Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Athletics
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)
- Cuthbert Taylor
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Apell (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
Cycling
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
Diving
Fencing
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, Alex Forrest, Guy Harry, Robin Jeffreys, Barry Notley
- Women's foil
- Muriel Freeman
- Gladys Daniell
- Peggy Butler
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
- David Turquand-Young
- Alfred Goodwin
- Lance East
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
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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