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Great Britain at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Sarajevo
Competitors50 (37 men, 13 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers Christopher Dean (opening)
Malcolm Lloyd (closing)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jayne Torvill
Christopher Dean		 Figure skating Ice dance 14 February

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Frederick Burton Downhill 1:51.15 37
Connor O'Brien 1:50.36 33
Graham Bell 1:50.06 32
Martin Bell 1:48.00 18
Frederick Burton Giant Slalom 1:30.32 42 1:30.23 38 3:00.55 39
Nicholas Wilson 1:29.26 37 1:30.23 38 2:59.49 38
Martin Bell 1:28.42 34 1:28.08 33 2:56.50 32
David Mercer 1:27.81 33 1:28.83 34 2:56.64 33
David Mercer Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Nicholas Wilson 57.33 27 54.75 16 1:52.08 16
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Clare Booth Downhill DNF –
Lesley Beck Slalom DNF – – – DNF –

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Trevor King 5 36:34.4 51
Graeme Ferguson 4 35:37.3 44
Jim Wood 2 33:40.2 26
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Tony McLeod 1'17:34.5 8 1'25:34.5 44
Charles MacIvor 1'16:37.5 7 1'23:37.5 37
Jim Wood 1'14:55.8 4 1'18:55.8 14
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Jim Wood
Patrick Howdle
Tony McLeod
Charles MacIvor 		0 1'46:17.2 12
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 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 Tom De La Hunty
Peter Lund 		Two-man 53.17 18 53.34 18 53.53 27 53.09 19 3:33.13 21
GBR-2 Gomer Lloyd
Peter Brugnani 		Two-man 52.80 14 52.73 9 52.26 10 52.57 13 3:30.36 10
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Michael Pugh
Tony Wallington
Corrie Brown
Mark Tout 		Four-man 51.52 21 51.84 20 51.68 20 51.89 21 3:26.93 20
GBR-2 Gomer Lloyd
Howard Smith
Gus McKenzie
Peter Brugnani 		Four-man 51.15 17 51.11 10 51.44 13 51.64 18 3:25.34 15

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Martin Watkins 49:08.7 63
Mike Dixon 48:18.6 60
Mark Moore 47:03.2 58
John Spotswood 46:53.7 57
30 km Stephen Daglish 1'44:04.3 58
John Spotswood 1'42:23.3 54
Andrew Rawlin 1'41:33.9 52
Mark Moore 1'40:22.2 50
50 km John Spotswood 2'38:03.2 45
Mark Moore 2'36:32.8 44
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Mark Moore
Andrew Rawlin
Mike Dixon
John Spotswood 		2'10:09.9 14
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Carolina Brittan 21:44.3 50
Nicola Lavery 21:08.5 47
Doris Trueman 21:05.6 46
Ros Coats 20:16.7 44
10 km Lauren Jeffrey 40:11.2 48
Doris Trueman 39:28.4 47
Nicola Lavery 39:05.2 46
Ros Coats 38:12.2 45
20 km Nicola Lavery 1'16:24.0 39
Ros Coats 1'11:24.1 36
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Lauren Jeffrey
Nicola Lavery
Doris Trueman
Ros Coats 		1'18:36.2 11

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Paul Robinson 21 20 22 42.6 22
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Susan Jackson Wagner 19 17 15 33.2 17
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Susan Garland
Ian Jenkins 		12 14 20.0 14
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Wendy Sessions
Stephen Williams 		12 11 11 22.4 11
Karen Barber
Nicky Slater 		5 6 6 11.6 6
Jayne Torvill
Christopher Dean 		1 1 1 2.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mike Howard 50.415 30 50.090 30 48.343 27 48.315 27 3:17.163 26
Chris Prentice 50.033 28 50.074 29 50.384 30 49.283 29 3:19.774 29
André Usborne 49.901 27 49.853 28 49.447 29 48.438 28 3:17.639 27
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Claire Sherred 45.580 27 45.062 25 45.324 23 DSQ – DSQ –

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1500 m Bryan Carbis 2:13.25 39
5000 m Bryan Carbis 8:01.44 41

References

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