Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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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.
IOC codeGBR
Competitors44 (41 men, 3 women) in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Ranked 6th
- Gold
- 1
- Silver
- 1
- Bronze
- 2
- Total
- 4
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 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
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | 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
| Team | GP | W | L | PF | PA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain |
2 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 4 |
 Sweden |
2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 48 | 2 |
 France |
2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 64 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain |
38-7 | Sweden (I) |
| Great Britain |
46-4 | France |
| Pos. | Player |
|---|---|
| Skip | Willie Jackson |
| Robin Welsh | |
| Thomas Murray | |
| Laurence Jackson |
Figure skating
- Men
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Shaw | Women's singles | 8 | 6 | 221.00 | 46 | 7 |
| Ethel Muckelt | 3 | 7 | 250.07 | 26 | |
- Pairs
| Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred Richardson Tyke Richardson |
57 | 7.68 | 8 |
| Ethel Muckelt Jack Page |
30.5 | 9.93 | 4 |
Ice hockey
Group B
The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 42 |
 Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 45 |
| 29 Jan | France | 2:15 (1:5,1:3,0:7) | Great Britain |
| 30 Jan | Great Britain | 19:3 (8:1,6:1,5:1) | Belgium |
| 31 Jan | United States | 11:0 (6:0,2:0,3:0) | Great Britain |
Medal round
Results from the group round (Canada-Sweden and United States-Great Britain) carried forward to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| Sweden |
3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 |
| 1 Feb | Canada | 19:2 (6:2,6:0,7:0) | Great Britain |
| 2 Feb | Great Britain | 4:3 (0:1,2:2,2:0) | Sweden |
| Bronze: |
| Great Britain William Anderson Lorne Carr-Harris Colin Carruthers Eric Carruthers Guy Clarkson Ross Cuthbert Geoffrey Holmes Hamilton Jukes Edward Pitblado Blane Sexton |
Speed skating
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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