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.
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. The IOC requested that the IBSF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.
Records
Olympic records On 11 February Great Britain matched an Olympic scoreline record by beating USA 12–3 in women's curling. They also set a new Olympic record by scoring seven points in a single end. On 14 February they equalled the scoreline record again, this time beating Japan 12–3.
Medallists Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 18 February0000Day 29 February0011Day 310 February0000Day 411 February0000Day 512 February0000Day 613 February0000Day 714 February1001Day 815 February0000Day 916 February0000Day 1017 February0000Day 1118 February0000Day 1219 February0000Day 1320 February0011Day 1421 February0101Day 1522 February0000Day 1623 February0011Total1135 Medal Name Sport Event Date Lizzy Yarnold Skeleton Women's David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow Tom Brewster Curling Men's curling Jenny Jones Snowboarding Women's slopestyle Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton Lauren Gray Curling Women's curling John Jackson Bruce TaskerStuart BensonJoel Fearon Bobsleigh Four Man
Medals by sportSport TotalSkeleton1001Curling0112Snowboarding0011Bobsleigh0011Total1135
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 Target missed Target met Sport Medal target set Non medal target Medals or result Performance relative to target rangeBobsleigh 0–14th–6th (m), 4th–8th (w) 1 Curling 1–2 2 Figure skating 0Top ten Tenth Skeleton 1 1 Speed skating 0–1 2x top eight 4 x top eight Ski and snowboard 1–2 1 Total 3–7 n/a 5 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 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 FundingBobsleigh £3,304,250Curling £2,055,100Figure skating £174,338Speed skating £2,593,400Skeleton £3,447,600Ski and snowboard £1,509,950Total £13,444,638
Alpine skiing
According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Great Britain qualified two athletes in alpine skiing.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDavid RydingMen's slalom49.402756.51181:45.9118Chemmy AlcottWomen's downhillcolspan=4 1:43.4319Women's super-Gcolspan=4 1:29.1423Women's combined1:44.8316
Biathlon
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Great Britain qualified 1 man and 1 woman.
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankLee-Steve JacksonMen's sprint27:07.51 (0+1)67Men's individual54:11.31 (0+0+0+1)42Amanda LightfootWomen's sprint24:48.93 (2+1)75Women's individual54:38.15 (1+2+1+1)71
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJohn Baines**Lamin Deen*Two-man57.54=2157.812557.38=18Did not advance2:52.7323Stuart BensonJoel FearonJohn Jackson*Bruce TaskerFour-man55.261055.27255.31555.2623:41.10John BainesLamin Deen*Andrew Matthews***Ben Simons55.911955.601656.06=1955.95203:43.5219Paula Walker*Rebekah WilsonTwo-woman58.361258.401058.881458.60103:54.2412 * – 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. In November 2017, the Russian teams that finished 1st and 4th were disqualified by the IOC following the publication of the McLaren Report. This subsequently led to the teams in 2nd, 3rd and 5th being moved up into the medal positions. The IOC requested that the IBSF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.
Cross-country skiing
According to the quota allocation released on 30 December 2013, Great Britain had four athletes in qualification position.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankAndrew MusgraveMen's 15 km classicalcolspan=4 42:25.7 +3:56.044Callum Smithcolspan=4 44:14.7 +5:45.067Andrew Youngcolspan=4 41:29.6 +2:59.937Callum SmithMen's 30 km skiathlon39:57.45937:02.5641:17:37.1 +9:21.762Andrew MusgraveMen's 50 km freestylecolspan=4 1:57:08.9 +10:13.753Rosamund MusgraveWomen's 10 km classicalcolspan=4 36:18.5 +8:00.763
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndrew MusgraveMen's sprint3:37.7527 Q3:48.696Did not advanceCallum Smith3:50.1362Did not advanceAndrew Young3:40.6842Did not advanceAndrew MusgraveAndrew YoungMen's team sprintcolspan=4 Did not advanceRosamund MusgraveWomen's sprint2:43.3142Did 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
Round-robin Great Britain had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11.
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 12
Tiebreaker
Playoffs Semifinal
Final
Women's tournament
Team
Position Curler Skip Eve Muirhead Third Anna Sloan Second Vicki Adams Lead Claire Hamilton Alternate Lauren Gray
Standings
Round-robin Great Britain has a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.
Draw 1
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Draw 11
Draw 12
Playoffs Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Figure skating
On 11 December 2013 the British Olympic Association announced the figure skaters taking part in the Sochi 2014 Olympics:
Athlete Event// Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankJenna McCorkellLadies' singles48.3425Did not advanceStacey Kemp / David KingPairs44.9819Did not advanceNick Buckland / Penny CoomesIce dancing59.3311 Q91.789151.1110
Team trophy AthleteEventShort program/Short danceFree skate/Free danceMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsTeam pointsPointsRankMatthew Parr (M)Jenna McCorkell (L)David King / Stacey Kemp (P)Nick Buckland / Penny Coomes (I)Team trophy57.40250.09144.70152.934810Did 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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankMurray BuchanMen's halfpipe58.4062.4062.4017Did not advanceJames Machon37.4052.2052.2023Did not advanceJames WoodsMen's slopestyle87.2040.0087.203 Q86.6078.4086.605Rowan CheshireWomen's halfpipeWithdrew due to injuryEmma Lonsdale53.8053.2053.8018Did not advanceKatie SummerhayesWomen's slopestyle81.4084.0084.003 Q19.4070.6070.607
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.
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJon Eley500 m41.5542 Q41.3372 Q41.4114 FB41.87071000 m1:25.7484Did not advance25Richard Shoebridge1000 m1:27.8064Did not advance27Jack Whelbourne500 m42.5134Did not advance271000 m1:26.0863Did not advance211500 m2:14.0911 Qcolspan=2 2:14.6352 Q7
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElise Christie500 m44.7751 Q43.4022 Q43.8371 Q8 1000 m1:30.5881 Q1:30.6061 QDid not advance71500 mcolspan=2 Did not advanceCharlotte Gilmartin500 m44.4402 Q44.4794Did not advance161500 m2:27.9355colspan=2 Did not advance28 Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Skeleton
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKristan BromleyMen's57.241057.02=957.171256.74=73:48.178Dominic Parsons57.23957.171557.00956.96=103:48.3610Shelley RudmanWomen's59.461259.331258.821758.86193:56.4716Lizzy Yarnold58.43158.46157.91158.0913:52.89
Snowboarding
Freestyle AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankDom HaringtonMen's halfpipe12.7537.2537.2520Did not advanceBen Kilner43.5016.2543.5016Did not advanceBilly MorganMen's slopestyle76.2585.5085.506 QS90.7535.5090.751 QF38.0039.7539.7510Jamie Nicholls62.2586.7586.754 QFcolspan=4 85.5046.5085.506Aimee FullerWomen's slopestyle44.5039.0044.5010 QS33.7537.5037.509Did not advanceJenny Jones74.2521.7574.255 QS82.2583.2583.253 QF73.0087.2587.25 Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
Snowboard cross AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankPositionPositionPositionRankZoe GillingsWomen's snowboard cross1:23.78143 Q4 FB39 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
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