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Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish 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]

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

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Medals by sport
Sport Total
Rowing 1 0 1 2
Athletics 0 4 2 6
Sailing 0 2 0 2
Swimming 0 1 1 2
Tennis 0 1 0 1
Cycling 0 0 2 2
Total 1 8 6 15

Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Medals by day

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Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 20 July 0 0 0 0
2 21 July 0 0 0 0
3 22 July 0 1 0 1
4 23 July 0 0 0 0
5 24 July 0 0 0 0
6 25 July 0 0 1 1
7 26 July 0 0 0 0
8 27 July 1 1 1 3
9 28 July 0 0 2 2
10 29 July 0 1 0 1
11 30 July 0 1 0 1
12 31 July 0 1 1 2
13 1 Aug 0 1 0 1
14 2 Aug 0 0 0 0
15 3 Aug 0 2 1 3
16 4 Aug 0 0 0 0
Total 1 8 6 15

Archery

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Athlete Event Qualifying R64 R32 R16 Quarter Final Semi Final Final Rank
Score Rank Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Steven Hallard Men's Individual 664 17 Q  Tuovila (FIN)
Lost 150-151
Did not advance
Gary Hardinges 658 24 Q  Cho S-L (TPE)
Won 158-158 (10-9)
 Huish (USA)
Lost 155-166
Did not advance
Alison Williamson Women's Individual 648 15 Q  Bridger (AUS)
Won 156-141
 Zabugina (BLR)
Won 152-147
 He Ying (CHN)
Lost 159-165
Did not advance

Athletics

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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

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Beach volleyball

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Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Semi Final Final / BM Rank
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Audrey Cooper
Amanda Glover
Women's tournament Bye  Cook &
Pottharst (AUS)
Lost 4-15
 Schoon-Kadijk &
van de Ven (NED)
Won 15-12
 Fenwick &
Spring (AUS)
Lost 12-15
Did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
David Burke Featherweight  Huste (GER)
L 9–13
Did not advance
Fola Okesola Heavyweight Bye  Jones (USA)
L RSCI
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Road competition

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Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final – 1:04:36 (→ 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

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Men's Team Pursuit

Mountain Bike

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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

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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

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Fencing

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Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Great Britain in 1996.

Men's sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Hockey

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Men's team competition

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Women's Team Competition

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

Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Haining Single sculls 7:42.65 4 R 7:45.95 2 SA/B 7:30.47 6 FB 6:55.06 11
Matthew Pinsent
Steve Redgrave
Pair 6:50.04 1 Q 6:50.30 1 FA 6:20.09 1st place, gold medalist(s)
James Cracknell
Bob Thatcher
Guy Pooley*
Double sculls 7:00.74 5 R 7:00.81 1 SC/D 6:51.22 2 FC 6:51.41 17
Nicholas Strange
Andrew Sinton
Lightweight double sculls 6:56.86 5 R 6:22.27 2 SA/B 6:39.20 5 FB 6:31.15 12
Tim Foster
Rupert Obholzer
Greg Searle
Jonny Searle
Four 6:14.74 1 Q 6:10.78 1 FA 6:07.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ben Helm
Tom Kay
David Lemon
James McNiven
Lightweight four 6:35.95 5 R 6:02.65 2 SA/B 6:19.07 5 FB 6:05.13 10
Peter Bridge
Roger Brown
Richard Hamilton
Ben Hunt-Davis
Matthew Parish
Graham Smith
Alex Story
James Walker
Garry Herbert (cox)
Eight 5:49.37 4 R 5:33.22 3 FB 5:40.23 8
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Guin Batten Single sculls 8:16.75 4 R 8:44.73 2 SA/B 7:56.61 3 FA 7:45.08 7
Philippa Cross
Kate MacKenzie
Pair 8:03.53 4 R 8:15.26 3 SA/B 7:59.57 6 FB 7:34.68 12
Miriam Batten
Cath Bishop
Dot Blackie
Lisa Eyre
Alison Gill
Kate Pollitt
Annamarie Stapleton
Joanne Turvey
Suzie Ellis (cox)
Eight 6:39.34 4 R 6:12.28 6 FB 6:15.21 7

Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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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 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat – 15.14.81
  • Final – 15:02.48 (→ 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

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Tennis

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tim Henman Singles  Matsuoka (JPN)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–3
 Woodbridge (AUS)
L 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7)
Did not advance
Greg Rusedski  Frana (ARG)
W 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
 Gustafsson (SWE)
W 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
 Bruguera (ESP)
L 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Did not advance
Neil Broad
Tim Henman
Doubles  Krošlák /
Kučera (SVK)
W 6–3, 6–3
 Connell /
Nestor (CAN)
W 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
 Novák /
Vacek (CZE)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–4
 Goellner /
Prinosil (GER)
W 4–6, 6–3, 10–8
 Woodbridge /
Woodforde (AUS)
L 4–6, 4–6, 2–6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Clare Wood Singles  Farina (ITA)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Valda Lake
Clare Wood
Doubles  K Maleeva /
M Maleeva (BUL)
W 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–3
 Coetzer /
de Swardt (RSA)
W 7–5, 7–5
 G Fernández /
MJ Fernández (USA)
L 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Men's Light-Heavyweight

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

Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Gibson, Owen (24 July 2012). "London 2012: how Team GB's fortunes turned around after disaster in Atlanta". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Historical Funding Figures". UK Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ Kelso, Paul (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: How Team GB went from zeroes to heroes after Atlanta '96 low point". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. ^ Hubbard, Alan (19 September 1999). "DIVING: FIRST NIGHT: TONY ALI; Plunge to the heights". The Independent. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ^ https://www.facebook.com/BBCCymruWales/videos/legends-of-welsh-sport-bob-morgan/381984784365375/ [bare URL]