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 - below nations such as Belgium, Algeria and Kazakhstan - winning a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall. The poor British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to the creation of UK Sport, a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports, which started the following year. 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. 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 Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave – Rowing, Men's Coxless Pair Silver Ben Ainslie – Sailing, Men's Open Laser Class Steve Backley – Athletics, Men's javelin throw Roger Black – Athletics, Men's 400 m Jonathan Edwards – Athletics, Men's triple jump Paul Palmer – Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle Jamie Baulch, Roger Black, Mark Richardson, Iwan Thomas, Mark Hylton (heats) and Du'aine Ladejo (heats) – Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay John Merricks and Ian Walker – Sailing, Men's 470 Class Neil Broad and Tim Henman – Tennis, Men's Doubles Bronze Chris Boardman – Cycling, Men's Road Time Trial Denise Lewis – Athletics, Women's Heptathlon Max Sciandri – Cycling, Men's Road Race Graeme Smith – Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle Steve Smith – Athletics, Men's High Jump Tim Foster, Rupert Obholzer, Greg Searle, and Jonny Searle – Rowing, Men's Coxless Four Medals by day Archery Athletics Men's 100 metres Linford Christie Heat - 10.26 Quarter-final - 10.03 Semi-final - 10.04 Final - DSQ Ian Mackie Heat - 10.27 Quarter-final - 10.25 Semi-final - DNS Darren Braithwaite Heat - 10.29 Quarter-final - 10.27 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres Linford Christie Heat - 20.64 Quarter-final - 20.59 (→ did not advance) John Regis Heat - 20.78 Quarter-final -