1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

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The United Kingdom participated in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a delegation of 42 (31 men, 11 women) athletes. Figure skater John Curry was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women: Fiona Easdale Departure: 34th place - 1: 57.66 min Giant slalom: 37th place - 1: 41.09 min Slalom: 18th place - 1: 47.00 min Hazel Hutcheon Departure: 35th place - 1: 58.33 min Slalom: DNF Serena Iliffe Giant slalom: 39th place - 1: 45.09 min Valentina Iliffe Departure: 29th place - 1: 41.36 min Giant slalom: 30th place - 1: 35.48 min Slalom: 15th place - 1: 40.14 min Anne Robb Slalom: disqualified Theresa Wallis Departure: 37th place - 1: 59.77 min Giant slalom: 38th place - 1: 41.66 min

Men's: Konrad Bartelski Departure: DNF Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Stuart Fitzsimmons Departure: 32nd place - 1: 50.89 min Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Peter Fuchs Departure: 37th place - 1: 52.75 min Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Alan Stewart Departure: 30th place - 1: 50.56 min Giant slalom: 33rd place - 3: 49.64 min Slalom: disqualified

biathlon

Men's:

• Graeme Ferguson

  20 km: 29th place - 1: 24: 18.09 h; 8 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place - 2: 11: 54.36 h; 8 mistakes

• Malcolm Hirst

  20 km: 36th place - 1: 25: 52.97 h; 9 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place - 2: 11: 54.36 h; 8 mistakes

• Jeffrey Stevens

  20 km: 39th place - 1: 27: 15.87 h; 9 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place - 2: 11: 54.36 h; 8 mistakes

• Paul Gibbins

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place - 2: 11: 54.36 h; 8 mistakes

bob

Two-man bobsleigh:

• Gomer Lloyd / Jackie Price (GBR I)

  20th place - 3: 52.10 min

• Mark Agar / Bill Sweet (GBR II)

  21st place - 3: 52.71 min

Four-man bobsleigh:

• Colin Campbell / Gomer Lloyd / Jackie Price / Bill Sweet (GBR I)

  13th place - 3: 46.39 min

• Mark Agar / Anthony Norton / Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn / Graham Sweet (GBR II)

  20th place - 3: 49.85 min

figure skating

Women: Karena Richardson 15th place

Men's: John Curry Robin cousins 10th place Glyn Jones 16th place

Couples: Erika Taylforth / Colin Taylforth 11th place

Ice dance: Hilary Green / Glyn Watts 7th place Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell 11th place Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster 12th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's:

• Archie Marshall

  500 m: 16th place - 40.85 sec

  1000 m: 21st place - 1: 24.00 min

• Geoff Sandys

  1500 m: 24th place - 2: 09.17 min

  5000 m: 26th place - 8: 13.03 min

  10,000 m: 18th place - 16: 26.27 min

Sledding

Men's: Michel de Carvalho 29th place - 3: 42.665 min Richard Liversedge 33rd place - 3: 44.839 min Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson 30th place - 3: 42.724 min

Double seater: Michel de Carvalho / Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson 20th place - 1: 31.377 min Richard Liversedge / Russell Tapp DNF

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's:

• Douglas Elliott

  15 km: 65th place - 52: 14.27 min

• Keith Oliver

  15 km: 68th place - 52: 31.00 min

• Paul Gibbins

  15 km: 63rd place - 51: 48.02 min

Web links

• British Olympic Team 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )