Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympic Games
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At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
Competitors	38 (28 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Robin Dixon (opening) Emma Hathom (closing)
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Borradaile	Downhill					2:17.31	56
Luke O'Reilly						2:10.99	50
Ian Todd						2:10.00	44
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson						2:05.43	25
Ian Todd	Giant Slalom	1:59.66	66	1:57.81	55	3:57.47	60
Julian Vasey		1:59.44	64	2:00.29	62	3:59.73	62
Luke O'Reilly		1:56.25	57	1:57.77	53	3:54.02	54
Jeremey Palmer-Tomkinson		1:53.24	47	1:51.06	24	3:44.20	35

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Julian Vasey	56.02	4	1:00.24	2	Did not advance
Luke O'Reilly	54.35	4	56.61	2	Did not advance
Ian Todd	57.53	4	57:58	2	Did not advance
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson	54.35	3	56.14	1 QF	54.19	36	1:06.93	32	2:01.12	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Divina Galica	Downhill					1:49.39	32
Helen Jamieson						1:48.03	26
Gina Hathorn						1:44.36	15
Felicity Field						1:42.79	6
Helen Jamieson	Giant Slalom					2:02.99	30
Gina Hathorn						2:00.80	26
Felicity Field						2:00.55	24
Divina Galica						1:56.58	8
Divina Galica	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Diana Tomkinson		48.31	28	52.62	22	1:40.93	23
Felicity Field		44.41	17	48.97	14	1:33.38	14
Gina Hathorn		41.84	5	46.08	4	1:27.92	4

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Marcus Halliday	1'23:40.5	19	1'42:40.5	59
	Alan Notley	1'25:23.1	7	1'32:23.1	44
	Frederick Andrew	1'22:21.3	7	1'29:21.3	36
	Roger Bean	1'19:07.5	5	1'24:07.5	16

¹One 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
Marcus Halliday Alan Notley Peter Tancock Frederick Andrew	9	2'34:40.9	12

²A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 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	Tony Nash Robin Dixon	Two-man	1:10.57	3	1:11.60	5	1:11.77	8	1:11.22	3	4:45.16	5
GBR-2	John Blockey Mike Freeman	Two-man	1:12.06	13	1:12.25	11	1:13.79	19	1:13.17	16	4:51.27	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Tony Nash Guy Renwick Robin Widdows Robin Dixon	Four-man	1:10.45	4	1:08.39	9	2:18.84	8
GBR-2	John Blockey John Brown Timothy Thorn Mike Freeman	Four-man	1:11.52	15	1:08.67	12	2:20.19	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Peter Tancock	57:31.1	59
	Victor Dakin	56:49.9	58

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Haig Oundjian	19	13	1639.5	154	17
Michael Williams	15	15	1650.9	147	15

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Frances Waghorn	22	28	1557.2	211	24
Patricia Dodd	9	27	1634.6	140	15
Sally-Anne Stapleford	7	17	1680.9	105	11

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Linda Bernard Raymond Wilson	18	18	251.2	160	18
Linda Connolly Colin Taylforth	13	14	274.1	120	14

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
James Manclark	1:02.99	41	1:03.12	41	1:01.83	40	3:07.94	40
Richard Liversedge	1:02.83	40	1:02.81	39	1:01.40	36	3:07.04	39

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	David Bodington	DNF	–
	Geoff Stockdale	42.1	26
	John Tipper	41.5	19
1500 m	David Bodington	2:19.1	53
	Geoff Stockdale	2:15.6	43
	John Tipper	2:12.4	28
5000 m	John Blewitt	7:59.8	27

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Patricia Tipper	1:46.5	29
1000 m	Patricia Demartini	1:44.6	28
	Marie-Louise Perrenoud	1:39.3	24
	Martine Ivangine	1:37.4	17
3000 m	Patricia Tipper	5:49.0	26

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com