Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Introduction '''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 === Medal Name Sport Event   Philip Thorne  Archery  Men's double FITA round C3/C6   Helen Hilderley  Archery  Women's FITA round division 3   Colin Keay  Athletics  Men's 60m C6   John Welsh  Athletics  Men's 60m L1   Derek Nixon  Athletics  Men's 100m L5   Colin Keay  Athletics  Men's 400m C6   John Fisher  Athletics  Men's 400m L4   Robert Matthews  Athletics  Men's 800m B1   James Brown  Athletics  Men's 800m B3   Colin Keay  Athletics  Men's 1000m cross country C6   Robert Matthews  Athletics  Men's 1500m B1   James Brown  Athletics  Men's 1500m B3   Robert Matthews  Athletics  Men's 5000m B1   Gary Gardner Darren Rabin Gerard McConnell Paul Taylor  Athletics  Men's  relay C7-8   Norman Burns  Athletics  Men's club throw C4   Anthony Griffin  Athletics  Men's club throw C6   John Harris  Athletics  Men's discus throw 5   Robert Tee  Athletics  Men's discus throw L2   Eric Pearce  Athletics  Men's discus throw L3   Robert Lowe  Athletics  Men's discus throw L4   Kevin McGee  Athletics  Men's discus throw L6   Norman Burns  Athletics  Men's javelin throw C4   Anthony Griffin  Athletics  Men's javelin throw C6   Derek Nixon  Athletics  Men's javelin throw L6   Tom O'Brien  Athletics  Men's shot put L1   Robert Lowe  Athletics  Men's shot put L4   Barry Antonio  Athletics  Men's shot put L6   Merle Whiteley  Athletics  Men's pentathlon B3   Aileen Harper  Athletics  Women's 60m C3   Loraine Charters  Athletics  Women's 60m C6   Wilma Lawrie  Athletics  Women's 100m L2   Brenda Woodcock  Athletics  Women's 200m C8   Brenda Woodcock  Athletics  Women's 400m C8   Wilma Lawrie  Athletics  Women's 400m L2   Julia Scarlett  Athletics  Women's 800m A6   Brenda Woodcock  Athletics  Women's 1000m cross country C8   Catherine Welsby  Athletics  Women's high jump B1   Evelyn Dicks  Athletics  Women's long jump A2   Valerie Smith  Athletics  Women's club throw C2   Aileen Harper  Athletics  Women's club throw C3   Jane Peters  Athletics  Women's club throw C5   Lisa Barker  Athletics  Women's club throw L1   Barbara Joscelyne  Athletics  Women's discus throw A6   Amanda Kyffin  Athletics  Women's discus throw C6   Mary McCann  Athletics  Women's discus throw L2   Kim White  Athletics  Women's discus throw L3   Margaret Heald  Athletics  Women's discus throw L6   Anne Swann  Athletics  Women's distance C2   Dzaier Neil  Athletics  Women's javelin throw 1B   Janice Moores  Athletics  Women's javelin throw B1   Linda Fyfe  Athletics  Women's javelin throw C3   Susan Stevenson  Athletics  Women's javelin throw C4   Jane Peters  Athletics  Women's javelin throw C5   Mary McCann  Athletics  Women's javelin throw L2   Kim White  Athletics  Women's javelin throw L3   Amanda Beverley Little  Athletics  Women's precision throw C1   Dorothy Ripley  Athletics  Women's shot put 3   Karen Davidson  Athletics  Women's shot put A1   Anne Swann  Athletics  Women's shot put C2   Linda Fyfe  Athletics  Women's shot put C3   Irene Hotchin  Athletics  Women's shot put L2   Kim White  Athletics  Women's shot put C5   Anne Swann  Athletics  Women's medicine ball thrust C2   Aileen Harper  Athletics  Women's slalom C3   Clovee Fox  Athletics  Women's slalom C4   Carol Johnson  Boccia  Women's individual C1   Jane Stidever  Equestrian  Dressage - Elementary walk/trot C4-5   Richard Coates Anthony Prowse  Lawn bowls  Men's pairs A6/8   Richard Coates  Lawn bowls  Men's singles A6/8   K. Ellison  Lawn bowls  Men's singles tetraplegic   R. Thompson T. Ure  Lawn bowls  Mixed pairs paraplegic   A. Smith  Lawn bowls  Women's singles A2/4   Yvonne Hawtin  Lawn bowls  Women's singles paraplegic   Peter Haslam  Shooting  Men's air rifle kneeling 1A-1C   Isabel Barr  Shooting  Women's air pistol 1A-1C   Peter Haslam  Snooker  Men's tetraplegic   Mike Kenny  Swimming  Men's 25m backstroke 1A   Kenneth Cairns  Swimming  Men's 25m backstroke 1B   Mike Kenny  Swimming  Men's 25m breaststroke 1A   Kenneth Cairns  Swimming  Men's 25m breaststroke 1B   Mike Kenny  Swimming  Men's 25m freestyle 1A   Kenneth Cairns  Swimming  Men's 25m freestyle 1B   Robin Surgeoner  Swimming  Men's 50m backstroke C4   Martin Mansell  Swimming  Men's 50m backstroke C5   Chris Hallam  Swimming  Men's 50m breaststroke 2   Robin Surgeoner  Swimming  Men's 50m freestyle C4   Peter Aldous  Swimming  Men's 100m butterfly A2   James Muirhead  Swimming  Men's 100m butterfly B1   Mike Kenny  Swimming  Men's 100m freestyle 1A   Kenneth Cairns  Swimming  Men's 100m freestyle 1B   Robin Surgeoner  Swimming  Men's 100m freestyle C4   Robin Surgeoner  Swimming  Men's 200m freestyle C4   Mike Kenny  Swimming  Men's 3x25m individual medley 1B   Men's relay team  Swimming  Men's 4x50m freestyle relay C1-C8   Isabel Barr  Swimming  Women's 25m breaststroke 1B   Isabel Barr  Swimming  Women's 25m butterfly 1B   Diane Wiscombe  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle C2   Valerie Smith  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle with aids C2   Janice Burton  Swimming  Women's 50m breaststroke B1   Mary Ann Low  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle B1   Isabel Barr  Swimming  Women's 3x25m individual medley 1B   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's 3x50m medley relay 2-4   Jane Blackburn  Table tennis  Women's singles 1bB   Becker  Table tennis  Women's singles 1C   Women's team  Table tennis  Women's 1A-C   Brian Stones  Weightlifting  Men's 57kg paraplegic   Kevin Davies  Wheelchair fencing  Men's sabre individual 4-5=== Silver medalists === Medal Name Sport Event   Beverley Leaper  Archery  Women's double FITA round division 3   Peter Williams  Athletics  Men's 100m L6    John Watson  Athletics  Men's 400m A6   Noel Thatcher  Athletics  Men's 400m B3   Gordon Robertson  Athletics  Men's 400m C6   Gary Gardner  Athletics  Men's 1500m cross country C7   Peter Williams  Athletics  Men's 1500m L6   Neil Pearson  Athletics  Men's 5000m B3   Norman Burns Michael Hipkin Anthony Honour Paul Williams  Athletics  Men's  relay C4   Anthony Willis  Athletics  Men's high jump A2   Ronald West  Athletics  Men's high jump A5   John Simpson  Athletics  Men's club throw C3   Paul McGinty  Athletics  Men's club throw C5   Philip Sadler  Athletics  Men's discus throw A9   John Simpson  Athletics  Men's discus throw C3   Gerard McConnell  Athletics  Men's discus throw C8   Tom O'Brien  Athletics  Men's discus throw L1   Derek Nixon  Athletics  Men's discus throw L6   Leslie Jones  Athletics  Men's javelin throw 4   Philip Sadler  Athletics  Men's javelin throw A9   John Simpson  Athletics  Men's javelin throw C3   Kevan McNicholas  Athletics  Men's shot put 2   John Simpson  Athletics  Men's shot put C3   Robert Tee  Athletics  Men's shot put L2   Eric Pearce  Athletics  Men's shot put L3   Amanda Kyffin  Athletics  Women's 60m C6   Barbara Joscelyne  Athletics  Women's 100m A6   Amanda Kyffin  Athletics  Women's 200m C6   Anne Trotman  Athletics  Women's club throw C3   Susan Stevenson  Athletics  Women's club throw C4   Isabel Barr  Athletics  Women's discus throw 1B   Dorothy Ripley  Athletics  Women's discus throw 3   Karen Davidson  Athletics  Women's discus throw A1   Michelle Message  Athletics  Women's discus throw B2   Jane Peters  Athletics  Women's discus throw C5   Irene Hotchin  Athletics  Women's discus throw L2   Amanda Beverley Little  Athletics  Women's distance throw C1   Maria Brooks  Athletics  Women's distance throw C2   Dorothy Ripley  Athletics  Women's javelin throw 3   Mary Clark  Athletics  Women's javelin throw B2   Anne Trotman  Athletics  Women's javelin throw C3   Helen Hilderley  Athletics  Women's javelin throw C4   Isabel Barr  Athletics  Women's shot put 1B   Barbara Joscelyne  Athletics  Women's shot put A6   Michelle Message  Athletics  Women's shot put B2   Valerie Smith  Athletics  Women's shot put C2   Susan Stevenson  Athletics  Women's shot put C4   Jane Peters  Athletics  Women's shot put C5   Amanda Kyffin  Athletics  Women's shot put C6   Mary McCann  Athletics  Women's shot put L2   Maria Brooks  Athletics  Women's medicine ball thrust C2   Maria Brooks  Athletics  Women's slalom (leg) C2   Valerie Smith  Athletics  Women's slalom C2   Anne Trotman  Athletics  Women's slalom C3   Diane Wiscombe  Boccia  Women's individual C2   Carol Johnson Alin Kerwin Paula Monzani  Boccia  Mixed team   J. Gladman Bernard Wessier  Lawn bowls  Men's pairs A2/4   Paul Hubball  Lawn bowls  Men's singles paraplegic   Isabel Barr  Lawn bowls  Men's singles tetraplegic   Ken Bridgeman Yvonne Hawtin  Lawn bowls  Mixed pairs paraplegic   Yvonne Hawtin R. Thompson  Lawn bowls  Women's pairs paraplegic   R. Thompson  Lawn bowls  Women's singles paraplegic   Anthony Griffin  Powerlifting  Men's 52kg   Peter Haslam  Shooting  Men's air rifle prone 1A-1C   Men's team  Shooting  Men's pistol team 1A-6   Anne Picot  Shooting  Women's air rifle integrated   Deanna Coates  Shooting  Women's air rifle kneeling 2-6   Deanna Coates  Shooting  Women's air rifle standing 2-6   Peter Haslam  Shooting  Mixed air rifle 3 positions 1A-1C   Jim Buchanan  Snooker  Men's paraplegic   K. Ellison  Snooker  Men's tetraplegic   William Maxwell McKay  Swimming  Men's 25m backstroke C6   Mark Chard  Swimming  Men's 25m freestyle C2   Steven Varden  Swimming  Men's 25m freestyle with aids C2   Ronald West  Swimming  Men's 50m breaststroke A5   Peter Williams  Swimming  Men's 50m breaststroke L3   Gordon Crowe  Swimming  Men's 50m freestyle L3   Martin Mansell  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke C5   Chris Hampshire  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke C7   Kevin McGee  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke L6   James Muirhead  Swimming  Men's 100m freestyle B1   Martin Mansell  Swimming  Men's 100m freestyle C5   Martin Mansell  Swimming  Men's 200m freestyle C5   Anthony Stickland  Swimming  Men's 200m individual medley A2   Kenneth Cairns Chris Davies Mike Kenny  Swimming  Men's 3x25m freestyle relay 1A-1C   Kenneth Cairns  Swimming  Men's 3x25m individual medley 1B   Men's relay team  Swimming  Men's 4x50m freestyle relay L1-L6   Tara Flood  Swimming  Women's 25m backstroke L1   Mary McCann  Swimming  Women's 25m backstroke L2   Mary McCann  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle L2   D. Smith  Swimming  Women's 50m breaststroke 23   Mary Ann Low  Swimming  Women's 50m breaststroke B1   Irene Hotchin  Swimming  Women's 50m breaststroke L3   Jane Lawson  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle B3   Janice Burton  Swimming  Women's 100m backstroke B1   Jenny Orpwood  Swimming  Women's 100m breaststroke 4   Isabel Barr  Swimming  Women's 100m freestyle 1B   Jane Stidever  Swimming  Women's 100m freestyle C4   Lorraine Robinson  Swimming  Women's 400m breaststroke B1   Jenny Orpwood  Swimming  Women's 400m freestyle 4   Janice Burton  Swimming  Women's 400m individual medley B1   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's 4x50m freestyle relay 2-6   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's 4x50m freestyle L1-L6   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's 4x50m medley relay L1-L6   Tony Edge  Table tennis  Men's singles 1B   Allen Francis  Table tennis  Men's singles C1   Dzaier Neil  Table tennis  Women's singles 1C   J. Petersen  Table tennis  Women's singles C3   Margaret Heald  Table tennis  Women's singles L3   Chris Wood  Weightlifting  Men's 57kg paraplegic   Anthony Bishop  Weightlifting  Men's 95kg integrated   Ralph Rowe  Weightlifting  Men's 95kg paraplegic=== Bronze medalists === Medal Name Sport Event   Ernest Arnold  Archery  Men's double advanced metric round tetraplegic   Jim Buchanan Michael Harvey-Murray Sandy Gregory  Archery  Men's double FITA round team 1A-6   Ernest Arnold Kevin Bowser James Martin  Archery  Men's short metric round team 1A-6   Anne Gray  Archery  Women's double short metric round paraplegic   Edwin Moore  Athletics  Men's 60m C2   Gordon Robertson  Athletics  Men's 60m C6   Keith Whiley  Athletics  Men's 100m L3   Robert Love  Athletics  Men's 100m L6   Edwin Moore  Athletics  Men's 200m C2   Graham Salmon  Athletics  Men's 400m B1   John Grant  Athletics  Men's 400m L3   Peter Williams  Athletics  Men's 400m L6   John Grant  Athletics  Men's 800m L3   Paul Taylor  Athletics  Men's 1500m cross country C8   Robert Love  Athletics  Men's 1500m L6   Anthony Willis  Athletics  Men's long jump A2   Robert Latham  Athletics  Men's triple jump B2   Edwin Moore  Athletics  Men's club throw C2   Eric Green  Athletics  Men's club throw C5   Tom O'Brien  Athletics  Men's club throw L1   Jason Beasley  Athletics  Men's discus throw C3   David Pearce  Athletics  Men's distance throw C1   Peter Barnes  Athletics  Men's javelin throw A3   Eric Pearce  Athletics  Men's javelin throw L3   Leslie Jones  Athletics  Men's shot put 4   Steven Varden  Athletics  Men's shot put C2   Paul Taylor  Athletics  Men's shot put C8   Christopher McKeown  Athletics  Men's shot put L5   Derek Nixon  Athletics  Men's shot put L6   Terry Hudson  Athletics  Men's slalom C1   Jason Beasley  Athletics  Men's slalom C3   Norman Burns  Athletics  Men's slalom C4   Valerie Smith  Athletics  Women's 20m (arm) C2   Susan Stevenson  Athletics  Women's 100m C4   Loraine Charters  Athletics  Women's 200m C6   D. Smith  Athletics  Women's marathon 3   Catherine Welsby  Athletics  Women's long jump B1   Linda Fyfe  Athletics  Women's club throw C3   Helen Hilderley  Athletics  Women's club throw C4   Paula Knapper  Athletics  Women's club throw C5   Anne Trotman  Athletics  Women's discus throw C3   Helen Hilderley  Athletics  Women's discus throw C4   Dawn McDade  Athletics  Women's discus throw L5   Karen Davidson  Athletics  Women's javelin throw A1   Amanda Kyffin  Athletics  Women's javelin throw C6   Dzaier Neil  Athletics  Women's shot put 1B   Helen Hilderley  Athletics  Women's shot put C4   Mary Clark  Athletics  Women's pentathlon B2   Jason Beasley Maria Brooks Anne Trotman  Athletics  Mixed 3x60m relay C2-3   Terry Hudson  Boccia  Men's individual C1   Mark Chard  Boccia  Men's individual C2   Men's CP football 7-a-side team  Football 7-a-side  Men's CP tournament   Men's wheelchair football 7-a-side team  Football 7-a-side  Men's wheelchair tournament   John Gronow Paul Hubball  Lawn bowls  Men's pairs paraplegic   Chris Gibson  Lawn bowls  Men's singles paraplegic   Tommy Taylor  Lawn bowls  Men's singles tetraplegic   Keith Bell  Powerlifting  Men's 75kg   Peter Haslam  Shooting  Men's air rifle standing 1A-1C   Deanna Coates  Shooting  Women's air rifle 3 positions 2-6   Mike Langley  Snooker  Men's paraplegic   Tommy Taylor  Snooker  Men's tetraplegic   J. Murray  Swimming  Men's 25m backstroke C6   Chris Hampshire  Swimming  Men's 50m backstroke C7   Alastair Fairweather  Swimming  Men's 50m freestyle B1   Scott Smith  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle B3   Anthony Stickland  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke A2   James Muirhead  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke B1   Andrew Gilbert  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke L4   Gareth Thomas  Swimming  Men's 100m backstroke L6   Andrew Gilbert  Swimming  Men's 100m freestyle L4   James Muirhead  Swimming  Men's 200m individual medley B1   James Muirhead  Swimming  Men's 400m freestyle B1   Men's relay team  Swimming  Men's 4x50m medley relay L1-L6   Isabel Barr  Swimming  Women's 25m backstroke 1B   Lisa Barker  Swimming  Women's 25m backstroke L1   Isabel Barr  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle 1B   Anna Blake  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle C6   Tara Flood  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle L1   Carol Johnson  Swimming  Women's 25m freestyle with aids C2   Beverley Leaper  Swimming  Women's 50m backstroke C7   Heather Taylor  Swimming  Women's 50m breaststroke B2   Jane Stidever  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle C4   Anna Blake  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle C6   Brenda Woodcock  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle C8   Irene Hotchin  Swimming  Women's 50m freestyle L3   Jenny Orpwood  Swimming  Women's 100m backstroke 4   Wendy Mason  Swimming  Women's 100m backstroke A2   Lorraine Robinson  Swimming  Women's 100m breaststroke B1   Kelly Carroll  Swimming  Women's 100m breaststroke B2   Heather Taylor  Swimming  Women's 100m butterfly B2   Jenny Orpwood  Swimming  Women's 100m freestyle 4   Janice Burton  Swimming  Women's 100m freestyle B1   Kelly Carroll  Swimming  Women's 100m freestyle B2   Jane Stidever  Swimming  Women's 200m freestyle C4   Karen Davidson  Swimming  Women's 200m individual medley A1   Lorraine Robinson  Swimming  Women's 400m individual medley B1   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's  freestyle relay A1-A9   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's  freestyle relay B1-B3   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's  medley relay A1-A9   Women's relay team  Swimming  Women's  medley relay B1-B3   John Welsh  Table tennis  Men's singles L1   Mick Dolan Brian Smith  Table tennis  Men's teams 1A   Tony Edge James Munkley Tom Doughty  Table tennis  Men's teams 1B   A. Smith  Table tennis  Women's singles L4   Women's team  Table tennis  Women's teams 2   Alper Ali  Weightlifting  Men's 65kg integrated   Fred McKenzie  Weightlifting  Men's 85kg integrated   Barry Travis  Wheelchair fencing  Men's foil individual 1B   John Clarke  Wheelchair fencing  Men's foil individual 4-5   John Clarke Kevin Davies David Hickson Jim Parkinson  Wheelchair fencing  Men's foil team   Brian Dickinson  Wheelchair fencing  Men's sabre individual 2-3   Kevin Davies Brian Dickinson Tom Killin Terry Willett  Wheelchair fencing  Men's sabre team===Medals by sport===Medals by sport'''Sport'''Image:Gold medal icon.svgImage:Silver medal icon.svgImage:Bronze medal icon.svg'''Total'''Athletics635345'''161'''Swimming263339'''98'''Lawn Bowls663'''15'''Table tennis355'''13'''Shooting262'''10'''Archery214'''7'''Weightlifting132'''6'''Boccia122'''5'''Snooker122'''5'''Wheelchair Fencing105'''6'''Equestrian100'''1'''Powerlifting011'''2'''Football 7-a-side002'''2'''Total107112112331
See also * Great Britain at the Paralympics* Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics
External links * British Paralympic Association Website
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