Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
# Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano, Japan. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team did not win any medals during these games.

## Alpine skiing

Britain had 4 athletes competing in alpine skiing events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Factor (%) | Calculated time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Burt | Downhill B1,3 | 1:29.1 | 85.41391 | 1:16.1 | 5 |
| Richard Burt | Giant slalom B1,3 | | | | |
| Richard Burt | Slalom B1,3 | 2:38.6 | 80.83597 | 2:08.2 | 5 |
| Richard Burt | 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 |
| Michael Hammond | Giant slalom LW2 | 3:16.19 | 91.65723 | 2:59.82 | 17 |
| Michael Hammond | Slalom LW2 | 2:13.73 | 100 | 2:13.73 | 16 |
| Michael Hammond | 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 |
| Steven Shaw | Giant slalom LW11 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Steven Shaw | Slalom LW2 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Steven Shaw | 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 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Sarah Morris | Slalom LW10-11 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Sarah Morris | Super-G B1,3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Biathlon

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the biathlon events.

### 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.

### 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 |
| Terry Ahrens | 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 |
| Peter Young | 20 km classical B1-3 | 1:15:38.2 | 87 | 1:05:48.2 | 12 |
| Peter Young | 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.

### Squad

* Matthew Broadbent
* Patrick Bailey
* Philip Hall
* Stephen Shortland
* Stuart Harley
* Timothy James
* Llyr Gwyndaf
* Karl Nicholson
* John Lambert
* Antony Booth
* Antony Neale
* Dave Hall
* Dean Cabanagh
* Gary Vaughan
* Ian Warner

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 |
