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.
Medallists
The following British athletes won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are emboldened.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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
- Women
Athletics
Men
Track
Field
Combined
Women
Track
Field
Combined
Badminton
Men
Women
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.
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
Sprint
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Great Britain in 1992. Chris Boardman won gold in the individual pursuit.
Road
Men
Women
Track
Diving
Four British divers competed at the Games; Naomi Bishop in the women's 3 m individual springboard; Hayley Allen and Lesley Ward in the women's 10 m platform; and Robert 'Bob' Morgan in both the men's 3 m individual springboard and 10 m platform. Morgan achieved the squad's best result finishing 5th in the 10 m platform, an event in which he had won the European bronze medal in 1991 and gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
- Men
- Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Great Britain in 1992.
Men
Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
- Men
- Women
Rhythmic
The women's individual all-around was the only rhythmic gymnastics event at the 1992 Olympics. Britain entered two athletes neither of whom made the final.
Hockey
Men
- Manager: Bernie Cotton
Women
- Head coach: Dennis Hay
Judo
Britain sent 14 judokas to Barcelona, seven men and seven women.
Men
Women
Modern pentathlon
Three modern pentathletes represented Britain at the Games, all were men and contested both the individual and team events. Women's events in the sport were not introduced to the Olympics until Sydney in 2000.
Rowing
Men
Women
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m freestyle
- Mark Foster
- Heat – 22.72
- Final – 22.52 (→ 6th place)
- Mike Fibbens
- Heat – 23.27 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100 m freestyle
- Mike Fibbens
- Heat – 50.93 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Paul Howe
- Heat – 51.12 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200 m freestyle
- Paul Palmer
- Heat – 1:49.21
- B-Final – 1:48.92 (→ 9th place)
- Paul Howe
- Heat – 1:49.86
- B-Final – 1:50.15 (→ 13th place)
Men's 400 m freestyle
- Paul Palmer
- Heat – 3:51.93
- B-Final – 3:51.60 (→ 10th place)
- Stephen Akers
- Heat – 3:58.99 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 1500 m freestyle
- Ian Wilson
- Heat – 15:15.37
- Final – 15:13.35 (→ 5th place)
- Stephen Akers
- Heat – 15:46.48 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100 m backstroke
- Martin Harris
- Heat – 57.57 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
- Adam Ruckwood
- Heat – 57.75 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200 m backstroke
- Adam Ruckwood
- Heat – 2:03.54 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
- Matthew O'Connor
- Heat – 2:05.94 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 100 m breaststroke
- Nick Gillingham
- Heat – 1:01.81
- Final – 1:02.32 (→ 7th place)
- Adrian Moorhouse
- Heat – 1:02.09
- Final – 1:02.33 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200 m breaststroke
- Nick Gillingham
- Heat – 2:13.42
- Final – 2:11.29 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Jason Hender
- Heat – 2:23.10 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 100 m butterfly
- Richard Leishman
- Heat – 54.96 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
- Simon Wainwright
- Heat – 56.53 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 200 m butterfly
- Simon Wainwright
- Heat – 2:01.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200 m individual medley
- John Davey
- Heat – 2:05.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
- Andy Rolley
- Heat – 2:09.22 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 400 m individual medley
- Andy Rolley
- Heat – 4:32.82 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
- Mike Fibbens, Mark Foster, Paul Howe, and Roland Lee
- Heat – 3:21.41
- Final – 3:21.75 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- Paul Palmer, Steven Mellor, Stephen Akers, and Paul Howe
- Heat – 7:23.10
- Paul Palmer, Paul Howe, Stephen Akers, and Steven Mellor
- Final – 7:22.57 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
- Martin Harris, Nick Gillingham, Richard Leishman, and Roland Lee
- Heat – 3:43.96 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 50 m freestyle
- Karen Pickering
- Heat – 26.78 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
- Alison Sheppard
- Heat – 26.90 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100 m freestyle
- Karen Pickering
- Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Alison Sheppard
- Heat – 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200 m freestyle
- Karen Pickering
- Heat – 2:01.09
- B-Final – 2:00.33 (→ 10th place)
Women's 400 m freestyle
- Samantha Foggo
- Heat – 4:22.26 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
- Elizabeth Arnold
- Heat – 4:25.55 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 800 m freestyle
- Samantha Foggo
- Heat – 8:50.17 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
- Elizabeth Arnold
- Heat – 8:56.04 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100 m backstroke
- Joanne Deakins
- Heat – 1:04.38 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
- Kathy Read
- Heat – 1:04.97 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m backstroke
- Joanne Deakins
- Heat – 2:14.34
- B-Final – 2:13.91 (→ 10th place)
- Kathy Read
- Heat – 2:17.15 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100 m breaststroke
- Susannah Brownsdon
- Heat – 1:13.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
- Jaime King
- Heat – 1:13.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m breaststroke
- Susannah Brownsdon
- Heat – 2:35.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Jaime King
- Heat – 2:44.49 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 100 m butterfly
- Madelaine Campbell
- Heat – 1:02.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
- Samantha Purvis
- Heat – 1:02.94 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 200 m butterfly
- Samantha Purvis
- Heat – 2:15.04
- B-Final – 2:14.47 (→ 13th place)
- Helen Slatter
- Heat – 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m individual medley
- Sharron Davies
- Heat – 2:19.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Helen Slatter
- Heat – 2:22.04 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 400 m individual medley
- Sharron Davies
- Heat – 4:56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Helen Slatter
- Heat – 4:58.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
- Joanne Deakins, Susannah Brownsdon, Madelaine Campbell, and Karen Pickering
- Heat – 4:16.51 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronised swimmers represented Great Britain in 1992.
Table tennis
Tennis
Great Britain sent six tennis players, two men and four women, to Barcelona. Five competed in singles events, four of whom were knocked out in the first round. The only player to advance to the second round of the singles was Samantha Smith. Smith beat compatriot Sara Gomer in the first round before losing to Natasha Zvereva, who was representing the Unified team. Smith also took part in the women's doubles alongside Clare Wood, the pair lost in the first round to Italians Laura Garrone and Raffaella Reggi. In the men's doubles Andrew Castle and Chris Wilkinson lost their first round tie to the seventh seeds, and eventual bronze medallists, Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi of Argentina.
- Men
- Women
Weightlifting
Six British weightlifters took part in the Games. Peter Morgan achieved the best result, a seventh-place finish in the middle-heavyweight division. Dave Morgan, who had finished fourth at the 1984 and 1988 Games, was 15th in the light-heavyweight event.
Wrestling
Britain entered a single wrestler, Calum McNeil in the men's lightweight freestyle.
See also
- Great Britain at the Olympics
- Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- 1992 Summer Olympics medal table
- List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners
References
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
