Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics


Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics


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. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medallists

Gold

  • Miles Bellville, Christopher Boardman, Russell Harmer, Charles Leaf, Leonard Martin — Yachting
  • Jack Beresford, Dick Southwood — Double Scull Rowing
  • Godfrey Brown, Godfrey Rampling, Freddie Wolff, Bill Roberts — 4 × 400 m Relay Athletics
  • Harold Whitlock — 50 km Walk Athletics

Silver

  • Alan Barrett, Martin Bristow, Peter Jackson, John Sturrock — Rowing Fours
  • Godfrey Brown — 400m Athletics
  • Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke, Eileen Hiscock, Violet Olney — 4 × 100 m Relay
  • David Dawnay, Bryan Fowler, Humphrey Guinness, William Hinde — Polo
  • Donald Finlay — 110m Hurdles
  • Ernest Harper — Marathon
  • Dorothy Tyler-Odam — High Jump

Bronze

  • Richard Fanshawe, Edward Howard-Vyse, Alec Scott — Equestrian Team eventing
  • Harry Hill, Ernest Johnson, Charles King, Ernest Mills — Track Cycling Team Pursuit
  • Peter Scott — O-Jolle Yachting

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

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

Individual road race
  • Charles Holland
  • Jackie Bone
  • Bill Messer
  • Alick Bevan
Team road race
  • Charles Holland
  • Jackie Bone
  • Bill Messer
  • Alick Bevan
Sprint
  • Ray Hicks
Time trial
  • Ray Hicks
Tandem
  • Ernest Chambers
  • John Sibbit
Team pursuit
  • Harry Hill
  • Ernest Johnson
  • Charles King
  • Ernie Mills

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Men's foil
  • Emrys Lloyd
  • Denis Pearce
  • David Bartlett
Men's team foil
  • Denis Pearce, David Bartlett, Emrys Lloyd, Geoffrey Hett, Christopher Hammersley, Roger Tredgold
Men's épée
  • Ian Campbell-Gray
  • Charles de Beaumont
  • Douglas Dexter
Men's team épée
  • Charles de Beaumont, Douglas Dexter, Albert Pelling, Ian Campbell-Gray, Terry Beddard, Bertie Childs
Men's sabre
  • Oliver Trinder
  • Guy Harry
  • Robin Brook
Men's team sabre
  • Oliver Trinder, Arthur Pilbrow, Guy Harry, Robin Brook, Roger Tredgold
Women's foil
  • Judy Guinness Penn-Hughes
  • Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1936.

  • Jeffrey MacDougall
  • Percy Legard
  • Archibald Jack

Polo

Rowing

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

Men's single sculls - Unplaced
  • Humphrey Warren
Men's double sculls - Gold
  • Jack Beresford
  • Dick Southwood
Men's coxless pair - Unplaced
  • David Burnford
  • Thomas Cree
Men's coxless four - Silver
  • Alan Barrett
  • Martin Bristow
  • Peter Jackson
  • John Sturrock
Men's eight - Fourth
  • Tom Askwith
  • Ran Laurie
  • John Cherry
  • Hugh Mason
  • McAllister Lonnon
  • Annesley Kingsford
  • Desmond Kingsford
  • John Couchman
  • Noel Duckworth (cox)

Sailing

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

  • http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesmedallists.aspx?gt=s&ga=11 Archived 20 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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