Great Britain at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish 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.

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]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 6611
Biathlon 4–4
Bobsleigh 8–8
Cross-country skiing 628
Figure skating 459
Luge 314
Ski jumping 1–1
Speed skating 202
Total341448

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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
Women
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

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
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
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
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Mike Dixon
Mark Langin
Carl Davies
Trevor King		 5 1'31:44.6 13
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
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
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
John Spotswood
Ewan McKenzie
Martin Watkins
Andrew Wylie		 1'59:39.3 16
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Paul Robinson 16 21 18 36.0 18
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Gina Fulton 24 24 23 47.0 23
Joanne Conway 8 18 16 28.0 12
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Lisa Cushley
Neil Cushley		 14 13 20.0 13
Cheryl Peake
Andrew Naylor		 12 12 18.0 12
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Sharon Jones
Paul Askham		 13 13 13 26.0 13

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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
Women
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

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
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

References

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