# 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.

## Medallists

| 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 |

## 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

## 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

## 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