Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Calgary
Competitors48 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Nick Phipps (opening)
Wilf O'Reilly (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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.

Contents

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

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 6611
Biathlon 44
Bobsleigh 88
Cross-country skiing 628
Figure skating 459
Luge 314
Ski jumping 11
Speed skating 202
Total341448

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Ronald Duncan Downhill2:07.8837
Graham Bell 2:04.5623
Martin Bell 2:02.498
Graham Bell Super-G1:48.9835
Martin Bell 1:48.8234
Nigel Smith 1:47.1529
Graham Bell Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Morgan Jones DNFDNF
Robbie Hourmont 1:13.54DNFDNF
Martin Bell 1:12.641:09.722:22.3641
Morgan Jones SlalomDNFDNF
Robbie Hourmont 58.2153.381:51.5921

Men's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2PointsRank
Ronald Duncan 1:53.40DNFDNF
Graham Bell 1:50.25DSQDSQ
Martin Bell 1:49.541:24.3450.49422.7926
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Clare Booth Downhill1:32.5025
Wendy Lumby 1:29.7622
Clare Booth Super-G1:26.2735
Wendy Lumby 1:24.3631
Wendy Lumby Giant SlalomDSQDSQ
Sarah Lewis DNFDNF
Lesley Beck DNFDNF
Ingrid Grant 1:06.52DNFDNF
Kirstin Cairns SlalomDNFDNF
Sarah Lewis DNFDNF
Lesley Beck 51.70DNFDNF

Women's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2PointsRank
Clare Booth 1:20.58DNFDNF
Wendy Lumby 1:19.8644.5946.43138.0619

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Trevor King 530:00.561
Mark Langin 529:52.160
Carl Davies 228:12.145
Mike Dixon 026:53.321
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Mark Langin 1'01:50.341'05:50.353
Trevor King 58:37.961'04:37.947
Carl Davies 58:54.131'01:54.128
Mike Dixon 57:32.4259:32.413
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Mike Dixon
Mark Langin
Carl Davies
Trevor King
51'31:44.613
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GBR-1 Tom De La Hunty
Alec Leonce
Two-man57.83859.77111:00.911559.50103:58.0112
GBR-2 Mark Tout
David Armstrong
Two-man58.10121:00.31201:01.112059.87153:59.3918
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GBR-1 Mark Tout
David Armstrong
Lenny Paul
Audley Richards
Four-man57.221658.261756.861457.5653:49.9012
GBR-2 Tom De La Hunty
Colin Rattigan
George Robertson
Alec Leonce
Four-man57.812258.131556.741258.59203:51.2717

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km
C
Ron Howden 50:47.473
Martin Watkins 49:16.665
Patrick Winterton 48:36.060
John Spotswood 45:47.338
30 km
C
Ewan McKenzie 1'40:06.767
Patrick Winterton 1'39:57.666
Martin Watkins 1'38:30.361
John Spotswood 1'36:42.754
50 km
F
Ewan McKenzie 2'24:58.255
Martin Watkins 2'24:48.354
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
John Spotswood
Ewan McKenzie
Martin Watkins
Andrew Wylie
1'59:39.316
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Jean Watson 18:54.153
Louise McKenzie 18:41.852
10 km
C
Jean Watson 37:54.050
Louise McKenzie 36:58.749
20 km
F
Louise McKenzie 1'11:07.352
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank
Paul Robinson 16211836.018
Women
AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank
Gina Fulton 24242347.023
Joanne Conway 8181628.012
Pairs
AthletesSPFSTFPRank
Lisa Cushley
Neil Cushley
141320.013
Cheryl Peake
Andrew Naylor
121218.012
Ice Dancing
AthletesCDODFDTFPRank
Sharon Jones
Paul Askham
13131326.013

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stephen Brialey 49.6893448.6873147.5682047.677213:13.62130
Nick Ovett 48.1813048.1633048.5182748.446303:13.30828
Macleod Nicol 47.7012747.6792447.5692148.008233:10.95722

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stephen Brialey
Nick Ovett
46.9121547.764151:34.67615
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alyson Wreford 49.8882448.2472047.8491847.726203:13.73020

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Eddie Edwards Normal hill 60.534.155.035.169.258
Eddie Edwards Large hill 71.030.067.027.557.555

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
1000 m Julian Green 1:57.3036
Craig McNicoll 1:18.6034
1500 m Craig McNicoll 2:01.8938
Julian Green 1:59.4137
5000 m Craig McNicoll 7:34.1438
Julian Green 7:13.2037
10,000 m Julian Green 14:59.5330

References

  1. "'Paula the Crawler' sets record", BBC, September 22, 2000
  2. Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics