Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympic Games
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors
Flag bearer	John Emrys Lloyd
Medals Rank: 12	Gold 3	Silver 14	Bronze 6	Total 23
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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.

Contents 1 Medallists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Basketball 2.2.1 Men's Team Competition

Medallists

Gold

• Richard 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

• Thomas Richards — Athletics, Men's Marathon

• Alastair McCorquodale, John Archer, John Gregory, and Kenneth Jones — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay

• Dorothy Manley — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Audrey Williamson — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

• Maureen Gardner — Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles

• Dorothy Odam-Tyler — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• John Wright — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

• Donald Scott — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Reginald Harris — Cycling, Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Robert John Maitland, Ian Scott, and Gordon Thomas — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

• Alan Bannister and Reginald 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, David Meyrick, Jack Dearlove, Maurice Lapage, Charles Lloyd, Chris Barton, and Ernest Bircher — Rowing, Men's Eights

• Julian Creus — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

• Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson — Athletics, Men's 50km 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

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw

• Duncan Clark

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

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

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