Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Atlanta
Competitors	300 (184 men and 116 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearers	Steve Redgrave (opening) Roger Black (closing)
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 1 Silver 8 Bronze 6 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every single Summer Olympic Games. 300 competitors, 184 men and 116 women, took part in 175 events in 22 sports.^[1] The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952, finishing in 36th position – below nations such as Belgium, Algeria and Kazakhstan^[2] – winning a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall.

The "rock bottom" British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to a period of soul searching about the state of British sport, which the following year led to the creation of UK Sport, a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports,^[2][3] Previously, due to a lack of funding, cyclist Chris Boardman had acclimatised to the humidity of Atlanta by practicing in his home bathroom with the shower turned on,^[4] and divers Bob Morgan and Tony Ally sold their Olympic kits while in Atlanta in order to raise funds.^[2][5] Nevertheless, the single gold medal won by rowers Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave ensured that Great Britain maintained its record of winning at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympics.

Medallists

Medals by sport

Sport				Total
Rowing	1	0	1	2
Athletics	0	4	2	6
Sailing	0	2	0	2
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Tennis	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	2	2
Total	1	8	6	15

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 – Athletics, Men's triple jump
• Paul Palmer – Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Mark Richardson, Iwan Thomas, Mark Hylton (heats) and Du'aine Ladejo (heats) – Athletics, Men's 4 × 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 – Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• Steve Smith – Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Tim Foster, Rupert Obholzer, Greg Searle, and Jonny Searle – Rowing, Men's Coxless Four

Medals by day

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	20 July	0	0	0	0
2	21 July	0	0	0	0
3	22 July	0	1	0	1
4	23 July	0	0	0	0
5	24 July	0	0	0	0
6	25 July	0	0	1	1
7	26 July	0	0	0	0
8	27 July	1	1	1	3
9	28 July	0	0	2	2
10	29 July	0	1	0	1
11	30 July	0	1	0	1
12	31 July	0	1	1	2
13	1 Aug	0	1	0	1
14	2 Aug	0	0	0	0
15	3 Aug	0	2	1	3
16	4 Aug	0	0	0	0
Total		1	8	6	15

Archery

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		R64	R32	R16	Quarter Final	Semi Final	Final	Rank
		Score	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result
Steven Hallard	Men's Individual	664	17 Q	Tuovila (FIN) Lost 150-151	Did not advance
Gary Hardinges		658	24 Q	Cho S-L (TPE) Won 158-158 (10-9)	Huish (USA) Lost 155-166	Did not advance
Alison Williamson	Women's Individual	648	15 Q	Bridger (AUS) Won 156-141	Zabugina (BLR) Won 152-147	He Ying (CHN) Lost 159-165	Did not advance

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Linford Christie
  • Heat - 10.26
  • Quarter-final - 10.03
  • Semi-final - 10.04
  • Final - DSQ

• Ian Mackie
  • Heat - 10.27
  • Quarter-final - 10.25
  • Semi-final - DNS

• Darren Braithwaite
  • Heat - 10.29
  • Quarter-final - 10.27 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Linford Christie
  • Heat - 20.64
  • Quarter-final - 20.59 (→ did not advance)

• John Regis
  • Heat - 20.78
  • Quarter-final - 20.56
  • Semi-final - 20.58 (→ did not advance)

• Owusu Dako
  • Heat - 20.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Roger Black
  • Heat - 45.28
  • Quarter-final - 44.72
  • Semi-final - 44.69
  • Final - 44.41 (→ Silver Medal)

• Iwan Thomas
  • Heat - 45.22
  • Quarter-final - 45.04
  • Semi-final - 45.01
  • Final - 44.70 (→ 5th Place)

• Du'aine Ladejo
  • Heat - 46.27
  • Quarter-final - 45.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Curtis Robb
  • Heat - 1:45.85
  • Semi-Final - 1:47.48 (→ did not advance)

• Craig Winrow
  • Heat - 1:47.41
  • Semi-Final - 1:48.57 (→ did not advance)

• David Maxwell Strang
  • Heat 1:47.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• John Mayock
  • Heat - 3:42.31
  • Semi-final - 3:34.55
  • Final - 3:40.18 (→ 11th Place)

• Kevin McKay
  • Heat - 3:38.02
  • Semi-final - 3:43.61 (→ did not advance)

• Anthony Whiteman
  • Heat - 3:40.74
  • Semi-final - 3:36.11 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• John Nuttall
  • Qualification – 13:52.16
  • Semi-final – 14:08.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Paul Evans
  • Qualification – 28:24.39
  • Final - DNF

• Jon Brown
  • Qualification – 28:19.85
  • Final - 27:59.72 (→ 10th place)

Men's Marathon

• Richard Nerurkar – 2:13.39 (→ 5th place)
• Peter Whitehead – 2:22.37 (→ 55th place)
• Steve Brace – 2:23.28 (→ 60th place)

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