Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics

The British athletes took two medals and a fourth-place finish in athletics. The 100 metres and the 800 metres were the two events in which they had little success.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Launceston Elliot	100 m	12.9	3	Did not advance
Charles Gmelin		12.9	3	Did not advance
George Marshall		Unknown	5	Did not advance
Charles Gmelin	400 m	Unknown	2 Q	55.6
George Marshall	800 m	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Grantley Goulding	110 m hurdles	18.4	1 Q	17.6
George S. Robertson	Discus throw	N/A		25.20	4

Battell and Keeping each won a medal in the cycling program, earning a 4th place and a 5th-place finish as well.

Elliot finished in last place in the rope climbing competition. He did not make it all the way up the 14-metre rope, retiring at some point below 12.5 metres (the distance of the bronze medallist).

Merlin and Machonet were unable to win any medals in the shooting events.

Boland (later best known as an Irish nationalist politician) was by far the best player in the tennis competition, amassing a 6-0 record over both events and two gold medals, though one of them was as part of a mixed team. He defeated Traun in the first round of the singles competition, then teamed up with him for the doubles competition. Robertson was much less successful, losing both of the matches he played, though he was awarded a retroactive bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee as his bye in the doubles quarterfinals put him in third place in that event. Like Boland's doubles gold medal, Robertson's bronze is not counted as part of the British total because the two played on mixed teams. Some sources include George Marshall and his brother Frank; the two were entered but appear to have not competed.

Player	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Pius Boland	Singles	Traun (GER) W	Rallis (GRE) W	Paspatis (GRE) W	Kasdaglis (GRE) W 6-2, 6-2
George S. Robertson	Singles	Paspatis (GRE) L	Did not advance			8

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Germany	1	0	1.000
Greece	5	2	.714
Total	6	2	.750

Elliot (born in British India of Scottish ancestry) lifted the same amount as Viggo Jensen in the two handed lift, but was declared by Prince George of Greece to have taken second place based on lifting form. In the one handed lift, he easily defeated Jensen, who lifted only 57 kilograms.

Weightlifter	Event	Weight	Rank
Launceston Elliot	One hand lift	71.0
	Two hand lift	111.5

Elliot was defeated by eventual champion Carl Schuhmann in the first round of the wrestling competition, tying for 4th and last place.

Wrestler	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Launceston Elliot	Greco-Roman	Schuhmann (GER) L	Did not advance		4