Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Seoul
Competitors345 (219 men and 126 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearers Ian Taylor (opening)
Malcolm Cooper (closing)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
9
Total
24
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South 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.

Medallists[]

Medals by discipline
Discipline Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Swimming 1 1 1 3
Shooting 1 1 0 2
Rowing 1 0 1 2
Field hockey 1 0 0 1
Sailing 1 0 0 1
Athletics 0 6 2 8
Equestrian 0 2 1 3
Archery 0 0 1 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Judo 0 0 1 1
Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1
Total 5 10 9 24

Gold[]

Silver[]

  • Linford Christie — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • Peter Elliott — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres
  • Colin Jackson — Athletics, Men's 110 metres Hurdles
  • John Regis, Elliot Bunney, Linford Christie, and Mike McFarlane — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metres Relay
  • Liz McColgan — Athletics, Women's 10.000 metres
  • Fatima Whitbread — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
  • Captain Mark Phillips, Karen Stracker, Virginia Holgate-Leng, and Ian Stark — Equestrian, Team Eventing
  • Ian Stark — Equestrian, Individual Eventing
  • Alister Allan — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
  • Nick Gillingham — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Bronze[]

  • Leroy Watson, Steven Hallard, and Richard Priestman — Archery, Men's Team Competition
  • Mark Rowland — Athletics, Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase
  • Yvonne Murray — Athletics, Women's 3.000 metres
  • Richard Woodhall — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Virginia Holgate-Leng — Equestrian, Individual Eventing
  • Dennis Stewart — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
  • Richard Phelps, Dominic Mahony, and Graham Brookhouse — Modern Pentathlon, Team Competition
  • Steve Redgrave, Andy Holmes, and Patrick Sweeney — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Andrew Jameson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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:

  • Joanne Franks – Final (→ 7th place)
  • Pauline Edwards – Quarterfinal (→ 17th place)
  • Cheryl Sutton – Preliminary Round (→ 51st place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Leroy Watson – Quarterfinals (→ 18th place)
  • Steven Hallard – 1/8 finals (→ 21st place)
  • Richard Priestman – Preliminary Round (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Watson, Hallard, and Priestman – Final (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Franks, Edwards, and Sutton – Final (→ 5th place)

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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)
  • Steve Binns
  • First Round — 28:52.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

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

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Kriss Akabusi
  • Heat — 49.62 (2nd)
  • Semi-Final — 49.22 (4th)
  • Final — 48.69 (6th)
  • Max Robertson
  • Heat — 50.67 (5th → did not advance
  • 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 Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 8:38.90
  • Semi Final — 8:28.62 (→ did not advance)
  • Roger Hackney
  • 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)
  • Roald Bradstock
  • Qualification — 75.96 m (→ did not advance)
  • Mick Hill
  • Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

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

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Dave Smith
  • Qualifying Heat — 69.12 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 62.42 m (→ did not advance)
  • Michael Jones
  • Qualifying Heat — 70.38 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Tony Mercer
  • Qualifying Heat – 16.28 m (→ did not advance)
  • Paul Edwards
  • 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

  • Daley Thompson — 8306 points (→ 4th place)
  • 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
  • Alex Kruger — 7623 points (→ 24th place)
  • 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
  • Greg Richards — 7237 points (→ 30th place)
  • 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

  • Angie Pain — 2"30.51 (→ 10th place)
  • Susan Tooby — 2"31.33 (→ 12th place)
  • Susan Crehan — 2"36.57 (→ 32nd place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Jacqueline McKernan
  • Qualification – 50.92 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Fatima Whitbread
  • Qualification – 68.44 m
  • Final – 70.32 m (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Tessa Sanderson
  • 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

  • Kim Hagger
  • Final Result — 5975 points (→ 17th place)
  • Joanne Mulliner
  • Final Result — 5746 points (→ 19th place)
  • Final Result — 1951 points (→ 29th place) - (withdrew after two events)

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Great Britain in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's individual pursuit
  • Colin Sturgess
Men's team pursuit
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Hockey[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • 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
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – Australia 3-2
  • Final
  • Great Britain – West Germany 3-1 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach:

Women's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Great Britain – Argentina 1-0
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-5
  • Great Britain – United States 2-2
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – South Korea 0-1
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-3 (→ Fourth place)
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Dennis Hay

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1988. They won bronze in the team event.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Phelps, Mahony, and Brookhouse – 15276 pts (→ Bronze Medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's coxless pair

  • Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave
  • (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Men's coxed pair

  • Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Patrick Sweeney,
  • (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's coxless four

  • (→ 4th place)

Men's coxed four

  • Martin Cross, Adam Clift, John Maxey, John Garrett, Vaughan Thomas
  • (→ 4th place)

Eight

  • (→ 4th place)

Women's double scull

  • (→ 9th place)

Women's coxless pair

  • Alison Bonner, Kim Thomas
  • (→ 8th place)

Women's coxed four

  • (→ 6th place)

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m freestyle

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

Men's 100 m freestyle

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

Men's 200 m freestyle

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

Men's 400 m freestyle

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

Men's 1500 m freestyle

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

Men's 100 m backstroke

  • Neil Harper
  • 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)
  • John Davey
  • Heat – 2:04.70 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

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

Men's 200 m breaststroke

  • Nick Gillingham
  • Heat – 2:14.58
  • Final – 2:14.12 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Adrian Moorhouse
  • 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 Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 54.75
  • B-Final – 55.22 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m butterfly

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

Men's 200 m individual medley

  • John Davey
  • 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

  • Paul Brew
  • Heat – 4:27.22
  • B-Final – 4:26.77 (→ 15th place)
  • John Davey
  • 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

  • Kevin Boyd, Paul Howe, Jonathan Broughton, and Roland Lee
  • Heat – 7:29.77 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Neil Harper, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson, and Mark Foster
  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Alison Sheppard
  • 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

  • Ruth Gilfillan
  • 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

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

Women's 800 m freestyle

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

Women's 100 m backstroke

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

Women's 200 m backstroke

  • Kathy Read
  • 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

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

Women's 200 m breaststroke

  • Susannah Brownsdon
  • 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

  • Helen Bewley
  • 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

  • Jean Hill
  • Heat – 2:17.57
  • B-Final – 2:19.20 (→ 11th place)
  • Zara Long
  • 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)
  • Susannah Brownsdon
  • 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

  • Katharine Read, Susannah Brownsdon, Caroline Foot, and Joanna Coull
  • Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming[]

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented Great Britain in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

  • First Round – Defeated Belinda Cordwell (New Zealand) 4-6 7-5 6-2
  • Second Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 7-6 6-7 7-9
  • Clare Wood
  • First Round – Lost to Wendy Turnbull (Australia) 1-6 3-6

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

See also[]

  • Sally Jones, first woman BBC sports presenter at the Seoul Olympics.

References[]

  1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
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