Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in Calgary | |
Competitors | 48 in 8 sports |
Flag bearers | Nick Phipps (opening) Wilf O'Reilly (closing) |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, representing Great Britain, achieved international fame for what the BBC described as "his brave but laughable attempts at ski-jumping".[1]
Competitors
[edit]The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Alpine skiing | 6 | 6 | 11 |
Biathlon | 4 | – | 4 |
Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
Cross-country skiing | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Figure skating | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Luge | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Ski jumping | 1 | – | 1 |
Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 34 | 14 | 48 |
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Ronald Duncan | Downhill | 2:07.88 | 37 | ||
Graham Bell | 2:04.56 | 23 | |||
Martin Bell | 2:02.49 | 8 | |||
Graham Bell | Super-G | 1:48.98 | 35 | ||
Martin Bell | 1:48.82 | 34 | |||
Nigel Smith | 1:47.15 | 29 | |||
Graham Bell | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Morgan Jones | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Robbie Hourmont | 1:13.54 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Martin Bell | 1:12.64 | 1:09.72 | 2:22.36 | 41 | |
Morgan Jones | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Robbie Hourmont | 58.21 | 53.38 | 1:51.59 | 21 |
Men's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Ronald Duncan | 1:53.40 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Graham Bell | 1:50.25 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Martin Bell | 1:49.54 | 1:24.34 | 50.49 | 422.79 | 26 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Clare Booth | Downhill | 1:32.50 | 25 | ||
Wendy Lumby | 1:29.76 | 22 | |||
Clare Booth | Super-G | 1:26.27 | 35 | ||
Wendy Lumby | 1:24.36 | 31 | |||
Wendy Lumby | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Sarah Lewis | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Lesley Beck | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Ingrid Grant | 1:06.52 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Kirstin Cairns | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Sarah Lewis | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Lesley Beck | 51.70 | DNF | DNF | – |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Clare Booth | 1:20.58 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Wendy Lumby | 1:19.86 | 44.59 | 46.43 | 138.06 | 19 |
Biathlon
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 km Sprint | Trevor King | 5 | 30:00.5 | 61 |
Mark Langin | 5 | 29:52.1 | 60 | |
Carl Davies | 2 | 28:12.1 | 45 | |
Mike Dixon | 0 | 26:53.3 | 21 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 km | Mark Langin | 1'01:50.3 | 4 | 1'05:50.3 | 53 |
Trevor King | 58:37.9 | 6 | 1'04:37.9 | 47 | |
Carl Davies | 58:54.1 | 3 | 1'01:54.1 | 28 | |
Mike Dixon | 57:32.4 | 2 | 59:32.4 | 13 |
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
---|---|---|---|
Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Mike Dixon Mark Langin Carl Davies Trevor King |
5 | 1'31:44.6 | 13 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
[edit]Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Tom De La Hunty Alec Leonce |
Two-man | 57.83 | 8 | 59.77 | 11 | 1:00.91 | 15 | 59.50 | 10 | 3:58.01 | 12 |
GBR-2 | Mark Tout David Armstrong |
Two-man | 58.10 | 12 | 1:00.31 | 20 | 1:01.11 | 20 | 59.87 | 15 | 3:59.39 | 18 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Mark Tout David Armstrong Lenny Paul Audley Richards |
Four-man | 57.22 | 16 | 58.26 | 17 | 56.86 | 14 | 57.56 | 5 | 3:49.90 | 12 |
GBR-2 | Tom De La Hunty Colin Rattigan George Robertson Alec Leonce |
Four-man | 57.81 | 22 | 58.13 | 15 | 56.74 | 12 | 58.59 | 20 | 3:51.27 | 17 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Ron Howden | 50:47.4 | 73 |
Martin Watkins | 49:16.6 | 65 | |
Patrick Winterton | 48:36.0 | 60 | |
John Spotswood | 45:47.3 | 38 | |
30 km C |
Ewan McKenzie | 1'40:06.7 | 67 |
Patrick Winterton | 1'39:57.6 | 66 | |
Martin Watkins | 1'38:30.3 | 61 | |
John Spotswood | 1'36:42.7 | 54 | |
50 km F |
Ewan McKenzie | 2'24:58.2 | 55 |
Martin Watkins | 2'24:48.3 | 54 |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
---|---|---|
Time | Rank | |
John Spotswood Ewan McKenzie Martin Watkins Andrew Wylie |
1'59:39.3 | 16 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Jean Watson | 18:54.1 | 53 |
Louise McKenzie | 18:41.8 | 52 | |
10 km C |
Jean Watson | 37:54.0 | 50 |
Louise McKenzie | 36:58.7 | 49 | |
20 km F |
Louise McKenzie | 1'11:07.3 | 52 |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Figure skating
[edit]- Men
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Robinson | 16 | 21 | 18 | 36.0 | 18 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gina Fulton | 24 | 24 | 23 | 47.0 | 23 |
Joanne Conway | 8 | 18 | 16 | 28.0 | 12 |
- Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lisa Cushley Neil Cushley |
14 | 13 | 20.0 | 13 |
Cheryl Peake Andrew Naylor |
12 | 12 | 18.0 | 12 |
- Ice Dancing
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharon Jones Paul Askham |
13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0 | 13 |
Luge
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Stephen Brialey | 49.689 | 34 | 48.687 | 31 | 47.568 | 20 | 47.677 | 21 | 3:13.621 | 30 |
Nick Ovett | 48.181 | 30 | 48.163 | 30 | 48.518 | 27 | 48.446 | 30 | 3:13.308 | 28 |
Macleod Nicol | 47.701 | 27 | 47.679 | 24 | 47.569 | 21 | 48.008 | 23 | 3:10.957 | 22 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Stephen Brialey Nick Ovett |
46.912 | 15 | 47.764 | 15 | 1:34.676 | 15 |
- Women
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Alyson Wreford | 49.888 | 24 | 48.247 | 20 | 47.849 | 18 | 47.726 | 20 | 3:13.730 | 20 |
Ski jumping
[edit]Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Eddie Edwards | Normal hill | 60.5 | 34.1 | 55.0 | 35.1 | 69.2 | 58 |
Eddie Edwards | Large hill | 71.0 | 30.0 | 67.0 | 27.5 | 57.5 | 55 |
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
1000 m | Julian Green | 1:57.30 | 36 |
Craig McNicoll | 1:18.60 | 34 | |
1500 m | Craig McNicoll | 2:01.89 | 38 |
Julian Green | 1:59.41 | 37 | |
5000 m | Craig McNicoll | 7:34.14 | 38 |
Julian Green | 7:13.20 | 37 | |
10,000 m | Julian Green | 14:59.53 | 30 |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Paula the Crawler' sets record", BBC, September 22, 2000
- ^ Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics