Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 108 in 10 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Lord Burghley | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 8 |
Gold 4 |
Silver 7 |
Bronze 5 |
Total 16 |
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 108 competitors, 90 men and 18 women, took part in 50 events in 10 sports.[1] British athletes won four gold medals (up from three in 1928), and sixteen medals overall, finishing eighth.
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[edit] Medallists
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Gold
- Tommy Hampson — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Tommy Green — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
- Lewis Clive and Hugh Edwards — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- John Badcock, Jack Beresford, Hugh Edwards, and Rowland George — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
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Silver
- Jerry Cornes — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
- Sam Ferris — Athletics, Men's Marathon
- Thomas Evenson — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
- David Burghley, Tommy Hampson, Godfrey Rampling, and Crew Stoneley — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
- Ernest Chambers and Stanley Chambers — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
- Judy Guinness — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Peter Jaffe and George Colin Ratsey — Sailing, Men's Star
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Bronze
- Donald Finlay — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
- Nellie Halstead, Eileen Hiscock, Gwendoline Porter, and Violet Webb — Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay
- William Harvell, Charles Holland, Ernest Johnson, and Frank Southall — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
- Valerie Davies — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
- Joyce Cooper, Valerie Davies, Edna Hughes, and Helen Varcoe — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Boxing
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Great Britain in 1932.
[edit] Modern pentathlon
[edit] Rowing
- Single scull - Dick Southwood - Fourth
- Coxless pair - Lewis Clive, Hugh Edwards - Gold
- Coxless four - John Badcock, Jack Beresford, Hugh Edwards, and Rowland George - Gold
- Eight - Tom Askwith, D Haig-Thomas, C J S Sergel, D H E McCowen, K M Payne, H R N Rickett, W A T Sambell, L Luxton, J M Ranking - Fourth
[edit] Sailing
[edit] Swimming
[edit] Wrestling
[edit] Art competitions
[edit] References
- ^ "Great Britain at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1932/. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
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