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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. 345 competitors, 219 men and 126 women, took part in 191 events in 22 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

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Gold

• Paul Barber, Stephen Batchelor, Kulbir Bhaura
  Kulbir Bhaura
  Kulbir Singh Bhaura is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , Robert Clift
  Robert Clift
  Robert John Clift is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , Richard Dodds
  Richard Dodds
  Richard David Allan Dodds OBE is a former field hockey player, who was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , David Faulkner, Russell Garcia, Martyn Grimley
  Martyn Grimley
  Martyn Andrew Grimley is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the British Olympic squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup silver medals for both indoor and outdoor hockey as well as a European Cup silver medal...
  
  , Sean Kerly
  Sean Kerly
  Sean Robin Kerly MBE was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
  
  , Jimmy Kirkwood
  Jimmy Kirkwood
  James W. Kirkwood is a former field hockey player and Irish cricketer, who was born in Northern Ireland.-Hockey:Kirkwood was a member of the golden winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  , Richard Leman
  Richard Leman
  Richard Alexander Leman is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , Stephen Martin, Veryan Pappin
  Veryan Pappin
  Veryan Guy Henry Pappin is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the goalkeeper from Scotland secured the...
  
  , Jon Potter
  Jon Potter
  Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter is a Senior Partner and CMO of the McKinney Rogers Group of companies. Before joining McKinney Rogers, Jon Potter was a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Following his retirement from...
  
  , Imran Sherwani
  Imran Sherwani
  Imran Sherwani is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  , and Ian Taylor — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
• Malcolm Cooper
  Malcolm Cooper
  Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. , he is the only shooter to win defend the gold medal in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event....
  
   — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Michael McIntyre
  Michael McIntyre (sailor)
  Michael McIntyre is a British sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the Star class, together with Bryn Vaile.-References:...
  
   and Bryn Vaile
  Bryn Vaile
  Philip Bryn Vaile is a British sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the Star class, together with Michael McIntyre.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition
• Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Breaststroke
• Steven Redgrave and Andy Holmes
  Andy Holmes
  Andrew Jeremy Holmes MBE was a British rower.Holmes was born in Uxbridge, Greater London, and was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist Jim Clark. After leaving school, he rowed for Kingston Rowing Club and then...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

Silver

• Linford Christie
  Linford Christie
  Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• Peter Elliott
  Peter Elliott (athlete)
  Peter Elliott is a former middle-distance runner from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1987 World...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 1.500 metres
• Colin Jackson
  Colin Jackson
  Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 110 metres Hurdles
• John Regis
  John Regis (athlete)
  John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...
  
  , Elliot Bunney
  Elliot Bunney
  Elliot John Bunney was a Scottish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He won the AAAs Junior championships in 1984, and 85. He was also a Scottish 100 metre champion in 85, 86, 89, 91,92, and 93...
  
  , Linford Christie
  Linford Christie
  Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
  
  , and Mike McFarlane — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metres Relay
• Liz McColgan
  Liz McColgan
  Elizabeth McColgan MBE is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won the gold medal for the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, and a silver medal over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 10.000 metres
• Fatima Whitbread
  Fatima Whitbread
  Fatima Whitbread MBE is a British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.-Early life:...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Captain Mark Phillips
  Mark Phillips
  -Ancestry:-Issue:-Sources:...
  
  , Karen Stracker, Virginia Holgate-Leng, and Ian Stark
  Ian Stark
  Ian David Stark is a Scottish equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. Stark was born in Galashiels in the Borders in 1954 and began riding horses at the age of 10....
  
   — Equestrian, Team Eventing
• Ian Stark
  Ian Stark
  Ian David Stark is a Scottish equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. Stark was born in Galashiels in the Borders in 1954 and began riding horses at the age of 10....
  
   — Equestrian, Individual Eventing
• Alister Allan
  Alister Allan
  Alister Millar "Jock" Allan, born 28 January 1944 in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland is an Olympic medal-winning Scottish rifleman who represented Great Britain at five Olympics between 1968 and 1992 ....
  
   — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Nick Gillingham
  Nick Gillingham
  Nicholas Gillingham is a former swimmer from Great Britain, who participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. In August 1989, he tied the existing world record in the long-course 200 m breaststroke, only to co-hold it for 1-day before the other co-holder, Mike...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Bronze

• Leroy Watson, Steven Hallard
  Steven Hallard
  Steven Leslie Hallard is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics-Olympics:...
  
  , and Richard Priestman
  Richard Priestman
  Richard John Priestman is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics His wife Vladlena Priestman competed in archery for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Olympics:Priestman has competed in archery at three...
  
   — Archery, Men's Team Competition
• Mark Rowland
  Mark Rowland
  Mark Robert Rowland is a retired British athlete, who was a bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 3.000 metres Steeplechase
• Yvonne Murray
  Yvonne Murray
  Yvonne Murray MBE , is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this distance at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 3.000 metres
• Richard Woodhall — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Virginia Holgate-Leng — Equestrian, Individual Eventing
• Dennis Stewart — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
• Richard Phelps, Dominic Mahony, and Graham Brookhouse
  Graham Brookhouse
  Graham Raymond Brookhouse was born on 19 June 1962 and was brought up in Birmingham, England and competed for the modern pentathlon in the Seoul Olympics.- Seoul Olympics :...
  
   — Modern Pentathlon, Team Competition
• Steven Redgrave, Andy Holmes
  Andy Holmes
  Andrew Jeremy Holmes MBE was a British rower.Holmes was born in Uxbridge, Greater London, and was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist Jim Clark. After leaving school, he rowed for Kingston Rowing Club and then...
  
  , and Patrick Sweeney
  Patrick Sweeney (rower)
  Patrick John Sweeney is a coxswain for Great Britain's rowing team. Sweeney won an Olympic Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Sir Stephen Redgrave and Andy Holmes, and a Silver Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the British Men's 8 team...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Andrew Jameson — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

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Archery

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:

• Joanne Franks – Final (→ 7th place)
• Pauline Edwards – Quarterfinal (→ 17th place)
• Cheryl Sutton – Preliminary Round (→ 51st place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Leroy Watson – Quarterfinals (→ 18th place)
• Steven Hallard
  Steven Hallard
  Steven Leslie Hallard is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics-Olympics:...
  
   – 1/8 finals (→ 21st place)
• Richard Priestman
  Richard Priestman
  Richard John Priestman is a British archer who was a member of the British squad that won the team bronze medals at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics His wife Vladlena Priestman competed in archery for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Olympics:Priestman has competed in archery at three...
  
   – Preliminary Round (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:

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

Women's Team Competition:

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

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Linford Christie
  Linford Christie
  Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
  
  
• Barrington Williams
• John Regis
  John Regis (athlete)
  John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...
  
  

Men's 200 metres

• Linford Christie
  Linford Christie
  Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...
  
  
• Michael Rosswess
  Michael Rosswess
  Michael Rupert Rosswess is a retired English sprinter.Rosswess reached the final of the 200 metres event at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, where he finished in seventh place...
  
  
• John Regis
  John Regis (athlete)
  John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...
  
  

Men's 400 metres

• Brian Whittle
  Brian Whittle
  Brian Whittle is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1986 European Championships in Athletics and 1994 European Championships in Athletics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  
• Todd Bennett
  Todd Bennett
  Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip...
  
  

Men's 800 metres

• Peter Elliott
  Peter Elliott (athlete)
  Peter Elliott is a former middle-distance runner from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1987 World...
  
  
• Steve Cram
  Steve Cram
  Stephen "Steve" Cram MBE is a British retired athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", Cram set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the mile during a...
  
  
• Tom McKean
  Tom McKean
  Thomas McKean is a former Scottish middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990....
  
  

Men's 1.500 metres

• Peter Elliott
  Peter Elliott (athlete)
  Peter Elliott is a former middle-distance runner from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1987 World...
  
  
• Steve Cram
  Steve Cram
  Stephen "Steve" Cram MBE is a British retired athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", Cram set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the mile during a...
  
  
• Steve Crabb

Men's 5.000 metres

• Eamonn Martin
  Eamonn Martin
  Eamonn Martin is a former elite long distance runner from England. The most recent British male winner of the London Marathon, he ran 2:10:50 to win the 1993 race in a sprint finish against the Mexican athlete Isidro Rico. That race was Martin’s debut marathon...
  
  
• Jack Buckner
  Jack Buckner
  Jack Richard Buckner was one of the many British athletes of the mid 1980s who dominated track and field. Educated at St. Petroc's preparatory school in Cornwall and Worksop College in Nottinghamshire it was clear from a young age that Buckner was highly talented...
  
  
• Gary Staines

Men's 10.000 metres

• Eamonn Martin
  Eamonn Martin
  Eamonn Martin is a former elite long distance runner from England. The most recent British male winner of the London Marathon, he ran 2:10:50 to win the 1993 race in a sprint finish against the Mexican athlete Isidro Rico. That race was Martin’s debut marathon...
  
  
• First Round — 28:25.46
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Steve Binns
• First Round — 28:52.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Charlie Spedding
  Charlie Spedding
  Charles Spedding is an English former long-distance runner. He was fourth in the 10,000m at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and was England’s Amateur Athletic Association 10,000m champion in 1983 in a time of 28:08.12...
  
  
• Final — 2"12:19 (→ 6th place)

• Dave Long
• Final — 2"16:18 (→ 21st place)

• Kevin Forster
  Kevin Forster
  Kevin John Forster is a retired long-distance runner from England. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 33rd place and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988...
  
  
• Final — 2"20:45 (→ 33rd place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Philip Harries
• Heat — 50.81 (5th place → did not advance)

Men's 4×400 m Relay

• Brian Whittle
  Brian Whittle
  Brian Whittle is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1986 European Championships in Athletics and 1994 European Championships in Athletics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , Paul Harmsworth, Todd Bennett
  Todd Bennett
  Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip...
  
  , and Philip Brown
• Heat — 3:04.18
• Brian Whittle
  Brian Whittle
  Brian Whittle is a British athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1986 European Championships in Athletics and 1994 European Championships in Athletics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , Kriss Akabusi
  Kriss Akabusi
  Kriss Kezie Uche Chukwu Duru Akabusi MBE is a former sprint and hurdling athlete from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1990 European Championships, a gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, and a silver medal in...
  
  , Todd Bennett
  Todd Bennett
  Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip...
  
  , and Philip Brown
• Semi Final — 3:04.60
• Final — 3:02.00 (→ 5th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Mark Rowland
  Mark Rowland
  Mark Robert Rowland is a retired British athlete, who was a bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  
• Heat — 8:31.40
• Semi Final — 8:18.31
• Final — 8:07.96 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Eddie Wedderburn
• Heat — 8:38.90
• Semi Final — 8:28.62 (→ did not advance)

• Roger Hackney
• Heat — 8:39.30
• Semi Final — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• David Ottley
• Qualification — 80.98 m
• Final — 76.96 m (→ 11th place)

• Roald Bradstock
  Roald Bradstock
  Arne Roald Bradstock is an English athlete who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. In 1992 he was an alternate for the GB Olympic Team and in 1996 was an alternate for USA Olympic team...
  
  
• Qualification — 75.96 m (→ did not advance)

• Mick Hill
• Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Paul Mardle
  Paul Mardle
  Paul Stuart Mardle is a former athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was twice a representative of England at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 and 1990 coming fourth and fifth respectively...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat – 58.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Dave Smith
• Qualifying Heat — 69.12 m (→ did not advance)

• Matthew Mileham
  Matthew Mileham
  Matthew David Mileham is a retired male hammer thrower from Great Britain, who represented the United Kingdom at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. A student of Fresno State University he later worked as a electrical engineer.-Achievements:-References:* *...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 62.42 m (→ did not advance)

• Mick Jones
  Mick Jones (athlete)
  Michael David Jones is an English athlete who competes in the hammer. He won the gold medal in the hammer throw in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, beating New Zealand's Philip Jensen....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 70.38 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Paul Edwards
  Paul Edwards (athlete)
  Paul Michael Edwards is a retired athlete who competed in the men's shot put event during his career. He competed for both Wales and England during his career and twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992. Edwards was affiliated with the Walton Athletic Club and...
  
  
• Qualifying Heat – 15.68 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Mark Forsythe
  Mark Forsythe
  Mark Clifford Forsythe is a retired Northern Irish athlete who competed in the men's long jump event during his career. He twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992. Forsythe was affiliated with Ballymena & Antrim.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.77 m
• Final — 7.54 m (→ 12th place)

• Stewart Faulkner
  Stewart Faulkner
  Stewart St. Ledger Faulkner is a retired British athlete who competed in the men's long jump event during his career. Although his career was plagued by severe tarsal tunnel syndrome , he achieved relative success early in his track life...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance)

• John King
  John King (athlete)
  John Stewart King is a retired English athlete who competed in the men's long jump event during his career. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he didn't reach the final. King was affiliated with Wolverhampton Wanderers & Bilston Athletic Club...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Daley Thompson
  Daley Thompson
  Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times....
  
   — 8306 points (→ 4th place)
• 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

• Alex Kruger
  Alex Kruger
  Alexander Eaton Kruger is a retired male decathlete from England, who was born in Germany. He twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics . Kruger set his personal best in the men's decathlon in 1995.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 7623 points (→ 24th place)
• 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

• Greg Richards
  Greg Richards
  Gregory Roy Richards is a retired male decathlete from England, who competed for Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the men's decathlon in 1987....
  
   — 7237 points (→ 30th place)
• 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

• Les Morton
  Les Morton
  Leslie Morton is a retired male race walker from England, who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics . He set his personal best in the 50 km race in 1989....
  
  
• Final — 3'59:30 (→ 27th place)

• Paul Blagg
  Paul Blagg
  Paul Blagg is a retired male race walker from England, who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics . He set his personal best in the 50 km race in 1987. Blagg is now a successful trainer and rider in point to point horse races.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 4'00:07 (→ 28th place)

Women's 4×400 m Relay

• Linda Keough
  Linda Keough
  Linda Keough-Staines is a former British 400 metre athlete. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in both the 400m and 4 x 400m relay. She won an individual silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.Keough missed the 1992 Summer Olympics due to injuries...
  
  , Jennifer Stoute
  Jennifer Stoute
  Jennifer Elaine Stoute is a former sprinter from Great Britain.At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Stoute won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 m, along with a silver in the 4x100 m....
  
  , Janet Smith, and Sally Gunnell
  Sally Gunnell
  Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...
  
  
• Heat — 3:28.52
• Linda Keough
  Linda Keough
  Linda Keough-Staines is a former British 400 metre athlete. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in both the 400m and 4 x 400m relay. She won an individual silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.Keough missed the 1992 Summer Olympics due to injuries...
  
  , Jennifer Stoute
  Jennifer Stoute
  Jennifer Elaine Stoute is a former sprinter from Great Britain.At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Stoute won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 m, along with a silver in the 4x100 m....
  
  , Angela Piggford, and Sally Gunnell
  Sally Gunnell
  Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...
  
  
• Final — 3:26.89 (→ 6th place)

Women's Marathon

• Angela Pain
  Angela Pain
  Angela Joyce Pain is a retired female long-distance runner from Great Britain. She set her personal best in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 2"30.51 (→ 10th place)
• Susan Tooby
  Susan Tooby
  Susan Tooby is a retired female long-distance runner from Great Britain, who represented Wales during her career. She set her personal best in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Tooby is a twin sister of Angela Tooby.- Achievements :- References :*...
  
   — 2"31.33 (→ 12th place)
• Susan Crehan — 2"36.57 (→ 32nd place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Jacqueline McKernan
• Qualification – 50.92 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Fatima Whitbread
  Fatima Whitbread
  Fatima Whitbread MBE is a British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.-Early life:...
  
  
• Qualification – 68.44 m
• Final – 70.32 m (→ Silver Medal)

• Tessa Sanderson
  Tessa Sanderson
  Theresa Ione Sanderson CBE is a former British javelin thrower and heptathlete who competed in the javelin competition in every one of the six Olympics from 1976–1996 winning the Gold medal in 1984...
  
  
• Qualification – 56.70 m (→ did not advance)

• Sharon Gibson
  Sharon Gibson
  Sharon Angela Gibson is a retired English athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw event during her career. She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. Gibson, a bronze medal winner at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, was affiliated with the Notts Athletic...
  
  
• Qualification – 56.00 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Yvonne Hanson-Nortey
  Yvonne Hanson-Nortey
  Yvonne W. A. Hanson-Nortey is a retired female shot putter from England. She was affiliated with Hallamshire Harriers.Her personal best put was 17.45 metres, achieved in July 1989 in London...
  
  
• Qualification – 15.13 m (→ did not advance)

• Judy Oakes
  Judy Oakes
  Judith Miriam Oakes is a retired English shot putter. She was given an Order of the British Empire in 1999....
  
  
• Qualification – 18.34 m (→ did not advance)

• Myrtle Augee
  Myrtle Augee
  Myrtle Sharon Mary Augee is a retired English shot putter. Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff. This places her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes. She was also a World Champion in powerlifting.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification – 17.31 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Kim Hagger
  Kim Hagger
  Kimberly Hagger is a retired English athlete. She was born in Plaistow, Greater London. She competed in the long jump but her specialism was the heptathlon.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final Result — 5975 points (→ 17th place)

• Joanne Mulliner
• Final Result — 5746 points (→ 19th place)

• Judy Simpson
  Judy Simpson
  Judith Earline Veronica Simpson , is a former British heptathlete. She competed in three Commonwealth Games, 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning a silver, gold and bronze respectively in the heptathlon...
  
  
• Final Result — 1951 points (→ 29th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Mark Epton
  Mark Epton
  Mark Epton is a retired flyweight boxer from England, who won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....
  
  
• First Round – Defeated Damber Bhatta (Nepal) on points
• Second Round – Lost to Ivailo Marinov
  Ivailo Marinov
  Ivailo Marinov is a Bulgarian boxer of Turkish ancestry, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in light flyweight, and the gold medal in the same category at the 1988 Summer Olympics-Name:Throughout his career, he competed under several different...
  
   (Bulgaria) on points

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• John Lyon
  John Lyon (boxer)
  John Patrick Lyon is a retired boxer from Great Britain. A member of the Greenall St. Helens Amateur Boxing Club he twice competed at the Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the men's flyweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Ramzan Gul (Turkey), on points (1:4)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Da Anderson
• First Round – Defeated Domingo Damigella
  Domingo Damigella
  Domingo Nicolas Damigella is a former featherweight boxer from Argentina, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was eliminated in the first round by Great Britain's David Anderson...
  
   (Argentina) on points
• Second Round – Defeated Paul Fitzgerald (Ireland) on points
• Third Round – Lost to Regilio Tuur
  Regilio Tuur
  Regilio Benito Tuur is a former boxer from The Netherlands, who made his fame by knocking out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the first round at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-Amateur career:...
  
   (Netherlands) on points

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Henry Akinwande
  Henry Akinwande
  Henry Akinwande is a British former professional heavyweight boxer and former WBO world heavyweight champion.-Background:...
  
  
• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Lost to Arnold Vanderlyde
  Arnold Vanderlyde
  Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division , starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. He started boxing at age fifteen...
  
   (Netherlands) on points

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Maria Blower — 2:00:52 (→ 6th place)
• Sally Hodge
  Sally Hodge
  Sally Hodge is a Welsh former track cyclist from Cardiff, Wales. She was the first ever women's points race world champion at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. She represented Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and the 1992 Summer Olympics in...
  
   — 2:00:52 (→ 9th place)
• Lisa Brambani — 2:00:52 (→ 11th place)

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 20 to 21 1988. 68 fencers from 29 nations competed.-Results:...

• Pierre Harper
  Pierre Harper
  Pierre Harper is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Bill Gosbee
  Bill Gosbee
  Bill Gosbee is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Donnie McKenzie
  Donnie McKenzie
  Donnie McKenzie is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 26 to 27, 1988...

• Tony Bartlett
  Tony Bartlett
  Tony Bartlett is a British fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Jonathan Davis
  Jonathan Davis (fencer)
  Jonathan Davis is a British fencer. He competed in the foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Bill Gosbee
  Bill Gosbee
  Bill Gosbee is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Pierre Harper
  Pierre Harper
  Pierre Harper is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Donnie McKenzie
  Donnie McKenzie
  Donnie McKenzie is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 23 to 24 1988. 79 fencers from 33 nations competed.-Results:...

• John Llewellyn
  John Llewellyn (fencer)
  John Llewellyn is a British fencer. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Hugh Kernohan
  Hugh Kernohan
  Hugh Kernohan is a British fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentyfirst appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 22 to 23, 1988. 40 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Mark Slade
  Mark Slade (fencer)
  Mark Slade is a British fencer. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 21 to 22, 1988. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.-Results:...

• Liz Thurley
  Liz Thurley
  Liz Thurley is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Fiona McIntosh
  Fiona McIntosh (fencer)
  Fiona McIntosh is a British fencer. She competed at the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Linda Ann Martin
  Linda Ann Martin
  Linda Ann Martin is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's team foil

Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 27 to 28, 1985...

• Ann Brannon
  Ann Brannon
  Ann Brannon is a British fencer. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Linda Ann Martin
  Linda Ann Martin
  Linda Ann Martin is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Fiona McIntosh
  Fiona McIntosh (fencer)
  Fiona McIntosh is a British fencer. She competed at the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Linda Strachan
  Linda Strachan
  Linda Strachan is a British fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Liz Thurley
  Liz Thurley
  Liz Thurley is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's Team Competition

• 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
• ( 1.) Ian Taylor (gk)
• ( 2.) Veryan Pappin
  Veryan Pappin
  Veryan Guy Henry Pappin is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the goalkeeper from Scotland secured the...
  
   (gk)
• ( 3.) David Faulkner
• ( 4.) Paul Barber
• ( 5.) Stephen Martin
• ( 6.) Jon Potter
  Jon Potter
  Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter is a Senior Partner and CMO of the McKinney Rogers Group of companies. Before joining McKinney Rogers, Jon Potter was a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Following his retirement from...
  
  
• ( 7.) Richard Dodds
  Richard Dodds
  Richard David Allan Dodds OBE is a former field hockey player, who was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  
• ( 8.) Martyn Grimley
  Martyn Grimley
  Martyn Andrew Grimley is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the British Olympic squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup silver medals for both indoor and outdoor hockey as well as a European Cup silver medal...
  
  
• ( 9.) Stephen Batchelor
• (10.) Richard Leman
  Richard Leman
  Richard Alexander Leman is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  
• (11.) Jimmy Kirkwood
  Jimmy Kirkwood
  James W. Kirkwood is a former field hockey player and Irish cricketer, who was born in Northern Ireland.-Hockey:Kirkwood was a member of the golden winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  
• (12.) Kulbir Bhaura
  Kulbir Bhaura
  Kulbir Singh Bhaura is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  
• (13.) Sean Kerly
  Sean Kerly
  Sean Robin Kerly MBE was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate and is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los...
  
  
• (14.) Robert Clift
  Robert Clift
  Robert John Clift is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the golden winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  
• (15.) Imran Sherwani
  Imran Sherwani
  Imran Sherwani is a former English field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  
• (16.) Russell Garcia
• Head Coach: David Whitaker

Women's Team Competition

• 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
• Jill Atkins
  Jill Atkins
  Gillian Atkins is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988....
  
  
• Wendy Banks (gk)
• Gill Brown
• Karen Brown
• Mary Nevill
• Julie Cook
  Julie Cook
  Julie Cook is a former England and Great Britain field hockey goalkeeper.She joined the England team in 1980 as a reserve goalie to Pauline Gibbon, and became actual goalie when Gibbon called it a day in 1985. She played for her county. Suffolk, and her hobby is tenpin bowling...
  
   (gk)
• Vickey Dixon
  Vickey Dixon
  Victoria Jane Dixon is a former field hockey player from England, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She played for Ipswich Ladies Hockey Club.-References:* * *...
  
  
• Wendy Fraser
  Wendy Fraser
  Wendy Katrina Fraser is a former field hockey player from Scotland, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Affiliated with Glasgow Western Ladies she competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.-References:* * *...
  
  
• Barbara Hambly 
• Caroline Jordan
• Violet McBride
• Moira McLeod
• Caroline Brewer
• Jane Sixsmith
  Jane Sixsmith
  Janet Theresa "Jane" Sixsmith MBE is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She retired from the international scene after scoring over hundred goals and winning 165 caps for England and 158 for Great...
  
  
• Kate Parker
• Alison Ramsay
  Alison Ramsay
  Alison Gail Ramsay is a former Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
  
  
• Head Coach: Dennis Hay
  Dennis Hay
  Dennis Hay is a former Scottish field hockey player, who competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Later on he became a coach, leading the GB Women's Team to the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, after having finished in fourth place at the 1988 Summer...
  
  

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Richard Phelps – 5229 pts (→ 6th place)
• Dominic Mahony – 5047 pts (→ 16th place)
• Graham Brookhouse
  Graham Brookhouse
  Graham Raymond Brookhouse was born on 19 June 1962 and was brought up in Birmingham, England and competed for the modern pentathlon in the Seoul Olympics.- Seoul Olympics :...
  
   – 5000 pts (→ 21st place)

Men's Team Competition:

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

Rowing

Men's Coxless pair

Coxless pair

A Coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars.The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side and one on the bow side...

• Andy Holmes
  Andy Holmes
  Andrew Jeremy Holmes MBE was a British rower.Holmes was born in Uxbridge, Greater London, and was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist Jim Clark. After leaving school, he rowed for Kingston Rowing Club and then...
  
  , Steven Redgrave
• (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Coxed pair

Coxed pair

A coxed pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain....

• Andy Holmes
  Andy Holmes
  Andrew Jeremy Holmes MBE was a British rower.Holmes was born in Uxbridge, Greater London, and was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, west London, where he was coached by Olympic rowing silver medallist Jim Clark. After leaving school, he rowed for Kingston Rowing Club and then...
  
  , Steven Redgrave, Patrick Sweeney
  Patrick Sweeney (rower)
  Patrick John Sweeney is a coxswain for Great Britain's rowing team. Sweeney won an Olympic Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Sir Stephen Redgrave and Andy Holmes, and a Silver Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics as part of the British Men's 8 team...
  
  ,
• (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Coxless four

Coxless four

A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars.The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on the stroke side and two on the bow side...

• P R Mulkerrins, J N S Berrisford, M A H Buckingham, S Peel
• (→ 4th place)

Men's Coxed four

Coxed four

A coxed four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a cox....

• Martin Cross
  Martin Cross
  Martin Patrick Cross is an Olympic gold medal-winning oarsman. He won the gold medal in the coxed four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Steve Redgrave, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, and Adrian Ellison....
  
  , D A Clift, J M Maxey, John Garrett, H V O Thomas
• (→ 4th place)

Men's Eight

Eight (rowing)

An Eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or cox....

• N Burfitt, P Beaumont, T G Dillon, S A Obholzer, H Jefferies, Sal Hassan, Richard Stanhope
  Richard Stanhope
  Richard Courtney Stanhope is a British rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Blackpool....
  
  , G B Stewart, S Turner
• (→ 4th place)

Women's Double scull

Double scull

A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, one in each hand....

• S Andreae, A Gill
• (→ 9th place)

Women's Coxless pair

Coxless pair

A Coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars.The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side and one on the bow side...

• A Bonner, K Thomas
• (→ 8th place)

Women's Coxed four

Coxed four

A coxed four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a cox....

• F Johnston, K Grose, J Gough, S Smith, A Norrish
• (→ 6th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle

• Mark Foster
  Mark Foster (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....
  
  
• Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Mike Fibbens
  Mike Fibbens
  Michael Wenham Fibbens is an English swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 .-References:* * *...
  
  
• Heat – 23.67 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100 m freestyle

• Andy Jameson
• Heat – 51.18 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Roland Lee
• Heat – 51.20 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m freestyle

• Paul Howe
  Paul Howe (swimmer)
  Paul Howe is a retired freestyle swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1984 . There he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestle relay, alongside Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, and Andrew Astbury. He now lives in Bolton with his family...
  
  
• Heat – 1:51.22
• B-Final – 1:51.99 (→ 16th place)

• Michael Green
• Heat – 1:53.03 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

• Kevin Boyd
  Kevin Boyd
  Kevin Thomas Boyd is a former freestyle swimmer who represented Great Britain.Boyd attended Hymers College in Hull and, along with elder brother Stephen, joined the local club Hull Olympic in 1972. He soon became a proficient swimmer at local and county level in backstroke events, before switching...
  
  
• Heat – 3:50.01
• Final – 3:50.16 (→ 7th place)

• Tony Day
• Heat – 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

• Kevin Boyd
  Kevin Boyd
  Kevin Thomas Boyd is a former freestyle swimmer who represented Great Britain.Boyd attended Hymers College in Hull and, along with elder brother Stephen, joined the local club Hull Olympic in 1972. He soon became a proficient swimmer at local and county level in backstroke events, before switching...
  
  
• Heat – 15:17.56
• Final – 15:21.16 (→ 7th place)

• Tony Day
• Heat – 15:38.75 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m backstroke

• Neil Harper
• Heat – 58.02 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

• Neil Cochran
  Neil Cochran
  Neil Cochran is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and...
  
  
• Heat – 58.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m backstroke

• Gary Binfield
• Heat – 2:03.79
• B-Final – 2:04.90 (→ 16th place)

• John Davey
• Heat – 2:04.70 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

• Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career...
  
  
• Heat – 1:02.19
• Final – 1:02.04 (→ Gold Medal)

• James Parrack
  James Parrack
  James Parrack is an English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer.As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul and England at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games, picking up silver at the 1990 games.Parrack currently commentates on swimming...
  
  
• Heat – 1:04.23 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

• Nick Gillingham
  Nick Gillingham
  Nicholas Gillingham is a former swimmer from Great Britain, who participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. In August 1989, he tied the existing world record in the long-course 200 m breaststroke, only to co-hold it for 1-day before the other co-holder, Mike...
  
  
• Heat – 2:14.58
• Final – 2:14.12 (→ Silver Medal)

• Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career...
  
  
• Heat – 2:18.51 (→ 15th place)
• B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m butterfly

• Andy Jameson
• Heat – 53.34
• Final – 53.30 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Neil Cochran
  Neil Cochran
  Neil Cochran is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and...
  
  
• Heat – 54.75
• B-Final – 55.22 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m butterfly

• Tim Jones
• Heat – 2:01.01
• B-Final – 2:00.32 (→ 10th place)

• Nick Hodgson
• Heat – 2:01.44
• B-Final – 2:01.09 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m individual medley

• John Davey
• Heat – 2:05.55
• B-Final – 2:04.17 (→ 10th place)

• Neil Cochran
  Neil Cochran
  Neil Cochran is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and...
  
  
• Heat – 2:05.56
• B-Final – 2:05.44 (→ 11th place)

Men's 400 m individual medley

• Paul Brew
• Heat – 4:27.22
• B-Final – 4:26.77 (→ 15th place)

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

Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay

• Andy Jameson, Mark Foster
  Mark Foster (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....
  
  , Mike Fibbens
  Mike Fibbens
  Michael Wenham Fibbens is an English swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 .-References:* * *...
  
  , and Roland Lee
• Heat – 3:23.71
• Mike Fibbens
  Mike Fibbens
  Michael Wenham Fibbens is an English swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 .-References:* * *...
  
  , Mark Foster
  Mark Foster (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....
  
  , Roland Lee, and Andy Jameson
• Final – 3:21.71 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

• Kevin Boyd
  Kevin Boyd
  Kevin Thomas Boyd is a former freestyle swimmer who represented Great Britain.Boyd attended Hymers College in Hull and, along with elder brother Stephen, joined the local club Hull Olympic in 1972. He soon became a proficient swimmer at local and county level in backstroke events, before switching...
  
  , Paul Howe
  Paul Howe (swimmer)
  Paul Howe is a retired freestyle swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1984 . There he claimed the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestle relay, alongside Neil Cochran, Paul Easter, and Andrew Astbury. He now lives in Bolton with his family...
  
  , Jonathan Broughton, and Roland Lee
• Heat – 7:29.77 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4×100 m fedley relay

• Neil Harper, Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian Moorhouse
  Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. Since then Moorhouse, a former pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has translated his sporting success to a successful career...
  
  , Andy Jameson, and Mark Foster
  Mark Foster (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....
  
  
• Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Alison Sheppard
  Alison Sheppard
  Alison Sheppard MBE is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988.-Personal bests and records held:-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat – 27.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

• Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps is a retired competitive swimmer from England, who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly events. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1998 Summer Olympic Games.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat – 27.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m freestyle

• Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps is a retired competitive swimmer from England, who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly events. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1998 Summer Olympic Games.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat – 57.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

• June Croft
  June Croft
  June Alexandra Croft is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980...
  
  
• Heat – 58.19 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle

• Ruth Gilfillan
• Heat – 2:02.11
• B-Final – 2:01.66 (→ 10th place)

• June Croft
  June Croft
  June Alexandra Croft is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980...
  
  
• Heat – 2:03.63 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 400 m freestyle

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

• June Croft
  June Croft
  June Alexandra Croft is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980...
  
  
• Heat – 4:21.98 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 800 m freestyle

• Karen Mellor (swimmer)
• Heat – 8:44.64 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

• Tracey Atkin
• Heat – 9:00.04 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100 m backstroke

• Kathy Read
• Heat – 1:04.62
• B-Final – 1:04.27 (→ 16th place)

• Sharon Page
• Heat – 1:04.75 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m backstroke

• Kathy Read
• Heat – 2:17.22
• B-Final – 2:18.20 (→ 12th place)

• Helen Slatter
  Helen Slatter
  Helen Slatter is a former swimmer from Great Britain, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat – 2:21.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

• Susannah Brownsdon
• Heat – 1:11.66
• B-Final – 1:11.95 (→ 16th place)

• Margaret Hohmann
• Heat – 1:12.67 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

• Susannah Brownsdon
• Heat – 2:36.14 (→ 20th place)

• Helen Frank
• Heat – 2:41.12 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 100 m butterfly

• Caroline Foot
  Caroline Foot
  Caroline Joy Foot is a former butterfly swimmer from Great Britain, who represented her native country at the two Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1996....
  
  
• Heat – 1:02.76 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps is a retired competitive swimmer from England, who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly events. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1998 Summer Olympic Games.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat – 1:03.34 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m butterfly

• Helen Bewley
• Heat – 2:17.10
• B-Final – 2:17.11 (→ 15th place)

• Lynne Wilson
• Heat – 2:17.28
• B-Final – 2:18.66 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

• Jean Hill
• Heat – 2:17.57
• B-Final – 2:19.20 (→ 11th place)

• Zara Long
• Heat – 2:22.64 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m individual medley

• Tracey Atkin
• Heat – 5:01.34
• B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 24th place)

• Susannah Brownsdon
• Heat – 4:54.66 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

• Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps
  Annabelle Cripps is a retired competitive swimmer from England, who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly events. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1998 Summer Olympic Games.-References:* *...
  
  , June Croft
  June Croft
  June Alexandra Croft is a retired freestyle swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980...
  
  , Linda Donnelly, and Joanna Coull
• Heat – 3:50.84 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 4×100 m medley relay

• Katharine Read, Susannah Brownsdon, Caroline Foot
  Caroline Foot
  Caroline Joy Foot is a former butterfly swimmer from Great Britain, who represented her native country at the two Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1996....
  
  , and Joanna Coull
• Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Sara Gomer
  Sara Gomer
  Sara Louise Gomer is a former tennis player from Great Britain.Gomer competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  
• First Round – Defeated Belinda Cordwell
  Belinda Cordwell
  Belinda Jane Cordwell is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she lost in the first round of the women's singles competition to Great Britain's Sara Gomer...
  
   (New Zealand) 4-6 7-5 6-2
• Second Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland
  Larisa Neiland
  Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...
  
   (Soviet Union) 7-6 6-7 7-9

• Clare Wood
  Clare Wood
  Clare Jacqueline Wood is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998...
  
  
• First Round – Lost to Wendy Turnbull
  Wendy Turnbull
  Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...
  
  (Australia) 1-6 3-6