Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg
IOC code GBR
NOC British Olympic Association
in Amsterdam
Competitors232 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Malcolm Nokes
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
3
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 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]

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Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Douglas Lowe Athletics Men's 800 m July 31
Gold medal icon.svg Gold David Cecil Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles July 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Richard Beesly , John Lander,
Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner
Rowing Men's coxless four August 10
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jack London Athletics Men's 100 m July 30
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Walter Rangeley Athletics Men's 200 m August 1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Frank Southall Cycling Men's individual road race August 7
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jack Lauterwasser , John Middleton,
Frank Southall
Cycling Men's team road race August 7
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ernest Chambers , John Sibbit Cycling Men's tandem August 7
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Muriel Freeman Fencing Women's foil August 1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Robert Nisbet , Terence O'Brien Rowing Men's coxless pair August 10
Silver medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Silver Ellen King Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke August 11
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Joyce Cooper , Ellen King,
Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay August 9
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cyril Gill , Jack London,
Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay August 5
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze George Southall , Harry Wyld,
Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld
Cycling Men's team pursuit August 6
Bronze medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Bronze Theodore Collet Rowing Men's single sculls August 10
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joyce Cooper Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle August 11
Women's 100 m backstroke August 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Samuel Rabin Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight August 1

Athletics

Boxing

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

12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Fencing

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Norman Brooks 100 m freestyle 1:03.4Did not advance
Reginald Sutton 1:04.0Did not advance
Jack Hatfield 400 m freestyle 5:32.8DNSDid not advance
Arthur Watts UnknownDid not advance
John Besford 100 m backstroke 1:15.01:14.81:15.46
Willie Francis 1:16.4UnknownDid not advance
Reginald Flint 200 m breaststroke UnknownDid not advance
Hugh Smith UnknownDid not advance
Edward Peter
Joseph Whiteside
Reginald Sutton
Albert Dickin
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 10:16.610:15.86
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joyce Cooper 100 m freestyle 1:16.81:14.01:13.6Bronze medal icon.svg
Jean McDowell 1:14.01:15.61:13.84
Iris Tanner 1:26.41:04.8Did not advance
Edith Mayne 400 m freestyle 6:10.4UnknownDid not advance
Cissie Stewart 6:12.36:06.46:07.04
Iris Tanner 6:11.06:09.06:11.66
Joyce Cooper 100 m backstroke 1:24.21:22.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Phyllis Harding 1:27.8Did not advance
Ellen King 1:22.0 =WR 1:22.2Silver medal icon.svg
Dora Gibbs 200 m breaststroke UnknownDid not advance
Mabel Hamblen UnknownDid not advance
Margery Hinton UnknownDid not advance
Joyce Cooper
Iris Tanner
Cissie Stewart
Ellen King
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 5:16.65:02.8Silver medal icon.svg

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.