Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These games marked the first time in Olympic History that Great Britain didn't take a gold medal.

Great Britain at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in St. Moritz
Competitors32 (29 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 BronzeDavid CarnegieSkeletonMen's single event

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
GBR-1 Henry Martineau
Walter Birch
John Dalrymple
John Gee
Edward Hall
Five-man 1:40.6 4 1:45.7 15 3:26.3 10
GBR-2 George Pim
Guy Tracey
David Griffith
Frederick Browning
Thomas Warner
Five-man 1:41.7 5 1:44.5 10 3:26.2 9

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Ian Bowhill Men's singles 15 14 101 1202.25 14
Jack Page 8 11 62 1424.00 9
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Kathleen Shaw Women's singles 11 19 95 1900.00 14
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Kathleen Lovett
Proctor Burman
110.5 57.75 13
Ethel Muckelt
Jack Page
61.5 79.00 7

Ice hockey

Group A

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Great Britain321106
 France32165
 Belgium321910
 Hungary30326
February 11 Great Britain7–3
(3–1,2–0,2–2)
 Belgium
February 12 France3–2
(0–1,3–1,0–0)
 Great Britain
February 15 Great Britain1–0
(1–0,0–0,0–0)
 Hungary

Medal round

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada330380
 Sweden321712
  Switzerland312417
 Great Britain (4th)303121
February 17  Switzerland4:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0)
 Great Britain
February 18 Canada14:0
(6:0,4:0,4:0)
 Great Britain
February 19 Sweden3:1
(2:1,0:0,1:0)
 Great Britain
4th Great Britain (GBR)
Wilbert Brown
Colin Carruthers
Eric Carruthers
Ross Cuthbert
Bernard Fawcett
Harold Greenwood
Frederick Melland
John Rogers
Blaine Sexton
William Speechly
Victor Tait
Charles Wyld

Skeleton

Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
John, Earl of Northesk 1:02.7 4 1:01.0 3 1:01.4 2 3:05.1

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Cyril Horn 54.9 32
Leonard Stewart 54.8 31
Fred Dix 53.4 30
1500 m Fred Dix 2:49.6 28
Leonard Stewart 2:48.9 27
Cyril Horn 2:40.0 24
5000 m Fred Dix 10:55.6 32
Leonard Stewart 10:40.0 31
Cyril Horn 9:45.0 23

References

  • Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com
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