Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Great Britain at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Berlin
Competitors	208 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Jack Beresford
Medals ; Ranked 10th	Gold4Silver7Bronze3Total14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896 ; 1900 ; 1904 ; 1908 ; 1912 ; 1920 ; 1924 ; 1928 ; 1932 ; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960 ; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated August 24, 2025

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 208 competitors, 171 men and 37 women, took part in 91 events in 17 sports.^[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medallists

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1936.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Ray Hicks

Time trial

Ray Hicks

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Frederick Hodges	3 m springboard	102.98	20
Doug Tomalin	10 m platform	94.14	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Katinka Larsen	3 m springboard	64.00	13
Betty Slade	3 m springboard	69.95	9
Jean Gilbert	10 m platform	30.16	7
Madge Moulton	10 m platform	26.62	18

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 16 men and 2 women, represented Great Britain in 1936.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Denis Pearce, David Bartlett, Emrys Lloyd, Geoffrey Hett, Christopher Hammersley, Roger Tredgold

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Charles de Beaumont, Douglas Dexter, Albert Pelling, Ian Campbell-Gray, Terry Beddard, Bertie Childs

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Oliver Trinder, Arthur Pilbrow, Guy Harry, Robin Brook, Roger Tredgold

Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

8 women gymnasts represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Mary Heaton, Mary Kelly, Lilian Ridgewell, Doris Blake, Brenda Crowe, Clarice Hanson, Marion Wharton, Edna Gross

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1936.

Polo

Rowing

Great Britain had 18 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's single sculls - Unplaced

Humphrey Warren

Men's double sculls - Gold

Men's coxless pair - Unplaced

Men's coxless four - Silver

Men's eight - Fourth

Sailing

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frederick Dove	100 m freestyle	1:01.6	3	Did not advance
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams		1:00.7	1 Q	1:01.0	8	Did not advance
Romund Gabrielsen		1:01.2	3	Did not advance
Bob Leivers	400 m freestyle	4:57.2	1 Q	4:55.7	4 q	5:00.9	7
William Pearson		5:12.7	4	Did not advance
Norman Wainwright		5:03.6	3	Did not advance
Bob Leivers	1500 m freestyle	20.04.4	2 Q	20:10.0	3 Q	19:57.4	6
Norman Wainwright	1500 m freestyle	20:47.6	2 Q	20:14.4	5	Did not advance
Jack Besford	100 m backstroke	1:12.0	1 Q	1:13.6	7	Did not advance
Jack Middleton	100 m backstroke	1:15.0	5	Did not advance
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Romund Gabrielsen Bob Leivers Norman Wainwright	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:30.8	3 q	9:21.5	6

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zilpha Grant	100 m freestyle	1:12.1	7	Did not advance
Margery Hinton		1:13.0	6	Did not advance
Olive Wadham		1:11.5	3 Q	1:12.0	6	Did not advance
Margaret Jeffery	400 m freestyle	6:12.7	2 Q	6:07.2	8	Did not advance
Gladys Morcom	400 m freestyle	6:00.8	4	Did not advance
Lorna Frampton	100 m backstroke	1:20.9	3 Q	1:19.6	2 Q	1:20.6	6
Audrey Hancock		1:23.6	3 Q	1:21.6	5	Did not advance
Phyllis Harding		1:22.1	3 Q	1:19.8	4 q	1:21.5	7
Margaret Gomm	200 m breaststroke	3:15.7	3 Q	3:15.8	6	Did not advance
Vera Kingston		3:21.7	6	Did not advance
Doris Storey		3:10.8	2 Q	3:09.8	3 Q	3:09.7	6
Margaret Jeffery Zilpha Grant Edna Hughes Olive Wadham	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:47.2	2 Q	4:51.0	6

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

↑ "Great Britain at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

External links

http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesmedallists.aspx?gt=s&ga=11 Archived 20 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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[sports-reference-1] "Great Britain at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

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