Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Nagano
Competitors34 (27 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers Michael Dixon (opening) (biathlon)
Sean Olsson (closing) (bobsleigh)
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Contents

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sean Olsson
Dean Ward
Courtney Rumbolt
Paul Attwood
Bobsleigh Four-man 21 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 426
Biathlon 202
Bobsleigh 77
Curling 5510
Figure skating 101
Freestyle skiing 303
Short track speed skating 505
Total27734

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Andrew Freshwater DownhillDNF
Graham Bell 1:53.9323
Andrew Freshwater Super-G1:39.8933
Graham Bell 1:39.8031
Alain Baxter Giant Slalom1:26.291:23.532:49.8231
Alain Baxter SlalomDSQDSQ

Men's combined

AthleteSlalomDownhillTotal
Time 1Time 2TimeTotal timeRank
Andrew Freshwater DNFDNF
James Ormond DNFDNF
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Sophie Ormond Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Emma Carrick-Anderson SlalomDNFDNF

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km Sprint Mark Gee 533:00.368
Mike Dixon 030:34.447
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 km Mark Gee 1'00:46.871'07:46.868
Mike Dixon 1'00:08.011'01:08.033
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 Sean Olsson
Lenny Paul
Two-man55.241455.121854.851654.73123:39.9415
GBR-2 Lee Johnston
Eric Sekwalor
Two-man55.512255.191955.161855.02183:40.8820
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GBR-1 Sean Olsson
Dean Ward
Courtney Rumbolt
Paul Attwood
Four-man52.77253.581053.7132:40.06Bronze medal icon.svg

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mike Harris 61
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 52
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Patrick Hürlimann 52
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tim Somerville 34
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Makoto Tsuruga 34
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peja Lindholm 34
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7th Douglas Dryburgh 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 10–4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7–5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 9–5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4–7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3–6Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

Contestants

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Douglas Dryburgh Peter Wilson Phil Wilson Ronnie Napier James Dryburgh

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sandra Schmirler 61
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 61
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 52
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Kirsty Hay 43
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 25
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Dordi Nordby 25
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lisa Schoeneberg 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andrea Schöpp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5–7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 9–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4–6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8–5Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5–8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Medal Round

Semi-final

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Schmirler)01010102016
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Hay) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100020105

Bronze medal game

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Gustafson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202010410X10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Hay) 4th010202001X6

Contestants

SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Kirsty Hay Edith Loudon Jackie Lockhart Katie Loudon Felsie Bayne

Figure skating

Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Steven Cousins 6710.06

Freestyle skiing

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Sam Temple MogulsDNFDNF
Tim Dudgeon 32.6416.3228did not advance
Kevin Harbut Aerials168.3220did not advance

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Nicky Gooch 500 m1:08.9074did not advance
Matt Jasper DSQdid not advance
Nicky Gooch 1000 m1:33.6383did not advance
Matt Jasper 1:32.7091 Q1:31.7982 Q1:32.5493 QB1:34.2858
Dave Allardice
Nicky Gooch
Matt Jasper
Matthew Rowe
Robert Mitchell
5000 m relay7:11.9553 QB7:06.4627

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