Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GBR
Nocname:	British Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1932
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United Kingdom
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	108
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Lord Burghley
Rank:	8
Gold:	4
Silver:	7
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 108 competitors, 90 men and 18 women, took part in 50 events in 10 sports.^[1] British athletes won four gold medals (up from three in 1928), and sixteen medals overall, finishing eighth.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's 800 m
			Men's 50 km walk
	, Hugh Edwards		Men's coxless pair
	, Jack Beresford, Hugh Edwards, Rowland George		Men's coxless four
			Men's 1500 m
			Men's 3000 m steeplechase
			Men's 4 × 400 m relay
			Men's marathon
			Men's tandem
			Women's foil
	, Peter Jaffe		Star class
			Men's 110 m hurdles
			Women's 4 × 100 m relay
			Men's team pursuit
			Women's 100 m backstroke
	, Valerie Davies, Edna Hughes, Helen Varcoe		Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Seven cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1932.

Individual road race

• Frank Southall
• Charles Holland
• Stanley Butler
• William Harvell

Team road race

• Frank Southall
• Charles Holland
• Stanley Butler

Sprint

• Ernest Chambers

Time trial

• William Harvell

Tandem

• Ernest Chambers
• Stanley Chambers

Team pursuit

• Ernest Johnson
• William Harvell
• Frank Southall
• Charles Holland

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Great Britain in 1932.

Men's foil

• John Emrys Lloyd - 6th

Women's foil

• Judy Guinness - 2nd
• Peggy Butler - 10th

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1932.

• Percy Legard
• Vernon Barlow
• Jeffrey MacDougall

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

• Single scull - Dick Southwood - Fourth
• Coxless pair - Lewis Clive, Hugh Edwards - Gold
• Coxless four - John Badcock, Jack Beresford, Hugh Edwards, and Rowland George - Gold
• Eight - Tom Askwith, D Haig-Thomas, C J S Sergel, D H E McCowen, K M Payne, H R N Rickett, W A T Sambell, L Luxton, J M Ranking - Fourth

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Britain at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games . 2010-05-03 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090922083400/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1932/ . 22 September 2009 . dmy-all .