Great Britain was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and New York City, United States. It was represented by 227 athletes competing in archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, football, lawn bowls, powerlifting, shooting, snooker, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair fencing. It finished second in the overall medal count, with a total of 331 medals.Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic CommitteeNPCs at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
By hosting the Games in Stoke Mandeville, Britain was returning them to their roots. The Paralympic Games had grown out of the Stoke Mandeville Games, founded in 1948."Britain's golden pioneer", BBC, September 13, 2004
At the 1984 Games, Great Britain won the most medals among all Les Autres events. They claimed 55. Spain was second with 38 and the United States was third with 26.
Medalists Gold medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Philip Thorne Archery Men's double FITA round C3/C6 Helen Hilderley Archery Women's FITA round division 3 Colin Keay Athletics Men's 60m C6 John Welsh Athletics Men's 60m L1 Derek Nixon Athletics Men's 100m L5 Colin Keay Athletics Men's 400m C6 John Fisher Athletics Men's 400m L4 Robert Matthews Athletics Men's 800m B1 James Brown Athletics Men's 800m B3 Colin Keay Athletics Men's 1000m cross country C6 Robert Matthews Athletics Men's 1500m B1 James Brown Athletics Men's 1500m B3 Robert Matthews Athletics Men's 5000m B1 Gary Gardner Darren Rabin Gerard McConnell Paul Taylor Athletics Men's relay C7-8 Norman Burns Athletics Men's club throw C4 Anthony Griffin Athletics Men's club throw C6 John Harris Athletics Men's discus throw 5 Robert Tee Athletics Men's discus throw L2 Eric Pearce Athletics Men's discus throw L3 Robert Lowe Athletics Men's discus throw L4 Kevin McGee Athletics Men's discus throw L6 Norman Burns Athletics Men's javelin throw C4 Anthony Griffin Athletics Men's javelin throw C6 Derek Nixon Athletics Men's javelin throw L6 Tom O'Brien Athletics Men's shot put L1 Robert Lowe Athletics Men's shot put L4 Barry Antonio Athletics Men's shot put L6 Merle Whiteley Athletics Men's pentathlon B3 Aileen Harper Athletics Women's 60m C3 Loraine Charters Athletics Women's 60m C6 Wilma Lawrie Athletics Women's 100m L2 Brenda Woodcock Athletics Women's 200m C8 Brenda Woodcock Athletics Women's 400m C8 Wilma Lawrie Athletics Women's 400m L2 Julia Scarlett Athletics Women's 800m A6 Brenda Woodcock Athletics Women's 1000m cross country C8 Catherine Welsby Athletics Women's high jump B1 Evelyn Dicks Athletics Women's long jump A2 Valerie Smith Athletics Women's club throw C2 Aileen Harper Athletics Women's club throw C3 Jane Peters Athletics Women's club throw C5 Lisa Barker Athletics Women's club throw L1 Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's discus throw A6 Amanda Kyffin Athletics Women's discus throw C6 Mary McCann Athletics Women's discus throw L2 Kim White Athletics Women's discus throw L3 Margaret Heald Athletics Women's discus throw L6 Anne Swann Athletics Women's distance C2 Dzaier Neil Athletics Women's javelin throw 1B Janice Moores Athletics Women's javelin throw B1 Linda Fyfe Athletics Women's javelin throw C3 Susan Stevenson Athletics Women's javelin throw C4 Jane Peters Athletics Women's javelin throw C5 Mary McCann Athletics Women's javelin throw L2 Kim White Athletics Women's javelin throw L3 Amanda Beverley Little Athletics Women's precision throw C1 Dorothy Ripley Athletics Women's shot put 3 Karen Davidson Athletics Women's shot put A1 Anne Swann Athletics Women's shot put C2 Linda Fyfe Athletics Women's shot put C3 Irene Hotchin Athletics Women's shot put L2 Kim White Athletics Women's shot put C5 Anne Swann Athletics Women's medicine ball thrust C2 Aileen Harper Athletics Women's slalom C3 Clovee Fox Athletics Women's slalom C4 Carol Johnson Boccia Women's individual C1 Jane Stidever Equestrian Dressage - Elementary walk/trot C4-5 Richard Coates Anthony Prowse Lawn bowls Men's pairs A6/8 Richard Coates Lawn bowls Men's singles A6/8 K. Ellison Lawn bowls Men's singles tetraplegic R. Thompson T. Ure Lawn bowls Mixed pairs paraplegic A. Smith Lawn bowls Women's singles A2/4 Yvonne Hawtin Lawn bowls Women's singles paraplegic Peter Haslam Shooting Men's air rifle kneeling 1A-1C Isabel Barr Shooting Women's air pistol 1A-1C Peter Haslam Snooker Men's tetraplegic Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25m backstroke 1A Kenneth Cairns Swimming Men's 25m backstroke 1B Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke 1A Kenneth Cairns Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke 1B Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 25m freestyle 1A Kenneth Cairns Swimming Men's 25m freestyle 1B Robin Surgeoner Swimming Men's 50m backstroke C4 Martin Mansell Swimming Men's 50m backstroke C5 Chris Hallam Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke 2 Robin Surgeoner Swimming Men's 50m freestyle C4 Peter Aldous Swimming Men's 100m butterfly A2 James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100m butterfly B1 Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 100m freestyle 1A Kenneth Cairns Swimming Men's 100m freestyle 1B Robin Surgeoner Swimming Men's 100m freestyle C4 Robin Surgeoner Swimming Men's 200m freestyle C4 Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 3x25m individual medley 1B Men's relay team Swimming Men's 4x50m freestyle relay C1-C8 Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25m breaststroke 1B Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 25m butterfly 1B Diane Wiscombe Swimming Women's 25m freestyle C2 Valerie Smith Swimming Women's 25m freestyle with aids C2 Janice Burton Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke B1 Mary Ann Low Swimming Women's 50m freestyle B1 Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 3x25m individual medley 1B Women's relay team Swimming Women's 3x50m medley relay 2-4 Jane Blackburn Table tennis Women's singles 1bB Becker Table tennis Women's singles 1C Women's team Table tennis Women's 1A-C Brian Stones Weightlifting Men's 57kg paraplegic Kevin Davies Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual 4-5
Silver medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Beverley Leaper Archery Women's double FITA round division 3 Peter Williams Athletics Men's 100m L6 John Watson Athletics Men's 400m A6 Noel Thatcher Athletics Men's 400m B3 Gordon Robertson Athletics Men's 400m C6 Gary Gardner Athletics Men's 1500m cross country C7 Peter Williams Athletics Men's 1500m L6 Neil Pearson Athletics Men's 5000m B3 Norman Burns Michael Hipkin Anthony Honour Paul Williams Athletics Men's relay C4 Anthony Willis Athletics Men's high jump A2 Ronald West Athletics Men's high jump A5 John Simpson Athletics Men's club throw C3 Paul McGinty Athletics Men's club throw C5 Philip Sadler Athletics Men's discus throw A9 John Simpson Athletics Men's discus throw C3 Gerard McConnell Athletics Men's discus throw C8 Tom O'Brien Athletics Men's discus throw L1 Derek Nixon Athletics Men's discus throw L6 Leslie Jones Athletics Men's javelin throw 4 Philip Sadler Athletics Men's javelin throw A9 John Simpson Athletics Men's javelin throw C3 Kevan McNicholas Athletics Men's shot put 2 John Simpson Athletics Men's shot put C3 Robert Tee Athletics Men's shot put L2 Eric Pearce Athletics Men's shot put L3 Amanda Kyffin Athletics Women's 60m C6 Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's 100m A6 Amanda Kyffin Athletics Women's 200m C6 Anne Trotman Athletics Women's club throw C3 Susan Stevenson Athletics Women's club throw C4 Isabel Barr Athletics Women's discus throw 1B Dorothy Ripley Athletics Women's discus throw 3 Karen Davidson Athletics Women's discus throw A1 Michelle Message Athletics Women's discus throw B2 Jane Peters Athletics Women's discus throw C5 Irene Hotchin Athletics Women's discus throw L2 Amanda Beverley Little Athletics Women's distance throw C1 Maria Brooks Athletics Women's distance throw C2 Dorothy Ripley Athletics Women's javelin throw 3 Mary Clark Athletics Women's javelin throw B2 Anne Trotman Athletics Women's javelin throw C3 Helen Hilderley Athletics Women's javelin throw C4 Isabel Barr Athletics Women's shot put 1B Barbara Joscelyne Athletics Women's shot put A6 Michelle Message Athletics Women's shot put B2 Valerie Smith Athletics Women's shot put C2 Susan Stevenson Athletics Women's shot put C4 Jane Peters Athletics Women's shot put C5 Amanda Kyffin Athletics Women's shot put C6 Mary McCann Athletics Women's shot put L2 Maria Brooks Athletics Women's medicine ball thrust C2 Maria Brooks Athletics Women's slalom (leg) C2 Valerie Smith Athletics Women's slalom C2 Anne Trotman Athletics Women's slalom C3 Diane Wiscombe Boccia Women's individual C2 Carol Johnson Alin Kerwin Paula Monzani Boccia Mixed team J. Gladman Bernard Wessier Lawn bowls Men's pairs A2/4 Paul Hubball Lawn bowls Men's singles paraplegic Isabel Barr Lawn bowls Men's singles tetraplegic Ken Bridgeman Yvonne Hawtin Lawn bowls Mixed pairs paraplegic Yvonne Hawtin R. Thompson Lawn bowls Women's pairs paraplegic R. Thompson Lawn bowls Women's singles paraplegic Anthony Griffin Powerlifting Men's 52kg Peter Haslam Shooting Men's air rifle prone 1A-1C Men's team Shooting Men's pistol team 1A-6 Anne Picot Shooting Women's air rifle integrated Deanna Coates Shooting Women's air rifle kneeling 2-6 Deanna Coates Shooting Women's air rifle standing 2-6 Peter Haslam Shooting Mixed air rifle 3 positions 1A-1C Jim Buchanan Snooker Men's paraplegic K. Ellison Snooker Men's tetraplegic William Maxwell McKay Swimming Men's 25m backstroke C6 Mark Chard Swimming Men's 25m freestyle C2 Steven Varden Swimming Men's 25m freestyle with aids C2 Ronald West Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke A5 Peter Williams Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke L3 Gordon Crowe Swimming Men's 50m freestyle L3 Martin Mansell Swimming Men's 100m backstroke C5 Chris Hampshire Swimming Men's 100m backstroke C7 Kevin McGee Swimming Men's 100m backstroke L6 James Muirhead Swimming Men's 100m freestyle B1 Martin Mansell Swimming Men's 100m freestyle C5 Martin Mansell Swimming Men's 200m freestyle C5 Anthony Stickland Swimming Men's 200m individual medley A2 Kenneth Cairns Chris Davies Mike Kenny Swimming Men's 3x25m freestyle relay 1A-1C Kenneth Cairns Swimming Men's 3x25m individual medley 1B Men's relay team Swimming Men's 4x50m freestyle relay L1-L6 Tara Flood Swimming Women's 25m backstroke L1 Mary McCann Swimming Women's 25m backstroke L2 Mary McCann Swimming Women's 25m freestyle L2 D. Smith Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke 23 Mary Ann Low Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke B1 Irene Hotchin Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke L3 Jane Lawson Swimming Women's 50m freestyle B3 Janice Burton Swimming Women's 100m backstroke B1 Jenny Orpwood Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke 4 Isabel Barr Swimming Women's 100m freestyle 1B Jane Stidever Swimming Women's 100m freestyle C4 Lorraine Robinson Swimming Women's 400m breaststroke B1 Jenny Orpwood Swimming Women's 400m freestyle 4 Janice Burton Swimming Women's 400m individual medley B1 Women's relay team Swimming Women's 4x50m freestyle relay 2-6 Women's relay team Swimming Women's 4x50m freestyle L1-L6 Women's relay team Swimming Women's 4x50m medley relay L1-L6 Tony Edge Table tennis Men's singles 1B Allen Francis Table tennis Men's singles C1 Dzaier Neil Table tennis Women's singles 1C J. Petersen Table tennis Women's singles C3 Margaret Heald Table tennis Women's singles L3 Chris Wood Weightlifting Men's 57kg paraplegic Anthony Bishop Weightlifting Men's 95kg integrated Ralph Rowe Weightlifting Men's 95kg paraplegic
Bronze medalists