Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors	32 (29 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	John, Earl of Northesk	Skeleton	Men's single event

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Henry Martineau Walter Birch John Dalrymple John Gee Edward Hall	Five-man	1:40.6	4	1:45.7	15	3:26.3	10
GBR-2	George Pim Guy Tracey David Griffith Frederick Browning Thomas Warner	Five-man	1:41.7	5	1:44.5	10	3:26.2	9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Ian Bowhill	Men's singles	15	14	101	1202.25	14
Jack Page		8	11	62	1424.00	9

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Kathleen Shaw	Women's singles	11	19	95	1900.00	14

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Kathleen Lovett Proctor Burman	110.5	57.75	13
Ethel Muckelt Jack Page	61.5	79.00	7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Group A

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Great Britain	3	2	1	10	6
France	3	2	1	6	5
Belgium	3	2	1	9	10
Hungary	3	0	3	2	6

February 11	Great Britain	7:3 (3:1,2:0,2:2)	Belgium
February 12	France	3:2 (0:1,3:1,0:0)	Great Britain
February 15	Great Britain	1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0)	Hungary

Medal round

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3 game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Canada	3	3	0	38	0
Sweden	3	2	1	7	12
Switzerland	3	1	2	4	17
Great Britain (4th)	3	0	3	1	21

February 17	Switzerland	4:0 (0:0,2:0,2:0)	Great Britain
February 18	Canada	14:0 (6:0,4:0,4:0)	Great Britain
February 19	Sweden	3:1 (2:1,0:0,1:0)	Great Britain

4th	Great Britain (GBR)
	Wilbert Brown Colin Carruthers Eric Carruthers Ross Cuthbert Bernard Fawcett Harold Greenwood Frederick Melland John Rogers Blaine Sexton William Speechley Victor Tait Charles Wyld

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John, Earl of Northesk	1:02.7	4	1:01.0	3	1:01.4	2	3:05.1	03 !

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Cyril Horn	54.9	32
	Leonard Stewart	54.8	31
	Fred Dix	53.4	30
1500 m	Fred Dix	2:49.6	28
	Leonard Stewart	2:48.9	27
	Cyril Horn	2:40.0	24
5000 m	Fred Dix	10:55.6	32
	Leonard Stewart	10:40.0	31
	Cyril Horn	9:45.0	23

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (1928) (in French) (PDF). Résultats des Concours des II^mes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver. Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928w2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
• Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com