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.[1] The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952, finishing in 36th position – below nations such as Belgium, Algeria and Kazakhstan[2] – winning a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall.

Great Britain at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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

The "rock bottom" British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to a period of soul searching about the state of British sport, which the following year led to the creation of UK Sport, a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports,[2][3] 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,[4] and divers Bob Morgan and Tony Ally sold their Olympic kits while in Atlanta in order to raise funds.[2][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 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

Silver

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

Athlete Event Qualifying R64 R32 R16 Quarter Final Semi Final Final Rank
Score Rank Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Steven Hallard Men's Individual 664 17 Q  Tuovila (FIN)
Lost 150-151
Did not advance
Gary Hardinges 658 24 Q  Cho S-L (TPE)
Won 158-158 (10-9)
 Huish (USA)
Lost 155-166
Did not advance
Alison Williamson Women's Individual 648 15 Q  Bridger (AUS)
Won 156-141
 Zabugina (BLR)
Won 152-147
 He Ying (CHN)
Lost 159-165
Did not advance

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
  • Darren Braithwaite
    • Heat - 10.29
    • Quarter-final - 10.27 (→ did not advance)


Men's 200 metres

  • 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)
  • David Maxwell Strang
    • Heat 1:47.96 (→ 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

  • 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

  • Chris Maddocks – 4:18:41 (→ 34th place)


Men's 4 × 100m Relay


Men's 4 × 400m Relay


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

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


Men's Triple Jump

  • Francis Agyepong
    • Qualification - 16.71 (→ did not advance)


Men's Shot Put

  • Shaun Pickering
    • Qualification - 18.29 (→ did not advance)


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

  • Alex Kruger
    • DNF


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

  • 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

  • Sonia McGeorge
    • Heat – 16:01.92 (→ did not advance)
  • Alison Wyeth
    • Heat – 16:24.74 (→ did not advance)


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

  • Vicky Lupton – 47:05 (→ 33rd place)


Women's 4×100 metres Relay

  • Angie Thorp, Marcia Richardson, Simmone Jacobs, Katharine Merry
    • Final - 43.93 (→ 8th place)


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

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

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Semi Final Final / BM Rank
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Audrey Cooper
Amanda Glover
Women's tournament Bye  Cook &
Pottharst (AUS)
Lost 4-15
 Schoon-Kadijk &
van de Ven (NED)
Won 15-12
 Fenwick &
Spring (AUS)
Lost 12-15
Did not advance

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

Cycling

Road competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final – 1:04:36 (→ 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

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

Women's Cross Country

  • Deb Murrell
  • 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

  • Hayley Allen
  • 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
  • Fiona McIntosh

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Classification Matches
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Head coach: Sue Slocombe

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Richard Phelps – 5254pts (→ 18th place)

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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 6:15.21 7

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • 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

  • 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

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

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Graeme Smith
  • Heat – 15.14.81
  • Final – 15:02.48 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)


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

  • Helen Slatter
  • 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

  • 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
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 —  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 —  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

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