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{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Olympics Great Britain
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|games=1988 Winter
| NOC = GBR
|competitors=47 (34 men, 13 women)
| NOCname = [[British Olympic Association]]
|flagbearer= [[Nick Phipps]] (opening)<br>[[Mike Dixon (biathlete)|Michael Dixon]] (closing)
| games = Winter Olympics
|sports=8
| year = 1988
| flagcaption = [[Flag of the United Kingdom]]
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| website =
| location = [[Calgary]]
| competitors = 48
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = [[Nick Phipps (bobsleigh)|Nick Phipps]] (opening)<br>[[Wilf O'Reilly]] (closing)
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = [[Great Britain at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games
}}
}}


The [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] competed as '''Great Britain''' at the '''[[1988 Winter Olympics]]''' in [[Calgary]], [[Canada]].
The [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] competed as '''Great Britain''' at the '''[[1988 Winter Olympics]]''' in [[Calgary|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]]."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/swimming/937133.stm "'Paula the Crawler' sets record"], BBC, September 22, 2000</ref>
[[Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards]], representing Great Britain, achieved international fame for what the [[BBC]] described as "his brave but laughable attempts at [[ski-jumping]]".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/swimming/937133.stm "'Paula the Crawler' sets record"], BBC, September 22, 2000</ref>


==Competitors==
==[[File:alpine skiing pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=]] Alpine skiing==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GBR/editions/43 Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics]</ref>
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]
| 6 || 6 || 11
|-
| align=left|[[Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]
| 4 || – || 4
|-
| align=left|[[Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
| 8 || – || 8
|-
| align=left|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]
| 6 || 2 || 8
|-
| align=left|[[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
| 4 || 5 || 9
|-
| align=left|[[Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Luge]]
| 3 || 1 || 4
|-
| align=left|[[Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]
| 1 || – || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
! Total || 34 || 14 || 48
|}

==Alpine skiing==
{{main article|Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


;Men
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!Rank
!Rank
|-
|-
|[[Boris Duncan]]
|[[Ronald Duncan (alpine skier)|Ronald Duncan]]
|rowspan="3"|Downhill
|rowspan="3"|Downhill
|colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|
|colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|
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|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
|-
|-
|[[Morgan Jones (skier)|Morgan Jones]]
|[[Morgan Jones (alpine skier)|Morgan Jones]]
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
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|align="center"|41
|align="center"|41
|-
|-
|[[Morgan Jones (skier)|Morgan Jones]]
|[[Morgan Jones (alpine skier)|Morgan Jones]]
|rowspan="2"|Slalom
|rowspan="2"|Slalom
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|DNF
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!Rank
!Rank
|-
|-
|[[Boris Duncan]]
|[[Ronald Duncan (alpine skier)|Ronald Duncan]]
|align="center"|1:53.40
|align="center"|1:53.40
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|DNF
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|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
|-
|-
|Sarah Lewis
|[[Sarah Lewis (alpine skier)|Sarah Lewis]]
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
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|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
|-
|-
|Sarah Lewis
|[[Sarah Lewis (alpine skier)|Sarah Lewis]]
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
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|}
|}


==Biathlon==
==[[File:Biathlon pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=]] Biathlon==
{{main|Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{{main article|Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


;Men
;Men
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|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|10&nbsp;km Sprint
|rowspan="4"|10&nbsp;km Sprint
|[[Trevor King]]
|[[Trevor King (biathlete)|Trevor King]]
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|30:00.5
|align="center"|30:00.5
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|align="center"|60
|align="center"|60
|-
|-
|[[Carl Davies (skier)|Carl Davies]]
|[[Carl Davies]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|28:12.1
|align="center"|28:12.1
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|align="center"|53
|align="center"|53
|-
|-
|[[Trevor King]]
|[[Trevor King (biathlete)|Trevor King]]
|align="center"|58:37.9
|align="center"|58:37.9
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|6
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!Rank
!Rank
|-
|-
|[[Mike Dixon (biathlete)|Mike Dixon]]<br />[[Mark Langin]]<br />[[Carl Davies]]<br />[[Trevor King]]
|[[Mike Dixon (biathlete)|Mike Dixon]]<br />[[Mark Langin]]<br />[[Carl Davies]]<br />[[Trevor King (biathlete)|Trevor King]]
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|align=center|1'31:44.6
|align=center|1'31:44.6
|align=center|13
|align=center|13
|}
|}
{{ref begin}}
: <sup>1</sup> A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
: <sup>2</sup> One minute added per missed target.
{{ref end}}


==Bobsleigh==
<small><sup>1</sup>A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.</small> <br>
{{main article|Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
<small><sup>2</sup>One minute added per missed target.</small>

==[[File:bobsleigh pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=|]] Bobsleigh==
{{main|Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


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==[[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=]] Cross-country skiing==
==Cross-country skiing==
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{{main article|Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


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|align=center|54
|}
|}
{{ref begin}}
<small>C = Classical style, F = Freestyle</small>
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

{{ref end}}
;Men's 4 x 10&nbsp;km relay
;Men's 4 × 10&nbsp;km relay
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{{ref begin}}
<small>C = Classical style, F = Freestyle</small>
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
{{ref end}}


==[[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=]] Figure skating==
==Figure skating==
{{main|Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{{main article|Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


;Men
;Men
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;Women
;Women
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|-
|-
!Athlete
!Athlete
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|}


==Luge==
==[[File:luge pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=|]] Luge==
{{main|Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{{main article|Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


;Men
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|}


== [[File:Ski jumping pictogram.svg|30px]] Ski jumping ==
== Ski jumping ==
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{{main article|Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


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|-
|[[Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards|Eddie Edwards]]
|[[Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards|Eddie Edwards]]
|[[Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Normal hill individual|Normal hill]]
|Normal hill
|align="center"|55.0
|align="center"|60.5
|align="center"|34.1
|align="center"|34.1
|align="center"|55.0
|align="center"|55.0
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|-
|-
|[[Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards|Eddie Edwards]]
|[[Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards|Eddie Edwards]]
|[[Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual|Large hill]]
|Large hill
|align="center"|71.0
|align="center"|71.0
|align="center"|30.0
|align="center"|30.0
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|}


==[[File:Speed skating pictogram.svg|30px|alt=|link=]] Speed skating==
==Speed skating==
{{main|Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}
{{main article|Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics}}


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==References==
==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=35em}}
{{reflist|colwidth=35em}}
*[http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1988/ Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722085517/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1988/ Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com]


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[[Category:Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Great Britain at the Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Great Britain at the Winter Olympics by year|1988 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:1988 in British sport|Winter Olympics]]

[[Category:Winter sports in the United Kingdom]]
[[de:Olympische Winterspiele 1988/Teilnehmer (Vereinigtes Königreich)]]
[[ko:1988년 동계 올림픽 영국 선수단]]
[[nl:Groot-Brittannië op de Olympische Winterspelen 1988]]
[[no:Storbritannia under Vinter-OL 1988]]
[[ru:Великобритания на зимних Олимпийских играх 1988]]
[[th:สหราชอาณาจักรในโอลิมปิกฤดูหนาว 1988]]

Latest revision as of 00:08, 19 August 2023

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

[edit]

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

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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

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

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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

[edit]
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

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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

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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

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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

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