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]
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 |
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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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 |
Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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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 |
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Mike Dixon Mark Langin Carl Davies Trevor King |
5 | 1'31:44.6 | 13 |
Main article: 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 |
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |
Athletes | Race | |
---|---|---|
Time | Rank | |
John Spotswood Ewan McKenzie Martin Watkins Andrew Wylie |
1'59:39.3 | 16 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |
Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Paul Robinson | 16 | 21 | 18 | 36.0 | 18 |
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 |
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sharon Jones Paul Askham |
13 | 13 | 13 | 26.0 | 13 |
Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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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 |
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 |
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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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 |
Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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 |