Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. This equalled the number of golds won at the previous three Summer Games but was the lowest total medals achieved since the Montreal Games in 1976. Archer Simon Terry and hurdlers Sally Gunnell and Kriss Akabusi each won two medals. __TOC__

Medallists

The following British athletes won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are emboldened. + Medals by disciplineDisciplineTotalAthletics2046Rowing2002Cycling1001Judo0224Canoeing0101Archery0022Boxing0011Field hockey0011Sailing0011Swimming0011Total531220

Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Cycling Men's individual pursuit , Rowing Men's coxless pair , , Rowing Men's coxed pair Canoeing Men's slalom C-1 Judo Men's 95 kg Judo Women's 56 kg Archery Men's individual , , Archery Men's team Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles , , , (heats), , (heats) Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay Athletics Men's javelin throw , , , Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metres relay Boxing Men's light middleweight Field hockey Women's competition Judo Women's 52 kg Judo Women's 66 kg Swimming Men's 200-metre breaststroke , , Sailing Soling

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 52 39 91Badminton 6 6 12Boxing 10 – 10Canoeing 18 7 25 Cycling 13 3 16Diving 1 3 4Equestrian 8 4 12Fencing 10 5 15Field hockey 15 16 31Gymnastics 6 4 10Judo 7 7 14Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 28 18 46Sailing 13 4 17Shooting 6 1 7Swimming 18 12 30Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 3 3 6Tennis 2 4 6Weightlifting 6 – 6Wrestling 1 – 1 Total 229 142 371

Archery

In the sixth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal and Simon Terry added another individual bronze. Alison Williamson added another top eight finish.

Men

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsBronze medal finalsScoreSeedOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSteven HallardIndividual128523 W 103–98 L 99–104Did not advance13Richard PriestmanIndividual125741Did not advance41Simon TerryIndividual129120 W 105–94 W 104–102 W 108–108 L 102–108 W 109–103Steven Hallard,Richard Priestman,Simon TerryTeam38336N/A W 233–231 W 242–236 L 234–236 W 233–231

Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalsScoreSeedOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJoanne EdensIndividual126436Did not advance36Sylvia HarrisIndividual123046Did not advance46Alison WilliamsonIndividual12238 W 107–100 L 107–108Did not advance8Joanne Edens,Sylvia Harris,Alison WilliamsonTeam38179N/A L 229–239Did not advance13

Athletics

Men

Track

AthleteEventHeatQuarter FinalSemi FinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarcus Adam100 metres10.572 Q10.355did not advanceLinford Christie10.481 Q10.071 Q10.002 Q9.96Marcus Adam200 metres20.621 Q20.431 Q20.634 Q20.808Linford Christie21.232 Q20.523 Q20.385did not advanceJohn Regis20.631 Q20.162 Q20.092 Q20.555Roger Black400 metres45.942 Q45.283 Q44.725did not advanceDavid Grindley45.792 Q44.912 Q44.474 Q44.756Derek Redmond45.031 Q45.021 QDNFdid not advanceSteve Heard800 metres1:46.421 Qcolspan=21:46.196did not advanceTom McKean1:47.85 1 Qcolspan=21:48.774did not advanceCurtis Robb1:46.161 Qcolspan=21:45.251 Q1:45.576Steve Crabb1500 metres3:41.009colspan=2did not advanceKevin McKay3:37.395 Qcolspan=23:40.8010did not advanceMatthew Yates3:38.735 Qcolspan=23:40.5312did not advanceJack Buckner5000 metres13:37.145colspan=4did not advanceRob Denmark13:22.412 Qcolspan=413:27.767Ian Hamer13:40.205colspan=4did not advancePaul Evans10,000 metres28:15.703 Qcolspan=428:29.8311Eamonn Martin29:35.6519colspan=4did not advanceRichard Nerurkar28:24.353 Qcolspan=428:48.4817Colin Jackson110 metres hurdles13.101 Q13.572 Q13.192 Q13.467Tony Jarrett13.311 Q13.432 Q13.293 Q13.264Hugh Teape13.682 Q13.505 q13.604 Q14.008Kriss Akabusi400 metres hurdles48.981 Qcolspan=248.011 Q47.82Max RobertsonDNFcolspan=2did not advanceTom Buckner3000 metres steeplechase8:28.365 Qcolspan=28:32.898did not advanceTom Hanlon8:27.462 Qcolspan=28:26.915 Q8:18.146Colin Walker8:29.343 Qcolspan=28:34.828did not advanceMarcus AdamTony JarrettJohn RegisLinford Christie4 x 100 metres relay38.642 Qcolspan=438.084Roger BlackDavid GrindleyKriss AkabusiJohn RegisDu'aine Ladejo*Mark Richardson*4 x 400 metres relay3:01.202 Qcolspan=42:59.73Steve BraceMarathoncolspan=62:17:4927Paul Davies-Halecolspan=62:21:1533Dave Longcolspan=62:20:5131Chris Maddocks20 kilometres walkcolspan=61:28:4516Andrew Penncolspan=61:31:4023Martin Rushcolspan=61:31:5624Paul Blagg50 kilometres walkcolspan=64:23:1030Les Mortoncolspan=64:09:3421

Field

AthleteEventQualifyingFinalMarkRankMarkRankDalton Granthigh jump2.1529did not advanceBrendan Reilly2.2316did not advanceSteve Smith2.292 Q2.2412Mike Edwardspole vault5.2026did not advanceMark Forsythelong jump7.7122did not advanceFrancis Agyepongtriple jump16.5518did not advanceJonathan Edwards15.7635did not advanceJulian Golley16.1826did not advancePaul Edwardsshot put19.0315did not advanceSimon Williamsdiscus throw53.1228did not advancePaul Headhammer throw69.5823did not advanceSteve Backleyjavelin throw80.762 Q83.38Nigel Bevan72.7813did not advanceMick Hill79.665 Q75.5011

Combined

AthleteEvent100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDPVJ1500mPointsRankDavid BighamDecathlon11.147.2612.561.9447.7314.9437.424.5060.524:27.42775418

Women

Track

AthleteEventHeatQuarter FinalSemi FinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStephi Douglas100 metres11.653 Q11.778did not advanceSimmone Jacobs200 metres23.904 Q23.617did not advanceJennifer Stoute23.152 Q22.734 Q23.016did not advanceSandra Douglas400 metres52.913 Q51.414 Q51.966did not advanceLorraine Hanson52.664 Q53.606did not advancePhylis Smith53.591 Q51.321 Q50.404 Q50.878Lorraine Baker800 metres2:00.504 qcolspan=22:02.177did not advanceDiane Edwards2:00.393 qcolspan=22:04.327did not advancePaula Fryer2:02.725colspan=2did not advanceMaxine Newman1500 metres4:15.168colspan=2did not advanceKirsty Wade4:08.308 Qcolspan=24:11.369did not advanceAnn WilliamsDQcolspan=2did not advanceYvonne Murray3000 metres8:51.162 Qcolspan=48:55.858Alison Wyeth8:43.934 qcolspan=49:00.239Lisa York8:47.714colspan=4did not advanceJill Hunter10,000 metres32:18.344 Qcolspan=431:46.4910Liz McColgan32:07.253 Qcolspan=431:26.115Andrea Wallace34:29.4722colspan=4did not advanceJacqui Agyepong100 metres hurdles13.254 Q13.367did not advanceKay Morley-Brown13.446did not advanceLesley-Ann Skeete13.426did not advanceLouise Fraser400 metres hurdles57.495colspan=2did not advanceSally Gunnell54.981 Qcolspan=253.781 Q53.23Gowry Retchakan55.623 Qcolspan=254.635did not advancePhylis SmithSandra DouglasJennifer StouteSally Gunnell4 x 400 metres relay3:25.202 Qcolspan=43:24.23Sally EastallMarathoncolspan=62:41:2013Sally Elliscolspan=62:54:4127Véronique Marotcolspan=62:42:5516Lisa Langford10 kilometres walkcolspan=651:4435Vicky Luptoncolspan=6DQBetty Sworowskicolspan=650:1432

Field

AthleteEventQualifyingFinalMarkRankMarkRankJo Jenningshigh jump1.8630did not advanceDebbie Marti1.921 Q1.919Oluyinka Idowulong jump6.2923did not advanceFiona MayNMdid not advanceJoanne Wise5.8729did not advanceMyrtle Augeeshot put16.537did not advanceJackie McKernandiscus throw51.9414did not advanceTessa Sandersonjavelin throw60.704 Q63.584

Combined

AthleteEvent100m HHJSP200mLJJ800mPointsRankClova CourtHeptathlon13.481.5813.8523.956.1052.122:31.21599419

Badminton

Men

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDarren HallMen's singlesW 15-6 15-4L 6-15 9-15Did not advanceAnders NielsenL 18-16 12-15 16-17Did not advanceAndy GoodeChris HuntMen's doublesW 15-10 9-15 15-12L 2-15 15-7 4-15Did not advanceNick PontingDave WrightW 15-7 15-9L 3-15 9-15Did not advance

Women

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJoanne MuggeridgeWomen's singlesW 11-5 11-7W 11-7 11-8L 3-11 2-11Did not advanceHelen TrokeL 3-11 1-11Did not advanceJulie BradburyGillian ClarkWomen's doublesW 15-10 4-15 17-15W 18-15 15-5L 5-15 5-15Did not advanceGillian GowersSara SankeyW 15-10 9-15 15-12L 8-15 8-15Did not advance

Boxing

Great Britain's sent 10 boxers to the Games. The squad included Adrian Dodson who had previously competed for Guyana at the 1988 Games under the name Adrian Carew. Four British boxers were knocked out in the first round of competition, two were knocked out in the second round and three lost in the quarter finals. Robin Reid, a 21-year-old bookmaker's cashier nicknamed 'The Grim Reaper', won the only medal, a bronze in the light middleweight division after he was beaten in the semi-final by Orhan Delibaş.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPaul IngleLight flyweightW 9–7L 12–13did not advanceRowan WilliamsFlyweightByeW 11–3L 6–7did not advanceBrian CarrFeatherweightL 10–22did not advanceRobert ClarkeLightweightL RSCHdid not advancePeter RichardsonLight welterweightW 14–3W 21–4L 20–7did not advanceAdrian DodsonWelterweightW RSC-3L 5–6did not advanceRobin ReidLight middleweightW KO-1W 10–3W 20–10L 3–8Did not advanceMark EdwardsMiddleweightL 3–21did not advanceStephen WilsonLight heavyweightByeW 12–3L 0–13did not advancePaul LawsonHeavyweightL 2–10did not advance

Key: KO-x = Knock-out-in round x PTS = Overall jury points RSC = Referee stopped contest RSCH = Referee stopped contest due to head injury

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRankScoreScoreScoreGareth MarriottMen's slalom C-1126.13113.69113.69Chris ArrowsmithPaul BrainMen's slalom C-2174.50211.89174.5017Andrew CloughIain Clough140.56135.82135.8212Richard FoxMen's slalom K-1119.73108.85108.854Melvyn Jones110.40130.70110.407Ian Raspin116.91115.52115.5220Rachel FoxWomen's slalom K-1148.82147.64147.6416Karen Like148.34142.26142.2613Lynn Simpson140.38144.24140.3810

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemi FinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEric JamiesonMen's C-1 500 metres1:54.802 Qcolspan=21:55.903 QDSQAndrew TrainMen's C-1 1000 metres4:07.442 Qcolspan=24:09.944 Q4:12.586Andrew TrainStephen TrainMen's C-2 1000 metres3:40.135 qcolspan=23:46.363did not advanceSimon ParsonsMen's K-1 500 metres1:47.507 R1:46.325did not advanceGraham BurnsMen's K-1 1000 metres3:43.844 R3:38.484did not advanceIvan LawlerGrayson BourneMen's K-2 500 metres1:36.005 R1:33.963 Q1:32.387did not advanceJames BlockReuben BurgessMen's K-2 1000 metres3:24.165 R3:19.783 Q3:23.779did not advanceAlison ThorogoodWomen's K-1 500 metres1:57.634colspan=2did not advanceHilary DresserAndrea DallawayAlison ThorogoodSandra TroopWomen's K-4 500 metres1:40.227 qcolspan=21:41.245did not advance

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Great Britain in 1992. Chris Boardman won gold in the individual pursuit.

Road

Men

AthleteEventTimeRankDavid CookMen's road race4:35.5660Simeon Hempsall4:35.5636Matthew Stephens4:35.5661Gary DightonStephen FarrellMatt IllingworthPeter LongbottomMen's team time trial2:12:1414

Women

AthleteEventTimeRankSally HodgeWomen's road race2:05.0324Louise Jones2:08.1340Marie Purvis2:.14.1045

Track

AthleteEventSemi FinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankSimon LillistoneMen's points race91 Q518