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Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

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Great Britain at the
1998 Winter Paralympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Nagano
Competitors21 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano, Japan. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team did not win any medals during these games.

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Britain had 4 athletes competing in alpine skiing events.[1]

Men

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Athlete Event Time Factor (%) Calculated time Rank
Richard Burt Downhill B1,3 1:29.1 85.41391 1:16.1 5
Giant slalom B1,3
Slalom B1,3 2:38.6 80.83597 2:08.2 5
Super-G B1,3 1:32.7 87.64001 1:21.3 7
Michael Hammond Downhill LW2 1:18.67 94.14504 1:14.06 18
Giant slalom LW2 3:16.19 91.65723 2:59.82 17
Slalom LW2 2:13.73 100 2:13.73 16
Super-G LW2 1:28.37 91.51208 1:20.86 13
Steven Shaw Downhill LW11 1:29.82 80.55899 1:12.35 16
Giant slalom LW11 DNF
Slalom LW2 DNF
Super-G LW2 1:45.65 82.10537 1:26.74 16

Women

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Athlete Event Time Factor (%) Calculated time Rank
Sarah Morris Giant slalom LW10-11 DNF
Slalom LW10-11 DSQ
Super-G B1,3 DNF

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the biathlon events.[1]

Men

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Athlete Event Real time Missed shots Factor (%) Finish time Rank
Terry Ahrens 7.5 km free LW6/8 37:08.2 0 95 35:16.7 14
Peter Young 7.5 km free B1 39:26.6 4 83 33:25.0 4

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the cross-country skiing events.[1]

Men

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Athlete Event Time Factor (%) Calculated time Rank
Terry Ahrens 15 km free LW5/7,6/8 37:23.4 95 35:31.2 19
5 km classical LW5/7,6/8 21:06.2 92 19:24.9 22
Peter Young 15 km free B1 42:50.3 83 35:33.3 8
20 km classical B1-3 1:15:38.2 87 1:05:48.2 12
5 km classical B1 18:06.8 87 15:45.5 4

Ice sledge hockey

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Main article: Ice sledge hockey at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Britain entered with a squad of 15 players for the men's ice sledge hockey competition. There was no female event. The team finished in last place and scored no goals, but managed to pick up one point in a draw against 5th placed Japan.[1][2]

Squad

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  • Matthew Broadbent
  • Patrick Bailey
  • Philip Hall
  • Stephen Shortland
  • Stuart Harley
  • Timothy James
  • Llyr Gwyndaf
  • Karl Nicholson
  • John Lambert
  • Antony Booth
  • Antony Neale
  • Dave Hall
  • Dean Cabanagh
  • Gary Vaughan
  • Ian Warner

Andrew white

Preliminary round

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Round robin

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 Great Britain 0 – 7  Sweden
 Great Britain 0 – 6  Estonia

Standings

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Rank Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 4
2  Estonia 2 1 0 1 9 6 +3 2
3  Great Britain 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0

Classification 5–7

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Round robin

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 Great Britain 0 – 0  Japan
 Great Britain 0 – 7  United States

Standings

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Rank Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Japan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
6  United States 2 1 0 1 8 2 +4 2
7  Great Britain 2 0 1 1 0 7 −7 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Historical results".paralympic.org Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Ice sledge hockey results".paralympic.org Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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