Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Great Britain at the; 1968 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Grenoble
Competitors	38 (28 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Robin Dixon (opening); Gina Hathorn (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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. Great Britain did not win any medals at these games, the highest finish was fourth in Alpine Skiing.

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson		1:53.24	47	1:51.06	24	3:44.20	35

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	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

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

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

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Marcus Halliday Alan Notley Peter Tancock Frederick Andrew	9	2'34:40.9	12

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

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	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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 Tim Thorn Mike Freeman	Four-man	1:11.52	15	1:08.67	12	2:20.19	14

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

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

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Linda Bernard Raymond Wilson	18	18	251.2	160	18

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	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