Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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.

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.

Women
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

Women-field

 * 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

Track cycling

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

Reserves

 * Ricky Balshaw (grade II)

Men
The men's team won a bronze medal.

Players

 * Ade Adepitan
 * Andy Blake
 * Matt Byrne
 * Terry Bywater
 * Pete Finbow
 * Kevin Hayes
 * Fred Howley
 * Stuart Jellows
 * Simon Munn
 * Jon Pollock
 * Colin Price
 * Sinclair Thomas

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

Players

 * Sarah Burrett
 * Jenny Dalgleish
 * Jill Fox
 * Sonia Howe
 * Caroline MacLean
 * Caroline Matthews
 * Kristina Small
 * Wendy Smith
 * Clare Strange
 * Helen Turner
 * Sally Wager
 * Ann Wild

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

Players

 * Alan Ash
 * Andy Barrow
 * Jonny Coggan
 * Troye Collins
 * Justin Frishberg
 * Ross Morrison
 * Bob O'Shea
 * Steve Palmer
 * Jason Roberts
 * Paul Shaw
 * Tony Stackhouse
 * Rob Tarr

Wheelchair tennis
''See also Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.

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.