Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=2004 Summer
competitors=271
sports=22
flagbearer=Kate Howey (opening)
Kelly Holmes (closing)
gold=9
silver=9
bronze=12
total=30
rank=10

Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the name under which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competes at the Olympics) sent a wide-ranging delegation to the 2004 Summer Olympics, continuing its ubiquitous presence in the Olympic games — the only country to have sent competitors to every summer and winter games since the birth of the modern Olympics in 1896. Great Britain's 271 athletes competed in 22 disciplines throughout the two-week event. The team entered the opening ceremony behind the Union Flag carried by judoka Kate Howey. Double gold medal winner Kelly Holmes carried the flag at the closing ceremony.

Chronology

The delegation started the Olympics slowly, the silver its divers won on August 14 being the first of only a few opening-week medals. Although a sprinkling of silver and bronze medals — including a pair in men's and women's k1 kayak slalom — enlivened the mid-week, Britain's first gold did not come until Friday the 20th (won by Chris Hoy in the 1 km track cycling time-trial).

Then, on 21 August ("Golden Saturday") Britain's contributions to the medal table became more significant. First Britain's traditional strength in rowing continued as the men's coxless four, stroked by Matthew Pinsent, narrowly won gold, a defining moment since this was Pinsent's fourth gold medal in as many games. Sailor Ben Ainslie wrapped up a successful few days of racing with a gold, as did the women's Yngling sailboats who were finally awarded the gold medal they had sewn up on Thursday. Bradley Wiggins continued Britain's cycling success, winning gold in the 4 km pursuit. Young swimmer David Davies, coming third in the 1500 m Freestyle, set a European record in the process and won Britain's second swimming medal of the games — a notable improvement over the 2000 Sydney games from which the swimmers had returned empty-handed. Also on Saturday, it was announced that, after an appeal, Leslie Law would be promoted from silver to gold in the three-day equestrian eventing (and his team from bronze to silver). As the games' aquatic-dominated first week shifted into a second week focused more on track and field events, Kelly Sotherton came third in the heptathlon.

Sunday 22 August brought another rowing medal. However, marathon favourite Paula Radcliffe failed to cope with the heat of Athens and did not finish. The timing of the race with a late afternoon start, supposedly to appease US broadcasters,Fact|date=July 2008 produced some controversy since summer marathons normally start early in the morning to avoid the heat.

23 August saw Britain's first gold medal of the track and field events, Kelly Holmes winning the women's 800 metres. This was Britain's first gold medal on the track since Sally Gunnell won the 400 metre hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona games.

By claiming bronze in the Madison cycling on 25 August, to add to his earlier individual gold and a silver from the team pursuit, Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton for 40 years to claim three medals in one games.

The evening of Saturday 28 August saw Britain's medal hunt centered on the Olympic Stadium. Steve Backley, in his final javelin throw competition, failed to win the gold he had been seeking since 1992, finishing fourth. Kelly Holmes achieved the middle-distance double, taking gold in the 1500 metres. The men's 4×100 metre relay team won a surprising victory, winning gold ahead of the American team. Earlier in the day, Ian Wynne had added to the medal haul, with a bronze medal in the K1 kayak class, competing despite an ankle injury picked up the day before.

The final day of the games, 29 August, saw Amir Khan collect Britain's last medal of the event with a silver in boxing's lightweight division.

Overall performance

In the final medal table, Great Britain finished in 10th place overall. The BBC stated that this was "the best British performance in the modern era", and quantified this with further considerations: "GB won 37 in 1984, but that was a boycott-hit Games missing the Eastern Bloc countries. Take Los Angeles out of the picture, and this was Britain's best haul since 1924." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/3608158.stm]

Medallists

Great Britain finished in tenth position in the final medal rankings, with 9 gold and 30 total medals.

Competitors and results by event

=Archery=

Men's individual:
*Laurence Godfrey – 4th place

Women's individual:
*Alison Williamson – bronze medal
*Naomi Folkard – 11th place
*Helen Palmer – 54th place

Women's team:
*Naomi Folkard, Helen Palmer, and Alison Williamson – 12th place

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres:
*Jason Gardener – Semifinal, 10.12 s (did not advance)
*Mark Lewis-Francis – Semifinal, 10.28 s (did not advance)
*Darren Campbell – Round 1, 10.35 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:
*Abiodun Oyepitan – Semifinal, 11.18 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:
*Andrew Turner – Round 1, 13.75 s (did not advance)
*Robert Newton – Round 1, 13.85 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:
*Sarah Claxton – Round 1, 13.14 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:
*Christian Malcolm – Semifinal, 20.77 s (did not advance)
*Darren Campbell – Semifinal, 20.89 s (did not advance)
*Chris Lambert – Round 1, DNF

Women's 200 metres:
*Abi Oyepitan – Round 1: 22.50 s, Round 2: 22.79 s, Semifinal: 22.56 s, Final: 22.87 s (8th place)
*Joice Maduaka – Round 1: 23.15 s, Round 2: 23.30 s

Men's 400 metres:
*Timothy Benjamin – Semifinal, 46.28 s (did not advance)
*Daniel Caines – Round 1, 46.15 s (did not advance)
*Malachi Davis – Round 1, 46.28 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metres:
*Christine Ohurougu – Round 1: 50.50 s, Semifinal: 51.00 s
*Donna Fraser – Round 1: 51.19 s, Semifinal: 51.94 s
*Lee McConnell – Round 1: 51.19 s, Semifinal: 52.63 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:
*Christopher Rawlinson – Semifinal, 50.89 s (did not advance)
*Matthew Douglas – Round 1, 49.77 s (did not advance)

Men's 800 metres:
*Ricky Soos – Semifinal, 1:46.7 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:
*Kelly Holmes – Round 1: 2:00.81, Semifinal: 1:57.98, Final: 1:56.38 (gold medal)
*Joanne Fenn – Round 1: 2:03.72, Semifinal: 2:00.60

Men's 1500 metres:
*Michael East – Final, 3:36.33 (6th place)

Women's 1500 metres:
*Kelly Holmes – Round 1: 4:05.58, Semifinal: 4:04.77, Final: 3:57.90 (NR) (gold medal)
*Hayley Tullett – Round 1: 4:07.27, Semifinal: 4:08.92
*Joanne Pavey – Round 1: 4:12.50

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
*Justin Chaston – Round 1, 8:28.35 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres:
*John Mayock – Round 1, 13:26.81 (did not advance)

Women's 5000 metres:
*Joanne Pavey – Round 1: 14:55.45, Final: 14:57.87 (5th place)

Women's 10000 metres:
*Kathy Butler – 31:41.13 (12th place)
*Paula Radcliffe – DNF

Men's 4×100 metre relay:
*Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, and Mark Lewis-Francis – Final, 38.07 (gold medal)

Men's 4×400 metre relay:
*Timothy Benjamin, Sean Baldock, Malachi Davis, and Matthew Elias – Final, 3:01.07 (5th place)

Women's 4×400 metre relay:
*Christine Ohuruogu, Catherine Murphy, Helen Karagounis, and Lee McConnell – Round 1: 3:26.99, Final: 3:25.12 (4th place)

Men's decathlon:
*Dean Macey – 8414 points (4th place)

Women's heptathlon:
*Kelly Sotherton – 6424 points (bronze medal)
*Denise Lewis – DNF

Men's marathon:
*Jon Brown – 2h 12m 26s (4th place)
*Dan Robinson – 2h 17m 53s (23rd place)
*Matthew O'Dowd – 2h 22m 37s (50th place)

Women's marathon:
*Liz Yelling – 2:40:13 (25th place)
*Tracey Morris – 2:41:00 (29th place)
*Paula Radcliffe – DNF

Men's long jump:
*Christopher Tomlinson – Final, 8.25 metres (5th place)

Women's long jump:
*Jade Johnson – Round 1: 6.71 metres, Final: 6.80 metres (7th place)

Men's triple jump:
*Phillips Idowu – Final, no mark
*Nathan Douglas – Round 1, 16.84 metres (did not advance)
*Andrew Owusu – Round 1, 16.64 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:
*Nick Buckfield – Round 1, 5.60 metres (did not advance)

Men's discus:
*Emeka Udechuku – Round 1, 58.41 (did not advance)

Women's discus:
*Philippa Roles – Round 1: 58.83 metres
*Shelley Newman – Round 1: 56.04 metres

Men's javelin:
*Steve Backley – Final, 84.13 metres (4th place)
*Nick Nieland – Round 1, 72.79 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:
*Katherine Sayers – Round 1: 59.11 metres

Women's hammer:
*Lorraine Shaw – Round 1: 64.79 metres
*Shirley Webb – Round 1: 61.60 metres

=Badminton=

Men's singles:
*Richard Vaughan – defeated in round of 16

Women's singles:
*Tracey Hallam – defeated in quarterfinals
*Kelly Morgan – defeated in round of 16

Men's doubles:
*Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson – defeated in round of 16

Women's doubles:
*Gail Emms and Donna Kellogg – defeated in round of 16
*Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright – defeated in round of 16

Mixed doubles:
*Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms – silver medal
*Robert Blair and Natalie Munt – defeated in round of 16

=Boxing=

Great Britain sent only one boxer to Athens, the 17-year old Amir Khan. Khan tore through his first four fights, including two that the referees had to stop prematurely. His loss in the final to the defending Olympic champion and three-time world champion gave Khan a 4-1 record and a silver medal; many hoped he would compete the 2008 Summer Olympics but in the event he decided to turn professional later in 2004.

The silver medal put Britain in a four-way tie for 8th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Lightweight (57-60 kg):
*Amir Khan – silver medal
*# Round of 32 – Defeated Marios Kaperonis of Greece, outscored
*# Round of 16 – Defeated Dimitar Stilianov of Bulgaria, 37-21
*# Quarterfinal – Defeated Jong Sub Baik of South Korea, stopped contest
*# Semifinal – Defeated Serik Yeleuov of Kazakhstan, 40-26
*# Final – Lost to Mario César Kindelán Mesa of Cuba, 30-22

=Canoeing=

*Stuart Bowman – Canadian Double (C2) slalom – semifinal
*Tim Brabants – Men’s K1 1000 metre – 5th place
*Paul Darby-Dowman – Men’s K2 1000 metre – 7th place
*Lucy Hardy – Women's K1 500 metre – 7th place
*Stuart McIntosh – Canadian Double (C1) slalom – 8th place
*Helen Reeves – Women’s Kayak Single (K1) slalom – bronze medal
*Nick Smith – Canadian Double (C2) slalom – semifinal
*Campbell Walsh – Men’s Kayak Single (K1) slalom – silver medal
*Ian Wynne – Men’s K1 500 metre – bronze medal & Men’s K2 1000 metre – 7th place

=Cycling=

*Oli Beckingsale – Mountain Biking – 17th place
*Nicole Cooke – Women's Road Time Trial – 19th place; Road Race – 5th place
*Steve Cummings – Team Pursuit – silver medal
*Stuart Dangerfield – Men's Road Time Trial – 30th place; Road Race – did not finish
*Emma Davies – Individual Pursuit – 8th place; Points Race
*Ross Edgar – Sprint – repechage; Keirin
*Roger Hammond – Road Race – 7th place
*Rob Hayles – Team Pursuit – silver medal; Madison – bronze; Individual Pursuit – 4th place;
*Rachel Heal – Road Race – 22nd place
*Chris Hoy – 1 km Track Time Trial – gold medal; Team Sprint – 5th place
*Jeremy Hunt – Road Race – did not compete
*Liam Killeen – Mountain Biking – 5th place
*Craig MacLean – 1 km Track Time Trial – 7th place; Team Sprint
*Paul Manning – Team Pursuit – silver medal; Individual Pursuit
*Chris Newton – - Team Pursuit – silver medal
*Victoria Pendleton – Women's 500 m Time Trial – 6th place; Individual Sprint – 9th place
*Jason Queally – Team Sprint – 5th place
*Jamie Staff – Team Sprint – 5th place
*Bryan Steel – - Team Pursuit – silver medal
*Sara Symington – Road Race – did not finish
*Charly Wegelius – Road Race – did not finish
*Bradley Wiggins – Individual Pursuit – gold medal; Team Pursuit – silver medal; Madison – bronze
*Julian Winn – Road Race – did not finish

=Diving=

*Tony Ally
** 3 metre Springboard (preliminary+semifinal: 617.13, 15th place)
** 3 metre Synchronised – 5th place
*Tandi Gerrard – 3 metre Synchronised Springboard – 4th place
*Tracey Richardson – 3 metre Springboard
*Mark Shipman
** 3 metre Springboard (preliminary+semifinal: 599.88, 18th place)
** 3 metre Synchronised – 5th place
*Jane Smith – 3 metre Springboard; 3 metre Synchronised Springboard – 4th place
*Leon Taylor – 10 metre Synchronised Platform – silver medal; 10 metre Platform
*Peter Waterfield – 10 metre Synchronised Platform – silver medal; 10 metre Platform

=Equestrian=

*Jeanette Brakewell – Three Day Event Team – Team Silver
*Richard Davison – Dressage
*William Fox-Pitt – Eventing – Team Silver
*Pippa Funnell – Eventing – Individual Bronze, Team Silver
*Carl Hester – Dressage
*Emma Hindle – Dressage
*Mary King – Three Day Event Team – Team Silver
*Leslie Law – Three Day Event Team – Individual Gold, Team Silver
*Nicola McGivern – Dressage
*Nick Skelton – Show Jumping
*Robert Smith – Show Jumping

=Fencing=

*Louise Bond-Williams – Sabre – 16th place
*Richard Kruse – Foil – 8th place

=Gymnastics=

Women's Artistic Gymnastics:
*Elizabeth Tweddle
**Women's Artistic Individual All-around – 19th place – (35.761)
**Asymmetric Bars – 13th place – (9.575 – behind 0.175)
**Balance Beam – 34th place – (9.025 – behind 0.750)
**Floor Exercise – 30th place – (9.300 – behind 0.387)
*Katy Lennon
**Women's Artistic Individual All-around – 21st place – (35.374)
**Asymmetric Bars – 65th place – (8.850 – behind 0.900)
**Balance Beam – 35th place – (9.025 – behind 0.750)
**Floor Exercise – 42nd place – (9.125 – behind 0.562)
*Cherrelle Fennell
**Asymmetric Bars – 56th place – (9.087 – behind 0.663)
**Floor Exercise – 52nd place – (9.012 – behind 0.675)
*Vanessa Hobbs
**Asymmetric Bars – 73rd place – (8.437 – behind 1.313)
**Balance Beam – 42nd place – (8.937 – behind 0.838)
**Floor Exercise – 44th place – (9.087 – behind 0.600)
*Elizabeth Line
**Balance Beam – 41st place – (8.950 – behind 0.825)
*Nicola Willis
**Asymmetric Bars – 56th place – (8.937 – behind 0.813)
**Balance Beam – 82nd place – (7.625 – behind 2.150)
**Floor Exercise – 39th place – (9.175 – behind 0.512)

Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics:
*Hannah McKibbin – 21st place

Women's Trampoline:
*Kirsten Lawton – 12th place – (60.20)

Men's Trampoline:
*Gary Smith – 7th place – (40.00)

=Hockey=

Men's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Great Britain – Egypt 3-1:* Great Britain – South Korea 2-3:* Great Britain – Spain 1-5:* Great Britain – Germany 1-4:* Great Britain – Pakistan 2-8
*Classification Matches:* 9th-12th place: Great Britain – Argentina 6-1:* 9th-10th place: Great Britain – South Africa 1-1 (GB wins after penalty strokes, 4-3) → 9th place
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Simon Mason (gk):* ( 2.) Jimi Lewis (gk):* ( 5.) Rob Moore:* ( 6.) Craig Parnham:* ( 7.) Niall Stott:* ( 8.) Tom Bertram:* ( 9.) Mark Pearn:* (10.) Jimmy Wallis:* (11.) Brett Garrard:* (12.) Ben Hawes:* (13.) Daniel Hall:* (14.) Michael Johnson:* (17.) Guy Fordham:* (18.) Barry Middleton:* (19.) Graham Dunlop:* (22.) Graham Moodie
*Head Coach: Jason Lee

=Judo=

*Karina Bryant – 78+ kilograms – 1st round
*Sarah Clark – 57-63 kilograms – 2nd round
*Sophie Cox – 52-57 kilograms – Quarter-final
*Craig Fallon – below 60 kilograms – 2nd round
*Winston Gordon – 81-90 kilograms – 5th place
*Kate Howey – 63-70 kilograms – 2nd round
*Georgina Singleton – 48-52 kilograms – 7th place
*Rachel Wilding – 70-78 kilograms – Quarter-final

=Modern Pentathlon=

*Kate Allenby – 8th place
*Georgina Harland – bronze medal

=Rowing=

*Cath Bishop – Women's Coxless Pair – silver medal
*Robin Bourne-Taylor – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Alan Campbell – Men's Quadruple scull – 12th place
*Helen Casey – Lightweight Double Scull – 9th place
*Ed Coode – Men's Coxless Four – gold medal
*Christian Cormack – Men's Eight (Cox) – 9th place
*Simon Cottle – Men's Quadruple scull – 12th place
*James Cracknell – Men's Coxless Four – gold medal
*Jonno Devlin – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Rick Dunn – Men's Coxless Pair – 7th place
*Nick English – Lightweight Men's Four
*Debbie Flood – Women's Quadruple Scull – silver medal
*Toby Garbett – Men's Coxless Pair – 7th place
*Peter Gardner – Men's Quadruple scull – 12th place
*Katherine Grainger – Women's Coxless Pair – silver medal
*Mike Hennessy – Lightweight Men's Four
*Frances Houghton – Women's Quadruple Scull – silver medal
*Mark Hunter – Lightweight Men's Four
*Tom James – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Tracy Langlands – Lightweight Double Scull – 9th place
*Matthew Langridge – Men's Double Scull – 8th place
*Elise Laverick – Women's Double Scull – bronze medal
*Ian Lawson – Men's Single Scull – 10th place
*Tim Male – Lightweight Men's Four
*Alison Mowbray – Women's Quadruple Scull – silver medal
*Dan Ouseley – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Matthew Pinsent – Men's Coxless Four – gold medal
*Rebecca Romero – Women's Quadruple Scull – silver medal
*Phil Simmons – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Tom Stallard – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Andrew Triggs Hodge – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Peter Wells – Men's Quadruple scull – 12th place
*Matthew Wells – Men's Double Scull – 8th place
*Josh West – Men's Eight – 9th place
*Steve Williams – Men's Coxless Four – gold medal
*Sarah Winckless – Women's Double Scull – bronze medal

=Sailing=

*Ben Ainslie – Finn Class – gold medal
*Sarah Ayton – Yngling Class – gold medal
*Laura Baldwin – Europe Class – 23rd place
*Christina Bassadone – 470 Class – 7th place
*Mark Bulkeley – Tornado Class – 13th place
*Nick Dempsey – Mistral Class – bronze medal
*Chris Draper – 49er Class – bronze medal
*Jonathan Glanfield – 470 Class – silver medal
*Paul Goodison – Laser – 4th place
*Simon Hiscocks – 49er Class – bronze medal
*Katherine Hopson – 470 Class – 7th place
*Leigh McMillan – Tornado Class – 13th place
*Steve Mitchell – Star Class – 13th place
*Iain Percy – Star Class – 13th place
*Shirley Robertson – Yngling Class – gold medal
*Nick Rogers – 470 Class – silver medal
*Natasha Sturges – Mistral Class
*Sarah Webb – Yngling Class – gold medal

=Shooting=

*Michael Babb – 50 m Free Rifle Prone – 7th place
*Richard Brickell – Skeet – 34th place
*Richard Faulds – Double Trap – 13th place
*Sarah Gibbins – Trap – 9th place
*Edward Ling – Trap – 25th place
*Ian Peel – Trap – 19th place

=Swimming=

*Kirsty Balfour – 200 m breaststroke – semifinal; 4×100 m team medley – final (excluded)
*Rosalind Brett
*Simon Burnett – 200 m freestyle – 7th place; 4×200 m freestyle relay – 4th place
*David Carry
*Lisa Chapman – 4×100 m freestyle relay – 6th place
*Chris Cook – 200 m breaststroke – semifinal
*Rebecca Cooke – 400 m freestyle – 8th place; 800 m freestyle – 6th place
*Todd Cooper – 100 m butterfly – heats
*Ross Davenport – 4×200 m freestyle relay – 4th place
*David Davies – 1500 m freestyle – bronze medal
*Ian Edmond – 200 m breaststroke – semifinal (excluded)
*Kathryn Evans – 4×100 m freestyle relay – 6th place; 4×100 m team medley – final (excluded)
*Adam Faulkner – 400 m freestyle – heats
*Robin Francis – 200 m individual medley – semifinal; 400 m individual medley – heats
*James Gibson – 100 m breaststroke – 6th place; 4×100 m team medley – 8th place
*James Goddard – 200 m backstroke – 4th place
*James Hickman – 100 m butterfly – semifinal; 4×100 m team medley – 8th place
*Joanne Jackson – 400 m freestyle – heats
*Matthew Kidd – 100 m freestyle – heats; 4×100 m team medley – 8th place
*Georgina Lee – 100 m butterfly – heats; 200 m butterfly – semifinal; 4×100 m team medley – final (excluded); 4×200 m freestyle relay – 5th place
*Karen Lee – 200 m backstroke – heats
*Karen Legg
*Melanie Marshall – 100 m freestyle – heats (did not start); 200 m freestyle – semifinal; 4×100 m freestyle relay – 6th place; 4×200 m freestyle relay – 5th place
*Caitlin McClatchey – 4×200 m freestyle relay – 5th place
*Gavin Meadows – 4×200 m freestyle relay – 4th place
*Darren Mew – 100 m breaststroke – 7th place
*David O'Brien – 4×200 m freestyle relay – 4th place
*Stephen Parry – 200 m butterfly – bronze medal
*Karen Pickering – 4×100 m freestyle relay – 6th place; 4×200 m freestyle relay – 5th place
*Sarah Price – 100 m backstroke – semifinal
*Katy Sexton – 100 m backstroke – semifinal; 200 m backstroke – 7th place; 4×100 m team medley – final (excluded)
*Alison Sheppard – 50 m freestyle – semifinal
*Ed Sinclair
*Graeme Smith – 400 m freestyle – heats
*Gregor Tait – 100 m backstroke – semifinal; 200 m backstroke – 7th place; 4×100 m team medley – 8th place
*Adrian Turner – 200 m individual medley – semifinal; 400 m individual medley – heats

=Taekwondo=

*Sarah Bainbridge – 57-67 kilograms
*Craig Brown – 68-80 kilograms
*Paul Green – Under 58 kilograms
*Sarah Stevenson – Over 67 kilograms

=Tennis=

Men's Singles:
*Tim Henman – 1st round

=Triathlon=

Men's Triathlon:
*Andrew Johns – 16th place
*Tim Don – 18th place
*Marc Jenkins – 45th place

Women's Triathlon:
*Michelle Dillon – 6th place
*Julie Dibens – 30th place
*Jodie Swallow – 34th place

=Weightlifting=

*Michaela Breeze – 53-58 kilograms – 9th place
*Kamran Panjavi

=Wrestling=

*Nate Ackerman – 74 kilograms freestyle

Officials

*President: Craig Reedie
*Secretary General: Simon Clegg

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in the UK are held by the BBC, under the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events. 2004 marked the first year that digital television and webcasts were used to cover an Olympic Games. The digital television service allowed up to five streamed channels covering the games, allowing more extensive coverage of minor sports, whilst the BBC's website permitted UK broadband users to view live streams from a variety of events, and other countries to view delayed highlights. Live broadcasts were run throughout the day, with a highlights program on BBC1 following the close of the day's events.

The BBC's coverage was anchored (at various times of the day) by Craig Doyle, Claire Balding, Suzi Perry, Sue Barker, Steve Rider, Hazel Irvine and Steve Cram.Expert analysts and commentators included Sharron Davies, Jonathan Edwards, Sally Gunnell, Michael Johnson, Colin Jackson, and Steve Redgrave.

Eurosport also ran coverage of the Games viewable in the UK – in accordance with the ITC Code, it can show live events, provided that such events can also be broadcast by the BBC (although the BBC can choose not to do so).

Radio coverage was provided by BBC Radio Five Live, and the events were also covered by the sports pages of the major newspapers.

ee also

*Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

* [http://www.olympics.org.uk British Olympic Association] – [http://www.olympics.org.uk/teamgb.aspx and their "Team GB" pages]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/default.stm BBC Olympics news and coverage]