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Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1936 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Berlin
Competitors208 in 17 sports
Flag bearerJack Beresford
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
4
Silver
7
Bronze
3
Total
14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 208 competitors, 171 men and 37 women, took part in 91 events in 17 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medallists

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Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Athletics

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Boxing

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Canoeing

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Cycling

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Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1936.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

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Equestrian

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Fencing

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18 fencers, 16 men and 2 women, represented Great Britain in 1936.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football

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Gymnastics

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1936.

Polo

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Rowing

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Great Britain had 18 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.[2]

Men's single sculls - Unplaced
Men's double sculls - Gold
Men's coxless pair - Unplaced
Men's coxless four - Silver
Men's eight - Fourth

Sailing

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Swimming

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Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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