Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ...

, represented by the

British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both ...

(BOA), competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

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

Medallists

Competitors

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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 Joanne Marie Franks-Edens (born 1 October 1967 in King's Lynn) is a British archer. Archery Franks finished seventh at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in the women's individual event. Alongside Pauline Edwards and Cheryl Sutton, she came fift ...

added another top eight finish in the women's individual and the women's team came in 5th. Women's Individual Competition: *

– Final (→ 7th place) *

Pauline Edwards Pauline Mary Edwards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 23 April 1949) is a British archer who represented Great Britain internationally at archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games as ...

– Quarterfinal (→ 17th place) *

Cheryl Sutton Cheryl A. Sutton (born 23 September 1946 in Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of ...

– Preliminary Round (→ 51st place) Men's Individual Competition: * Leroy Watson – Quarterfinals (→ 18th place) *

Steven Hallard Steven Leslie Hallard (born 22 February 1965 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England) 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 Hallard has competed ...

– 1/8 finals (→ 21st place) *

Richard Priestman Richard John Priestman (born 16 July 1955 in Liverpool, Lancashire - now Merseyside, England) 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 ex-wife ...

– 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 Cicero Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter. 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 ...

Barrington Williams Barrington Chester Williams (born 11 September 1955) is a male retired English sprinter and long jumper. Athletics career Williams represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres instead of his preferred long jump because ...

* John Regis Men's 200 metres *

* Michael Rosswess * John Regis Men's 400 metres * Brian Whittle *

Todd Bennett Todd Anthony Bennett (6 July 1962 – 16 July 2013) was a Great Britain, British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Athletics career Bennett competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United Stat ...

Men's 800 metres * Peter Elliott * Steve Cram *

Tom McKean Thomas McKean (born 27 October 1963) is a British former middle-distance runner. He is a former world and European indoor 800 metres champion. Outdoors, McKean has medalled twice each at European and Commonwealth level. Athletics career McK ...

Men's 1.500 metres * Peter Elliott * Steve Cram * Steve Crabb Men's 5.000 metres * Eamonn Martin *

Jack Buckner Jack Richard Buckner (born 22 September 1961) is a male retired British athlete. Athletics career 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 Corn ...

* Gary Staines Men's 10.000 metres * Eamonn Martin :* 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 Charles Spedding (born 19 May 1952 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham) is an English former long-distance runner. Athletics career Spedding was fourth in the 10,000 metres representing England, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensl ...

:* Final — 2"12:19 (→ 6th place) * Dave Long :* Final — 2"16:18 (→ 21st place) * Kevin Forster :* Final — 2"20:45 (→ 33rd place) Men's 400 m Hurdles *

Kriss Akabusi Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi , MBE (born 28 November 1958), known as Kriss Akabusi, is a British former sprint and hurdling track and field athlete. His first international successes were with the British 4×400 metres relay team, winning a ...

:* Heat — 49.62 (2nd) :* Semi-Final — 49.22 (4th) :* Final — 48.69 (6th) * Max Robertson :* Heat — 50.67 (5th → did not advance * Philip Harries :* Heat — 50.81 (5th place → did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Brian Whittle, Paul Harmsworth,

, and Philip Brown :* Heat — 3:04.18 * Brian Whittle,

, and Philip Brown :* Semi Final — 3:04.60 :* Final — 3:02.00 (→ 5th place) Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase * Mark Rowland :* Heat — 8:31.40 :* Semi Final — 8:18.31 :* Final — 8:07.96 (→ Med 3

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 Arne Roald Bradstock (aka The "Olympic Picasso") is an Olympic athlete and an Olympic artist from England who competed in the men's javelin throw event during his career. He twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. ...

:* Qualification — 75.96 m (→ did not advance) * Mick Hill :* Qualification — 77.20 m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Paul Mardle :* Qualifying Heat – 58.28 m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw * Dave Smith :* Qualifying Heat — 69.12 m (→ did not advance) * Matthew Mileham :* Qualifying Heat — 62.42 m (→ did not advance) * Michael Jones :* Qualifying Heat — 70.38 m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put *Tony Mercer :* Qualifying Heat – 16.28 m (→ did not advance) * Paul Edwards :* Qualifying Heat – 15.68 m (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump * Mark Forsythe :* Qualification — 7.77 m :* Final — 7.54 m (→ 12th place) * Stewart Faulkner :* Qualification — 7.74 m (→ did not advance) * John King :* Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon *

Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), better known as Daley Thompson, is a British former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four tim ...

— 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 — 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 — 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 :* Final — 3'59:30 (→ 27th place) * Paul Blagg :* Final — 4'00:07 (→ 28th place)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay * Linda Keough,

Jennifer Stoute Jennifer Elaine "Jenny" Stoute (born 16 April 1965) is female English former sprinter. She represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where she won a bronze medal in the 4x400 metres ...

, Janet Smith, and

Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a golden 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunn ...

:* Heat — 3:28.52 * Linda Keough,

Angela Piggford Angela Mary Gilmour (née Piggford, born 17 August 1963) is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres and the 4 x 400 metres relay. In the relay, she represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Olym ...

, and

:* Final — 3:26.89 (→ 6th place) Women's Marathon * Angie Pain — 2"30.51 (→ 10th place) * Susan Tooby — 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 (' Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British athle ...

:* Qualification – 68.44 m :* Final – 70.32 m (→ Silver Medal) *

Tessa Sanderson Theresa Ione Sanderson (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field ...

:* Qualification – 56.70 m (→ did not advance) * Sharon Gibson :* Qualification – 56.00 m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put *

Yvonne Hanson-Nortey Yvonne W. A. Hanson-Nortey (born 18 February 1964 in Croydon, Greater London) is a retired female shot putter from England. She was affiliated with Hallamshire Harriers. Athletics career Hanson-Nortey represented England, at the 1986 Commonwealt ...

:* Qualification – 15.13 m (→ did not advance) *

Judy Oakes Judith Miriam Oakes (born 14 February 1958 in Lewisham, Greater London) is a female retired English shot putter, powerlifter, and weightlifter. Athletics career Oakes represented Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics ...

:* Qualification – 18.34 m (→ did not advance) * Myrtle Augee :* Qualification – 17.31 m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon *

Kim Hagger Kim Hagger (born 2 December 1961) is a retired English athlete who competed mainly in the heptathlon and the long jump. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Career Hagger was born in Plais ...

:* Final Result — 5975 points (→ 17th place) * Joanne Mulliner :* Final Result — 5746 points (→ 19th place) * Judy Simpson :* Final Result — 1951 points (→ 29th place) - (withdrew after two events)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Mark Epton :* First Round – Defeated Damber Bhatta (Nepal) on points :* Second Round – Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria) on points Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * John Lyon :* First Round — Lost to

Ramzan Gul Ramzan may refer to: * Ramadan, also written as "Ramzan" because of the Persian transliteration "Ramzān". Given name * Ramzan Asayev (born 1993), Russian footballer * Ramzan Kadyrov (born 1976), President of Chechnya and a former Chechen rebel * ...

(Turkey), on points (1:4) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Dave Anderson :* First Round – Defeated

Domingo Damigella Domingo Nicolas Damigella (born January 6, 1968 in Tandil, Buenos Aires) 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 ro ...

(Argentina) on points :* Second Round – Defeated Paul Fitzgerald (Ireland) on points :* Third Round – Lost to

Regilio Tuur Regilio Benito Tuur (born 12 August 1967) is a former Dutch boxer who was World Boxing Organization's super featherweight champion. Prior to turning professional and winning the world title, Tuur knocked out reigning world champion Kelcie Ban ...

(Netherlands) on points Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) *

Henry Akinwande Henry Adetokunboh Akinwande (born 12 October 1965) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He held the WBO heavyweight title from 1996 to 1997, as well as the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 1993, and the Euro ...

:* First Round – Bye :* Second Round – Lost to

Arnold Vanderlyde Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing a ...

(Netherlands) on points

Canoeing

Cycling

Seventeen cyclists, thirteen men and four women, represented Great Britain in 1988. ; Men's road race * Neil Hoban * Paul Curran * Mark Gornall ; Men's team time trial * Phil Bateman * Harry Lodge *

Ben Luckwell Benjamin Luckwell (born 30 March 1966) is a British former cyclist. Luckwell competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the team time trial, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Au ...

* David Spencer ; Men's sprint * Eddie Alexander ; Men's individual pursuit * Colin Sturgess ; Men's team pursuit *

Chris Boardman Christopher Miles Boardman, (born 26 August 1968) is a British former racing cyclist. A time trial and prologue specialist, Boardman won the inaugural men's World time trial championship in 1994, won the individual pursuit gold medal at the 1 ...

Robert Coull Robert Coull (born 28 August 1966) is a British former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Se ...

* Simon Lillistone *

Glen Sword Glen Sword (born 10 November 1967) is a male British former cyclist. Cycling career He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the scratch race and won a bronze medal in the 4,000 metres te ...

; Women's road race * Maria Blower — 2:00:52 (→ 6th place) * Sally Hodge — 2:00:52 (→ 9th place) * Lisa Brambani — 2:00:52 (→ 11th place) ; Women's sprint * Louise Jones

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1988. ; Men's foil * Pierre Harper *

Bill Gosbee William David Gosbee (born 20 May 1961) better known as Bill Gosbee is a British fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He was an five times British fencing champion, winning five ...

* Donnie McKenzie ; Men's team foil *

Tony Bartlett Tony Bartlett (born 14 August 1955) is a British fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), of ...

Jonathan Davis Jonathan Howsmon Davis (born January 18, 1971), also known as JD or JDevil, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and frontman of nu metal band Korn, who are considered a pioneering act of the nu ...

, Pierre Harper, Donnie McKenzie ; Men's épée * John Llewellyn * Hugh Kernohan ; Men's sabre *

Mark Slade Mark Van Blarcom Slade (born May 1, 1939) is an American actor, artist, and author, particularly remembered for his role of Billy Blue Cannon on the NBC Western television series, ''The High Chaparral''.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of ...

; Women's foil * Liz Thurley * Fiona McIntosh * Linda Ann Martin ; Women's team foil * Ann Brannon, Linda Ann Martin, Fiona McIntosh,

Linda Strachan Linda Strachan BEM (born 18 October 1961) is a British fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. In June 2015, she was awarded with the British Empire Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours The Bir ...

, Liz Thurley

Gymnastics

Hockey

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 Guy Henry Pappin (born 19 May 1958) 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 Summ ...

(gk) :* ( 3.) David Faulkner :* ( 4.) Paul Barber :* ( 5.) Stephen Martin :* ( 6.)

Jon Potter Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter (born 19 November 1963) is the managing director of the House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Beam Suntory. He is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1 ...

:* ( 7.)

Richard Dodds Richard David Allan Dodds OBE (born 23 February 1959) is an English former field hockey player. He was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, he won Bronze at the 1984 S ...

:* ( 8.)

Martyn Grimley Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a former field hockey player. He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup and Champions Trophy silver medals with England as well as silv ...

:* ( 9.) Stephen Batchelor :* (10.)

Richard Leman Richard Alexander Leman (born 13 July 1959) is a former field hockey player. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in L ...

:* (11.) Jimmy Kirkwood :* (12.)

Kulbir Bhaura Kulbir Singh Bhaura (born 15 October 1955) is a British former field hockey player. He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he ...

:* (13.)

Sean Kerly Sean Robin Kerly (born 29 January 1960) is an English former field hockey player. Biography Kerly was born in Whitstable and was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate. He has played club hockey for Canterbury, Southgate and He ...

:* (14.) Robert Clift :* (15.)

Imran Sherwani Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (born 9 April 1962) is a former English international field hockey player. International career Sherwani won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He played on the left wing, and scor ...

:* (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 :* Wendy Banks (gk) :* Gill Brown :* Karen Brown :* Mary Nevill :* Julie Cook (gk) :*

Vickey Dixon Victoria Jane Dixon (born 5 August 1959 in Ormskirk, West Lancashire) 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 con ...

:* Wendy Fraser :*

Barbara Hambly Barbara Hambly (born August 28, 1951) is an American novelist and screenwriter within the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction. She is the author of the bestselling Benjamin January mystery series featuring a fre ...

( c) :* Caroline Jordan :* Violet McBride :* Moira McLeod :* Caroline Brewer :* Jane Sixsmith :* Kate Parker :* Alison Ramsay *Head Coach:

Dennis Hay Dennis Hay (born 5 October 1940) is a former Scottish field hockey player, who competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Later he became a coach, leading the GB Women's Team to the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcel ...

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1988. They won bronze in the team event. Men's Individual Competition: * Richard Phelps – 5229 pts (→ 6th place) * Dominic Mahony – 5047 pts (→ 16th place) * Graham Brookhouse – 5000 pts (→ 21st place) Men's Team Competition: * Phelps, Mahony, and Brookhouse – 15276 pts (→ Bronze Medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Men's coxless pair * Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave :* (→ Gold Medal) Men's coxed pair * Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Patrick Sweeney, :* (→ Bronze Medal) Men's coxless four * Simon Berrisford, Mark Buckingham, Peter Mulkerrins, Stephen Peel :* (→ 4th place) Men's coxed four *

Martin Cross Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

, Adam Clift, John Maxey, John Garrett, Vaughan Thomas :* (→ 4th place) Eight * Nicholas Burfitt, Peter Beaumont, Terence Dillon, Anton Obholzer, Simon Jefferies, Salih Hassan, Richard Stanhope, Gavin Stewart, Stephen Turner :* (→ 4th place) Women's double scull * Sally Andreae,

Alison Gill Alison Jane Gill (born 23 August 1966 in Bristol) is a British rower. Along with Annabel Eyres she finished 5th in the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Gill studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College is one of ...

:* (→ 9th place) Women's coxless pair * Alison Bonner, Kim Thomas :* (→ 8th place) Women's coxed four * Fiona Johnston,

Kate Grose Katherine L.F. Grose (born 7 February 1959) is a retired British rower, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Gross took up rowing while at Cambridge University in 1978. Six years later she was in ...

Joanne Gough Joanne E Gough (born 17 November 1964) is a retired British rower who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Gough represented England and won a silver medal in the eight and a bronze medal in the coxed four, at the 1986 Commonwea ...

, Susan Smith, Alison Norrish :* (→ 6th place)

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle * Mark Foster :* Heat – 23.51 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) *

Mike Fibbens Michael Wenham Fibbens (born 31 May 1968) is an English former competitive swimmer Swimming career He represented Great Britain in three consecutive Summer Olympic Games, the FINA world championships and the European championships, and competed ...

:* 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 :* 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 Thomas Boyd (born 23 June 1966) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and World University Games, and England in the Commonwealth Games, during the 1980s. He competed internationally in f ...

:* 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 *

:* 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 is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ...

:* 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 David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Since t ...

:* Heat – 1:02.19 :* Final – 1:02.04 (→ Gold Medal) *

James Parrack James Guy Parrack (born 10 March 1967, Cheltenham, England) is a male English sports journalist and former competitive swimmer. Swimming career As a breaststroke swimmer, he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games on Seoul. He repres ...

:* Heat – 1:04.23 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 200 m breaststroke *

Nick Gillingham Nicholas Gillingham, (born 22 January 1967) is an English former competitive swimmer, active in the 1980's and 1990's. Born in Walsall, he represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA World championships and European championships, as well ...

:* Heat – 2:14.58 :* Final – 2:14.12 (→ Silver Medal) *

:* 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) *

:* 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 Nicholas James David Hodgson (born 20 October 1977) is an English drummer, backing vocalist, and songwriter, formerly of the indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. Early life He attended St. Mary's Menston with Nick Baines and Simon Rix. He then wen ...

:* 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) *

:* 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,

, and Roland Lee :* Heat – 3:23.71 *

, Mark Foster, Roland Lee, and Andy Jameson :* Final – 3:21.71 (→ 7th place) Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay *

, Paul Howe, Jonathan Broughton, and Roland Lee :* Heat – 7:29.77 (→ did not advance, 9th place) Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay * Neil Harper,

, Andy Jameson, and Mark Foster :* Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Women's 50 m freestyle * Alison Sheppard :* Heat – 27.14 (→ did not advance, 25th place) * Annabelle Cripps :* Heat – 27.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Women's 100 m freestyle * Annabelle Cripps :* Heat – 57.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place) *

June Croft June Alexandra Croft (born 17 June 1963) is an English former freestyle swimmer. Swimming career Croft represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. At her Olympic debut in Moscow, she won the silver med ...

:* 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) *

:* 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) *

:* 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 :* 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 :* Heat – 1:02.76 (→ did not advance, 18th place) * Annabelle Cripps :* 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 Norma Jean Lollis Hill (February 11, 1931 – November 7, 2000) was an American woman who was an eyewitness to the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Syndicated from the ''Dallas Mo ...

:* Heat – 2:17.57 :* B-Final – 2:19.20 (→ 11th place) *

Zara Long Zara Long (born 6 November 1970) is a retired British swimmer. Swimming career Long competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. She represented England and won two silver medals in the 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 200 metres fr ...

:* 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,

, 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, and Joanna Coull :* Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Great Britain in 1988. ; Women's solo * Nicola Shearn * Lian Goodwin * Joanne Seeburg ; Women's duet * Nicola Shearn * Lian Goodwin

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition *

Sara Gomer Sara Louise Gomer (born 13 May 1964) is a retired tennis player from Great Britain. A left-hander, she competed for Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She won two singles titles on the ITF Ci ...

:* First Round – Defeated

Belinda Cordwell Belinda Jane Cordwell (born 21 September 1965) is a sports commentator and a former professional tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A former world top 20 player, her best res ...

(New Zealand) 4-6 7-5 6-2 :* Second Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 7-6 6-7 7-9 *

Clare Wood Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of wo ...

:* First Round – Lost to

Wendy Turnbull Wendy Turnbull, , (born 26 November 1952) is a retired tennis player from Australia. During her career, she won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five of them in mixed doubles. She also was a three-time Grand Slam runn ...

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