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. The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold. The following competitors won multiple medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games. Legend:         The men's team won a bronze medal. The women's team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 8. The rugby team didn't win any medals: they reached the bronze medal match but were lost to United States. "See also Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. 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.