Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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]

Great Britain at the
1928 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Amsterdam
Competitors232 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Malcolm Nokes
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
3
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldDouglas Lowe Athletics Men's 800 m July 31
 GoldDavid Cecil Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles July 30
 GoldRichard Beesly, John Lander,
Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner
Rowing Men's coxless four August 10
 SilverJack London Athletics Men's 100 m July 30
 SilverWalter Rangeley Athletics Men's 200 m August 1
 SilverFrank Southall Cycling Men's individual road race August 7
 SilverJack Lauterwasser, John Middleton,
Frank Southall
Cycling Men's team road race August 7
 SilverErnest Chambers, John Sibbit Cycling Men's tandem August 7
 SilverMuriel Freeman Fencing Women's foil August 1
 SilverRobert Nisbet, Terence O'Brien Rowing Men's coxless pair August 10
 SilverJohn Badcock, Jack Beresford,
Donald Gollan, Jamie Hamilton,
Gordon Killick, Harold Lane,
Guy Oliver Nickalls, Arthur Sulley,
Harold West
Rowing Men's eight August 10
 SilverEllen King Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke August 11
 SilverJoyce Cooper, Ellen King,
Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay August 9
 BronzeCyril Gill, Jack London,
Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay August 5
 BronzeGeorge Southall, Harry Wyld,
Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld
Cycling Men's team pursuit August 6
 BronzeAnnie 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
 BronzeTheodore Collet Rowing Men's single sculls August 10
 BronzeJoyce Cooper Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle August 11
Women's 100 m backstroke August 11
 BronzeSamuel Rabin Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight August 1

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Cuthbert Taylor
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Apell (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

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

Individual road race
  • Frank Southall
  • Jack Lauterwasser
  • John Middleton
  • Charles Marshall
Team road race
  • Frank Southall
  • Jack Lauterwasser
  • John Middleton
  • Charles Marshall
Sprint
  • Syd Cozens
Time trial
  • Ted Kerridge
Tandem
  • Jack Sibbit
  • Ernest Chambers
Team pursuit
  • Harry Wyld
  • Lew Wyld
  • Percy Wyld
  • George Southall

Fencing

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

Men's foil
  • Thomas Wand-Tetley
  • Denis Pearce
  • Robert Montgomerie
Men's team foil
  • Thomas Wand-Tetley, Robert Montgomerie, Frederick Sherriff, Denis Pearce, Charles Simey, Jack James
Men's épée
  • Charles Biscoe
  • Bertie Childs
  • Martin Holt
Men's team épée
  • Charles Biscoe, Bertie Childs, David Drury, Martin Holt
Men's sabre
  • Edward Brookfield
  • Guy Harry
  • Barry Notley
Men's team sabre
  • Edward Brookfield, Archie Corble, Alex Forrest, Guy Harry, Robin Jeffreys, Barry Notley
Women's foil
  • Muriel Freeman
  • Gladys Daniell
  • Peggy Butler

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.

  • David Turquand-Young
  • Alfred Goodwin
  • Lance East

Rowing

  • 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

Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

  1. "Great Britain at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
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