1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

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The United Kingdom took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano as the UK with a delegation of 34 athletes in seven disciplines in part, of which 27 men and 7 women. The team in the four-man bobsleigh won the only medal with bronze.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the biathlete Michael Dixon .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Michael Dixon

  10 km sprint: 47th place (30: 34.4 min)

  20 km individual: 33rd place (1: 01: 08.0 h)

• Mark Gee

  10 km sprint: 68th place (33: 00.3 min)

  20 km individual: 68th place (1: 07: 46.8 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Sean Olsson , Lenny Paul (GBR-1)

  15th place (3: 39.94 min)

• Lee Johnston , Eric Sekwalor (GBR-2)

  20th place (3: 40.88 min)

Men, foursome

• Sean Olsson , Dean Ward , Courtney Rumbolt , Paul Attwood (GBR-1)

  Bronze (2: 40.06 min)

Curling

Men

• Douglas Dryburgh (Skip), Peter Wilson , Phil Wilso , Ronnie Napier , James Dryburgh

  7th place

Women

• Kirsty Hay (Skip), Edith Loudon , Jackie Lockhart , Katie Loudon , Fiona Bayne

  4th Place

figure skating

Men

• Steven cousins

  6th place (10.0)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Tim Dudgeon

  Jumping: 28th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Kevin Harbut

  Jumping: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Sam Temple

  Moguls: Race not finished in qualification

Short track

Men

• Dave Allardice

  5000 m relay: 7th place (7: 06.462 min)

• Nicky Gooch

  500 m: 29th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  1000 m: 22nd place (disqualified in the preliminary run)

• Matt Jasper

  500 m: disqualified in the preliminary run

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 34.285 min)

  5000 m relay: 7th place (7: 06.462 min)

• Robert Mitchell

  5000 m relay: 7th place (7: 06.462 min)

• Matthew Rowe

  5000 m relay: 7th place (7: 06.462 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Alain Baxter

  Giant Slalom: 31st place (2: 49.82 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Graham Bell

  Downhill: 23rd place (1: 53.93 min)

  Super-G: 31st place (1: 39.80 min)

• Andrew Freshwater

  Departure: race not finished

  Super-G: 33rd place (1: 39.89 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• James Ormond

  Combination: slalom race not finished

Women

• Sophie Ormond

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Emma Carrick-Anderson

  Slalom: race not finished

Web links

• Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )