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.[1]
| Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in Los Angeles | |
| Competitors | 337 (229 men and 108 women) in 20 sports |
| Flag bearers | Lucinda Green (opening) Sebastian Coe (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
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 edit
| Discipline | 
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 11 | 21 | 37 |
Archery edit
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 edit
- Men's Competition
Men's 100 metres
- Final — 10.27 (→ 5th place)
- Final — 10.32 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 metres
- Heat — 21.02
- Quarterfinals — 20.55
- Semifinals — 20.54
- Final — 20.98 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400 metres
- Heat — 45.64
- Quarterfinals — 45.43
- Semifinals — 45.69 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 46.26
- Quarterfinals — 46.63 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 46.09
- Quarterfinals — 45.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
- Heat — 13:46.01
- Semifinals — 13:28.60
- Final — 13:11.50 (→ 4th place)
- Heat — 13:46.16
- Semifinals — 13:41.70
- Final — 13:53.34 (→ 13th place)
- Heat — 13:51.40
- Semifinals — 13:28.44
- Final — 14:16.61 (→ 14th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Qualifying Heat — 28:24.92
- Final — 28:06.22 (→
Silver Medal)
- Qualifying Heat — 28:15.22
- Final — 28:28.08 (→ 8th place)
- Qualifying Heat — 28:31.13
- Final — 28:31.73 (→ 12th place)
- Final — 2:09:58 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Final — 2:09:58 (→
- Final — 2:13:57 (→ 12th place)
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
- Qualification — 2.21 m (→ did not advance)
- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump
- Final — 16.87 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Final — 16.87 m (→
- Final — 16.66 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 85.68 m
- Final — 85.74 m (→ Silver Medal)
- Qualification — 83.06 m
- Final — 81.22 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualification — 73.04 m
- Final — 72.62 m (→ 8th place)
- Qualification — 72.66 m
- Final — 72.32 m (→ 9th place)
- Qualification — 71.80 m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Pole Vault
- Qualifying Round — 5.30 m
- Final — 5.10 m (→ 11th place)
- Qualifying Round — 5.20 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
- Final Result — 8797 points (→
Gold Medal)
- Final Result — 8797 points (→
- Final Result — 7890 points (→ 11th place)
- Final Result — 7485 points (→ 20th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
- Final — 1:27:28 (→ 13th place)
- Final — 1:28:53 (→ 19th place)
- Final — 1:30:46 (→ 24th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Final — 4:26:33 (→ 16th place)
- Women's Competition
Women's 1,500 metres
- Heat — 4:10.48
- Final — 4:04.70 (→ 5th place)
- Heat — 4:07.40
- Final — 4:05.53 (→ 6th place)
- Heat — 4:09.08
- Final — 4:10.58 (→ 11th place)
Women's 3,000 metres
- Heat — 8:58.66
- Final — 8:39.47 (→
Silver Medal)
- Heat — 8:44.62
- Final — 8:48.80 (→ 7th place)
- Heat — 8:44.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Final — 2:28:54 (→ 6th place)
- Final — 2:32:48 (→ 11th place)
- Final — 2:34:08 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400 m Hurdles
- Heat — 58.71
- Semifinal — 56.67 (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 57.64
- Semifinal — 56.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Qualification — 1.90 m
- Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
- Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Qualification — 6.64 m
- Final — 6.80 m (→
Bronze Medal)
Women's Discus Throw
- Qualification — 56.00 m
- Final — 62.58 m (→ 5th place)
- Qualification — 55.24 m
- Final — 58.18 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Final — 18.14 m (→ 4th place)
- Final — 17.90 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 61.58 m
- Final — 69.56 m (→
Gold Medal)
- Qualification — 65.30 m
- Final — 67.14 m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Qualification — 60.88 m
- Final — 59.66 m (→ 9th place)
Women's Heptathlon
- Final Result — 6280 points (→ 5th place)
- Final Result — 6127 points (→ 8th place)
Boxing edit
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 edit
Cycling edit
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)
- 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 edit
Men's 3m Springboard
- Preliminary Round — 592.68
- Final — 609.51 (→ 5th place)
- Preliminary Round — 521.61 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Equestrian edit
Fencing edit
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1984.
Field hockey edit
- 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)
- Great Britain – Australia 3-2 (→
- 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 edit
Judo edit
Modern pentathlon edit
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.
- Individual
- Team
- Richard Phelps
- Michael Mumford
- Stephen Sowerby
Rhythmic gymnastics edit
Rowing edit
Men's coxless pair
- (→ 12th place)
Men's coxed pair
- (→ 8th place)
Men's coxless four
- (→ 9th place)
Men's coxed four
- (→ 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
- (→ 6th place)
Women's double scull
- (→ 8th place)
Women's coxless pair
- (→ 6th place)
Women's coxed four
- (→ 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 edit
Shooting edit
Swimming edit
- Men's Competition
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Heat — 51.68
- B-Final — 51.48 (→ 11th place)
- Heat — 51.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Heat — 1:51.80
- B-Final — 1:51.70 (→ 9th place)
- Heat — 1:52.01
- B-Final — 1:53.02 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Heat — 3:58.41
- B-Final — 3:58.14 (→ 14th place)
- Heat — 4:04.07 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Heat — 15:30.10 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
- Heat — 15:57.79 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Heat — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Heat — 2:05.58
- B-Final — 2:05.72 (→ 14th place)
- Heat — 2:09.48 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Heat — 1:04.06
- Final — 1:03.25 (→ 4th place)
- Heat — 1:04.81
- B-Final — 1:05.02 (→ 14th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Heat — 2:19.83
- B-Final — 2:18.83 (→ 9th place)
- Heat — 2:20.78
- B-Final — 2:20.62 (→ 11th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Heat — 54.49
- Final — 54.28 (→ 5th place)
- Heat — 56.41 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Heat — 2:01.64
- B-Final — 2:01.24 (→ 11th place)
- Heat — 2:02.76
- B-Final — 2:03.06 (→ 16th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Heat — 2:05.39
- Final — 2:04.38 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Heat — 2:04.13
- Final — 2:04.52 (→ 4th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Heat — 4:25.38
- Final — 4:25.80 (→ 7th place)
- Heat — 4:32.90
- B-Final — 4:31.10 (→ 15th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — 3:24.59
- Final — 3:23.61 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — 7:26.83
- Final — 7:24.78 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Heat — 3:49.86
- Final — 3:47.39 (→ 6th place)
- Women's Competition
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Heat — 57.12
- Final — 57.11 (→ 7th place)
- Heat — 57.80
- B-Final — 57.36 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Heat — 2:01.05
- Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
- Heat — 2:04.44
- B-Final — 2:04.90 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Heat — 4:11.55
- Final — 4:10.27 (→ Silver Medal)
- Heat — 4:15.51
- Final — 4:11.49 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Heat — 8:35.87
- Final — 8:32.60 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Heat — 8:58.09 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Heat — 1:03.61
- Final — 1:04.16 (→ 7th place)
- Heat — 1:05.03
- B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Heat — 2:18.02
- B-Final — 2:17.63 (→ 10th place)
- Heat — 2:18.92
- B-Final — 2:18.33 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Heat — 2:11.97
- Final — 2.12.33 (→ 5th place)
- Heat — 2:16.31
- B-Final — 2:19.10 (→ 16th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Heat — 2:24.94
- B-Final — 2:21.71 (→ 13th place)
- Heat — 2:23.89
- B-Final — 2:22.25 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Heat — 4:53.70
- Final — 4:52.83 (→ 7th place)
- Heat — 4:55.78
- B-Final — 4:51.55 (→ 9th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Heat — 3:51.47
- Final — 3:50.12 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Heat — 4:16.83
- Final — 4:14.05 (→ 4th place)
Synchronized swimming edit
Weightlifting edit
Wrestling edit
References edit
- ^ "Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.