The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain 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.
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
Cuthbert Taylor
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points
Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Appel (FRA), points
Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg)
Fred Webster
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to David Baan (HOL), points
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg)
Alfred Jackson
First Round — Defeated Alfred Cleverley (NZL), points
Quarterfinals — Lost to Karel Miljon (HOL), points
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
Joseph Goyder
First Round — Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points
12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Individual road race
Frank Southall
Jack Lauterwasser
John Middleton
Charles Marshall
Team road race
Frank Southall
Jack Lauterwasser
John Middleton
Charles Marshall
Sprint
Syd Cozens
Time trial
Ted Kerridge
Tandem
Jack Sibbit
Ernest Chambers
Team pursuit
Harry Wyld
Lew Wyld
Percy Wyld
George Southall
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Men's foil
Thomas Wand-Tetley
Denis Pearce
Robert Montgomerie
Men's team foil
Thomas Wand-Tetley, Robert Montgomerie, Frederick Sherriff, Denis Pearce, Charles Simey, Jack James
Men's épée
Charles Biscoe
Bertie Childs
Martin Holt
Men's team épée
Charles Biscoe, Bertie Childs, David Drury, Martin Holt
Men's sabre
Edward Brookfield
Guy Harry
Barry Notley
Men's team sabre
Edward Brookfield, Archie Corble, Henry Forrest, Guy Harry, Robin Jeffreys, Barry Notley
Women's foil
Muriel Freeman
Gladys Daniell
Peggy Butler
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
David Turquand-Young
Alfred Goodwin
Lance East
Single scull - Theodore 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 Beaummont, 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
