Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics Last updated September 29, 2025
Sporting event delegation
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]
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 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.
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 :
Men's Individual Competition :
Athletics Men's Competition Men's 100 metres
Final — 10.27 (→ 5th place) Final — 10.32 (→ 7th place) Men's 200 metres
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) Heat — 46.26 Quarterfinals — 46.63 (→ did not advance) Heat — 46.09 Quarterfinals — 45.51 (→ did not advance) Men's 5,000 metres
Heat — 13:46.01 Semifinals — 13:28.60 Final — 13:11.50 (→ 4th place) 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
Qualifying Heat — 28:24.92 Final — 28:06.22 (→ Silver Medal ) Qualifying Heat — 28:15.22 Final — 28:28.08 (→ 8th place) Qualifying Heat — 28:31.13 Final — 28:31.73 (→ 12th place) Men's Marathon
Final — 2:09:58 (→ Bronze Medal ) Final — 2:13:57 (→ 12th place) Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's High Jump
Qualification — 2.21 m (→ did not advance) Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump
Final — 16.87 m (→ Bronze Medal ) Final — 16.66 m (→ 8th place) Men's Javelin Throw
Qualification — 85.68 m Final — 85.74 m (→ Silver Medal ) Qualification — 83.06 m Final — 81.22 m (→ 7th place) Men's Hammer Throw
Qualification — 73.04 m Final — 72.62 m (→ 8th place) Qualification — 72.66 m Final — 72.32 m (→ 9th place) Qualification — 71.80 m Final — no mark (→ no ranking) Men's Pole Vault
Qualifying Round — 5.30 m Final — 5.10 m (→ 11th place) Qualifying Round — 5.20 m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon
Final Result — 8797 points (→ Gold Medal ) Final Result — 7890 points (→ 11th place) Final Result — 7485 points (→ 20th place) Men's 20 km Walk
Final — 1:27:28 (→ 13th place) Final — 1:28:53 (→ 19th place) Final — 1:30:46 (→ 24th place) Men's 50 km Walk
Final — 4:26:33 (→ 16th place) Women's Competition Women's 1,500 metres
Heat — 4:10.48 Final — 4:04.70 (→ 5th place) Heat — 4:07.40 Final — 4:05.53 (→ 6th place) Heat — 4:09.08 Final — 4:10.58 (→ 11th place) Women's 3,000 metres
Heat — 8:58.66 Final — 8:39.47 (→ Silver Medal ) Heat — 8:44.62 Final — 8:48.80 (→ 7th place) Heat — 8:44.62 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon
Final — 2:28:54 (→ 6th place) Final — 2:32:48 (→ 11th place) Final — 2:34:08 (→ 14th place) Women's 400 m Hurdles
Heat — 58.71 Semifinal — 56.67 (→ did not advance) Heat — 57.64 Semifinal — 56.72 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump
Qualification — 1.90 m Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place) Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's Long Jump
Qualification — 6.64 m Final — 6.80 m (→ Bronze Medal ) Women's Discus Throw
Qualification — 56.00 m Final — 62.58 m (→ 5th place) Qualification — 55.24 m Final — 58.18 m (→ 7th place) Women's Shot Put
Final — 18.14 m (→ 4th place) 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 ) Qualification — 60.88 m Final — 59.66 m (→ 9th place) Women's Heptathlon
Final Result — 6280 points (→ 5th place) Final Result — 6127 points (→ 8th place) Diving Men's 3m Springboard
Preliminary Round — 592.68 Final — 609.51 (→ 5th place) Preliminary Round — 521.61 (→ did not advance, 15th place) Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.
Individual Team Richard Phelps Michael Mumford Stephen Sowerby Swimming Men's Competition Men's 100 m Freestyle
Heat — 51.68 B-Final — 51.48 (→ 11th place) Heat — 51.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 200 m Freestyle
Heat — 1:51.80 B-Final — 1:51.70 (→ 9th place) Heat — 1:52.01 B-Final — 1:53.02 (→ 15th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle
Heat — 3:58.41 B-Final — 3:58.14 (→ 14th place) Heat — 4:04.07 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Heat — 15:30.10 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Heat — 15:57.79 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 100 m Backstroke
Heat — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke
Heat — 2:05.58 B-Final — 2:05.72 (→ 14th place) Heat — 2:09.48 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Heat — 1:04.06 Final — 1:03.25 (→ 4th place) 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) Heat — 2:20.78 B-Final — 2:20.62 (→ 11th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly
Heat — 54.49 Final — 54.28 (→ 5th place) Heat — 56.41 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 200 m Butterfly
Heat — 2:01.64 B-Final — 2:01.24 (→ 11th place) Heat — 2:02.76 B-Final — 2:03.06 (→ 16th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Heat — 2:05.39 Final — 2:04.38 (→ Bronze Medal ) Heat — 2:04.13 Final — 2:04.52 (→ 4th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Heat — 4:25.38 Final — 4:25.80 (→ 7th place) Heat — 4:32.90 B-Final — 4:31.10 (→ 15th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Heat — 3:24.59 Final — 3:23.61 (→ 5th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Heat — 7:26.83 Final — 7:24.78 (→ Bronze Medal ) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Final — 3:47.39 (→ 6th place) Women's Competition Women's 100 m Freestyle
Heat — 57.12 Final — 57.11 (→ 7th place) Heat — 57.80 B-Final — 57.36 (→ 11th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle
Heat — 2:01.05 Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place) 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 ) Heat — 8:58.09 (→ did not advance, 14th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke
Heat — 1:03.61 Final — 1:04.16 (→ 7th place) Heat — 1:05.03 B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke
Heat — 2:18.02 B-Final — 2:17.63 (→ 10th place) Heat — 2:18.92 B-Final — 2:18.33 (→ 11th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly
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
Heat — 2:24.94 B-Final — 2:21.71 (→ 13th place) Heat — 2:23.89 B-Final — 2:22.25 (→ 14th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley
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
Heat — 3:51.47 Final — 3:50.12 (→ 6th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Heat — 4:16.83 Final — 4:14.05 (→ 4th place) References
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