Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Great Britain at the
1998 Winter Paralympics

IPC code GBR
NPC British Paralympic Association
Website www.paralympics.org.uk
in Nagano
Competitors 21 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Winter Paralympics appearances

Great Britain competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano, Japan. The team did not win any medals during these games. In order to be eligible to take part in the Games athletes had to have a disability that fell into one of the six Paralympics disability categories.

Disability classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. Each different number refers to a different severity of impairement and defines the equipment that competitors may use; e.g. LW4 is for athletes with a single leg amputation below the knee who compete using two skis and two poles.[3]

Calculated time

To ensure a fair event when athletes with differing disabilities compete, times achieved are sometimes modified by a factor percentage, to produce a result known as "Calculated Time". It is this time that decides the result of the races.[4] Actual times recorded are also listed in the results below.

Alpine skiing

Britain had 4 athletes competing in alpine skiing events.[5]

Men

Athlete Event Time Factor (%) Calculated time Rank
Richard Burt Downhill B1,3 1:29.1 85.41391 1:16.1 5
Giant slalom B1,3
Slalom B1,3 2:38.6 80.83597 2:08.2 5
Super-G B1,3 1:32.7 87.64001 1:21.3 7
Michael Hammond Downhill LW2 1:18.67 94.14504 1:14.06 18
Giant slalom LW2 3:16.19 91.65723 2:59.82 17
Slalom LW2 2:13.73 100 2:13.73 16
Super-G LW2 1:28.37 91.51208 1:20.86 13
Steven Shaw Downhill LW11 1:29.82 80.55899 1:12.35 16
Giant slalom LW11 DNF
Slalom LW2 DNF
Super-G LW2 1:45.65 82.10537 1:26.74 16

Women

Athlete Event Time Factor (%) Calculated time Rank
Sarah Morris Giant slalom LW10-11 DNF
Slalom LW10-11 DSQ
Super-G B1,3 DNF

Biathlon

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the biathlon events.[5]

Men

Athlete Event Real time Missed shots Factor (%) Finish time Rank
Terry Ahrens 7.5 km free LW6/8 37:08.2 0 95 35:16.7 14
Peter Young 7.5 km free B1 39:26.6 4 83 33:25.0 4

Cross-country skiing

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the cross-country skiing events.[5]

Men

Athlete Event Time Factor (%) Calculated time Rank
Terry Ahrens 15 km free LW5/7,6/8 37:23.4 95 35:31.2 19
5 km classical LW5/7,6/8 21:06.2 92 19:24.9 22
Peter Young 15 km free B1 42:50.3 83 35:33.3 8
20 km classical B1-3 1:15:38.2 87 1:05:48.2 12
5 km classical B1 18:06.8 87 15:45.5 4

Ice sledge hockey

Britain entered with a squad of 15 players for the men's ice sledge hockey competition. There was no female event. The team finished in last place and scored no goals, but managed to pick up one point in a draw against 5th placed Japan.[5][6]

Squad

Andrew white

Preliminary round

Round robin

Great Britain 0 – 7 Sweden
Great Britain 0 – 6 Estonia

Standings

Rank Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sweden 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 4
2 Estonia 2 1 0 1 9 6 +3 2
3 Great Britain 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0

Classification 5-7

Round robin

Great Britain 0 – 0 Japan
Great Britain 0 – 7 United States

Standings

Rank Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Japan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
6 United States 2 1 0 1 8 2 +4 2
7 Great Britain 2 0 1 1 0 7 −7 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andrew McGarry (3 September 2008). "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Winter Sport Classification". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "About the sport". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Historical results".paralympic.org Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ice sledge hockey results".paralympic.org Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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