Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
Website www.olympics.org.uk
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors 345 (219 men and 126 women} in 22 sports
Flag bearer Ian Taylor (opening)
Malcolm Cooper (closing)
Medals
Rank: 12
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
9
Total
24
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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 345 competitors, 219 men and 126 women, took part in 191 events in 22 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

Medallists

Gold

Silver

Bronze


Archery

In the fifth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal while Joanne Franks added another top eight finish in the women's individual and the women's team came in 5th.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1.500 metres

Men's 5.000 metres

Men's 10.000 metres

  • First Round — 28:25.46
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • First Round — 28:52.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2"12:19 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2"16:18 (→ 21st place)
  • Final — 2"20:45 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 50.81 (5th place → did not advance)

Men's 4×400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:04.18
  • Semi Final — 3:04.60
  • Final — 3:02.00 (→ 5th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.40
  • Semi Final — 8:18.31
  • Final — 8:07.96 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 8:38.90
  • Semi Final — 8:28.62 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 8:39.30
  • Semi Final — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 80.98 m
  • Final — 76.96 m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification — 75.96 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 58.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 69.12 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 62.42 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 70.38 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying Heat – 15.68 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.77 m
  • Final — 7.54 m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • 100 metres — 10.62 s
  • Long Jump — 7.38 m
  • Shot Put — 15.02 m
  • High Jump — 2.03 m
  • 400 metres — 49.06 s
  • 110 m Hurdles — 14.72 s
  • Discus Throw — 44.80 m
  • Pole Vault — 4.90 m
  • Javelin Throw — 64.04 m
  • 1,500 metres — 4:45.11 s
  • 100 metres — 11.30 s
  • Long Jump — 6.97 m
  • Shot Put — 12.23 m
  • High Jump — 2.15 m
  • 400 metres — 49.98 s
  • 110 m Hurdles — 15.38 s
  • Discus Throw — 38.72 m
  • Pole Vault — 4.60 m
  • Javelin Throw — 54.34 m
  • 1,500 metres — 4:37.84 s
  • 100 metres — 11.50 s
  • Long Jump — 7.09 m
  • Shot Put — 12.94 m
  • High Jump — 1.82 m
  • 400 metres — 49.27 s
  • 110 m Hurdles — 15.56 s
  • Discus Throw — 42.32 m
  • Pole Vault — 4.50 m
  • Javelin Throw — 53.50 m
  • 1,500 metres — 4:53.85 s

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3'59:30 (→ 27th place)
  • Final — 4'00:07 (→ 28th place)

Women's 4×400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:28.52
  • Final — 3:26.89 (→ 6th place)

Women's Marathon

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification – 50.92 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 68.44 m
  • Final – 70.32 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualification – 56.70 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 56.00 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification – 15.13 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 18.34 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 17.31 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 5975 points (→ 17th place)
  • Final Result — 5746 points (→ 19th place)
  • Final Result — 1951 points (→ 29th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round – Defeated Damber Bhatta (Nepal) on points
  • Second Round – Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria) on points

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Ramzan Gul (Turkey), on points (1:4)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round – Defeated Domingo Damigella (Argentina) on points
  • Second Round – Defeated Paul Fitzgerald (Ireland) on points
  • Third Round – Lost to Regilio Tuur (Netherlands) on points

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Lost to Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) on points

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • Great Britain – South Korea 2-2
  • Great Britain – Canada 3-0
  • Great Britain – West Germany 1-2
  • Great Britain – Soviet Union 3-1
  • Great Britain – India 3-0
  • Great Britain – Australia 3-2
  • Great Britain – West Germany 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Team Competition

  • Great Britain – Argentina 1-0
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-5
  • Great Britain – United States 2-2
  • Great Britain – South Korea 0-1
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-3 (→ Fourth place)

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Men's Coxless pair

  • (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Coxed pair

  • (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Coxless four

  • (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxed four

  • (→ 4th place)

Men's Eight

  • (→ 4th place)

Women's Double scull

  • (→ 9th place)

Women's Coxless pair

  • (→ 8th place)

Women's Coxed four

  • (→ 6th place)

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle

  • Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
  • Heat – 23.67 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100 m freestyle

  • Heat – 51.18 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Heat – 51.20 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

  • Heat – 1:51.22
  • B-Final – 1:51.99 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:53.03 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

  • Heat – 3:50.01
  • Final – 3:50.16 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat – 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

  • Heat – 15:17.56
  • Final – 15:21.16 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat – 15:38.75 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

  • Heat – 58.02 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
  • Heat – 58.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

  • Heat – 2:03.79
  • B-Final – 2:04.90 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 2:04.70 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:02.19
  • Final – 1:02.04 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 1:04.23 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:14.58
  • Final – 2:14.12 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)
  • B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m butterfly

  • Heat – 53.34
  • Final – 53.30 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 54.75
  • B-Final – 55.22 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m butterfly

  • Heat – 2:01.01
  • B-Final – 2:00.32 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 2:01.44
  • B-Final – 2:01.09 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m individual medley

  • Heat – 2:05.55
  • B-Final – 2:04.17 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 2:05.56
  • B-Final – 2:05.44 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

  • Heat – 4:27.22
  • B-Final – 4:26.77 (→ 15th place)
  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat – 3:23.71
  • Final – 3:21.71 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

  • Heat – 7:29.77 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4×100 m fedley relay

  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Heat – 27.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • Heat – 27.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m freestyle

  • Heat – 57.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • Heat – 58.19 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

  • Heat – 2:02.11
  • B-Final – 2:01.66 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 2:03.63 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400 m freestyle

  • Heat – 4:16.66 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Heat – 4:21.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 800 m freestyle

  • Heat – 8:44.64 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Heat – 9:00.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100 m backstroke

  • Heat – 1:04.62
  • B-Final – 1:04.27 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:04.75 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m backstroke

  • Heat – 2:17.22
  • B-Final – 2:18.20 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat – 2:21.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:11.66
  • B-Final – 1:11.95 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:12.67 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:36.14 (→ 20th place)
  • Heat – 2:41.12 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100 m butterfly

  • Heat – 1:02.76 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Heat – 1:03.34 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m butterfly

  • Heat – 2:17.10
  • B-Final – 2:17.11 (→ 15th place)
  • Heat – 2:17.28
  • B-Final – 2:18.66 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

  • Heat – 2:17.57
  • B-Final – 2:19.20 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat – 2:22.64 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m individual medley

  • Heat – 5:01.34
  • B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 24th place)
  • Heat – 4:54.66 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat – 3:50.84 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4×100 m medley relay

  • Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References