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, represented by the

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(BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in

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. 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 Captain Russell Thomas Harmer (5 November 1896 – 31 October 1940) was a British sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was the son of Sidney Frederic Harmer, the British zoologist. He was educated at Uppingham School and the ...

, Charles Leaf,

Leonard Martin Leonard Jack Martin (24 November 1901 – 25 December 1967) was a British sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fi ...

— Yachting *

Jack Beresford Jack Beresford, CBE (1 January 1899 – 3 December 1977), born Jack Beresford-Wiszniewski, was a British rower who won five medals at five Olympic Games in succession. This record in Olympic rowing was not matched until 2000 when Sir Steve Red ...

, 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,

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— Rowing Fours * Godfrey Brown — 400m Athletics * Audrey Brown, Barbara Burke,

Eileen Hiscock Eileen May Hiscock, later Wilson, (25 August 1909 – 3 September 1958) was an English track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Blackheath, London. A ...

, Violet Olney — 4 × 100 m Relay *

David Dawnay Major-General Sir David Dawnay (10 July 19039 October 1971) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was also a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Military ca ...

, Bryan Fowler,

Humphrey Guinness Humphrey Patrick Guinness (March 24, 1902 – February 10, 1986) was a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography He was born on 24 March 1902, and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, San ...

, William Hinde — Polo *

Donald Finlay Group Captain Donald Osborne Finlay, DFC, AFC (27 May 1909 – 18 April 1970) was a British athlete and Royal Air Force officer. Athletics career A member of Milocarian Athletic Club and Surrey Athletics Club (based in Kingston upon Thames), ...

— 110m Hurdles * Ernest Harper — Marathon * Dorothy Tyler-Odam — High Jump

Bronze

* Richard Fanshawe,

Edward Howard-Vyse Lieutenant General Sir Edward Dacre Howard-Vyse KBE CB MC (27 November 1905 – 26 December 1992) was a senior British Army officer as well as a British horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was the younger son of ...

Alec Scott Alexander Brassey Jonathan Scott (16 October 1906 – 11 June 1978) was a British horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his horse Bob Clive won the bronze medal as part of the British eventing team, afte ...

— Equestrian Team eventing *

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, Ernest Johnson, Charles King,

Ernest Mills Ernest Victor Mills (10 April 1913 – 10 October 1972), commonly known as Ernie Mills, was an English amateur cyclist who, with his teammate Bill Paul, set the British 12-hour record on a tandem in 1934 and re-established it in 1936 with ...

— Track Cycling Team Pursuit *

Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott, (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest i ...

— 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 *

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;

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Ernest Chambers *

John Sibbit John Ephraim Sibbit (Jack Sibbit) (4 March 1895 – 5 August 1950) was a British track cyclist who won a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. By age 41 he had held twelve national titles including tandem sprints, with Dennis Horn. ...

;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Ernest Johnson * Charles King *

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Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 16 men and 2 women, represented Great Britain in 1936. ; Men's foil * Emrys Lloyd * Denis Pearce *

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; Men's team foil * Denis Pearce,

, Emrys Lloyd, Geoffrey Hett,

Christopher Hammersley Christopher Ralph Hammersley (4 January 1903 – January 1994) was a British fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936, he won the foil title at the British Fencing Championships The British Fencing Champ ...

Roger Tredgold Roger Francis Tredgold (23 October 1911 – 24 December 1975) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a six times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Championshi ...

; 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 Bertie Childs (20 October 1894 – 10 October 1960) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 and 1931, he won the épée title at the British Fencing Championships The British Fencing Championships are h ...

; Men's sabre * Oliver Trinder * Guy Harry * Robin Brook ; Men's team sabre * Oliver Trinder, Arthur Pilbrow, Guy Harry, Robin Brook,

; 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 Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

events in 1936. ; Men's single sculls - Unplaced * Humphrey Warren ; Men's double sculls - Gold *

* Dick Southwood ; Men's coxless pair - Unplaced * David Burnford * Thomas Cree ; Men's coxless four - Silver * Alan Barrett * Martin Bristow * Peter Jackson *

; 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 {{Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

Summer Olympics