| Noc: | GBR |
| Nocname: | British Olympic Association |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the United Kingdom |
| Location: | Sochi |
| Competitors: | 56 |
| Sports: | 10 |
| Flagbearer: | Jon Eley (opening)[1] [2] Lizzy Yarnold (closing)[3] |
| Rank: | 19 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The British team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, whose athletes may have elected to hold Irish citizenship, allowing them to represent either Great Britain or Ireland. Additionally some British overseas territories competed separately from Britain in Olympic competition. A total of 56 athletes competed in 11 sports making it the biggest contingent that Great Britain had sent to a Winter Olympic Games for twenty-six years.
On 9 February 2014, Jenny Jones won Great Britain's first medal on snow in their Winter Olympic history after finishing third in the women's slopestyle.[4]
On 14 February 2014, Lizzy Yarnold won gold in the skeleton. She became the second Briton to win the gold in the event, taking the title from previous Great Britain champion Amy Williams. She was elected to be the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.
On 20 February 2014, the women's curling team won their bronze medal match against Switzerland 6–5. In doing so, they ensured that Great Britain met its UK Sport medal target of three medals from the Games.
On 19 February 2014, the men's curling team won their semifinal against Sweden 6–5 and on 21 February 2014, they won the silver medal after being defeated by Canada in the gold medal match 9–3, but the result still confirmed Great Britain's most successful Olympics for ninety years by equaling the medal count of the 1924 Winter Olympics.
In November 2017, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the Four-man event were disqualified. This meant that Great Britain (who originally finished 5th) would move up into the bronze medal position.[5] The IOC requested that the IBSF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.[6]
On 11 February Great Britain matched an Olympic scoreline record by beating USA 12–3 in women's curling.[7] They also set a new Olympic record by scoring seven points in a single end.[8] On 14 February they equalled the scoreline record again, this time beating Japan 12–3.[9]
| Medals by date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Total | ||||
| Day 1 | 8 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 2 | 9 February | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Day 3 | 10 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 4 | 11 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 5 | 12 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 6 | 13 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 7 | 14 February | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Day 8 | 15 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 9 | 16 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 10 | 17 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 11 | 18 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 12 | 19 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 13 | 20 February | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Day 14 | 21 February | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Day 15 | 22 February | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Day 16 | 23 February | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Medals by sport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | ||||
| Skeleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Snowboarding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bobsleigh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
On 16 January 2014, the funding body UK Sport announced their medal targets for Team GB at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi with the target to win three medals with the best chance of success with the ladies skeleton events. Although the target was set at three medals the funding body predicted that Great Britain had the potential to win as many as seven medals, although this total was not widely expected to be reached. Other realistic chances of medal success were with the bobsleigh and curling events.
The games proved to be highly successful for Team GB, exceeding the initial target of three medals and achieving all of the targets for each of the winter sports that were set.
| Key | Target missed | Target met |
| Sport | Medal target set | Non medal target | Medals or result | Performance relative to target range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 | 4th–6th (m), 4th–8th (w) | 1 | |||
| 1–2 | 2 | ||||
| 0 | Top ten | Tenth | |||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0–1 | 2x top eight | 4 x top eight | |||
| 1–2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 3–7 | n/a | 5 | ||
| Total gold | n/a | n/a | 1 | n/a |
In the Winter Olympic Cycle running from 2010 to 2014 the UK government body UK Sport allocated a then record budget of over £13 million to fund Team GB for the individual athletes as well as the bobsleigh and curling teams for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The sports receiving the highest funding were bobsleigh, curling and skeleton, whilst speed skating, ski and snowboard, and figure skating also received funding, but all other winter sports where British athletes were competing did not receive any funding from the body.
| Sport | Funding | |
|---|---|---|
| £3,304,250 | ||
| £2,055,100 | ||
| £174,338 | ||
| £2,593,400 | ||
| £3,447,600 | ||
| £1,509,950 | ||
| Total | £13,444,638 |
See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Great Britain qualified two athletes in alpine skiing.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| David Ryding | Men's slalom | 49.40 | 27 | 56.51 | 18 | 1:45.91 | 18 |
| Chemmy Alcott | Women's downhill | 1:43.43 | 19 | ||||
| Women's super-G | 1:29.14 | 23 | |||||
| Women's combined | 1:44.83 | 16 | |||||
See main article: article and Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Great Britain qualified 1 man and 1 woman.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee-Steve Jackson | Men's sprint | 27:07.5 | 1 (0+1) | 67 |
| Men's individual | 54:11.3 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 42 | |
| Amanda Lightfoot | Women's sprint | 24:48.9 | 3 (2+1) | 75 |
| Women's individual | 54:38.1 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | 71 |
See main article: article and Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| John Baines | Two-man | 57.54 | =21 | 57.81 | 25 | 57.38 | =18 | Did not advance | 2:52.73 | 23 | |||
| GBR-1 | Stuart Benson Joel Fearon John Jackson | align=left rowspan="2" | Four-man | 55.26 | 10 | 55.27 | 2 | 55.31 | 5 | 55.26 | 2 | 3:41.10 | |
| GBR-2 | John Baines Lamin Deen | 55.91 | 19 | 55.60 | 16 | 56.06 | =19 | 55.95 | 20 | 3:43.52 | 19 | ||
| Paula Walker | Two-woman | 58.36 | 12 | 58.40 | 10 | 58.88 | 14 | 58.60 | 10 | 3:54.24 | 12 | ||
See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on 30 December 2013, Great Britain had four athletes in qualification position.[15]
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Andrew Musgrave | Men's 15 km classical | 42:25.7 | +3:56.0 | 44 | ||||
| Callum Smith | 44:14.7 | +5:45.0 | 67 | |||||
| Andrew Young | 41:29.6 | +2:59.9 | 37 | |||||
| Callum Smith | Men's 30 km skiathlon | 39:57.4 | 59 | 37:02.5 | 64 | 1:17:37.1 | +9:21.7 | 62 |
| Andrew Musgrave | Men's 50 km freestyle | 1:57:08.9 | +10:13.7 | 53 | ||||
| Rosamund Musgrave | Women's 10 km classical | 36:18.5 | +8:00.7 | 66 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Andrew Musgrave | Men's sprint | 3:37.75 | 27 Q | 3:48.69 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Callum Smith | 3:50.13 | 62 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Andrew Young | 3:40.68 | 42 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Andrew Musgrave Andrew Young | Men's team sprint | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Rosamund Musgrave | Women's sprint | 2:43.31 | 42 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: article and Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on results from 2012 and the 2013, Great Britain has qualified their men's and women's team (consisting of five athletes) as one of the seven highest ranked nations.
See main article: article and Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.
| Position | Curler | |
|---|---|---|
| Skip | David Murdoch | |
| Third | Greg Drummond | |
| Second | Scott Andrews | |
| Lead | Michael Goodfellow | |
| Alternate | Tom Brewster |
Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.
See main article: article and Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.
| Position | Curler | |
|---|---|---|
| Skip | Eve Muirhead | |
| Third | Anna Sloan | |
| Second | Vicki Adams | |
| Lead | Claire Hamilton | |
| Alternate | Lauren Gray |
Great Britain has a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.
See main article: article and Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. On 11 December 2013 the British Olympic Association announced the figure skaters taking part in the Sochi 2014 Olympics:[16]
| Athlete | Event | / | / | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Jenna McCorkell | Ladies' singles | 48.34 | 25 | Did not advance | ||||
| Stacey Kemp / David King | Pairs | 44.98 | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nick Buckland / Penny Coomes | Ice dancing | 59.33 | 11 Q | 91.78 | 9 | 151.11 | 10 | |
See main article: article and Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
After suffering injuries and a loss of consciousness as a result of an accident during training on 17 February, it was decided that Rowan Cheshire would not compete in the women's halfpipe event, which began just three days later.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | |||
| Murray Buchan | Men's halfpipe | 58.40 | 62.40 | 62.40 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| James Machon | 37.40 | 52.20 | 52.20 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
| James Woods | Men's slopestyle | 87.20 | 40.00 | 87.20 | 3 Q | 86.60 | 78.40 | 86.60 | 5 | |
| Rowan Cheshire | Women's halfpipe | Withdrew due to injury | ||||||||
| Emma Lonsdale | 53.80 | 53.20 | 53.80 | 18 | Did not advance | |||||
| Katie Summerhayes | Women's slopestyle | 81.40 | 84.00 | 84.00 | 3 Q | 19.40 | 70.60 | 70.60 | 7 | |
See main article: article. Based on their performance at the two World Cup events in November 2013, Great Britain qualified 3 men and 2 women.
The team for GB was named on 16 December 2013.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan="2" | Jon Eley | 500 m | 41.554 | 2 Q | 41.337 | 2 Q | 41.411 | 4 FB | 41.870 | 7 |
| 1000 m | 1:25.748 | 4 | Did not advance | 25 | ||||||
| Richard Shoebridge | 1000 m | 1:27.806 | 4 | Did not advance | 27 | |||||
| align=left rowspan="3" | Jack Whelbourne | 500 m | 42.513 | 4 | Did not advance | 27 | ||||
| 1000 m | 1:26.086 | 3 | Did not advance | 21 | ||||||
| 1500 m | 2:14.091 | 1 Q | 2:14.635 | 2 Q | 7 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan="3" | Elise Christie | 500 m | 44.775 | 1 Q | 43.402 | 2 Q | 43.837 | 1 Q | 8 | |
| 1000 m | 1:30.588 | 1 Q | 1:30.606 | 1 Q | Did not advance | 7 | ||||
| 1500 m | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Charlotte Gilmartin | 500 m | 44.440 | 2 Q | 44.479 | 4 | Did not advance | 16 | |||
| 1500 m | 2:27.935 | 5 | Did not advance | 28 | ||||||
See main article: article and Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Kristan Bromley | Men's | 57.24 | 10 | 57.02 | =9 | 57.17 | 12 | 56.74 | =7 | 3:48.17 | 8 |
| Dominic Parsons | 57.23 | 9 | 57.17 | 15 | 57.00 | 9 | 56.96 | =10 | 3:48.36 | 10 | |
| Shelley Rudman | Women's | 59.46 | 12 | 59.33 | 12 | 58.82 | 17 | 58.86 | 19 | 3:56.47 | 16 |
| Lizzy Yarnold | 58.43 | 1 | 58.46 | 1 | 57.91 | 1 | 58.09 | 1 | 3:52.89 | ||
See main article: article and Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
| Dom Harington | Men's halfpipe | 12.75 | 37.25 | 37.25 | 20 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Ben Kilner | 43.50 | 16.25 | 43.50 | 16 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Billy Morgan | Men's slopestyle | 76.25 | 85.50 | 85.50 | 6 QS | 90.75 | 35.50 | 90.75 | 1 QF | 38.00 | 39.75 | 39.75 | 10 |
| Jamie Nicholls | 62.25 | 86.75 | 86.75 | 4 QF | 85.50 | 46.50 | 85.50 | 6 | |||||
| Aimee Fuller | Women's slopestyle | 44.50 | 39.00 | 44.50 | 10 QS | 33.75 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| Jenny Jones | 74.25 | 21.75 | 74.25 | 5 QS | 82.25 | 83.25 | 83.25 | 3 QF | 73.00 | 87.25 | 87.25 | ||