The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Based on medal count, this was Great Britain's best ever performance at a Winter Olympic Games until the 2014 games were held in Sochi in Russia. On 3 February Great Britain won two medals on one day. This was not to be bettered until the 2018 games when 3 medals were won on one day.
Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in Chamonix | |
Competitors | 44 (41 men, 3 women) in 6 sports |
Medals Ranked 6th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medallists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | William Jackson Thomas Murray Robin Welsh Laurence Jackson |
Curling | Men's event |
Silver | Ralph Broome Thomas Arnold Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher |
Bobsleigh | Four/five-man |
Bronze | Ethel Muckelt | Figure skating | Women's singles |
Bronze | Great Britain men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
Bobsleigh
editSled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |||
GBR-1 | Ralph Broome Thomas Arnold Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher |
Four/five-man | 1:28.73 | 2 | 1:28.67 | 2 | 1:25.76 | 2 | 1:25.67 | 1 | 5:48.83 | |
GBR-2 | William Horton Archibald Crabbe Gerard Fairlie George Pim |
Four/five-man | 1:42.33 | 5 | 1:41.28 | 5 | 1:38.58 | 5 | 1:38.52 | 5 | 6:40.71 | 5 |
Curling
editTeam | GP | W | L | PF | PA | PTS |
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Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 4 |
Schweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 48 | 2 |
Frankreich | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 64 | 0 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Great Britain | 38-7 | Schweden (I) |
Great Britain | 46-4 | Frankreich |
Pos. | Player |
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Skip | Willie Jackson |
Robin Welsh | |
Thomas Murray | |
Laurence Jackson |
Figure skating
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
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Herbert Clarke | Men's singles | 10 | 11 | 219.75 | 70 | 10 |
Jack Page | 6 | 5 | 295.36 | 36 | 5 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
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Kathleen Shaw | Women's singles | 8 | 6 | 221.00 | 46 | 7 |
Ethel Muckelt | 3 | 7 | 250.07 | 26 |
- Pairs
Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank |
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Mildred Richardson Tyke Richardson |
57 | 7.68 | 8 |
Ethel Muckelt Jack Page |
30.5 | 9.93 | 4 |
Ice hockey
editGroup B
editThe top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
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Vereinigte Staaten | 3 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 |
Frankreich | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 42 |
Belgien | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 45 |
29 Jan | Frankreich | 2:15 (1:5,1:3,0:7) |
Great Britain |
30 Jan | Great Britain | 19:3 (8:1,6:1,5:1) |
Belgien |
31 Jan | Vereinigte Staaten | 11:0 (6:0,2:0,3:0) |
Great Britain |
Medal round
editResults from the group round (Canada-Sweden and United States-Great Britain) carried forward to the medal round.
Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
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Kanada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
Vereinigte Staaten | 3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 |
Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
Schweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 |
1 Feb | Kanada | 19:2 (6:2,6:0,7:0) |
Great Britain |
2 Feb | Great Britain | 4:3 (0:1,2:2,2:0) |
Schweden |
Bronze: |
Great Britain (GBR) William Anderson Lorne Carr-Harris Colin Carruthers Eric Carruthers Guy Clarkson Ross Cuthbert Geoffrey Holmes Hamilton Jukes Edward Pitblado Blane Sexton |
Speed skating
edit- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
500 m | Fred Dix | 56.4 | 23 |
Tom Sutton | 1:00.8 | 25 | |
Cyril Horn | 1:04.4 | 27 | |
5000 m | Albert Tebbit | 11:01.0 | 20 |
All-round
Distances: 500m; 5000m; 1500m & 10,000m.
Athlete | Until distance 1 | Until distance 2 | Until distance 3 | Total | ||||||||
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Points | Score | rank | Points | Score | rank | Points | Score | rank | Points | Score | rank | |
Fred Dix | 18.5 | 56.40 | 18 | DNF | ||||||||
Tom Sutton | 20 | 60.80 | 20 | DNF | ||||||||
Cyril Horn | 22 | 64.40 | 22 | DNF |
References
edit- M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 - Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com