Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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competed as Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

in Nagano, Japan

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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics -Two-man:Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like...	Four-man

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Andrew Freshwater	Downhill			DNF	–
Graham Bell Graham Bell (skier) Graham Bell is a former professional skier and television pundit. Graham Bell was the younger of the two Bell brothers from Britain....	Downhill			1:53.93	23
Andrew Freshwater	Super-G			1:39.89	33
Graham Bell Graham Bell (skier) Graham Bell is a former professional skier and television pundit. Graham Bell was the younger of the two Bell brothers from Britain....	Super-G			1:39.80	31
Alain Baxter Alain Baxter Alain Baxter is a professional skier from Scotland. He specialises in the slalom discipline.-Background:He is the son of Iain and Sue Baxter, who were both British Ski Team members, and was born in Edinburgh. He is named after the 70s French skiing star Alain Penz...	Giant Slalom	1:26.29	1:23.53	2:49.82	31
Alain Baxter Alain Baxter Alain Baxter is a professional skier from Scotland. He specialises in the slalom discipline.-Background:He is the son of Iain and Sue Baxter, who were both British Ski Team members, and was born in Edinburgh. He is named after the 70s French skiing star Alain Penz...	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
Athlete	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Andrew Freshwater	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
James Ormond James Ormond James Ormond is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler although he has also bowled off-spin in Test matches....	DNF	–	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Sophie Ormond	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Emma Carrick-Anderson	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Mark Gee	5	33:00.3	68
10 km Sprint	Mike Dixon Mike Dixon (biathlete) Staff Sergeant Michael Dixon, born 21 November 1962 in Fort William, Scotland, is a combat engineer in the British Armed Forces who has represented Great Britain at six Olympic Games in Cross-country Skiing and Biathlon...	0	30:34.4	47

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Mark Gee	1'00:46.8	7	1'07:46.8	68
20 km	Mike Dixon Mike Dixon (biathlete) Staff Sergeant Michael Dixon, born 21 November 1962 in Fort William, Scotland, is a combat engineer in the British Armed Forces who has represented Great Britain at six Olympic Games in Cross-country Skiing and Biathlon...	1'00:08.0	1	1'01:08.0	33

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

²One minute added 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	Sean Olsson Sean Olsson Sean Olsson is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.-References:* *... Lenny Paul	Two-man	55.24	14	55.12	18	54.85	16	54.73	12	3:39.94	15
GBR-2	Lee Johnston Lee Johnston Lee Johnston, born , is an English bobsledder who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the two-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.... Eric Sekwalor	Two-man	55.51	22	55.19	19	55.16	18	55.02	18	3:40.88	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Sean Olsson Sean Olsson Sean Olsson is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.-References:* ... Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Courtney Rumbolt Courtney Rumbolt is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.-References: *... Paul Attwood Paul Attwood Paul Attwood is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.Attwood is a Royal Marines officer....	Four-man	52.77	2	53.58	10	53.71	3	2:40.06

Group Stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
	Mike Harris Mike Harris (curler) Mike Harris is a Canadian curler. Mike Harris is the golf professional at The Donalda Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario....	6	1
	Eigil Ramsfjell Eigil Ramsfjell Eigil Ramsfjell is a Norwegian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. Many consider him as one of pioneers in modern curling. He received a bronze medal as skip at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...	5	2
	Patrick Hürlimann Patrick Hürlimann Patrick Hürlimann is a Swiss curler and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.He has received three medals at the World Curling Championships as skip for the Swiss team....	5	2
	Tim Somerville Tim Somerville Tim Somerville is an American curler. He was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the American team placed fourth, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:...	3	4
	Makoto Tsuruga Makoto Tsuruga is a Japanese curler. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the Japanese team placed 5th. He is skip for the Japanese team at the 2010 World Men's Curling Championship.-Team mates:-References:...	3	4
	Peja Lindholm Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm is a Swedish curler. He is a three-time world champion skip, winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He is also a two-time European champion and a former world junior champion .Lindholm announced his retirement from curling following the 2007 European Curling Championships...	3	4
7th	Douglas Dryburgh Douglas Dryburgh Douglas Dryburgh is an Irish curler.Dryburgh was a successful junior curler in his native Scotland. In his first international tournament, Dryburgh and his Scottish team claimed a gold medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships...	2	5
	Andy Kapp Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships...	1	6

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Contestants

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Douglas Dryburgh Douglas Dryburgh Douglas Dryburgh is an Irish curler.Dryburgh was a successful junior curler in his native Scotland. In his first international tournament, Dryburgh and his Scottish team claimed a gold medal at the 1987 World Junior Curling Championships...	Peter Wilson Peter Wilson (curler) Peter Wilson is an Irish curler.In 1981, Wilson skipped his native Scotland to a gold medal at the World Junior Curling Championships over Denis Marchand of Canada. Three years later he skipped Scotland to a silver medal at the European Curling Championships, losing to Peter Attinger, Jr. of...	Phil Wilson	Ronnie Napier	James Dryburgh James Dryburgh James Dryburgh is a Swedish curler. He lives in Stockholm, where he is a physical education teacher....

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Skip	W	L
Sandra Schmirler Sandra Schmirler Sandra Marie Schmirler, SOM , was a Canadian curler, who captured three Canadian Curling Championships and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler skipped her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year curling was a medal sport...	6	1
Elisabet Gustafson Elisabet Gustafson Elisabet Gustafson is a retired Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...	6	1
Helena Blach Lavrsen Helena Blach Lavrsen Helena Blach Lavrsen is a Danish curler, several times skip for the Danish team, Olympic medalist and European champion. She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. She has obtained two medals at the World Curling Championships, and is European champion from 1994.-References:...	5	2
Kirsty Hay	4	3
Mayumi Ohkutsu	2	5
Dordi Nordby Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international...	2	5
Lisa Schoeneberg Lisa Schoeneberg Lisa Schoeneberg is an American curler, several times skip for the American national team.She received silver medals at the World Curling Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1992, and again at the 1996 Ford World Curling Championships in Hamilton, as skip for the American team.She...	2	5
Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich....	1	6

Medal Round

Semi-final
Bronze medal game
Contestants

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Kirsty Hay	Edith Loudon	Jackie Lockhart Jackie Lockhart Jacqueline "Jackie" Lockhart is a Scottish curler who has competed prolifically in major international competitions for Scotland, and for the Great Britain team that competes at the Olympic Winter Games.Having made her international debut at the 1983 European Championships, she went on to claim a...	Katie Loudon	Felsie Bayne

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Steven Cousins Steven Cousins Steven Cousins is a British figure skater. He is the eight-time British national champion, the first Briton to land a triple axel in competition , and the youngest skater to win the British National Championships. He competed in eight World Figure Skating Championships and three Winter Olympics...	6	7	10.0	6

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Sam Temple	Moguls	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Tim Dudgeon	Moguls	32.64	16.32	28	Did not advance
Kevin Harbut	Aerials		168.32	20	Did not advance

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Nicky Gooch Nicky Gooch Nicholas "Nicky" John Gooch is a British short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics....	500 m	1:08.907	4	Did not advance
Matt Jasper	500 m	DSQ	–	Did not advance
Nicky Gooch Nicky Gooch Nicholas "Nicky" John Gooch is a British short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics....	1000 m	1:33.638	3	Did not advance
Matt Jasper	1000 m	1:32.709	1 Q	1:31.798	2 Q	1:32.549	3 QB	1:34.285	8
Dave Allardice Nicky Gooch Nicky Gooch Nicholas "Nicky" John Gooch is a British short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics.... Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe Matthew Rowe -Biography:Born in Cardiff, Rowe began racing at a young age, initially riding with his parents on a tandem. He began to enjoy cycling and became a member of the Maindy Flyers, based at Maindy Stadium... Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell may refer to:* Robert Mitchell , Canadian politician* Robert C. Mitchell , Canadian politician from Ontario* Robert Boyed Mitchell , Australian artist...	5000 m relay					7:11.955	3 QB	7:06.462	7

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