Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:GBR
Nocname:British Olympic Association
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1928
Flagcaption:Flag of the United Kingdom
Location:St. Moritz
Competitors:32 (29 men, 3 women)
Sports:5
Rank:8
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These games marked the first time in Olympic History that Great Britain didn't take a gold medal.

Bobsleigh

See main article: article and Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
GBR-1Henry Martineau
Walter Birch
John Dalrymple
John Gee
Edward Hall
Five-man1:40.641:45.7153:26.310
GBR-2George Pim
Guy Tracey
David Griffith
Frederick Browning
Thomas Warner
Five-man1:41.751:44.5103:26.29

Figure skating

See main article: article and Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Ian BowhillMen's singles15141011202.2514
Jack Page811621424.009
Women
Pairs
AthletesPointsScoreFinal rank
Kathleen Lovett
Proctor Burman
110.557.7513
Ethel Muckelt
Jack Page
61.579.007

Ice hockey

See main article: article and Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Group A

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

TeamGPWLGFGA
321106
32165
321910
30326
February 117–3
(3–1,2–0,2–2)
February 123–2
(0–1,3–1,0–0)
February 151–0
(1–0,0–0,0–0)

Medal round

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

TeamGPWLGFGA
330380
321712
312417
(4th)303121
February 174:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0)
February 1814:0
(6:0,4:0,4:0)
February 193:1
(2:1,0:0,1:0)
4th
Wilbert Brown
Colin Carruthers
Eric Carruthers
Ross Cuthbert
Bernard Fawcett
Harold Greenwood
Frederick Melland
John Rogers
Blaine Sexton
William Speechly
Victor Tait
Charles Wyld

Skeleton

See main article: article and Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Speed skating

See main article: article and Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mCyril Horn54.932
Leonard Stewart54.831
Fred Dix53.430
1500 mFred Dix2:49.628
Leonard Stewart2:48.927
Cyril Horn2:40.024
5000 mFred Dix10:55.632
Leonard Stewart10:40.031
Cyril Horn9:45.023

References