Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Calgary
Competitors	48 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)
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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	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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 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	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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

• International Olympic Committee results database