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Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Sporting event delegation
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1928 Summer OlympicsinAmsterdam, Netherlands. British athletes won only three gold medals (down from nine in 1924), and twenty medals overall, finishing eleventh. 232 competitors, 201 men and 31 women, took part in 84 events in 14 sports.[1]
Medallists[edit]
| Medal
|
Name
|
Sport
|
Event
|
Date
|
 Gold |
Douglas Lowe
|
Athletics
|
Men's 800 m
|
July 31
|
| Gold |
David Cecil
|
Athletics
|
Men's 400 m hurdles
|
July 30
|
| Gold |
Richard Beesly, John Lander,
Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner
|
Rowing
|
Men's coxless four
|
August 10
|
 Silver |
Jack London
|
Athletics
|
Men's 100 m
|
July 30
|
| Silver |
Walter Rangeley
|
Athletics
|
Men's 200 m
|
August 1
|
| Silver |
Frank Southall
|
Cycling
|
Men's individual road race
|
August 7
|
| Silver |
Jack Lauterwasser, John Middleton,
Frank Southall
|
Cycling
|
Men's team road race
|
August 7
|
| Silver |
Ernest Chambers, John Sibbit
|
Cycling
|
Men's tandem
|
August 7
|
| Silver |
Muriel Freeman
|
Fencing
|
Women's foil
|
August 1
|
| Silver |
Robert Nisbet, Terence O'Brien
|
Rowing
|
Men's coxless pair
|
August 10
|
| Silver |
John Badcock, Jack Beresford,
Donald Gollan, Jamie Hamilton,
Gordon Killick, Harold Lane,
Guy Oliver Nickalls, Arthur Sulley,
Harold West
|
Rowing
|
Men's eight
|
August 10
|
| Silver |
Ellen King
|
Swimming
|
Women's 100 m backstroke
|
August 11
|
| Silver |
Joyce Cooper, Ellen King,
Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner
|
Swimming
|
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
|
August 9
|
 Bronze |
Cyril Gill, Jack London,
Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha
|
Athletics
|
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
|
August 5
|
| Bronze |
George Southall, Harry Wyld,
Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld
|
Cycling
|
Men's team pursuit
|
August 6
|
| Bronze |
Annie Broadbent, Lucy Desmond,
Margaret Hartley, Amy Jagger,
Isobel Judd, Jessie Kite,
Marjorie Moreman, Edith Pickles,
Ethel Seymour, Ada Smith,
Hilda Smith, Doris Woods
|
Gymnastics
|
Women's team all-around
|
August 9
|
| Bronze |
Theodore Collet
|
Rowing
|
Men's single sculls
|
August 10
|
| Bronze |
Joyce Cooper
|
Swimming
|
Women's 100 m freestyle
|
August 11
|
| Women's 100 m backstroke
|
August 11
|
| Bronze |
Samuel Rabin
|
Wrestling
|
Men's freestyle middleweight
|
August 1
|
Athletics[edit]
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
-
Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg)
-
-
First Round — Bye
-
Second Round — Lost to David Baan (HOL), points
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)
-
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
-
-
First Round — Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points
Cycling[edit]
12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
-
Individual road race
-
Team road race
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Sprint
-
Time trial
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Tandem
-
Team pursuit
Fencing[edit]
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
-
Men's foil
-
Men's team foil
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Men's épée
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Men's team épée
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Men's sabre
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Men's team sabre
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Women's foil
Gymnastics[edit]
Modern pentathlon[edit]
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
-
Single scull - David Collet - Bronze
-
Double scull - Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye - Did not start
-
Coxless pair - Terence O'Brien, Robert Nisbet -Silver
-
Coxless four John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly and Edward Vaughan Bevan - Gold
-
Coxed four Harold Ives, L G Potter, George Beaumont, O B Starkey and Arthur Sulley - Round 1 - Seventh
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Eight - crew from Thames Rowing Club comprising Jamie Hamilton, Guy Oliver Nickalls, John Badcock, Donald Gollan, Harold Lane, Gordon Killick, Jack Beresford, Harold West and Arthur Sulley
Sailing[edit]
Swimming[edit]
Water Polo[edit]
Weightlifting[edit]
Wrestling[edit]
Art competitions[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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