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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the ''' 1988 Summer Olympics ''' in Seoul under the IOC Country Code GBR. It was the twenty-first time that the European nation participated, being one of only three nations (along with Greece and Australia ) to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that point.


MEDALS

Great Britain finished in 12th position in the final medal rankings


Gold

  • Malcolm Cooper — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions







Silver







  • Alister Allan — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions




Bronze



  • Mark Rowland — Athletics, Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase










RESULTS BY EVENT


Archery

In the fifth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal while Joanne Franks added another top eight finish in the women's individual and the women's team came in 5th.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Watson, Hallard, and Priestman – Final (→ Bronze Medal)


Women's Team Competition:
  • Franks, Edwards, and Sutton – Final (→ 5th place)



Hockey


Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Great Britain – South Korea 2-2

  • Great Britain – Canada 3-0

  • Great Britain – West Germany 1-2

  • Great Britain – Soviet Union 3-1

  • Great Britain – India 3-0

    • Semi Finals

  • Great Britain – Australia 3-2

    • Final

  • Great Britain – West Germany 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)



Team Roster



Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Great Britain – Argentina 1-0

  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-5

  • Great Britain – United States 2-2

    • Semi Finals

  • Great Britain – South Korea 0-1

    • Bronze Medal Match

  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-3 (→ Fourth place)



Team Roster



Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:
  • Phelps, Mahony, and Brookhouse – 15276 pts (→ Bronze Medal)



Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
  • Mark Foster

  • # Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


  • Mike Fibbens

  • # Heat – 23.67 (→ did not advance, 25th place)


Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Roland Lee

  • # Heat – 51.20 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Paul Howe

  • # Heat – 1:51.22

  • # B-Final – 1:51.99 (→ 16th place)


  • Michael Green

  • # Heat – 1:53.03 (→ did not advance, 27th place)


Men's 400m Freestyle
  • Kevin Boyd

  • # Heat – 3:50.01

  • # Final – 3:50.16 (→ 7th place)


  • Tony Day

  • # Heat – 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)


Men's 1500m Freestyle
  • Kevin Boyd

  • # Heat – 15:17.56

  • # Final – 15:21.16 (→ 7th place)


  • Tony Day

  • # Heat – 15:38.75 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Neil Harper

  • # Heat – 58.02 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


  • Neil Cochran

  • # Heat – 58.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)


Men's 200m Backstroke
  • Gary Binfield

  • # Heat – 2:03.79

  • # B-Final – 2:04.90 (→ 16th place)


  • John Davey

  • # Heat – 2:04.70 (→ did not advance, 20th place)


Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • James Parrack

  • # Heat – 1:04.23 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


Men's 200m Breaststroke
  • Nick Gillingham

  • # Heat – 2:14.58

  • # Final – 2:14.12 (→ Silver Medal)


  • Adrian Moorhouse

  • # Heat – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)

  • # B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)


Men's 100m Butterfly
  • Andrew Jameson

  • # Heat – 53.34

  • # Final – 53.30 (→ Bronze Medal)


  • Neil Cochran

  • # Heat – 54.75

  • # B-Final – 55.22 (→ 16th place)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Tim Jones

  • # Heat – 2:01.01

  • # B-Final – 2:00.32 (→ 10th place)


  • Nick Hodgson

  • # Heat – 2:01.44

  • # B-Final – 2:01.09 (→ 12th place)


Men's 200m Individual Medley
  • John Davey

  • # Heat – 2:05.55

  • # B-Final – 2:04.17 (→ 10th place)


  • Neil Cochran

  • # Heat – 2:05.56

  • # B-Final – 2:05.44 (→ 11th place)


Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Paul Brew

  • # Heat – 4:27.22

  • # B-Final – 4:26.77 (→ 15th place)


  • John Davey

  • # Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)


Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 50m Freestyle


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • June Croft

  • # Heat – 58.19 (→ did not advance, 28th place)


Women's 200m Freestyle
  • Ruth Gilfillan

  • # Heat – 2:02.11

  • # B-Final – 2:01.66 (→ 10th place)


  • June Croft

  • # Heat – 2:03.63 (→ did not advance, 21st place)


Women's 400m Freestyle

  • June Croft

  • # Heat – 4:21.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)


Women's 800m Freestyle
  • Karen Mellor

  • # Heat – 8:44.64 (→ did not advance, 16th place)


  • Tracey Atkin

  • # Heat – 9:00.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)


Women's 100m Backstroke
  • Kathy Read

  • # Heat – 1:04.62

  • # B-Final – 1:04.27 (→ 16th place)


  • Sharon Page

  • # Heat – 1:04.75 (→ did not advance, 18th place)


Women's 200m Backstroke
  • Kathy Read

  • # Heat – 2:17.22

  • # B-Final – 2:18.20 (→ 12th place)


  • Helen Slatter

  • # Heat – 2:21.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)


Women's 100m Breaststroke


Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Helen Frank

  • # Heat – 2:41.12 (→ did not advance, 33th place)


Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Caroline Foot

  • # Heat – 1:02.76 (→ did not advance, 18th place)



Women's 200m Butterfly
  • Helen Bewley

  • # Heat – 2:17.10

  • # B-Final – 2:17.11 (→ 15th place)


  • Lynne Wilson

  • # Heat – 2:17.28

  • # B-Final – 2:18.66 (→ 16th place)


Women's 200m Individual Medley
  • Jean Hill

  • # Heat – 2:17.57

  • # B-Final – 2:19.20 (→ 11th place)


  • Zara Long

  • # Heat – 2:22.64 (→ did not advance, 23th place)


Women's 400m Individual Medley
  • Tracey Atkin

  • # Heat – 5:01.34

  • # B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 24th place)



Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay



SEE ALSO


  • Sally Jones , first woman BBC sports presenter at the Seoul Olympics.