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Participating Countries: Great Britain

• In 1984 in Sarajevo, Britain's Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean won gold in the ice dancing competition, gaining perfect scores from all judges for artistic impression.

• In 1988, British ski jumper Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards came in last in the 70-meter and 90-meter jumps, and is welcomed home by hundreds of fans in London.

• At the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Britain's Alain Baxter lost his bronze slalom medal after a drug test, although the drug detected turns out to be a Vicks inhaler. Unknown to him, it has a different formulation in America than in the UK. A later investigation cleared him of all moral guilt, but his medal was not returned.

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