Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. British athletes won only three gold medals (down from nine in 1924), and twenty medals overall, finishing eleventh. 232 competitors, 201 men and 31 women, took part in 84 events in 14 sports.
Medallists
Athletics
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points
* Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Apell (FRA), points
<br> Men's Lightweight (â 61.2 kg)
* First Round — Bye
* Second Round — Lost to David Baan (HOL), points
<br> Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)
* First Round — Defeated Alfred Cleverley (NZL), points
* Quarterfinals — Lost to Karel Miljon (HOL), points
<br> Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
* First Round — Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points
Cycling
12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit
Diving
Fencing
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
Rowing
- Single scull - David Collet - Bronze
- Double scull - Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye - Did not start
- Coxless pair - Terence O'Brien, Robert Nisbet -Silver
- Coxless four John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly and Edward Vaughan Bevan - Gold
- Coxed four Harold Ives, L G Potter, George Beaumont, O B Starkey and Arthur Sulley - Round 1 - Seventh
- Eight - crew from Thames Rowing Club comprising Jamie Hamilton, Guy Oliver Nickalls, John Badcock, Donald Gollan, Harold Lane, Gordon Killick, Jack Beresford, Harold West and Arthur Sulley
Sailing
Swimming
Men
Women
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
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