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 | |
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| IOC code | GBR |
| NOC | British Olympic Association |
| in Amsterdam | |
| Competitors | 232 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer | Malcolm Nokes |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Medallists
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Athletics
editBoxing
editMen's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Apell (FRA), points
Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to David Baan (HOL), points
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)
- First Round — Defeated Alfred Cleverley (NZL), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Karel Miljon (HOL), points
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
- First Round — Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points
Cycling
edit12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Diving
editFencing
edit19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
- Thomas Wand-Tetley, Robert Montgomerie, Frederick Sherriff, Denis Pearce, Charles Simey, Jack James
Gymnastics
editModern pentathlon
editThree male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
Rowing
edit- 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
editSwimming
edit- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Norman Brooks | 100 m freestyle | 1:03.4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Reginald Sutton | 1:04.0 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jack Hatfield | 400 m freestyle | 5:32.8 | DNS | Did not advance | |||
| Arthur Watts | Unknown | Did not advance | |||||
| John Besford | 100 m backstroke | 1:15.0 | 1:14.8 | 1:15.4 | 6 | ||
| Willie Francis | 1:16.4 | Unknown | Did not advance | ||||
| Reginald Flint | 200 m breaststroke | Unknown | Did not advance | ||||
| Hugh Smith | Unknown | Did not advance | |||||
| Edward Peter Joseph Whiteside Reginald Sutton Albert Dickin |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | N/a | 10:16.6 | 10:15.8 | 6 | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Joyce Cooper | 100 m freestyle | 1:16.8 | 1:14.0 | 1:13.6 |  | ||
| Jean McDowell | 1:14.0 | 1:15.6 | 1:13.8 | 4 | |||
| Iris Tanner | 1:26.4 | 1:04.8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Edith Mayne | 400 m freestyle | 6:10.4 | Unknown | Did not advance | |||
| Cissie Stewart | 6:12.3 | 6:06.4 | 6:07.0 | 4 | |||
| Iris Tanner | 6:11.0 | 6:09.0 | 6:11.6 | 6 | |||
| Joyce Cooper | 100 m backstroke | 1:24.2 | N/a | 1:22.8 | | ||
| Phyllis Harding | 1:27.8 | N/a | Did not advance | ||||
| Ellen King | 1:22.0 =WR | N/a | 1:22.2 |  | |||
| Dora Gibbs | 200 m breaststroke | Unknown | Did not advance | ||||
| Mabel Hamblen | Unknown | Did not advance | |||||
| Margery Hinton | Unknown | Did not advance | |||||
| Joyce Cooper Iris Tanner Cissie Stewart Ellen King |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | N/a | 5:16.6 | 5:02.8 | | ||
Water Polo
editWeightlifting
editWrestling
editArt competitions
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Great Britain at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.