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.
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. __TOC__
Medallists + Medals by disciplineDisciplineTotalAthletics37616Shooting1034Rowing1001Equestrian0213Swimming0145Judo0123Boxing0011Field hockey0011Sailing0011Weightlifting0011Wrestling0011Total5112137
MedalNameSportEventDate Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1 August Rowing Men's coxed four 5 August Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August Athletics Men's 1500 metres 11 August Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 31 July Equestrian Team eventing 3 August Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 August Athletics Men's 800 metres 6 August Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 6 August Equestrian Team jumping 7 August Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 10 August Athletics Women's 3000 metres 10 August Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August Athletics Men's 1500 metres 11 August Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 30 July Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 30 July Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 31 July Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1 August Equestrian Individual eventing 3 August Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 3 August Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 3 August Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 4 August Athletics Men's triple jump 4 August Judo Men's 60 kg 4 August Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 5 August Athletics Women's 400 metres 6 August Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August Judo Men's 71 kg 6 August Sailing Flying Dutchman 8 August Athletics Women's long jump 9 August Boxing Men's super heavyweight 9 August Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 9 August Great Britain men's national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 11 August Athletics Men's marathon 12 August
Archery
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
Men's Competition Men's 100 metres Mike McFarlane Final — 10.27 (→ 5th place)
Donovan Reid Final — 10.32 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 metres Ade Mafe Heat — 21.02 Quarterfinals — 20.55 Semifinals — 20.54 Final — 20.98 (→ 8th place)
Men's 400 metres Kriss Akabusi Heat — 45.64 Quarterfinals — 45.43 Semifinals — 45.69 (→ did not advance)
Philip Brown Heat — 46.26 Quarterfinals — 46.63 (→ did not advance)
Todd Bennett Heat — 46.09 Quarterfinals — 45.51 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres Tim Hutchings Heat — 13:46.01 Semifinals — 13:28.60 Final — 13:11.50 (→ 4th place)
Eamonn Martin Heat — 13:46.16 Semifinals — 13:41.70 Final — 13:53.34 (→ 13th place)
David Moorcroft Heat — 13:51.40 Semifinals — 13:28.44 Final — 14:16.61 (→ 14th place)
Men's 10,000 metres Mike McLeod Qualifying Heat — 28:24.92 Final — 28:06.22 (→ Silver Medal)
Steve Jones Qualifying Heat — 28:15.22 Final — 28:28.08 (→ 8th place)
Nick Rose Qualifying Heat — 28:31.13 Final — 28:31.73 (→ 12th place)
Men's Marathon Charlie Spedding Final — 2:09:58 (→ Bronze Medal)
Hugh Jones Final — 2:13:57 (→ 12th place)
Geoff Smith Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump Geoff Parsons Qualification — 2.21 m (→ did not advance)
Mark Naylor Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump Keith Connor Final — 16.87 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Eric McCalla Final — 16.66 m (→ 8th place)
Men's Javelin Throw David Ottley Qualification — 85.68 m Final — 85.74 m (→ Silver Medal)
Roald Bradstock Qualification — 83.06 m Final — 81.22 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Robert Weir Qualification — 73.04 m Final — 72.62 m (→ 8th place)
Martin Girvan Qualification — 72.66 m Final — 72.32 m (→ 9th place)
Matthew Mileham Qualification — 71.80 m Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Pole Vault Jeff Gutteridge Qualifying Round — 5.30 m Final — 5.10 m (→ 11th place)
Keith Stock Qualifying Round — 5.20 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Daley Thompson Final Result — 8797 points (→ Gold Medal)
Brad McStravick Final Result — 7890 points (→ 11th place)
Colin Boreham Final Result — 7485 points (→ 20th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Philip Vesty Final — 1:27:28 (→ 13th place)
Ian McCombie Final — 1:28:53 (→ 19th place)
Steve Barry Final — 1:30:46 (→ 24th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Chris Maddocks Final — 4:26:33 (→ 16th place)
Women's Competition Women's 1,500 metres Christine Benning Heat — 4:10.48 Final — 4:04.70 (→ 5th place)
Christina Boxer Heat — 4:07.40 Final — 4:05.53 (→ 6th place)
Lynne MacDougall Heat — 4:09.08 Final — 4:10.58 (→ 11th place)
Women's 3,000 metres Wendy Sly Heat — 8:58.66 Final — 8:39.47 (→ Silver Medal)
Zola Budd Heat — 8:44.62 Final — 8:48.80 (→ 7th place)
Jane Furniss Heat — 8:44.62 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon Priscilla Welch Final — 2:28:54 (→ 6th place)
Joyce Smith Final — 2:32:48 (→ 11th place)
Sarah Rowell Final — 2:34:08 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400 m Hurdles Susan Morley Heat — 58.71 Semifinal — 56.67 (→ did not advance)
Gladys Taylor Heat — 57.64 Semifinal — 56.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Diana Elliott Qualification — 1.90 m Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
Judy Simpson Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's Long Jump Sue Hearnshaw Qualification — 6.64 m Final — 6.80 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Discus Throw Meg Ritchie Qualification — 56.00 m Final — 62.58 m (→ 5th place)
Venissa Head Qualification — 55.24 m Final — 58.18 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Shot Put Judy Oakes Final — 18.14 m (→ 4th place)
Venissa Head Final — 17.90 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Tessa Sanderson Qualification — 61.58 m Final — 69.56 m (→ Gold Medal)
Fatima Whitbread Qualification — 65.30 m Final — 67.14 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Sharon Gibson Qualification — 60.88 m Final — 59.66 m (→ 9th place)
Women's Heptathlon Judy Simpson Final Result — 6280 points (→ 5th place)
Kim Hagger Final Result — 6127 points (→ 8th place)
Boxing
Athlete Event First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank John Lyon Light flyweight W 5-0 W 5-0 L 1-4 colspan="2" Pat Clinton Flyweight W 5-0 L KO colspan="3" John Hyland Bantamweight L AB colspan="3" Kevin Taylor Featherweight W 5-0 L 2-3 colspan="3" Alex Dickson Lightweight W 5-0 L KO colspan="3" David Griffiths Light welterweight W 5-0 L 1-4 colspan="3" Mickey Hughes Welterweight W 5-0 L 0-5 colspan="4" Rod Douglas Light middleweight W 4-1 W 4-1 L 0-5 colspan="2" Brian Schumacher Middleweight L 0-5 colspan="3" Tony Wilson Light heavyweight W RSC L 0-5 colspan="2" Doug Young Heavyweight L KO colspan="3" Robert Wells Super heavyweight colspan=2 W KO L RSC
Canoeing
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1984.
Men's individual road race 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)
Team time trial Steven Poulter Keith Reynolds Peter Sanders Darryl Webster
Sprint Mark Barry
1000m time trial Mark Barry
Individual pursuit Shaun Wallace Steve Bent
Team pursuit Steve Bent Paul Curran Mark Noble Adrian Timmis
Points race Shaun Wallace Paul Curran
Women's individual road race 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
Men's 3m Springboard Christopher Snode Preliminary Round — 592.68 Final — 609.51 (→ 5th place)
Nigel Stanton Preliminary Round — 521.61 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1984.
Men's foil Bill Gosbee Pierre Harper Nick Bell
Men's team foil Bill Gosbee, Pierre Harper, Nick Bell, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul
Men's épée Steven Paul John Llewellyn Jonathan Stanbury
Men's team épée Ralph Johnson, John Llewellyn, Neal Mallett, Steven Paul, Jonathan Stanbury
Men's sabre Mark Slade Richard Cohen John Zarno
Men's team sabre Richard Cohen, Paul Klenerman, Jim Philbin, Mark Slade, John Zarno
Women's foil Linda Ann Martin Liz Thurley Fiona McIntosh
Women's team foil Ann Brannon, Linda Ann Martin, Fiona McIntosh, Liz Thurley, Katie Arup
Field hockey
EventGroup Phase Semifinals Medal Final OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Men's tournament 2-1 3-1 1-0 4-3 0-0 0-1 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
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.
Individual Richard Phelps Michael Mumford Stephen Sowerby
Team Richard Phelps Michael Mumford Stephen Sowerby
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Men's coxless pair John Beattie, Richard Stanhope (→ 12th place)
Men's coxed pair Adrian Genziani, Bill Lang, Alan Inns (→ 8th place)
Men's coxless four Jonathan Clift, John Garrett, Martin Knight, John Bland (→ 9th place)
Men's coxed four Richard Budgett, Martin Cross, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (→ 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 Beryl Mitchell (→ 6th place)
Women's double scull Sally Bloomfield, Nonie Ray (→ 8th place)
Women's coxless pair Kate Panter, Ruth Howe (→ 6th place)
Women's coxed four Tessa Millar, Jean Genchi, Joanna Toch, Katie Ball, Kathy Talbot (→ 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
Shooting
Swimming
Men's Competition Men's 100 m Freestyle David Lowe Heat — 51.68 B-Final — 51.48 (→ 11th place)
Paul Easter Heat — 51.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Paul Easter Heat — 1:51.80 B-Final — 1:51.70 (→ 9th place)
Andrew Astbury Heat — 1:52.01 B-Final — 1:53.02 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Andrew Astbury Heat — 3:58.41 B-Final — 3:58.14 (→ 14th place)
Paul Howe Heat — 4:04.07 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle David Stacey Heat — 15:30.10 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Stuart Willmott Heat — 15:57.79 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke