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
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in Amsterdam
Competitors	232 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Malcolm Nokes
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 10 Bronze 7 Total 20
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Medallists

Further information: 1928 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1928 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Douglas Lowe	Athletics	Men's 800 m	July 31
Gold	David Cecil	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	July 30
Gold	Richard Beesly, John Lander, Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner	Rowing	Men's coxless four	August 10
Silver	Jack London	Athletics	Men's 100 m	July 30
Silver	Walter Rangeley	Athletics	Men's 200 m	August 1
Silver	Frank Southall	Cycling	Men's individual road race	August 7
Silver	Jack Lauterwasser, John Middleton, Frank Southall	Cycling	Men's team road race	August 7
Silver	Ernest Chambers, John Sibbit	Cycling	Men's tandem	August 7
Silver	Muriel Freeman	Fencing	Women's foil	August 1
Silver	Robert Nisbet, Terence O'Brien	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	August 10
Silver	John Badcock, Jack Beresford, Donald Gollan, Jamie Hamilton, Gordon Killick, Harold Lane, Guy Oliver Nickalls, Arthur Sulley, Harold West	Rowing	Men's eight	August 10
Silver	Ellen King	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	August 11
Silver	Joyce Cooper, Ellen King, Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 9
Bronze	Cyril Gill, Jack London, Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	August 5
Bronze	George Southall, Harry Wyld, Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	August 6
Bronze	Annie 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
Bronze	Theodore Collet	Rowing	Men's single sculls	August 10
Bronze	Joyce Cooper	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 11
			Women's 100 m backstroke	August 11
Bronze	Samuel Rabin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.

• David Turquand-Young
• Alfred Goodwin
• Lance East

Rowing

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

Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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	—		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		—		1:22.8
Phyllis Harding		1:27.8		—		Did not advance
Ellen King		1:22.0 =WR		—		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	—		5:16.6		5:02.8

Water Polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics