Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Atlanta
Competitors300 (184 men and 116 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearers Steve Redgrave (opening)
Roger Black (closing)
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
1
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.[1]

The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952. As final medal rankings were tabulated, Great Britain finished in 36th position, finishing below much smaller nations such as neighbouring Ireland (who won 3 golds) and even North Korea (who won 2 golds) winning just one single gold medal and overall total of just 15 medals.

This was the country's lowest ever numerical ranking in the table and they were dubbed “The Team of Shame”, leaving Great Britain with numerous questions about the overall state of sport in the country which was still at the time compared to other major countries largely based on amateurism. The games saw the British team riddled by poor performances and gaffes (most notable was defending champion Linford Christie's disqualification from the 100 meters final due to two false starts, the second of which was controversial) coupled with low morale and self esteem. Due to a lack of funding, athletes were forced to recreate the humidity of Atlanta by practising in their bathrooms at home with the shower turned on, and several sold their Olympic kit on the streets in order to raise funds to repay loans.[2][3][4]

The poor British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to the creation of UK Sport, a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports,[3] which started the following year.[5] 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[]

Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Rowing 1 0 1 2
Athletics 0 4 2 6
Sailing 0 2 0 2
Swimming 0 1 1 2
Tennis 0 1 0 1
Cycling 0 0 2 2
Total 1 8 6 15

Gold[]

  • Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave – Rowing, Men's Coxless Pair

Silver[]

  • Ben Ainslie – Sailing, Men's Open Laser Class
  • Steve Backley – Athletics, Men's javelin throw
  • Roger Black – Athletics, Men's 400 m
  • Jonathan Edwards – Athletics, Men's triple jump
  • Paul Palmer – Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Mark Richardson, Iwan Thomas, Mark Hylton (heats) and Du'aine Ladejo (heats) – Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • John Merricks and Ian Walker – Sailing, Men's 470 Class
  • Neil Broad and Tim Henman – Tennis, Men's Doubles

Bronze[]

  • Chris Boardman – Cycling, Men's Road Time Trial
  • Denise Lewis – Athletics, Women's Heptathlon
  • Max Sciandri – Cycling, Men's Road Race
  • Graeme Smith – Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • Steve Smith – Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Tim Foster, Rupert Obholzer, Greg Searle, and Jonny Searle – Rowing, Men's Coxless Four

Medals by day[]

Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 20 July 0 0 0 0
2 21 July 0 0 0 0
3 22 July 0 1 0 1
4 23 July 0 0 0 0
5 24 July 0 0 0 0
6 25 July 0 0 1 1
7 26 July 0 0 0 0
8 27 July 1 1 1 3
9 28 July 0 0 2 2
10 29 July 0 1 0 1
11 30 July 0 1 0 1
12 31 July 0 1 1 2
13 1 Aug 0 1 0 1
14 2 Aug 0 0 0 0
15 3 Aug 0 2 1 3
16 4 Aug 0 0 0 0
Total 1 8 6 15

Archery[]

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Alison Williamson – Round of 16, 10th place (2–1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Gary Hardinges – Round of 32, 28th place (1–1)
  • Steven Hallard – Round of 64, 55th place (0–1)

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)


Men's 400 metres

  • Roger Black
    • Heat - 45.28
    • Quarter-final - 44.72
    • Semi-final - 44.69
    • Final - 44.41 (→ Med 2.png 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)


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

  • Richard Nerurkar – 2:13.39 (→ 5th place)
  • Peter Whitehead – 2:22.37 (→ 55th place)
  • Steve Brace – 2:23.28 (→ 60th place)


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

  • Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Du'aine Ladejo, Mark Richardson and Roger Black
    • Heat – 3:01.79
    • Semi-final – 3:01.36
    • Final – 2:56.60 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)


Men's High Jump

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


Men's Pole Vault


Men's Triple Jump

  • Jonathan Edwards
    • Qualification - 16.96
    • Final – 17.88 (→ Med 2.png 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 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Mick Hill
    • Qualification - 80.48
    • Final – 78.58 (→ 12th Place)
  • Nick Nieland
    • Qualification - 75.74 (→ did not advance)


Men's Decathlon

  • Alex Kruger
    • DNF


Women's 100 metres

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


Women's 200 metres

  • 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)
  • Diane Modahl
    • Heat - DNF


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)


Women's Marathon

  • Liz McColgan – 2:34.30 (→ 16th place)
  • Karen MacLeod – 2:42.08 (→ 45th place)
  • Suzanne Rigg – 2:52.09 (→ 58th place)


Women's 110 m Hurdles

  • Angela Thorp
    • Heat - 12.93
    • Quarter-final - 12.99
    • Semi-final - 12.80 (→ did not advance)
  • Jacqui Agyepong
    • Heat - 13.24 (→ 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


Women's 4×400 metres Relay

  • Phylis Smith, Allison Curbishley, Donna Fraser and Georgina Oladapo
    • Qualification – 3:28.13 (→ did not advance)


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 Bronze Medal)

Badminton[]

Beach volleyball[]

Boxing[]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
David Burke Featherweight  Huste (GER)
L 9–13
Did not advance
Fola Okesola Heavyweight Bye  Jones (USA)
L RSCI
Did not advance

Canoeing[]

Cycling[]

Road competition[]

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Chris Boardman
  • Final – 1:04:36 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Marie Purvis
  • Final – 02:37:06 (→ 11th place)
  • Sarah Phillips
  • Final – 02:37:06 (→ 19th place)
  • Caroline Alexander
  • Final – 02:53:47 (→ 43rd place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Yvonne McGregor
  • Final – 39:09 (→ 14th place)
  • Sarah Phillips
  • Final – 41:16 (→ 21st place)

Track competition[]

Men's Team Pursuit

  • Chris Newton (→ 10th place)
  • Bryan Steel (→ 10th place)
  • Matt Illingworth (→ 10th place)
  • Rob Hayles (→ 10th place)

Mountain Bike[]

Men's Cross Country

  • Final – 2:29:10 (→ 12th place)
  • David Baker
  • Final – 2:32:30 (→ 15th place)

Women's Cross Country

  • Final – 2:04.44 (→ 22nd place)

Diving[]

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Tony Ally
  • Preliminary Heat – 345.33
  • Semi-final – 203.46 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Bobby Morgan
  • 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
  • James Williams
Women's foil

Gymnastics[]

Hockey[]

Men's Team Competition[]

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Classification Matches
  • Team Roster

Women's Team Competition[]

  • Round Robin
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Great Britain – Netherlands 0–0 (The Netherlands wins after penalty strokes, 3–4) → Fourth place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach:

Judo[]

Modern pentathlon[]

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing[]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Haining Single sculls 7:42.65 4 R 7:45.95 2 SA/B 7:30.47 6 FB 6:55.06 11
Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
Pair 6:50.04 1 Q N/A 6:50.30 1 FA 6:20.09 1st place, gold medalist(s)
James Cracknell
Bob Thatcher
Guy Pooley*
Double sculls 7:00.74 5 R 7:00.81 1 SC/D 6:51.22 2 FC 6:51.41 17
Nicholas Strange
Andrew Sinton
Lightweight double sculls 6:56.86 5 R 6:22.27 2 SA/B 6:39.20 5 FB 6:31.15 12
Tim Foster
Rupert Obholzer
Greg Searle
Jonny Searle
Four 6:14.74 1 Q N/A 6:10.78 1 FA 6:07.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ben Helm
Tom Kay
David Lemon
James McNiven
Lightweight four 6:35.95 5 R 6:02.65 2 SA/B 6:19.07 5 FB 6:05.13 10
Peter Bridge
Roger Brown
Richard Hamilton
Ben Hunt-Davis
Matthew Parish
Graham Smith
Alex Story
James Walker
Garry Herbert (cox)
Eight 5:49.37 4 R 5:33.22 3 FB N/A 5:40.23 8
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Guin Batten Single sculls 8:16.75 4 R 8:44.73 2 SA/B 7:56.61 3 FA 7:45.08 7
Philippa Cross
Kate MacKenzie
Pair 8:03.53 4 R 8:15.26 3 SA/B 7:59.57 6 FB 7:34.68 12
Miriam Batten
Cath Bishop
Dot Blackie
Lisa Eyre
Alison Gill
Kate Pollitt
Annamarie Stapleton
Joanne Turvey
Suzie Ellis (cox)
Eight 6:39.34 4 R 6:12.28 6 FB N/A 6:15.21 7

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Mark Foster
  • Heat – 22.73
  • B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Nicholas Shackell
  • Heat – 51.03 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Paul Palmer
  • Heat – 1:49.05
  • Swim-off – 1:48.89
  • Final – 1:49.39 (→ 8th place)
  • Andrew Clayton
  • Heat – 1:51.06
  • B-Final – 1:50.59 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Paul Palmer
  • Heat – 3:51.98
  • Final – 3:49.00 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Graeme Smith
  • Heat – 15.14.81
  • Final – 15:02.48 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Paul Palmer
  • Heat – 15:22.65 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Neil Willey
  • Heat – 56.27
  • B-Final – 56.07 (→ 10th place)
  • Martin Harris
  • Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Adam Ruckwood
  • Heat – 2:01.35
  • B-Final – 2:02.40 (→ 13th place)
  • Martin Harris
  • Heat – 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Richard Maden
  • Heat – 1:02.78
  • B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Nick Gillingham
  • Heat – 2:14.96
  • Final – 2:14.37 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • James Hickman
  • Heat – 53.73
  • B-Final – 53.23 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • James Hickman
  • Heat – 1:58.16
  • Final – 1:58.47 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Nicholas Shackell, Alan Rapley, Mark Stevens, and Mike Fibbens
  • Heat – 3:21.34
  • Final – 3:21.52 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Paul Palmer, Andrew Clayton, Mark Stevens, and James Salter
  • Heat – 7:21.92
  • Final – 7:18.74 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Neil Willey, Richard Maden, James Hickman, and Nicholas Shackell
  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Sue Rolph
  • Heat – 26.39 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Karen Pickering
  • Heat – 56.40
  • B-Final – 56.32 (→ 14th place)
  • Sue Rolph
  • Heat – 56.62
  • B-Final – 56.58 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Karen Pickering
  • Heat – 2:01.46
  • B-Final – 2:02.58 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Sarah Hardcastle
  • Heat – 4:14.50
  • B-Final – 4:14.13 (→ 9th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Sarah Hardcastle
  • 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

  • Joanne Deakins
  • Heat – 2:15.12
  • B-Final – 2:14.50 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Jaime King
  • Heat – 1:10.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Marie Hardiman
  • Heat – 2:31.12
  • B-Final – 2:31.39 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Sue Rolph
  • Heat – 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Sarah Hardcastle
  • 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

  • Claire Huddart, Victoria Horner, Janine Belton, and Karen Pickering
  • 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
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tim Henman Singles  Matsuoka (JPN)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–3
 Woodbridge (AUS)
L 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Did not advance
Greg Rusedski  Frana (ARG)
W 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
 Gustafsson (SWE)
W 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
 Bruguera (ESP)
L 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Did not advance
Neil Broad
Tim Henman
Doubles N/A  Krošlák /
Kučera (SVK)
W 6–3, 6–3
 Connell /
Nestor (CAN)
W 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
 Novák /
Vacek (CZE)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–4
 Goellner /
Prinosil (GER)
W 4–6, 6–3, 10–8
 Woodbridge /
Woodforde (AUS)
L 4–6, 4–6, 2–6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Clare Wood Singles  Farina (ITA)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Valda Lake
Clare Wood
Doubles N/A  K Maleeva /
M Maleeva (BUL)
W 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–3
 Coetzer /
de Swardt (RSA)
W 7–5, 7–5
 G Fernández /
MJ Fernández (USA)
L 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Anthony Arthur
  • Final – 147.5 + 180.0 = 327.5 (→ 12th place)

Wrestling[]

References[]

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  3. ^ a b Gibson, Owen (24 July 2012). "London 2012: how Team GB's fortunes turned around after disaster in Atlanta". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
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