Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code GBR
NOC British 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

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 with a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall. [2]

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The "rock bottom" British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to a period of soul searching about the state of British sport. Insufficient funding was identified as a major factor in the poor performance, and this led to a wholesale reform of how elite sports were funded, organised and supported in the UK: At the instigation of the then Prime Minister John Major, UK Sport was created the following year; 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] Leon Taylor, who would win a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, suggested the public humiliation for the British Olympic Association from the newspaper stories about Morgan & Ally's actions obligated them to bring in better athlete funding. [6] 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 Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Rowing 1012
Athletics 0426
Sailing 0202
Swimming 0112
Tennis 0101
Cycling 0022
Total18615

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Medals by day

Medals by date
DayDateGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
120 July0000
221 July0000
322 July0101
423 July0000
524 July0000
625 July0011
726 July0000
827 July1113
928 July0022
1029 July0101
1130 July0101
1231 July0112
131 Aug0101
142 Aug0000
153 Aug0213
164 Aug0000
Total18615

Archery

AthleteEventQualifyingR64R32R16Quarter FinalSemi FinalFinalRank
ScoreRankOpponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result
Steven Hallard Men's Individual 66417 QFlag of Finland.svg  Tuovila  (FIN)
Lost 150-151		Did not advance
Gary Hardinges 65824 QFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cho S-L  (TPE)
Won 158-158 (10-9)		Flag of the United States.svg  Huish  (USA)
Lost 155-166		Did not advance
Alison Williamson Women's Individual 64815 QFlag of Australia.svg  Bridger  (AUS)
Won 156-141		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Zabugina  (BLR)
Won 152-147		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Ying  (CHN)
Lost 159-165		Did not advance

Athletics

Men's 100 metres


Men's 200 metres


Men's 400 metres


Men's 800 metres


Men's 1500 metres


Men's 5,000 metres


Men's 10,000 metres


Men's Marathon


Men's 110m Hurdles


Men's 400m Hurdles

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase


Men's 50 km Walk


Men's 4 × 100m Relay


Men's 4 × 400m Relay


Men's High Jump


Men's Pole Vault


Men's Triple Jump


Men's Shot Put


Men's Discus Throw

Men's Hammer Throw


Men's Javelin Throw


Men's Decathlon


Women's 100 metres


Women's 200 metres


Women's 400 metres


Women's 800 metres


Women's 1500 metres


Women's 5,000 metres


Women's Marathon


Women's 110 m Hurdles


Women's 400 m Hurdles


Women's 10km Walk


Women's 4×100 metres Relay


Women's 4×400 metres Relay


Women's Long Jump

Women's Triple Jump

Women's High Jump


Women's Shot Put


Women's Discus Throw


Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Heptathlon

Badminton

Beach volleyball

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Semi FinalFinal / BMRank
Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result		Opponent
Result
Audrey Cooper
Amanda Glover 		Women's tournament ByeFlag of Australia.svg  Cook &
Pottharst  (AUS)
Lost 4-15		Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Schoon-Kadijk &
van de Ven  (NED)
Won 15-12		Flag of Australia.svg  Fenwick &
Spring  (AUS)
Lost 12-15		Did not advance

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
David Burke Featherweight Flag of Germany.svg  Huste  (GER)
L 9–13		Did not advance
Fola Okesola Heavyweight ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Jones  (USA)
L RSCI		Did not advance

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final – 1:04:36 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final – 02:37:06 (→ 11th place)
  • Final – 02:37:06 (→ 19th place)
  • Final – 02:53:47 (→ 43rd place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

  • Final – 39:09 (→ 14th place)
  • Final – 41:16 (→ 21st place)

Track competition

Men's Team Pursuit

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

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

Women's Cross Country

  • Final – 2:04.44 (→ 22nd place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary heat – 345.33
  • Semi-final – 203.46 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Preliminary heat – 318.69 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • 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
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

Women's Team Competition

  • Great Britain – Netherlands 0–0 (The Netherlands wins after penalty strokes, 3–4) → Fourth place

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemi-finalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Peter Haining Single sculls 7:42.654 R7:45.952 SA/B7:30.476 FB6:55.0611
Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave 		Pair 6:50.041 Q—6:50.301 FA6:20.09Gold medal icon.svg
James Cracknell
Bob Thatcher
Guy Pooley*		 Double sculls 7:00.745 R7:00.811 SC/D6:51.222 FC6:51.4117
Nicholas Strange
Andrew Sinton 		Lightweight double sculls 6:56.865 R6:22.272 SA/B6:39.205 FB6:31.1512
Tim Foster
Rupert Obholzer
Greg Searle
Jonny Searle 		Four 6:14.741 Q—6:10.781 FA6:07.28Bronze medal icon.svg
Ben Helm
Tom Kay
David Lemon
James McNiven 		Lightweight four 6:35.955 R6:02.652 SA/B6:19.075 FB6:05.1310
Peter Bridge
Roger Brown
Richard Hamilton
Ben Hunt-Davis
Matthew Parish
Graham Smith
Alex Story
James Walker
Garry Herbert (cox)		 Eight 5:49.374 R5:33.223 FB—5:40.238
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemi-finalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Guin Batten Single sculls 8:16.754 R8:44.732 SA/B7:56.613 FA7:45.087
Philippa Cross
Kate MacKenzie 		Pair 8:03.534 R8:15.263 SA/B7:59.576 FB7:34.6812
Miriam Batten
Cath Bishop
Dot Blackie
Lisa Eyre
Alison Gill
Kate Pollitt
Annamarie Stapleton
Joanne Turvey
Suzie Ellis (cox)		 Eight 6:39.344 R6:12.286 FB—6:15.217

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 22.73
  • B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • 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)
  • Heat – 1:51.06
  • B-Final – 1:50.59 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 3:51.98
  • Final – 3:49.00 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 15.14.81
  • Final – 15:02.48 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 15:22.65 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 56.27
  • B-Final – 56.07 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:01.35
  • B-Final – 2:02.40 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat – 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • 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

  • Heat – 3:21.34
  • Final – 3:21.52 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • 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

  • Heat – 1:03.89
  • B-Final – 1:03.61 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat – 2:15.12
  • B-Final – 2:14.50 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:10.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • 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
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Tim Henman Singles Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Matsuoka  (JPN)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–3		Flag of Australia.svg  Woodbridge  (AUS)
L 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)		Did not advance
Greg Rusedski Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Frana  (ARG)
W 4–6, 7–5, 6–3		Flag of Sweden.svg  Gustafsson  (SWE)
W 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3		Flag of Spain.svg  Bruguera  (ESP)
L 6–7(7–9), 3–6		Did not advance
Neil Broad
Tim Henman 		Doubles —Flag of Slovakia.svg  Krošlák /
Kučera  (SVK)
W 6–3, 6–3		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Connell /
Nestor  (CAN)
W 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Novák /
Vacek  (CZE)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–4		Flag of Germany.svg  Goellner /
Prinosil  (GER)
W 4–6, 6–3, 10–8		Flag of Australia.svg  Woodbridge /
Woodforde  (AUS)
L 4–6, 4–6, 2–6		Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Clare Wood Singles Flag of Italy.svg  Farina  (ITA)
L 2–6, 2–6		Did not advance
Valda Lake
Clare Wood 		Doubles —Flag of Bulgaria.svg  K Maleeva /
M Maleeva  (BUL)
W 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–3		Flag of South Africa.svg  Coetzer /
de Swardt  (RSA)
W 7–5, 7–5		Flag of the United States.svg  G Fernández /
MJ Fernández  (USA)
L 2–6, 1–6		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Final – 147.5 + 180.0 = 327.5 (→ 12th place)

Wrestling

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