The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, representing Great Britain, achieved international fame for what the BBC described as "his brave but laughable attempts at ski-jumping"."'Paula the Crawler' sets record", BBC, September 22, 2000
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 6 6 11Biathlon 4 – 4Bobsleigh 8 – 8Cross-country skiing 6 2 8Figure skating 4 5 9Luge 3 1 4Ski jumping 1 – 1Speed skating 2 0 2 Total 34 14 48
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankRonald DuncanDownhill2:07.8837Graham Bell2:04.5623Martin Bell2:02.498Graham BellSuper-G1:48.9835Martin Bell1:48.8234Nigel Smith1:47.1529Graham BellGiant SlalomDNF–DNF–Morgan JonesDNF–DNF–Robbie Hourmont1:13.54DNFDNF–Martin Bell1:12.641:09.722:22.3641Morgan JonesSlalomDNF–DNF–Robbie Hourmont58.2153.381:51.5921
Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankRonald Duncan1:53.40DNF–DNF–Graham Bell1:50.25DSQ–DSQ–Martin Bell1:49.541:24.3450.49422.7926
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankClare BoothDownhill1:32.5025Wendy Lumby1:29.7622Clare BoothSuper-G1:26.2735Wendy Lumby1:24.3631Wendy LumbyGiant SlalomDSQ–DSQ–Sarah LewisDNF–DNF–Lesley BeckDNF–DNF–Ingrid Grant1:06.52DNFDNF–Kirstin CairnsSlalomDNF–DNF–Sarah LewisDNF–DNF–Lesley Beck51.70DNFDNF–
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankClare Booth1:20.58DNF–DNF–Wendy Lumby1:19.8644.5946.43138.0619
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintTrevor King530:00.561Mark Langin529:52.160Carl Davies228:12.145Mike Dixon026:53.321
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmMark Langin1'01:50.341'05:50.353Trevor King58:37.961'04:37.947Carl Davies58:54.131'01:54.128Mike Dixon57:32.4259:32.413
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankMike DixonMark LanginCarl DaviesTrevor King51'31:44.613
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGBR-1Tom De La HuntyAlec LeonceTwo-man57.83859.77111:00.911559.50103:58.0112GBR-2Mark ToutDavid ArmstrongTwo-man58.10121:00.31201:01.112059.87153:59.3918
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGBR-1Mark ToutDavid ArmstrongLenny PaulAudley RichardsFour-man57.221658.261756.861457.5653:49.9012GBR-2Tom De La HuntyColin RattiganGeorge RobertsonAlec LeonceFour-man57.812258.131556.741258.59203:51.2717
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CRon Howden50:47.473Martin Watkins49:16.665Patrick Winterton48:36.060John Spotswood45:47.33830 km CEwan McKenzie1'40:06.767Patrick Winterton1'39:57.666Martin Watkins1'38:30.361John Spotswood1'36:42.75450 km FEwan McKenzie2'24:58.255Martin Watkins2'24:48.354
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankJohn SpotswoodEwan McKenzieMartin WatkinsAndrew Wylie1'59:39.316
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CJean Watson18:54.153Louise McKenzie18:41.85210 km CJean Watson37:54.050Louise McKenzie36:58.74920 km FLouise McKenzie1'11:07.352
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Paul Robinson16211836.018
Women AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Gina Fulton24242347.023 Joanne Conway8181628.012
Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Lisa CushleyNeil Cushley141320.013 Cheryl PeakeAndrew Naylor121218.012
Ice Dancing AthletesCDODFDTFPRank Sharon JonesPaul Askham13131326.013
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStephen Brialey49.6893448.6873147.5682047.677213:13.62130Nick Ovett48.1813048.1633048.5182748.446303:13.30828Macleod Nicol47.7012747.6792447.5692148.008233:10.95722
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStephen BrialeyNick Ovett46.9121547.764151:34.67615
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlyson Wreford49.8882448.2472047.8491847.726203:13.73020
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankEddie EdwardsNormal hill60.534.155.035.169.258Eddie EdwardsLarge hill71.030.067.027.557.555
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank1000 mJulian Green1:57.3036Craig McNicoll1:18.60341500 mCraig McNicoll2:01.8938Julian Green1:59.41375000 mCraig McNicoll7:34.1438Julian Green7:13.203710,000 mJulian Green14:59.5330
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com