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Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. This equalled the number of golds won at the previous three Summer Games but was the lowest total medals achieved since the Montreal Games in 1976. Archer Simon Terry and hurdlers Sally Gunnell and Kriss Akabusi each won two medals.

Medallists

The following British athletes won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are emboldened.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery

In the sixth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal and Simon Terry added another individual bronze. Alison Williamson added another top eight finish.

Men
Women

Athletics

Men

Track

Field

Combined

Women

Track

Field

Combined

Badminton

Men

Women

Boxing

Great Britain's sent 10 boxers to the Games. The squad included Adrian Dodson who had previously competed for Guyana at the 1988 Games under the name Adrian Carew. Four British boxers were knocked out in the first round of competition, two were knocked out in the second round and three lost in the quarter finals. Robin Reid, a 21-year-old bookmaker's cashier nicknamed 'The Grim Reaper', won the only medal, a bronze in the light middleweight division after he was beaten in the semi-final by Orhan Delibaş.

Key:

  • KO-x = Knock-out-in round x
  • PTS = Overall jury points
  • RSC = Referee stopped contest
  • RSCH = Referee stopped contest due to head injury

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Great Britain in 1992. Chris Boardman won gold in the individual pursuit.

Road

Men

Women

Track

Diving

Four British divers competed at the Games; Naomi Bishop in the women's 3 m individual springboard; Hayley Allen and Lesley Ward in the women's 10 m platform; and Robert 'Bob' Morgan in both the men's 3 m individual springboard and 10 m platform. Morgan achieved the squad's best result finishing 5th in the 10 m platform, an event in which he had won the European bronze medal in 1991 and gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Men
Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Great Britain in 1992.

Men

Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Women

Rhythmic

The women's individual all-around was the only rhythmic gymnastics event at the 1992 Olympics. Britain entered two athletes neither of whom made the final.

Hockey

Men

Women

Judo

Britain sent 14 judokas to Barcelona, seven men and seven women.

Men

Women

Modern pentathlon

Three modern pentathletes represented Britain at the Games, all were men and contested both the individual and team events. Women's events in the sport were not introduced to the Olympics until Sydney in 2000.

Rowing

Men

Women

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle

* Heat – 22.72
* Final – 22.52 (→ 6th place)
* Heat – 23.27 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m freestyle

* Heat – 50.93 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
* Heat – 51.12 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

* Heat – 1:49.21
* B-Final – 1:48.92 (→ 9th place)
* Heat – 1:49.86
* B-Final – 1:50.15 (→ 13th place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

* Heat – 3:51.93
* B-Final – 3:51.60 (→ 10th place)
* Heat – 3:58.99 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

* Heat – 15:15.37
* Final – 15:13.35 (→ 5th place)
* Heat – 15:46.48 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

* Heat – 57.57 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
* Heat – 57.75 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

* Heat – 2:03.54 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
* Heat – 2:05.94 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

* Heat – 1:01.81
* Final – 1:02.32 (→ 7th place)
* Heat – 1:02.09
* Final – 1:02.33 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

* Heat – 2:13.42
* Final – 2:11.29 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Heat – 2:23.10 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100 m butterfly

* Heat – 54.96 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
* Heat – 56.53 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200 m butterfly

* Heat – 2:01.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m individual medley

* Heat – 2:05.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
* Heat – 2:09.22 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

* Heat – 4:32.82 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

* Heat – 3:21.41
* Final – 3:21.75 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

* Heat – 7:23.10
* Final – 7:22.57 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* Heat – 3:43.96 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 50 m freestyle

* Heat – 26.78 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
* Heat – 26.90 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m freestyle

* Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
* Heat – 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

* Heat – 2:01.09
* B-Final – 2:00.33 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m freestyle

* Heat – 4:22.26 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
* Heat – 4:25.55 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 800 m freestyle

* Heat – 8:50.17 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
* Heat – 8:56.04 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100 m backstroke

* Heat – 1:04.38 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
* Heat – 1:04.97 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m backstroke

* Heat – 2:14.34
* B-Final – 2:13.91 (→ 10th place)
* Heat – 2:17.15 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

* Heat – 1:13.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
* Heat – 1:13.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

* Heat – 2:35.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
* Heat – 2:44.49 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100 m butterfly

* Heat – 1:02.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
* Heat – 1:02.94 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200 m butterfly

* Heat – 2:15.04
* B-Final – 2:14.47 (→ 13th place)
* Heat – 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

* Heat – 2:19.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
* Heat – 2:22.04 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 400 m individual medley

* Heat – 4:56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
* Heat – 4:58.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* Heat – 4:16.51 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronised swimmers represented Great Britain in 1992.

Table tennis

Tennis

Great Britain sent six tennis players, two men and four women, to Barcelona. Five competed in singles events, four of whom were knocked out in the first round. The only player to advance to the second round of the singles was Samantha Smith. Smith beat compatriot Sara Gomer in the first round before losing to Natasha Zvereva, who was representing the Unified team. Smith also took part in the women's doubles alongside Clare Wood, the pair lost in the first round to Italians Laura Garrone and Raffaella Reggi. In the men's doubles Andrew Castle and Chris Wilkinson lost their first round tie to the seventh seeds, and eventual bronze medallists, Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi of Argentina.

Men
Women

Weightlifting

Six British weightlifters took part in the Games. Peter Morgan achieved the best result, a seventh-place finish in the middle-heavyweight division. Dave Morgan, who had finished fourth at the 1984 and 1988 Games, was 15th in the light-heavyweight event.

Wrestling

Britain entered a single wrestler, Calum McNeil in the men's lightweight freestyle.

See also

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