Alpine Skiing
In the Super-G and downhill, Chemmy Alcott was a rare female competitor in a historically male-dominated GB team. Alcott impressed as she finished 11th in the women's downhill, but was disqualified from the combined due to a technical infringement with the width of her skis.
Noel Baxter, Alain Baxter and James Leuzinger were the men's representatives in the slalom, and the Baxters also raced in the giant slalom. Finlay Mickel and Roger Cruickshank were the men's downhill and Super-G skiers.
In the men's downhill, Finlay Mickel finished 25th, 2.68 seconds behind the winner Antoine Dénériaz. Roger Cruickshank, skiing with a knee-brace, finished 37th, 5.85 behind. Noel Baxter finished 14th in the men's combined. Cruickshank also finished 37th in the giant slalom before announcing his retirement from skiing.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Chemmy Alcott | Women's downhill | n/a | 1:57.85 | 11 | ||
| Women's Super-G | n/a | 1:34.20 | 19 | |||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:04.47 | 1:09.95 | n/a | 2:14.42 | 22 | |
| Women's combined | Disqualified | |||||
| Alain Baxter | Men's slalom | 54.93 | 51.22 | n/a | 1:46.15 | 16 |
| Noel Baxter | Men's slalom | 56.07 | 51.15 | n/a | 1:47.22 | 20 |
| Men's combined | 1:42.26 | 45.64 | 44.89 | 3:12.79 | 14 | |
| Roger Cruickshank | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:54.65 | 37 | ||
| Men's Super-G | n/a | 1:34.87 | 37 | |||
| James Leuzinger | Men's slalom | Did not finish | ||||
| Finlay Mickel | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:51.48 | 25 | ||
| Men's Super-G | n/a | 1:32.10 | 22 | |||
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
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