Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 337 competitors, 229 men and 108 women, took part in 190 events in 20 sports.[1]

Great Britain at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Los Angeles
Competitors337 (229 men and 108 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearers Lucinda Green (opening)
Sebastian Coe (closing)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
11
Bronze
21
Total
37
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The British team won a total of 37 medals, including five golds, this was Britain's largest total medal haul since 1920, and would not be surpassed until 2008, however this was due in large part to the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Olympics, which meant that Eastern Bloc competitors were not present. Great Britain sent a reserve team to the Soviet organised Friendship Games, dubbed the "alternative Olympics" the same year.

Medallists

Medals by discipline
Discipline Total
Athletics 3 7 6 16
Shooting 1 0 3 4
Rowing 1 0 0 1
Equestrian 0 2 1 3
Swimming 0 1 4 5
Judo 0 1 2 3
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Field hockey 0 0 1 1
Sailing 0 0 1 1
Weightlifting 0 0 1 1
Wrestling 0 0 1 1
Total 5 11 21 37
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldMalcolm CooperShootingMen's 50 metre rifle three positions1 August
 GoldRichard Budgett
Martin Cross
Adrian Ellison
Andy Holmes
Steven Redgrave
RowingMen's coxed four5 August
 GoldTessa SandersonAthleticsWomen's javelin throw6 August
 GoldDaley ThompsonAthleticsMen's decathlon9 August
 GoldSebastian CoeAthleticsMen's 1500 metres11 August
 SilverSarah HardcastleSwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle31 July
 SilverDiana Clapham
Virginia Holgate
Lucinda Prior-Palmer-Green
Ian Stark
EquestrianTeam eventing3 August
 SilverDave OttleyAthleticsMen's javelin throw5 August
 SilverSebastian CoeAthleticsMen's 800 metres6 August
 SilverMike McLeodAthleticsMen's 10,000 metres6 August
 SilverTim Grubb
Steven Smith
John Whitaker
Michael Whitaker
EquestrianTeam jumping7 August
 SilverNeil AdamsJudoMen's 78 kg7 August
 SilverShirley StrongAthleticsWomen's 100 metres hurdles10 August
 SilverWendy SlyAthleticsWomen's 3000 metres10 August
 SilverKriss Akabusi
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown
Garry Cook
AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay11 August
 SilverSteve CramAthleticsMen's 1500 metres11 August
 BronzeMichael SullivanShootingMen's 50 metre rifle prone30 July
 BronzeAndrew Astbury
Neil Cochran
Paul Easter
Paul Howe
SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay30 July
 BronzeJune CroftSwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle31 July
 BronzeAlister AllanShootingMen's 50 metre rifle three positions1 August
 BronzeVirginia HolgateEquestrianIndividual eventing3 August
 BronzeBarry DaggerShootingMen's 10 metre air rifle3 August
 BronzeSarah HardcastleSwimmingWomen's 800 metre freestyle3 August
 BronzeNeil CochranSwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley4 August
 BronzeKeith ConnorAthleticsMen's triple jump4 August
 BronzeNeil EckersleyJudoMen's 60 kg4 August
 BronzeDavid MercerWeightliftingMen's 90 kg5 August
 BronzeKathy CookAthleticsWomen's 400 metres6 August
 BronzeFatima WhitbreadAthleticsWomen's javelin throw6 August
 BronzeKerrith BrownJudoMen's 71 kg6 August
 BronzePeter Allam
Jonathan Richards
SailingFlying Dutchman8 August
 BronzeSue HearnshawAthleticsWomen's long jump9 August
 BronzeRobert WellsBoxingMen's super heavyweight9 August
 BronzeNoel LobanWrestlingMen's freestyle 90 kg9 August
 BronzeGreat Britain men's national field hockey team
  • Ian Taylor
  • Stephen Martin
  • Paul Barber
  • Bob Cattrall
  • Jon Potter
  • Richard Dodds
  • Billy McConnell
  • Norman Hughes
  • David Westcott
  • Richard Leman
  • Steve Batchelor
  • Sean Kerly
  • James Duthie
  • Kulbir Bhaura
  • Mark Precious
  • Veryan Pappin
Field hockeyMen's tournament11 August
 BronzeBeverley Callender
Kathy Cook
Simmone Jacobs
Heather Oakes
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay11 August
 BronzeCharlie SpeddingAthleticsMen's marathon12 August

Archery

In the fourth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, three men and three women represented the country. The women's scores were separated by only 10 points, as the three placed consecutively in the final ranking.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Eileen Robinson - 2408 points (→ 29th place)
  • Angela Goodall - 2401 points (→ 30th place)
  • Susan Wilcox - 2398 points (→ 31st place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Steven Hallard - 2473 points (→ 21st place)
  • Peter Gillam - 2435 points (→ 30th place)
  • Richard Priestman - 2339 points (→ 48th place)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

  • Mike McFarlane
  • Final — 10.27 (→ 5th place)
  • Donovan Reid
  • Final — 10.32 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 metres

  • Ade Mafe
  • Heat — 21.02
  • Quarterfinals — 20.55
  • Semifinals — 20.54
  • Final — 20.98 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat — 45.64
  • Quarterfinals — 45.43
  • Semifinals — 45.69 (→ did not advance)
  • Philip Brown
  • Heat — 46.26
  • Quarterfinals — 46.63 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 46.09
  • Quarterfinals — 45.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Tim Hutchings
  • Heat — 13:46.01
  • Semifinals — 13:28.60
  • Final — 13:11.50 (→ 4th place)
  • Eamonn Martin
  • Heat — 13:46.16
  • Semifinals — 13:41.70
  • Final — 13:53.34 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 13:51.40
  • Semifinals — 13:28.44
  • Final — 14:16.61 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Mike McLeod
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:24.92
  • Final — 28:06.22 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:15.22
  • Final — 28:28.08 (→ 8th place)
  • Nick Rose
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:31.13
  • Final — 28:31.73 (→ 12th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Charlie Spedding
  • Final — 2:09:58 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Hugh Jones
  • Final — 2:13:57 (→ 12th place)
  • Geoff Smith
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

  • Geoff Parsons
  • Qualification — 2.21 m (→ did not advance)
  • Mark Naylor
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

  • Final — 16.87 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Eric McCalla
  • Final — 16.66 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • David Ottley
  • Qualification — 85.68 m
  • Final — 85.74 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Roald Bradstock
  • Qualification — 83.06 m
  • Final — 81.22 m (→ 7th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Robert Weir
  • Qualification — 73.04 m
  • Final — 72.62 m (→ 8th place)
  • Martin Girvan
  • Qualification — 72.66 m
  • Final — 72.32 m (→ 9th place)
  • Matthew Mileham
  • Qualification — 71.80 m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Jeff Gutteridge
  • Qualifying Round — 5.30 m
  • Final — 5.10 m (→ 11th place)
  • Keith Stock
  • Qualifying Round — 5.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8797 points (→ Gold Medal)
  • Brad McStravick
  • Final Result — 7890 points (→ 11th place)
  • Colin Boreham
  • Final Result — 7485 points (→ 20th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Philip Vesty
  • Final — 1:27:28 (→ 13th place)
  • Ian McCombie
  • Final — 1:28:53 (→ 19th place)
  • Steve Barry
  • Final — 1:30:46 (→ 24th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Chris Maddocks
  • Final — 4:26:33 (→ 16th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Christine Benning
  • Heat — 4:10.48
  • Final — 4:04.70 (→ 5th place)
  • Christina Boxer
  • Heat — 4:07.40
  • Final — 4:05.53 (→ 6th place)
  • Lynne MacDougall
  • Heat — 4:09.08
  • Final — 4:10.58 (→ 11th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Wendy Sly
  • Heat — 8:58.66
  • Final — 8:39.47 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 8:44.62
  • Final — 8:48.80 (→ 7th place)
  • Jane Furniss
  • Heat — 8:44.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:28:54 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2:32:48 (→ 11th place)
  • Sarah Rowell
  • Final — 2:34:08 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Susan Morley
  • Heat — 58.71
  • Semifinal — 56.67 (→ did not advance)
  • Gladys Taylor
  • Heat — 57.64
  • Semifinal — 56.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Diana Elliott
  • Qualification — 1.90 m
  • Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Judy Simpson
  • Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Sue Hearnshaw
  • Qualification — 6.64 m
  • Final — 6.80 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Meg Ritchie
  • Qualification — 56.00 m
  • Final — 62.58 m (→ 5th place)
  • Venissa Head
  • Qualification — 55.24 m
  • Final — 58.18 m (→ 7th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Judy Oakes
  • Final — 18.14 m (→ 4th place)
  • Venissa Head
  • Final — 17.90 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 61.58 m
  • Final — 69.56 m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 65.30 m
  • Final — 67.14 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Sharon Gibson
  • Qualification — 60.88 m
  • Final — 59.66 m (→ 9th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Judy Simpson
  • Final Result — 6280 points (→ 5th place)
  • Kim Hagger
  • Final Result — 6127 points (→ 8th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • John Lyon
    1. First Round — Defeated Alego Akomi (SUD), 5:0
    2. Second Round — Defeated Yehuda Ben Haim (ISR), 5:0
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Paul Gonzales (USA), 1:4

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • John Hyland
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Moon Sung-Kil (South Korea), retired in third round

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • Douglas Young
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Lost to Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), KO-2

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Robert Wells → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Quarterfinals – Defeated Viliami Pulu (TNG), KO-1
    3. Semifinals – Lost to Francesco Damiani (ITA), RSC-3

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1984.

Men's individual road race
  • Mark Bell — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Neil Martin — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Peter Sanders — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Darryl Webster — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
  • Steven Poulter
  • Keith Reynolds
  • Peter Sanders
  • Darryl Webster
Sprint
  • Mark Barry
1000m time trial
  • Mark Barry
Individual pursuit
  • Shaun Wallace
  • Steve Bent
Team pursuit
Points race
Women's individual road race
  • Catherine Swinnerton — 2:13:28 (→ 13th place)
  • Linda Gornall — 2:13:28 (→ 17th place)
  • Maria Blower — 2:22:03 (→ 29th place)
  • Muriel Sharp — 2:22:03 (→ 30th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Christopher Snode
  • Preliminary Round — 592.68
  • Final — 609.51 (→ 5th place)
  • Nigel Stanton
  • Preliminary Round — 521.61 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1984.

Men's foil
  • Bill Gosbee
  • Pierre Harper
  • Nick Bell
Men's team foil
  • Bill Gosbee, Pierre Harper, Nick Bell, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul
Men's épée
  • Steven Paul
  • John Llewellyn
  • Jonathan Stanbury
Men's team épée
  • Ralph Johnson, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Steven Paul, Jonathan Stanbury
Men's sabre
  • Mark Slade
  • Richard Cohen
  • John Zarno
Men's team sabre
  • Richard Cohen, Paul Klenerman, Jim Philbin, Mark Slade, John Zarno
Women's foil
  • Linda Ann Martin
  • Liz Thurley
  • Fiona McIntosh
Women's team foil
  • Ann Brannon, Linda Ann Martin, Fiona McIntosh, Liz Thurley, Katie Arup

Field hockey

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Great Britain – Kenya 2-1
  • Great Britain – Canada 3-1
  • Great Britain – New Zealand 1-0
  • Great Britain – Netherlands 4-3
  • Great Britain – Pakistan 0-0
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – West Germany 0-1
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Great Britain – Australia 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Team roster
  • (1.) Ian Taylor (gk)
  • (2.) Veryan Pappin (gk)
  • (3.) Stephen Martin
  • (4.) Paul Barber
  • (5.) Robert Cattrall
  • (6.) Jon Potter
  • (7.) Richard Dodds
  • (8.) Billy McConnell
  • (9.) Norman Hughes
  • (10.) David Westcott (c)
  • (11.) Richard Leman
  • (12.) Stephen Batchelor
  • (13.) Sean Kerly
  • (14.) James Duthie
  • (15.) Kulbir Bhaura
  • (16.) Mark Precious
  • Head coach: David Whitaker

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.

Individual
  • Richard Phelps
  • Michael Mumford
  • Stephen Sowerby
Team
  • Richard Phelps
  • Michael Mumford
  • Stephen Sowerby

Rowing

Men's coxless pair

  • John Beattie, Richard Stanhope
  • (→ 12th place)

Men's coxed pair

  • Adrian Genziani, Bill Lang, Alan Inns
  • (→ 8th place)

Men's coxless four

  • Jonathan Clift, John Garrett, Martin Knight, John Bland
  • (→ 9th place)

Men's coxed four

  • (→ Gold)

Men's eight

  • Clive Roberts, Adam Clift, Salih Hassan, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, John Pritchard, Allan Whitwell, Colin Moynihan
  • (→ 5th place)

Women's single scull

  • Beryl Mitchell
  • (→ 6th place)

Women's double scull

  • Sally Bloomfield, Nonie Ray
  • (→ 8th place)

Women's coxless pair

  • Kate Panter, Ruth Howe
  • (→ 6th place)

Women's coxed four

  • Tessa Millar, Jean Genchi, Joanna Toch, Katie Ball, Kathy Talbot
  • (→ 7th place)

Women's eight

  • Astrid Ayling, Ann Callaway, Alexa Forbes, Gillian Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Belinda Holmes, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Kate McNicol, Sue Bailey
  • (→ 5th place)

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • David Lowe
  • Heat — 51.68
  • B-Final — 51.48 (→ 11th place)
  • Paul Easter
  • Heat — 51.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Paul Easter
  • Heat — 1:51.80
  • B-Final — 1:51.70 (→ 9th place)
  • Andrew Astbury
  • Heat — 1:52.01
  • B-Final — 1:53.02 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Andrew Astbury
  • Heat — 3:58.41
  • B-Final — 3:58.14 (→ 14th place)
  • Paul Howe
  • Heat — 4:04.07 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • David Stacey
  • Heat — 15:30.10 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
  • Stuart Willmott
  • Heat — 15:57.79 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Neil Harper
  • Heat — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Ian Collins
  • Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Neil Cochran
  • Heat — 2:05.58
  • B-Final — 2:05.72 (→ 14th place)
  • Neil Harper
  • Heat — 2:09.48 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:04.06
  • Final — 1:03.25 (→ 4th place)
  • Iain Cambell
  • Heat — 1:04.81
  • B-Final — 1:05.02 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:19.83
  • B-Final — 2:18.83 (→ 9th place)
  • Iain Cambell
  • Heat — 2:20.78
  • B-Final — 2:20.62 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Andrew Jameson
  • Heat — 54.49
  • Final — 54.28 (→ 5th place)
  • Ian Collins
  • Heat — 56.41 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Nick Hodgson
  • Heat — 2:01.64
  • B-Final — 2:01.24 (→ 11th place)
  • Philip Hubble
  • Heat — 2:02.76
  • B-Final — 2:03.06 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Neil Cochran
  • Heat — 2:05.39
  • Final — 2:04.38 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Robin Brew
  • Heat — 2:04.13
  • Final — 2:04.52 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Stephen Poulter
  • Heat — 4:25.38
  • Final — 4:25.80 (→ 7th place)
  • Stuart Willmott
  • Heat — 4:32.90
  • B-Final — 4:31.10 (→ 15th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • David Lowe, Roland Lee, Paul Easter, and Richard Burrell
  • Heat — 3:24.59
  • Final — 3:23.61 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and Andrew Astbury
  • Heat — 7:26.83
  • Final — 7:24.78 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:49.86
  • Final — 3:47.39 (→ 6th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 57.12
  • Final — 57.11 (→ 7th place)
  • Nicola Fibbens
  • Heat — 57.80
  • B-Final — 57.36 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.05
  • Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
  • Annabelle Cripps
  • Heat — 2:04.44
  • B-Final — 2:04.90 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:11.55
  • Final — 4:10.27 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 4:15.51
  • Final — 4:11.49 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:35.87
  • Final — 8:32.60 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Annabelle Cripps
  • Heat — 8:58.09 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Beverley Rose
  • Heat — 1:03.61
  • Final — 1:04.16 (→ 7th place)
  • Catherine White
  • Heat — 1:05.03
  • B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Catherine White
  • Heat — 2:18.02
  • B-Final — 2:17.63 (→ 10th place)
  • Katherine Read
  • Heat — 2:18.92
  • B-Final — 2:18.33 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Samantha Purvis
  • Heat — 2:11.97
  • Final — 2.12.33 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:16.31
  • B-Final — 2:19.10 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Gaynor Stanley
  • Heat — 2:24.94
  • B-Final — 2:21.71 (→ 13th place)
  • Zara Long
  • Heat — 2:23.89
  • B-Final — 2:22.25 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Gaynor Stanley
  • Heat — 4:53.70
  • Final — 4:52.83 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 4:55.78
  • B-Final — 4:51.55 (→ 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Annabelle Cripps, Nicola Fibbens, Debra Gore, and June Croft
  • Heat — 3:51.47
  • Final — 3:50.12 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Beverley Rose, Jean Hill, Nicola Fibbens, and June Croft
  • Heat — 4:16.83
  • Final — 4:14.05 (→ 4th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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