Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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| Great Britain at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
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| At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 398 in 20 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | John Emrys Lloyd | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 12 |
Gold 3 |
Silver 14 |
Bronze 6 |
Total 23 |
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, competing as Great Britain, was 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. 398 competitors, 333 men and 65 women, took part in 138 events in 20 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medallists
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Gold
- Dickie Burnell and Bert Bushnell — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Ran Laurie and Jack Wilson — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- David Bond and Stewart Morris — Sailing, Men's Swallow Class
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Silver
- Tom Richards — Athletics, Men's Marathon
- Alastair McCorquodale, John Archer, John Gregory, and Kenneth Jones — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
- Dorothy Manley — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
- Audrey Williamson — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
- Maureen Gardner — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
- Dorothy Tyler-Odam — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- John Wright — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
- Don Scott — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Reginald Harris — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Robert John Maitland, Ian Scott, and Gordon Thomas — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
- Alan Bannister and Reginald Harris — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
- George Sime, Michael Walford, William White, William Lindsay, John Peake, Frank Reynolds, Ronald Davies, William Griffiths, Robin Lindsay, Robert Adlard, Norman Borrett, and David Brodie — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
- Guy Richardson, Paul Massey, Alfred Mellows, John Meyrick, Jack Dearlove, Michael Lapage, Charles Lloyd, Christopher Barton, and Ernest Bircher — Rowing, Men's Eights
- Julian Creus — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
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Bronze
- Tebbs Lloyd Johnson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
- Thomas Godwin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- David Ricketts, Wilfred Waters, Robert Geldard, and Thomas Godwin — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
- Arthur Carr, Harry Llewellyn, and Henry Nicoll — Equestrian, Jumping Team
- Catherine Gibson — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
- James Halliday — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Men's Hammer Throw
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- Qualifying Round — 49.76m
- Final Round — 48.35m (→ 11th place)
[edit] Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- 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
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- 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
- Team Roster
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.
[edit] Football
Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Single scull - Anthony Rowe - Unplaced
- Double scull - Dickie Burnell, Bert Bushnell - Gold
- Coxless pair - Ran Laurie, Jack Wilson - Gold
- Coxed pair - M B Scott, H B James, DS Walker - Unplaced
- Coxless four - H W Rushmere, PC Kirkpatrick Tom Christie, Tony Butcher - unplaced
- Coxed four - R M Collins, W W Woodward, W J H Leckie, A J R Purssell, J A D Healey - unplaced
- Eight - Guy Richardson, Paul Massey, Alfred Mellows, John Meyrick, Jack Dearlove, Michael Lapage, Charles Lloyd, Christopher Barton, Ernest Bircher - Silver
[edit] Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] Art competitions
Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics
[edit] References
- ^ "Great Britain at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1948/. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
