Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=1932 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer= Lord Burghley
gold=4
silver=7
bronze=5
total=16
rank=8

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. British athletes won four gold medals (up from three in 1928), and sixteen medals overall, finishing eighth.

Medallists

Gold

*Thomas Hampson — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
*Tommy Green — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk
*Lewis Clive and Hugh Edwards — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
*John Badcock, Jack Beresford, Hugh Edwards, and Roland George — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

Silver

*John Cornes — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
*Samuel Ferris — Athletics, Men's Marathon
*Thomas Evenson — Athletics, Men's 3000m Steeplechase
*Lord David Burghley, Thomas Hampson, Godfrey Rampling, and Crew Stoneley — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
*Ernest Chambers and Stanley Chambers — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem
*Judy Guinness — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
*Peter Jaffe and George Colin Ratsey — Sailing, Men's Star

Bronze

*Donald Finlay — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
*Nellie Halstead, Eileen Hiscock, Gwendoline Porter, and Violet Webb — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
*William Harvell, Charles Holland, Ernest Johnson, and Frank Southall — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
*Elizabeth Davies — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
*Joyce Cooper, Elizabeth Davies, Edna Hughes, and Helen Varcoe — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay


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