Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 345 competitors, 219 men and 126 women, took part in 191 events in 22 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Similarly to the previous two Summer Olympics, British athletes once again won five gold medals.
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Medallists Medals by disciplineDisciplineTotalSwimming1113Shooting1102Rowing1012Field hockey1001Sailing1001Athletics0628Equestrian0213Archery0011Boxing0011Judo0011Modern pentathlon0011Total510924 MedalNameSportEventDate Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 19 September Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 22 September Rowing Men's coxless pair 24 September Sailing Star 27 September Great Britain men's national field hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament 1 October Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 22 September Equestrian Individual eventing 22 September Equestrian Team eventing 22 September Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 23 September Athletics Men's 100 metres 24 September Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 26 September Athletics Women's javelin throw 26 September Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 30 September Athletics Men's 1500 metres 1 October Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 21 September Modern pentathlon Men's team 22 September Equestrian Individual eventing 22 September Rowing Men's coxed pair 25 September Athletics Women's 3000 metres 25 September Boxing Light middleweight 29 September Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 30 September Judo Men's 95 kg 30 September Archery Men's team 1 October
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 57 45 102Boxing 8 – 8Canoeing 12 5 17Cycling 13 4 17Diving 3 2 5Equestrian 6 6 12Fencing 8 5 13Field hockey 16 16 32Gymnastics 2 3 5Judo 7 – 7Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 21 9 30Sailing 13 2 15Shooting 6 2 8Swimming 19 19 38Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 4 0 4Tennis 2 2 4Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 6 – 6 Total 219 126 345
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 – 1/8 finals (→ 21st place) Richard Priestman – 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 Barrington Williams John Regis
Men's 200 metres Linford Christie Michael Rosswess John Regis
Men's 400 metres Brian Whittle Todd Bennett
Men's 800 metres Peter Elliott Steve Cram Tom McKean
Men's 1.500 metres Peter Elliott Steve Cram Steve Crabb
Men's 5.000 metres Eamonn Martin Jack Buckner 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 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 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, Todd Bennett, and Philip Brown Heat — 3:04.18 Brian Whittle, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, 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 (→ 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 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 — 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, Janet Smith, and Sally Gunnell Heat — 3:28.52 Linda Keough, Jennifer Stoute, Angela Piggford, and Sally Gunnell 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 Qualification – 68.44 m Final – 70.32 m (→ Silver Medal)
Tessa Sanderson Qualification – 56.70 m (→ did not advance)
Sharon Gibson Qualification – 56.00 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put Yvonne Hanson-Nortey Qualification – 15.13 m (→ did not advance)
Judy Oakes Qualification – 18.34 m (→ did not advance)
Myrtle Augee Qualification – 17.31 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon Kim Hagger 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 (Turkey), on points (1:4)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Dave Anderson First Round – Defeated Domingo Damigella (Argentina) on points Second Round – Defeated Paul Fitzgerald (Ireland) on points Third Round – Lost to Regilio Tuur (Netherlands) on points
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Henry Akinwande First Round – Bye Second Round – Lost to Arnold Vanderlyde (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 David Spencer
Men's sprint Eddie Alexander
Men's individual pursuit Colin Sturgess
Men's team pursuit Chris Boardman Robert Coull Simon Lillistone Glen Sword
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
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankGraham Morris3 m springboard478.7426Did not advanceRobert Morgan457.6529Did not advanceRobert Morgan10 m platform489.2715Did not advanceJeffrey Arbon450.1821Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankCarolyn Roscoe3 m springboard399.8718Did not advanceNaomi Bishop349.4426Did not advanceCarolyn Roscoe10 m platform322.3518Did not advance
Equestrian
Fencing
13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1988.
Men's foil Pierre Harper Bill Gosbee Donnie McKenzie
Men's team foil Tony Bartlett, Jonathan Davis, Bill Gosbee, Pierre Harper, Donnie McKenzie
Men's épée John Llewellyn Hugh Kernohan
Men's sabre Mark Slade
Women's foil Liz Thurley Fiona McIntosh Linda Ann Martin
Women's team foil Ann Brannon, Linda Ann Martin, Fiona McIntosh, Linda Strachan, 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 (gk) ( 3.) David Faulkner ( 4.) Paul Barber ( 5.) Stephen Martin ( 6.) Jon Potter ( 7.) Richard Dodds ( 8.) Martyn Grimley ( 9.) Stephen Batchelor (10.) Richard Leman (11.) Jimmy Kirkwood (12.) Kulbir Bhaura (13.) Sean Kerly (14.) Robert Clift (15.) Imran Sherwani (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 Wendy Fraser Barbara Hambly (c) Caroline Jordan Violet McBride Moira MacLeod Caroline Brewer Jane Sixsmith Kate Parker Alison Ramsay Head coach: Dennis Hay
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, 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 (→ 9th place)
Women's coxless pair Alison Bonner, Kim Thomas (→ 8th place)
Women's coxed four Fiona Johnston, Kate Grose, Joanne Gough, 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 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