The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in Lake Placid | |
Competitors | 48 (36 men, 12 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medallists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Robin Cousins | Figure skating | Men's singles |
Alpine skiing
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alan Stewart | Downhill | 1:53.41 | 30 | ||||
David Cargill | 1:52.02 | 29 | |||||
Ross Blyth | 1:51.12 | 28 | |||||
Konrad Bartelski | 1:48.53 | 12 | |||||
Roddy Langmuir | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Ross Blyth | 1:29.21 | 46 | 1:30.89 | 43 | 3:00.10 | 43 | |
Konrad Bartelski | 1:27.71 | 43 | 1:29.99 | 41 | 2:57.70 | 39 | |
Alan Stewart | 1:25.53 | 38 | 1:27.42 | 35 | 2:52.95 | 33 | |
Alan Stewart | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Roddy Langmuir | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
Konrad Bartelski | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
Ross Blyth | 1:04.14 | 34 | 59.42 | 28 | 2:03.56 | 28 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Valentina Iliffe | Downhill | 1:43.28 | 25 | ||||
Moira Cargill | 1:42.82 | 24 | |||||
Valentina Iliffe | Giant Slalom | 1:23.33 | 34 | 1:39.43 | 31 | 3:02.76 | 31 |
Anne Robb | 1:20.79 | 32 | 1:35.29 | 27 | 2:56.08 | 27 | |
Kirstin Cairns | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Anne Robb | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
Valentina Iliffe | 48.88 | 22 | 49.68 | 16 | 1:38.56 | 16 |
Biathlon
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Paul Gibbins | 5 | 38:44.24 | 42 |
Jim Wood | 4 | 38:30.09 | 40 | |
Keith Oliver | 2 | 35:45.89 | 20 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Graeme Ferguson | 1'12:53.98 | 7 | 1'19:53.98 | 33 |
Jim Wood | 1'12:45.37 | 3 | 1'15:45.37 | 25 | |
Keith Oliver | 1'12:02.30 | 2 | 1'14:02.30 | 16 |
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Graeme Ferguson Keith Oliver Jim Wood Paul Gibbins |
2 | 1'42:10.59 | 12 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Bobsleigh
editSled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Jonnie Woodall John Howell |
Two-man | 1:04.12 | 15 | 1:04.12 | 10 | 1:03.65 | 11 | 1:04.03 | 13 | 4:15.92 | 10 |
GBR-2 | Roger Potter Michael Pugh |
Two-man | 1:04.93 | 20 | 1:04.77 | 17 | 1:04.40 | 18 | 1:04.47 | 17 | 4:18.57 | 17 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Jonnie Woodall Tony Wallington Corrie Brown John Howell |
Four-man | 1:01.44 | 11 | 1:01.42 | 10 | 1:00.98 | 11 | 1:01.08 | 7 | 4:04.92 | 9 |
GBR-2 | Jackie Price Gomer Lloyd Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn Nick Phipps |
Four-man | 1:01.79 | 16 | 1:01.90 | 15 | 1:02.11 | 16 | 1:01.89 | 15 | 4:07.69 | 15 |
Cross-country skiing
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Philip Jacklin | 52:14.17 | 57 |
Michael Goode | 49:47.20 | 52 | |
Charles MacIvor | 48:37.57 | 49 |
Figure skating
edit- Men
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Christopher Howarth | 16 | 15 | 15 | 145.66 | 134 | 15 |
Robin Cousins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 189.48 | 13 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Karena Richardson | 10 | 9 | 4 | 168.94 | 109 | 12 |
- Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Susan Garland Robert Daw |
11 | 10 | 124.36 | 91 | 10 |
- Ice Dancing
Athletes | CD | FD | Points | Places | Rank |
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Karen Barber Nicky Slater |
12 | 12 | 176.92 | 104 | 12 |
Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean |
5 | 5 | 197.12 | 42 | 5 |
Luge
edit- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Neil Townshend | 46.726 | 27 | 45.358 | 14 | 45.037 | 11 | 45.278 | 14 | 3:02.399 | 16 |
Derek Prentice | 45.502 | 24 | 45.880 | 18 | 46.425 | 22 | 46.715 | 20 | 3:04.522 | 22 |
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson | 45.191 | 18 | 46.947 | 22 | 45.060 | 12 | 45.066 | 13 | 3:02.264 | 15 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Derek Prentice Christopher Dyason |
40.705 | 14 | 41.862 | 15 | 1:22.567 | 14 |
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson John Denby |
42.406 | 18 | 48.493 | 19 | 1:30.899 | 19 |
- Women
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Avril Walker | 52.277 | 26 | 42.852 | 25 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Joanna Weaver | 40.881 | 22 | 41.201 | 23 | 41.167 | 20 | 42.032 | 23 | 2:45.281 | 23 |
Speed skating
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Archie Marshall | DSQ | – |
1000 m | Archie Marshall | 2:00.93 | 40 |
1500 m | Alan Luke | 2:17.79 | 34 |
Geoff Sandys | 2:15.06 | 33 | |
5000 m | Geoff Sandys | 8:01.09 | 28 |
John French | 7:59.62 | 27 | |
Alan Luke | 7:52.65 | 26 | |
10,000 m | John French | 16:17.56 | 24 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Kim Ferran | 47.25 | 30 |
1000 m | Mandy Horsepool | 1:36.31 | 37 |
Kim Ferran | 1:34.19 | 35 | |
1500 m | Kim Ferran | DSQ | – |
Mandy Horsepool | 2:23.05 | 28 | |
3000 m | Mandy Horsepool | 5:08.78 | 26 |