Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 337 competitors, 229 men and 108 women, took part in 190 events in 20 sports.
The British team won a total of 37 medals, including five golds, this was Britain's largest total medal haul since 1920, and would not be surpassed until 2008, however this was due in large part to the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Olympics, which meant that Eastern Bloc competitors were not present. Great Britain sent a reserve team to the Soviet organised Friendship Games, dubbed the "alternative Olympics" the same year.
Medallists
Archery
In the fourth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, three men and three women represented the country. The women's scores were separated by only 10 points, as the three placed consecutively in the final ranking.
Women's Individual Competition:
Eileen Robinson - 2408 points (→ 29th place)
Angela Goodall - 2401 points (→ 30th place)
Susan Wilcox - 2398 points (→ 31st place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Steven Hallard - 2473 points (→ 21st place)
Peter Gillam - 2435 points (→ 30th place)
Richard Priestman - 2339 points (→ 48th place)
Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 100 metres
Mike McFarlane
Final — 10.27 (→ 5th place)
Donovan Reid
Final — 10.32 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 metres
Ade Mafe
Heat — 21.02
Quarterfinals — 20.55
Semifinals — 20.54
Final — 20.98 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400 metres
Kriss Akabusi
Heat — 45.64
Quarterfinals — 45.43
Semifinals — 45.69 (→ did not advance)
Philip Brown
Heat — 46.26
Quarterfinals — 46.63 (→ did not advance)
Todd Bennett
Heat — 46.09
Quarterfinals — 45.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Tim Hutchings
Heat — 13:46.01
Semifinals — 13:28.60
Final — 13:11.50 (→ 4th place)
Eamonn Martin
Heat — 13:46.16
Semifinals — 13:41.70
Final — 13:53.34 (→ 13th place)
David Moorcroft
Heat — 13:51.40
Semifinals — 13:28.44
Final — 14:16.61 (→ 14th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
Mike McLeod
Qualifying Heat — 28:24.92
Final — 28:06.22 (→ Silver Medal)
Steve Jones
Qualifying Heat — 28:15.22
Final — 28:28.08 (→ 8th place)
Nick Rose
Qualifying Heat — 28:31.13
Final — 28:31.73 (→ 12th place)
Men's Marathon
Charlie Spedding
Final — 2:09:58 (→ Bronze Medal)
Hugh Jones
Final — 2:13:57 (→ 12th place)
Geoff Smith
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Geoff Parsons
Qualification — 2.21 m (→ did not advance)
Mark Naylor
Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump
Keith Connor
Final — 16.87 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Eric McCalla
Final — 16.66 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
David Ottley
Qualification — 85.68 m
Final — 85.74 m (→ Silver Medal)
Roald Bradstock
Qualification — 83.06 m
Final — 81.22 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Robert Weir
Qualification — 73.04 m
Final — 72.62 m (→ 8th place)
Martin Girvan
Qualification — 72.66 m
Final — 72.32 m (→ 9th place)
Matthew Mileham
Qualification — 71.80 m
Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Pole Vault
Jeff Gutteridge
Qualifying Round — 5.30 m
Final — 5.10 m (→ 11th place)
Keith Stock
Qualifying Round — 5.20 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Daley Thompson
Final Result — 8797 points (→ Gold Medal)
Brad McStravick
Final Result — 7890 points (→ 11th place)
Colin Boreham
Final Result — 7485 points (→ 20th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Philip Vesty
Final — 1:27:28 (→ 13th place)
Ian McCombie
Final — 1:28:53 (→ 19th place)
Steve Barry
Final — 1:30:46 (→ 24th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Chris Maddocks
Final — 4:26:33 (→ 16th place)
Women's Competition
Women's 1,500 metres
Christine Benning
Heat — 4:10.48
Final — 4:04.70 (→ 5th place)
Christina Boxer
Heat — 4:07.40
Final — 4:05.53 (→ 6th place)
Lynne MacDougall
Heat — 4:09.08
Final — 4:10.58 (→ 11th place)
Women's 3,000 metres
Wendy Sly
Heat — 8:58.66
Final — 8:39.47 (→ Silver Medal)
Zola Budd
Heat — 8:44.62
Final — 8:48.80 (→ 7th place)
Jane Furniss
Heat — 8:44.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Priscilla Welch
Final — 2:28:54 (→ 6th place)
Joyce Smith
Final — 2:32:48 (→ 11th place)
Sarah Rowell
Final — 2:34:08 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400 m Hurdles
Susan Morley
Heat — 58.71
Semifinal — 56.67 (→ did not advance)
Gladys Taylor
Heat — 57.64
Semifinal — 56.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Diana Elliott
Qualification — 1.90 m
Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
Judy Simpson
Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's Long Jump
Sue Hearnshaw
Qualification — 6.64 m
Final — 6.80 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Discus Throw
Meg Ritchie
Qualification — 56.00 m
Final — 62.58 m (→ 5th place)
Venissa Head
Qualification — 55.24 m
Final — 58.18 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Shot Put
Judy Oakes
Final — 18.14 m (→ 4th place)
Venissa Head
Final — 17.90 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Tessa Sanderson
Qualification — 61.58 m
Final — 69.56 m (→ Gold Medal)
Fatima Whitbread
Qualification — 65.30 m
Final — 67.14 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Sharon Gibson
Qualification — 60.88 m
Final — 59.66 m (→ 9th place)
Women's Heptathlon
Judy Simpson
Final Result — 6280 points (→ 5th place)
Kim Hagger
Final Result — 6127 points (→ 8th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
John Lyon
First Round — Defeated Alego Akomi (SUD), 5:0
Second Round — Defeated Yehuda Ben Haim (ISR), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Lost to Paul Gonzales (USA), 1:4
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
John Hyland
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Moon Sung-Kil (South Korea), retired in third round
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Douglas Young
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Lost to Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), KO-2
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Robert Wells → Bronze Medal
First Round – Bye
Quarterfinals – Defeated Viliami Pulu (TNG), KO-1
Semifinals – Lost to Francesco Damiani (ITA), RSC-3
Canoeing
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Mark Bell — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Neil Martin — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Peter Sanders — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Darryl Webster — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Steven Poulter
Keith Reynolds
Peter Sanders
Darryl Webster
Sprint
Mark Barry
1000m time trial
Mark Barry
Individual pursuit
Shaun Wallace
Steve Bent
Team pursuit
Steve Bent
Paul Curran
Mark Noble
Adrian Timmis
Points race
Shaun Wallace
Paul Curran
Women's individual road race
Catherine Swinnerton — 2:13:28 (→ 13th place)
Linda Gornall — 2:13:28 (→ 17th place)
Maria Blower — 2:22:03 (→ 29th place)
Muriel Sharp — 2:22:03 (→ 30th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Christopher Snode
Preliminary Round — 592.68
Final — 609.51 (→ 5th place)
Nigel Stanton
Preliminary Round — 521.61 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1984.
Men's foil
Bill Gosbee
Pierre Harper
Nick Bell
Men's team foil
Bill Gosbee, Pierre Harper, Nick Bell, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul
Men's épée
Steven Paul
John Llewellyn
Jonathan Stanbury
Men's team épée
Ralph Johnson, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Steven Paul, Jonathan Stanbury
Men's sabre
Mark Slade
Richard Cohen
John Zarno
Men's team sabre
Richard Cohen, Paul Klenerman, Jim Philbin, Mark Slade, John Zarno
Women's foil
Linda Ann Martin
Liz Thurley
Fiona McIntosh
Women's team foil
Ann Brannon, Linda Ann Martin, Fiona McIntosh, Liz Thurley, Katie Arup
Field hockey
Men's team competition
Preliminary round (group B)
Great Britain – Kenya 2-1
Great Britain – Canada 3-1
Great Britain – New Zealand 1-0
Great Britain – Netherlands 4-3
Great Britain – Pakistan 0-0
Semi Finals
Great Britain – West Germany 0-1
Bronze Medal Game
Great Britain – Australia 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)
Team roster
(1.) Ian Taylor (gk)
(2.) Veryan Pappin (gk)
(3.) Stephen Martin
(4.) Paul Barber
(5.) Robert Cattrall
(6.) Jon Potter
(7.) Richard Dodds
(8.) Billy McConnell
(9.) Norman Hughes
(10.) David Westcott (c)
(11.) Richard Leman
(12.) Stephen Batchelor
(13.) Sean Kerly
(14.) James Duthie
(15.) Kulbir Bhaura
(16.) Mark Precious
Head coach: David Whitaker
Gymnastics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.
Individual
Richard Phelps
Michael Mumford
Stephen Sowerby
Team
Richard Phelps
Michael Mumford
Stephen Sowerby
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Men's coxless pair
John Beattie, Richard Stanhope
(→ 12th place)
Men's coxed pair
Adrian Genziani, Bill Lang, Alan Inns
(→ 8th place)
Men's coxless four
Jonathan Clift, John Garrett, Martin Knight, John Bland
(→ 9th place)
Men's coxed four
Richard Budgett, Martin Cross, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison
(→ Gold)Men's eight
Clive Roberts, Adam Clift, Salih Hassan, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, John Pritchard, Allan Whitwell, Colin Moynihan
(→ 5th place)Women's single scull Beryl Mitchell
(→ 6th place)Women's double scull
Sally Bloomfield, Nonie Ray
(→ 8th place)Women's coxless pair
Kate Panter, Ruth Howe
(→ 6th place)Women's coxed four Tessa Millar, Jean Genchi, Joanna Toch, Katie Ball, Kathy Talbot
(→ 7th place)Women's eight
Astrid Ayling, Ann Callaway, Alexa Forbes, Gillian Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Belinda Holmes, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Kate McNicol, Sue Bailey
(→ 5th place)
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's CompetitionMen's 100 m Freestyle
David Lowe
Heat — 51.68
B-Final — 51.48 (→ 11th place)
Paul Easter
Heat — 51.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Men's 200 m FreestylePaul Easter
Heat — 1:51.80
B-Final — 1:51.70 (→ 9th place)
Andrew Astbury
Heat — 1:52.01
B-Final — 1:53.02 (→ 15th place)Men's 400 m Freestyle
Andrew Astbury
Heat — 3:58.41
B-Final — 3:58.14 (→ 14th place)
Paul Howe
Heat — 4:04.07 (→ did not advance, 25th place)Men's 1500 m Freestyle
David Stacey
Heat — 15:30.10 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Stuart Willmott
Heat — 15:57.79 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Men's 100 m Backstroke
Neil Harper
Heat — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Ian Collins
Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 28th place)Men's 200 m Backstroke
Neil Cochran
Heat — 2:05.58
B-Final — 2:05.72 (→ 14th place)
Neil Harper
Heat — 2:09.48 (→ did not advance, 24th place)Men's 100 m BreaststrokeAdrian Moorhouse
Heat — 1:04.06
Final — 1:03.25 (→ 4th place)
Iain Cambell
Heat — 1:04.81
B-Final — 1:05.02 (→ 14th place)Men's 200 m BreaststrokeAdrian Moorhouse
Heat — 2:19.83
B-Final — 2:18.83 (→ 9th place)
Iain Cambell
Heat — 2:20.78
B-Final — 2:20.62 (→ 11th place)Men's 100 m ButterflyAndrew Jameson
Heat — 54.49
Final — 54.28 (→ 5th place)
Ian Collins
Heat — 56.41 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Men's 200 m ButterflyNick Hodgson
Heat — 2:01.64
B-Final — 2:01.24 (→ 11th place)
Philip Hubble
Heat — 2:02.76
B-Final — 2:03.06 (→ 16th place)Men's 200 m Individual MedleyNeil Cochran
Heat — 2:05.39
Final — 2:04.38 (→ Bronze Medal)
Robin Brew
Heat — 2:04.13
Final — 2:04.52 (→ 4th place)Men's 400 m Individual MedleyStephen Poulter
Heat — 4:25.38
Final — 4:25.80 (→ 7th place)
Stuart Willmott
Heat — 4:32.90
B-Final — 4:31.10 (→ 15th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
David Lowe, Roland Lee, Paul Easter, and Richard Burrell
Heat — 3:24.59
Final — 3:23.61 (→ 5th place)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and Andrew Astbury
Heat — 7:26.83
Final — 7:24.78 (→ Bronze Medal)Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Neil Harper, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson, and David Lowe
Heat — 3:49.86
Neil Harper, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson, and Richard Burrell
Final — 3:47.39 (→ 6th place)
Women's CompetitionWomen's 100 m Freestyle
June Croft
Heat — 57.12
Final — 57.11 (→ 7th place)
Nicola Fibbens
Heat — 57.80
B-Final — 57.36 (→ 11th place)Women's 200 m Freestyle
June Croft
Heat — 2:01.05
Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
Annabelle Cripps
Heat — 2:04.44
B-Final — 2:04.90 (→ 15th place)Women's 400 m Freestyle
Sarah Hardcastle
Heat — 4:11.55
Final — 4:10.27 (→ Silver Medal)
June Croft
Heat — 4:15.51
Final — 4:11.49 (→ Bronze Medal)Women's 800 m Freestyle
Sarah Hardcastle
Heat — 8:35.87
Final — 8:32.60 (→ Bronze Medal)
Annabelle Cripps
Heat — 8:58.09 (→ did not advance, 14th place)Women's 100 m BackstrokeBeverley Rose
Heat — 1:03.61
Final — 1:04.16 (→ 7th place)
Catherine White
Heat — 1:05.03
B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place)Women's 200 m BackstrokeCatherine White
Heat — 2:18.02
B-Final — 2:17.63 (→ 10th place)
Katherine Read
Heat — 2:18.92
B-Final — 2:18.33 (→ 11th place)Women's 200 m ButterflySamantha Purvis
Heat — 2:11.97
Final — 2.12.33 (→ 5th place)
Ann Osgerby
Heat — 2:16.31
B-Final — 2:19.10 (→ 16th place)Women's 200 m Individual MedleyGaynor Stanley
Heat — 2:24.94
B-Final — 2:21.71 (→ 13th place)
Zara Long
Heat — 2:23.89
B-Final — 2:22.25 (→ 14th place)Women's 400 m Individual MedleyGaynor Stanley
Heat — 4:53.70
Final — 4:52.83 (→ 7th place)
Sarah Hardcastle
Heat — 4:55.78
B-Final — 4:51.55 (→ 9th place)Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Annabelle Cripps, Nicola Fibbens, Debra Gore, and June Croft
Heat — 3:51.47
Final — 3:50.12 (→ 6th place)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay'''
Beverley Rose, Jean Hill, Nicola Fibbens, and June Croft
Heat — 4:16.83
Final — 4:14.05 (→ 4th place)
Synchronized swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984
Summer Olympics