Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the
1976 Winter Olympics

Flag of the United Kingdom

IOC code

GBR

NOC

British Olympic Association

in Innsbruck

Competitors

42 (31 men, 11 women) in 7 sports

Flag bearer

John Curry

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	0	0	1

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Curry, JohnJohn Curry	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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
Athletes	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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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	01 !

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

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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

References

Great Britain at the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games	1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1976 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Winter Olympic Games	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Nations at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada Chile United States

Asia	Republic of China Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon

Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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