Great Britain And Northern Ireland At The 1996 Summer Olympics

The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the ''' 1996 Summer Olympics ''' in Atlanta, Georgia under the IOC Country Code GBR. It was the twenty-third time that the 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 36th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Matthew Pinsent , and Steve Redgrave — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pair

Silver

Ben Ainslie — Sailing, Men's Open Laser Class

Steve Backley — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

Roger Black — Athletics, Men's 400m

Jonathan Edwards — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

Paul Palmer — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle

Jamie Baulch , Roger Black , Mark Richardson , and Iwan Thomas — Athletics, Men's 4 x 400m Relay

John Merricks and Ian Walker — Sailing, Men's 470 Class

Neil Broad and Tim Henman — Tennis, Men's Doubles

Bronze

Chris Boardman — Cycling, Men's Road Time Trial

Denise Lewis — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon

Max Sciandri — Cycling, Men's Road Race

Graeme Smith — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle

Steve Smith — Athletics, Men's High Jump

Tim Foster , Rupert Obholzer , Greg Searle , and Jonny Searle — Rowing, Men's Coxless Four

RESULTS BY EVENT

Archery

In the seventh appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the nation was represented by only three archers and won no medals.

Women's Individual Competition:

Alison Williamson - Round of 16, 10th place (2-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

Gary Hardinges - Round of 32, 28th place (1-1)

Steven Hallard - Round of 64, 55th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Richard Nerurkar → 5th place (2:13.39)

Peter Whitehead → 55th place (2:22.37)

Stephen Brace → 60th place (2:23.28)

Women's Marathon

Elizabeth McColgan → 16th place (2:34.30)

Karen McLeod → 45th place (2:42.08)

Suzanne Rigg → 58th place (2:52.09)

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

David Burke

# First Round — Lost to Falk Huste (Germany), 9-13

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Fola Okesola

# First Round — Bye

# Second Round — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), referee stopped contest in third round

Hockey

Men's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Great Britain - South Korea 2-2

Great Britain - Netherlands 2-2

Great Britain - Malaysia 2-2

Great Britain - South Africa 2-0

Great Britain - Australia 0-2

Classification Matches

5th-8th place: Great Britain - Pakistan 1-2

7th-8th place: Great Britain - India 4-3 (→ '''Seventh place''')

Team Roster

Simon Mason (gk)

Julian Halls

Jon Wyatt

Soma Singh

Jason Laslett

Kalbir Pakher

Jason Lee

Phil McGuire

John Shaw

Russell Garcia

Nick Thompson

David Luckes (gk)

Simon Hazlitt

Chris Mayer

Calum Giles

Daniel Hall

Women's Team Competition

Round Robin

Great Britain - South Korea 0-5

Great Britain - Netherlands 1-1

Great Britain - United States 1-0

Great Britain - Spain 2-2

Great Britain - Australia 0-1

Great Britain - Germany 3-2

Great Britain - Argentina 5-0

Bronze Medal Game

Great Britain - Netherlands 0-0 (Holland wins after penalty strokes, 3-4) → Fourth place

Team Roster

Jill Atkins

Anna Bennett

Karen Brown

Chris Cook

Tina Cullen

Mandy Davies

Sue Fraser

Kathryn Johnson

Tammy Miller

Joanne Mould

Mandy Nicholls

Pauline Robertson

Hilary Rose (gk)

Rhona Simpson

Jane Sixsmith

Joanne Thompson (gk)

Coach: Sue Slocombe

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Richard Phelps - 5254pts (→ 18th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Mark Foster

# Heat – 22.73

# B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Nicholas Shackell

# Heat – 51.03 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Paul Palmer

# Heat – 1:49.05

# Swim-off – 1:48.89

# Final – 1:49.39 (→ 8th place)

Andrew Clayton

# Heat – 1:51.06

# B-Final – 1:50.59 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Paul Palmer

# Heat – 3:51.98

# Final – 3:49.00 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Graeme Smith

# Heat – 15.14.81

# Final – 15:02.48 (→ Bronze Medal)

Paul Palmer

# Heat – 15:22.65 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Neil Willey

# Heat – 56.27

# B-Final – 56.07 (→ 10th place)

Martin Harris

# Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Adam Ruckwood

# Heat – 2:01.35

# B-Final – 2:02.40 (→ 13th place)

Martin Harris

# Heat – 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Richard Maden

# Heat – 1:02.78

# B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Nick Gillingham

# Heat – 2:14.96

# Final – 2:14.37 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

James Hickman

# Heat – 53.73

# B-Final – 53.23 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

James Hickman

# Heat – 1:58.16

# Final – 1:58.47 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Nicholas Shackell , Alan Rapley , Mark Stevens , and Michael Fibbens

# Heat – 3:21.34

# Final – 3:21.52 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Paul Palmer , Andrew Clayton , Mark Stevens , and James Salter

# Heat – 7:21.92

# Final – 7:18.74 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Neil Willey , Richard Maden , James Hickman , and Nicholas Shackell

# Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

Sue Rolph

# Heat – 26.39 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Karen Pickering

# Heat – 56.40

# B-Final – 56.32 (→ 14th place)

Sue Rolph

# Heat – 56.62

# B-Final – 56.58 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Karen Pickering

# Heat – 2:01.46

# B-Final – 2:02.58 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Sarah Hardcastle

# Heat – 4:14.50

# B-Final – 4:14.13 (→ 9th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Sarah Hardcastle

# Heat – 8:37.54

# Final – 8:41.75 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Helen Slatter

# Heat – 1:03.89

# B-Final – 1:03.61 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Joanne Deakins

# Heat – 2:15.12

# B-Final – 2:14.50 (→ 12th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Jaime King

# Heat – 1:10.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Marie Hardiman

# Heat – 2:31.12

# B-Final – 2:31.39 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Sue Rolph

# Heat – 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Sarah Hardcastle

# Heat – 4:54.64 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Sue Rolph , Alison Sheppard , Carrie Willmott , and Karen Pickering

# Heat – 3:48.26 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Claire Huddart , Victoria Horner , Janine Belton , and Karen Pickering

# Heat – 8:14.92 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

Helen Slatter , Jaime King , Caroline Foot , and Karen Pickering

# Heat – 4:13.75 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Greg Rusedski

# First round — Defeated Javier Frana (Argentina) 4-6 7-5 6-3

# Second round — Defeated Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden) 6-7 7-6 6-3

# Third round — Lost to Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-7 5-7

Tim Henman

# First round — Defeated Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan) 7-6 6-3

# Second round — Lost to Todd Woodbridge (Australia) 6-7 6-7

Men's Doubles Competition

Neil Broad and Tim Henman → Silver Medal

# First round — Defeated Scott Baron and Owen Casey (Ireland) 6-4 6-4

# Second round — Defeated Grant Connell and Daniel Nestor (Canada) 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

# Quarterfinals — Defeated Jiří Novák and Daniel Vacek (Czech Republic) 7-6 6-4

# Semifinals — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner and David Prinosil (Germany) 4-6, 6-3, 10-8

# Final — Lost to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (Australia) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

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