Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Great Britain at the; 1980 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United Kingdom
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	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Robin Cousins	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentina Iliffe	Downhill					1:43.28	25
Moira Cargill	Downhill					1:42.82	24
Valentina Iliffe	Giant Slalom	1:23.33	34	1:39.43	31	3:02.76	31
Anne Robb	Giant Slalom	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
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
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
Athletes	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

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Philip Jacklin	52:14.17	57
	Michael Goode	49:47.20	52
	Charles MacIvor	48:37.57	49

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
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
Karena Richardson	10	9	4	168.94	109	12

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Susan Garland Robert Daw	11	10	124.36	91	10

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Karen Barber Nicky Slater	12	12	176.92	104	12
Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean	5	5	197.12	42	5

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Athletes	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
Athlete	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Archie Marshall	DSQ	–
1000 m	Archie Marshall	2:00.93	40
1500 m	Alan Luke	2:17.79	34
1500 m	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
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kim Ferran	47.25	30
1000 m	Mandy Horsepool	1:36.31	37
1000 m	Kim Ferran	1:34.19	35
1500 m	Kim Ferran	DSQ	–
1500 m	Mandy Horsepool	2:23.05	28
3000 m	Mandy Horsepool	5:08.78	26

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Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medallists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Luge

Speed skating

References