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

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Boris 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
Boris 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 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Mike Dixon
Mark Langin
Carl Davies
Trevor King 		5 1'31:44.6 13

1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One 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 x 10km 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

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 55.0 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


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