1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Canada . 242 competitors (176 men, 66 women) took part in 148 competitions in 17 sports.

Medals

Great Britain took 13th place in the medal table.

gold

• John Osborn , Reg White - Sailing, Tornado
• Jeremy Fox , Danny Nightingale , Adrian Parker - Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team
• David Wilkie - swim, 200m chest

silver

• Keith Remfry - Judo, Open Class
• Michael Hart and Chris Baillieu - rowing, double sculls
• Jim Clark , Tim Crooks , Richard Lester , Hugh Matheson , David Maxwell , Leonard Robertson , John Yallop , Patrick Sweeney , Frederick Smallbone - rowing, figure eight
• David Wilkie - swimming, 100m chest
• Julian Brooke-Houghton , Rodney Pattisson - sailing, Flying Dutchman

bronze

• Brendan Foster - Athletics, 10,000m
• Patrick Cowdell - Boxing, bantam weight (up to 54 kg)
• Ian Banbury , Michael Bennett , Robin Croker , Ian Hallam - Cycling, 4000m Team Pursuit
• David Starbrook - Judo, light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)
• Alan McClatchey , David Dunne , Gordon Downie , Brian Brinkley - swimming, 4 × 200 m freestyle

Archery

Women

• Patricia Conway - 2257 points (→ 21st place)
• Rachael Fenwick - 2199 points (→ 23rd place)

Men

• David Pink - 2347 points (→ 21st place)
• Stewart Littlefair - 2238 points (→ 30th place)

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Charlie Magri	Fly weight up to 51 kg	-		bye		Ian Clyde	lost	eliminated						9.
Pat Cowdell	Bantamweight	-		Leszek Borkowski	299: 289	Alejandro Silva	300 : 277	Rej Portaleza	297: 290	Gu Yong-jo	292: 297	-		bronze
New Year's Eve	lightweight	-		Simion Cuțov	canceled	eliminated								15th
Clinton McKenzie	Light welterweight	Daniele Zappaterra	300 : 287	Ismael Martínez	291: 293 1	Sugar Ray Leonard	285: 299	eliminated						9.
Colin Jones	Welterweight	-		Christy McLoughlin	296: 288	Victor Zilberman	286: 298	eliminated						9.
Robbie Davies	Light middleweight	Wayne Davlin	KO	Alfredo Lemus	291: 296	eliminated								9.
Dave Odwell	medium weight	-		Mohamed Saoud	298: 283	Dragan Vujković	274: 300	eliminated						9.

¹ Referee decision 3: 2

fencing

Foil single

• Graham Paul
• Rob Bruniges
• Barry Paul

Foil team

• Geoffrey Grimmett , Barry Paul, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul, Nick Bell

Epee single

• Ralph Johnson
• Teddy Bourne
• Tim Belson

Epee team

• Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns , Ralph Johnson , Tim Belson, Martin Beevers

Saber single

• Richard Cohen
• John Deanfield
• Peter Mather

Saber crew

• Bill Hoskyns , Peter Mather, John Deanfield, Richard Cohen

Foil single

• Susan Wrigglesworth
• Clare Henley-Halsted
• Wendy Ager-Grant

Foil team

• Wendy Ager-Grant, Susan Wrigglesworth, Hilary Cawthorne, Clare Henley-Halsted, Sue Green

Weightlifting

• Precious McKenzie : flyweight, snatch 90 kg - 11th, push 110 kg - 13th, total 11.
• Victor Daniels : Featherweight, tearing 100 kg - 13th, pushing 127.5 kg - 13th, total 13.
• Kevin Welch-Kennedy : Lightweight, snatch 127.5 kg - 6th, thrust 155 kg - 8th, total 9.
• Alan Winterbourne : Lightweight, snatch 115kg - 19th, jerk 152.5kg - 10th, total 15th
• Gary Langford : Middleweight, snatch 150 pounds - 11th, jerk 180 pounds - 9th, total 9th
• Ken Price : middleweight, snatching 137.5 kg - 16th, jerking 170 kg - 13th, total 13th
• John Burns : Heavyweight, snatching 157.5 kg - 10th, jerking 190 kg - 14th, total 14th
• Brian Strange : Heavyweight, snatch 155.5 kg - AC , jerk - total AC

Judo

lightweight

• Connie Alexander , 12.

Light middleweight

• Vass Morrison , 5th

medium weight

• Brian Jacks , 11.

Light heavyweight

• David Starbrook , bronze

Heavyweight

• Keith Remfry , 11th

Open class

• Keith Remfry, silver

canoe

Men

• Kayak One 500m: Doug Parnham , 8.
• Kayak One 1000 m: Doug Parnham, 7.
• Double kayak 1000 m: Stephen Brown , Norman Mason , 10.
• Kayak foursome 1000 m: Anthony Alan-Williams , Brian Haynes , John Oliver , Alan Williams , 10.
• Canadian One 1000 m: Willie Reichenstein , 10.

Women

• Kayak One 500m: Sheila Burnett , 10.
• Two-person kayak 500 m: Pauline Goodwin , Hilary Peacock , 10.

athletics

200 m

• Ainsley Bennett

• Advance— 21.26 s
• Quarterfinals - 21.07 p
• Semi-finals - 21.52 s (→ eliminated)

400 m

• David Jenkins

• Forward - 46.60 s
• Quarterfinals - 46.18 p
• Semi-finals - 45.20 p
• Final - 45.57 s (→ 7th place)

• Glen Cohen

• Forward - 47.77 s
• Quarterfinals - 47.67s (eliminated)

800 m

• Steve Ovett

• Advance - 1: 48.27 min
• Semi-finals - 1: 46.14 min
• Final - 1: 45.44 min (→ 5th place)

• Frank Clement

• Forward - 1: 47.51 min
• Semi-finals - 1: 48.28 min (→ eliminated)

1500 m

• Frank Clement

• Preroll - 3: 37.53 min
• Semi-finals - 3.38.92 min
• Final - 3.39.65 min (→ 5th place)

• David Moorcroft

• Preroll - 3: 40.69 min
• Semi-finals - 3: 39.88 min
• Final - 3: 40.94 min (→ 7th place)

• Steve Ovett

• Preroll - 3: 37.89 min
• Semi-finals - 3: 40.34 min (→ eliminated)

10,000 m

• Brendan Foster

• Preroll - 28: 22.19 min
• Final - 27: 54.92 min (→ bronze )

• Tony Simmons

• Forward - 28: 01.82 min
• Final - 27: 56.26 min (→ 4th place)

• Bernie Ford

• Preroll - 28: 17.26 min
• Final - 28: 17.78 min (→ 8th place)

4 × 400 m

• Ainsley Bennett , Glen Cohen, David Jenkins , and Alan Pascoe

• Forward - (→ eliminated)

110 m hurdles

• Berwyn Price

• Forward - 13.82 sec
• Semi-finals - 13.78 s (→ eliminated)

400 m hurdles

• Alan Pascoe

• Forward - 51.66 s
• Semi-finals - 49.95 p
• Final - 51.29 s (→ 8th place)

Long jump

• Roy Mitchell

• Advance - 7.69 m (→ eliminated)

marathon

• Jeffrey Norman - 2:20:04 h (→ 26th place)
• Keith Angus - 2:22:18 h (→ 31st place)
• Barry Watson - 2:28:32 h (→ 45th place)

20 km walking

• Brian Adams - 1:30:46 h (→ 11th place)
• Olly Flynn - 1:31:42 h (→ 14th place)
• Paul Nihill - 1:36:40 h (→ 30th place)

Hammer throwing

• Chris Black

• Qualification - 70.76 m
• Final - 73.18 m (→ 7th place)

• Paul Dickenson

• Qualification - 68.52 m (→ eliminated, 14th place)
  

Long jump

• Sue Reeve

• Qualification Round - 6.26 m
• Final - 6.27 m (→ 9th place)

Modern pentathlon

athlete	Run 4000 m cross		Swimming 300 m freestyle		Shooting Rapid Fire Pistol (200 rounds)		Fencing sword		Riding cross country obstacle		total
	Points time	space	Points time	space	Points rings	space	Points wins	space	Points time	space	Points	space
Adrian Parker	1378 12: 09.5	1.	1240 3:24.25	7th	868 188	27.	712 20	30th	1100 1: 47.2	5.	5298	5.
Danny Nightingale	1309 12: 32.2	4th	1172 3: 32.67	15th	934 191	18th	760 22	24	1012 2: 15.6	34.	5187	10.
Jeremy Fox	1264 12: 47.6	6th	1080 3: 44.17	34	846 187	30th	784 23	18th	1100 1: 44.9	1	5074	15th
Team Adrian Parker Danny Nightingale Jeremy Fox	Σ 3951	1.	Σ 3492	5.	Σ 2648	8th.	Σ 2256	8th.	Σ 3212	3.	Σ 15559	gold

Cycling

Road race (180 km)

• Joseph Waugh - 4:49:01 h (→ 35th place)
• Dudley Hayton - 4:54:26 h (→ 43rd place)
• Philip Griffiths - eliminated (→ no result)
• William Nickson - eliminated (→ no result)

1000 m time trial

• Paul Medhurst - 1: 10.167 min (→ 19th place)

sprint

• Trevor Gadd - 12th place

4000 m individual pursuit

• Ian Hallam - 20th place

horse riding

dressage

• Sarah Whitmore on Junker , 1375 points, 22nd place
• Jennie Loriston-Clarke on cadet , 1375 points, 22nd place
• Diana Mason on Special Ed , 1326 points, 25th place

All three together won 8th place in the team classification after adding the points

Jumping - single

• Debbie Johnsey on Moxy , 8/4 penalty points, 4th place
• Peter Robeson on Law Court , 4 / 23.75 penalty points, 14th place
• Graham Fletcher on Hideaway , 20 / dnq failure points, 30th place

Jumping - team

• Debbie Johnsey on Moxy , 8/16 penalty points, 7th place
• Peter Robeson on Law Court , 20/12 faults, 7th place
• Graham Fletcher on hideaway , 16/20 points, 7th place
• Rowland Fernyhough on Bouncer , 27/4 penalty points, 7th place

Versatility - single

athlete	horse	dressage		Cross country		Leap		total	space
		Failure points	space	Failure points	space	Failure points	space
Richard Meade	Jacob Jones	−73.75	12.	−57.60	3.	−10.00	14th	−141.35	4th
HRH Princess Anne	Goodwill	−91.25	26th	−204.80	27.	−3.25	13.	−299.30	24.
Lucinda Prior-Palmer-Green	Be fair	−62.91	5.	−59.60	4th	DNF		AC
Hugh Thomas	Playamar	−85.00	16.	−156.00	23.	DNF		AC

Versatility - team

• Due to the abandonment of the jumping by two of the four team members, no evaluation was made for the team.

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Amrik Singh Gill	Bantamweight	Moisés López	lost	Jorge Ramos	lost	DNQ								-
Kenneth Dawes	Featherweight	Sergei Timofeev	lost	Eduard Giray	lost	DNQ								-
Joe Gilligan	lightweight	Sergio Fiszman	won	Eberhard Probst	lost	Gerhard Weisenberger	lost	DNQ						-
Keith Haward	Welterweight	Marin Pîrcălabu	lost	Jarmo Övermark	lost	DNQ								-
Tony Shacklady	medium weight	John Peterson	lost	Adolf Seger	lost	DNQ								-
Maurice Allan	Lightweight	Frank Andersson	lost	Ambroise Sarr	won	Levan Tediashvili	lost	DNQ						-
Keith Peache	Heavyweight	Russ Hellickson	lost	Steve Daniar	lost	DNQ								-

rowing

Double scull

• Michael Hart , Chris Baillieu → Silver

Two without a helmsman

• David Sturge , Henry Clay → 12th place

Two with a helmsman

• Neil Christie , James Macleod , David Webb → 7th place

Double fours

• Thomas Bishop , Mark Hayter , Andrew Justice , Allan Whitwell → 9th place

Foursome without a helmsman

• Richard Ayling , William Mason Neil Keron , David Townsend → 12th place

Eighth

• Jim Clark , Tim Crooks , Richard Lester , Hugh Matheson , David Maxwell , Leonard Robertson , John Yallop , Patrick Sweeney and Frederick Smallbone → Silver

Two without a helmsman

• Linda Clark , Beryl Mitchell → 10th place

Foursome with a helmsman

• Gillian Webb , Pauline Bird-Hart , Clare Grove , Diana Bishop , Pauline Wright → 8th place

shoot

Men

Rapid fire pistol 25 m

• Brian Girling , 587 rings, 15.
• John Cooke , 583 rings, 31.

Gun 50 m

• Laszlo Antal , 553 rings, 12.

Small caliber three-position fight 50 m

• Malcolm Cooper , 1140 rings (lying 392 rings, kneeling 383 rings, standing 365 rings), 18th century.
• Barry Dagger , 1140 rings (lying 393 rings, kneeling 375 rings, standing 369 rings), 24.

Small bore, lying 50 m

• Anthony Greenfield , 590 rings, 20.
• Alister Allan , 584 rings, 51.

Running target 50 m

• John Gough , 543 rings, 21.
• John Anthony , 537 rings, 23.

Mixed

Trap

• Malcolm Jenkins , 177 rings, 18th century.
• Peter Boden , 169 rings, 21.

Skeet

• Joe Neville , 191 rings, 22nd
• Brian Hebditch , 184 rings, 47.

swim

Men

100 m freestyle

• Martin Smith : Preroll: 53.17 s, 53.11 s
• Kevin Burns : preliminary: 53.11 s, semi-finals: 53.23 s

200 m freestyle

• Gordon Downie : Pre-run: 1: 52.47 min, semi-finals: 1: 52.78 min
• Brian Brinkley : Preroll: 1: 53.07 min
• Alan McClatchey : Preroll: 1: 55.84 min

400 m freestyle

• Gordon Downie : Prelude: 4: 01.00 min
• Alan McClatchey : Preroll: 4: 02.09 min

1500 m freestyle

• David Parker : Preroll: 15: 46.60 min
• Paul Sparkes : Pre-run: 15: 59.04 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

• Alan McClatchey : preliminary: 1: 55.30 min, final: 1: 54.09 min, → bronze
• David Dunne : preliminary: 1: 55.09 min, final: 1: 54.67 min, → bronze
• Gordon Downie : preliminary: 1: 54.39 min, final: 1: 52.10 min, → bronze
• Brian Brinkley : preliminary: 1: 53.14 min, final: 1: 51.25 min, → bronze
• The team qualified for the final run with a time of 7: 37.92 min and came third with 7: 32.11 min.

100 m back

• Jim Carter : Preroll: 1: 00.39 min
• Gary Abraham : Pre-run: 1: 00.61 min

200 m back

• Jim Carter : Preroll: 2: 08.05 min
• Peter Lerpiniere : Pre-run: 2: 09.88 min

100 m chest

• David Wilkie : preliminary: 1: 05.19 min, semi-finals: 1: 04.29 min, final: 1: 03.43 min → silver
• Duncan Goodhew : preliminary: 1: 04.92 min, semi-finals: 1: 04.59 min, final: 1: 04.66 min → 7th place
• David Leigh : Pre-run: 1: 06.12 min, semi-finals: 1: 05.91 min

200 m chest

• David Wilkie : Pre-run: 2: 18.29 min ^OR , Final: 2: 15.11 min ^WR → Gold
• David Leigh : Preroll: 2: 25.58 min
• Paul Naisby : abandoned

100 m butterfly

• John Mills : Prelapse: 56.53 s, semi-finals: 56.54 s
• Jon Jon Park : Preroll: 57.42 p
• Richard Iredale : Forerun: 58.50 s

200 m butterfly

• Brian Brinkley : preliminary: 2: 01.93 min, final: 2: 01.49 min → 6th place
• Sean Maher : Preroll: 2: 05.95 min
• Gordon Hewit : Preroll: 2: 07.60 min

400 m layers

• Alan McClatchey : Pre-run: 4: 34.31 min
• Jim Carter : Preroll: 4: 41.25 min
• Duncan Cleworth : Preroll: 4: 42.25 min

4 × 100 m layers

• Jim Carter (back): Final: 59.60 s → 4th place
• David Wilkie (chest): Final: 1: 02.81 min → 4th place
• Brian Brinkley (freestyle): Final: 51.45 s → 4th place
• John Mills (butterfly): forerun: 55.85 s, final: 55.70 s → 4th place
• Gary Abraham (back): Pre-run: 1: 00.24 min → 4th place
• Duncan Goodhew (chest): Pre-run: 1: 03.79 min → 4th place
• Kevin Burns (freestyle): Forward: 52.47 s → 4th place

The team reached the finals with 3: 52.35 min in the lead-up and came fourth with a time of 3: 49.56 min.

Women

100 m freestyle

• Elaine Gray : Preroll: 1: 00.31 min
• Susan Edmondson : Preroll: 1: 00.64 min

200 m freestyle

• Susan Barnard : Preroll: 2: 08.76 min
• Susan Edmondson : Prelude: 2: 10.08 min
• Ann Bradshaw : Preroll: 2: 10.93 min

400 m freestyle

• Susan Barnard : Preroll: 4: 30.05 min
• Susan Edmondson : Preroll: 4: 33.33 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

• Debbie Hill : Preroll: 59.36 s
• Ann Bradshaw : Preroll: 1: 01.00 min
• Susan Edmondson : Preroll: 59.79 p
• Elaine Gray : Pre-run: 1: 00.04 min
• The team did not qualify for the final with rank 5 in the preliminary run.

100 m back

• Joy Beasley : Forward: 1: 06.66 min
• Amanda James : Preroll: 1: 07.28 min

200 m back

• Sharron Davies : Preroll: 2: 24.94 min
• Joy Beasley : Preroll: 2: 25.14 min
• Kim Wilkinson : Preroll: 2: 26.53 min

100 m chest

• Maggie Kelly-Hohmann : preliminary: 1: 14.23 min, semi-finals: 1: 13.57 min, final: 1: 14.20 min → 7th place
• Christine Jarvis : preliminary: 1: 14.94 min, semi-finals: 1: 14.59 min
• Helen Burnham : Forward: 1: 17.31 min

200 m chest

• Maggie Kelly-Hohmann : Pre-run: 2: 39.01 min, final: 2: 38.37 min → 7th place
• Debbie Rudd : preliminary: 2: 38.26 min, final: 2: 39.01 min → 8th place
• Christine Jarvis : Pre-run: 2: 41.61 min

100 m butterfly

• Sue Jenner : preliminary: 1: 04.19 min, semi-finals: 1: 04.06 min
• Joanne Atkinson : Preroll: 1: 04.70 min
• Jane Alexander : preliminary: 1: 06.33 min

200 m butterfly

• Joanne Atkinson : Preroll: 2: 21.23 min
• Anne Adams : Preroll: 2: 22.62 min
• Jane Alexander : Preroll: 2: 26.61 min

400 m layers

• Anne Adams : preliminary: 5: 09.60 min
• Ann Bradshaw : Preroll: 5: 10.82 min
• Susan Richardson : Preroll: 5: 06.39 min

4 × 100 m layers

• Joy Beasley (back): Pre-run: 1: 06.83 min, final: 1: 06.84 min → 6th place
• Maggie Kelly-Hohmann (chest): preliminary: 1: 14.09 min, final: 1: 13.37 min → 6th place
• Sue Jenner (butterfly): preliminary: 1: 03.63 min, final: 1: 03.53 min → 6th place
• Debbie Hill (freestyle): preliminary: 59.36 s, final: 59.51 s → 6th place

The team reached the final with 4: 23.91 min in the lead-up and was sixth there with a time of 4: 23.25 min.

^OR Olympic record

^WR World record

sailing

Finn dinghy

• David Howlett : 7th place

470s

• Derek Clark : 6th place
• Philip Crebbin : 6th place

star

• Alan Warren : 14th place
• David Hunt : 14th place

tornado

• John Osborn : Gold
• Reg White : Gold

Soling

• Chris Law : 13.
• Iain MacDonald-Smith : 13.
• Michael Baker-Harber : 13.

Flying Dutchman

• Julian Brooke-Houghton : Silver
• Rodney Pattison : Silver

do gymnastics

Men

Gymnast	Individual all-around	ground	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar	Rings	horse
Ian Neale	73.	50.	44.	83.	75.	90.	47.
Tommy Wilson	82.	89.	85.	81.	79.	74.	74.
Jeff Davis	85.	71.	54.	84.	83.	88	89.

Women

Gymnast	Individual all-around	ground	Leap	Uneven bars	Balance beam
Avril Lennox	35.	54.	44.	53.	49.
Barbara Slater	68.	73.	56.	68.	63.
Susan Cheesebrough	79.	76.	81.	75.	75.

Diving

Men

Stepping stone

• Chris Snode : 479.79 points, 18th place
• Trevor Simpson : 450.81 points, 20th place

diving platform

• Martyn Brown : 413.34 points, 23rd place

Women

Stepping stone

• Helen Koppell : 39.96 points, 13th place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ British Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )