Great_Britain_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics

Great Britain at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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]

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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
Bronze	Joyce Cooper	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	August 11
Bronze	Samuel Rabin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1

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Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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