Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish 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.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 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]

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
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
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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top 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
 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

Group stage

Top 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

Semi-final

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Schmirler) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
 Great Britain (Hay) (has hammer) 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
 Sweden (Gustafson) (has hammer) 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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Steven Cousins 6 7 10.0 6

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
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

References

  1. ^ United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics