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Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
GBR

Flag bearer
  
Jack Beresford

Competitors
  
208 in 17 sports

4
  
7

Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
British Olympic Association

Medals Ranked 10th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 4 7 3 14

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain 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.

Contents

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1936.

  • Jeffrey MacDougall
  • Percy Legard
  • Archibald Jack
  • Rowing

  • Single scull - H L Warren - Unplaced
  • Double scull - Jack Beresford, Dick Southwood - Gold
  • Coxless pair - D W Burnford, T S Cree - Unplaced
  • Coxless four - Alan Barrett, Martin Bristow, Peter Jackson, John Sturrock - Silver
  • Eight - Tom Askwith, W G R M Laurie, J C Cherry, H W Mason, M P Lonnon, A D Kingsford, D G Kingsford, J M Couchman, J N Duckworth - Fourth
  • References

    Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics Wikipedia