Noc: | GBR |
Nocname: | British Olympic Association |
Games: | Winter Olympics |
Year: | 1988 |
Flagcaption: | Flag of the United Kingdom |
Location: | Calgary |
Competitors: | 48 |
Sports: | 8 |
Flagbearer: | Nick Phipps (opening) Wilf O'Reilly (closing) |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 0 |
Appearances: | auto |
See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
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]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | 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 |
See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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 |
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 |
See main article: article and Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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 |
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.
See main article: article and Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | ||||||
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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 |
See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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
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
See main article: article and Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gina Fulton | 24 | 24 | 23 | 47.0 | 23 | |
Joanne Conway | 8 | 18 | 16 | 28.0 | 12 |
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lisa Cushley Neil Cushley | 14 | 13 | 20.0 | 13 | |
Cheryl Peake Andrew Naylor | 12 | 12 | 18.0 | 12 |
See main article: article and Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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
See main article: article and Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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 |
See main article: article and Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
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 |