Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every single Summer Olympic Games. 300 competitors, 184 men and 116 women, took part in 175 events in 22 sports. The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952, finishing in 36th position with a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall. The "rock bottom" British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to a period of soul searching about the state of British sport. Insufficient funding was identified as a major factor in the poor performance, and this led to a wholesale reform of how elite sports were funded, organised and supported in the UK: At the instigation of the then Prime Minister John Major, UK Sport was created the following year; a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports, Previously, due to a lack of funding, cyclist Chris Boardman had acclimatised to the humidity of Atlanta by practicing in his home bathroom with the shower turned on, and divers Bob Morgan and Tony Ally sold their Olympic kits while in Atlanta in order to raise funds. Leon Taylor, who would win a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, suggested the public humiliation for the British Olympic Association from the newspaper stories about Morgan & Ally's actions obligated them to bring in better athlete funding. Nevertheless, the single gold medal won by rowers Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave ensured that Great Britain maintained its record of winning at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympics.

Medallists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Medals by day

Archery

Athletics

Men's 100 metres Men's 200 metres Men's 400 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1500 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 110m Hurdles Men's 400m Hurdles Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase Men's 50 km Walk Men's 4 × 100m Relay Men's 4 × 400m Relay Men's High Jump Men's Pole Vault Men's Triple Jump Men's Shot Put Men's Discus Throw Men's Hammer Throw Men's Javelin Throw Men's Decathlon Women's 100 metres Women's 200 metres Women's 400 metres Women's 800 metres Women's 1500 metres Women's 5,000 metres Women's Marathon Women's 110 m Hurdles Women's 400 m Hurdles Women's 10km Walk Women's 4×100 metres Relay Women's 4×400 metres Relay Women's Long Jump Women's Triple Jump Women's High Jump Women's Shot Put Women's Discus Throw Women's Javelin Throw Women's Heptathlon

Badminton

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's Individual Time Trial Women's Individual Road Race Women's Individual Time Trial

Track competition

Men's Team Pursuit

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard Women's 10m Platform

Equestrian

Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Great Britain in 1996.

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's team competition

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Freestyle Men's 200 m Freestyle Men's 400 m Freestyle Men's 1500 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 50 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Freestyle Women's 200 m Freestyle Women's 400 m Freestyle Women's 800 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Backstroke Women's 200 m Backstroke Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's 200 m Breaststroke Women's 200 m Individual Medley Women's 400 m Individual Medley Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Table tennis

Tennis

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Wrestling