Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Paralympics


Great Britain was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and New York City, United States. It was represented by 227 athletes competing in archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, football, lawn bowls, powerlifting, shooting, snooker, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair fencing. It finished second in the overall medal count, with a total of 331 medals.
By hosting the Games in Stoke Mandeville, Britain was returning them to their roots. The Paralympic Games had grown out of the Stoke Mandeville Games, founded in 1948.
At the 1984 Games, Great Britain won the most medals among all Les Autres events. They claimed 55. Spain was second with 38 and the United States was third with 26.

Medalists

Gold medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Philip ThorneArcheryMen's double FITA round C3/C6
Helen HilderleyArcheryWomen's FITA round division 3
Colin KeayAthleticsMen's 60m C6
John WelshAthleticsMen's 60m L1
Derek NixonAthleticsMen's 100m L5
Colin KeayAthleticsMen's 400m C6
John FisherAthleticsMen's 400m L4
Robert MatthewsAthleticsMen's 800m B1
James BrownAthleticsMen's 800m B3
Colin KeayAthleticsMen's 1000m cross country C6
Robert MatthewsAthleticsMen's 1500m B1
James BrownAthleticsMen's 1500m B3
Robert MatthewsAthleticsMen's 5000m B1
Gary Gardner
Darren Rabin
Gerard McConnell
Paul Taylor		AthleticsMen's 4x100m relay C7-8
Norman BurnsAthleticsMen's club throw C4
Anthony GriffinAthleticsMen's club throw C6
John HarrisAthleticsMen's discus throw 5
Robert TeeAthleticsMen's discus throw L2
Eric PearceAthleticsMen's discus throw L3
Robert LoweAthleticsMen's discus throw L4
Kevin McGeeAthleticsMen's discus throw L6
Norman BurnsAthleticsMen's javelin throw C4
Anthony GriffinAthleticsMen's javelin throw C6
Derek NixonAthleticsMen's javelin throw L6
Tom O'BrienAthleticsMen's shot put L1
Robert LoweAthleticsMen's shot put L4
Barry AntonioAthleticsMen's shot put L6
Merle WhiteleyAthleticsMen's pentathlon B3
Aileen HarperAthleticsWomen's 60m C3
Loraine ChartersAthleticsWomen's 60m C6
Wilma LawrieAthleticsWomen's 100m L2
Brenda WoodcockAthleticsWomen's 200m C8
Brenda WoodcockAthleticsWomen's 400m C8
Wilma LawrieAthleticsWomen's 400m L2
Julia ScarlettAthleticsWomen's 800m A6
Brenda WoodcockAthleticsWomen's 1000m cross country C8
Catherine WelsbyAthleticsWomen's high jump B1
Evelyn DicksAthleticsWomen's long jump A2
Valerie SmithAthleticsWomen's club throw C2
Aileen HarperAthleticsWomen's club throw C3
Jane PetersAthleticsWomen's club throw C5
Lisa BarkerAthleticsWomen's club throw L1
Barbara JoscelyneAthleticsWomen's discus throw A6
Amanda KyffinAthleticsWomen's discus throw C6
Mary McCannAthleticsWomen's discus throw L2
Kim WhiteAthleticsWomen's discus throw L3
Margaret HealdAthleticsWomen's discus throw L6
Anne SwannAthleticsWomen's distance C2
Dzaier NeilAthleticsWomen's javelin throw 1B
Janice MooresAthleticsWomen's javelin throw B1
Linda FyfeAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C3
Susan StevensonAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C4
Jane PetersAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C5
Mary McCannAthleticsWomen's javelin throw L2
Kim WhiteAthleticsWomen's javelin throw L3
Amanda Beverley LittleAthleticsWomen's precision throw C1
Dorothy RipleyAthleticsWomen's shot put 3
Karen DavidsonAthleticsWomen's shot put A1
Anne SwannAthleticsWomen's shot put C2
Linda FyfeAthleticsWomen's shot put C3
Irene HotchinAthleticsWomen's shot put L2
Kim WhiteAthleticsWomen's shot put C5
Anne SwannAthleticsWomen's medicine ball thrust C2
Aileen HarperAthleticsWomen's slalom C3
Clovee FoxAthleticsWomen's slalom C4
Carol JohnsonBocciaWomen's individual C1
Jane StideverEquestrianDressage - Elementary walk/trot C4-5
Richard Coates
Anthony Prowse		Lawn bowlsMen's pairs A6/8
Richard CoatesLawn bowlsMen's singles A6/8
K. EllisonLawn bowlsMen's singles tetraplegic
R. Thompson
T. Ure		Lawn bowlsMixed pairs paraplegic
A. SmithLawn bowlsWomen's singles A2/4
Yvonne HawtinLawn bowlsWomen's singles paraplegic
Peter HaslamShootingMen's air rifle kneeling 1A-1C
Isabel BarrShootingWomen's air pistol 1A-1C
Peter HaslamSnookerMen's tetraplegic
Mike KennySwimmingMen's 25m backstroke 1A
Kenneth CairnsSwimmingMen's 25m backstroke 1B
Mike KennySwimmingMen's 25m breaststroke 1A
Kenneth CairnsSwimmingMen's 25m breaststroke 1B
Mike KennySwimmingMen's 25m freestyle 1A
Kenneth CairnsSwimmingMen's 25m freestyle 1B
Robin SurgeonerSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke C4
Martin MansellSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke C5
Chris HallamSwimmingMen's 50m breaststroke 2
Robin SurgeonerSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle C4
Peter AldousSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly A2
James MuirheadSwimmingMen's 100m butterfly B1
Mike KennySwimmingMen's 100m freestyle 1A
Kenneth CairnsSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle 1B
Robin SurgeonerSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle C4
Robin SurgeonerSwimmingMen's 200m freestyle C4
Mike KennySwimmingMen's 3x25m individual medley 1B
Men's relay teamSwimmingMen's 4x50m freestyle relay C1-C8
Isabel BarrSwimmingWomen's 25m breaststroke 1B
Isabel BarrSwimmingWomen's 25m butterfly 1B
Diane WiscombeSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle C2
Valerie SmithSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle with aids C2
Janice BurtonSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke B1
Mary Ann LowSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle B1
Isabel BarrSwimmingWomen's 3x25m individual medley 1B
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 3x50m medley relay 2-4
Jane BlackburnTable tennisWomen's singles 1bB
BeckerTable tennisWomen's singles 1C
Women's teamTable tennisWomen's 1A-C
Brian StonesWeightliftingMen's 57kg paraplegic
Kevin DaviesWheelchair fencingMen's sabre individual 4-5

Silver medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Beverley LeaperArcheryWomen's double FITA round division 3
Peter WilliamsAthleticsMen's 100m L6
John WatsonAthleticsMen's 400m A6
Noel ThatcherAthleticsMen's 400m B3
Gordon RobertsonAthleticsMen's 400m C6
Gary GardnerAthleticsMen's 1500m cross country C7
Peter WilliamsAthleticsMen's 1500m L6
Neil PearsonAthleticsMen's 5000m B3
Norman Burns
Michael Hipkin
Anthony Honour
Paul Williams		AthleticsMen's 4x100m relay C4
Anthony WillisAthleticsMen's high jump A2
Ronald WestAthleticsMen's high jump A5
John SimpsonAthleticsMen's club throw C3
Paul McGintyAthleticsMen's club throw C5
Philip SadlerAthleticsMen's discus throw A9
John SimpsonAthleticsMen's discus throw C3
Gerard McConnellAthleticsMen's discus throw C8
Tom O'BrienAthleticsMen's discus throw L1
Derek NixonAthleticsMen's discus throw L6
Leslie JonesAthleticsMen's javelin throw 4
Philip SadlerAthleticsMen's javelin throw A9
John SimpsonAthleticsMen's javelin throw C3
Kevan McNicholasAthleticsMen's shot put 2
John SimpsonAthleticsMen's shot put C3
Robert TeeAthleticsMen's shot put L2
Eric PearceAthleticsMen's shot put L3
Amanda KyffinAthleticsWomen's 60m C6
Barbara JoscelyneAthleticsWomen's 100m A6
Amanda KyffinAthleticsWomen's 200m C6
Anne TrotmanAthleticsWomen's club throw C3
Susan StevensonAthleticsWomen's club throw C4
Isabel BarrAthleticsWomen's discus throw 1B
Dorothy RipleyAthleticsWomen's discus throw 3
Karen DavidsonAthleticsWomen's discus throw A1
Michelle MessageAthleticsWomen's discus throw B2
Jane PetersAthleticsWomen's discus throw C5
Irene HotchinAthleticsWomen's discus throw L2
Amanda Beverley LittleAthleticsWomen's distance throw C1
Maria BrooksAthleticsWomen's distance throw C2
Dorothy RipleyAthleticsWomen's javelin throw 3
Mary ClarkAthleticsWomen's javelin throw B2
Anne TrotmanAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C3
Helen HilderleyAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C4
Isabel BarrAthleticsWomen's shot put 1B
Barbara JoscelyneAthleticsWomen's shot put A6
Michelle MessageAthleticsWomen's shot put B2
Valerie SmithAthleticsWomen's shot put C2
Susan StevensonAthleticsWomen's shot put C4
Jane PetersAthleticsWomen's shot put C5
Amanda KyffinAthleticsWomen's shot put C6
Mary McCannAthleticsWomen's shot put L2
Maria BrooksAthleticsWomen's medicine ball thrust C2
Maria BrooksAthleticsWomen's slalom C2
Valerie SmithAthleticsWomen's slalom C2
Anne TrotmanAthleticsWomen's slalom C3
Diane WiscombeBocciaWomen's individual C2
Carol Johnson
Alin Kerwin
Paula Monzani		BocciaMixed team
J. Gladman
Bernard Wessier		Lawn bowlsMen's pairs A2/4
Paul HubballLawn bowlsMen's singles paraplegic
Isabel BarrLawn bowlsMen's singles tetraplegic
Ken Bridgeman
Yvonne Hawtin		Lawn bowlsMixed pairs paraplegic
Yvonne Hawtin
R. Thompson		Lawn bowlsWomen's pairs paraplegic
R. ThompsonLawn bowlsWomen's singles paraplegic
Anthony GriffinPowerliftingMen's 52kg
Peter HaslamShootingMen's air rifle prone 1A-1C
Men's teamShootingMen's pistol team 1A-6
Anne PicotShootingWomen's air rifle integrated
Deanna CoatesShootingWomen's air rifle kneeling 2-6
Deanna CoatesShootingWomen's air rifle standing 2-6
Peter HaslamShootingMixed air rifle 3 positions 1A-1C
Jim BuchananSnookerMen's paraplegic
K. EllisonSnookerMen's tetraplegic
William Maxwell McKaySwimmingMen's 25m backstroke C6
Mark ChardSwimmingMen's 25m freestyle C2
Steven VardenSwimmingMen's 25m freestyle with aids C2
Ronald WestSwimmingMen's 50m breaststroke A5
Peter WilliamsSwimmingMen's 50m breaststroke L3
Gordon CroweSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle L3
Martin MansellSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke C5
Chris HampshireSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke C7
Kevin McGeeSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke L6
James MuirheadSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle B1
Martin MansellSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle C5
Martin MansellSwimmingMen's 200m freestyle C5
Anthony SticklandSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley A2
Kenneth Cairns
Chris Davies
Mike Kenny		SwimmingMen's 3x25m freestyle relay 1A-1C
Kenneth CairnsSwimmingMen's 3x25m individual medley 1B
Men's relay teamSwimmingMen's 4x50m freestyle relay L1-L6
Tara FloodSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke L1
Mary McCannSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke L2
Mary McCannSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle L2
D. SmithSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke 23
Mary Ann LowSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke B1
Irene HotchinSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke L3
Jane LawsonSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle B3
Janice BurtonSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke B1
Jenny OrpwoodSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke 4
Isabel BarrSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle 1B
Jane StideverSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle C4
Lorraine RobinsonSwimmingWomen's 400m breaststroke B1
Jenny OrpwoodSwimmingWomen's 400m freestyle 4
Janice BurtonSwimmingWomen's 400m individual medley B1
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x50m freestyle relay 2-6
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x50m freestyle L1-L6
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x50m medley relay L1-L6
Tony EdgeTable tennisMen's singles 1B
Allen FrancisTable tennisMen's singles C1
Dzaier NeilTable tennisWomen's singles 1C
J. PetersenTable tennisWomen's singles C3
Margaret HealdTable tennisWomen's singles L3
Chris WoodWeightliftingMen's 57kg paraplegic
Anthony BishopWeightliftingMen's 95kg integrated
Ralph RoweWeightliftingMen's 95kg paraplegic

Bronze medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Ernest ArnoldArcheryMen's double advanced metric round tetraplegic
Jim Buchanan
Michael Harvey-Murray
Sandy Gregory		ArcheryMen's double FITA round team 1A-6
Ernest Arnold
Kevin Bowser
James Martin		ArcheryMen's short metric round team 1A-6
Anne GrayArcheryWomen's double short metric round paraplegic
Edwin MooreAthleticsMen's 60m C2
Gordon RobertsonAthleticsMen's 60m C6
Keith WhileyAthleticsMen's 100m L3
Robert LoveAthleticsMen's 100m L6
Edwin MooreAthleticsMen's 200m C2
Graham SalmonAthleticsMen's 400m B1
John GrantAthleticsMen's 400m L3
Peter WilliamsAthleticsMen's 400m L6
John GrantAthleticsMen's 800m L3
Paul TaylorAthleticsMen's 1500m cross country C8
Robert LoveAthleticsMen's 1500m L6
Anthony WillisAthleticsMen's long jump A2
Robert LathamAthleticsMen's triple jump B2
Edwin MooreAthleticsMen's club throw C2
Eric GreenAthleticsMen's club throw C5
Tom O'BrienAthleticsMen's club throw L1
Jason BeasleyAthleticsMen's discus throw C3
David PearceAthleticsMen's distance throw C1
Peter BarnesAthleticsMen's javelin throw A3
Eric PearceAthleticsMen's javelin throw L3
Leslie JonesAthleticsMen's shot put 4
Steven VardenAthleticsMen's shot put C2
Paul TaylorAthleticsMen's shot put C8
Christopher McKeownAthleticsMen's shot put L5
Derek NixonAthleticsMen's shot put L6
Terry HudsonAthleticsMen's slalom C1
Jason BeasleyAthleticsMen's slalom C3
Norman BurnsAthleticsMen's slalom C4
Valerie SmithAthleticsWomen's 20m C2
Susan StevensonAthleticsWomen's 100m C4
Loraine ChartersAthleticsWomen's 200m C6
D. SmithAthleticsWomen's marathon 3
Catherine WelsbyAthleticsWomen's long jump B1
Linda FyfeAthleticsWomen's club throw C3
Helen HilderleyAthleticsWomen's club throw C4
Paula KnapperAthleticsWomen's club throw C5
Anne TrotmanAthleticsWomen's discus throw C3
Helen HilderleyAthleticsWomen's discus throw C4
Dawn McDadeAthleticsWomen's discus throw L5
Karen DavidsonAthleticsWomen's javelin throw A1
Amanda KyffinAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C6
Dzaier NeilAthleticsWomen's shot put 1B
Helen HilderleyAthleticsWomen's shot put C4
Mary ClarkAthleticsWomen's pentathlon B2
Jason Beasley
Maria Brooks
Anne Trotman		AthleticsMixed 3x60m relay C2-3
Terry HudsonBocciaMen's individual C1
Mark ChardBocciaMen's individual C2
Men's CP football 7-a-side teamFootball 7-a-sideMen's CP tournament
Men's wheelchair football 7-a-side teamFootball 7-a-sideMen's wheelchair tournament
John Gronow
Paul Hubball		Lawn bowlsMen's pairs paraplegic
Chris GibsonLawn bowlsMen's singles paraplegic
Tommy TaylorLawn bowlsMen's singles tetraplegic
Keith BellPowerliftingMen's 75kg
Peter HaslamShootingMen's air rifle standing 1A-1C
Deanna CoatesShootingWomen's air rifle 3 positions 2-6
Mike LangleySnookerMen's paraplegic
Tommy TaylorSnookerMen's tetraplegic
J. MurraySwimmingMen's 25m backstroke C6
Chris HampshireSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke C7
Alastair FairweatherSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle B1
Scott SmithSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle B3
Anthony SticklandSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke A2
James MuirheadSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke B1
Andrew GilbertSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke L4
Gareth ThomasSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke L6
Andrew GilbertSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle L4
James MuirheadSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley B1
James MuirheadSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle B1
Men's relay teamSwimmingMen's 4x50m medley relay L1-L6
Isabel BarrSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke 1B
Lisa BarkerSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke L1
Isabel BarrSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle 1B
Anna BlakeSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle C6
Tara FloodSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle L1
Carol JohnsonSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle with aids C2
Beverley LeaperSwimmingWomen's 50m backstroke C7
Heather TaylorSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke B2
Jane StideverSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle C4
Anna BlakeSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle C6
Brenda WoodcockSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle C8
Irene HotchinSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle L3
Jenny OrpwoodSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke 4
Wendy MasonSwimmingWomen's 100m backstroke A2
Lorraine RobinsonSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke B1
Kelly CarrollSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke B2
Heather TaylorSwimmingWomen's 100m butterfly B2
Jenny OrpwoodSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle 4
Janice BurtonSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle B1
Kelly CarrollSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle B2
Jane StideverSwimmingWomen's 200m freestyle C4
Karen DavidsonSwimmingWomen's 200m individual medley A1
Lorraine RobinsonSwimmingWomen's 400m individual medley B1
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x100m freestyle relay A1-A9
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x100m medley relay A1-A9
Women's relay teamSwimmingWomen's 4x100m medley relay B1-B3
John WelshTable tennisMen's singles L1
Mick Dolan
Brian Smith		Table tennisMen's teams 1A
Tony Edge
James Munkley
Tom Doughty		Table tennisMen's teams 1B
A. SmithTable tennisWomen's singles L4
Women's teamTable tennisWomen's teams 2
Alper AliWeightliftingMen's 65kg integrated
Fred McKenzieWeightliftingMen's 85kg integrated
Barry TravisWheelchair fencingMen's foil individual 1B
John ClarkeWheelchair fencingMen's foil individual 4-5
John Clarke
Kevin Davies
David Hickson
Jim Parkinson		Wheelchair fencingMen's foil team
Brian DickinsonWheelchair fencingMen's sabre individual 2-3
Kevin Davies
Brian Dickinson
Tom Killin
Terry Willett		Wheelchair fencingMen's sabre team