Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics


Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. British athletes won only three gold medals, and twenty medals overall, finishing eleventh. 232 competitors, 201 men and 31 women, took part in 84 events in 14 sports.

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
AthleticsMen's 800 m
AthleticsMen's 400 m hurdles
, John Lander,
Edward Vaughan Bevan, Michael Warriner		RowingMen's coxless four
AthleticsMen's 100 m
AthleticsMen's 200 m
CyclingMen's individual road race
, John Middleton,
Frank Southall		CyclingMen's team road race
, John SibbitCyclingMen's tandem
FencingWomen's foil
, Terence O'BrienRowingMen's coxless pair
, Jack Beresford,
Donald Gollan, Jamie Hamilton,
Gordon Killick, Harold Lane,
Guy Oliver Nickalls, Arthur Sulley,
Harold West		RowingMen's eight
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke
, Ellen King,
Cissie Stewart, Iris Tanner		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
, Jack London,
Walter Rangeley, Edward Smouha		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay
, Harry Wyld,
Lew Wyld, Percy Wyld		CyclingMen'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		GymnasticsWomen's team all-around
RowingMen's single sculls
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke
WrestlingMen's freestyle middleweight

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Light Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
;Individual road race
;Team road race
;Sprint
;Time trial
;Tandem
;Team pursuit

Fencing

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.

Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions