Sixsmith
• (11.) Rhona Simpson
• (12.) Denise Marston-Smith
• (13.) Helen Henderson
• (14.) Fiona Greenham
• (15.) Pauline Stott
• (16.) Kate Walsh
• (17.) Mandy Nicholson

Head Coach: John Royce

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Women's:

• Stephanie Cook – 5381 pts, gold medal
• Kate Allenby – 5273 pts, bronze medal

[edit] Sailing

Great Britain competed in ten of the eleven Sailing events at the Sydney Olympics. They won three gold medals and two Silver medals.

Men's Mistral

• Nick Dempsey
  1. Race 1 – (37) OCS
  2. Race 2 – 15
  3. Race 3 – 2
  4. Race 4 – (28)
  5. Race 5 – 19
  6. Race 6 – 27
  7. Race 7 – 23
  8. Race 8 – 9
  9. Race 9 – 19
  10. Race 10 – 2
  11. Race 11 – 9
  12. Final – 125 (16th place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Iain Percy
  1. Race 1 – 2
  2. Race 2 – 1
  3. Race 3 – 9
  4. Race 4 – 2
  5. Race 5 – 5
  6. Race 6 – 8
  7. Race 7 – 1
  8. Race 8 – 6
  9. Race 9 – 1
  10. Race 10 – (14)
  11. Race 11 – (26) DNC
  12. Final – 35 (Gold medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Nicholas Rogers and Joe Glanfield
  1. Race 1 – 4
  2. Race 2 – 3
  3. Race 3 – 17
  4. Race 4 – 1
  5. Race 5 – 8
  6. Race 6 – (18)
  7. Race 7 – (19)
  8. Race 8 – 6
  9. Race 9 – 6
  10. Race 10 – 6
  11. Race 11 – 7
  12. Final – 58 (4th place)

Men's Laser

• Ben Ainslie
  1. Race 1 – (22)
  2. Race 2 – 1
  3. Race 3 – 1
  4. Race 4 – 3
  5. Race 5 – 4
  6. Race 6 – 4
  7. Race 7 – 10
  8. Race 8 – 11
  9. Race 9 – 4
  10. Race 10 – 4
  11. Race 11 – (36)
  12. Final – 42 (Gold medal)

Men's Tornado

• Hugh Styles and Adam May
  1. Race 1 – 2
  2. Race 2 – 5
  3. Race 3 – 3
  4. Race 4 – 10
  5. Race 5 – 7
  6. Race 6 – 6
  7. Race 7 – (17) OCS
  8. Race 8 – (17) DSQ
  9. Race 9 – 10
  10. Race 10 – 7
  11. Race 11 – 3
  12. Final – 53 (6th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

• Ian Walker and Mark Covell
  1. Race 1 – 1
  2. Race 2 – (9)
  3. Race 3 – (11)
  4. Race 4 – 7
  5. Race 5 – 2
  6. Race 6 – 3
  7. Race 7 – 2
  8. Race 8 – 1
  9. Race 9 – 7
  10. Race 10 – 9
  11. Race 11 – 3
  12. Final – 35 (Silver medal)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

• Andy Beadsworth, Barry Parkin and Richard Sydenham
  1. Round Robin Round 1 – (1-4) – 1 point – Did not advance

Women's Mistral

• Christine Johnston
  1. Race 1 – 25
  2. Race 2 – 9
  3. Race 3 – (26)
  4. Race 4 – 17
  5. Race 5 – 2
  6. Race 6 – 18
  7. Race 7 – 19
  8. Race 8 – 24
  9. Race 9 – 19
  10. Race 10 – (26)
  11. Race 11 – 13
  12. Final – 146 (18th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Shirley Robertson
  1. Race 1 – 4
  2. Race 2 – 3
  3. Race 3 – 1
  4. Race 4 – 6
  5. Race 5 – 1
  6. Race 6 – (13)
  7. Race 7 – 8
  8. Race 8 – 9
  9. Race 9 – 2
  10. Race 10 – (16)
  11. Race 11 – 3
  12. Final – 37 (Gold medal)

Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

• Ian Barker and Simon Hiscocks
  1. Race 1 – (13)
  2. Race 2 – 5
  3. Race 3 – 6
  4. Race 4 – (10)
  5. Race 5 – 6
  6. Race 6 – 2
  7. Race 7 – 4
  8. Race 8 – 2
  9. Race 9 – 9
  10. Race 10 – 5
  11. Race 11 – 4
  12. Race 12 – 4
  13. Race 13 – 5
  14. Race 14 – 4
  15. Race 15 – 1
  16. Race 16 – 3
  17. Final – 60 (Silver medal)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Mark Foster
  1. Preliminary Heat – 22.65
  2. Semi-final – 22.32
  3. Final – 22.41 (7th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Paul Palmer
  1. Preliminary Heat – 1:49.83
  2. Semi-final – 1:48.79
  3. Final – 1:47.95 (5th place)
• James Salter
  1. Preliminary Heat – 1:48.77
  2. Semi-final – 1:48.64
  3. Final – 1:48.74 (6th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Paul Palmer
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:51.06 (did not advance)
• James Salter
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:52.01 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Paul Palmer
  1. Preliminary Heat – 15:21.09 (did not advance)
• Adam Faulkner
  1. Preliminary Heat – 15:39.86 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• James Hickman
  1. Preliminary Heat – 53.48
  2. Semi-final – 53.55 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Stephen Parry
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:58.00
  2. Semi-final – 01:57.23
  3. Final – 01:57.00 (6th place)
• James Hickman
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:57.88
  2. Semi-final – 01:57.84 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Darren Mew
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:02.42
  2. Semi-final – 01:01.98 (did not advance)
• Adam Whitehead
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:02.91 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Adam Whitehead
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:17.16 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Adam Ruckwood
  1. Preliminary Heat – 56.19
  2. Semi-final – 56.34 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Adam Ruckwood
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.11 (did not advance)
• Simon Militis
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.20 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Simon Militis
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:24.38 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle

• Paul Belk, Sion Brinn, Anthony Howard, and Mark Stevens
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:20.45 (did not advance)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Andrew Clayton, Graeme Smith, Paul Palmer, James Salter, Edward Sinclair, and Marc Spackman
  1. Preliminary Heat – 07:20.69
  2. Final – 07:12.98 (5th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

• Neil Willey, Darren Mew, James Hickman, and Sion Brinn
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:39.60
  2. Final – 03:40.19 (8th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Alison Sheppard
  1. Preliminary Heat – 25.53
  2. Semi-final – 25.32
  3. Final – 25.45 (7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Sue Rolph
  1. Preliminary Heat – 55.77
  2. Semi-final – 55.69 (did not advance)
• Karen Pickering
  1. Preliminary Heat – 56.08
  2. Semi-final – 55.71 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Karen Pickering
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.42 (did not advance)
• Karen Legg
  1. Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Rebecca Cooke
  1. Preliminary Heat – 08:43.07 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Margaretha Pedder
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:01.53 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Georgina Lee
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:11.09
  2. Semi-final – 02:10.33 (did not advance)
• Margaretha Pedder
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:11.59
  2. Semi-final – 02:10.49 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Heidi Earp
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:10.56 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Jaime King
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:33.10 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Katy Sexton
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:02.67
  2. Semi-final – 01:02.35 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Sarah Price
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:03.22 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Joanna Fargus
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:12.99
  2. Semi-final – 02:13.57 (did not advance)
• Helen Don-Duncan
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:14.18
  2. Semi-final – 02:14.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Sue Rolph
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:16.43
  2. Semi-final – 02:15.98 (did not advance)
• Kathryn Evans
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:19.41 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle

• Rosalind Brett, Karen Pickering, Sue Rolph, and Alison Sheppard
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:42.47
  2. Final – 03:40.54 (5th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Janine Belton, Claire Huddart, Nicola Jackson, Karen Legg, and Karen Pickering
  1. Preliminary Heat – 08:07.41
  2. Final – 08:03.69 (6th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley

• Heidi Earp, Karen Pickering, Sue Rolph, and Katy Sexton
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:07.52
  2. Final – 04:07.61 (7th place)

[edit] Triathlon

The three British triathletes that finished the inaugural Olympic triathlon placed highly, with none lower than fifteenth place and two in the top ten. However, three more British athletes did not finish the competition.

Women's:

• Stephanie Forrester – 2:03:56.11 (15th place)
• Sian Brice – DNF
• Michelle Dillon – DNF

Men's:

• Simon Lessing – 1:49:24.32 (9th place)
• Timothy Don – 1:49:28.85 (10th place)
• Andrew Johns – DNF

[edit] References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

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