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.
Medallists
MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles , John Lander,Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner Rowing Men's coxless four Athletics Men's 100 m Athletics Men's 200 m Cycling Men's individual road race , John Middleton,Frank Southall Cycling Men's team road race , John Sibbit Cycling Men's tandem Fencing Women's foil , Terence O'Brien Rowing Men's coxless pair , Jack Beresford,Donald Gollan, Jamie Hamilton,Gordon Killick, Harold Lane,Guy Oliver Nickalls, Arthur Sulley,Harold West Rowing Men's eight Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke , Ellen King,Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay , Jack London,Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay , Harry Wyld,Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld Cycling 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 Gymnastics Women's team all-around Rowing Men's single sculls Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Women's 100 m backstroke Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight
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
Diving
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
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNorman Brooks100 m freestyle 1:03.4 Did not advanceReginald Sutton 1:04.0 Did not advanceJack Hatfield400 m freestyle 5:32.8 Did not advanceArthur Watts Unknown Did not advanceJohn Besford100 m backstroke 1:15.0 1:14.8 1:15.4 6Willie Francis 1:16.4 Unknown Did not advanceReginald Flint200 m breaststroke Unknown Did not advanceHugh Smith Unknown Did not advanceEdward PeterJoseph WhitesideReginald SuttonAlbert Dickin4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 10:16.6 10:15.8 6
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJoyce Cooper100 m freestyle 1:16.8 1:14.0 1:13.6 Jean McDowell 1:14.0 1:15.6 1:13.8 4Iris Tanner 1:26.4 1:04.8 Did not advanceEdith Mayne400 m freestyle 6:10.4 Unknown Did not advanceCissie Stewart 6:12.3 6:06.4 6:07.0 4Iris Tanner 6:11.0 6:09.0 6:11.6 6Joyce Cooper100 m backstroke 1:24.2 colspan=2 1:22.8 Phyllis Harding 1:27.8 colspan=2 Did not advanceEllen King 1:22.0 =WR colspan=2 1:22.2 Dora Gibbs200 m breaststroke Unknown Did not advanceMabel Hamblen Unknown Did not advanceMargery Hinton Unknown Did not advanceJoyce CooperIris TannerCissie StewartEllen King4 × 100 m freestyle relay colspan=2 5:16.6 5:02.8
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
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