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. British athletes won four gold medals (up from three in 1928), and sixteen medals overall, finishing eighth.

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's 50 km walk , Hugh Edwards Rowing Men's coxless pair , Jack Beresford,Hugh Edwards, Rowland George Rowing Men's coxless four Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase , Tommy Hampson,Godfrey Rampling, Crew Stoneley Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay Athletics Men's marathon , Stanley Chambers Cycling Men's tandem Fencing Women's foil , Peter Jaffe Sailing Star class Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles , Eileen Hiscock,Gwendoline Porter, Violet Webb Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay , Charles Holland,Ernest Johnson, Frank Southall Cycling Men's team pursuit Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke , Valerie Davies,Edna Hughes, Helen Varcoe Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

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

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

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1932.

Percy Legard Vernon Barlow Jeffrey MacDougall

Rowing

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

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMostyn Ffrench-Williams100 m freestyle 1:05.9 18 Did not advanceReginald Sutton 1:02.9 =13 Did not advanceJoseph Whiteside 1:04.7 16 Did not advanceBob Leivers400 m freestyle 5:14.6 13 Did not advanceNorman Wainwright 5:12.0 12 Did not advanceWillie Francis100 m backstroke 1:12.9 6 Did not advanceJoseph WhitesideBob LeiversReginald SuttonMostyn Ffrench-Williams4 × 200 metre freestyle relay colspan=4 9:45.8 5

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJoyce Cooper100 m freestyle 1:09.0 OR 3 Q 1:09.2 4 Did not advanceValerie Davies 1:12.7 11 Did not advanceEdna Hughes 1:15.1 13 Did not advanceJoyce Cooper400 m freestyle 5:56.7 6 Q 6:00.4 4 Q 5:49.7 4Joyce Cooper100 m backstroke colspan=2 1:25.0 8 Q 1:23.4 6Valerie Davies colspan=2 1:22.0 3 Q 1:22.5 Phyllis Harding colspan=2 1:22.6 5 q 1:22.6 4Margery Hinton200 m breaststroke colspan=2 3:13.5 4 Q 3:11.7 4Cecelia Wolstenholme colspan=2 3:24.5 8 Did not advanceValerie DaviesHelen VarcoeJoyce CooperEdna Hughes4 × 100 metre freestyle relay colspan=4 4:52.4

Wrestling

Art competitions

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