Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

232 in 14 sports

Medals
Rank: 11

Gold
3

Silver
10

Bronze
7

Total
20

Olympic history (summary)

Intercalated Games

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain 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]

Contents

1 Medalists
2 Athletics
3 Boxing
4 Cycling
5 Diving
6 Fencing
7 Gymnastics
8 Modern pentathlon
9 Rowing
10 Sailing
11 Swimming
12 Water Polo
13 Weightlifting
14 Wrestling
15 Art competitions
16 References
17 External links

Medalists

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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
Bronze	Joyce Cooper	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	August 11
Bronze	Samuel Rabin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1

Athletics

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Boxing

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Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

Cuthbert Taylor

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points
Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Appel (FRA), points

Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg)

Fred Webster

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to David Baan (HOL), points

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)

Alfred Jackson

First Round — Defeated Alfred Cleverley (NZL), points
Quarterfinals — Lost to Karel Miljon (HOL), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

Joseph Goyder

First Round — Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points

Cycling

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

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Syd Cozens

Time trial

Ted Kerridge

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

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Fencing

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

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Thomas Wand-Tetley, Robert Montgomerie, Frederick Sherriff, Denis Pearce, Charles Simey, Jack James

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Charles Biscoe, Bertie Childs, David Drury, Martin Holt

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Edward Brookfield, Archie Corble, Henry Forrest, Guy Harry, Robin Jeffreys, Barry Notley

Women's foil

Gymnastics

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.

Rowing

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Single scull - Theodore 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 Beaummont, O B Starkey and Arthur Sulley - Round 1 - Seventh

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

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Swimming

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Water Polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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Art competitions

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References

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External links

[1]

Nations at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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