Great_Britain_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics

Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation


Great Britain (the name which the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competes under at Olympic and Paralympic level) sent a delegation of 166 athletes to the 2004 Summer Paralympics, covering 15 sports. The ParalympicsGB team entered the opening ceremony behind the Union Flag carried by Noel Thatcher.

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Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

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Multiple medallists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games.

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Competitors and results by event

Archery

Men

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Women

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Legend: WR – World record; W – Won; L – Lost; N/A – Round not applicable for the event;

Athletics

Key
  • Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
  • WR = World record
  • PR = Paralympic record
  • EU = European record
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DQ = Disqualified

Men—Track

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Men-field

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Women—Track

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Women-field

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  • Jenny Ridley - withdrew after being reclassified from T52 to T53

Boccia

Key
  • Note – Ranks given in preliminary matches are the athlete's pool only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as having a best score of those not in the top two in the pool
  • WR = World record
  • PR = Paralympic record
  • EU = European record
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DQ = Disqualified
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Cycling

Road cycling

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Track cycling

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Key
  • AT = actual time
  • FT = factor time
  • OVL = Win by overtaking
  • Q = Qualified for next round
  • ql = Qualified for lower round
  • WR = World record

Equestrian

Individual events

Team

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Reserves

Judo

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Powerlifting

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

Men

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Women

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Table tennis

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Men

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Women

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Wheelchair basketball

Men

The men's team won a bronze medal.

Players

Results

Game Match Score Rank
1 Great Britain vs.  Canada (CAN) 45 - 63 3 Q
2 Great Britain vs.  Australia (AUS) 59 - 80
3 Great Britain vs.  Italy (ITA) 48 - 51
4 Great Britain vs.  Brazil (BRA) 66 - 57
5 Great Britain vs.  France (FRA) 75 - 43
Quarterfinals Great Britain vs.  United States (USA) 62 - 59 W
Semifinals Great Britain vs.  Australia (AUS) 52 - 64 L
Bronze medal final Great Britain vs.  Netherlands (NED) 82 - 66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women

The women's team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 8.

Players

Results

Game Match Score Rank
1 Great Britain vs.  Australia (AUS) 21 - 63 3 Q
2 Great Britain vs.  United States (USA) 24 - 74
3 Great Britain vs.  Netherlands (NED) 36 - 30
Quarterfinals Great Britain vs.  Germany (GER) 24 - 63 L
Semifinals (5th-8th) Great Britain vs.  Mexico (MEX) 29 - 40 L
7th-8th classification Great Britain vs.  Netherlands (NED) 30 - 48 8

Wheelchair fencing

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Wheelchair rugby

The rugby team didn't win any medals: they reached the bronze medal match but were lost to United States.

Players

Results

Game Match Score Rank
1 Great Britain vs.  Belgium (BEL) 27 - 22 1 Q
2 Great Britain vs.  Canada (CAN) 32 - 30 (OT)
3 Great Britain vs.  Germany (GER) 40 - 33
Quarterfinals Great Britain vs.  Japan (JPN) 50 - 42 W
Semifinals Great Britain vs.  New Zealand (NZL) 35 - 39 L
Bronze medal final Great Britain vs.  United States (USA) 39 - 43 4

Wheelchair tennis

See also Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.

Men

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Women

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Quads

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Media coverage

As with the 2004 Summer Olympics, the BBC aired coverage from the games, live on the bbc.co.uk website via streaming webcasts for UK broadband users, and nightly in a 90-minute highlights programme on BBC Two, presented by Clare Balding.

See also


References

  1. "IPC Historical Results Archive - Competition Web - Athens 2004 Table Tennis". Paralympics. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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