Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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competed as Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria...

in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympic Games figure skating results. Ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic event in these Olympics.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Emil Skákala...	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski is a former British alpine ski racer who produced the best result by a Briton on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit in 1981 by coming within 0.11 seconds of winning a World Cup downhill race at Val Gardena.-Early career:...	Downhill					DNF	–
Peter Fuchs						1:52.75	37
Stuart Fitzsimmons						1:50.89	32
Alan Stewart						1:50.56	30
Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski is a former British alpine ski racer who produced the best result by a Briton on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit in 1981 by coming within 0.11 seconds of winning a World Cup downhill race at Val Gardena.-Early career:...	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Peter Fuchs		1:56.94	54	DNF	–	DNF	–
Stuart Fitzsimmons		1:55.77	51	DNF	–	DNF	–
Alan Stewart		1:54.49	44	1:55.15	33	3:49.64	33
Alan Stewart	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Peter Fuchs		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski is a former British alpine ski racer who produced the best result by a Briton on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit in 1981 by coming within 0.11 seconds of winning a World Cup downhill race at Val Gardena.-Early career:...		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Stuart Fitzsimmons		n/a	?	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Theresa Wallis	Downhill					1:59.77	37
Hazel Hutcheon						1:58.33	35
Fiona Easdale						1:57.66	34
Valentina Iliffe						1:53.31	29
Serena Iliffe	Giant Slalom					1:45.09	39
Theresa Wallis						1:41.66	38
Fiona Easdale						1:41.09	37
Valentina Iliffe						1:35.48	30
Anne Robb	Slalom	DSQ	–	53.52	19	DSQ	–
Hazel Hutcheon		n/a	27	DNF	–	DNF	–
Fiona Easdale		54.12	25	52.88	18	1:47.00	18
Valentina Iliffe		51.65	23	48.49	14	1:40.14	15

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Jeffrey Stevens	1'18:15.87	9	1'27:15.87	39
	Malcolm Hirst	1'16:52.97	9	1'25:52.97	36
	Graeme Ferguson	1'18:18.09	6	1'24:18.09	29

¹One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Malcolm Hirst Jeffrey Stevens Paul Gibbins Graeme Ferguson	8	2'11:54.36	13

²A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Jackie Price Gomer Lloyd	Two-man	58.05	19	58.13	19	57.90	18	58.02	17	3:52.10	20
GBR-2	Mark Agar Michael Sweet	Two-man	58.40	21	58.33	22	57.90	18	58.08	18	3:52.71	21

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Jackie Price Colin Campbell Michael Sweet Gomer Lloyd	Four-man	56.02	14	56.07	13	56.72	11	57.58	14	3:46.39	13
GBR-2	Mark Agar Anthony Norton Graham Sweet Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn	Four-man	57.21	20	56.88	20	57.75	18	58.01	18	3:49.85	20

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Keith Oliver	52:31.00	68
	Douglas Elliott	52:14.27	65
	Paul Gibbins	51:48.02	63

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Glyn Jones	19	17	16	157.24	141	16
Robin Cousins Robin Cousins Robert "Robin" Cousins is a British retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1980 Olympic Champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist and four-time British national champion. He later starred in ice shows and also produced his own...	14	11	8	178.14	83	10
John Curry John Curry John Anthony Curry, OBE was a British figure skater. He was the 1976 Olympic and World Champion. He was famous for combining ballet and modern dance influences into his skating.-Early life:...	2	2	1	192.74	11

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Karena Richardson	17	15	14	166.52	137	15

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Erica Taylforth Colin Taylforth	10	12	120.40	108	11

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Kay Barsdell Kenneth Foster	13	13	175.16	111	12
Janet Thompson Janet Thompson Janet A. Thompson is a British retired competitive ice dancer. Her partner was Warren Maxwell. They are the 1977 World silver medalists. They represented Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 8th.... Warren Maxwell Warren Maxwell Warren D. Maxwell is a British retired competitive ice dancer. His partner was Janet Thompson. They are the 1977 World silver medalists. They represented Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 8th....	8	8	186.80	78	8
Hilary Green Hilary Green Hilary Green is a British retired competitive ice dancer. Her partner was Glyn Watts. They are the 1974 World silver medalists and 1974 & 1975 European silver medalists... Glyn Watts Glyn Watts Glyn Robert Watts is a British retired competitive ice dancer. His partner was Hilary Green. They are the 1974 World silver medalists and 1974 & 1975 European silver medalists...	6	7	191.40	57	7

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Jeremy James Palmer-Tomkinson was a British Olympian who competed at the Winter Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980. His father James and brother Charles were also Olympians, while his nieces Santa Montefiore and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson are famous in their own right.-References:...	57.056	37	54.881	25	54.959	28	55.828	34	3:42.724	30
Richard Liversedge	56.721	35	55.997	35	55.959	35	56.132	36	3:44.839	33
Michel de Carvalho	56.340	32	55.412	29	55.277	32	55.636	32	3:42.665	29

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Jeremy James Palmer-Tomkinson was a British Olympian who competed at the Winter Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980. His father James and brother Charles were also Olympians, while his nieces Santa Montefiore and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson are famous in their own right.-References:... Michel de Carvalho	46.400	23	44.977	16	1:31.377	20
Richard Liversedge Russell Tapp	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Archie Marshall	40.85	16
1000 m	Archie Marshall	1:24.00	21
1500 m	Geoff Sandys	2:09.17	24
5000 m	Geoff Sandys	8:13.03	26
10,000 m	Geoff Sandys	16:26.27	18

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