Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GBR |
NOC | British Olympic Association |
in St. Moritz | |
Competitors | 32 (29 men, 3 women) in 5 sports |
Medals Ranked 8th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These games marked the first time in Olympic History that Great Britain didn't take a gold medal.
Medallists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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David Carnegie | Skeleton | Men's single event |
Bobsleigh
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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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
- Men
Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
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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 |
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Kathleen Shaw | Women's singles | 11 | 19 | 95 | 1900.00 | 14 |
- Pairs
Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank |
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Kathleen Lovett Proctor Burman |
110.5 | 57.75 | 13 |
Ethel Muckelt Jack Page |
61.5 | 79.00 | 7 |
Ice hockey
Group A
The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
February 11 | ![]() |
7–3 (3–1,2–0,2–2) |
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February 12 | ![]() |
3–2 (0–1,3–1,0–0) |
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February 15 | ![]() |
1–0 (1–0,0–0,0–0) |
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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 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
February 17 | ![]() |
4:0 (0:0,2:0,2:0) |
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February 18 | ![]() |
14:0 (6:0,4:0,4:0) |
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February 19 | ![]() |
3:1 (2:1,0:0,1:0) |
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4th | ![]() |
Wilbert Brown Colin Carruthers Eric Carruthers Ross Cuthbert Bernard Fawcett Harold Greenwood Frederick Melland John Rogers Blaine Sexton William Speechly Victor Tait Charles Wyld |
Skeleton
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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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 | ![]() |
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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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). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com