Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed as the host nation for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. It was the second time that the United Kingdom had hosted the Summer Olympic Games, equalling the record of France and the United States to that point. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 404 competitors, 335 men and 68 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in London
Competitors	404 (335 men and 68 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	John Emrys Lloyd
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 14 Bronze 6 Total 23
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell Rowing Men's double sculls 9 August  Gold Ran Laurie Jack Wilson Rowing Men's coxless pair 9 August  Gold David Bond Stewart Morris Sailing Swallow 12 August  Silver Dorothy Manley Athletics Women's 100 metres 2 August  Silver Maureen Gardner Athletics Women's 80 metres hurdles 4 August  Silver Audrey Williamson Athletics Women's 200 metres 6 August  Silver Jack Archer Jack Gregory Ken Jones Alastair McCorquodale Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 7 August  Silver Tom Richards Athletics Men's marathon 7 August  Silver Dorothy Tyler Athletics Women's high jump 7 August  Silver Reg Harris Cycling Men's sprint 9 August  Silver Reg Harris Alan Bannister Cycling Men's tandem 11 August  Silver Christopher Barton Paul Bircher Jack Dearlove Michael Lapage Brian Lloyd Paul Massey Alfred Mellows John Meyrick Guy Richardson Rowing Men's eight 9 August  Silver Julian Creus Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 9 August  Silver Johnny Wright Boxing Middleweight 13 August  Silver Don Scott Boxing Light heavyweight 13 August  Silver Ernie Clements Bob Maitland Ian Scott Gordon Thomas Cycling Men's team road race 13 August  Silver Great Britain men's national field hockey team Robert Adlard Norman Borrett David Brodie Ronald Davis William Griffiths Robin Lindsay William Lindsay John Peake Frank Reynolds George Sime Michael Walford William White Field hockey Men's tournament 13 August  Bronze Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 31 July  Bronze Catherine Gibson Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 7 August  Bronze Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters Cycling Men's team pursuit 9 August  Bronze James Halliday Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 10 August  Bronze Tommy Godwin Cycling Men's track time trial 11 August  Bronze Arthur Carr Harry Llewellyn Henry Nicoll Equestrian Team jumping 14 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Rowing 2 1 0 3 Sailing 1 0 0 1 Athletics 0 6 1 7 Cycling 0 3 2 5 Boxing 0 2 0 2 Weightlifting 0 1 1 2 Field hockey 0 1 0 1 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Art competitions 0 0 1 1 Total 3 14 7 24

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• DQ = Disqualified
• DNS / F = Did not start / finish
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NM = No mark

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
McDonald Bailey	100 m	10.5	1 Q	10.6	2 Q	10.6	3 Q	10.81	6
Ken Jones		10.6	2 Q	10.7	3 Q	11.01	6	Did not advance
Alastair McCorquodale		10.5	2 Q	10.5	2 Q	10.7	3 Q	10.61	4
John Fairgrieve	200 m	22.2	2 Q		4	did not advance
Alastair McCorquodale		22.3	1 Q	21.8	2 Q		5	did not advance
Paul Vallé		22.3	1 Q	22.1	3 Q		6	did not advance
Leslie Lewis	400 m	48.9	1 Q	49.2	4	did not advance
Derek Pugh		49.3	2 Q	48.8	5	did not advance
Bill Roberts		48.9	2 Q	48.6	4	did not advance
John Parlett	800 m	1:55.0	2 Q	—		1:50.9	3 Q	1:53.4	8
Harry Tarraway		1:56.6	4 Q	—		DNF		did not advance
Tom White		1:56.6	2 Q	—		1:53.0	5	did not advance
Richard Morris	1500 m	—				3:55.8	6	did not advance
Bill Nankeville		—				3:55.8	2 Q	3:52.6	6
Doug Wilson		—				3:54.8	5	did not advance
Jack Braughton	5000 m	—					8	did not advance
Bill Lucas		—					7	did not advance
Alec Olney		—					7	did not advance
Stan Cox	10,000 m	—						31:08.0	7
Steve McCooke		—						Not placed
Jim Peters		—						31:16.0	8
Raymond Barkway	110 m hurdles	15.53	4	—		did not advance
Joe Birrell		17.29	4	—		did not advance
Don Finlay		DNF		—		did not advance
Michael Pope	400 m hurdles	—		55.3	4	did not advance
Ron Unsworth		—		55.1	3	did not advance
Harry Whittle		—		56.9	1 Q	53.4	4	did not advance
Peter Curry	3000 m steeplechase		7	—				did not advance
Rene Howell			7	—				did not advance
Geoffrey Tudor			9	—				did not advance
Jack Archer Jack Gregory Ken Jones Alastair McCorquodale	4 × 100 m relay	41.4	1 Q	—				41.3
Leslie Lewis Martin Pike Derek Pugh Bill Roberts	4 × 400 m relay	3:14.2	3	—				did not advance
Jack Holden	Marathon	—						did not finish
Stan Jones		—						3:09:16.0	30
Tom Richards		—						2:35:07.6
Harry Churcher	10 km walk	45:03.0	1 Q	—				47:28.0	5
Jim Morris		45:10.4	2 Q	—				46:04.0	4
Ronald West		45:44.4	3 Q	—					7
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson	50 km walk	—						4:48:31
Herbert Martineau		—						4:53:58	5
Rex Whitlock		—						did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Doris Batter	100 m	12.6	1 Q		4	did not advance
Winifred Jordan		12.7	2 Q		5	Did not advance
Dorothy Manley		12.1	1 Q	12.4	1 Q	12.2
Sylvia Cheeseman	200 m	25.7	2 Q	25.1	4	did not advance
Margaret Walker		25.8	2 Q	25.3	3 Q	25.6	5
Audrey Williamson		25.4	1 Q	24.9	2 Q	25.1
Bertha Crowther	80 m hurdles		5	did not advance
Maureen Gardner		11.6	1 Q	11.8	3 Q	11.2
Joan Upton			4	did not advance
Maureen Gardner Dorothy Manley Muriel Pletts Margaret Walker	4 × 100 m relay	48.4	1 Q	—		48.0	4

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin	Long jump	7.140	7 q	7.270	5
Harry Askew		7.130	6 q	6.935	9
Harry Whittle		7.030	10 q	7.030	7
Sidney Cross	Triple jump	13.455	25	did not advance
Robert Hawkey			26	did not advance
Allan Lindsay		13.700	24	did not advance
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin	High jump	1.87	1 Q	1.90	12
Alan Paterson		1.87	1 Q	1.90	7
Ron Pavitt		1.80	27	did not advance
Richard Webster	Pole vault	3.60	17	did not advance
John Giles	Shot put	14.795	5 Q	13.73	11
Harold Moody		13.400	19	did not advance
Jack Brewer	Discus throw	41.95	21	did not advance
James Nesbitt		42.09	19	did not advance
Laurence Reavell-Carter		38.04	25	did not advance
Morville Chote	Javelin throw	54.84	19	did not advance
Malcolm Dalrymple		53.17	21	did not advance
Duncan Clark	Hammer throw	49.76	11 Q	48.35	11
Ewan Douglas		47.77	16	did not advance
Norman Drake		47.75	17	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Margaret Erskine	Long jump	5.140	19	did not advance
Lorna Lee		5.120	20	did not advance
Joan Shepherd		5.005	23	did not advance
Bertha Crowther	High jump	—		1.58	6
Dora Gardner		—		1.55	8
Dorothy Tyler		—		1.68
Margaret Birtwistle	Shot put	9.740	19	did not advance
Bevis Reid		12.570	3 Q	12.170	8
Elspeth Whyte		10.755	17	did not advance
Margaret Birtwistle	Discus throw	—		33.02	19
Bevis Reid		—		35.84	14
Elspeth Whyte		—		32.46	20
Gladys Clarke	Javelin throw	—		29.59	15
Kay Long		—		30.29	14

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Team roster

Great Britain men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 3 Lionel Price 21 – (1927-02-06)6 February 1927 4 Robert Norris 23 – (1924-08-20)20 August 1924 5 Stanley Weston 25 – (1923-05-16)16 May 1923 6 Trevor Davies 35 – (1912-08-19)19 August 1912 7 Malcolm Finlay – 8 Colin Hunt – 9 Frank Cole – 10 Douglas Legg 33 – (1914-10-30)30 October 1914 11 Ronald Legg 20 – (1928-03-25)25 March 1928 12 Harry Weston – 13 Alexander Eke 35 – (1912-10-09)9 October 1912 14 Stanley McMeekan 23 – (1925-03-07)7 March 1925 15 Sydney McMeekan 23 – (1925-03-07)7 March 1925	Head coach James Clay Legend Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 30 July 1948

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Uruguay (17-69)
• Lost to Canada (24-44)
• Lost to Brazil (11-67)
• Lost to Italy (28-49)
• Lost to Hungary (23-60)

• Classification Matches

• 17th/23rd place: Defeated Ireland (46-21)
• 17th/20th place: Lost to China (25-54)
• 19th/20th place: Lost to Egypt (18-50) → 20th place

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henry Carpenter	Flyweight	Bye	Bollaert (BEL) L	did not advance
Tommy Proffitt	Bantamweight	Ojeda (MEX) L	did not advance
Peter Brander	Featherweight	Ammi (FRA) L	did not advance
Ron Cooper	Lightweight	Remie (NED) W	McCullagh (IRL) L	did not advance
Max Shacklady	Welterweight	Christensen (DEN) W	Díaz (ESP) L	did not advance
Johnny Wright	Middleweight	Schneider (SUI) W	García (ARG) W	Schubart (NED) W	McKeon (IRL) W	Papp (HUN) L
Don Scott	Light heavyweight	Bye	Kapocsi (HUN) W	Di Segni (ITA) W	Holmes (AUS) W	Hunter (RSA) L
Jack Gardner	Heavyweight	Bye	Ameisbichler (AUT) W	Müller (SUI) L	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harold Maidment	Men's C-1 1000 m	—		6:37.0	6
Mike Symons Hugh Van Zwanenberg	Men's C-2 1000 m	—		5:50.9	7
Norman Dobson	Men's K-1 1000 m	5:00.1	8	did not advance
Norman Dobson	Men's K-1 1000 m	5:00.1	8	did not advance
Jack Henderson John Simmons	Men's K-2 1000 m	4:45.0	7	did not advance
Joyce Richards	Women's K-1 500 m	3:00.1	5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Ten cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ernie Clements	Individual road race	did not finish
Bob Maitland		5:18:16.2	6
Ian Scott		5:26:57.2	16
Gordon Thomas		5:18:18.2	8
Ernie Clements Bob Maitland Ian Scott Gordon Thomas	Team road race	16:03:31.6

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tommy Godwin	Time trial	1:15.0

Sprint, tandem and pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Reg Harris	Sprint	Feroze (IND) W 2:17.0	Bye	Lacourse (CAN) W 1:31.7	Masanés (CHI) W 2:39.8 W 2:13.0	Bazzano (AUS) W 4:43.8 W 2:24.4	Ghella (ITA) L L
Alan Bannister Reg Harris	Tandem	Nemetz / Welt (AUT) W 5:37.9	Bye	—	Buchly / van Gelder (NED) W 7:57.8	Dron / Faye (FRA) W 6:06.4	Perona / Terruzzi (ITA) W 3:56.6 L L
Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilfred Waters	Team pursuit	Canada (CAN) W 5:12.7	—		Denmark (DEN) W 5:02.9	France (FRA) L 4:59.1	Bronze medal race  Uruguay (URU) W 4:55.8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Peter J. Elliott	3 m springboard	91.23	23
Peter Heatly		111.73	13
Charles Johnson		105.32	18
Peter Heatly	10 m platform	105.29	5
Louis Marchant		96.11	11
Gordon Ward		88.96	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Edna Child	3 m springboard	91.63	6
Kay Cuthbert		72.40	14
Esme Harris		74.10	13
Margaret Bisbrown	10 m platform	53.95	10
Maire Hider		52.31	12
Denise Newman		53.50	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Lyndon Bolton	Sylveste	Individual	-109.00	9	-72.00	-181.00	34	-1.00	-182.00	27
Peter Borwick	Liberty		-167.00	40	87.00	-80.00	20	-0.25	-80.25	17
Douglas Stewart	Dark Seal		-116.00	18	Retired
Lyndon Bolton Peter Borwick Douglas Stewart	See above	Team	-392.00	8	Eliminated

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final
			Penalties	Rank
Arthur Carr	Gazelle	Individual	35.00	19
Harry Llewellyn	Gazelle		16.00	=7
Henry Nicoll	Gazelle		16.00	=7
Arthur Carr Harry Llewellyn Henry Nicoll	See above	Team	67.00

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
		Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank
Charles de Beaumont	Individual épée	5	2	3 Q	4	3	4	did not advance
Ronald Parfitt		3	3	2 Q	4	1	2 Q	6	2	1 Q	2	7	10
Albert Pelling		5	0	1 Q	2	4	5	did not advance
Charles de Beaumont Terry Beddard Archibald Craig Michael McCready Ronald Parfitt Albert Pelling	Team épée	1	0	2 Q	0	3	4	did not advance
John Emrys Lloyd	Individual foil	5	1	1 Q	5	1	2 Q	4	2	4 Q	4	3	4
René Paul		5	1	1 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Arthur Smith		4	3	4 Q	2	4	6	did not advance
Harold Cooke John Emrys Lloyd René Paul Arthur Smith Pierre Turquet Luke Wendon	Team foil	1	0	1 Q	1	1	2 Q	0	2	3	did not advance
Robin Brook	Individual sabre	3	2	3 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Arthur Pilbrow		3	3	5	did not advance
Roger Tredgold		4	1	1 Q	3	4	5	did not advance
Robin Brook John Emrys Lloyd George Moore Arthur Pilbrow Roger Tredgold	Team sabre	0	0	1 Q	0	2	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
		Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank	Wins	Losses	Rank
Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott	Individual foil	1	4	5	did not advance
Mary Glen-Haig		5	1	2 Q	5	0	1 Q	3	2	3 Q	1	6	8
Gytte Minton		1	4	4 Q	3	2	3 Q	0	5	5	did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	First round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Great Britain men's	Netherlands W 4–3 (A.E.T.)	France W 1–0	Yugoslavia L 1–3	Bronze medal final  Denmark L 3–5	4

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

The British Gymnastics team competed in nine events and was made up of 16 gymnasts, (8 men and 8 women), including Frank Turner and George Weedon.

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full-time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Great Britain men's	Men's tournament	Switzerland D 0–0	United States W 11–0	Afghanistan W 8–0	1	Pakistan W 2–0	India L 0–4

Team roster

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
GK	Dave Brodie	29 May 1910	38		Babcock and Wilcox Hockey Club	5	0
HB	George Sime	28 February 1915	33		Stepps Hockey Club	5	0
LB	William Lindsay	3 March 1916	32		Corinthian Hockey Club	5	0
HB	Michael Walford	27 November 1915	32		Sherborne Hockey Club	5	0
HB	Frank Reynolds	21 August 1917	30		Army Hockey Association	5	1
	Robin Lindsay	11 January 1914	34		Teddington Hockey Club	5	0
	John Peake	26 August 1924	23		Combined Services	5	1
	Neil White	2 May 1920	28		University of Cambridge	4	3
	Bob Adlard	15 November 1915	32		Cheltenham Hockey Club	5	5
IL	Norman Borrett	1 October 1917	30		Taunton Vale Hockey Club	5	10
	William Griffiths	26 June 1922	26		Newport Athletic Hockey Club	5	1
	Ronald Davies	28 December 1914	33		Cardiff Hockey Club	1	0
	Edgar Hitchman	27 May 1915	33		Cardiff Hockey Club	0	0
OL	W O Greene				School of Military Engineering (Ripon)	0	0
	David Brynmor Thomas	29 April 1912	36		Cardiff Hockey Club	0	0
LB	Peter Whitbread	28 March 1917	31		Old Kingstonian Hockey Club	0	0
	A H Young				Whitecraigs Hockey Club	0	0

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain (H)	3	2	1	0	19	0	+19	5	Semi-finals
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
3	Afghanistan	3	1	1	1	3	9	−6	3
4	United States	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

31 July 1948 Great Britain  0–0   Switzerland

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5 August 1948 Great Britain  11–0  United States

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7 August 1948 Great Britain  8–0  Afghanistan Lyons Sports Ground Umpires: Basir Ali Shaikh (PAK) Rogge (NED)

Semifinals

9 August 1948 Great Britain  2–0  Pakistan White  55' Adlard  60' Report Wembley Stadium Umpires: Jean Weymann (SUI) Erik Husted (DEN)

Gold medal match

12 August 1948 (1948-08-12) 18:00 Great Britain  0–4  India Report Singh Sr.  3', 55' Jansen  10' T. Singh  66' Empire Stadium Umpires: Rogge (NED) René Lombaert (BEL)

Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1948.

Athlete	Event	Riding (Show jumping)		Fencing (Épée one touch)		Shooting (rapid-fire pistol, 20 shots)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)		Running (4000 m)		Total
		Penalties	Rank	Wins	Rank	Hits	Score	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank
Geoffrey Brooke	Modern pentathlon	143.5	39	20	13	18	153	41	6:29.6	37	15:48.4	15	145	37
Jack Lumsden		0.0	3	14	34	19	167	37	6:31.3	38	16:10.7	20	132	34
Andy Martin		4.0	12	15	31	20	182	23	5:33.4	31	15:40.7	11	108	20

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Great Britain had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antony Rowe	Single sculls	7:30.5	1 Q	Bye		—		8:22.8	3	did not advance
Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	Double sculls	6:56.9	2		1 Q	—		7:55.7	1 Q	6:51.3
Ran Laurie Jack Wilson	Coxless pair	7:20.3	1 Q	Bye		—		8:05.9	1 Q	7:21.1
Howard James Mark Scott David Walker	Coxed pair	8:06.8	2	8:01.7	2	—		did not advance
Tony Butcher Tom Christie Peter Kirkpatrick Hank Rushmere	Coxless four	6:37.0	1 Q	Bye		—		7:16.3	2	did not advance
Robert Collins John Healey William Leckie Anthony Purssell William Woodward	Coxed four	7:01.9	2	6:58.4	1 Q	7:36.6	2	did not advance
Christopher Barton Paul Bircher Jack Dearlove Michael Lapage Brian Lloyd Paul Massey Alfred Mellows John Meyrick Guy Richardson	Eight	6:05.3	1 Q	Bye		—		6:38.1	1 Q	6:06.9

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Rank
Arthur McDonald	Firefly	10	4	18	3	7	8	DNF	3456	9
Sloane Farrington Durward Knowles	Star	2	2	6	4	2	DSQ	DNF	4372	4
David Bond Stewart Morris	Swallow	3	1	3	1	2	DSQ	4	5625
George Brown Eric Strain Jack Wallace	Dragon	7	7	1	7	1	9	4	3943	4
Bonar Hardie Hamish Hardie Douglas Hume Howden Hume Harry Hunter	6 Metre	7	4	8	7	4	3	4	2879	5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1948.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Jocelyn Barlow	300 m free rifle, three positions	949	28
John Knott		966	26
Bob Maslen-Jones		981	25
John Chandler	50 m rifle prone	593	15
Victor Gilbert		591	21
George Jones		592	18
Henry Steele	25 m rapid fire pistol	545	27
Henry Swire		538	39
Charles Willott		554	12
John Gallie	50 m pistol	517	23
Guy Granet		519	21
Peter Marchant		484	43

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

British Women's Olympic swimming team, London, 1948

Key

• Note–Ranks given are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• DQ = Disqualified
• DNS / F = Did not start / finish
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Trevor Harrop	100 m freestyle	1:02.3	6	did not advance
Pat Kendall		1:02.1	7	did not advance
Ronald Stedman		1:01.3	2 Q	1:01.0	7	did not advance
Roy Botham	400 m freestyle	5:03.4	3	did not advance
Jack Hale		4:53.3	1 Q	4:51.4	4 q	4:55.9	7
Tom Holt		5:20.7	6	did not advance
Donald Bland	1500 m freestyle	20:13.9	2 Q	20:19.8	4 q	20:19.8	7
Jack Hale		20:31.9	2 Q	DNS		did not advance
Jack Wardrop		20:43.0	3	did not advance
John Brockway	100 m backstroke	1:09.2	1 Q	1:09.1	3 Q	1:09.2	7
Bert Kinnear		1:09.7	2 Q	1:09.2	2 Q	1:09.6	8
Tony Summers		1:11.2	4	did not advance
Goldup Davies	200 m breaststroke	2:56.6	6	did not advance
Roy Romain		2:49.4	3 q	2:49.6	5	did not advance
John Service		3:00.4	4	did not advance
Roy Botham Jack Hale John Holt Norman Wainwright	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	9:26.6	5	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patricia Nielsen	100 m freestyle	1:09.4	5 q	1:09.6	7	did not advance
Lillian Preece		1:09.0	3 q	1:09.6	6	did not advance
Margaret Wellington		1:09.8	4	did not advance
Catherine Gibson	400 m freestyle	5:26.9	1 Q	5:31.0	4 q	5:22.5
Patricia Nielsen		5:40.4	3 q	5:39.5	5	did not advance
Margaret Wellington		5:40.0	5 q	5:38.2	7	did not advance
Vera Ellery	100 m backstroke	1:20.9	5 q	1:20.8	7	did not advance
Catherine Gibson		1:19.7	3 Q	1:18.6	6	did not advance
Helen Yate		1:18.3	3 Q	1:18.7	4	did not advance
Jean Caplin	200 m breaststroke	3:17.0	5 q	3:14.4	6	did not advance
Elizabeth Church		3:07.4	4 Q	3:07.1	5 q	3:06.1	6
Elenor Gordon		3:13.3	4 Q	3:15.8	8	did not advance
Catherine Gibson Patricia Nielsen Lillian Preece Margaret Wellington	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:36.1	3 Q	—		4:34.7	4

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Semifinals				Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Great Britain men's	Men's tournament	Hungary L 2–11	Egypt D 3–3	3	did not advance										13

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Julian Creus	−56 kg	82.5	6	95.0	1	120.0	=2	297.5
Abe Greenhalgh		92.5	2	75.0	17	100.0	=15	267.5	13
Denis Hallett	−60 kg	87.5	=8	87.5	15	117.5	=12	292.5	14
Sidney Kemble		87.5	=8	80.0	=20	105.0	=20	272.5	20
Ron Eland	−67.5 kg	95.0	=7	95.0	=11	120.0	=14	310.0	13
James Halliday		90.0	=12	110.0	=2	140.0	=3	340.0
Ernest Peppiatt	−75 kg	100.0	=11	102.5	=12	125.0	=14	327.5	15
William Watson		100.0	=11	110.0	=5	140.0	=6	350.0	8
Ernie Roe	−82.5 kg	110.0	=3	105.0	=14	140.0	=7	355.0	9
Alfred Knight	+82.5 kg	117.5	=6	117.5	4	155.0	=4	390.0	4

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the end of the match, all wrestlers were given "bad points", according to the results of their bouts. The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2–1. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.

Key:

• VFA – Victory by fall.
• VIN – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• VPO – Decision by points.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Total
		Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Points	Rank
Harry Parker	Freestyle –52 kg	Bye		Johansson (SWE) WVFA	3	Baudric (FRA) L VA	6	did not advance
Ray Cazaux	Freestyle –57 kg	Vicera (PHI) W 3–0VPO	1	Leeman (USA) L VFA	4	Shehata (EGY) W 3–0VPO	5	did not advance
Arnold Parsons	Freestyle –62 kg	Suryavanshi (IND) W 2–1VPO	1	Raeymaeckers (BEL) L 0–3VPO	4	Gavelli (ITA) WVFA	4	Müller (SUI) LVFA	7	did not advance
Peter Luck	Freestyle –67 kg	Plumb (CAN) L 0–3VPO	3	Bakos (HUN) L 0–3VPO	6	did not advance
Don Irvine	Freestyle –73 kg	Westergren (SWE) L 1–2VPO	2	Peace (CAN) L VFA	5	did not advance
Eddie Bowey	Freestyle –79 kg	Assam (MEX) W 3–0VPO	1	Brunaud (FRA) L 3–0VPO	4	Candemir (TUR) L VFA	7	did not advance
Johnny Sullivan	Freestyle –87 kg	Tarányi (HUN) W 3–0VPO	1	Wittenberg (USA) LVFA	4	Morton (RSA) L 1–2VPO	6	did not advance
Fred Oberlander	Freestyle +87 kg	Armstrong (AUS) L 0–3VPO	3	Růžička (TCH) L 1–2VPO	5	did not advance
Walter McGuffie	Greco-Roman –52 kg	Abdel-El (EGY) L VFA	3	Clausen (NOR) L VFA	6	did not advance
Ken Irvine	Greco-Roman –57 kg	Biris (GRE) L VFA	3	Bye		Flamini (ARG) L VFA	6	did not advance
Jack Mortimer	Greco-Roman –62 kg	Merle (FRA) L VFA	3	Tóth (HUN) L VFA	6	did not advance
Ray Myland	Greco-Roman –67 kg	Freij (SWE) L VFA	3	Şenol (TUR) L VFA	6	did not advance
Andy Wilson	Greco-Roman –73 kg	Josef Schmidt (AUT) L VFA	3	Dobbelaere (BEL) L VFA	6	did not advance
Stanley Bissell	Greco-Roman –79 kg	Vogel (AUT) L VFA	3	Benoy (BEL) L VFA	6	did not advance
Kenneth Richmond	Greco-Roman –87 kg	Orabi (EGY) L VFA	3	Bye		Avcioğlu-Çakmak (TUR) W VFA	3	Nilsson (SWE) L VFA	6	did not advance
Len Pidduck	Greco-Roman +87 kg	Nilsson (SWE) L VFA	3	Inderbitzin (SUI) L 0–3VPO	6	did not advance

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

85 art competitors, 65 men and 20 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Mixed Architecture, Architectural Designs

• Patrick Horsbrugh