Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
in London
Competitors	404 (335 men and 68 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	John Emrys Lloyd
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 14 6 23
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, competing as Great Britain, was the host nation for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. It was the second time that the United Kingdom had hosted the Summer Olympic Games, equalling the record of France and the United States to that point. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 404 competitors, 335 men and 68 women, took part in 139 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medallists

Medals by sport

Sport				Total
Rowing	2	1	0	3
Sailing	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	6	1	7
Cycling	0	3	2	5
Boxing	0	2	0	2
Weightlifting	0	1	1	2
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	3	14	6	23

Gold

• Dickie Burnell and Bert Bushnell — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
• Ran Laurie and Jack Wilson — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• David Bond and Stewart Morris — Sailing, Men's Swallow Class

Silver

• Tom Richards — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Alastair McCorquodale, Jack Archer, John Gregory, and Ken Jones — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
• Dorothy Manley — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Audrey Williamson — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Maureen Gardner — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
• Dorothy Tyler-Odam — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• John Wright — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Don Scott — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Reg Harris — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
• Robert John Maitland, Ian Scott, Gordon Thomas, and Ernie Clements — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• Alan Bannister and Reg Harris — Cycling, Men's 2.000m Tandem
• George Sime, Michael Walford, William White, William Lindsay, John Peake, Frank Reynolds, Ronald Davies, William Griffiths, Robin Lindsay, Robert Adlard, Norman Borrett, and David Brodie — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
• Guy Richardson, Paul Massey, Alfred Mellows, John Meyrick, Jack Dearlove, Michael Lapage, Brian Lloyd, Christopher Barton, and Paul Bircher — Rowing, Men's Eights
• Julian Creus — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

• Tebbs Lloyd Johnson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Thomas Godwin — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Time Trial
• David Ricketts, Wilfred Waters, Robert Geldard, and Thomas Godwin — Cycling, Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
• Arthur Carr, Harry Llewellyn, and Henry Nicoll — Equestrian, Jumping Team
• Catherine Gibson — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
• James Halliday — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw

• Duncan Clark

• Qualifying Round — 49.76m
• Final Round — 48.35m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Margaret Birtwistle

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Uruguay (17-69)
• Lost to Canada (24-44)
• Lost to Brazil (11-67)
• Lost to Italy (28-49)
• Lost to Hungary (23-60)

• Classification Matches

• 17th/23rd place: Defeated Ireland (46-21)
• 17th/20th place: Lost to China (25-54)
• 19th/20th place: Lost to Egypt (18-50) → 20th place

• Team Roster

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Individual road race

• Bob Maitland
• Gordon Thomas
• Ian Scott
• Ernie Clements

Team road race

• Bob Maitland
• Gordon Thomas
• Ian Scott
• Ernie Clements

Sprint

• Reg Harris

Time trial

• Tommy Godwin

Tandem

• Reg Harris
• Alan Bannister

Team pursuit

• Alan Geldard
• Tommy Godwin
• David Ricketts
• Wilf Waters

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Men's foil

• Emrys Lloyd
• René Paul
• Arthur Smith

Men's team foil

• René Paul, Arthur Smith, Harold Cooke, Emrys Lloyd, Pierre Turquet, Luke Wendon

Men's épée

• Ronald Parfitt
• Charles de Beaumont
• Bert Pelling

Men's team épée

• Charles de Beaumont, Terry Beddard, Ronald Parfitt, Archibald Craig, Michael McCready, Bert Pelling

Men's sabre

• Roger Tredgold
• Robin Brook
• Arthur Pilbrow

Men's team sabre

• Arthur Pilbrow, George Moore, Emrys Lloyd, Roger Tredgold, Robin Brook

Women's foil

• Mary Glen-Haig
• Gytte Minton
• Betty Arbuthnott

Football

Gymnastics

The British Gymnastics team competed in nine events and was made up of 16 gymnasts, (8 men and 8 women), including Frank Turner and George Weedon.

Hockey

Lacrosse

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1948.

• Andy Martin
• Michael Lumsden
• Geoffrey Brooke

Rowing

• Single scull - Antony Rowe - Unplaced
• Double scull - Dickie Burnell, Bert Bushnell - Gold
• Coxless pair - Ran Laurie, Jack Wilson - Gold
• Coxed pair - M B Scott, H B James, DS Walker - Unplaced
• Coxless four - H W Rushmere, PC Kirkpatrick Tom Christie, Tony Butcher - unplaced
• Coxed four - R M Collins, W W Woodward, W J H Leckie, A J R Purssell, J A D Healey - unplaced
• Eight - Guy Richardson, Paul Massey, Alfred Mellows, John Meyrick, Jack Dearlove, Michael Lapage, Brian Lloyd, Christopher Barton, Paul Bircher - Silver

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve shooters represented Great Britain in 1948.

25 metre pistol

• Charles Willott
• Henry Steele
• Henry Swire

50 metre pistol

• Guy Granet
• John Gallie
• Peter Marchant

300 metre rifle

• Bob Maslen-Jones
• John Knott
• Jocelyn Barlow

50 metre rifle

• John Chandler
• George Jones
• Victor Gilbert

Swimming

British Women’s Olympic swimming team, London, 1948

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

85 art competitors, 65 men and 20 women, represented Great Britain in 1948.

Mixed Architecture, Architectural Designs

• Patrick Horsbrugh

References

1. "Great Britain at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.