Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Great Britain at the; 2002 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	49 (31 men, 18 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Mike Dixon (opening) (biathlon); Rhona Martin (closing) (curling)
Medals ; Ranked 18th	Gold1Silver0Bronze1Total2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated August 30, 2023

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Rhona Martin Deborah Knox Fiona MacDonald Janice Rankin Margaret Morton	Curling	Women's competition
Bronze	Alex Coomber	Skeleton	Women's individual

Alain Baxter came third in the Men's slalom but was subsequently disqualified for use of a stimulant. Baxter's claim that a mix up in the ingredients of the same branded cold medication between the UK and the US was the cause of the ingestion of the stimulant was accepted, and as a result he received the minimum ban of 3 months.

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ross Green	Giant Slalom	1:15.90	1:13.41	2:29.31	29
Alain Baxter	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Gareth Trayner		54.48	56.33	1:50.91	22
Noel Baxter		53.66	55.98	1:49.64	20

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Ross Green	1:43.30	49.97	55.84	3:29.11	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Chemmy Alcott	Downhill			1:45.98	32
Chemmy Alcott	Super-G			1:17.34	28
Chemmy Alcott	Giant Slalom	1:20.25	1:18.22	2:38.47	30
Chemmy Alcott	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Emma Carrick-Anderson	Slalom	56.25	57.54	1:53.79	19

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Chemmy Alcott	1:19.06	47.27	45.01	2:51.34	14

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Mike Dixon	1	28:58.7	74
	Mark Gee	2	28:57.8	72
	Jason Sklenar	4	28:43.4	71

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
20 km	Mark Gee	57:10.2	5	1'02:10.2	81
	Mike Dixon	57:04.9	5	1'02:04.9	79
	Jason Sklenar	54:27.2	3	57:27.2	48

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Jason Sklenar Mark Gee Mike Dixon Hugh Pritchard	0	1'36:06.0	19

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

³ One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Marcus Adam Lee Johnston	Two-man	48.04	10	48.16	13	48.05	10	48.02	10	3:12.27	10
GBR-2	Colin Bryce Neil Scarisbrick	Two-man	48.44	23	48.46	22	48.72	26	48.50	21	3:14.12	22

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Neil Scarisbrick Scott Rider Philip Goedluck Dean Ward	Four-man	47.09	13	47.05	13	47.44	9	47.79	12	3:09.37	11
GBR-2	Lee Johnston Phil Harries David McCalla Paul Attwood	Four-man	47.06	12	47.32	19	47.41	7	47.98	16	3:09.77	14

Women

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Cheryl Done Nicola Minichiello	Two-woman	50.10	13	49.79	12	1:39.89	12
GBR-2	Michelle Coy Jackie Davies	Two-woman	49.77	11	49.78	11	1:39.55	11

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kevin Martin	8	1
Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	2
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	3
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	6
Great Britain 8th	Hammy McMillan	3	6
United States	Tim Somerville	3	6
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	0	9

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Canada	6–4	United Kingdom
Sweden	7–2	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	6–7	Norway
United Kingdom	7–6	Germany
United Kingdom	4–6	Finland
United Kingdom	5–6	Denmark
Switzerland	10–4	United Kingdom
France	3–7	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	7–6	United States

Contestants

Great Britain
Stranraer CC, Stranraer Skip: Hammy McMillan* Third: Warwick Smith Second: Ewan MacDonald Lead: Peter Loudon Alternate: Norman Brown

* Hammy McMillan was replaced by Warwick Smith as skip after Draw 4.^[1]

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kelley Law	8	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	7	2
United States	Kari Erickson	6	3
Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
Germany	Natalie Neßler	5	4
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	5	4
Norway	Dordi Nordby	4	5
Japan	Akiko Katoh	2	7
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	2	7
Russia	Olga Jarkova	1	8

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United Kingdom	10–6	Norway
Sweden	7–4	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	9–1	Japan
Russia	5–8	United Kingdom
Canada	9–4	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	7–4	Switzerland
United Kingdom	8–6	Denmark
United Kingdom	5–6	United States
United Kingdom	5–7	Germany

Tie-breaker 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden	4–6	United Kingdom

Tie-breaker 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United Kingdom	9–5	Germany

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6
Canada (Law)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5

Gold medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4

Contestants

Great Britain
Greenacres CC, Howwood Skip: Rhona Martin Third: Deborah Knox Second: Fiona MacDonald Lead: Janice Rankin Alternate: Margaret Morton

Figure skating

Ice Dancing

Athletes	Points	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	Rank
Marika Humphreys Vitali Baranov	30.4	16	16	15	15	15

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Sam Temple	Moguls	51.10	9.03	29	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Laura Donaldson	Moguls	43.57	18.41	29	did not advance
Joanne Bromfield	Moguls	45.48	18.75	28	did not advance

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Hatton	45.391	24	45.509	27	45.107	26	45.559	25	3:01.566	25

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Dave Allardice	500 m	42.980	3	did not advance
Leon Flack	500 m	43.965	3	did not advance
Leon Flack	1000 m	1:29.584	2 Q	1:28.604	4	did not advance
Nicky Gooch	1000 m	1:38.034	4	did not advance
Nicky Gooch	1500 m	2:27.084	3 Q			2:25.903	5	did not advance
Leon Flack		2:25.832	4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Jo Williams	500 m	46.631	3	did not advance
Sarah Lindsay	500 m	45.641	1 Q	44.912	3	did not advance
Sarah Lindsay	1000 m	1:42.157	2 Q	1:36.753	3	did not advance
Jo Williams	1000 m	1:39.672	1 Q	1:34.373	4	did not advance
Jo Williams	1500 m	2:27.845	4	did not advance
Sarah Lindsay		3:01.223	5	did not advance

Skeleton

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristan Bromley	52.17	19	51.26	6	1:43.43	13

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Coomber	52.48	3	52.89	3	1:45.37

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying jump			Final jump 1			Final jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Glynn Pedersen	Normal hill	78.5	88.0	43	did not advance
Glynn Pedersen	Large hill	91.0	56.3	48	did not advance

Snowboarding

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lesley McKenna	12.5	23	25.63	11	did not advance

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References

↑ "GB curling skip dropped". 28 February 2002.

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Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medallists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Women's tournament

Group stage

Medal round

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Luge

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Related Research Articles

References