The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. This equalled the number of golds won at the previous three Summer Games but was the lowest total medals achieved since the Montreal Games in 1976. Archer Simon Terry and hurdlers Sally Gunnell and Kriss Akabusi each won two medals.
The following British athletes won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are emboldened.
In the sixth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal and Simon Terry added another individual bronze. Alison Williamson added another top eight finish.
Men
Women
Men's
Men's 100 metres
Linford Christie
Final — 9.96 (→ Gold)
Marcus Adam
Quarter Final — 10.35
Men's 200 metres
John Regis
Final — 20.55 (→ 6th place)
Marcus Adam
Final — 20.80 (→ 8th place)
Linford Christie
Semi Final — 20.38
Men's 400 metres
David Grindley
Final — 44.75 (→ 6th place)
Roger Black
Semi Final — 44.72
Derek Redmond
Semi Final — DNF
Men's 800 metres
Curtis Robb
Final — 1:45.57 (→ 6th place)
Tom McKean
Semi Final — 1:48.77
Steve Heard
Semi Final — 1:46.19
Men's 1500 metres
Kevin McKay
Semi Final — 3:40.80
Matthew Yates
Semi Final — 3:40.53
Steve Crabb
Heat — 3:41.00
Men's 5,000 metres
Rob Denmark
Heat — 13:22.41
Final — 13:27.76 (→ 7th place)
Jack Buckner
Heat — 13:37.14 (→ did not advance)
Ian Hamer
Heat — 13:40.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Paul Evans
Heat — 28:15.70
Final — 28:29.83 (→ 11th place)
Richard Nerurkar
Heat — 28:24.35
Final — 28:48.48 (→ 17th place)
Eamonn Martin
Heat — 29:35.65 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Mark Richardson, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, and Duaine Ladejo
Heat — 3:01.20
Roger Black, David Grindley, Kriss Akabusi, and John Regis
Final — 2:59.73 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Marathon
Steve Brace — 2:17.49 (→ 27th place)
Dave Long — 2:20.51 (→ 39th place)
Paul Davies-Hale — 2:21.15 (→ 41st place)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Kriss Akabusi
Heat — 49.49
Semifinal — 48.01
Final — 47.82 (→ Bronze Medal)
Max Robertson
Heat — DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
Chris Maddocks — 1:28:45 (→ 16th place)
Andrew Penn — 1:31:40 (→ 23rd place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Les Morton — 4:09:34 (→ 21st place)
Paul Blagg — 4:23:10 (→ 30th place)
Men's Long Jump
Mark Forsythe
Qualification — 7.71 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Francis Agyepong
Qualification — 16.55 m (→ did not advance)
Julian Golley
Qualification — 16.18 m (→ did not advance)
Jonathan Edwards
Qualification — 15.76 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Steve Backley
Qualification — 80.76 m
Final — 83.38 m (→ Bronze Medal)
Michael Hill
Qualification — 79.66 m
Final — 75.50 m (→ 11th place)
Nigel Bevan
Qualification — 72.78 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Paul Head
Qualification — 69.58 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Simon Williams
Qualification — 53.12 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
Paul Edwards
Qualification — 19.03 m (→ did not advance)
Women's
Women's 800 metres
Lorraine Baker
Heat — 2:00.50
Semifinal — 2:02.17 (→ did not advance)
Diane Edwards
Heat — 2:00.39
Semifinal — 2:04.32 (→ did not advance)
Paula Fryer
Heat — 2:02.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
Liz McColgan
Heat — 32:07.25
Final — 31:26.11 (→ 5th place)
Jill Hunter
Heat — 32:18.34
Final — 31:46.49 (→ 10th place)
Andrea Wallace
Heat — 34:29.47 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Sally Gunnell
Heat — 54.98
Semifinal — 53.78
Final — 53.23 (→ Gold Medal)
Gowry Retchakan
Heat — 55.62
Semifinal — 54.63 (→ did not advance)
Louise Fraser
Heat — 57.49 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk
Betty Sworowski
Final — 50:14 (→ 32nd place)
Lisa Langford
Final — 51:44 (→ 35th place)
Vicky Lupton
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
Sally Eastall — 2:41.20 (→ 13th place)
Véronique Marot — 2:42.55 (→ 16th place)
Sally Ellis — 2:54.41 (→ 27th place)
Women's High Jump
Debbie Marti
Qualification — 1.92 m
Final — 1.91 m (→ 9th place)
Jo Jennings
Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
Jackie McKernan
Heat — 51.94m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
Oluyinka Idowu
Heat — 6.29 m (→ did not advance)
Joanne Wise
Heat — 5.87 m (→ did not advance)
Great Britain's sent 10 boxers to the Games. The squad included Adrian Dodson who had previously competed for Guyana at the 1988 Games under the name Adrian Carew. Four British boxers were knocked out in the first round of competition, two were knocked out in the second round and three lost in the quarter finals. Robin Reid, a 21-year-old bookmaker's cashier nicknamed 'The Grim Reaper', won the only medal, a bronze in the light middleweight division after he was beaten in the semi-final by Orhan Delibaş.
Key:
KO-x = Knock-out-in round x
PTS = Overall jury points
RSC = Referee stopped contest
RSCH = Referee stopped contest due to head injury
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Great Britain in 1992. Chris Boardman won gold in the individual pursuit.
Men's team time trial
Gary Dighton
Stephen Farrell
Matt Illingworth
Peter Longbottom
Points races
Men's 1 km time trial
Anthony Stirrat
Men's individual pursuit
Chris Boardman
Men's team pursuit
Chris Boardman
Paul Jennings
Bryan Steel
Glen Sword
Four British divers competed at the Games; Naomi Bishop in the women's 3 m individual springboard; Hayley Allen and Lesley Ward in the women's 10 m platform; and Robert 'Bob' Morgan in both the men's 3 m individual springboard and 10 m platform. Morgan achieved the squad's best result finishing 5th in the 10 m platform, an event in which he had won the European bronze medal in 1991 and gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Men
Women
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Great Britain in 1992.
Men's foil
Jonathan Davis
Bill Gosbee
Donnie McKenzie
Men's team foil
Jonathan Davis, Bill Gosbee, Donnie McKenzie, Tony Bartlett
Men's épée
Steven Paul
Men's sabre
Kirk Zavieh
Ian Williams
Gary Fletcher
Men's team sabre
Kirk Zavieh, Ian Williams, Gary Fletcher, James Williams, Amin Zahir
Women's foil
Fiona McIntosh
Linda Strachan
Julia Bracewell
Women's team foil
Fiona McIntosh, Linda Strachan, Julia Bracewell, Amanda Ferguson, Sarah Mawby
Men
Women
The women's individual all-around was the only rhythmic gymnastics event at the 1992 Olympics. Britain entered two athletes neither of whom made the final.
Manager: Bernie Cotton
Head Coach: Dennis Hay
Britain sent 14 judokas to Barcelona, seven men and seven women.
Three modern pentathletes represented Britain at the Games, all were men and contested both the individual and team events. Women's events in the sport were not introduced to the Olympics until Sydney in 2000.
Men's Single scull
Wade Hall-Craggs
(→ 14th place)
Men's Coxless pair
Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave
(→ Gold Medal)
Men's Coxed pair
Greg Searle, Jonathon Searle, Garry Herbert
(→ Gold Medal)
Men's Quadruple scull
R Brown, Peter Haining, M Harris, Guy Pooley
(→ 13th place)
Men's Coxless four
Sal Hassan, Richard Stanhope, John Garrett, G B Stewart
(→ 7th place)
Men's Coxed four
P R Mulkerrins, Simon Berrisford, N Burfitt, T G Dillon, J Deakin
(→ 9th place)
Men's Eight
Martin Cross, J D C Walker, Ben Hunt-Davis, J G Singfield, Rupert Obholzer, R C Phelps, S Turner, Tim Foster, Adrian Ellison
(→ 6th place)
Women's Single scull
P Reid
(→ 9th place)
Women's Double scull
Annabel Eyres, Alison Gill
(→ 5th place)
Women's Coxless pair
Joanne Turvey, Miriam Batten
(→ 5th place)
Women's Coxless four
A Barnett, K Thomas, S Kirk, Gillian Lindsay
(→ 8th place)
Women's Eight
F Freckleton, P Cross, D Blackie, S Smith, K Grose, R Hirst, K Marwick, K Brownlow, A Paterson
(→ 7th place)
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Barrie Edgington
Final Ranking — 156.0 points (→ 12th place)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Penny Way
Final Ranking — 99.4 points (→ 6th place)
Women's 470 Class
Debbie Jarvis and Sue Carr
Final Ranking — 97 points (→ 12th place)
Men's 50 m freestyle
Mark Foster
Heat — 22.72
Final — 22.52 (→ 6th place)
Mike Fibbens
Heat — 23.27 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100 m freestyle
Mike Fibbens
Heat — 50.93 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Paul Howe
Heat — 51.12 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200 m freestyle
Paul Palmer
Heat — 1:49.21
B-Final — 1:48.92 (→ 9th place)
Paul Howe
Heat — 1:49.86
B-Final — 1:50.15 (→ 13th place)
Men's 400 m freestyle
Paul Palmer
Heat — 3:51.93
B-Final — 3:51.60 (→ 10th place)
Stephen Akers
Heat — 3:58.99 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Ian Wilson
Heat — 15:15.37
Final — 15:13.35 (→ 5th place)
Stephen Akers
Heat — 15:46.48 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 100 m backstroke
Martin Harris
Heat — 57.57 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Adam Ruckwood
Heat — 57.75 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200 m backstroke
Adam Ruckwood
Heat — 2:03.54 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Matthew O'Connor
Heat — 2:05.94 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 100 m breaststroke
Nick Gillingham
Heat — 1:01.81
Final — 1:02.32 (→ 7th place)
Adrian Moorhouse
Heat — 1:02.09
Final — 1:02.33 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200 m breaststroke
Nick Gillingham
Heat — 2:13.42
Final — 2:11.29 (→ Bronze Medal)
Jason Hender
Heat — 2:23.10 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 100 m butterfly
Richard Leishman
Heat — 54.96 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Simon Wainwright
Heat — 56.53 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 200 m butterfly
Simon Wainwright
Heat — 2:01.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200 m individual medley
John Davey
Heat — 2:05.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Andy Rolley
Heat — 2:09.22 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 400 m individual medley
Andy Rolley
Heat — 4:32.82 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Mike Fibbens, Mark Foster, Paul Howe, and Roland Lee
Heat — 3:21.41
Final — 3:21.75 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Paul Palmer, Steven Mellor, Stephen Akers, and Paul Howe
Heat — 7:23.10
Paul Palmer, Paul Howe, Stephen Akers, and Steven Mellor
Final — 7:22.57 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Martin Harris, Nick Gillingham, Richard Leishman, and Roland Lee
Heat — 3:43.96 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 50 m freestyle
Karen Pickering
Heat — 26.78 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Alison Sheppard
Heat — 26.90 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100 m freestyle
Karen Pickering
Heat — 57.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Alison Sheppard
Heat — 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200 m freestyle
Karen Pickering
Heat — 2:01.09
B-Final — 2:00.33 (→ 10th place)
Women's 400 m freestyle
Samantha Foggo
Heat — 4:22.26 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Elizabeth Arnold
Heat — 4:25.55 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 800 m freestyle
Samantha Foggo
Heat — 8:50.17 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Elizabeth Arnold
Heat — 8:56.04 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100 m backstroke
Joanne Deakins
Heat — 1:04.38 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Kathy Read
Heat — 1:04.97 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m backstroke
Joanne Deakins
Heat — 2:14.34
B-Final — 2:13.91 (→ 10th place)
Kathy Read
Heat — 2:17.15 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100 m breaststroke
Susannah Brownsdon
Heat — 1:13.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Jaime King
Heat — 1:13.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m breaststroke
Susannah Brownsdon
Heat — 2:35.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Jaime King
Heat — 2:44.49 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 100 m butterfly
Madelaine Campbell
Heat — 1:02.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Samantha Purvis
Heat — 1:02.94 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 200 m butterfly
Samantha Purvis
Heat — 2:15.04
B-Final — 2:14.47 (→ 13th place)
Helen Slatter
Heat — 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m individual medley
Sharron Davies
Heat — 2:19.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Helen Slatter
Heat — 2:22.04 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 400 m individual medley
Sharron Davies
Heat — 4:56.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Helen Slatter
Heat — 4:58.24 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Joanne Deakins, Susannah Brownsdon, Madelaine Campbell, and Karen Pickering
Heat — 4:16.51 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Three synchronized swimmers represented Great Britain in 1992.
Women's solo
Kerry Shacklock
Laila Vakil
Natasha Haynes
Women's duet
Kerry Shacklock
Laila Vakil
Great Britain sent six tennis players, two men and four women, to Barcelona. Five competed in singles events, four of whom were knocked out in the first round. The only player to advance to the second round of the singles was Samantha Smith. Smith beat compatriot Sara Gomer in the first round before losing to Natasha Zvereva, who was representing the Unified team. Smith also took part in the women's doubles alongside Clare Wood, the pair lost in the first round to Italians Laura Garrone and Raffaella Reggi. In the men's doubles Andrew Castle and Chris Wilkinson lost their first round tie to the seventh seeds, and eventual bronze medallists, Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi of Argentina.
Men
Women
Six British weightlifters took part in the Games. Peter Morgan achieved the best result, a seventh-place finish in the middle-heavyweight division. Dave Morgan, who had finished fourth at the 1984 and 1988 Games, was 15th in the light-heavyweight event.
Britain entered a single wrestler, Calum McNeil in the men's lightweight freestyle.