Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

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]

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date Leslie Law Equestrian Individual eventing August 18 Chris Hoy Cycling Men's track time trial August 20 Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men's individual pursuit August 21 Ed Coode James Cracknell Matthew Pinsent Steve Williams Rowing Men's four August 21 Ben Ainslie Sailing Finn class August 21 Sarah Ayton Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb Sailing Yngling class August 21 Kelly Holmes Athletics Women's 800 m August 23 Kelly Holmes Athletics Women's 1500 m August 28 Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Jason Gardener Mark Lewis-Francis Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay August 28 Leon Taylor Peter Waterfield Diving Men's synchronised 10 m platform August 14 Jeanette Brakewell William Fox-Pitt Pippa Funnell Mary King Leslie Law Equestrian Team eventing August 18 Gail Emms Nathan Robertson Badminton Mixed doubles August 19 Campbell Walsh Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 August 19 Cath Bishop Katherine Grainger Rowing Women's pair August 21 Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Alison Mowbray Rebecca Romero Rowing Women's quadruple sculls August 22 Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men's team pursuit August 23 Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers Sailing Men's 470 class August 28 Amir Khan Boxing Lightweight August 29 Stephen Parry Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly August 17 Alison Williamson Archery Women's individual August 18 Helen Reeves Canoeing Women's slalom K-1 August 18 Pippa Funnell Equestrian Individual eventing August 18 Kelly Sotherton Athletics Women's heptathlon August 21 Elise Laverick Sarah Winckless Rowing Women's double sculls August 21 David Davies Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 21 Rob Hayles Bradley Wiggins Cycling Men's madison August 25 Nick Dempsey Sailing Men's sailboard August 25 Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks Sailing 49er class August 26 Georgina Harland Modern pentathlon Women's event August 27 Ian Wynne Canoeing Men's K-1 500 m August 28

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 3 0 1 4 Sailing 2 1 2 5 Cycling 2 1 1 4 Rowing 1 2 1 4 Equestrian 1 1 1 3 Canoeing 0 1 2 3 Badminton 0 1 0 1 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Diving 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 0 2 2 Archery 0 0 1 1 Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1 Total 9 9 12 30 Medals by date Day Date Total 1 14 Aug 0 1 0 1 2 15 Aug 0 0 0 0 3 16 Aug 0 0 0 0 4 17 Aug 0 0 1 1 5 18 Aug 1 1 3 5 6 19 Aug 0 2 0 2 7 20 Aug 1 0 0 1 8 21 Aug 4 1 3 8 9 22 Aug 0 1 0 1 10 23 Aug 1 1 0 2 11 24 Aug 0 0 0 0 12 25 Aug 0 0 2 2 13 26 Aug 0 0 1 1 14 27 Aug 0 0 1 1 15 28 Aug 2 1 1 4 16 29 Aug 0 1 0 1 Total 9 9 12 30

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.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Kelly Holmes	Gold  Gold	Athletics	800 m 1500 m
Bradley Wiggins	Gold  Silver  Bronze	Cycling	Men's Individual pursuit Team pursuit Men's Madison
Rob Hayles	Silver  Bronze	Cycling	Team pursuit Men's Madison

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.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laurence Godfrey	Men's individual	650	31	Orbay (TUR) W 157–155	Petersson (SWE) W 163–162	Ruban (UKR) W 167–162	Chen S-Y (TPE) W 110–108	Galiazzo (ITA) L 108–110	Cuddihy (AUS) L 112–113	4
Naomi Folkard	Women's individual	638	17	Pilipova (KAZ) W 139–128	Piuva (FIN) W 156–151	Park S-H (KOR) L 159–171	Did not advance
Helen Palmer		594	61	He Y (CHN) L 130–141	Did not advance
Alison Williamson		637	21	Dykman (USA) W 147–121	Kawauchi (JPN) W 154–150	Zhang Jj (CHN) W 165–161	He Y (CHN) W 109–89	Park S-H (KOR) L 100–110	Yuan S-C (TPE) W 105–104
Naomi Folkard Helen Palmer Alison Williamson	Women's team	1869	12	N/A		India (IND) L 228–230	Did not advance

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]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darren Campbell	100 m	10.35	4	Did not advance
Jason Gardener		10.15	2 Q	10.15	2 Q	10.12	5	Did not advance
Mark Lewis-Francis		10.13	1 Q	10.12	2 Q	10.28	5	Did not advance
Darren Campbell	200 m	20.72	4 Q	20.59	4 q	20.89	8	Did not advance
Chris Lambert		DNF		Did not advance
Christian Malcolm		20.62	2 Q	20.56	5 q	20.77	7	Did not advance
Timothy Benjamin	400 m	45.69	3 q	N/A		46.28	8	Did not advance
Daniel Caines		46.15	4	N/A		Did not advance
Malachi Davis		46.28	5	N/A		Did not advance
Ricky Soos	800 m	1:45.70	2 Q	N/A		1:46.74	6	Did not advance
Michael East	1500 m	3:37.37	1 Q	N/A		3:36.46	6 q	3:36.33	6
John Mayock	5000 m	13:26.81	10	N/A				Did not advance
Robert Newton	110 m hurdles	13.85	7	Did not advance
Andy Turner		13.75	8	Did not advance
Matthew Douglas	400 m hurdles	49.77	6	N/A		Did not advance
Chris Rawlinson		48.94	3 Q	N/A		50.89	8	Did not advance
Justin Chaston	3000 m steeplechase	8:28.35	5	N/A				Did not advance
Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Jason Gardener Mark Lewis-Francis	4 × 100 m relay	38.53	2 Q	N/A				38.07
Sean Baldock Timothy Benjamin Malachi Davis Matthew Elias	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.40	1 Q	N/A				3:01.07	5
Jon Brown	Marathon	N/A						2:12.26	4
Matt O'Dowd		N/A						2:22.37	50
Dan Robinson		N/A						2:17.53	23

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abi Oyepitan	100 m	11.23	2 Q	11.28	3 Q	11.18	5	Did not advance
Joice Maduaka	200 m	23.15	4 Q	23.30	5	Did not advance
Abi Oyepitan		22.50	2 Q	22.79	2 Q	22.56	2 Q	22.87	=7
Donna Fraser	400 m	51.19	2 Q	N/A		51.94	7	Did not advance
Lee McConnell		51.19	2 Q	N/A		52.63	8	Did not advance
Christine Ohuruogu		50.50	3 Q	N/A		51.00	4	Did not advance
Joanne Fenn	800 m	2:03.72	3 Q	N/A		2:00.60	5	Did not advance
Kelly Holmes		2:00.81	1 Q	N/A		1:57.98	1 Q	1:56.38
Kelly Holmes	1500 m	4:05.58	2 Q	N/A		4:04.77	2 Q	3:57.90 NR
Jo Pavey		4:12.50	13	N/A		Did not advance
Hayley Tullett		4:07.27	7 q	N/A		4:08.92	11	Did not advance
Jo Pavey	5000 m	14:55.45	3 Q	N/A				14:57.87	5
Kathy Butler	10000 m	N/A						31:41.13	12
Paula Radcliffe		N/A						DNF
Sarah Claxton	100 m hurdles	13.14	6	N/A		Did not advance
Tracey Morris	Marathon	N/A						2:41:00	29
Paula Radcliffe		N/A						DNF
Liz Yelling		N/A						2:40:13	25
Donna Fraser Helen Karagounis* Lee McConnell Catherine Murphy Christine Ohuruogu	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.99	4 q	N/A				3:25.12	4

* Competed only in heats

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Denise Lewis	Result	13.40	1.73	15.33	25.42	5.89	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	1065	891	883	849	816	0	—
Kelly Sotherton	Result	13.44	1.85	13.29	23.57	6.51	37.19	2:12.27	6424
	Points	1059	1041	747	1022	1010	613	932

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Richard Vaughan	Singles	Vasconcelos (POR) W 15–5, 15–5	Shon S-M (KOR) L 9–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson	Doubles	Ngernsrisuk / Prapakamol (THA) W 15–5, 15–9	Hian / Limpele (INA) L 7–15, 12–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tracey Hallam	Singles	Schenk (GER) W 11–7, 6–11, 11–9	Martin (DEN) W 11–2, 5–11, 13–10	Audina (NED) L 0–11, 9–11	Did not advance
Kelly Morgan		Permana (AUS) W 11–5, 11–3	Zhang N (CHN) L 6–11, 8–11	Did not advance
Gail Emms Donna Kellogg	Doubles	Koon W C / Li W M (HKG) W 15–4, 15–4	Wei Yl / Zhao Tt (CHN) L 15–13, 7–15, 5–15	Did not advance
Ella Tripp Joanne Wright		Boteva / Nedelcheva (BUL) W 17–15, 17–14	Audina / Bruil (NED) L 7–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Robert Blair Natalie Munt	Doubles	Ohtsuka / Yamamoto (JPN) W 13–15, 15–7, 15–13	Marissa / Widianto (INA) L 8–15, 12–15	Did not advance
Gail Emms Nathan Robertson		Bye	Pitro / Siegemund (GER) W 15–11, 15–4	Chen Qq / Zhao Tt (CHN) W 15–8, 17–15	Olsen / Rasmussen (DEN) W 15–6, 15–12	Gao / Zhang (CHN) L 1–15, 15–12, 12–15

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amir Khan	Lightweight	Kaperonis (GRE) W RSC	Stilianov (BUL) W 37–21	Baik J-S (KOR) W RSC	Yeleuov (KAZ) W 40–26	Kindelán (CUB) L 22–30

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tony Ally	3 m springboard	401.52	16 Q	617.13	15	Did not advance
Mark Shipman		396.90	18 Q	599.88	18	Did not advance
Leon Taylor	10 m platform	433.38	11 Q	628.47	9 Q	663.12	6
Peter Waterfield		474.03	4 Q	654.54	6 Q	669.24	5
Tony Ally Mark Shipman	3 m synchronised springboard	N/A				334.98	5
Leon Taylor Peter Waterfield	10m synchronised platform	N/A				371.52

Women

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.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jeanette Brakewell	Over To You	Individual	49.80 #	28	4.00 #	53.80 #	23	4.00	57.80 #	18	Did not advance			57.80	18
William Fox-Pitt	Tamarillo		38.60	6	0.00	38.60	5	Withdrew			Did not advance
Pippa Funnell	Primmore's Pride		31.40	2	11.20 #	42.60	8	0.00	42.60	3 Q	4.00	46.60	3	46.60
Mary King	King Solomon III		48.00 #	=24	0.00	48.00 #	18	8.00 #	56.00	16 Q	18.00	74.00	20	74.00	20
Leslie Law	Shear l'Eau		43.20	10	1.20	44.40	11	0.00	44.40	4 Q	0.00	44.40
Jeanette Brakewell William Fox-Pitt Pippa Funnell Mary King Leslie Law	See above	Team	113.20	1	1.20	125.60	=3	4.00	143.00	2	N/A			143.00

"#" 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.

Two British fencers qualified for the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Richard Kruse	Individual foil	Bye	Wang Hb (CHN) W 15–11	Kellner (USA) W 15–14	Cassarà (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Louise Bond-Williams	Individual sabre	König (GER) W 15–13	Nechaeva (RUS) L 12–15	Did not advance

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Craig Fallon	−60 kg	Fernandis (AUS) W 1000–0000	Zintiridis (GRE) L 0110–1010	Did not advance
Winston Gordon	−90 kg	Kelly (AUS) W 1100–0000	Geraldino (DOM) W 1000–0001	Honorato (BRA) W 0012–0010	Zviadauri (GEO) L 0020–1000	Bye			Huizinga (NED) L 0000–1001	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgina Singleton	−52 kg	Hukuda (BRA) W 1001–0000	Velázquez (VEN) W 0010–0000	Yokosawa (JPN) L 0000–1001	Did not advance	Bye	Ri S-S (PRK) W 0011–0010	Heylen (BEL) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Sophie Cox	−57 kg	Nasaudrodro (FIJ) W 1010–0000	Boukouvala (GRE) W 0001–0000	Kye S-H (PRK) L 0010–1010	Did not advance	Bye	Yukhareva (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Sarah Clark	−63 kg	Bye	Heill (AUT) L 0001–1001	Did not advance		Rousey (USA) L 0001–1000	Did not advance
Kate Howey	−70 kg	Salayeva (TKM) W 1011–0000	Roberge (CAN) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Rachel Wilding	−78 kg	Bye	San Miguel (ESP) W 1011–0011	Matrosova (UKR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Lee S-Y (KOR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Karina Bryant	+78 kg	Beltrán (CUB) L 0010–0030	Did not advance			Bvegadzi (CGO) W 1003–0000	Blanco (VEN) L 0020–0111	Did not advance

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

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Kate Allenby	Women's	169	19	964	21–10	=2	972	2:17.41	5	1272	196	25	1004	11:14.00	14	1024	5236	8
Georgina Harland		156	30	808	16–15	=12	832	2:14.60	2	1308	56	6	1144	10:17.31	1	1252	5344

British rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ian Lawson	Single sculls	7:24.01	2 R	6:56.55	1 SA/B/C	6:57.55	3 FB	6:57.63	10
Rick Dunn Toby Garbett	Pair	6:58.95	3 SA/B	Bye		6:25.06	4 FB	6:22.04	7
Matt Langridge Matthew Wells	Double sculls	6:48.13	2 SA/B	Bye		6:13.71	4 FB	6:14.40	7
Ed Coode James Cracknell Matthew Pinsent Steve Williams	Four	6:20.85	1 SA/B	Bye		5:50.44	1 FA	6:06.98
Alan Campbell Simon Cottle Peter Gardner Peter Wells	Quadruple sculls	5:54.69	4 R	5:48.65	3 SA/B	5:48.52	6 FB	6:07.87	12
Nick English Mike Hennessy Mark Hunter Tim Male	Lightweight four	6:05.57	4 R	5:58.80	4	Did not advance
Robin Bourne-Taylor Christian Cormack (cox) Jonno Devlin Dan Ouseley Phil Simmons Tom Stallard Andrew Triggs Hodge Josh West Kieran West	Eight	5:32.26	4 R	5:34.37	3 FB	N/A		5:53.31	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semi-finals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cath Bishop Katherine Grainger	Pair	7:34.66	2 R	7:06.75	1 FA	N/A		7:08.66
Elise Laverick Sarah Winckless	Double sculls	7:29.75	2 R	6:55.44	1 FA	N/A		7:07.58
Helen Casey Tracy Langlands	Lightweight double sculls	6:59.19	4 R	6:59.63	2 SA/B	6:59.23	5 FB	7:29.12	9
Debbie Flood Frances Houghton Alison Mowbray Rebecca Romero	Quadruple sculls	6:15.60	2 FA	Bye		N/A		6:31.26

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

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nick Dempsey	Mistral	2	11	15	10	2	9	1	10	1	6	1	53
Ben Ainslie	Finn	9	DSQ	1	1	4	1	2	3	2	1	14	38
Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers	470	2	3	9	4	17	5	2	3	10	19	22	74
Steve Mitchell Iain Percy	Star	8	3	12	9	6	3	16	5	7	17	4	73	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Natasha Sturges	Mistral	16	10	3	9	9	14	12	11	15	11	9	103	9
Laura Baldwin	Europe	21	14	9	23	20	21	25	22	23	21	4	178	23
Christina Bassadone Katherine Hopson	470	5	14	15	4	5	6	17	RAF	2	16	7	91	7
Sarah Ayton Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb	Yngling	5	4	1	1	4	3	4	6	3	8	DNS	39

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Paul Goodison	Laser	13	3	28	5	11	7	1	9	8	7	N/A					17	81	4
Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks	49er	8	5	6	3	10	8	1	13	11	8	2	4	1	9	6	6	77
Mark Bulkeley Leigh McMillan	Tornado	8	14	17	12	7	14	8	3	16	15	N/A					15	112	13

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

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

Men

Women

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simon Burnett	200 m freestyle	1:48.68	6 Q	1:47.72	6 Q	1:48.02	7
Chris Cook	200 m breaststroke	2:14.68	16 Q	2:15.91	15	Did not advance
Todd Cooper	100 m butterfly	53.48	22	Did not advance
David Davies	1500 m freestyle	14:57.03	1 Q	N/A		14:45.95 NR
Ian Edmond	200 m breaststroke	2:13.08	7 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Adam Faulkner	400 m freestyle	3:51.97	17	N/A		Did not advance
Robin Francis	200 m individual medley	2:01.57	12 Q	2:02.06	15	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:18.34	12	N/A		Did not advance
James Goddard	200 m backstroke	1:57.96	2 Q	1:57.25	2 Q	1:57.76	4
James Gibson	100 m breaststroke	1:00.99	5 Q	1:01.07	=4 Q	1:01.36	6
James Hickman	100 m butterfly	52.91	12 Q	53.10	15	Did not advance
Matthew Kidd	100 m freestyle	49.97	23	Did not advance
Darren Mew	100 m breaststroke	1:00.89	4 Q	1:00.83	3 Q	1:01.66	7
Stephen Parry	200 m butterfly	1:58.88	16 Q	1:55.57	1 Q	1:55.52
Graeme Smith	400 m freestyle	3:52.41	20	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:07.45	7 Q	N/A		15:09.71	6
	400 m individual medley	4:23.53	23	N/A		Did not advance
Gregor Tait	100 m backstroke	55.77	14 Q	55.31	12	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.35	5 Q	1:58.75	5 Q	1:59.28	7
Adrian Turner	200 m individual medley	2:01.73	13 Q	2:03.85	16	Did not advance
Simon Burnett David Carry* Ross Davenport Gavin Meadows David O'Brien	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:17.41	4 Q	N/A		7:12.60	4
James Gibson James Hickman Matthew Kidd Gregor Tait	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.94	3 Q	N/A		3:38.21	8

* Competed only in heats

Women

* Competed only in heats

Four British taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Green	Men's −58 kg	Rahadhani (INA) W 6–5	Nguyen (VIE) L 2–4	Did not advance
Craig Brown	Men's −80 kg	Trenton (AUS) L 6–12	Did not advance
Sarah Bainbridge	Women's −67 kg	Sobers (NED) L 6–7	Did not advance
Sarah Stevenson	Women's +67 kg	Carmona (VEN) L 8–8 SUP	Did not advance

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tim Henman	Men's singles	Novák (CZE) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Six British triathletes qualified for the following events.

Two British weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
J English	−74 kg	Gevorgyan (ARM) L 0–4 ST	Laliyev (KAZ) L 0–4 ST	3	Did not advance			19

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.

• Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• British Olympic Association
• Team GB
• BBC Olympics News and Coverage