Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Athens
Competitors264 in 22 sports
Flag bearers Kate Howey (opening) [1]
Kelly Holmes (closing)
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
9
Silver
9
Bronze
12
Total
30
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB . [2] The British sent a wide-ranging delegation to the Games, continuing its ubiquitous presence in the Olympic games, the only country to have sent competitors to every summer and winter games since the birth of the modern Olympics in 1896. Great Britain's 264 athletes, 161 men and 103 women, competed in 22 disciplines throughout the two-week event. The team entered the opening ceremony behind the Union Flag carried by judoka Kate Howey. [1] Double gold medal winner Kelly Holmes carried the flag at the closing ceremony.

Contents

Chronology

The delegation started the Olympics slowly, the silver its divers won on 14 August being the first of only a few opening-week medals. Although a sprinkling of silver and bronze medals – including a pair in men's and women's k1 kayak slalom – enlivened the mid-week, Britain's first gold did not come until Friday the 20th (won by Chris Hoy in the 1 km track cycling time-trial).

Then, on 21 August ("Golden Saturday") Britain's contributions to the medal table became more significant. First Britain's traditional strength in rowing continued as the men's coxless four, stroked by Matthew Pinsent, narrowly won gold, a defining moment since this was Pinsent's fourth gold medal in as many games. [3] Sailor Ben Ainslie wrapped up a successful few days of racing with a gold, as did the women's Yngling sailboats who were finally awarded the gold medal they had sewn up on Thursday. Bradley Wiggins continued Britain's cycling success, winning gold in the 4 km pursuit. Young swimmer David Davies, coming third in the men's 1500 m freestyle, set a European record in the process and won Britain's second swimming medal of the games – a notable improvement over the 2000 Sydney games from which the swimmers had returned empty-handed. Also on Saturday, it was announced that, after an appeal, Leslie Law would be promoted from silver to gold in the three-day equestrian eventing (and his team from bronze to silver). As the games' aquatic-dominated first week shifted into a second week focused more on track and field events, Kelly Sotherton came third in the heptathlon.

Sunday 22 August brought another rowing medal. However, marathon favourite Paula Radcliffe failed to cope with the heat of Athens and did not finish. The timing of the race with a late afternoon start, supposedly to appease US broadcasters, produced some controversy since summer marathons normally start early in the morning to avoid the heat. [4]

23 August saw Britain's first gold medal of the track and field events, Kelly Holmes winning the women's 800 metres. This was Britain's first gold medal on the track since Sally Gunnell won the 400-metre hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona games.

By claiming bronze in the Madison cycling on 25 August, to add to his earlier individual gold and a silver from the team pursuit, Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton for 40 years to claim three medals in one games. [5]

The evening of Saturday 28 August saw Britain's medal hunt centred on the Olympic Stadium. Steve Backley, in his final javelin throw competition, failed to win the gold he had been seeking since 1992, finishing fourth. Kelly Holmes achieved the middle-distance double, taking gold in the 1500 metres. [6] The men's 4×100-metre relay team won a surprising victory, winning gold ahead of the American team. Earlier in the day, Ian Wynne had added to the medal haul, with a bronze medal in the K1 kayak class, competing despite an ankle injury picked up the day before.

The final day of the games, 29 August, saw Amir Khan collect Britain's last medal of the event with a silver in boxing's lightweight division.

Overall performance

In the final medal table, Great Britain finished in 10th place overall. The BBC stated that this was "the best British performance in the modern era", and quantified this with further considerations: "GB won 37 in 1984, but that was a boycott-hit Games missing the Eastern Bloc countries. Take Los Angeles out of the picture, and this was Britain's best haul since 1924." [7]

Medallists

Great Britain finished in tenth position in the final medal rankings, with 9 gold and 30 total medals.

Multiple medallists

The following Team GB competitors won multiple medals at the 2004 Olympic Games. Kelly Holmes became the first British athlete since 1972 and the first British track and field athlete to win two gold medals at the same Summer Olympics.

NameMedalSportEvent
Kelly Holmes Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Athletics 800 m
1500 m
Bradley Wiggins Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Cycling Men's Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Men's Madison
Leslie Law Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Equestrian Individual eventing
Team eventing
Rob Hayles Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Cycling Team pursuit
Men's Madison

Archery

Four British archers (one man and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Laurence Godfrey Men's individual 65031Flag of Turkey.svg  Orbay  (TUR)
W 157–155
Flag of Sweden.svg  Petersson  (SWE)
W 163–162
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ruban  (UKR)
W 167–162
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen S-Y  (TPE)
W 110–108
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Galiazzo  (ITA)
L 108–110
Flag of Australia.svg  Cuddihy  (AUS)
L 112–113
4
Naomi Folkard Women's individual 63817Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Pilipova  (KAZ)
W 139–128
Flag of Finland.svg  Piuva  (FIN)
W 156–151
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Park S-H  (KOR)
L 159–171
Did not advance
Helen Palmer 59461Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Y  (CHN)
L 130–141
Did not advance
Alison Williamson 63721Flag of the United States.svg  Dykman  (USA)
W 147–121
Flag of Japan.svg  Kawauchi  (JPN)
W 154–150
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jj  (CHN)
W 165–161
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  He Y  (CHN)
W 109–89
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Park S-H  (KOR)
L 100–110
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yuan S-C  (TPE)
W 105–104
Bronze medal icon.svg
Naomi Folkard
Helen Palmer
Alison Williamson
Women's team 186912Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)
L 228–230
Did not advance

Athletics

British athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [8] [9]

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Darren Campbell 100 m 10.354Did not advance
Jason Gardener 10.152 Q10.152 Q10.125Did not advance
Mark Lewis-Francis 10.131 Q10.122 Q10.285Did not advance
Darren Campbell 200 m 20.724 Q20.594 q20.898Did not advance
Chris Lambert DNFDid not advance
Christian Malcolm 20.622 Q20.565 q20.777Did not advance
Timothy Benjamin 400 m 45.693 q46.288Did not advance
Daniel Caines 46.154Did not advance
Malachi Davis 46.285Did not advance
Ricky Soos 800 m 1:45.702 Q1:46.746Did not advance
Michael East 1500 m 3:37.371 Q3:36.466 q3:36.336
John Mayock 5000 m 13:26.8110Did not advance
Robert Newton 110 m hurdles 13.857Did not advance
Andy Turner 13.758Did not advance
Matthew Douglas 400 m hurdles 49.776Did not advance
Chris Rawlinson 48.943 Q50.898Did not advance
Justin Chaston 3000 m steeplechase 8:28.355Did not advance
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Jason Gardener
Mark Lewis-Francis
4 × 100 m relay 38.532 Q38.07Gold medal icon.svg
Sean Baldock
Timothy Benjamin
Malachi Davis
Matthew Elias
4 × 400 m relay 3:02.401 Q3:01.075
Jon Brown Marathon 2:12.264
Matt O'Dowd 2:22.3750
Dan Robinson 2:17.5323
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Chris Tomlinson Long jump 8.233 Q8.255
Nathan Douglas Triple jump 16.8413Did not advance
Phillips Idowu 17.334 QNM
Nick Buckfield Pole vault 5.6021Did not advance
Emeka Udechuku Discus throw 58.4124Did not advance
Steve Backley Javelin throw 80.6812 q84.134
Nick Nieland 72.7928Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Dean Macey Result10.897.4715.732.1548.9714.5648.344.4058.464:25.4284144
Points885927835944863903846731715775
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Abi Oyepitan 100 m 11.232 Q11.283 Q11.185Did not advance
Joice Maduaka 200 m 23.154 Q23.305Did not advance
Abi Oyepitan 22.502 Q22.792 Q22.562 Q22.87=7
Donna Fraser 400 m 51.192 Q51.947Did not advance
Lee McConnell 51.192 Q52.638Did not advance
Christine Ohuruogu 50.503 Q51.004Did not advance
Joanne Fenn 800 m 2:03.723 Q2:00.605Did not advance
Kelly Holmes 2:00.811 Q1:57.981 Q1:56.38Gold medal icon.svg
Kelly Holmes 1500 m 4:05.582 Q4:04.772 Q3:57.90 NR Gold medal icon.svg
Jo Pavey 4:12.5013Did not advance
Hayley Tullett 4:07.277 q4:08.9211Did not advance
Jo Pavey 5000 m 14:55.453 Q14:57.875
Kathy Butler 10000 m 31:41.1312
Paula Radcliffe DNF
Sarah Claxton 100 m hurdles 13.146Did not advance
Tracey Morris Marathon 2:41:0029
Paula Radcliffe DNF
Liz Yelling 2:40:1325
Donna Fraser
Helen Karagounis*
Lee McConnell
Catherine Murphy
Christine Ohuruogu
4 × 400 m relay 3:26.994 q3:25.124

* Competed only in heats

Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jade Johnson Long jump 6.716 Q6.806
Shelley Newman Discus throw 56.0433Did not advance
Philippa Roles 58.8318Did not advance
Goldie Sayers Javelin throw 59.1120Did not advance
Lorraine Shaw Hammer throw 64.7930Did not advance
Shirley Webb 61.6041Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Denise Lewis Result13.401.7315.3325.425.89DNSDNF
Points10658918838498160
Kelly Sotherton Result13.441.8513.2923.576.5137.192:12.276424Bronze medal icon.svg
Points1059104174710221010613932

Badminton

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Richard Vaughan Singles Flag of Portugal.svg  Vasconcelos  (POR)
W 15–5, 15–5
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Shon S-M  (KOR)
L 9–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Anthony Clark
Nathan Robertson
Doubles Flag of Thailand.svg  Ngernsrisuk /
Prapakamol  (THA)
W 15–5, 15–9
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Hian /
Limpele  (INA)
L 7–15, 12–15
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tracey Hallam Singles Flag of Germany.svg  Schenk  (GER)
W 11–7, 6–11, 11–9
Flag of Denmark.svg  Martin  (DEN)
W 11–2, 5–11, 13–10
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Audina  (NED)
L 0–11, 9–11
Did not advance
Kelly Morgan Flag of Australia.svg  Permana  (AUS)
W 11–5, 11–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang N  (CHN)
L 6–11, 8–11
Did not advance
Gail Emms
Donna Kellogg
Doubles Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Koon W C /
Li W M  (HKG)
W 15–4, 15–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Yl /
Zhao Tt  (CHN)
L 15–13, 7–15, 5–15
Did not advance
Ella Tripp
Joanne Wright
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Boteva /
Nedelcheva  (BUL)
W 17–15, 17–14
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Audina /
Bruil  (NED)
L 7–15, 7–15
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Robert Blair
Natalie Munt
Doubles Flag of Japan.svg  Ohtsuka /
Yamamoto  (JPN)
W 13–15, 15–7, 15–13
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Marissa /
Widianto  (INA)
L 8–15, 12–15
Did not advance
Gail Emms
Nathan Robertson
ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Pitro /
Siegemund  (GER)
W 15–11, 15–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Qq /
Zhao Tt  (CHN)
W 15–8, 17–15
Flag of Denmark.svg  Olsen /
Rasmussen  (DEN)
W 15–6, 15–12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao /
Zhang  (CHN)
L 1–15, 15–12, 12–15
Silver medal icon.svg

Boxing

Great Britain sent only one boxer to Athens, the 17-year-old Amir Khan. Khan tore through his first four fights, including two that the referees had to stop prematurely. His loss in the final to the defending Olympic champion and three-time world champion gave Khan a 4–1 record and a silver medal; many hoped he would compete the 2008 Summer Olympics but in the event he decided to turn professional later in 2004.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Amir Khan Lightweight Flag of Greece.svg  Kaperonis  (GRE)
WRSC
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stilianov  (BUL)
W 37–21
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Baik J-S  (KOR)
WRSC
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yeleuov  (KAZ)
W 40–26
Flag of Cuba.svg  Kindelán  (CUB)
L 22–30
Silver medal icon.svg

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
Stuart McIntosh Men's C-1 99.873102.877202.745 Q100.087 Q111.118211.198
Stuart Bowman
Nick Smith
Men's C-2 102.252111.166213.412 Q114.029Did not advance
Campbell Walsh Men's K-1 91.25197.7312188.982 Q93.681 Q96.493190.17Silver medal icon.svg
Helen Reeves Women's K-1 110.125103.511213.633 Q108.905 Q109.874218.77Bronze medal icon.svg

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemi-finalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tim Brabants Men's K-1 1000 m 3:24.4121 QBye3:30.5525
Ian Wynne Men's K-1 500 m 1:37.3411 q1:38.9111 Q1:38.547Bronze medal icon.svg
Paul Darby-Dowman
Ian Wynne
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:10.8192 QBye3:20.8487
Lucy Hardy Women's K-1 500 m 1:54.5184 q1:56.4323 Q1:53.7177

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Stuart Dangerfield Road race Did not finish
Time trial 1:00:03.7228
Roger Hammond Road race 5:41:567
Charly Wegelius Did not finish
Julian Winn Did not finish
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Nicole Cooke Road race 3:25:035
Time trial 33:45.2219
Rachel Heal Road race 3:25:4222
Sara Symington Did not finish

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Ross Edgar Men's sprint 10.381
69.357
3Flag of Barbados.svg  Forde  (BAR)
W 10.768
66.864
ByeFlag of Poland.svg  Zieliński  (POL)
L
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ng  (MAS)
Flag of Australia.svg  Eadie  (AUS)
W 10.906
66.018
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bos  (NED)
L, L
Did not advance5th place final
Flag of Barbados.svg  Forde  (BAR)
Flag of Poland.svg  Zieliński  (POL)
Flag of France.svg  Bourgain  (FRA)
W 11.214
5
Victoria Pendleton Women's sprint 11.646
61.823
10Flag of Russia.svg  Abassova  (RUS)
L
Flag of Germany.svg  Meinke  (GER)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hijgenaar  (NED)
L
Did not advance9th place final
Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hijgenaar  (NED)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radanova  (BUL)
W 12.699
9
Chris Hoy
Craig MacLean
Jamie Staff
Men's team sprint 44.693
60.412
7 QFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
L 44.075
61.259
Did not advance5
Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemi-finalsFinal
TimeRankOpponent
Results
RankOpponent
Results
Rank
Rob Hayles Men's individual pursuit 4:17.9304 QFlag of Ukraine.svg  Dyudya  (UKR)
4:19.559
3 QFlag of Spain.svg  Escobar  (ESP)
4:22.291
4
Bradley Wiggins 4:15.1651 QFlag of France.svg  Sanchez  (FRA)
4:17.215
1 QFlag of Australia.svg  McGee  (AUS)
4:16.304
Gold medal icon.svg
Emma Davies Women's individual pursuit 3:35.6097 QFlag of Australia.svg  Mactier  (AUS)
LAP
8Did not advance
Steve Cummings
Rob Hayles
Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins
Men's team pursuit 4:03.9852 QFlag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
3:59.866
2 QFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
4:01.760
Silver medal icon.svg
Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Chris Hoy Men's time trial 1:00.711 OR Gold medal icon.svg
Craig MacLean 1:02.3697
Victoria Pendleton Women's time trial 34.6266
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Ross Edgar Men's keirin 5 R4Did not advance
Jamie Staff 3 R1 QREL12
Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Emma Davies Women's points race 4012
Rob Hayles
Bradley Wiggins
Men's madison 120Bronze medal icon.svg

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Oli Beckingsale Men's cross-country 2:23:1517
Liam Killeen 2:18:325

Diving

British divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. Three British synchronised diving teams qualified through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup.

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemi-finalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Tony Ally 3 m springboard 401.5216 Q617.1315Did not advance
Mark Shipman 396.9018 Q599.8818Did not advance
Leon Taylor 10 m platform 433.3811 Q628.479 Q663.126
Peter Waterfield 474.034 Q654.546 Q669.245
Tony Ally
Mark Shipman
3 m synchronised springboard 334.985
Leon Taylor
Peter Waterfield
10m synchronised platform 371.52Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemi-finalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Tracey Richardson 3 m springboard 209.3428Did not advance
Jane Smith 282.9014 Q483.7515Did not advance
Tandi Gerrard
Jane Smith
3 m synchronised springboard 302.254

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five British pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Richard Davison Ballaseyr Royale Individual 68.54221 Q66.16022Did not advance
Carl Hester Escapado70.667=12 Q72.4409 Q71.5751471.56113
Emma Hindle Wie Weltmeyer67.50025Did not advance
Nicola McGivern Active Walero66.45834Did not advance
Richard Davison
Carl Hester
Emma Hindle
Nicola McGivern
See above Team 68.9037

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Jeanette Brakewell Over To You Individual 49.80 #284.00 #53.80 #234.0057.80 #18Did not advance57.8018
William Fox-Pitt Tamarillo 38.6060.0038.605WithdrewDid not advance
Pippa Funnell Primmore's Pride31.40211.20 #42.6080.0042.603 Q4.0046.60346.60Bronze medal icon.svg
Mary King King Solomon III48.00 #=240.0048.00 #188.00 #56.0016 Q18.0074.002074.0020
Leslie Law Shear l'Eau43.20101.2044.40110.0044.404 Q0.0044.40Gold medal icon.svg
Jeanette Brakewell
William Fox-Pitt
Pippa Funnell
Mary King
Leslie Law
See above Team 113.2011.20125.60=34.00143.002143.00Silver medal icon.svg

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Nick Skelton Arko III Individual 1=1156=13 Q064 Q0=1 Q1313=1113=11
Robert Smith Mr Springfield4=19812=28 Q921=33 Q8=12 Q412=512=4

Fencing

Two British fencers qualified for the following events:

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Richard Kruse Individual foil ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Hb  (CHN)
W 15–11
Flag of the United States.svg  Kellner  (USA)
W 15–14
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Cassarà  (ITA)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Louise Bond-Williams Individual sabre Flag of Germany.svg  König  (GER)
W 15–13
Flag of Russia.svg  Nechaeva  (RUS)
L 12–15
Did not advance

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the British roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. [10]

Head coach: Jason Lee

Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5320143+1111 Semi-finals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5320156+911
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 5302198+119 5–8th place semi-finals
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5221178+98
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5104921123 9–12th place semi-finals
6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5005230280
Source: FIH
15 August 2004
20:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Middleton Field hockey ball.svg 18'
Fordham Field hockey ball.svg 53'
Hawes Field hockey ball.svg 59'
Report S. Mohamed Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Satinder Kumar (IND)

17 August 2004
08:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Lee Jung-Seon Field hockey ball.svg 15', 68'
Yeo Woon-Kon Field hockey ball.svg 47'
Report Hall Field hockey ball.svg 45'
Stott Field hockey ball.svg 52'
Umpires:
Pedro Teixeira (POR)
John Wright (RSA)

19 August 2004
18:30
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1–5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Middleton Field hockey ball.svg 57' Report Amat Field hockey ball.svg 7', 38'
Freixa Field hockey ball.svg 32', 35'
Ribas Field hockey ball.svg 61'
Umpires:
Satinder Kumar (IND)
Christian Blasch (GER)

21 August 2004
20:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Zeller Field hockey ball.svg 21', 39'
Witthaus Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Scharowsky Field hockey ball.svg 52'
Report Moodie Field hockey ball.svg 60'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Sumesh Putra (CAN)

23 August 2004
18:00
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg8–2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Abbas Field hockey ball.svg 9', 39'
Ali Field hockey ball.svg 35+'
Nadeem Field hockey ball.svg 37'
Butt Field hockey ball.svg 55', 68'
Abbasi Field hockey ball.svg 59'
Shabbir Field hockey ball.svg 60'
Report Stott Field hockey ball.svg 5'
Hall Field hockey ball.svg 65'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

9th–12th place Semi-final
25 August 2004
11:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg4–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Moore Field hockey ball.svg 24'
Bertram Field hockey ball.svg 35+'
Hall Field hockey ball.svg 38'
Pearn Field hockey ball.svg 67'
Report Retegui Field hockey ball.svg 64'
Umpires:
Jason McCracken (NZL)
Christian Blasch (GER)
9th–10th place Final
27 August 2004
11:30
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Nicol Field hockey ball.svg 45' Report Fordham Field hockey ball.svg 43'
Penalties
Symons Field hockey pengoal.svg
Clark Field hockey pengoal.svg
Nicol Field hockey pengoal.svg
Denne Field hockey penmiss.svg
Fulton Field hockey penmiss.svg
3–4Field hockey pengoal.svg Hawes
Field hockey pengoal.svg Moodie
Field hockey penmiss.svg Stott
Field hockey pengoal.svg Garrard
Field hockey pengoal.svg Hall
Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Amarjit Singh (MAS)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women
Team
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Cherrelle Fennell Team 9.2259.0879.012Did not advance
Vanessa Hobbs 9.2378.4378.9379.08735.69844
Katy Lennon 9.2378.8509.0259.12536.23728 Q
Elizabeth Line8.950
Beth Tweddle 9.0129.5759.0259.30036.91219 Q
Nicola Willis 9.0258.9377.6259.17534.76253
Total36.72436.44935.93736.687145.79711
Individual finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F
Katy Lennon All-around 9.2628.9878.2008.92535.37421
Beth Tweddle 8.9879.5627.8009.41235.76119

Rhythmic

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Hannah McKibbin Individual 20.67520.80019.60021.22582.30021Did not advance

Trampoline

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Gary Smith Men's 67.207 Q40.007
Kirsten Lawton Women's 60.2012Did not advance

Judo

Eight British judoka (two men and six women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Craig Fallon −60 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Fernandis  (AUS)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Greece.svg  Zintiridis  (GRE)
L 0110–1010
Did not advance
Winston Gordon −90 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Kelly  (AUS)
W 1100–0000
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Geraldino  (DOM)
W 1000–0001
Flag of Brazil.svg  Honorato  (BRA)
W 0012–0010
Flag of Georgia.svg  Zviadauri  (GEO)
L 0020–1000
ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Huizinga  (NED)
L 0000–1001
5
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Georgina Singleton −52 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Hukuda  (BRA)
W 1001–0000
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Velázquez  (VEN)
W 0010–0000
Flag of Japan.svg  Yokosawa  (JPN)
L 0000–1001
Did not advanceByeFlag of North Korea.svg  Ri S-S  (PRK)
W 0011–0010
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Heylen  (BEL)
L 0000–0011
Did not advance
Sophie Cox −57 kg Flag of Fiji.svg  Nasaudrodro  (FIJ)
W 1010–0000
Flag of Greece.svg  Boukouvala  (GRE)
W 0001–0000
Flag of North Korea.svg  Kye S-H  (PRK)
L 0010–1010
Did not advanceByeFlag of Russia.svg  Yukhareva  (RUS)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance
Sarah Clark −63 kg ByeFlag of Austria.svg  Heill  (AUT)
L 0001–1001
Did not advanceFlag of the United States.svg  Rousey  (USA)
L 0001–1000
Did not advance
Kate Howey −70 kg Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Salayeva  (TKM)
W 1011–0000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Roberge  (CAN)
L 0001–0010
Did not advance
Rachel Wilding −78 kg ByeFlag of Spain.svg  San Miguel  (ESP)
W 1011–0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Matrosova  (UKR)
L 0000–1000
Did not advanceByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee S-Y  (KOR)
L 0000–0001
Did not advance
Karina Bryant +78 kg Flag of Cuba.svg  Beltrán  (CUB)
L 0010–0030
Did not advanceFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Bvegadzi  (CGO)
W 1003–0000
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Blanco  (VEN)
L 0020–0111
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Two British athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.

AthleteEventShooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
PointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Kate Allenby Women's 1691996421–10=29722:17.415127219625100411:14.0014102452368
Georgina Harland 1563080816–15=128322:14.6021308566114410:17.31112525344Bronze medal icon.svg

Rowing

British rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemi-finalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ian Lawson Single sculls 7:24.012 R6:56.551 SA/B/C6:57.553 FB6:57.6310
Rick Dunn
Toby Garbett
Pair 6:58.953 SA/BBye6:25.064 FB6:22.047
Matt Langridge
Matthew Wells
Double sculls 6:48.132 SA/BBye6:13.714 FB6:14.408
Ed Coode
James Cracknell
Matthew Pinsent
Steve Williams
Four 6:20.851 SA/BBye5:50.441 FA6:06.98Gold medal icon.svg
Alan Campbell
Simon Cottle
Peter Gardner
Peter Wells
Quadruple sculls 5:54.694 R5:48.653 SA/B5:48.526 FB6:07.8712
Nick English
Mike Hennessy
Mark Hunter
Tim Male
Lightweight four 6:05.574 R5:58.804Did not advance
Robin Bourne-Taylor
Christian Cormack (cox)
Jonno Devlin
Dan Ouseley
Phil Simmons
Tom Stallard
Andrew Triggs Hodge
Josh West
Kieran West
Eight 5:32.264 R5:34.373 FB5:53.319
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemi-finalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Cath Bishop
Katherine Grainger
Pair 7:34.662 R7:06.751 FA7:08.66Silver medal icon.svg
Elise Laverick
Sarah Winckless
Double sculls 7:29.752 R6:55.441 FA7:07.58Bronze medal icon.svg
Helen Casey
Tracy Langlands
Lightweight double sculls 6:59.194 R6:59.632 SA/B6:59.235 FB7:29.129
Debbie Flood
Frances Houghton
Alison Mowbray
Rebecca Romero
Quadruple sculls 6:15.602 FABye6:31.26Silver medal icon.svg

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

British sailors qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Nick Dempsey Mistral 21115102911016153Bronze medal icon.svg
Ben Ainslie Finn 9DSQ114123211438Gold medal icon.svg
Jonathan Glanfield
Nick Rogers
470 23941752310192274Silver medal icon.svg
Steve Mitchell
Iain Percy
Star 83129631657174736
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Natasha Sturges Mistral 1610399141211151191039
Laura Baldwin Europe 2114923202125222321417823
Christina Bassadone
Katherine Hopson
470 5141545617RAF2167917
Sarah Ayton
Shirley Robertson
Sarah Webb
Yngling 5411434638DNS39Gold medal icon.svg
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
Paul Goodison Laser 133285117198717814
Chris Draper
Simon Hiscocks
49er 856310811311824196677Bronze medal icon.svg
Mark Bulkeley
Leigh McMillan
Tornado 81417127148316151511213

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Six British shooters (five men and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Michael Babb 50 m rifle prone 5956 Q696.87
Richard Brickell Skeet 115=34Did not advance
Richard Faulds Double trap 130=13Did not advance
Edward Ling Trap 113=25Did not advance
Ian Peel 116=19Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Sarah Gibbins Trap 58=9Did not advance

Swimming

British swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): All British swimmers must qualify by finishing in the top two of the Olympic trials having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by British Swimming in the relevant final (that time being the fastest time of the sixteenth fastest swimmer internationally in that event in 2003).

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Simon Burnett 200 m freestyle 1:48.686 Q1:47.726 Q1:48.027
Chris Cook 200 m breaststroke 2:14.6816 Q2:15.9115Did not advance
Todd Cooper 100 m butterfly 53.4822Did not advance
David Davies 1500 m freestyle 14:57.031 Q14:45.95 NR Bronze medal icon.svg
Ian Edmond 200 m breaststroke 2:13.087 QDSQDid not advance
Adam Faulkner 400 m freestyle 3:51.9717Did not advance
Robin Francis 200 m individual medley 2:01.5712 Q2:02.0615Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:18.3412Did not advance
James Goddard 200 m backstroke 1:57.962 Q1:57.252 Q1:57.764
James Gibson 100 m breaststroke 1:00.995 Q1:01.07=4 Q1:01.366
James Hickman 100 m butterfly 52.9112 Q53.1015Did not advance
Matthew Kidd 100 m freestyle 49.9723Did not advance
Darren Mew 100 m breaststroke 1:00.894 Q1:00.833 Q1:01.667
Stephen Parry 200 m butterfly 1:58.8816 Q1:55.571 Q1:55.52Bronze medal icon.svg
Graeme Smith 400 m freestyle 3:52.4120Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:07.457 Q15:09.716
400 m individual medley 4:23.5323Did not advance
Gregor Tait 100 m backstroke 55.7714 Q55.3112Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:59.355 Q1:58.755 Q1:59.287
Adrian Turner 200 m individual medley 2:01.7313 Q2:03.8516Did not advance
Simon Burnett
David Carry*
Ross Davenport
Gavin Meadows
David O'Brien
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:17.414 Q7:12.604
James Gibson
James Hickman
Matthew Kidd
Gregor Tait
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:36.943 Q3:38.218

* Competed only in heats

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kirsty Balfour 200 m breaststroke 2:29.7811 Q2:28.9210Did not advance
Rebecca Cooke 400 m freestyle 4:08.185 Q4:11.358
800 m freestyle 8:28.472 Q8:29.376
Joanne Jackson 400 m freestyle 4:14.8921Did not advance
Georgina Lee 100 m butterfly 1:00.4520Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:10.996 Q2:10.9310Did not advance
Karen Lee 200 m backstroke 2:16.1020Did not advance
Melanie Marshall 200 m freestyle 2:00.4610 Q2:01.0616Did not advance
Sarah Price 100 m backstroke 1:02.1714 Q1:02.4816Did not advance
Katy Sexton 100 m backstroke 1:02.0112 Q1:01.9613Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:13.258 Q2:12.628 Q2:12.117
Alison Sheppard 50 m freestyle 25.368 Q25.3612Did not advance
Lisa Chapman
Kathryn Evans
Melanie Marshall
Karen Pickering
Alison Sheppard*
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:41.966 Q3:40.826
Joanne Jackson*
Georgina Lee
Caitlin McClatchey
Melanie Marshall
Karen Pickering
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:01.772 Q7:59.115
Kirsty Balfour
Kathryn Evans
Georgina Lee
Melanie Marshall*
Sarah Price*
Katy Sexton
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:05.634 QDSQ

* Competed only in heats

Taekwondo

Four British taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Paul Green Men's −58 kg Flag of Indonesia.svg  Rahadhani  (INA)
W 6–5
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyen  (VIE)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Craig Brown Men's −80 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Trenton  (AUS)
L 6–12
Did not advance
Sarah Bainbridge Women's −67 kg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sobers  (NED)
L 6–7
Did not advance
Sarah Stevenson Women's +67 kg Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Carmona  (VEN)
L 8–8 SUP
Did not advance

Tennis

Great Britain had only a single tennis player that qualified automatically through their world ranking.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tim Henman Men's singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Novák  (CZE)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Six British triathletes qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Tim Don Men's 18:070:181:01:400:2034:551:54:42.1318
Marc Jenkins 18:150:221:08:510:2438:272:05:33.6045
Andrew Johns 18:110:201:00:530:2035:111:54:15.8716
Julie Dibens Women's 19:210:201:11:080:2641:172:11:46.0130
Michelle Dillon 20:370:211:09:500:2535:332:06:00.776
Jodie Swallow 18:580:201:14:050:2642:032:15:06.7834

Weightlifting

Two British weightlifters qualified for the following events:

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Kamran Panjavi Men's −62 kg 105.0DNFDNF
Michaela Breeze Women's −58 kg 92.510120=7212.59

Wrestling

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nate Ackerman −74 kg Flag of Armenia.svg  Gevorgyan  (ARM)
L 0–4 ST
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Laliyev  (KAZ)
L 0–4 ST
3Did not advance19

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in the UK are held by the BBC, under the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events. 2004 marked the first year that digital television and webcasts were used to cover an Olympic Games. The digital television service allowed up to five streamed channels covering the games, allowing more extensive coverage of minor sports, whilst the BBC's website permitted UK broadband users to view live streams from a variety of events, and other countries to view delayed highlights. Live broadcasts were run throughout the day, with a highlights program on BBC1 following the close of the day's events.

The BBC's coverage was anchored (at various times of the day) by Craig Doyle, Clare Balding, Suzi Perry, Sue Barker, Steve Rider, Hazel Irvine and Steve Cram. Expert analysts and commentators included Sharron Davies, Jonathan Edwards, Sally Gunnell, Michael Johnson, Colin Jackson, and Steve Redgrave.

Eurosport also ran coverage of the Games viewable in the UK – in accordance with the ITC Code, it can show live events, provided that such events can also be broadcast by the BBC (although the BBC can choose not to do so).

Radio coverage was provided by BBC Radio Five Live and IRN, and the events were also covered by the sports pages of the major newspapers.

See also

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