Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed 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]
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|
| | | Men's 800 m | |
| | | Men's 400 m hurdles | |
| , John Lander,
Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner | | Men's coxless four | |
| | | Men's 100 m | |
| | | Men's 200 m | |
| | | Men's individual road race | |
| , John Middleton,
Frank Southall | | Men's team road race | |
| , John Sibbit | | Men's tandem | |
| | | Women's foil | |
| , Terence O'Brien | | Men's coxless pair | |
| , Jack Beresford,
Donald Gollan, Jamie Hamilton,
Gordon Killick, Harold Lane,
Guy Oliver Nickalls, Arthur Sulley,
Harold West | | Men's eight | |
| | | Women's 100 m backstroke | |
| , Ellen King,
Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner | | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | |
| , Jack London,
Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha | | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | |
| , Harry Wyld,
Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld | | Men's team pursuit | |
| , Lucy Desmond,
Margaret Hartley, Amy Jagger,
Isobel Judd, Jessie Kite,
Marjorie Moreman, Edith Pickles,
Ethel Seymour, Ada Smith,
Hilda Smith, Doris Woods | | Women's team all-around | |
| | | Men's single sculls | |
| | | Women's 100 m freestyle | |
| Women's 100 m backstroke | |
| | | Men's freestyle middleweight | | |
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Boxing
See main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight ( - 50.8 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg)
Men's Light Heavyweight ( - 79.4 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
- First Round - Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points
Cycling
See main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. 12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
- Individual road race
- Team road race
- Sprint
- Time trial
- Tandem
- Team pursuit
Diving
See main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Fencing
See main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. 19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
Gymnastics
See main article: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Modern pentathlon
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
Rowing
See main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
- Single scull - David 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 Beaumont, 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
See main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Swimming
See main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Water Polo
See main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Weightlifting
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Art competitions
See main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Great Britain at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . 2010-04-25 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310140516/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1928/ . 2010-03-10 .
