Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  GBR
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 399 in 25 sports
Medals
Rank: 13		 Gold
5		 Silver
3		 Bronze
12		 Total
20
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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Garry Herbert, Greg Searle, and Jonathon Searle — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Gareth Marriott — Canoeing, Men's C1 Canadian Slalom Singles

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Simon Terry — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
  • Simon Terry, Steven Hallard, and Richard Priestman — Archery, Men's Team Competition
  • Kate Howey — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)
  • Robert Cruickshank, Lawrie Smith, and Ossie Stewart — Sailing, Men's Soling Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Alison Williamson — Quarterfinal, 8th place (2-1)
  • Joanne Edens — Ranking round, 36th place (0-0)
  • Sylvia Harris — Ranking round, 46th place (0-0)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Simon Terry — Bronze Medal Match → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal (4-1)
  • Steven Hallard — Round of 16, 13th place (1-1)
  • Richard Priestman — Ranking round, 41st place (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Terry, Hallard, and Priestman — Bronze Medal Match → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal (3-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Williamson, Edens, and Harris — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Heat — 13:22.41
  • Final — 13:27.76 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 13:37.14 (→ did not advance)
  • Ian Hamer
  • Heat — 13:40.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Paul Evans
  • Heat — 28:15.70
  • Final — 28:29.83 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat — 28:24.35
  • Final — 28:48.48 (→ 17th place)
  • Eamonn Martin
  • Heat — 29:35.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:01.20
  • Final — 2:59.73 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Paul Davies-Hale — 2:21.15 (→ 41st place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.49
  • Semifinal — 48.01
  • Final — 47.82 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Max Robertson
  • Heat — DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Leslie Morton — 4:09:34 (→ 21st place)
  • Paul Blagg — 4:23:10 (→ 30th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Mark Forsythe
  • Qualification — 7.71 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.55 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 16.18 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 15.76 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 80.76 m
  • Final — 83.38 m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 79.66 m
  • Final — 75.50 m (→ 11th place)
  • Nigel Bevan
  • Qualification — 72.78 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Paul Head
  • Qualification — 69.58 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Simon Williams
  • Qualification — 53.12 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Paul Edwards
  • Qualification — 19.03 m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 800 metres

  • Lorraine Baker
  • Heat — 2:00.50
  • Semifinal — 2:02.17 (→ did not advance)
  • Diane Edwards
  • Heat — 2:00.39
  • Semifinal — 2:04.32 (→ did not advance)
  • Paula Fryer
  • Heat — 2:02.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 32:07.25
  • Final — 31:26.11 (→ 5th place)
  • Jill Hunter
  • Heat — 32:18.34
  • Final — 31:46.49 (→ 10th place)
  • Andrea Wallace
  • Heat — 34:29.47 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 54.98
  • Semifinal — 53.78
  • Final — 53.23 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Gowry Retchakan
  • Heat — 55.62
  • Semifinal — 54.63 (→ did not advance)
  • Louise Fraser
  • Heat — 57.49 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

  • Betty Sworowski
  • Final — 50:14 (→ 32nd place)
  • Lisa Langford
  • Final — 51:44 (→ 35th place)
  • Vicky Lupton
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

  • Sally Eastall — 2:41.20 (→ 13th place)
  • Véronique Marot — 2:42.55 (→ 16th place)
  • Sally Ellis — 2:54.41 (→ 27th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Debora Marti
  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 1.91 m (→ 9th place)
  • Jo Jennings
  • Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Heat — 51.94m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Oluyinka Idowu
  • Heat — 6.29 m (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 5.87 m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Stephen Ahialey (GHA), 11:3
  • Quarterfinals – Lost to Roel Velasco (PHI), 6:7

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Marie Purvis
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 24th place)
  • Final — 2:08:13 (→ 40th place)
  • Sally Hodge
  • Final — 2:14:10 (→ 45th place)

[edit] Diving

Women's 10m Platform

  • Hayley Allen
  • Final — 317.85 points (→ 12th place)
  • Lesley Ward
  • Preliminary Round — 242.16 points (→ 25th place)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Great Britain – Egypt 2-0
  • Great Britain – Germany 0-2
  • Great Britain – India 3-1
  • Great Britain – Argentina 2-1
  • Great Britain – Australia 0-6
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Great Britain – New Zealand 3-2
  • 5th-6th place: Great Britain – Spain 1-2 (→ Sixth place)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-2
  • Great Britain – South Korea 3-1
  • Great Britain – New Zealand 3-2
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – Germany 1-2
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Great Britain – South Korea 4-3 [After extra time] (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Mark Foster
    1. Heat – 22.72
    2. Final – 22.52 (→ 6th place)
  • Mike Fibbens
    1. Heat – 23.27 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Mike Fibbens
    1. Heat – 50.93 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Paul Howe
    1. Heat – 51.12 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Paul Palmer
    1. Heat – 1:49.21
    2. B-Final – 1:48.92 (→ 9th place)
  • Paul Howe
    1. Heat – 1:49.86
    2. B-Final – 1:50.15 (→ 13th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Paul Palmer
    1. Heat – 3:51.93
    2. B-Final – 3:51.60 (→ 10th place)
  • Stephen Akers
    1. Heat – 3:58.99 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Ian Wilson
    1. Heat – 15:15.37
    2. Final – 15:13.35 (→ 5th place)
  • Stephen Akers
    1. Heat – 15:46.48 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Martin Harris
    1. Heat – 57.57 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
  • Adam Ruckwood
    1. Heat – 57.75 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Adam Ruckwood
    1. Heat – 2:03.54 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
  • Matthew O'Connor
    1. Heat – 2:05.94 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Jason Hender
    1. Heat – 2:23.10 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Richard Leishman
    1. Heat – 54.96 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Simon Wainwright
    1. Heat – 56.53 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Simon Wainwright
    1. Heat – 2:01.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • John Davey
    1. Heat – 2:05.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Andy Rolley
    1. Heat – 2:09.22 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Andy Rolley
    1. Heat – 4:32.82 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay


Women's 50m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Samantha Foggo
    1. Heat – 4:22.26 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Elizabeth Arnold
    1. Heat – 4:25.55 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Samantha Foggo
    1. Heat – 8:50.17 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
  • Elizabeth Arnold
    1. Heat – 8:56.04 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Joanne Deakins
    1. Heat – 1:04.38 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • Kathy Read
    1. Heat – 1:04.97 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Joanne Deakins
    1. Heat – 2:14.34
    2. B-Final – 2:13.91 (→ 10th place)
  • Kathy Read
    1. Heat – 2:17.15 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Susannah Brownsdon
    1. Heat – 1:13.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Jaime King
    1. Heat – 1:13.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Susannah Brownsdon
    1. Heat – 2:35.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Jaime King
    1. Heat – 2:44.49 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Madelaine Campbell
    1. Heat – 1:02.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Samantha Purvis
    1. Heat – 1:02.94 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Samantha Purvis
    1. Heat – 2:15.04
    2. B-Final – 2:14.47 (→ 13th place)
  • Helen Slatter
    1. Heat – 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Helen Slatter
    1. Heat – 2:22.04 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Helen Slatter
    1. Heat – 4:58.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Joanne Deakins, Susannah Brownsdon, Madelaine Campbell, and Karen Pickering
    1. Heat – 4:16.51 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition