Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Great Britain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 58 competitors in 11 sports. They won five medals in total, one gold and four bronze, ranking 19th in the medal table.

Medallists

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Skeleton	1	0	2	3
Freestyle skiing	0	0	1	1
Snowboarding	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	4	5

Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Day 1	10 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 2	11 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 3	12 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 4	13 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 5	14 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 6	15 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 7	16 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Day 8	17 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	3
Day 9	18 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 10	19 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 11	20 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 12	21 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 13	22 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 14	23 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 15	24 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Day 16	25 February	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Total		1	0	4	5

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Male	0	0	2	2
Female	1	0	2	3
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	4	5

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Women's	17 February
			Men's	16 February
			Women's	17 February
			Men's Big Air	24 February

There were a number of notable firsts for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics:^[2]

• Day 8 (17 February) was the most successful day for Great Britain at any Winter Olympics, with three medals won.
• Lizzy Yarnold was the first British athlete to retain a Winter Olympic title and, in doing so, became Great Britain's most successful Winter Olympic athlete by surpassing the single gold and bronze medals won by Jeannette Altwegg, Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill.^[3]
• Yarnold and Laura Deas were the first British athletes to win medals in the same event at the same Winter games.
• Izzy Atkin won Great Britain's first-ever medal on skis.
• On Day 15 (24 February) Great Britain won a fifth medal at a single Winter Olympics for the first time.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.^[5]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Biathlon	0	1	1
Bobsleigh	8	2	10
Cross-country skiing	3	1	4
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	6	5	11
Luge	2	0	2
Short track speed skating	2	3	5
Skeleton	2	2	4
Snowboarding	3	2	5
Total	34	24	58

Medal and performance targets

On 9 January 2018, the funding body UK Sport announced their medal targets for Team GB at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang with the target to win at least five medals which if achieved would be a record-breaking haul for a Winter Olympic Games.^[6] Although the target was set at three medals the funding body predicted that Great Britain had the potential to win as many as ten medals, this total was not widely expected to be reached.

Key

target missed

target met

target exceeded

Sport	Minimum target	Reach target	Medals or Best Result	Performance relative to targets
	Top five	1	8th
	1	2	4th
	Top eight	1	11th
	1	2	4th
	Top eight	1
	2	3
Total	4	10	5
Total gold	n/a	n/a	1	n/a

UK Sport funding

In the Winter Olympic Cycle running from 2014 to 2018 the UK government body UK Sport allocated a record budget of over £28 million to fund Team GB for the individual athletes as well as the bobsleigh and curling teams for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.^[6] 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
	£5,003,476
	£5,655,150
	£1,235,593
	£4,764,006
	£6,549,617
	£5,145,293
Total	£28,353,135

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dave Ryding	align=left rowspan=2	Men's slalom	49.09	13	51.07	9	1:40.16	9
Laurie Taylor	51.08	27	52.33	25	1:43.41	26
Charlie Guest	Women's slalom	55.44	42	52.82	30	1:48.26	33
align=left rowspan=2	Alex Tilley	Women's giant slalom
Women's slalom

Mixed

* = decided on tie-break (combined time)

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Qualification. On 22 January 2018, the British Olympic Association announced Amanda Lightfoot as the selection for their solitary representative in the Biathlon competitions.^[7] Lightfoot finished 67th in the sprint event, failing to qualify for the pursuit in which only the top 60 sprint athletes took part.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Amanda Lightfoot	Women's sprint	24:15.3	3 (2+1)	67
Women's individual	49:14.7	6 (2+1+0+3)	73

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their rankings in the 2017-18 World Cup, Great Britain qualified 4 sleds.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brad Hall Joel Fearon	Two-man	49.37	7	49.50	8	49.67	17	49.80	16	3:18.34	12
Brad Hall Greg Cackett Joel Fearon Nick Gleeson	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	49.25	19	49.68	14	49.64	17	49.69	12	3:18.26	17
Lamin Deen Andrew Matthews Toby Olubi Ben Simons	49.44	16	49.45	19	49.66	=18	49.74	15	3:18.29	18
Mica McNeill Mica Moore	Two-woman	50.77	6	50.95	6	51.16	11	51.19	7	3:24.07	8

* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Sam Blanchet and Montell Douglas were travelling reserves

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Qualification. Andrew Musgrave's seventh place in the men's 30 km skiathlon was the best performance by a Briton in an Olympic cross country event.^[12]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Andrew Musgrave	align=left rowspan=3	Men's 15 km freestyle	35:51.0	+2:07.1	28
Callum Smith	38:20.9	+4:37.0	75
Andrew Young	37:13.1	+3:29.2	57
Andrew Musgrave	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 30 km skiathlon	40:34.9	12	35:38.9	9	1:16:45.7	+25.7	7
Callum Smith	44:47.1	61	38:29.6	45	1:23:49.9	+7:29.9	57
Andrew Musgrave	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 50 km classical	2:20:57.9	+12:35.8	37
Callum Smith	2:27:56.3	+19:34.2	54
align=left rowspan=2	Annika Taylor	Women's 10 km freestyle	30:52.9	+5:52.4	75
Women's 15 km skiathlon	25:08.0	60	22:29.6	59	48:09.1	+7:24.2	60

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrew Young	Men's sprint	3:21.50	45	did not advance
Andrew Musgrave Andrew Young	Men's team sprint	16:30.62	15	did not advance

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Great Britain qualified a men's and women's team for a total of 10 athletes (five of each gender). The teams were officially announced on 22 June 2017.^[13] Outside of the Olympic Games, Great Britain competes under the flags of its constituent home nations, Scotland, England and Wales (Northern Irish players compete for a combined Ireland); Scotland results are treated as Great Britain for the purposes of Olympic qualification.^[14]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage										Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kyle Smith Thomas Muirhead Kyle Waddell Cameron Smith Glen Muirhead	Men's tournament	SUI W 6–5	CAN L 4–6	JPN W 6–5	SWE L 6–8	KOR L 5–11	ITA W 7–6	DEN W 7–6	NOR W 10–3	USA L 4–10	4 TB	L 5–9	did not advance		5
Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Lauren Gray Kelly Schafer	Women's tournament	OAR W 10–3	USA L 4–7	CHN W 8–7	DEN W 7–6	KOR L 4–7	SWE L 6–8	SUI W 8–7	JPN W 8–6	CAN W 6–5	3 Q		SWE L 5–10	JPN L 3–5	4

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament. Based on results from the 2016 and 2017 World Championships obtained by Scotland, Great Britain qualified a men's team, consisting of five athletes, as one of the seven highest ranked nations.^{[15] [16]}

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Kyle Smith
Third	Cammy Smith
Second	Thomas Muirhead
Lead	Kyle Waddell
Alternate	Glen Muirhead

Round-robinGreat Britain had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11

Draw 1Wednesday 14 February, 09:05

Draw 2Wednesday 14 February, 20:05

Draw 3Thursday 15 February, 14:05

Draw 5Friday 16 February, 20:05

Draw 6Saturday 17 February, 14:05

Draw 8Sunday 18 February, 20:05

Draw 9Monday 19 February, 14:05

Draw 10Tuesday 20 February, 09:05

Draw 12Wednesday 21 February, 14:05

Tiebreaker

Having finished tied for fourth with the same record in the round robin stage the Great Britain men's team faced a tiebreaker against Switzerland for a place in the semifinals.^[17]

Thursday February 22, 9:05

Women's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament. Based on results from the 2016 and 2017 World Women's Curling Championships, Great Britain qualified a women's team, consisting of five athletes, as one of the seven highest ranked nations.^{[18] [19]}

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Anna Sloan
Second	Vicki Adams
Lead	Lauren Gray
Alternate	Kelly Schafer

Round-robinGreat Britain had a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12

Draw 1Wednesday 14 February, 14:05

Draw 2Thursday 15 February, 09:05

Draw 3Thursday 15 February, 20:05

Draw 5Saturday 17 February, 09:05

Draw 6Saturday 17 February, 20:05

Draw 7Sunday 18 February, 14:05

Draw 9Monday 19 February, 20:05

Draw 10Tuesday 20 February, 14:05

Draw 11Wednesday 21 February, 09:05

SemifinalFriday 23 February, 20:05

Bronze Medal GameSaturday 24 February, 20:05

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Qualification.

Aerials

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Murray Buchan	Men's halfpipe	66.00	65.40	66.00	14	did not advance
Alexander Glavatsky-Yeadon		10.80	15.00	15.00	26	did not advance
Peter Speight		3.80	64.60	64.60	15	did not advance
Rowan Cheshire	Women's halfpipe	74.00	71.40	74.00	9	75.40	17.80	13.60	75.40	7
Molly Summerhayes		60.80	66.00	66.00	17	did not advance

Ski cross

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Tyler Harding	Men's slopestyle	20.00	21.00	21.00	29	did not advance
James Woods		90.20	19.60	90.20	8	29.20	91.00	90.00	91.00	4
Isabel Atkin	align=left rowspan="2"	Women's slopestyle	13.20	86.80	86.80	4	68.40	79.40	84.60	84.60
Katie Summerhayes	75.80	77.60	77.60	10	61.40	71.40	23.20	71.40	7

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

On 18 January 2018, the British Olympic Association announced the selection of the athletes who will compete for Team GB in the luge in Pyeongchang.^[20] American-born Adam Rosen competed in the luge for Great Britain in his third Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adam Rosen	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	48.477	25	48.410	23	48.280	23	Eliminated		2:25.167	22
Rupert Staudinger	49.626	33	49.259	35	48.957	32	Eliminated		2:27.842	33

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Great Britain qualified five short track speed skaters (two male and three female) based on results at the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup.^{[21] [22] [23]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joshua Cheetham	Men's 1000 m	1:26.223	3	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Farrell Treacy	Men's 1000 m	1:26.762	2 Q	1:25.080	4	did not advance
Men's 1500 m	—	6	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Elise Christie	Women's 500 m	42.872	1 Q	42.703	1 Q	43.184	2 FA	1:23.063	4
Women's 1000 m		—	did not advance
Women's 1500 m	2:29.316	1 Q		5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Charlotte Gilmartin	Women's 500 m		4	did not advance
Women's 1000 m	1:32.899	3	did not advance
Women's 1500 m	2:29.005	3 Q	3:00.691	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Kathryn Thomson	Women's 500 m	1:08.896	3	did not advance
Women's 1000 m	1:32.150	4	did not advance
Women's 1500 m	2:32.891	4	did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); Q = Qualify to next round; OR = Olympic record

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the world rankings, Great Britain qualified 4 sleds.^{[24] [25]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominic Parsons	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	50.85	5	50.41	3	50.33	3	50.61	3	3:22.20
Jerry Rice	51.06	11	51.15	13	51.04	11	50.99	10	3:24.24	10
Laura Deas	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	52.00	6	52.03	2	51.96	5	51.91	5	3:27.90
Lizzy Yarnold	51.66	1	52.30	9	51.86	2	51.46	1	3:27.28

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total/Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rowan Coultas	Men's big air	81.00	84.50	84.50	8	did not advance
Men's slopestyle	23.20	23.58	23.58	18	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Billy Morgan	Men's big air	87.50	90.50	90.50	6 Q		82.50	85.50	168.00
Men's slopestyle	56.40	37.55	56.40	10	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jamie Nicholls	Men's big air	30.00	81.25	81.25	11	did not advance
Men's slopestyle	71.56	36.90	71.56	8	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Aimee Fuller	Women's big air	25.00	14.25	25.00	25	did not advance
Women's slopestyle	Cancelled[26]				34.63	41.43		41.43	17

Snowboard cross

Notes and References

1. Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018. 9 February 2018. olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 10 February 2018.
2. Web site: Winter Olympics: Lizzy Yarnold defends skeleton gold as Laura Deas takes bronze . . 17 February 2018 . BBC Sport . 17 February 2018 .
3. Web site: Lizzy Yarnold takes skeleton gold to make Winter Olympics history for Britain. 17 February 2018. Guardian. 22 February 2018.
4. News: Elise Christie into 500m short-track quarter-finals after winning heat at Winter Olympics 2018. Mark. Staniforth. London Evening Standard. Evening Standard Ltd. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
5. Web site: Meet the team: record number of athletes selected for PyeongChang 2018. British Olympic Association. 30 January 2018.
6. Web site: UK Sport targets best ever Winter Games in PyeongChang. UK Sport. 15 February 2018.
7. Web site: Winter Olympics 2018:Biathlete Amanda Lightfoot. BBC Sport. 22 January 2018.
8. News: Lightfoot to push on after matching best Olympic finish for female biathlete . 12 February 2018. Eurosport. 11 February 2018.
9. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116125436/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_2_Man_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
10. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228031301/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_4_Men_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
11. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women´s Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228031254/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Womens_Bobsleigh_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
12. News: Winter Olympics: GB's Andrew Musgrave finishes seventh in skiathlon. 11 February 2018. BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. en-GB.
13. Web site: Muirhead and Smith to skipper Team GB's curling rinks at PyeongChang 2018 . 22 June 2017 . TeamGB.com . British Olympic Association . 30 July 2017.
14. News: 2018 Winter Olympics: GB men secure curling place. BBC Sport. 7 April 2017. 29 December 2017.
15. Web site: Eight men's teams set for 2018 Olympic Games as hosts complete round-robin undefeated. 6 April 2017. www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation. 28 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228102848/http://www.worldcurling.org/wmcc2017/session-17. 28 February 2018. dead.
16. News: 2018 Winter Olympics: GB men secure curling place . BBC Sport . 7 April 2017 . 30 July 2017 .
17. News: Winter Olympics: Great Britain women into curling semi-finals; men face tie-breaker. 21 February 2018. BBC Sport. 21 February 2018.
18. Web site: Curling: First Eight Women's Curling Teams Set for 2018 Olympic Winter Games . 23 March 2017 . www.aroundtherings.com/ . Around the Rings . 28 July 2017 . 29 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170729092017/http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__59528/Title__CURLING-First-Eight-Womens-Curling-Teams-Set-for-2018-Olympic-Winter-Games/292/Articles . dead .
19. Web site: Great Britain's curling team seal 2018 Winter Olympics spot . 26 March 2017. Sky Sports. 30 July 2017.
20. Web site: Winter Olympics 2018: Team GB select two luge athletes for Pyeongchang. BBC Sport. 18 January 2018.
21. News: Taylor. Paul. 12 December 2017. Elise Christie will be on the plane to Korea for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games with Team GB. Nottingham Post. Nottingham, England . 13 December 2017.
22. Web site: Five short track speed skaters selected for PyeonChang 2018. British Olympic Association. 13 December 2017.
23. Web site: XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. 24 November 2017.
24. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116052604/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Men_Skeleton_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
25. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116124919/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Women_Skeleton_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
26. News: Women's slopestyle qualification canceled. 11 February 2018. Reuters. 11 February 2018.