Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Nagano
Competitors	34 (27 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Michael Dixon (opening) (biathlon) Sean Olsson (closing) (bobsleigh)
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood	Bobsleigh	Four-man	21 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	4	2	6
Biathlon	2	0	2
Bobsleigh	7	–	7
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	3	0	3
Short track speed skating	5	0	5
Total	27	7	34

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Andrew Freshwater	Downhill			DNF	–
Graham Bell				1:53.93	23
Andrew Freshwater	Super-G			1:39.89	33
Graham Bell				1:39.80	31
Alain Baxter	Giant Slalom	1:26.29	1:23.53	2:49.82	31
Alain Baxter	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Andrew Freshwater	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
James Ormond	DNF	–	–	DNF	–

Women

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

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Mark Gee	5	33:00.3	68
	Mike Dixon	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
	Mike Dixon	1'00:08.0	1	1'01:08.0	33

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Sean Olsson Lenny Paul	Two-man	55.24	14	55.12	18	54.85	16	54.73	12	3:39.94	15
GBR-2	Lee Johnston 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
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood	Four-man	52.77	2	53.58	10	53.71	3	2:40.06

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Harris	6	1
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	5	2
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	5	2
United States	Tim Somerville	3	4
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	3	4
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	3	4
Great Britain 7th	Douglas Dryburgh	2	5
Germany	Andy Kapp	1	6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Norway	2–4	United Kingdom
Switzerland	10–4	United Kingdom
Canada	10–3	United Kingdom
Sweden	7–5	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	9–5	Japan
United Kingdom	4–7	Germany
United Kingdom	3–6	United States

Contestants

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Douglas Dryburgh	Peter Wilson	Phil Wilson	Ronnie Napier	James Dryburgh

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Sandra Schmirler	6	1
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	6	1
Denmark	Helena Blach Lavrsen	5	2
Great Britain	Kirsty Hay	4	3
Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	2	5
Norway	Dordi Nordby	2	5
United States	Lisa Schoeneberg	2	5
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	1	6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Japan	5–7	United Kingdom
Denmark	9–3	United Kingdom
Norway	4–6	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	8–5	United States
Canada	8–3	United Kingdom
United Kingdom	6–5	Germany
United Kingdom	5–8	Sweden

Medal Round

Semi-final

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Schmirler)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	6
Great Britain (Hay)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Bronze medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Gustafson)	2	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	X	10
Great Britain (Hay) 4th	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	6

Contestants

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Kirsty Hay	Edith Loudon	Jackie Lockhart	Katie Loudon	Felsie Bayne

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Steven Cousins	6	7	10.0	6

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Nicky Gooch	500 m	1:08.907	4	did not advance
Matt Jasper		DSQ	–	did not advance
Nicky Gooch	1000 m	1:33.638	3	did not advance
Matt Jasper		1:32.709	1 Q	1:31.798	2 Q	1:32.549	3 QB	1:34.285	8
Dave Allardice Nicky Gooch Matt Jasper Matthew Rowe Robert Mitchell	5000 m relay					7:11.955	3 QB	7:06.462	7