1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

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The United Kingdom took part in the 10th Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France in 1968 as Great Britain with a delegation of 38 athletes in seven disciplines, including 28 men and 10 women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was bobsledder Robin Dixon .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Frederick Andrew

  20 km individual: 36th place (1: 29: 21.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (2: 34: 40.9 h)

• Roger Bean

  20 km individual: 16th place (1: 24: 07.5 h)

• Marcus Halliday

  20 km individual: 59th place (1: 42: 40.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (2: 34: 40.9 h)

• Alan Notley

  20 km individual: 44th place (1: 32: 23.1 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (2: 34: 40.9 h)

• Peter Tancock

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 12th place (2: 34: 40.9 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Anthony Nash , Robin Dixon (GBR-1)

  5th place (4: 45.16 min)

• John Blockey , Mike Freeman (GBR-2)

  15th place (4: 51.27 min)

Men, foursome

• Anthony Nash , Guy Renwick , Robin Widdows , Robin Dixon (GBR-1)

  8th place (2: 18.84 min)

• John Blockey , John Brown , Timothy Thorn , Mike Freeman (GBR-2)

  14th place (2: 20.19 min)

figure skating

Men

• Haig Oundjian

  17th place (1639.5)

• Michael Williams

  15th place (1650.9)

Women

• Patricia Dodd

  15th place (1634.6)

• Sally-Anne Stapleford

  11th place (1680.9)

• Frances Waghorn

  24th place (1557.2)

Couples

• Linda Bernard & Raymond Wilson

  18th place (251.2)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• John Blewitt

  5000 m: 27th place (7: 59.8 min)

• David Bodington

  500 m: race not finished

  1500 m: 53rd place (2: 19.1 min)

• Geoff Stockdale

  500 m: 26th place (42.1 s)

  1500 m: 43rd place (2: 15.6 min)

• John Tipper

  500 m: 19th place (41.5 s)

  1500 m: 28th place (2: 12.4 min)

Women

• Patricia Tipper

  1000 m: 29th place (1: 46.5 min)

  3000 m: 26th place (5: 49.0 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Richard Liversedge

  39th place (3: 07.04 min)

• James Manclark

  40th place (3: 07.94 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• David Borradaile

  Downhill: 56th place (2: 17.31 min)

• Luke O'Reilly

  Departure: 50th place (2: 10.99 min)

  Giant Slalom: 54th place (3: 54.02 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson

  Downhill: 25th place (2: 05.43 min)

  Giant slalom: 35th place (3: 44.20 min)

  Slalom: 30th place (2: 01.12 min)

• Ian Todd

  Departure: 44th place (2: 10.00 min)

  Giant Slalom: 60th place (3: 57.47 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Julian Vasey

  Giant Slalom: 62nd place (3: 59.73 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Felicity Field

  Downhill: 6th place (1: 42.79 min)

  Giant Slalom: 24th place (2: 00.55 min)

  Slalom: 14th place (1: 33.38 min)

• Divina Galica

  Downhill: 32nd place (1: 49.39 min)

  Giant Slalom: 8th place (1: 56.58 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Gina Hathorn

  Downhill: 15th place (1: 44.36 min)

  Giant slalom: 26th place (2: 00.80 min)

  Slalom: 4th place (1: 27.92 min)

• Helen Jamieson

  Downhill: 26th place (1: 48.03 min)

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (2: 02.99 min)

• Diana Tomkinson

  Slalom: 23rd place (1: 40.93 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Victor Dakin

  15 km: 58th place (56: 49.9 min)

• Peter Tancock

  15 km: 59th place (57: 31.1 min)

Web links

• Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )