The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano, Japan. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team did not win any medals during these games.
Alpine skiing
Britain had 4 athletes competing in alpine skiing events.paralympic.org Retrieved 14 March 2014.
Men AthleteEventTimeFactor (%)Calculated timeRankRichard BurtDownhill B1,31:29.185.413911:16.15Giant slalom B1,3Slalom B1,32:38.680.835972:08.25Super-G B1,31:32.787.640011:21.37Michael HammondDownhill LW21:18.6794.145041:14.0618Giant slalom LW23:16.1991.657232:59.8217Slalom LW22:13.731002:13.7316Super-G LW21:28.3791.512081:20.8613Steven ShawDownhill LW111:29.8280.558991:12.3516Giant slalom LW11DNFSlalom LW2DNFSuper-G LW21:45.6582.105371:26.7416
Women AthleteEventTimeFactor (%)Calculated timeRankSarah MorrisGiant slalom LW10-11DNFSlalom LW10-11DSQSuper-G B1,3DNF
Biathlon
Britain had 2 athletes competing in the biathlon events.
Men AthleteEventReal timeMissed shotsFactor (%)Finish timeRankTerry Ahrens7.5 km free LW6/837:08.209535:16.714Peter Young7.5 km free B139:26.648333:25.04
Cross-country skiing
Britain had 2 athletes competing in the cross-country skiing events.
Men AthleteEventTimeFactor (%)Calculated timeRankTerry Ahrens15 km free LW5/7,6/837:23.49535:31.2195 km classical LW5/7,6/821:06.29219:24.922Peter Young15 km free B142:50.38335:33.3820 km classical B1-31:15:38.2871:05:48.2125 km classical B118:06.88715:45.54
Ice sledge hockey
Britain entered with a squad of 15 players for the men's ice sledge hockey competition. There was no female event. The team finished in last place and scored no goals, but managed to pick up one point in a draw against 5th placed Japan.paralympic.org Retrieved 14 March 2014.
Squad Matthew Broadbent Patrick Bailey Philip Hall Stephen Shortland Stuart Harley Timothy James Llyr Gwyndaf Karl Nicholson John Lambert Antony Booth Antony Neale Dave Hall Dean Cavanagh Gary Vaughan Ian Warner Andrew white
Preliminary round
Round robin 0 – 7 0 – 6
Standings RankTeam 1 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 4 2 2 1 0 1 9 6 +3 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
Classification 5–7
Round robin 0 – 0 0 – 7
Standings RankTeam 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 6 2 1 0 1 8 2 +4 2 7 2 0 1 1 0 7 −7 1
See also Great Britain at the Paralympics Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics
References
External links International Paralympic Committee official website