The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain 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.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Medallists
Gold
- Sebastian Coe -- Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
- Daley Thompson -- Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Tessa Sanderson -- Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Richard Budgett, Martin Cross, Adrian Ellison, Andy Holmes, and Steve Redgrave -- Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Malcolm Cooper -- Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Silver
- Sebastian Coe -- Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Steve Cram -- Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
- Mike McLeod -- Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres
- Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown, and Garry Cook -- Athletics, Men's 4×400 metres Relay
- David Ottley -- Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
- Wendy Smith-Sly -- Athletics, Women's 3000 metres
- Shirley Strong -- Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Diana Clapham, Lucinda Green, Virginia Holgate-Leng, and Ian Stark -- Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
- Timothy Grubb, Steven Smith, John Whitaker, and Michael Whitaker -- Equestrian, Jumping Team Competition
- Neil Adams -- Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
- Sarah Hardcastle -- Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
Bronze
- Charlie Spedding -- Athletics, Men's Marathon
- Keith Connor -- Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
- Kathy Smallwood-Cook -- Athletics, Women's 400 metres
- Beverley Goddard-Callender, Heather Hunte, Simmone Jacobs, and Kathy Smallwood-Cook -- Athletics, Women's 4×100 metres Relay
- Susan Hearnshaw -- Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Fatima Whitbread -- Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
- Robert Wells -- Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
- Virginia Holgate-Leng -- Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
- Ian Taylor, Veryan Pappin, Stephen Martin, Paul Barber, Robert Cattrall, Jon Potter, Richard Dodds, Billy McConnell, Norman Hughes, David Westcott, Richard Leman, Stephen Batchelor, Sean Kerly, James Duthie, Kulbir Bhaura, and Mark Precious -- Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
- Neil Eckersley -- Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
- Kerrith Brown -- Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
- Michael Sullivan -- Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
- Alister Allan -- Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
- Barry Dagger -- Shooting, Men's Air Rifle
- Neil Cochran -- Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Andrew Astbury, Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, and Paul Howe -- Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- June Croft -- Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Sarah Hardcastle -- Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- David Mercer -- Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (90 kg)
- Noel Loban -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight (90 kg)
- Peter Allam and Jonathan Richards -- Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
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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 100 metres
- Mike McFarlane
- Donovan Reid
Men's 200 metres
- Ade Mafe
Men's 400 metres
- Kriss Akabusi
- Philip Brown
- Todd Bennett
Men's 5,000 metres
- Tim Hutchings
- Eamonn Martin
- David Moorcroft
Men's 10,000 metres
- Mike McLeod
- Steve Jones
- Nick Rose
Men's Marathon
- Charlie Spedding
- Hugh Jones
- Geoff Smith
Men's High Jump
- Geoff Parsons
- Mark Naylor
Men's Triple Jump
- Keith Connor
- Eric McCalla
Men's Javelin Throw
- David Ottley
- Roald Bradstock
Men's Hammer Throw
- Robert Weir
- Martin Girvan
- Matthew Mileham
Men's Pole Vault
- Jeff Gutteridge
- Keith Stock
Men's Decathlon
- Daley Thompson
- Brad McStravick
- Colin Boreham
Men's 20 km Walk
- Philip Vesty
- Ian McCombie
- Steve Barry
Men's 50 km Walk
- Chris Maddocks
Women's 1,500 metres
- Christine Benning
- Christina Boxer
- Lynne MacDougall
Women's 3,000 metres
- Wendy Sly
- Zola Budd
- Jane Furniss
Women's Marathon
- Priscilla Welch
- Joyce Smith
- Sarah Rowell
Women's 400 m Hurdles
- Susan Morley
- Gladys Taylor
Women's High Jump
- Diana Elliott
- Judy Simpson
Women's Long Jump
- Sue Hearnshaw
Women's Discus Throw
- Meg Ritchie
- Venissa Head
Women's Shot Put
- Judy Oakes
- Venissa Head
Women's Javelin Throw
- Tessa Sanderson
- Fatima Whitbread
- Sharon Gibson
Women's Heptathlon
- Judy Simpson
- Kim Hagger
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 William Pulu (TNG), KO-1
- Semifinals - Lost to Francesco Damiani (ITA), RSC-3
Canoeing
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1984.
- 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)
- Steven Poulter
- Keith Reynolds
- Peter Sanders
- Darryl Webster
- Mark Barry
- Mark Barry
- Shaun Wallace
- Steve Bent
- Steve Bent
- Paul Curran
- Mark Noble
- Adrian Timmis
- Shaun Wallace
- Paul Curran
- 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
- Nigel Stanton
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1984.
- Bill Gosbee
- Pierre Harper
- Nick Bell
- Bill Gosbee, Pierre Harper, Nick Bell, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul
- Steven Paul
- John Llewellyn
- Jonathan Stanbury
- Ralph Johnson, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Steven Paul, Jonathan Stanbury
- Mark Slade
- Richard Cohen
- John Zarno
- Richard Cohen, Paul Klenerman, Jim Philbin, Mark Slade, John Zarno
- Linda Ann Martin
- Liz Thurley
- Fiona McIntosh
- Ann Brannon, Linda Ann Martin, Fiona McIntosh, Liz Thurley, Katie Arup
Gymnastics
Hockey
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Semi Finals
- Bronze Medal Game
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: David Whitaker
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.
- Richard Phelps
- Michael Mumford
- Stephen Sowerby
- Richard Phelps
- Michael Mumford
- Stephen Sowerby
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Men's Coxless pair
- John Beattie, Richard Stanhope
Men's coxed pair
- A N Genziani, W J Lang, A F Inns
Men's coxless four
- Jonathan Clift, John Garrett, Martin Knight, John Bland
Men's coxed four
- Richard Budgett, Martin Cross, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison
Men's eight
- C G Roberts, D A Clift, Sal Hassan, Chris Mahoney, Duncan McDougall, Malcolm McGowan, John Pritchard, Allan Whitwell, Colin Moynihan
Women's single scull
- Beryl Mitchell
Women's double scull
- N Ray, S Bloomfield
Women's coxless pair
- K Painter, R Howe
Women's coxed four
- T Millar, J Genchi, J Toch, K Ball, K Talbot
Women's eight
- A Forbes, K McNicol, K Holroyd, B Holmes, S Hunter-Jones, A Ayling, A Callaway, G Hodges, S Bailey
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- David Lowe
- Paul Easter
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Paul Easter
- Andrew Astbury
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Andrew Astbury
- Paul Howe
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- David Stacey
- Stuart Willmott
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Neil Harper
- Ian Collins
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Neil Cochran
- Neil Harper
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Adrian Moorhouse
- Iain Cambell
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Adrian Moorhouse
- Iain Cambell
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Andrew Jameson
- Ian Collins
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Nick Hodgson
- Philip Hubble
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Neil Cochran
- Robin Brew
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Stephen Poulter
- Stuart Willmott
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- David Lowe, Roland Lee, Paul Easter, and Richard Burrell
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and Andrew Astbury
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Neil Harper, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson, and David Lowe
- Neil Harper, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson, and Richard Burrell
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- June Croft
- Nicola Fibbens
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- June Croft
- Annabelle Cripps
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Sarah Hardcastle
- June Croft
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Sarah Hardcastle
- Annabelle Cripps
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Beverley Rose
- Catherine White
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Catherine White
- Katherine Read
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Samantha Purvis
- Ann Osgerby
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Gaynor Stanley
- Zara Long
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Gaynor Stanley
- Sarah Hardcastle
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Annabelle Cripps, Nicola Fibbens, Debra Gore, and June Croft
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Beverley Rose, Jean Hill, Nicola Fibbens, and June Croft
Synchronized swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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