Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=1996 Summer
competitors=300 (184 men and 116 women)
sports=22
flagbearer=Steve Redgrave (opening)
Roger Black (closing)
gold=1
silver=8
bronze=6
total=15

The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medallists

Great Britain finished in 36th position in the final medal rankings, with one gold and 15 total medals. This was its worst medals haul since 1952 and its worst ever numerical ranking in the table (due to the greatly increased numbers of competing countries since the 1970s) and left Great Britain with many questions about the overall state of sport in the country. Ahead of Great Britain in equal 34th stood both Algeria and Ethiopia with 2 gold and one bronze; just three total medals to GB's 16. This sparked a debate in Britain as to whether a points system should be used to classify NOCs rather than most golds, as if a 10-5-2 system had been used, Britain would have placed 16th, just ahead of Greece despite winning 4 gold medals. Fact|date=September 2008

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

Results by event

=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 5,000 metres
* John Nuttall:* Qualification — 13:52.16:* Semifinal — 14:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4×400 m 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 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
*Jon Ridgeon:* Heat — 49.31 s :* Semi Final — 49.43 s (→ did not advance)

*Gary Jennings:* Heat — 50.41 s (→ did not advance)

*Peter Crampton:* Heat — 49.78 s (→ did not advance)

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 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)
Women's 4×400 metres Relay
* Phylis Smith, Allison Curbishley, Donna Fraser, and Georgina Oladapo:* Qualification — 3:28.13 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles
*Sally Gunnell:* Qualification — 55.29:* Semifinals — DNF (→ 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 Javelin Throw
* Tessa Sanderson:* Qualification — 58.86 m (→ did not advance)

* Shelley Holroyd:* Qualification — 54.72 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw
* Jacqui McKernan :* Qualification — 58.88 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put
* Judy Oakes:* Qualification — 18.56 m:* Final — 18.34 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Heptathlon
* Denise Lewis:* Final Result — 6489 points (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Marathon
*Liz McColgan — 2:34.30 (→ 16th place)

*Karen McLeod — 2:42.08 (→ 45th place)

*Suzanne Rigg — 2:52.09 (→ 58th place)

Women's 10 km Walk
*Vicky Lupton — 47:05 (→ 33rd place)

=Boxing=

Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg)
*David Burke:* First Round — Lost to Falk Huste (Germany), 9-13

Men's Heavyweight (— 91 kg)
*Fola Okesola:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), referee stopped contest in third round

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial
*Chris Boardman :* 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)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Great Britain — South Korea 2-2:* Great Britain — Netherlands 2-2:* Great Britain — Malaysia 2-2:* Great Britain — South Africa 2-0:* Great Britain — Australia 0-2
*Classification Matches:* 5th-8th place: Great Britain — Pakistan 1-2:* 7th-8th place: Great Britain — India 4-3 (→ Seventh place)
*Team Roster:* Simon Mason (gk):* Julian Halls:* Jon Wyatt:* Soma Singh:* Jason Laslett:* Kalbir Pakher:* 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:* Great Britain — South Korea 0-5:* Great Britain — Netherlands 1-1:* Great Britain — United States 1-0:* Great Britain — Spain 2-2:* Great Britain — Australia 0-1:* Great Britain — Germany 3-2:* Great Britain — Argentina 5-0
*Bronze Medal Game:* Great Britain — Netherlands 0-0 (Holland 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

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
*Richard Phelps - 5254pts (→ 18th place)

=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 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Graeme Smith:* Heat — 15.14.81:* Final — 15:02.48 (→ 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
* 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
* 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
* Sue Rolph, Alison Sheppard, Carrie Willmott, and Karen Pickering:* 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
* Helen Slatter, Jaime King, Caroline Foot, and Karen Pickering:* Heat — 4:13.75 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
*Greg Rusedski:* First round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 4-6 7-5 6-3:* Second round — Defeated Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden) 6-7 7-6 6-3:* Third round — Lost to Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-7 5-7
*Tim Henman:* First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 7-6 6-3:* Second round — Lost to Todd Woodbridge (Australia) 6-7 6-7
Men's Doubles Competition
*Neil Broad and Tim Henman → Silver Medal:* First round — Defeated Scott Baron and Owen Casey (Ireland) 6-4 6-4:* Second round — Defeated Grant Connell and Daniel Nestor (Canada) 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.:* Quarterfinals — Defeated Jiří Novák and Daniel Vacek (Czech Republic) 7-6 6-4:* Semifinals — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner and David Prinosil (Germany) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8:* Final — Lost to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

=Weightlifting=

Men's Light-Heavyweight
*Anthony Arthur:* Final — 147.5 + 180.0 = 327.5 (→ 12th place)

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1996/ sports-reference]