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7 Diving  





8 Equestrian  





9 Fencing  





10 Field hockey  





11 Gymnastics  





12 Judo  





13 Modern pentathlon  





14 Rhythmic gymnastics  





15 Rowing  





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Great Britain at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
inLos Angeles
Competitors337 (229 men and 108 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearers Lucinda Green (opening)
Sebastian Coe (closing)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
11
Bronze
21
Total
37
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
  • 1900
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  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
  • 2024
  • Other related appearances
    1906 Intercalated Games

    Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1984 Summer OlympicsinLos 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]

    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 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]

    Medals by discipline
    Discipline 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
    Medal Name Sport Event Date
     Gold Malcolm Cooper Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1 August
     Gold Richard Budgett
    Martin Cross
    Adrian Ellison
    Andy Holmes
    Steven Redgrave
    Rowing Men's coxed four 5 August
     Gold Tessa Sanderson Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August
     Gold Daley Thompson Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August
     Gold Sebastian Coe Athletics Men's 1500 metres 11 August
     Silver Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 31 July
     Silver Diana Clapham
    Virginia Holgate
    Lucinda Prior-Palmer-Green
    Ian Stark
    Equestrian Team eventing 3 August
     Silver Dave Ottley Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 August
     Silver Sebastian Coe Athletics Men's 800 metres 6 August
     Silver Mike McLeod Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 6 August
     Silver Tim Grubb
    Steven Smith
    John Whitaker
    Michael Whitaker
    Equestrian Team jumping 7 August
     Silver Neil Adams Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August
     Silver Shirley Strong Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 10 August
     Silver Wendy Sly Athletics Women's 3000 metres 10 August
     Silver Kriss Akabusi
    Todd Bennett
    Phil Brown
    Garry Cook
    Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August
     Silver Steve Cram Athletics Men's 1500 metres 11 August
     Bronze Michael Sullivan Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 30 July
     Bronze Andrew Astbury
    Neil Cochran
    Paul Easter
    Paul Howe
    Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 30 July
     Bronze June Croft Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 31 July
     Bronze Alister Allan Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1 August
     Bronze Virginia Holgate Equestrian Individual eventing 3 August
     Bronze Barry Dagger Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 3 August
     Bronze Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 3 August
     Bronze Neil Cochran Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 4 August
     Bronze Keith Connor Athletics Men's triple jump 4 August
     Bronze Neil Eckersley Judo Men's 60 kg 4 August
     Bronze David Mercer Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 5 August
     Bronze Kathy Cook Athletics Women's 400 metres 6 August
     Bronze Fatima Whitbread Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August
     Bronze Kerrith Brown Judo Men's 71 kg 6 August
     Bronze Peter Allam
    Jonathan Richards
    Sailing Flying Dutchman 8 August
     Bronze Sue Hearnshaw Athletics Women's long jump 9 August
     Bronze Robert Wells Boxing Men's super heavyweight 9 August
     Bronze Noel Loban Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 9 August
     Bronze Great Britain men's national field hockey team
  • Stephen Martin
  • Paul Barber
  • Bob Cattrall
  • Jon Potter
  • Richard Dodds
  • Billy McConnell
  • Norman Hughes
  • David Westcott
  • Richard Leman
  • Steve Batchelor
  • Sean Kerly
  • James Duthie
  • Kulbir Bhaura
  • Mark Precious
  • Veryan Pappin
  • Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August
     Bronze Beverley Callender
    Kathy Cook
    Simmone Jacobs
    Heather Oakes
    Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 11 August
     Bronze Charlie Spedding Athletics Men's marathon 12 August

    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:

    Men's Individual Competition:

    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)

    Men's Marathon

    • Final — 2:09:58 (→ Bronze Medal)
    • 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 — 16.66 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 — 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)

    Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

    Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

    Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

    Canoeing[edit]

    Cycling[edit]

    Sixteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1984.

    Men's individual road race
    Team time trial
    Sprint
    1000m time trial
    Individual pursuit
    Team pursuit
    Points race
    Women's individual road race

    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.

    Men's foil
    Men's team foil
    Men's épée
    Men's team épée
    Men's sabre
    Men's team sabre
    Women's foil
    Women's team foil

    Field hockey[edit]

    Men's team competition
    • 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
    • Great Britain – West Germany 0-1
    • Great Britain – Australia 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)

    Gymnastics[edit]

    Judo[edit]

    Modern pentathlon[edit]

    Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.

    Individual
    Team

    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

    • (→ 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

    • (→ 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]

    1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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