# 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.

## 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 teamRobert AdlardNorman BorrettDavid BrodieRonald DavisWilliam GriffithsRobin LindsayWilliam LindsayJohn PeakeFrank ReynoldsGeorge SimeMichael WalfordWilliam 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
### 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

### Men

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

### Women

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

### Men

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

### Women

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

## Basketball
### Team roster

* 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

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Henry Carpenter | Flyweight | Bye | Bollaert (BEL) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tommy Proffitt | Bantamweight | Ojeda (MEX) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Brander | Featherweight | Ammi (FRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ron Cooper | Lightweight | Remie (NED) W | McCullagh (IRL) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Max Shacklady | Welterweight | Christensen (DEN) W | Díaz (ESP) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance |
| Norman Dobson | Men's K-1 1000 m | 5:00.1 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jack Henderson John Simmons | Men's K-2 1000 m | 4:45.0 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Joyce Richards | Women's K-1 500 m | 3:00.1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

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

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ernie Clements | Individual road race | did not finish | did not finish |
| Bob Maitland | Individual road race | 5:18:16.2 | 6 |
| Ian Scott | Individual road race | 5:26:57.2 | 16 |
| Gordon Thomas | Individual road race | 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 | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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
### Men

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

### Women

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

## Equestrian
### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | 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 | Individual | -167.00 | 40 | 87.00 | -80.00 | 20 | -0.25 | -80.25 | 17 |
| Douglas Stewart | Dark Seal | Individual | -116.00 | 18 | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Lyndon Bolton Peter Borwick Douglas Stewart | See above | Team | -392.00 | 8 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |

### Jumping

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

## Fencing

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ronald Parfitt | Individual épée | 3 | 3 | 2 Q | 4 | 1 | 2 Q | 6 | 2 | 1 Q | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Albert Pelling | Individual épée | 5 | 0 | 1 Q | 2 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | Individual foil | 5 | 1 | 1 Q | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Arthur Smith | Individual foil | 4 | 3 | 4 Q | 2 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robin Brook | Individual sabre | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Arthur Pilbrow | Individual sabre | 3 | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roger Tredgold | Individual sabre | 4 | 1 | 1 Q | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

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

## Football
### Summary

Key:
* A.E.T – After extra time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | First round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | 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

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
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full-time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | |
* 31 July 1948
| Great Britain | 0–0 | Switzerland |
* 5 August 1948
| Great Britain | 11–0 | United States |
* 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)

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1948.
| Athlete | Event | Riding (Show jumping) | Riding (Show jumping) | Fencing (Épée one touch) | Fencing (Épée one touch) | Shooting (rapid-fire pistol, 20 shots) | Shooting (rapid-fire pistol, 20 shots) | Shooting (rapid-fire pistol, 20 shots) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Swimming (300 m freestyle) | Running (4000 m) | Running (4000 m) | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Modern pentathlon | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 19 | 167 | 37 | 6:31.3 | 38 | 16:10.7 | 20 | 132 | 34 |
| Andy Martin | Modern pentathlon | 4.0 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 20 | 182 | 23 | 5:33.4 | 31 | 15:40.7 | 11 | 108 | 20 |

## Rowing

Great Britain had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Antony Rowe | Single sculls | 7:30.5 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | — | — | 8:22.8 | 3 | did not advance | 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 | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tony Butcher Tom Christie Peter Kirkpatrick Hank Rushmere | Coxless four | 6:37.0 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | — | — | 7:16.3 | 2 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | Bye | — | — | 6:38.1 | 1 Q | 6:06.9 | |

## Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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

Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1948.
| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Jocelyn Barlow | 300 m free rifle, three positions | 949 | 28 |
| John Knott | 300 m free rifle, three positions | 966 | 26 |
| Bob Maslen-Jones | 300 m free rifle, three positions | 981 | 25 |
| John Chandler | 50 m rifle prone | 593 | 15 |
| Victor Gilbert | 50 m rifle prone | 591 | 21 |
| George Jones | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 18 |
| Henry Steele | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 545 | 27 |
| Henry Swire | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 538 | 39 |
| Charles Willott | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 554 | 12 |
| John Gallie | 50 m pistol | 517 | 23 |
| Guy Granet | 50 m pistol | 519 | 21 |
| Peter Marchant | 50 m pistol | 484 | 43 |

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

### Women

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

* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | −56 kg | 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 | −60 kg | 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 | −67.5 kg | 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 | −75 kg | 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

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

## Art competitions

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

### Mixed Architecture, Architectural Designs

* Patrick Horsbrugh