Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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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,[citation needed] 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." [1]

Medals

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

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Competitors and results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

Women's individual:

Women's team:

  • Naomi Folkard, Helen Palmer, and Alison Williamson – 12th place

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

Women's 100 metres:

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

Men's 200 metres:

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:

Women's 400 metres:

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

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:

Women's 1500 metres:

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

Men's 5000 metres:

Women's 5000 metres:

  • Joanne Pavey – Round 1: 14:55.45, Final: 14:57.87 (5th place)

Women's 10000 metres:

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:

Women's 4×400 metre relay:

Men's decathlon:

Women's heptathlon:

Men's marathon:

Women's marathon:

Men's long jump:

Women's long jump:

  • Jade Johnson – Round 1: 6.71 metres, Final: 6.80 metres (7th place)

Men's triple jump:

Men's pole vault:

Men's discus:

Women's discus:

Men's javelin:

Women's javelin:

Women's hammer:

Badminton

Men's singles:

Women's singles:

Men's doubles:

Women's doubles:

Mixed doubles:

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):

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

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

Fencing

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:

Women's Trampoline:

Men's Trampoline:

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

Judo

Modern Pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

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

Tennis

Men's Singles:

Triathlon

Men's Triathlon:

Women's Triathlon:

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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.

See also

External links

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