1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

GBR

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The United Kingdom participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 299 athletes (183 men and 116 women).

Medalist

With a recovered gold, eight silver and six bronze medals the British team finished 36th in the medals table .

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Steven Redgrave , Matthew Pinsent	rowing	Two without a helmsman

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Roger Black	athletics	400 meters
Iwan Thomas , Jamie Baulch , Mark Richardson , Roger Black	athletics	4 × 400 meters
Jonathan Edwards	athletics	Triple jump
Steve Backley	athletics	Javelin throw
Paul Palmer	swim	400 meters freestyle
John Merricks , Ian Walker	sailing	470s
Ben Ainslie	sailing	laser
Neil Broad , Tim Henman	tennis	Double

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Steve Smith	athletics	high jump
Denise Lewis	athletics	Women, heptathlon
Maximilian Sciandri	Cycling	Road race, individual
Chris Boardman	Cycling	Individual time trial
Rupert Obholzer , Jonathan Searle , Gregory Searle , Timothy Foster	rowing	Foursome without a helmsman
Graeme Smith	swim	1500 meters freestyle

Participants by sport

badminton

• Peter Knowles

  Individual: 17th place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Darren Hall

  Individual: 17th place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Julian Robertson

  Singles: 33rd place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Chris Hunt

  Doubles: 5th place

  Mixed, doubles: 17th place

• Simon Archer

  Doubles: 5th place

  Mixed, doubles: 17th place

• Nick Ponting

  Doubles: 17th place

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

• Joanne Goode

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Joanne Muggeridge

  Mixed, doubles: 17th place

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Julie Bradbury

  Mixed, doubles: 17th place

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Kelly Morgan

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Anne Gibson

  Women, singles: 33rd place

Archery

• Gary Hardinges

  Singles: 28th place

• Steven Hallard

  Individual: 55th place

• Alison Williamson

  Women, singles: 10th place

Boxing

• David Burke

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Fola Okesola

  Heavyweight: 9th place

fencing

• James Williams

  Saber, singles: 27th place

• Fiona McIntosh

  Women, foil, singles: 34th place

Weightlifting

• Anthony Arthur

  Lightweight: 12th place

hockey

• Men's team

  7th place

• Squad

  Simon Mason

  David Luckes

  Jon Wyatt

  Julian Halls

  Soma Singh

  Simon Hazlitt

  Jason Laslett

  Kalbir Singh Takher

  Jason Lee

  Nicky Thompson

  Chris Mayer

  Phillip McGuire

  Russell Garcia

  John Shaw

  Calum Giles

  Danny Hall

• Ladies team

  4th Place

• Squad

  Joanna Thompson

  Hilary Rose

  Christine Cook

  Tina Cullen

  Karen Brown

  Gillian Atkins

  Sue Fraser

  Rhona Simpson

  Mandy Nicholls

  Jane Sixsmith

  Pauline Robertson-Stott

  Joanne Mold

  Tammy Miller

  Anna Bennett

  Mandy Davies

  Kathryn Johnson

Judo

• Nigel Donohue

  Super light weight: 7th place

• Julian Davies

  Half light weight: 17th place

• Danny Kingston

  Lightweight: 21st place

• Graeme Randall

  Light middleweight: 33rd place

• Ryan Birch

  Middleweight: 21st place

• Raymond Stevens

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

• Joyce Heron

  Women, super light weight: 9th place

• Sharon Rendle

  Women, half light weight: 18th place

• Nicola Fairbrother

  Women, lightweight: 5th place

• Diane Bell

  Women, light middleweight: 16th place

• Rowena Sweatman

  Women, middleweight: 7th place

• Kate Howey

  Women, light heavyweight: 9th place

• Michelle Rogers

  Women, heavyweight: 9th place

canoe

• Ivan Lawler

  Single kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

  Single kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Grayson Bourne

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Paul Darby Dowman

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Ian Raspin

  Single kayak, slalom: 9th place

• Paul Ratcliffe

  Single kayak, slalom: 14th place

• Shaun Pearce

  Single kayak, slalom: 25th place

• Andrew Train

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1000 meters: 6th place

• Steve Train

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1000 meters: 6th place

• Gareth Marriott

  Single Canadier, Slalom: 4th place

• Mark Delaney

  Single Canoe, Slalom: 14th place

• Craig Brown

  Two-man canoe, slalom: 12th place

• Stewart Pitt

  Two-man canoe, slalom: 12th place

• Andrea Dallaway

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: semifinals

• Helen Gilby

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Alison Thorogood

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

• Rachel Crosbee

  Women, single kayak, slalom: 18th place

• Lynn Simpson

  Women, single kayak, slalom: 23rd place

athletics

• Linford Christie

  100 meters: DQ in the final

  200 meters: quarter-finals

• Ian Mackie

  100 meters: quarter-finals

• Darren Braithwaite

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• John Regis

  200 meters: semi-finals

• Owusu Dako

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Roger Black

  400 meters: silver

  4 × 400 meters: silver

• Ivan Thomas

  400 meters: 5th place

  4 × 400 meters: silver

• Du'aine Ladejo

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: silver

• Curtis Robb

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Craig Winrow

  800 meters: semi-finals

• David Strand

  800 meters: heats

• John Mayock

  1500 meters: 11th place

• Anthony Whiteman

  1500 meters: semi-finals

• Kevin McKay

  1500 meters: heats

• John Nuttall

  5000 meters: semi-finals

• Jon Brown

  10,000 meters: 10th place

• Paul Evans

  10,000 meters: DNF in the final

• Richard Nerurkar

  Marathon: 5th place

• Peter Whitehead

  Marathon: 55th place

• Steve Brace

  Marathon: 60th place

• Colin Jackson

  110 meter hurdles: 4th place

• Andy Tulloch

  110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

• Tony Jarrett

  110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Jonathan Ridgeon

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Peter Crampton

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Gary Jennings

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Justin Chaston

  3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals

• Keith Cullen

  3000 meter obstacle: semi-finals

• Spencer Duval

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Darren Campbell

  4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Jamie Baulch

  4 × 400 meters: silver

• Mark Richardson

  4 × 400 meters: silver

• Mark Hylton

  4 × 400 meters: silver

• Chris Maddocks

  50 kilometers of walking: 34th place

• Steve Smith

  High jump: bronze

• Dalton Grant

  High jump: 19th place in qualification

• Nick Buckfield

  Pole vault: 20th place in qualification

• Neil Winter

  Pole vault: 24th place in qualification

• Jonathan Edwards

  Triple jump: silver

• Francis Agyepong

  Triple jump: 13th place in qualification

• Shaun Pickering

  Shot put: 27th place in qualification

• Robert Weir

  Discus throw: 15th place in qualification

• Glen Smith

  Discus throw: 36th place in qualification

• David Smith

  Hammer throw: 32nd place in qualification

• Steve Backley

  Javelin throw: silver

• Mick Hill

  Javelin throw: 12th place

• Nick Nieland

  Javelin throw: 25th place in qualification

• Alex Kruger

  Decathlon: DNF

• Simmone Jacobs

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 8th place

• Marcia Richardson

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 8th place

• Stephi Douglas

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

• Katharine Merry

  Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 8th place

• Phylis Smith

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Donna Fraser

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Kelly Holmes

  Women, 800 meters: 4th place

  Women, 1500 meters: 11th place

• Diane Modahl

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Paula Radcliffe

  Women, 5000 meters: 5th place

• Sonia McGeorge

  Women, 5000 meters: heats

• Alison Wyeth

  Women, 5000 meters: heats

• Liz McColgan

  Women, marathon: 16th place

• Karen Macleod

  Women, marathon: 45th place

• Suzanne Rigg

  Women, marathon: 58th place

• Angie Thorp

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 8th place

• Jacqueline Agyepong

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: prelims

• Sally Gunnell

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Georgina Oladapo

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Allison Curbishley

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Victoria Lupton

  Women, 10 km walking: 33rd place

• Lea Haggett

  Women, high jump: 16th place

• Debbie Marti

  Women, high jump: 19th place

• Denise Lewis

  Women, long jump: 23rd place in qualification

  Women, heptathlon: bronze

• Ashia Hansen

  Women, triple jump: 5th place

• Michelle Griffith

  Women, triple jump: 17th place in qualification

• Judy Oakes

  Women, shot put: 11th place

• Jackie McKernan

  Women, discus throw: 20th place in qualification

• Tessa Sanderson

  Women, javelin: 14th place in qualification

• Shelley Holroyd

  Women, javelin: 27th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Richard Phelps

  Singles: 28th place

Cycling

• Maximilian Sciandri

  Road race, individual: bronze

• Malcolm Elliott

  Road race, individual: 79th place

• John Tanner

  Road race, individual: 99th place

• Brian Smith

  Road race, individual: DNF

• Chris Boardman

  Individual time trial: bronze

• Shaun Wallace

  1000 meter individual time trial: 16th place

• Graeme Obree

  4000 meters individual pursuit: 11th place

• Rob Hayles

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• Matt Illingworth

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• Bryan Steel

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• Chris Newton

  4000 meters team pursuit: 10th place

• Gary Foord

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 12th place

• David Baker

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 15th place

• Marie Purvis

  Women, road races, singles: 11th place

• Sarah Phillips

  Women, road races, singles: 19th place

  Women, individual time trial: 21st place

• Caroline Alexander

  Women, road races, singles: 43rd place

  Women, mountain biking, cross-country: DNF

• Yvonne McGregor

  Women, individual time trial: 14th place

  Women, 3000 meters individual pursuit: 4th place

• Maria Lawrence

  Women, points race: 14th place

• Deborah Murrell

  Women, mountain bikes, cross-country: 22nd place

horse riding

• Richard Davison

  Dressage, individual: 21st place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Joanna Jackson

  Dressage, individual: 21st place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Vicky Thompson

  Dressage, individual: 21st place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Jane Bredin-Gregory

  Dressage, individual: 21st place

  Dressage, team: 8th place

• Geoff Billington

  Show jumping, singles: 6th place

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

• John Whitaker

  Show jumping, singles: 9th place

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

• Nick Skelton

  Show jumping, singles: 23rd place

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

• Michael Whitaker

  Show jumping, singles: 63rd place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

• Chris Hunnable

  Versatility, singles: 10th place

• Mary King

  Versatility, singles: 12th place

• Charlotte Bathe

  Versatility, Individual: DNF

• Karen Straker

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• Gary Parsonage

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• William Fox-Pitt

  Versatility, team: 5th place

• Ian Stark

  Versatility, team: 5th place

Wrestling

• Amarjit Singh

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 13th place

rowing

• Peter Haining

  One: 11th place

• Guy Pooley

  Double scull: 17th place

• Robert Thatcher

  Double scull: 17th place

• James Cracknell

  Double scull: 17th place (only in advance)

• Steven Redgrave

  Two without a helmsman: gold

• Matthew Pinsent

  Two without a helmsman: gold

• Rupert Obholzer

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Jonathan Searle

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Gregory Searle

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Timothy Foster

  Four without a helmsman: bronze

• Matthew Parish

  Eighth: 8th place

• Jim Walker

  Eighth: 8th place

• Alex story

  Eighth: 8th place

• Richard Hamilton

  Eighth: 8th place

• Roger Brown

  Eighth: 8th place

• Peter Bridge

  Eighth: 8th place

• Ben Hunt-Davis

  Eighth: 8th place

• Graham Smith

  Eighth: 8th place

• Garry Herbert

  Eighth: 8th place

• Nicholas Strange

  Lightweight double scull: 12th place

• Andrew Sinton

  Lightweight double scull: 12th place

• David Lemon

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 10th place

• James McNiven

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Tom Kay

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Benjamin Helm

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: 10th place

• Guin Batten

  Women, one: 5th place

• Kate MacKenzie

  Two without a helmsman: 12th place

• Philippa Cross

  Two without a helmsman: 12th place

• Annamarie Stapleton

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Lisa Eyre

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Dorothy Blackie

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Kate Pollitt

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Miriam Batten

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Catherine Bishop

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Joanne Turvey

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Alison Gill

  Women, eighth: 7th place

• Suzie Ellis

  Women, eighth: 7th place

shoot

• Jonathan Stern

  Small bore, three-position battle: 48th place

• Peter Boden

  Trap: 9th place

• Kevin Gill

  Trap: 37th place

  Double trap: 27th place

• Richard Faulds

  Double trap: 5th place

• Carol Bartlett-Page

  Women, air pistol: 23rd place

  Women, sport pistol: 30th place

swim

• Mark Foster

  50 meter freestyle: 16th place

• Nick Shackell

  100 meters freestyle: 28th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: DQ in advance

• Paul Palmer

  200 meters freestyle: 8th place

  400 meters freestyle: silver

  1500 meters freestyle: 10th place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Andrew Clayton

  200 meters freestyle: 15th place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Graeme Smith

  1500 meters freestyle: bronze

• Alan Rapley

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place

• Mark Stevens

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Mike Fibbens

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 8th place

• James Salter

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Neil Willey

  100 meters back: 10th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: DQ in advance

• Martin Harris

  100 meters back: 26th place

  200 meters back: 32nd place

• Adam Ruckwood

  200 meters back: 13th place

• Richard Maden

  100 meters chest: 11th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: DQ in advance

• Nick Gillingham

  200 meters chest: 4th place

• James Hickman

  100 meter butterfly: 9th place

  200 meter butterfly: 7th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: DQ in advance

• Sue Rolph

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 22nd place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 16th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 21st place

• Karen Pickering

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 14th place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 13th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Sarah Hardcastle

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 400 meter medley: 19th place

• Alison Sheppard

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Carrie Willmott

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Janine Belton

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

• Vicky Horner

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

• Claire Huddart

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

• Helen Slatter

  Women, 100 meters back: 13th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Joanne Deakins

  Women, 200 meters back: 12th place

• Jaime King

  Women, 100 meters chest: 17th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Marie Hardiman

  Women, 200 meters chest: 14th place

• Caroline Foot

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 27th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

sailing

• Howard Plumb

  Windsurfing: 24th place

• Richard Stenhouse

  Finn dinghy: 12th place

• John Merricks

  470s: silver

• Ian Walker

  470s: silver

• Ben Ainslie

  Laser: silver

• Glyn Charles

  Star: 11th place

• George Skuodas

  Star: 11th place

• David Williams

  Tornado: 13th place

• Ian Rhodes

  Tornado: 13th place

• Andy Beadsworth

  Soling: 4th place

• Barry Parkin

  Soling: 4th place

• Adrian Stead

  Soling: 4th place

• Penny Way-Wilson

  Women, windsurfing: 7th place

• Shirley Robertson

  Women, Europe: 4th place

• Bethan Raggatt

  Women, 470s: 11th place

• Sue Hay-Carr

  Women, 470s: 11th place

tennis

• Greg Rusedski

  Singles: 9th place

• Tim Henman

  Individual: 17th place

  Double: silver

• Neil Broad

  Double: silver

• Clare Wood

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Valda Lake

  Women, doubles: 5th place

Table tennis

• Chen Xinhua

  Individual: 17th place

• Carl Prean

  Singles: 33rd place

• Lisa Lomas

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Andrea Holt

  Women, doubles: 17th place

do gymnastics

• Lee McDermott

  Individual all-around: 55th place in qualification

  Bars: 64th place in qualification

  Floor: 72nd place in qualification

  Horse jump: 76th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 57th place in qualification

  Rings: 52nd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 89th place in qualification

• Dominic Brindle

  Individual all-around: 59th place in qualification

  Bars: 77th place in qualification

  Floor: 87th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 82nd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 51st place in qualification

  Rings: 84th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 88th place in qualification

• Annika Reeder

  Women, individual all-around: 64th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 77th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 66th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 73rd place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 83rd place in qualification

• Sonia Lawrence

  Women, individual all-around: 71st place in qualification

  Women, floor: 89th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 78th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 91st place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 75th place in qualification

Volleyball (beach)

• Audrey Cooper

  Women's competition: 9th place

• Amanda Glover

  Women's competition: 9th place

Diving

• Tony Ally

  Art jumping: 18th place

• Bob Morgan

  Art jumping: 24th place

  Diving: 13th place

• Leon Taylor

  Diving: 18th place

• Hayley Allen

  Women, diving: 9th place

• Lesley Ward

  Women, diving: 18th place

Web links

• United Kingdom Olympic Team from 1996 in Sports-Reference database (archived from original )