# Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. The British sent a wide-ranging delegation to the Games, continuing its ubiquitous presence at the Olympics. Great Britain's 264 athletes, 161 men and 103 women, competed in 22 disciplines throughout the two-week event. The team entered the opening ceremony behind the Union Flag carried by judoka Kate Howey. Double gold medal winner Kelly Holmes carried the flag at the closing ceremony.
These games continued the success that Great Britain made at Sydney although they won just nine gold medals compared with the eleven won at Sydney overall the team did increase their overall medal haul to thirty medals and for the second summer games in a row finished in tenth place on the medal table.

## Chronology

The delegation started the Olympics slowly, the silver its divers won on 14 August being the first of only a few opening-week medals. Although a sprinkling of silver and bronze medals – including a pair in men's and women's k1 kayak slalom – enlivened the mid-week, Britain's first gold did not come until Friday the 20th (won by Chris Hoy in the 1 km track cycling time-trial).
Then, on 21 August ("Golden Saturday") Britain's contributions to the medal table became more significant. First Britain's traditional strength in rowing continued as the men's coxless four, stroked by Matthew Pinsent, narrowly won gold, a defining moment since this was Pinsent's fourth gold medal in as many games. Sailor Ben Ainslie wrapped up a successful few days of racing with a gold, as did the women's Yngling sailboats who were finally awarded the gold medal they had sewn up on Thursday. Bradley Wiggins continued Britain's cycling success, winning gold in the 4 km pursuit. Young swimmer David Davies, coming third in the men's 1500 m freestyle, set a European record in the process and won Britain's second swimming medal of the games – a notable improvement over the 2000 Sydney games from which the swimmers had returned empty-handed. Also on Saturday, it was announced that, after an appeal, Leslie Law would be promoted from silver to gold in the three-day equestrian eventing (and his team from bronze to silver). As the games' aquatic-dominated first week shifted into a second week focused more on track and field events, Kelly Sotherton came third in the heptathlon.
Sunday 22 August brought another rowing medal. However, marathon favourite Paula Radcliffe failed to cope with the heat of Athens and did not finish. The timing of the race with a late afternoon start, supposedly to appease US broadcasters, produced some controversy since summer marathons normally start early in the morning to avoid the heat.
23 August saw Britain's first gold medal of the track and field events, Kelly Holmes winning the women's 800 metres. This was Britain's first gold medal on the track since Sally Gunnell won the 400-metre hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona games.
By claiming bronze in the Madison cycling on 25 August, to add to his earlier individual gold and a silver from the team pursuit, Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton for 40 years to claim three medals in one games.
The evening of Saturday 28 August saw Britain's medal hunt centred on the Olympic Stadium. Steve Backley, in his final javelin throw competition, failed to win the gold he had been seeking since 1992, finishing fourth. Kelly Holmes achieved the middle-distance double, taking gold in the 1500 metres. The men's 4×100-metre relay team won a surprising victory, winning gold ahead of the American team. Earlier in the day, Ian Wynne had added to the medal haul, with a bronze medal in the K1 kayak class, competing despite an ankle injury picked up the day before.
The final day of the games, 29 August, saw Amir Khan collect Britain's last medal of the event with a silver in boxing's lightweight division.

## Overall performance

In the final medal table, Great Britain finished in 10th place overall. The BBC stated that this was "the best British performance in the modern era", and quantified this with further considerations: "GB won 37 in 1984, but that was a boycott-hit Games missing the Eastern Bloc countries. Take Los Angeles out of the picture, and this was Britain's best haul since 1924."

## Medallists

Great Britain finished in tenth position in the final medal rankings, with 9 gold and 30 total medals.
| Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Leslie Law | Equestrian | Individual eventing | August 18 |
| Chris Hoy | Cycling | Men's track time trial | August 20 |
| Bradley Wiggins | Cycling | Men's individual pursuit | August 21 |
| Ed Coode James Cracknell Matthew Pinsent Steve Williams | Rowing | Men's four | August 21 |
| Ben Ainslie | Sailing | Finn class | August 21 |
| Sarah Ayton Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb | Sailing | Yngling class | August 21 |
| Kelly Holmes | Athletics | Women's 800 m | August 23 |
| Kelly Holmes | Athletics | Women's 1500 m | August 28 |
| Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Jason Gardener Mark Lewis-Francis | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | August 28 |
| Leon Taylor Peter Waterfield | Diving | Men's synchronised 10 m platform | August 14 |
| Jeanette Brakewell William Fox-Pitt Pippa Funnell Mary King Leslie Law | Equestrian | Team eventing | August 18 |
| Gail Emms Nathan Robertson | Badminton | Mixed doubles | August 19 |
| Campbell Walsh | Canoeing | Men's slalom K-1 | August 19 |
| Cath Bishop Katherine Grainger | Rowing | Women's pair | August 21 |
| Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Alison Mowbray Rebecca Romero | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | August 22 |
| Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins | Cycling | Men's team pursuit | August 23 |
| Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers | Sailing | Men's 470 class | August 28 |
| Amir Khan | Boxing | Lightweight | August 29 |
| Stephen Parry | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly | August 17 |
| Alison Williamson | Archery | Women's individual | August 18 |
| Helen Reeves | Canoeing | Women's slalom K-1 | August 18 |
| Pippa Funnell | Equestrian | Individual eventing | August 18 |
| Kelly Sotherton | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | August 21 |
| Elise Laverick Sarah Winckless | Rowing | Women's double sculls | August 21 |
| David Davies | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle | August 21 |
| Rob Hayles Bradley Wiggins | Cycling | Men's madison | August 25 |
| Nick Dempsey | Sailing | Men's sailboard | August 25 |
| Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks | Sailing | 49er class | August 26 |
| Georgina Harland | Modern pentathlon | Women's event | August 27 |
| Ian Wynne | Canoeing | Men's K-1 500 m | August 28 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sailing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Cycling | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Rowing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Archery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Modern pentathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| 1 | 14 Aug | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 16 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 17 Aug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 18 Aug | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 19 Aug | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 Aug | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 Aug | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 Aug | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 Aug | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 24 Aug | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 Aug | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 26 Aug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 27 Aug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 28 Aug | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 29 Aug | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 |

### Multiple medallists

The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2004 Olympic Games. Kelly Holmes became the first British athlete since 1972 and the first British track and field athlete to win two gold medals at the same Summer Olympics.
| Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
| Kelly Holmes | Gold Gold | Athletics | 800 m 1500 m |
| Bradley Wiggins | Gold Silver Bronze | Cycling | Men's Individual pursuit Team pursuit Men's Madison |
| Leslie Law | Gold Silver | Equestrian | Individual eventing Team eventing |
| Rob Hayles | Silver Bronze | Cycling | Team pursuit Men's Madison |

## Archery

Four British archers (one man and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Laurence Godfrey | Men's individual | 650 | 31 | Orbay (TUR) W 157–155 | Petersson (SWE) W 163–162 | Ruban (UKR) W 167–162 | Chen S-Y (TPE) W 110–108 | Galiazzo (ITA) L 108–110 | Cuddihy (AUS) L 112–113 | 4 |
| Naomi Folkard | Women's individual | 638 | 17 | Pilipova (KAZ) W 139–128 | Piuva (FIN) W 156–151 | Park S-H (KOR) L 159–171 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Helen Palmer | Women's individual | 594 | 61 | He Y (CHN) L 130–141 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alison Williamson | Women's individual | 637 | 21 | Dykman (USA) W 147–121 | Kawauchi (JPN) W 154–150 | Zhang Jj (CHN) W 165–161 | He Y (CHN) W 109–89 | Park S-H (KOR) L 100–110 | Yuan S-C (TPE) W 105–104 | |
| Naomi Folkard Helen Palmer Alison Williamson | Women's team | 1869 | 12 | — | — | India (IND) L 228–230 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

British athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Darren Campbell | 100 m | 10.35 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jason Gardener | 100 m | 10.15 | 2 Q | 10.15 | 2 Q | 10.12 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mark Lewis-Francis | 100 m | 10.13 | 1 Q | 10.12 | 2 Q | 10.28 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darren Campbell | 200 m | 20.72 | 4 Q | 20.59 | 4 q | 20.89 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chris Lambert | 200 m | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Malcolm | 200 m | 20.62 | 2 Q | 20.56 | 5 q | 20.77 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Timothy Benjamin | 400 m | 45.69 | 3 q | — | — | 46.28 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Caines | 400 m | 46.15 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Malachi Davis | 400 m | 46.28 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ricky Soos | 800 m | 1:45.70 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:46.74 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael East | 1500 m | 3:37.37 | 1 Q | — | — | 3:36.46 | 6 q | 3:36.33 | 6 |
| John Mayock | 5000 m | 13:26.81 | 10 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robert Newton | 110 m hurdles | 13.85 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andy Turner | 110 m hurdles | 13.75 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Douglas | 400 m hurdles | 49.77 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chris Rawlinson | 400 m hurdles | 48.94 | 3 Q | — | — | 50.89 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Justin Chaston | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:28.35 | 5 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Jason Gardener Mark Lewis-Francis | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.53 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 38.07 | |
| Sean Baldock Timothy Benjamin Malachi Davis Matthew Elias | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.40 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:01.07 | 5 |
| Jon Brown | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:12.26 | 4 |
| Matt O'Dowd | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:22.37 | 50 |
| Dan Robinson | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:17.53 | 23 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Chris Tomlinson | Long jump | 8.23 | 3 Q | 8.25 | 5 |
| Nathan Douglas | Triple jump | 16.84 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Phillips Idowu | Triple jump | 17.33 | 4 Q | NM | — |
| Nick Buckfield | Pole vault | 5.60 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emeka Udechuku | Discus throw | 58.41 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steve Backley | Javelin throw | 80.68 | 12 q | 84.13 | 4 |
| Nick Nieland | Javelin throw | 72.79 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Dean Macey | Result | 10.89 | 7.47 | 15.73 | 2.15 | 48.97 | 14.56 | 48.34 | 4.40 | 58.46 | 4:25.42 | 8414 | 4 |
| Dean Macey | Points | 885 | 927 | 835 | 944 | 863 | 903 | 846 | 731 | 715 | 775 | 8414 | 4 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Abi Oyepitan | 100 m | 11.23 | 2 Q | 11.28 | 3 Q | 11.18 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joice Maduaka | 200 m | 23.15 | 4 Q | 23.30 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abi Oyepitan | 200 m | 22.50 | 2 Q | 22.79 | 2 Q | 22.56 | 2 Q | 22.87 | =7 |
| Donna Fraser | 400 m | 51.19 | 2 Q | — | — | 51.94 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lee McConnell | 400 m | 51.19 | 2 Q | — | — | 52.63 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christine Ohuruogu | 400 m | 50.50 | 3 Q | — | — | 51.00 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joanne Fenn | 800 m | 2:03.72 | 3 Q | — | — | 2:00.60 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kelly Holmes | 800 m | 2:00.81 | 1 Q | — | — | 1:57.98 | 1 Q | 1:56.38 | |
| Kelly Holmes | 1500 m | 4:05.58 | 2 Q | — | — | 4:04.77 | 2 Q | 3:57.90 NR | |
| Jo Pavey | 1500 m | 4:12.50 | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hayley Tullett | 1500 m | 4:07.27 | 7 q | — | — | 4:08.92 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jo Pavey | 5000 m | 14:55.45 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 14:57.87 | 5 |
| Kathy Butler | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31:41.13 | 12 |
| Paula Radcliffe | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Sarah Claxton | 100 m hurdles | 13.14 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tracey Morris | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:41:00 | 29 |
| Paula Radcliffe | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Liz Yelling | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:40:13 | 25 |
| Donna Fraser Helen Karagounis* Lee McConnell Catherine Murphy Christine Ohuruogu | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.99 | 4 q | — | — | — | — | 3:25.12 | 4 |
* Competed only in heats

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jade Johnson | Long jump | 6.71 | 6 Q | 6.80 | 6 |
| Shelley Newman | Discus throw | 56.04 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Philippa Roles | Discus throw | 58.83 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Goldie Sayers | Javelin throw | 59.11 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lorraine Shaw | Hammer throw | 64.79 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shirley Webb | Hammer throw | 61.60 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Denise Lewis | Result | 13.40 | 1.73 | 15.33 | 25.42 | 5.89 | DNS | — | DNF | DNF |
| Denise Lewis | Points | 1065 | 891 | 883 | 849 | 816 | 0 | — | DNF | DNF |
| Kelly Sotherton | Result | 13.44 | 1.85 | 13.29 | 23.57 | 6.51 | 37.19 | 2:12.27 | 6424 | |
| Kelly Sotherton | Points | 1059 | 1041 | 747 | 1022 | 1010 | 613 | 932 | 6424 | |

## Badminton
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Richard Vaughan | Singles | Vasconcelos (POR) W 15–5, 15–5 | Shon S-M (KOR) L 9–15, 4–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson | Doubles | Ngernsrisuk / Prapakamol (THA) W 15–5, 15–9 | Hian / Limpele (INA) L 7–15, 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Tracey Hallam | Singles | Schenk (GER) W 11–7, 6–11, 11–9 | Martin (DEN) W 11–2, 5–11, 13–10 | Audina (NED) L 0–11, 9–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kelly Morgan | Singles | Permana (AUS) W 11–5, 11–3 | Zhang N (CHN) L 6–11, 8–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gail Emms Donna Kellogg | Doubles | Koon W C / Li W M (HKG) W 15–4, 15–4 | Wei Yl / Zhao Tt (CHN) L 15–13, 7–15, 5–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ella Tripp Joanne Wright | Doubles | Boteva / Nedelcheva (BUL) W 17–15, 17–14 | Audina / Bruil (NED) L 7–15, 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Robert Blair Natalie Munt | Doubles | Ohtsuka / Yamamoto (JPN) W 13–15, 15–7, 15–13 | Marissa / Widianto (INA) L 8–15, 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gail Emms Nathan Robertson | Doubles | Bye | Pitro / Siegemund (GER) W 15–11, 15–4 | Chen Qq / Zhao Tt (CHN) W 15–8, 17–15 | Olsen / Rasmussen (DEN) W 15–6, 15–12 | Gao / Zhang (CHN) L 1–15, 15–12, 12–15 | |

## Boxing

Great Britain sent only one boxer to Athens, the 17-year-old Amir Khan. Khan tore through his first four fights, including two that the referees had to stop prematurely. His loss in the final to the defending Olympic champion and three-time world champion gave Khan a 4–1 record and a silver medal; many hoped he would compete the 2008 Summer Olympics but in the event he decided to turn professional later in 2004.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Amir Khan | Lightweight | Kaperonis (GRE) W RSC | Stilianov (BUL) W 37–21 | Baik J-S (KOR) W RSC | Yeleuov (KAZ) W 40–26 | Kindelán (CUB) L 22–30 | |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Stuart McIntosh | Men's C-1 | 99.87 | 3 | 102.87 | 7 | 202.74 | 5 Q | 100.08 | 7 Q | 111.11 | 8 | 211.19 | 8 |
| Stuart Bowman Nick Smith | Men's C-2 | 102.25 | 2 | 111.16 | 6 | 213.41 | 2 Q | 114.02 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Campbell Walsh | Men's K-1 | 91.25 | 1 | 97.73 | 12 | 188.98 | 2 Q | 93.68 | 1 Q | 96.49 | 3 | 190.17 | |
| Helen Reeves | Women's K-1 | 110.12 | 5 | 103.51 | 1 | 213.63 | 3 Q | 108.90 | 5 Q | 109.87 | 4 | 218.77 | |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tim Brabants | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:24.412 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | 3:30.552 | 5 |
| Ian Wynne | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:37.341 | 1 q | 1:38.911 | 1 Q | 1:38.547 | |
| Paul Darby-Dowman Ian Wynne | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:10.819 | 2 Q | Bye | Bye | 3:20.848 | 7 |
| Lucy Hardy | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:54.518 | 4 q | 1:56.432 | 3 Q | 1:53.717 | 7 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

## Cycling
### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Stuart Dangerfield | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Stuart Dangerfield | Time trial | 1:00:03.72 | 28 |
| Roger Hammond | Road race | 5:41:56 | 7 |
| Charly Wegelius | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Julian Winn | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Nicole Cooke | Road race | 3:25:03 | 5 |
| Nicole Cooke | Time trial | 33:45.22 | 19 |
| Rachel Heal | Road race | 3:25:42 | 22 |
| Sara Symington | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Ross Edgar | Men's sprint | 10.381 69.357 | 3 | Forde (BAR) W 10.768 66.864 | Bye | Zieliński (POL) L | Ng (MAS) Eadie (AUS) W 10.906 66.018 | Bos (NED) L, L | Did not advance | 5th place final Forde (BAR) Zieliński (POL) Bourgain (FRA) W 11.214 | 5 |
| Victoria Pendleton | Women's sprint | 11.646 61.823 | 10 | Abassova (RUS) L | Meinke (GER) Hijgenaar (NED) L | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place final Reed (USA) Hijgenaar (NED) Radanova (BUL) W 12.699 | 9 |
| Chris Hoy Craig MacLean Jamie Staff | Men's team sprint | 44.693 60.412 | 7 Q | Germany (GER) L 44.075 61.259 | — | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 5 |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Rob Hayles | Men's individual pursuit | 4:17.930 | 4 Q | Dyudya (UKR) 4:19.559 | 3 Q | Escobar (ESP) 4:22.291 | 4 |
| Bradley Wiggins | Men's individual pursuit | 4:15.165 | 1 Q | Sanchez (FRA) 4:17.215 | 1 Q | McGee (AUS) 4:16.304 | |
| Emma Davies | Women's individual pursuit | 3:35.609 | 7 Q | Mactier (AUS) LAP | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins | Men's team pursuit | 4:03.985 | 2 Q | France (FRA) 3:59.866 | 2 Q | Australia (AUS) 4:01.760 | |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Chris Hoy | Men's time trial | 1:00.711 OR | |
| Craig MacLean | Men's time trial | 1:02.369 | 7 |
| Victoria Pendleton | Women's time trial | 34.626 | 6 |

#### Keirin

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Ross Edgar | Men's keirin | 5 R | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jamie Staff | Men's keirin | 3 R | 1 Q | REL | 12 |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Emma Davies | Women's points race | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Rob Hayles Bradley Wiggins | Men's madison | 12 | 0 | |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Oli Beckingsale | Men's cross-country | 2:23:15 | 17 |
| Liam Killeen | Men's cross-country | 2:18:32 | 5 |

## Diving

British divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. Three British synchronised diving teams qualified through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Tony Ally | 3 m springboard | 401.52 | 16 Q | 617.13 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mark Shipman | 3 m springboard | 396.90 | 18 Q | 599.88 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leon Taylor | 10 m platform | 433.38 | 11 Q | 628.47 | 9 Q | 663.12 | 6 |
| Peter Waterfield | 10 m platform | 474.03 | 4 Q | 654.54 | 6 Q | 669.24 | 5 |
| Tony Ally Mark Shipman | 3 m synchronised springboard | — | — | — | — | 334.98 | 5 |
| Leon Taylor Peter Waterfield | 10m synchronised platform | — | — | — | — | 371.52 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Tracey Richardson | 3 m springboard | 209.34 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jane Smith | 3 m springboard | 282.90 | 14 Q | 483.75 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tandi Gerrard Jane Smith | 3 m synchronised springboard | — | — | — | — | 302.25 | 4 |

## Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five British pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.

### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Richard Davison | Ballaseyr Royale | Individual | 68.542 | 21 Q | 66.160 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carl Hester | Escapado | Individual | 70.667 | =12 Q | 72.440 | 9 Q | 71.575 | 14 | 71.561 | 13 |
| Emma Hindle | Wie Weltmeyer | Individual | 67.500 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicola McGivern | Active Walero | Individual | 66.458 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Davison Carl Hester Emma Hindle Nicola McGivern | See above | Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68.903 | 7 |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Jeanette Brakewell | Over To You | Individual | 49.80 # | 28 | 4.00 # | 53.80 # | 23 | 4.00 | 57.80 # | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 57.80 | 18 |
| William Fox-Pitt | Tamarillo | Individual | 38.60 | 6 | 0.00 | 38.60 | 5 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pippa Funnell | Primmore's Pride | Individual | 31.40 | 2 | 11.20 # | 42.60 | 8 | 0.00 | 42.60 | 3 Q | 4.00 | 46.60 | 3 | 46.60 | |
| Mary King | King Solomon III | Individual | 48.00 # | =24 | 0.00 | 48.00 # | 18 | 8.00 # | 56.00 | 16 Q | 18.00 | 74.00 | 20 | 74.00 | 20 |
| Leslie Law | Shear l'Eau | Individual | 43.20 | 10 | 1.20 | 44.40 | 11 | 0.00 | 44.40 | 4 Q | 0.00 | 44.40 | |
| Jeanette Brakewell William Fox-Pitt Pippa Funnell Mary King Leslie Law | See above | Team | 113.20 | 1 | 1.20 | 125.60 | =3 | 4.00 | 143.00 | 2 | — | — | — | 143.00 | |
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Nick Skelton | Arko III | Individual | 1 | =11 | 5 | 6 | =13 Q | 0 | 6 | 4 Q | 0 | =1 Q | 13 | 13 | =11 | 13 | =11 |
| Robert Smith | Mr Springfield | Individual | 4 | =19 | 8 | 12 | =28 Q | 9 | 21 | =33 Q | 8 | =12 Q | 4 | 12 | =5 | 12 | =4 |

## Fencing

Two British fencers qualified for the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Richard Kruse | Individual foil | Bye | Wang Hb (CHN) W 15–11 | Kellner (USA) W 15–14 | Cassarà (ITA) L 8–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Louise Bond-Williams | Individual sabre | König (GER) W 15–13 | Nechaeva (RUS) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the British roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Jason Lee
* Simon Mason (GK)
* Jimi Lewis (GK)
* Rob Moore
* Craig Parnham
* Niall Stott
* Tom Bertram
* Mark Pearn
* Jimmy Wallis
* Brett Garrard
* Ben Hawes
* Danny Hall
* Mike Johnson
* Guy Fordham
* Barry Middleton
* Graham Dunlop
* Graham Moodie

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 8 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 3 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
* 15 August 2004 20:00
| Great Britain | 3–1 | Egypt |
| Middleton 18' Fordham 53' Hawes 59' | Report | S. Mohamed 37' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Satinder Kumar (IND)
* 17 August 2004 08:30
| South Korea | 3–2 | Great Britain |
| Lee Jung-Seon 15', 68' Yeo Woon-Kon 47' | Report | Hall 45' Stott 52' |
* Umpires: Pedro Teixeira (POR) John Wright (RSA)
* 19 August 2004 18:30
| Great Britain | 1–5 | Spain |
| Middleton 57' | Report | Amat 7', 38' Freixa 32', 35' Ribas 61' |
* Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 21 August 2004 20:30
| Germany | 4–1 | Great Britain |
| Zeller 21', 39' Witthaus 38' Scharowsky 52' | Report | Moodie 60' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Sumesh Putra (CAN)
* 23 August 2004 18:00
| Pakistan | 8–2 | Great Britain |
| Abbas 9', 39' Ali 35+' Nadeem 37' Butt 55', 68' Abbasi 59' Shabbir 60' | Report | Stott 5' Hall 65' |
* Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

#### 9th–12th place Semi-final

* 25 August 2004 11:00
| Great Britain | 4–1 | Argentina |
| Moore 24' Bertram 35+' Hall 38' Pearn 67' | Report | Retegui 64' |
* Umpires: Jason McCracken (NZL) Christian Blasch (GER)

#### 9th–10th place Final

* 27 August 2004 11:30
| South Africa | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Great Britain |
| Nicol 45' | Report | Fordham 43' |
| Penalties |||
| Symons Clark Nicol Denne Fulton | 3–4 | Hawes Moodie Stott Garrard Hall |
* Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Amarjit Singh (MAS)

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Cherrelle Fennell | Team | 9.225 | 9.087 | — | 9.012 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vanessa Hobbs | Team | 9.237 | 8.437 | 8.937 | 9.087 | 35.698 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katy Lennon | Team | 9.237 | 8.850 | 9.025 | 9.125 | 36.237 | 28 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elizabeth Line | Team | — | — | 8.950 | — | — | — | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Beth Tweddle | Team | 9.012 | 9.575 | 9.025 | 9.300 | 36.912 | 19 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicola Willis | Team | 9.025 | 8.937 | 7.625 | 9.175 | 34.762 | 53 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Total | Team | 36.724 | 36.449 | 35.937 | 36.687 | 145.797 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Katy Lennon | All-around | 9.262 | 8.987 | 8.200 | 8.925 | 35.374 | 21 |
| Beth Tweddle | All-around | 8.987 | 9.562 | 7.800 | 9.412 | 35.761 | 19 |

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Hannah McKibbin | Individual | 20.675 | 20.800 | 19.600 | 21.225 | 82.300 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Trampoline

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Gary Smith | Men's | 67.20 | 7 Q | 40.00 | 7 |
| Kirsten Lawton | Women's | 60.20 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Eight British judoka (two men and six women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Craig Fallon | −60 kg | Fernandis (AUS) W 1000–0000 | Zintiridis (GRE) L 0110–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Winston Gordon | −90 kg | Kelly (AUS) W 1100–0000 | Geraldino (DOM) W 1000–0001 | Honorato (BRA) W 0012–0010 | Zviadauri (GEO) L 0020–1000 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Huizinga (NED) L 0000–1001 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Georgina Singleton | −52 kg | Hukuda (BRA) W 1001–0000 | Velázquez (VEN) W 0010–0000 | Yokosawa (JPN) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Bye | Ri S-S (PRK) W 0011–0010 | Heylen (BEL) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sophie Cox | −57 kg | Nasaudrodro (FIJ) W 1010–0000 | Boukouvala (GRE) W 0001–0000 | Kye S-H (PRK) L 0010–1010 | Did not advance | Bye | Yukhareva (RUS) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Clark | −63 kg | Bye | Heill (AUT) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Rousey (USA) L 0001–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kate Howey | −70 kg | Salayeva (TKM) W 1011–0000 | Roberge (CAN) L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachel Wilding | −78 kg | Bye | San Miguel (ESP) W 1011–0011 | Matrosova (UKR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Bye | Lee S-Y (KOR) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karina Bryant | +78 kg | Beltrán (CUB) L 0010–0030 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bvegadzi (CGO) W 1003–0000 | Blanco (VEN) L 0020–0111 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Two British athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | MP Points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Kate Allenby | Women's | 169 | 19 | 964 | 21–10 | =2 | 972 | 2:17.41 | 5 | 1272 | 196 | 25 | 1004 | 11:14.00 | 14 | 1024 | 5236 | 8 |
| Georgina Harland | Women's | 156 | 30 | 808 | 16–15 | =12 | 832 | 2:14.60 | 2 | 1308 | 56 | 6 | 1144 | 10:17.31 | 1 | 1252 | 5344 | |

## Rowing

British rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ian Lawson | Single sculls | 7:24.01 | 2 R | 6:56.55 | 1 SA/B/C | 6:57.55 | 3 FB | 6:57.63 | 10 |
| Rick Dunn Toby Garbett | Pair | 6:58.95 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:25.06 | 4 FB | 6:22.04 | 7 |
| Matt Langridge Matthew Wells | Double sculls | 6:48.13 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:13.71 | 4 FB | 6:14.40 | 8 |
| Ed Coode James Cracknell Matthew Pinsent Steve Williams | Four | 6:20.85 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 5:50.44 | 1 FA | 6:06.98 | |
| Alan Campbell Simon Cottle Peter Gardner Peter Wells | Quadruple sculls | 5:54.69 | 4 R | 5:48.65 | 3 SA/B | 5:48.52 | 6 FB | 6:07.87 | 12 |
| Nick English Mike Hennessy Mark Hunter Tim Male | Lightweight four | 6:05.57 | 4 R | 5:58.80 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robin Bourne-Taylor Christian Cormack (cox) Jonno Devlin Dan Ouseley Phil Simmons Tom Stallard Andrew Triggs Hodge Josh West Kieran West | Eight | 5:32.26 | 4 R | 5:34.37 | 3 FB | — | — | 5:53.31 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Cath Bishop Katherine Grainger | Pair | 7:34.66 | 2 R | 7:06.75 | 1 FA | — | — | 7:08.66 | |
| Elise Laverick Sarah Winckless | Double sculls | 7:29.75 | 2 R | 6:55.44 | 1 FA | — | — | 7:07.58 | |
| Helen Casey Tracy Langlands | Lightweight double sculls | 6:59.19 | 4 R | 6:59.63 | 2 SA/B | 6:59.23 | 5 FB | 7:29.12 | 9 |
| Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Alison Mowbray Rebecca Romero | Quadruple sculls | 6:15.60 | 2 FA | Bye | Bye | — | — | 6:31.26 | |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

## Sailing

British sailors qualified one boat for each of the following events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Nick Dempsey | Mistral | 2 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 53 | |
| Ben Ainslie | Finn | 9 | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 38 | |
| Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers | 470 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 74 | |
| Steve Mitchell Iain Percy | Star | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 73 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Natasha Sturges | Mistral | 16 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 103 | 9 |
| Laura Baldwin | Europe | 21 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 178 | 23 |
| Christina Bassadone Katherine Hopson | 470 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | RAF | 2 | 16 | 7 | 91 | 7 |
| Sarah Ayton Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb | Yngling | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | DNS | 39 | |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Paul Goodison | Laser | 13 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 81 | 4 |
| Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks | 49er | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 77 | |
| Mark Bulkeley Leigh McMillan | Tornado | 8 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 112 | 13 |
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

## Shooting

Six British shooters (five men and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Michael Babb | 50 m rifle prone | 595 | 6 Q | 696.8 | 7 |
| Richard Brickell | Skeet | 115 | =34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Faulds | Double trap | 130 | =13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edward Ling | Trap | 113 | =25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ian Peel | Trap | 116 | =19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sarah Gibbins | Trap | 58 | =9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

British swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): All British swimmers must qualify by finishing in the top two of the Olympic trials having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by British Swimming in the relevant final (that time being the fastest time of the sixteenth fastest swimmer internationally in that event in 2003).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Simon Burnett | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.68 | 6 Q | 1:47.72 | 6 Q | 1:48.02 | 7 |
| Chris Cook | 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.68 | 16 Q | 2:15.91 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Todd Cooper | 100 m butterfly | 53.48 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Davies | 1500 m freestyle | 14:57.03 | 1 Q | — | — | 14:45.95 NR | |
| Ian Edmond | 200 m breaststroke | 2:13.08 | 7 Q | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adam Faulkner | 400 m freestyle | 3:51.97 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robin Francis | 200 m individual medley | 2:01.57 | 12 Q | 2:02.06 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robin Francis | 400 m individual medley | 4:18.34 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| James Goddard | 200 m backstroke | 1:57.96 | 2 Q | 1:57.25 | 2 Q | 1:57.76 | 4 |
| James Gibson | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.99 | 5 Q | 1:01.07 | =4 Q | 1:01.36 | 6 |
| James Hickman | 100 m butterfly | 52.91 | 12 Q | 53.10 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matthew Kidd | 100 m freestyle | 49.97 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darren Mew | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.89 | 4 Q | 1:00.83 | 3 Q | 1:01.66 | 7 |
| Stephen Parry | 200 m butterfly | 1:58.88 | 16 Q | 1:55.57 | 1 Q | 1:55.52 | |
| Graeme Smith | 400 m freestyle | 3:52.41 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Graeme Smith | 1500 m freestyle | 15:07.45 | 7 Q | — | — | 15:09.71 | 6 |
| Graeme Smith | 400 m individual medley | 4:23.53 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gregor Tait | 100 m backstroke | 55.77 | 14 Q | 55.31 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gregor Tait | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.35 | 5 Q | 1:58.75 | 5 Q | 1:59.28 | 7 |
| Adrian Turner | 200 m individual medley | 2:01.73 | 13 Q | 2:03.85 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simon Burnett David Carry* Ross Davenport Gavin Meadows David O'Brien | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:17.41 | 4 Q | — | — | 7:12.60 | 4 |
| James Gibson James Hickman Matthew Kidd Gregor Tait | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:36.94 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:38.21 | 8 |
* Competed only in heats

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kirsty Balfour | 200 m breaststroke | 2:29.78 | 11 Q | 2:28.92 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rebecca Cooke | 400 m freestyle | 4:08.18 | 5 Q | — | — | 4:11.35 | 8 |
| Rebecca Cooke | 800 m freestyle | 8:28.47 | 2 Q | — | — | 8:29.37 | 6 |
| Joanne Jackson | 400 m freestyle | 4:14.89 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgina Lee | 100 m butterfly | 1:00.45 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgina Lee | 200 m butterfly | 2:10.99 | 6 Q | 2:10.93 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karen Lee | 200 m backstroke | 2:16.10 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melanie Marshall | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.46 | 10 Q | 2:01.06 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Price | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.17 | 14 Q | 1:02.48 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katy Sexton | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.01 | 12 Q | 1:01.96 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katy Sexton | 200 m backstroke | 2:13.25 | 8 Q | 2:12.62 | 8 Q | 2:12.11 | 7 |
| Alison Sheppard | 50 m freestyle | 25.36 | 8 Q | 25.36 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lisa Chapman Kathryn Evans Melanie Marshall Karen Pickering Alison Sheppard* | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:41.96 | 6 Q | — | — | 3:40.82 | 6 |
| Joanne Jackson* Georgina Lee Caitlin McClatchey Melanie Marshall Karen Pickering | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:01.77 | 2 Q | — | — | 7:59.11 | 5 |
| Kirsty Balfour Kathryn Evans Georgina Lee Melanie Marshall* Sarah Price* Katy Sexton | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:05.63 | 4 Q | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
* Competed only in heats

## Taekwondo

Four British taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Paul Green | Men's −58 kg | Rahadhani (INA) W 6–5 | Nguyen (VIE) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Craig Brown | Men's −80 kg | Trenton (AUS) L 6–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Bainbridge | Women's −67 kg | Sobers (NED) L 6–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sarah Stevenson | Women's +67 kg | Carmona (VEN) L 8–8 SUP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Great Britain had only a single tennis player that qualified automatically through their world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Tim Henman | Men's singles | Novák (CZE) L 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Six British triathletes qualified for the following events.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Tim Don | Men's | 18:07 | 0:18 | 1:01:40 | 0:20 | 34:55 | 1:54:42.13 | 18 |
| Marc Jenkins | Men's | 18:15 | 0:22 | 1:08:51 | 0:24 | 38:27 | 2:05:33.60 | 45 |
| Andrew Johns | Men's | 18:11 | 0:20 | 1:00:53 | 0:20 | 35:11 | 1:54:15.87 | 16 |
| Julie Dibens | Women's | 19:21 | 0:20 | 1:11:08 | 0:26 | 41:17 | 2:11:46.01 | 30 |
| Michelle Dillon | Women's | 20:37 | 0:21 | 1:09:50 | 0:25 | 35:33 | 2:06:00.77 | 6 |
| Jodie Swallow | Women's | 18:58 | 0:20 | 1:14:05 | 0:26 | 42:03 | 2:15:06.78 | 34 |

## Weightlifting

Two British weightlifters qualified for the following events:
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Kamran Panjavi | Men's −62 kg | 105.0 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Michaela Breeze | Women's −58 kg | 92.5 | 10 | 120 | =7 | 212.5 | 9 |

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nate Ackerman | −74 kg | Gevorgyan (ARM) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Laliyev (KAZ) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |

## Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in the UK are held by the BBC, under the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events. 2004 marked the first year that digital television and webcasts were used to cover an Olympic Games. The digital television service allowed up to five streamed channels covering the games, allowing more extensive coverage of minor sports, whilst the BBC's website permitted UK broadband users to view live streams from a variety of events, and other countries to view delayed highlights. Live broadcasts were run throughout the day, with a highlights program on BBC1 following the close of the day's events.
The BBC's coverage was anchored (at various times of the day) by Craig Doyle, Clare Balding, Suzi Perry, Sue Barker, Steve Rider, Hazel Irvine and Steve Cram. Expert analysts and commentators included Sharron Davies, Jonathan Edwards, Sally Gunnell, Michael Johnson, Colin Jackson, and Steve Redgrave.
Eurosport also ran coverage of the Games viewable in the UK – in accordance with the ITC Code, it can show live events, provided that such events can also be broadcast by the BBC (although the BBC can choose not to do so).
Radio coverage was provided by BBC Radio Five Live and IRN, and the events were also covered by the sports pages of the major newspapers.