The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in Nagano | |
Competitors | 34 (27 men, 7 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearers | Michael Dixon (opening) (biathlon) Sean Olsson (closing) (bobsleigh) |
Medals Ranked 22nd |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medallists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Bronze | Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood |
Bobsleigh | Four-man | 21 February |
Competitors
editThe following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Alpine skiing | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Biathlon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Bobsleigh | 7 | – | 7 |
Curling | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Freestyle skiing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Short track speed skating | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 27 | 7 | 34 |
Alpine skiing
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Andrew Freshwater | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Graham Bell | 1:53.93 | 23 | |||
Andrew Freshwater | Super-G | 1:39.89 | 33 | ||
Graham Bell | 1:39.80 | 31 | |||
Alain Baxter | Giant Slalom | 1:26.29 | 1:23.53 | 2:49.82 | 31 |
Alain Baxter | Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Men's combined
Athlete | Slalom | Downhill | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank | |
Andrew Freshwater | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
James Ormond | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Sophie Ormond | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Emma Carrick-Anderson | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Biathlon
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Mark Gee | 5 | 33:00.3 | 68 |
Mike Dixon | 0 | 30:34.4 | 47 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Mark Gee | 1'00:46.8 | 7 | 1'07:46.8 | 68 |
Mike Dixon | 1'00:08.0 | 1 | 1'01:08.0 | 33 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
editSled | 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 | Sean Olsson Lenny Paul |
Two-man | 55.24 | 14 | 55.12 | 18 | 54.85 | 16 | 54.73 | 12 | 3:39.94 | 15 |
GBR-2 | Lee Johnston Eric Sekwalor |
Two-man | 55.51 | 22 | 55.19 | 19 | 55.16 | 18 | 55.02 | 18 | 3:40.88 | 20 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood |
Four-man | 52.77 | 2 | 53.58 | 10 | 53.71 | 3 | 2:40.06 |
Curling
editMen's tournament
editGroup stage
editTop four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country | Skip | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
Canada | Mike Harris | 6 | 1 |
Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 5 | 2 |
Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 2 |
United States | Tim Somerville | 3 | 4 |
Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 3 | 4 |
Sweden | Peja Lindholm | 3 | 4 |
Great Britain 7th | Douglas Dryburgh | 2 | 5 |
Germany | Andy Kapp | 1 | 6 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Norway | 2–4 | United Kingdom |
Switzerland | 10–4 | United Kingdom |
Canada | 10–3 | United Kingdom |
Sweden | 7–5 | United Kingdom |
United Kingdom | 9–5 | Japan |
United Kingdom | 4–7 | Germany |
United Kingdom | 3–6 | United States |
Contestants
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Douglas Dryburgh | Peter Wilson | Phil Wilson | Ronnie Napier | James Dryburgh |
Women's tournament
editGroup stage
editTop four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country | Skip | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
Canada | Sandra Schmirler | 6 | 1 |
Sweden | Elisabet Gustafson | 6 | 1 |
Denmark | Helena Blach Lavrsen | 5 | 2 |
Great Britain | Kirsty Hay | 4 | 3 |
Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 2 | 5 |
Norway | Dordi Nordby | 2 | 5 |
United States | Lisa Schoeneberg | 2 | 5 |
Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 1 | 6 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Japan | 5–7 | United Kingdom |
Denmark | 9–3 | United Kingdom |
Norway | 4–6 | United Kingdom |
United Kingdom | 8–5 | United States |
Canada | 8–3 | United Kingdom |
United Kingdom | 6–5 | Germany |
United Kingdom | 5–8 | Sweden |
Medal Round
editSemi-final
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Canada (Schmirler) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Great Britain (Hay) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Bronze medal game
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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Sweden (Gustafson) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 |
Great Britain (Hay) 4th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
Contestants
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kirsty Hay | Edith Loudon | Jackie Lockhart | Katie Loudon | Felsie Bayne |
Figure skating
edit- Men
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Steven Cousins | 6 | 7 | 10.0 | 6 |
Freestyle skiing
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Sam Temple | Moguls | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Tim Dudgeon | 32.64 | 16.32 | 28 | did not advance | |||
Kevin Harbut | Aerials | 168.32 | 20 | did not advance |
Short track speed skating
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
Nicky Gooch | 500 m | 1:08.907 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
Matt Jasper | DSQ | – | did not advance | ||||||
Nicky Gooch | 1000 m | 1:33.638 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
Matt Jasper | 1:32.709 | 1 Q | 1:31.798 | 2 Q | 1:32.549 | 3 QB | 1:34.285 | 8 | |
Dave Allardice Nicky Gooch Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe Robert Mitchell |
5000 m relay | 7:11.955 | 3 QB | 7:06.462 | 7 |