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Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1976 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Innsbruck
Competitors42 (31 men, 11 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerJohn Curry
Medals
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 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold John Curry Figure skating Men's singles

Alpine skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Konrad Bartelski Downhill DNF
Peter Fuchs 1:52.75 37
Stuart Fitzsimmons 1:50.89 32
Alan Stewart 1:50.56 30
Konrad Bartelski Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Peter Fuchs 1:56.94 54 DNF DNF
Stuart Fitzsimmons 1:55.77 51 DNF DNF
Alan Stewart 1:54.49 44 1:55.15 33 3:49.64 33
Alan Stewart Slalom DSQ DSQ
Peter Fuchs DNF DNF
Konrad Bartelski DNF DNF
Stuart Fitzsimmons n/a ? DNF DNF
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Theresa Wallis Downhill 1:59.77 37
Hazel Hutcheon 1:58.33 35
Fiona Easdale 1:57.66 34
Valentina Iliffe 1:53.31 29
Serena Iliffe Giant Slalom 1:45.09 39
Theresa Wallis 1:41.66 38
Fiona Easdale 1:41.09 37
Valentina Iliffe 1:35.48 30
Anne Robb Slalom DSQ 53.52 19 DSQ
Hazel Hutcheon n/a 27 DNF DNF
Fiona Easdale 54.12 25 52.88 18 1:47.00 18
Valentina Iliffe 51.65 23 48.49 14 1:40.14 15

Biathlon

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Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Jeffrey Stevens 1'18:15.87 9 1'27:15.87 39
Malcolm Hirst 1'16:52.97 9 1'25:52.97 36
Graeme Ferguson 1'18:18.09 6 1'24:18.09 29
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Malcolm Hirst
Jeffrey Stevens
Paul Gibbins
Graeme Ferguson
8 2'11:54.36 13
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Jackie Price
Gomer Lloyd
Two-man 58.05 19 58.13 19 57.90 18 58.02 17 3:52.10 20
GBR-2 Mark Agar
Michael Sweet
Two-man 58.40 21 58.33 22 57.90 18 58.08 18 3:52.71 21
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Jackie Price
Colin Campbell
Michael Sweet
Gomer Lloyd
Four-man 56.02 14 56.07 13 56.72 11 57.58 14 3:46.39 13
GBR-2 Mark Agar
Anthony Norton
Graham Sweet
Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn
Four-man 57.21 20 56.88 20 57.75 18 58.01 18 3:49.85 20

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Keith Oliver 52:31.00 68
Douglas Elliott 52:14.27 65
Paul Gibbins 51:48.02 63

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Glyn Jones 19 17 16 157.24 141 16
Robin Cousins 14 11 8 178.14 83 10
John Curry 2 2 1 192.74 11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Karena Richardson 17 15 14 166.52 137 15
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Erika Taylforth
Colin Taylforth
10 12 120.40 108 11
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD FD Points Places Rank
Kay Barsdell
Kenneth Foster
13 13 175.16 111 12
Janet Thompson
Warren Maxwell
8 8 186.80 78 8
Hilary Green
Glyn Watts
6 7 191.40 57 7

Luge

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Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson 57.056 37 54.881 25 54.959 28 55.828 34 3:42.724 30
Richard Liversedge 56.721 35 55.997 35 55.959 35 56.132 36 3:44.839 33
Michel de Carvalho 56.340 32 55.412 29 55.277 32 55.636 32 3:42.665 29

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson
Michel de Carvalho
46.400 23 44.977 16 1:31.377 20
Richard Liversedge
Russell Tapp
DNF DNF

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Archie Marshall 40.85 16
1000 m Archie Marshall 1:24.00 21
1500 m Geoff Sandys 2:09.17 24
5000 m Geoff Sandys 8:13.03 26
10,000 m Geoff Sandys 16:26.27 18

See also

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References

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