Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Sochi
Competitors	56 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Jon Eley (opening)[1][2] Lizzy Yarnold (closing)[3]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 2 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
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, as well as only the tenth Briton, or British team, to have won Winter Olympic gold. 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.

Records

Olympic records

On 11 February Great Britain matched an Olympic scoreline record by beating USA 12–3 in women's curling.^[5] They also set a new Olympic record by scoring seven points in a single end.^[6] On 14 February they equalled the scoreline record again, this time beating Japan 12–3.^[7]

Medalists

Medals by date
Day	Date	01 !	02 !	03 !	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	0	0
Total		1	1	2	4

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Lizzy Yarnold	Skeleton	Women's	000000002016-02-14-000014 February
02 ! Silver	David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow Tom Brewster	Curling	Men's curling	000000002016-02-21-000021 February
03 ! Bronze	Jenny Jones	Snowboarding	Women's slopestyle	000000002016-02-09-00009 February
03 ! Bronze	Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton Lauren Gray	Curling	Women's curling	000000002016-02-20-000020 February

Medals by sport
Sport	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
Skeleton	1	0	0	1
Curling	0	1	1	2
Snowboarding	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	2	4

Medal and performance targets

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

N Target missed

Y Target met

Sport	Medal target set	Non medal target	Medals or result	Performance relative to target range
Bobsleigh	0–1	4th–6th (m), 4th–8th (w)	0	Y
Curling	1–2		2	Y
Figure skating	0	Top ten	0	Y
Skeleton	1		1	Y
Speed skating	0–1	2x top eight	0	Y
Ski and snowboard	1–2		1	Y
Total	3–7	n/a	4	Y
Total gold	n/a	n/a	1	n/a

UK Sport funding

In the Winter Olympic Cycle running from 2010 to 2014 the UK government body UK Sport allocated a 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
Bobsleigh	£3,304,250
Curling	£2,055,100
Figure skating	£174,338
Speed skating	£2,593,400
Skeleton	£3,447,600
Ski and snowboard	£1,509,950
Total	£13,444,638

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Great Britain qualified two athletes in alpine skiing.^[8]

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	N/A				1:43.43	19
	Women's super-G	N/A				1:29.14	23
	Women's combined	1:44.83	16	DNF

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Great Britain qualified 1 man and 1 woman.^[9]

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

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Baines** Lamin Deen*	Two-man	57.54	=21	57.81	25	57.38	=18	Did not advance		2:52.73	23
Stuart Benson Joel Fearon John James Jackson* Bruce Tasker	Four-man	55.26	10	55.27	2	55.31	5	55.26	2	3:41.10	5
John Baines Lamin Deen* Andrew Matthews*** Ben Simons		55.91	19	55.60	16	56.06	=19	55.95	20	3:43.52	19
Paula Walker* Rebekah Wilson	Two-woman	58.36	12	58.40	10	58.88	14	58.60	10	3:54.24	12

* – Denotes the driver of each sled
** – John Baines replaced original selection Craig Pickering who withdrew during the Games with a back injury.
*** – Andrew Matthews replaced original selection Craig Pickering who withdrew during the Games with a back injury.^[10]

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 30 December 2013, Great Britain had four athletes in qualification position.^[11]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Andrew Musgrave	Men's 15 km classical	N/A				42:25.7	+3:56.0	44
Callum Smith		N/A				44:14.7	+5:45.0	67
Andrew Young		N/A				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	N/A				1:57:08.9	+10:13.7	53
Rosamund Musgrave	Women's 10 km classical	N/A				36:18.5	+8:00.7	66

Sprint

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	N/A				DNF		Did not advance
Rosamund Musgrave	Women's sprint	2:43.31	42	Did not advance

Curling

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.

Men's tournament

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	David Murdoch
Third	Greg Drummond
Second	Scott Andrews
Lead	Michael Goodfellow
Alternate	Tom Brewster

Standings

Final round robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Blank ends	Stolen ends	Shot %
Sweden	Niklas Edin	8	1	60	44	38	30	18	8	86%
Canada	Brad Jacobs	7	2	69	53	39	36	14	7	84%
China	Liu Rui	7	2	67	50	41	37	11	5	85%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	5	4	52	53	36	33	18	5	86%
Great Britain	David Murdoch	5	4	51	49	37	35	15	8	83%
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	4	5	54	61	32	37	17	4	81%
Russia	Andrey Drozdov	3	6	58	70	36	38	13	7	77%
Switzerland	Sven Michel	3	6	47	46	31	34	22	7	83%
United States	John Shuster	2	7	47	58	30	39	14	7	80%
Germany	John Jahr	1	8	53	74	38	39	10	9	76%

Round-robin

Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.

Tiebreaker

Sheet	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	6

Playoffs

Semifinal

Sheet	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	6

Final

Sheet	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Canada (Jacobs)	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	9

Women's tournament

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Anna Sloan
Second	Vicki Adams
Lead	Claire Hamilton
Alternate	Lauren Gray

Standings

Final round robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Blank ends	Stolen ends	Shot %
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	0	72	40	43	27	12	14	86%
Sweden	Margaretha Sigfridsson	7	2	58	52	37	35	13	7	80%
Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	5	4	63	60	37	38	13	7	78%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	5	4	74	58	39	35	9	11	80%
Japan	Ayumi Ogasawara	4	5	59	67	39	41	4	10	76%
Denmark	Lene Nielsen	4	5	57	56	34	40	12	9	78%
China	Wang Bingyu	4	5	58	62	36	38	10	4	81%
South Korea	Kim Ji-sun	3	6	60	65	35	37	10	6	79%
Russia	Anna Sidorova	3	6	48	56	33	35	19	6	82%
United States	Erika Brown	1	8	42	75	33	40	8	5	76%

Round-robin

Great Britain has a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.

Playoffs

Semifinal

Sheet	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
Great Britain (Muirhead)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4

Bronze medal game

Sheet	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Muirhead)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	6
Switzerland (Ott)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

Figure skating

On 11 December 2013 the British Olympic Association announced the figure skaters taking part in the Sochi 2014 Olympics:^[12]

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		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

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Matthew Parr (M) Jenna McCorkell (L) David King / Stacey Kemp (P) Nick Buckland / Penny Coomes (I)	Team trophy	57.40 2	50.09 1	44.70 1	52.93 4	8	10	Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

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

Short track speed skating

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.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
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	N/A		2:14.635	2 Q	DNF	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elise Christie	500 m	44.775	1 Q	43.402	2 Q	43.837	1 Q	PEN	8*
	1000 m	1:30.588	1 Q	1:30.606	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance	7
	1500 m	DNF		N/A		Did not advance
Charlotte Gilmartin	500 m	44.440	2 Q	44.479	4	Did not advance			16
	1500 m	2:27.935	5	N/A		Did not advance			28

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

• Elise Christie finished 2nd in the final, but was disqualified after colliding with fellow competitors, the disqualification led her to finishing 8th in the 500 m.

Skeleton

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	01 !

Snowboarding

Freestyle

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	Bye				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	03 !

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Zoe Gillings	Women's snowboard cross	1:23.78	14	3 Q	4 FB	3	9

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

See also

• Great Britain at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
• Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

References

External links

• Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics