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Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every single Summer Olympic Games. 300 competitors, 184 men and 116 women, took part in 175 events in 22 sports. The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952, finishing in 36th position with a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall.

The "rock bottom" British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to a period of soul searching about the state of British sport. Insufficient funding was identified as a major factor in the poor performance, and this led to a wholesale reform of how elite sports were funded, organised and supported in the UK: At the instigation of the then Prime Minister John Major, UK Sport was created the following year, a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports. Previously, due to a lack of funding, cyclist Chris Boardman had acclimatised to the humidity of Atlanta by practicing in his home bathroom with the shower turned on, and divers Bob Morgan and Tony Ally sold their Olympic kits while in Atlanta in order to raise funds. Leon Taylor, who would win a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, suggested the public humiliation for the British Olympic Association from the newspaper stories about Morgan & Ally's actions obligated them to bring in better athlete funding. Nevertheless, the single gold medal won by rowers Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave ensured that Great Britain maintained its record of winning at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympics.

Medallists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Medals by day

Archery

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Linford Christie
  • Heat - 10.26
  • Quarter-final - 10.03
  • Semi-final - 10.04
  • Final - DSQ
  • Ian Mackie
  • Heat - 10.27
  • Quarter-final - 10.25
  • Semi-final - DNS

Men's 200 metres

  • Linford Christie
  • Heat - 20.64
  • Quarter-final - 20.59 (→ did not advance)
  • John Regis
  • Heat - 20.78
  • Quarter-final - 20.56
  • Semi-final - 20.58 (→ did not advance)
  • Owusu Dako
  • Heat - 20.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Roger Black
  • Heat - 45.28
  • Quarter-final - 44.72
  • Semi-final - 44.69
  • Final - 44.41 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Iwan Thomas
  • Heat - 45.22
  • Quarter-final - 45.04
  • Semi-final - 45.01
  • Final - 44.70 (→ 5th Place)
  • Du'aine Ladejo
  • Heat - 46.27
  • Quarter-final - 45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Curtis Robb
  • Heat - 1:45.85
  • Semi-Final - 1:47.48 (→ did not advance)
  • Craig Winrow
  • Heat - 1:47.41
  • Semi-Final - 1:48.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • John Mayock
  • Heat - 3:42.31
  • Semi-final - 3:34.55
  • Final - 3:40.18 (→ 11th Place)
  • Kevin McKay
  • Heat - 3:38.02
  • Semi-final - 3:43.61 (→ did not advance)
  • Anthony Whiteman
  • Heat - 3:40.74
  • Semi-final - 3:36.11 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • John Nuttall
  • Qualification – 13:52.16
  • Semi-final – 14:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Paul Evans
  • Qualification – 28:24.39
  • Final - DNF
  • Jon Brown
  • Qualification – 28:19.85
  • Final - 27:59.72 (→ 10th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Colin Jackson
  • Heat - 13.36
  • Quarter-final - 13.33
  • Semi-final - 13.17
  • Final - 13.19 (→ 4th Place)
  • Andy Tulloch
  • Heat - 13.56
  • Quarter-final - 13.68 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Jon Ridgeon
  • Heat – 49.31
  • Semi-final – 49.43 (→ did not advance)
  • Gary Jennings
  • Heat – 50.41 (→ did not advance)
  • Peter Crampton
  • Heat – 49.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Keith Cullen
  • Heat – 8:31.26
  • Semi-finals – 8:46.74 (→ did not advance)
  • Justin Chaston
  • Heat – 8:28.32
  • Semi-finals – 8:28.50 (→ did not advance)
  • Spencer Duval
  • Heat – 8:46.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's 4 × 100m Relay

Men's 4 × 400m Relay

Men's High Jump

  • Steve Smith
  • Qualification - 2.28
  • Final - 2.35 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Dalton Grant
  • Qualification - 2.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Neil Winter
  • Qualification - 5.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Jonathan Edwards
  • Qualification - 16.96
  • Final – 17.88 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus Throw

  • Bob Weir
  • Qualification – 61.64 m (→ did not advance)
  • Glen Smith
  • Qualification – 54.88 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • David Smith
  • Qualification – 69.32 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Steve Backley
  • Qualification - 84.14
  • Final – 87.44 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Mick Hill
  • Qualification - 80.48
  • Final – 78.58 (→ 12th Place)
  • Nick Nieland
  • Qualification - 75.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

Women's 100 metres

  • Stephi Douglas
  • Heat - 11.61
  • Quarter-final - 11.75 (→ did not advance)
  • Marcia Richardson
  • Heat - 11.42
  • Quarter-final - 11.55 (→ did not advance)
  • Simmone Jacobs
  • Heat - 11.39
  • Quarter-final - 11.47 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 metres

  • Katharine Merry
  • Heat - 23.14
  • Quarter-final - 23.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Simmone Jacobs
  • Heat - 23.36
  • Quarter-final - 22.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

  • Donna Fraser
  • Heat - 52.78
  • Quarter-final - 51.58 (→ did not advance)
  • Phylis Smith
  • Heat - 51.29
  • Quarter-final - 52.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Kelly Holmes
  • Heat - 1:58.80
  • Semi-final - 1:58.49
  • Final - 1:58.81 (→ 4th Place)

Women's 1500 metres

  • Kelly Holmes
  • Heat - 4:07.36
  • Semi-final - 4:05.88
  • Final - 4:07.46 (→ 11th Place)

Women's 5,000 metres

  • Paula Radcliffe
  • Heat - 15:23.90
  • Final - 15:13.11 (→ 5th Place)
  • Sonia McGeorge
  • Heat – 16:01.92 (→ did not advance)
  • Alison Wyeth
  • Heat – 16:24.74 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Women's 110 m Hurdles

  • Angela Thorp
  • Heat - 12.93
  • Quarter-final - 12.99
  • Semi-final - 12.80 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Sally Gunnell
  • Qualification – 55.29
  • Semi-finals – DNF (→ did not advance)

Women's 10km Walk

Women's 4×100 metres Relay

<br />Women's 4×400 metres Relay

Women's Long Jump

  • Denise Lewis
  • Qualification – 6.33 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Ashia Hansen
  • Qualification – 14.55 m
  • Final – 14.49 m (→ 5th place)
  • Michelle Griffith
  • Qualification – 13.70 m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Lea Haggett
  • Qualification – 1.90 m (→ did not advance)
  • Debbie Marti
  • Qualification – 1.85 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Judy Oakes
  • Qualification – 18.56 m
  • Final – 18.34 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Jacqui McKernan
  • Qualification – 58.88 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Tessa Sanderson
  • Qualification – 58.86 m (→ did not advance)
  • Shelley Holroyd
  • Qualification – 54.72 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Denise Lewis
  • Final result – 6489 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Badminton

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

* Final – 1:04:36 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Individual Road Race

* Final – 02:37:06 (→ 11th place)
* Final – 02:37:06 (→ 19th place)
* Final – 02:53:47 (→ 43rd place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

* Final – 39:09 (→ 14th place)
* Final – 41:16 (→ 21st place)

Track competition

Men's Team Pursuit

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

* Final – 2:29:10 (→ 12th place)
* Final – 2:32:30 (→ 15th place)

Women's Cross Country

* Final – 2:04.44 (→ 22nd place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

* Preliminary heat – 345.33
* Semi-final – 203.46 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
* Preliminary heat – 318.69 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

* Preliminary heat – 251.73
* Semi-final – 158.43
* Final – 259.68 (→ 9th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Great Britain in 1996.

Men's sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)
* Great Britain – South Korea 2–2
* Great Britain – Netherlands 2–2
* Great Britain – Malaysia 2–2
* Great Britain – South Africa 2–0
* Great Britain – Australia 0–2
  • Classification Matches
* 5th–8th place: Great Britain – Pakistan 1–2
* 7th–8th place: Great Britain – India 4–3 (→ Seventh place)
  • Team roster
* Simon Mason (gk)
* Julian Halls
* Jon Wyatt
* Soma Singh
* Jason Laslett (c)
* Kalbir Takher
* Jason Lee
* Phil McGuire
* John Shaw
* Russell Garcia
* Nick Thompson
* David Luckes (gk)
* Simon Hazlitt
* Chris Mayer
* Calum Giles
* Daniel Hall

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 (The Netherlands wins after penalty strokes, 3–4) → Fourth place
  • Team roster
* Jill Atkins
* Anna Bennett
* Karen Brown
* Chris Cook
* Tina Cullen
* Mandy Davies
* Susan Fraser
* Kathryn Johnson
* Tammy Miller
* Joanne Mould
* Mandy Nicholls
* Pauline Robertson
* Hilary Rose (gk)
* Rhona Simpson
* Jane Sixsmith
* Joanne Thompson (gk)

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

Men
Women

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

* Heat – 22.73
* B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat – 51.03 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

* Heat – 1:49.05
* Swim-off – 1:48.89
* Final – 1:49.39 (→ 8th place)
* Heat – 1:51.06
* B-Final – 1:50.59 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Heat – 3:51.98
* Final – 3:49.00 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* Heat – 15.14.81
* Final – 15:02.48 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Heat – 15:22.65 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat – 56.27
* B-Final – 56.07 (→ 10th place)
* Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat – 2:01.35
* B-Final – 2:02.40 (→ 13th place)
* Heat – 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat – 1:02.78
* B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat – 2:14.96
* Final – 2:14.37 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

* Heat – 53.73
* B-Final – 53.23 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Heat – 1:58.16
* Final – 1:58.47 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat – 3:21.34
* Final – 3:21.52 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat – 7:21.92
* Final – 7:18.74 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

<br /> Women's 50 m Freestyle

* Heat – 26.39 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

* Heat – 56.40
* B-Final – 56.32 (→ 14th place)
* Heat – 56.62
* B-Final – 56.58 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

* Heat – 2:01.46
* B-Final – 2:02.58 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

* Heat – 4:14.50
* B-Final – 4:14.13 (→ 9th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

* Heat – 8:37.54
* Final – 8:41.75 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

* Heat – 1:03.89
* B-Final – 1:03.61 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

* Heat – 2:15.12
* B-Final – 2:14.50 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

* Heat – 1:10.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

* Heat – 2:31.12
* B-Final – 2:31.39 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

* Heat – 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

* Heat – 4:54.64 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat – 3:48.26 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

* Heat – 8:14.92 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* Heat – 4:13.75 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Men
Women

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

* Final – 147.5 + 180.0 = 327.5 (→ 12th place)

Wrestling

References