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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


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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:

Men's Individual Competition:


Athletics

Men's Marathon



Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

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


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

Coach: Sue Slocombe


Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:


Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
  • Mark Foster

  • # Heat – 22.73

  • # B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)


Men's 100m Freestyle

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

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

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Women's 50m Freestyle
  • Sue Rolph

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


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • 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

Women's 800m Freestyle

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

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay


Tennis

Men's Singles Competition


Men's Doubles Competition