Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Seoul
Competitors345 (219 men and 126 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearers Ian Taylor (opening)
Malcolm Cooper (closing)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
5
Silver
10
Bronze
9
Total
24
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 345 competitors, 219 men and 126 women, took part in 191 events in 22 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Similarly to the previous two Summer Olympics, British athletes once again won five gold medals.

Medallists

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Medals by discipline
Discipline Total
Swimming 1 1 1 3
Shooting 1 1 0 2
Rowing 1 0 1 2
Field hockey 1 0 0 1
Sailing 1 0 0 1
Athletics 0 6 2 8
Equestrian 0 2 1 3
Archery 0 0 1 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Judo 0 0 1 1
Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1
Total 5 10 9 24
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Adrian Moorhouse Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 19 September
 Gold Malcolm Cooper Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 22 September
 Gold Andy Holmes
Steven Redgrave		 Rowing Men's coxless pair 24 September
 Gold Mike McIntyre
Bryn Vaile		 Sailing Star 27 September
 Gold Great Britain men's national field hockey team
 Field hockey Men's tournament 1 October
 Silver Alister Allan Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 22 September
 Silver Ian Stark Equestrian Individual eventing 22 September
 Silver Virginia Leng
Mark Phillips
Ian Stark
Karen Straker		 Equestrian Team eventing 22 September
 Silver Nick Gillingham Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 23 September
 Silver Linford Christie Athletics Men's 100 metres 24 September
 Silver Colin Jackson Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 26 September
 Silver Fatima Whitbread Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 September
 Silver Liz McColgan Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 30 September
 Silver Peter Elliott Athletics Men's 1500 metres 1 October
 Silver Elliot Bunney
Clarence Callender
Linford Christie
Mike McFarlane
John Regis		 Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October
 Bronze Andy Jameson Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 21 September
 Bronze Graham Brookhouse
Dominic Mahony
Richard Phelps		 Modern pentathlon Men's team 22 September
 Bronze Virginia Leng Equestrian Individual eventing 22 September
 Bronze Andy Holmes
Steven Redgrave
Patrick Sweeney		 Rowing Men's coxed pair 25 September
 Bronze Yvonne Murray Athletics Women's 3000 metres 25 September
 Bronze Richie Woodhall Boxing Light middleweight 29 September
 Bronze Mark Rowland Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 30 September
 Bronze Dennis Stewart Judo Men's 95 kg 30 September
 Bronze Steven Hallard
Richard Priestman
Leroy Watson		 Archery Men's team 1 October

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 57 45 102
Boxing 8 – 8
Canoeing 12 5 17
Cycling 13 4 17
Diving 3 2 5
Equestrian 6 6 12
Fencing 8 5 13
Field hockey 16 16 32
Gymnastics 2 3 5
Judo 7 – 7
Modern pentathlon 3 – 3
Rowing 21 9 30
Sailing 13 2 15
Shooting 6 2 8
Swimming 19 19 38
Synchronized swimming – 3 3
Table tennis 4 0 4
Tennis 2 2 4
Weightlifting 10 – 10
Wrestling 6 – 6
Total 219 126 345


Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

In the fifth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal while Joanne Franks added another top eight finish in the women's individual and the women's team came in 5th.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Watson, Hallard, and Priestman – Final (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Franks, Edwards, and Sutton – Final (→ 5th place)

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1.500 metres

Men's 5.000 metres

Men's 10.000 metres

  • First Round — 28:25.46
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • First Round — 28:52.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2"12:19 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2"16:18 (→ 21st place)
  • Final — 2"20:45 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.62 (2nd)
  • Semi-Final — 49.22 (4th)
  • Final — 48.69 (6th)
  • Max Robertson
  • Heat — 50.67 (5th → did not advance
  • Heat — 50.81 (5th place → did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:04.18
  • Semi Final — 3:04.60
  • Final — 3:02.00 (→ 5th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.40
  • Semi Final — 8:18.31
  • Final — 8:07.96 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 8:38.90
  • Semi Final — 8:28.62 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 8:39.30
  • Semi Final — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 80.98 m
  • Final — 76.96 m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification — 75.96 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 58.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 69.12 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 62.42 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat — 70.38 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Tony Mercer
  • Qualifying Heat – 16.28 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying Heat – 15.68 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.77 m
  • Final — 7.54 m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • 100 metres — 10.62 s
  • Long Jump — 7.38 m
  • Shot Put — 15.02 m
  • High Jump — 2.03 m
  • 400 metres — 49.06 s
  • 110 m Hurdles — 14.72 s
  • Discus Throw — 44.80 m
  • Pole Vault — 4.90 m
  • Javelin Throw — 64.04 m
  • 1,500 metres — 4:45.11 s
  • 100 metres — 11.30 s
  • Long Jump — 6.97 m
  • Shot Put — 12.23 m
  • High Jump — 2.15 m
  • 400 metres — 49.98 s
  • 110 m Hurdles — 15.38 s
  • Discus Throw — 38.72 m
  • Pole Vault — 4.60 m
  • Javelin Throw — 54.34 m
  • 1,500 metres — 4:37.84 s
  • 100 metres — 11.50 s
  • Long Jump — 7.09 m
  • Shot Put — 12.94 m
  • High Jump — 1.82 m
  • 400 metres — 49.27 s
  • 110 m Hurdles — 15.56 s
  • Discus Throw — 42.32 m
  • Pole Vault — 4.50 m
  • Javelin Throw — 53.50 m
  • 1,500 metres — 4:53.85 s

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3'59:30 (→ 27th place)
  • Final — 4'00:07 (→ 28th place)


Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:28.52
  • Final — 3:26.89 (→ 6th place)

Women's Marathon

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification – 50.92 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification – 68.44 m
  • Final – 70.32 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualification – 56.70 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 56.00 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification – 15.13 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 18.34 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 17.31 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 5975 points (→ 17th place)
  • Final Result — 5746 points (→ 19th place)
  • Final Result — 1951 points (→ 29th place) - (withdrew after two events)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Ramzan Gul (Turkey), on points (1:4)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Lost to Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) on points

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Great Britain in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1988.

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

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Great Britain – South Korea 2-2
  • Great Britain – Canada 3-0
  • Great Britain – West Germany 1-2
  • Great Britain – Soviet Union 3-1
  • Great Britain – India 3-0
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – Australia 3-2
  • Final
  • Great Britain – West Germany 3-1 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Team roster

Women's Team Competition

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  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Great Britain – Argentina 1-0
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-5
  • Great Britain – United States 2-2
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – South Korea 0-1
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Great Britain – The Netherlands 1-3 (→ Fourth place)
  • Team roster

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1988. They won bronze in the team event.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Phelps, Mahony, and Brookhouse – 15276 pts (→ Bronze Medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's coxless pair

  • (→ Gold Gold Medal)

Men's coxed pair

  • (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)

Men's coxless four

  • (→ 4th place)

Men's coxed four

  • (→ 4th place)

Eight

  • (→ 4th place)

Women's double scull

  • (→ 9th place)

Women's coxless pair

  • (→ 8th place)

Women's coxed four

  • (→ 6th place)

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m freestyle

  • Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
  • Heat – 23.67 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100 m freestyle

  • Heat – 51.18 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Heat – 51.20 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

  • Heat – 1:51.22
  • B-Final – 1:51.99 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:53.03 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

  • Heat – 3:50.01
  • Final – 3:50.16 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat – 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

  • Heat – 15:17.56
  • Final – 15:21.16 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat – 15:38.75 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

  • Heat – 58.02 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
  • Heat – 58.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

  • Heat – 2:03.79
  • B-Final – 2:04.90 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 2:04.70 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:02.19
  • Final – 1:02.04 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Heat – 1:04.23 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:14.58
  • Final – 2:14.12 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Heat – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)
  • B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m butterfly

  • Heat – 53.34
  • Final – 53.30 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Heat – 54.75
  • B-Final – 55.22 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m butterfly

  • Heat – 2:01.01
  • B-Final – 2:00.32 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 2:01.44
  • B-Final – 2:01.09 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m individual medley

  • Heat – 2:05.55
  • B-Final – 2:04.17 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 2:05.56
  • B-Final – 2:05.44 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

  • Heat – 4:27.22
  • B-Final – 4:26.77 (→ 15th place)
  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat – 3:23.71
  • Final – 3:21.71 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

  • Heat – 7:29.77 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Heat – 27.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • Heat – 27.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m freestyle

  • Heat – 57.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
  • Heat – 58.19 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

  • Heat – 2:02.11
  • B-Final – 2:01.66 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat – 2:03.63 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400 m freestyle

  • Heat – 4:16.66 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Heat – 4:21.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 800 m freestyle

  • Heat – 8:44.64 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Heat – 9:00.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100 m backstroke

  • Heat – 1:04.62
  • B-Final – 1:04.27 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:04.75 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m backstroke

  • Heat – 2:17.22
  • B-Final – 2:18.20 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat – 2:21.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:11.66
  • B-Final – 1:11.95 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat – 1:12.67 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:36.14 (→ 20th place)
  • Heat – 2:41.12 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100 m butterfly

  • Heat – 1:02.76 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Heat – 1:03.34 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m butterfly

  • Heat – 2:17.10
  • B-Final – 2:17.11 (→ 15th place)
  • Heat – 2:17.28
  • B-Final – 2:18.66 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

  • Heat – 2:17.57
  • B-Final – 2:19.20 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat – 2:22.64 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m individual medley

  • Heat – 5:01.34
  • B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 24th place)
  • Heat – 4:54.66 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat – 3:50.84 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented Great Britain in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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