Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympics Great Britain
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|competitors=303
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|gold=1
|silver=8
|bronze=6
|total=15
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The [[United Kingdom]] competed as '''Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' at the '''[[1996 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[United States]]. British athletes have competed in every [[Summer Olympic Games]].
==Medals==
Great Britain finished in 36th position in the final medal rankings, with 1 gold and 15 total medals. This was its worst medals haul since 1952 and its worst raking in the table ever (due to the greatly increased numbers of competing countries since the 1970s).
===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 400 m
*[[Jonathan Edwards (athlete)|Jonathan Edwards]] — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
*[[Paul Palmer (swimmer)|Paul Palmer]] — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
*[[Jamie Baulch]], [[Roger Black]], [[Mark Richardson]], and [[Iwan Thomas]] — Athletics, Men's 4 x 400 m 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 (swimmer)|Graeme Smith]] — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
*[[Steve Smith (high jumper)|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 at the 1996 Summer Olympics|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 at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]===
'''Men's 5.000 metres'''
* [[John Nuttall]]
:* Qualification — 13:52.16
:* Semifinal — 14:08.39 (→ did not advance)
'''Men's 4x400m Relay'''
*[[Iwan Thomas]], [[Jamie Baulch]], [[Du'aine Ladejo]], [[Mark Richardson (athlete)|Mark Richardson]], and [[Roger Black]]
:* Heat — 3:01.79
:* Semi Final — 3:01.36
:* Final — 2:56.60 (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] '''Silver Medal''')
'''Men's 400m Hurdles'''
*[[Jon Ridgeon]]
:* Heat — 49.31s
:* Semi Final — 49.43s (→ did not advance)
*[[Gary Jennings (athlete)|Gary Jennings]]
:* Heat — 50.41s (→ did not advance)
*[[Peter Crampton (athlete)|Peter Crampton]]
:* Heat — 49.78s (→ did not advance)
'''Men's Marathon'''
*[[Richard Nerurkar]] — 2:13.39 (→ 5th place)
*[[Peter Whitehead (athlete)|Peter Whitehead]] — 2:22.37 (→ 55th place)
*[[Steve Brace]] — 2:23.28 (→ 60th place)
'''Men's Discus Throw'''
* [[Robert Weir (athlete)|Bob Weir]]
:* Qualification — 61.64m (→ did not advance)
* [[Glen Smith (athlete)|Glen Smith]]
:* Qualification — 54.88m (→ did not advance)
'''Men's Hammer Throw'''
* [[David Smith (athlete)|David Smith]]
:* Qualification — 69.32m (→ did not advance)
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'''Women's 4x400 metres Relay'''
* [[Phylis Smith]], [[Allison Curbishley]], [[Donna Fraser]], and [[Georgina Oladapo]]
:* Qualification — 3:28.13 (→ did not advance)
'''Women's 400m Hurdles'''
*[[Sally Gunnell]]
:* Qualification — 55.29
:* Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Long Jump'''
*[[Denise Lewis]]
:* Qualification — 6.33m (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Triple Jump'''
* [[Ashia Hansen]]
:* Qualification — 14.55m
:* Final — 14.49m (→ 5th place)
* [[Michelle Griffith]]
:* Qualification — 13.70m (→ did not advance)
'''Women's High Jump'''
* [[Lea Haggett]]
:# Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
* [[Debbie Marti]]
:# Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Javelin Throw'''
* [[Tessa Sanderson]]
:* Qualification — 58.86m (→ did not advance)
* [[Shelley Holroyd]]
:* Qualification — 54.72m (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Discus Throw'''
* [[Jacqui McKernan]]
:* Qualification — 58.88m (→ did not advance)
'''Women's Shot Put'''
* [[Judy Oakes]]
:* Qualification — 18.56m
:* Final — 18.34m (→ 11th place)
'''Women's Heptathlon'''
* [[Denise Lewis]]
:* Final Result — 6489 points (→ [[Image:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze Medal''')
'''Women's Marathon'''
*[[Liz McColgan]] — 2:34.30 (→ 16th place)
*[[Karen McLeod]] — 2:42.08 (→ 45th place)
*[[Suzanne Rigg]] — 2:52.09 (→ 58th place)
'''Women's 10km Walk'''
*[[Vicky Lupton]] — 47:05 (→ 33rd place)
===[[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]===
'''Men's Featherweight (57 kg)'''
*[[David Burke (boxer)|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
===[[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]===
====Road Competition====
'''Men's Individual Time Trial'''
*[[Chris Boardman]]
:* Final — 1:04:36 (→ [[Image:Med_3.png]] '''Bronze Medal''')
'''Women's Individual Road Race'''
*[[Marie Purvis]]
:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 11th place)
*[[Sarah Phillips]]
:* Final — 02:37:06 (→ 19th place)
*[[Caroline Alexander]]
:* Final — 02:53:47 (→ 43rd place)
'''Women's Individual Time Trial'''
*[[Yvonne McGregor]]
:* Final — 39:09 (→ 14th place)
*[[Sarah Phillips]]
:* Final — 41:16 (→ 21st place)
====Mountain Bike====
'''Men's Cross Country'''
* [[Gary Foord]]
:* Final — 2:29:10 (→ 12th place)
* [[David Baker (cyclist)|David Baker]]
:* Final — 2:32:30 (→ 15th place)
'''Women's Cross Country'''
* [[Deb Murrell]]
:* Final — 2:04.44 (→ 22nd place)
===[[Hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Hockey]]===
====Men's Team Competition====
*'''Preliminary Round (Group B)'''
:* [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – South Korea 2-2
:* [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Netherlands 2-2
:* [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Malaysia 2-2
:* [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – South Africa 2-0
:* [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Australia 0-2
*'''Classification Matches'''
:* '''5th-8th place:''' [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Pakistan 1-2
:* '''7th-8th place:''' [[Great Britain national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – India 4-3 (→ '''Seventh place''')
*'''Team Roster'''
:* [[Simon Mason (field hockey player)|Simon Mason]] (gk)
:* [[Julian Halls]]
:* [[Jon Wyatt]]
:* [[Soma Singh]]
:* [[Jason Laslett]]
:* [[Kalbir Pakher]]
:* [[Jason Lee (field hockey player)|Jason Lee]]
:* [[Phil McGuire]]
:* [[John Shaw (field hockey player)|John Shaw]]
:* [[Russell Garcia (field hockey)|Russell Garcia]]
:* [[Nick Thompson]]
:* [[David Luckes]] (gk)
:* [[Simon Hazlitt]]
:* [[Chris Mayer]]
:* [[Calum Giles]]
:* [[Daniel Hall]]
====Women's Team Competition====
*'''Round Robin'''
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – South Korea 0-5
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Netherlands 1-1
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – United States 1-0
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Spain 2-2
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Australia 0-1
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Germany 3-2
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Argentina 5-0
*'''Bronze Medal Game'''
:* [[Great Britain women's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] – Netherlands 0-0 (Holland wins after penalty strokes, 3-4) → '''Fourth place'''
*'''Team Roster'''
:* [[Jill Atkins]]
:* [[Anna Bennett]]
:* [[Karen Brown (field hockey player)|Karen Brown]]
:* [[Chris Cook]]
:* [[Tina Cullen]]
:* [[Mandy Davies]]
:* [[Susan Fraser]]
:* [[Kathryn Johnson]]
:* [[Tammy Miller]]
:* [[Joanne Mould]]
:* [[Mandy Nicholls]]
:* [[Pauline Robertson]]
:* [[Hilary Rose]] (gk)
:* [[Rhona Simpson]]
:* [[Jane Sixsmith]]
:* [[Joanne Thompson]] (gk)
'''Head Coach''': [[Sue Slocombe]]
===[[Modern Pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Modern Pentathlon]]===
'''Men's Individual Competition:'''
*[[Richard Phelps]] - 5254pts (→ '''18th place''')
===[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]===
'''Men's 50 m Freestyle'''
* [[Mark Foster (swimmer)|Mark Foster]]
*# Heat – 22.73
*# B-Final – 23.01 (→ 16th place)
'''Men's 100 m Freestyle'''
* [[Nicholas Shackell]]
*# Heat – 51.03 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
'''Men's 200 m Freestyle'''
* [[Paul Palmer (swimmer)|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 400 m Freestyle'''
* [[Paul Palmer (swimmer)|Paul Palmer]]
*# Heat – 3:51.98
*# Final – 3:49.00 (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] '''Silver Medal''')
'''Men's 1500 m Freestyle'''
* [[Graeme Smith (swimmer)|Graeme Smith]]
*# Heat – 15.14.81
*# Final – 15:02.48 (→ [[Image:Med_3.png]] '''Bronze Medal''')
* [[Paul Palmer (swimmer)|Paul Palmer]]
*# Heat – 15:22.65 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
'''Men's 100 m Backstroke'''
* [[Neil Willey]]
*# Heat – 56.27
*# B-Final – 56.07 (→ 10th place)
* [[Martin Harris (swimmer)|Martin Harris]]
*# Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
'''Men's 200 m Backstroke'''
* [[Adam Ruckwood]]
*# Heat – 2:01.35
*# B-Final – 2:02.40 (→ 13th place)
* [[Martin Harris (swimmer)|Martin Harris]]
*# Heat – 2:07.75 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
'''Men's 100 m Breaststroke'''
* [[Richard Maden]]
*# Heat – 1:02.78
*# B-Final – 1:02.51 (→ 11th place)
'''Men's 200 m Breaststroke'''
* [[Nick Gillingham]]
*# Heat – 2:14.96
*# Final – 2:14.37 (→ 4th place)
'''Men's 100 m Butterfly'''
* [[James Hickman]]
*# Heat – 53.73
*# B-Final – 53.23 (→ 9th place)
'''Men's 200 m Butterfly'''
* [[James Hickman]]
*# Heat – 1:58.16
*# Final – 1:58.47 (→ 7th place)
'''Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay'''
* [[Nicholas Shackell]], [[Alan Rapley]], [[Mark Stevens (swimmer)|Mark Stevens]], and [[Mike Fibbens]]
*# Heat – 3:21.34
*# Final – 3:21.52 (→ 8th place)
'''Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay'''
* [[Paul Palmer (swimmer)|Paul Palmer]], [[Andrew Clayton]], [[Mark Stevens (swimmer)|Mark Stevens]], and [[James Salter (swimmer)|James Salter]]
*# Heat – 7:21.92
*# Final – 7:18.74 (→ 5th place)
'''Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay'''
* [[Neil Willey]], [[Richard Maden]], [[James Hickman]], and [[Nicholas Shackell]]
*# Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)
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'''Women's 50 m Freestyle'''
* [[Sue Rolph]]
*# Heat – 26.39 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
'''Women's 100 m 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 200 m Freestyle'''
* [[Karen Pickering]]
*# Heat – 2:01.46
*# B-Final – 2:02.58 (→ 13th place)
'''Women's 400 m Freestyle'''
* [[Sarah Hardcastle]]
*# Heat – 4:14.50
*# B-Final – 4:14.13 (→ 9th place)
'''Women's 800 m Freestyle'''
* [[Sarah Hardcastle]]
*# Heat – 8:37.54
*# Final – 8:41.75 (→ 8th place)
'''Women's 100 m Backstroke'''
* [[Helen Slatter]]
*# Heat – 1:03.89
*# B-Final – 1:03.61 (→ 13th place)
'''Women's 200 m Backstroke'''
* [[Joanne Deakins]]
*# Heat – 2:15.12
*# B-Final – 2:14.50 (→ 12th place)
'''Women's 100 m Breaststroke'''
* [[Jaime King (swimmer)|Jaime King]]
*# Heat – 1:10.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
'''Women's 200 m Breaststroke'''
* [[Marie Hardiman]]
*# Heat – 2:31.12
*# B-Final – 2:31.39 (→ 14th place)
'''Women's 200 m Individual Medley'''
* [[Sue Rolph]]
*# Heat – 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
'''Women's 400 m Individual Medley'''
* [[Sarah Hardcastle]]
*# Heat – 4:54.64 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
'''Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay'''
* [[Sue Rolph]], [[Alison Sheppard]], [[Carrie Willmott]], and [[Karen Pickering]]
*# Heat – 3:48.26 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
'''Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay'''
* [[Claire Huddart]], [[Victoria Horner]], [[Janine Belton]], and [[Karen Pickering]]
*# Heat – 8:14.92 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
'''Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay'''
* [[Helen Slatter]], [[Jaime King (swimmer)|Jaime King]], [[Caroline Foot]], and [[Karen Pickering]]
*# Heat – 4:13.75 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
===[[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|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
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*[[Tim Henman]]
*# First round — Defeated [[Shuzo Matsuoka]] (Japan) 7-6 6-3
*# Second round — Lost to [[Todd Woodbridge]] (Australia) 6-7 6-7
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'''Men's Doubles Competition'''
*[[Neil Broad]] and [[Tim Henman]] → [[Image:Med_2.png]] '''Silver Medal'''
*# First round — Defeated [[Scott Barron (tennis player)|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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