Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GBR
Nocname:	British Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United Kingdom
Location:	London
Competitors:	404 (335 men and 68 women)
Sports:	21
Flagbearer:	John Emrys Lloyd
Rank:	12
Gold:	3
Silver:	14
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed as the host nation for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. It was the second time that the United Kingdom had hosted the Summer Olympic Games, equalling the record of France and the United States to that point. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 404 competitors, 335 men and 68 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medallists

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Medals by sport

Sport				Total
Rowing	2	1	0	3
Sailing	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	6	1	7
Cycling	0	3	2	5
Boxing	0	2	0	2
Weightlifting	0	1	1	2
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Art competitions	0	0	1	1
Total	3	14	7	24

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
McDonald Bailey	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	10.5	1 Q	10.6	2 Q	10.6	3 Q	10.81	6
Ken Jones	10.6	2 Q	10.7	3 Q	11.01	6	Did not advance
Alastair McCorquodale	10.5	2 Q	10.5	2 Q	10.7	3 Q	10.61	4
John Fairgrieve	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	22.2	2 Q		4	did not advance
Alastair McCorquodale	22.3	1 Q	21.8	2 Q		5	did not advance
Paul Vallé	22.3	1 Q	22.1	3 Q		6	did not advance
Leslie Lewis	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	48.9	1 Q	49.2	4	did not advance
Derek Pugh	49.3	2 Q	48.8	5	did not advance
Bill Roberts	48.9	2 Q	48.6	4	did not advance
John Parlett	align=left rowspan=3	800 m	1:55.0	2 Q	1:50.9	3 Q	1:53.4	8
Harry Tarraway	1:56.6	4 Q	DNF	did not advance
Tom White	1:56.6	2 Q	1:53.0	5	did not advance
Richard Morris	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	3:55.8	6	did not advance
Bill Nankeville	3:55.8	2 Q	3:52.6	6
Doug Wilson	3:54.8	5	did not advance
Jack Braughton	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m		8	did not advance
Bill Lucas		7	did not advance
Alec Olney		7	did not advance
Stan Cox	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 m	31:08.0	7
Steve McCooke	Not placed
Jim Peters	31:16.0	8
Raymond Barkway	align=left rowspan=3	110 m hurdles	15.53	4	did not advance
Joe Birrell	17.29	4	did not advance
Don Finlay	DNF		did not advance
Michael Pope	align=left rowspan=3	400 m hurdles	55.3	4	did not advance
Ron Unsworth	55.1	3	did not advance
Harry Whittle	56.9	1 Q	53.4	4	did not advance
Peter Curry	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase		7	did not advance
Rene Howell		7	did not advance
Geoffrey Tudor		9	did not advance
Jack Archer Jack Gregory Ken Jones Alastair McCorquodale	4 × 100 m relay	41.4	1 Q	41.3
Leslie Lewis Martin Pike Derek Pugh Bill Roberts	4 × 400 m relay	3:14.2	3	did not advance
Jack Holden	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	did not finish
Stan Jones	3:09:16.0	30
Tom Richards	2:35:07.6
Harry Churcher	align=left rowspan=3	10 km walk	45:03.0	1 Q	47:28.0	5
Jim Morris	45:10.4	2 Q	46:04.0	4
Ronald West	45:44.4	3 Q		7
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk	4:48:31
Herbert Martineau	4:53:58	5
Rex Whitlock	did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Doris Batter	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	12.6	1 Q		4	did not advance
Winifred Jordan	12.7	2 Q		5	Did not advance
Dorothy Manley	12.1	1 Q	12.4	1 Q	12.2
Sylvia Cheeseman	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	25.7	2 Q	25.1	4	did not advance
Margaret Walker	25.8	2 Q	25.3	3 Q	25.6	5
Audrey Williamson	25.4	1 Q	24.9	2 Q	25.1
Bertha Crowther	align=left rowspan=3	80 m hurdles		5	did not advance
Maureen Gardner	11.6	1 Q	11.8	3 Q	11.2
Joan Upton		4	did not advance
Maureen Gardner Dorothy Manley Muriel Pletts Margaret Walker	4 × 100 m relay	48.4	1 Q	48.0	4

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	7.140	7 q	7.270	5
Harry Askew	7.130	6 q	6.935	9
Harry Whittle	7.030	10 q	7.030	7
Sidney Cross	align=left rowspan=3	Triple jump	13.455	25	did not advance
Robert Hawkey		26	did not advance
Allan Lindsay	13.700	24	did not advance
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin	align=left rowspan=3	High jump	1.87	1 Q	1.90	12
Alan Paterson	1.87	1 Q	1.90	7
Ron Pavitt	1.80	27	did not advance
Richard Webster	Pole vault	3.60	17	did not advance
John Giles	align=left rowspan=2	Shot put	14.795	5 Q	13.73	11
Harold Moody	13.400	19	did not advance
Jack Brewer	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	41.95	21	did not advance
James Nesbitt	42.09	19	did not advance
Laurence Reavell-Carter	38.04	25	did not advance
Morville Chote	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	54.84	19	did not advance
Malcolm Dalrymple	53.17	21	did not advance
Duncan Clark	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	49.76	11 Q	48.35	11
Ewan Douglas	47.77	16	did not advance
Norman Drake	47.75	17	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Margaret Erskine	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	5.140	19	did not advance
Lorna Lee	5.120	20	did not advance
Joan Shepherd	5.005	23	did not advance
Bertha Crowther	align=left rowspan=3	High jump	1.58	6
Dora Gardner	1.55	8
Dorothy Tyler	1.68
Margaret Birtwistle	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	9.740	19	did not advance
Bevis Reid	12.570	3 Q	12.170	8
Elspeth Whyte	10.755	17	did not advance
Margaret Birtwistle	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	33.02	19
Bevis Reid	35.84	14
Elspeth Whyte	32.46	20
Gladys Clarke	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	29.59	15
Kay Long	30.29	14

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Team roster

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Uruguay (17-69)

• Lost to Canada (24-44)

• Lost to Brazil (11-67)

• Lost to Italy (28-49)

• Lost to Hungary (23-60)
• Classification Matches

• 17th/23rd place: Defeated Ireland (46-21)

• 17th/20th place: Lost to China (25-54)

• 19th/20th place: Lost to Egypt (18-50) → 20th place

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henry Carpenter	Flyweight		L	did not advance
Tommy Proffitt	Bantamweight	L	did not advance
Peter Brander	Featherweight	L	did not advance
Ron Cooper	Lightweight	W	L	did not advance
Max Shacklady	Welterweight	W	L	did not advance
Johnny Wright	Middleweight	W	W	W	W	L
Don Scott	Light heavyweight		W	W	W	L
Jack Gardner	Heavyweight		W	L	did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harold Maidment	Men's C-1 1000 m	6:37.0	6
Mike Symons Hugh Van Zwanenberg	Men's C-2 1000 m	5:50.9	7
Norman Dobson	Men's K-1 1000 m	5:00.1	8	did not advance
Norman Dobson	Men's K-1 1000 m	5:00.1	8	did not advance
Jack Henderson John Simmons	Men's K-2 1000 m	4:45.0	7	did not advance
Joyce Richards	Women's K-1 500 m	3:00.1	5	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ernie Clements	Individual road race	did not finish
Bob Maitland	5:18:16.2	6
Ian Scott	5:26:57.2	16
Gordon Thomas	5:18:18.2	8
Ernie Clements Bob Maitland Ian Scott Gordon Thomas	Team road race	16:03:31.6

Track

Time trial

Sprint, tandem and pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Reg Harris	Sprint	W 2:17.0		W 1:31.7	W 2:39.8 W 2:13.0	W 4:43.8 W 2:24.4	L L
Alan Bannister Reg Harris	Tandem	W 5:37.9			W 7:57.8	W 6:06.4	W 3:56.6 L L
Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Team pursuit	W 5:12.7	W 5:02.9	L 4:59.1	Bronze medal race W 4:55.8

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Peter J. Elliott	align=left rowspan=3	3 m springboard	91.23	23
Peter Heatly	111.73	13
Charles Johnson	105.32	18
Peter Heatly	align=left rowspan=3	10 m platform	105.29	5
Louis Marchant	96.11	11
Gordon Ward	88.96	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Edna Child	align=left rowspan=3	3 m springboard	91.63	6
Kay Cuthbert	72.40	14
Esme Harris	74.10	13
Margaret Bisbrown	align=left rowspan=3	10 m platform	53.95	10
Maire Hider	52.31	12
Denise Newman	53.50	11

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Lyndon Bolton	Sylveste	Individual	-109.00	9	-72.00	-181.00	34	-1.00	-182.00	27
Peter Borwick	Liberty	-167.00	40	87.00	-80.00	20	-0.25	-80.25	17
Douglas Stewart	Dark Seal	-116.00	18	Retired
Lyndon Bolton Peter Borwick Douglas Stewart	See above	Team	-392.00	8	Eliminated

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final
			Penalties	Rank
Arthur Carr	Gazelle	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	35.00	19
Harry Llewellyn	Gazelle	16.00	=7
Henry Nicoll	Gazelle	16.00	=7
Arthur Carr Harry Llewellyn Henry Nicoll	See above	Team	67.00

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. 19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
		Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank
Charles de Beaumont	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée	5	2	3 Q	4	3	4	did not advance
Ronald Parfitt	3	3	2 Q	4	1	2 Q	6	2	1 Q	2	7	10
Albert Pelling	5	0	1 Q	2	4	5	did not advance
Charles de Beaumont Terry Beddard Archibald Craig Michael McCready Ronald Parfitt Albert Pelling	Team épée	1	0	2 Q	0	3	4	did not advance
John Emrys Lloyd	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	5	1	1 Q	5	1	2 Q	4	2	4 Q	4	3	4
René Paul	5	1	1 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Arthur Smith	4	3	4 Q	2	4	6	did not advance
Harold Cooke John Emrys Lloyd René Paul Arthur Smith Pierre Turquet Luke Wendon	Team foil	1	0	1 Q	1	1	2 Q	0	2	3	did not advance
Robin Brook	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre	3	2	3 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Arthur Pilbrow	3	3	5	did not advance
Roger Tredgold	4	1	1 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Robin Brook John Emrys Lloyd George Moore Arthur Pilbrow Roger Tredgold	Team sabre	0	0	1 Q	0	2	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
		Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank
Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	1	4	5	did not advance
Mary Glen-Haig	5	1	2 Q	5	0	1 Q	3	2	3 Q	1	6	8
Gytte Minton	1	4	4 Q	3	2	3 Q	0	5	5	did not advance

Football

See main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

The British Gymnastics team competed in nine events and was made up of 16 gymnasts, (8 men and 8 women), including Frank Turner and George Weedon.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team roster

Group stage

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Semifinals

Gold medal match

Lacrosse

See main article: Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1948.

Athlete	Event	Riding (Show jumping)		Fencing (Épée one touch)		Shooting (rapid-fire pistol, 20 shots)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Running (4000 m)		Total
		Penalties	Rank	Wins	Rank	Hits	Score	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank
Geoffrey Brooke	align=left rowspan=3	Modern pentathlon	143.5	39	20	13	18	153	41	6:29.6	37	15:48.4	15	145	37
Jack Lumsden	0.0	3	14	34	19	167	37	6:31.3	38	16:10.7	20	132	34
Andy Martin	4.0	12	15	31	20	182	23	5:33.4	31	15:40.7	11	108	20

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Great Britain had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antony Rowe	Single sculls	7:30.5	1 Q	8:22.8	3	did not advance
Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	Double sculls	6:56.9	2		1 Q	7:55.7	1 Q	6:51.3
Ran Laurie Jack Wilson	Coxless pair	7:20.3	1 Q	8:05.9	1 Q	7:21.1
Howard James Mark Scott David Walker	Coxed pair	8:06.8	2	8:01.7	2	did not advance
Tony Butcher Tom Christie Peter Kirkpatrick Hank Rushmere	Coxless four	6:37.0	1 Q	7:16.3	2	did not advance
Robert Collins John Healey William Leckie Anthony Purssell William Woodward	Coxed four	7:01.9	2	6:58.4	1 Q	7:36.6	2	did not advance
Christopher Barton Paul Bircher Jack Dearlove Michael Lapage Brian Lloyd Paul Massey Alfred Mellows John Meyrick Guy Richardson	Eight	6:05.3	1 Q	6:38.1	1 Q	6:06.9

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race							Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Rank
Arthur McDonald	Firefly	10	4	18	3	7	8		3456	9
Sloane Farrington Durward Knowles	Star	2	2	6	4	2			4372	4
David Bond Stewart Morris	Swallow	3	1	3	1	2		4	5625
George Brown Eric Strain Jack Wallace	Dragon	7	7	1	7	1	9	4	3943	4
Bonar Hardie Hamish Hardie Douglas Hume Howden Hume Harry Hunter	6 Metre	7	4	8	7	4	3	4	2879	5

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1948.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Jocelyn Barlow	align=left rowspan=3	300 m free rifle, three positions	949	28
John Knott	966	26
Bob Maslen-Jones	981	25
John Chandler	align=left rowspan=3	50 m rifle prone	593	15
Victor Gilbert	591	21
George Jones	592	18
Henry Steele	align=left rowspan=3	25 m rapid fire pistol	545	27
Henry Swire	538	39
Charles Willott	554	12
John Gallie	align=left rowspan=3	50 m pistol	517	23
Guy Granet	519	21
Peter Marchant	484	43

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Trevor Harrop	align=left rowspan=3	100 m freestyle	1:02.3	6	did not advance
Pat Kendall	1:02.1	7	did not advance
Ronald Stedman	1:01.3	2 Q	1:01.0	7	did not advance
Roy Botham	align=left rowspan=3	400 m freestyle	5:03.4	3	did not advance
Jack Hale	4:53.3	1 Q	4:51.4	4 q	4:55.9	7
Tom Holt	5:20.7	6	did not advance
Donald Bland	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m freestyle	20:13.9	2 Q	20:19.8	4 q	20:19.8	7
Jack Hale	20:31.9	2 Q	DNS		did not advance
Jack Wardrop	20:43.0	3	did not advance
John Brockway	align=left rowspan=3	100 m backstroke	1:09.2	1 Q	1:09.1	3 Q	1:09.2	7
Bert Kinnear	1:09.7	2 Q	1:09.2	2 Q	1:09.6	8
Tony Summers	1:11.2	4	did not advance
Goldup Davies	align=left rowspan=3	200 m breaststroke	2:56.6	6	did not advance
Roy Romain	2:49.4	3 q	2:49.6	5	did not advance
John Service	3:00.4	4	did not advance
Roy Botham Jack Hale John Holt Norman Wainwright	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	9:26.6	5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patricia Nielsen	align=left rowspan=3	100 m freestyle	1:09.4	5 q	1:09.6	7	did not advance
Lillian Preece	1:09.0	3 q	1:09.6	6	did not advance
Margaret Wellington	1:09.8	4	did not advance
Catherine Gibson	align=left rowspan=3	400 m freestyle	5:26.9	1 Q	5:31.0	4 q	5:22.5
Patricia Nielsen	5:40.4	3 q	5:39.5	5	did not advance
Margaret Wellington	5:40.0	5 q	5:38.2	7	did not advance
Vera Ellery	align=left rowspan=3	100 m backstroke	1:20.9	5 q	1:20.8	7	did not advance
Catherine Gibson	1:19.7	3 Q	1:18.6	6	did not advance
Helen Yate	1:18.3	3 Q	1:18.7	4	did not advance
Jean Caplin	align=left rowspan=3	200 m breaststroke	3:17.0	5 q	3:14.4	6	did not advance
Elizabeth Church	3:07.4	4 Q	3:07.1	5 q	3:06.1	6
Elenor Gordon	3:13.3	4 Q	3:15.8	8	did not advance
Catherine Gibson Patricia Nielsen Lillian Preece Margaret Wellington	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:36.1	3 Q	4:34.7	4

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Julian Creus	align=left rowspan=2	−56 kg	82.5	6	95.0	1	120.0	=2	297.5
Abe Greenhalgh	92.5	2	75.0	17	100.0	=15	267.5	13
Denis Hallett	align=left rowspan=2	−60 kg	87.5	=8	87.5	15	117.5	=12	292.5	14
Sidney Kemble	87.5	=8	80.0	=20	105.0	=20	272.5	20
Ron Eland	align=left rowspan=2	−67.5 kg	95.0	=7	95.0	=11	120.0	=14	310.0	13
James Halliday	90.0	=12	110.0	=2	140.0	=3	340.0
Ernest Peppiatt	align=left rowspan=2	−75 kg	100.0	=11	102.5	=12	125.0	=14	327.5	15
William Watson	100.0	=11	110.0	=5	140.0	=6	350.0	8
Ernie Roe	−82.5 kg	110.0	=3	105.0	=14	140.0	=7	355.0	9
Alfred Knight	+82.5 kg	117.5	=6	117.5	4	155.0	=4	390.0	4

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

At the end of the match, all wrestlers were given "bad points", according to the results of their bouts. The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2–1. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Total
		Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Points	Rank
Harry Parker	Freestyle –52 kg	W^VFA	3	L ^VA	6	did not advance
Ray Cazaux	Freestyle –57 kg	W 3–0^VPO	1	L ^VFA	4	W 3–0^VPO	5	did not advance
Arnold Parsons	Freestyle –62 kg	W 2–1^VPO	1	L 0–3^VPO	4	W^VFA	4	L^VFA	7	did not advance
Peter Luck	Freestyle –67 kg	L 0–3^VPO	3	L 0–3^VPO	6	did not advance
Don Irvine	Freestyle –73 kg	L 1–2^VPO	2	L ^VFA	5	did not advance
Eddie Bowey	Freestyle –79 kg	W 3–0^VPO	1	L 3–0^VPO	4	L ^VFA	7	did not advance
Johnny Sullivan	Freestyle –87 kg	W 3–0^VPO	1	L^VFA	4	L 1–2^VPO	6	did not advance
Fred Oberlander	Freestyle +87 kg	L 0–3^VPO	3	L 1–2^VPO	5	did not advance
Walter McGuffie	Greco-Roman –52 kg	L ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Ken Irvine	Greco-Roman –57 kg	L ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Jack Mortimer	Greco-Roman –62 kg	L ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Ray Myland	Greco-Roman –67 kg	L ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Andy Wilson	Greco-Roman –73 kg	L ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Stanley Bissell	Greco-Roman –79 kg	L ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Kenneth Richmond	Greco-Roman –87 kg	L ^VFA	3	W ^VFA	3	L ^VFA	6	did not advance
Len Pidduck	Greco-Roman +87 kg	L ^VFA	3	L 0–3^VPO	6	did not advance

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics. 85 art competitors, 65 men and 20 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Mixed Architecture, Architectural Designs

• Patrick Horsbrugh

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Britain at the 1948 London Summer Games . 1 February 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113160730/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1948/ . 13 November 2014 . dmy-all .
2. Great Britain Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417113117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.