1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)
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The United Kingdom participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 205 athletes (171 men and 37 women) in 91 competitions in 17 sports. The nation was not represented in the art competitions.
Participants by sport
Boxing
Men
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Alf Russell
- Flyweight: 1st round
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Alf Barnes
- Bantamweight: 2nd round
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Jack Treadaway
- Featherweight: quarterfinals
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Freddie Simpson
- Lightweight: 1st round
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Walter Pack
- Welterweight: 2nd round
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Richard Shrimpton
- Middleweight: 2nd round
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Tommy Griffin
- Light Heavyweight: Quarter Finals
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Anthony Stuart
- Heavyweight: quarter-finals
fencing
Men
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Women
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Soccer
Men
- Quarter finals
- Squad
Weightlifting
Men
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Norman Holroyd
- Featherweight: 15th place
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Fred Marsh
- Featherweight: 19th place
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Alfred Griffin
- Lightweight: 15th place
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Harold Laurance
- Middleweight: 12th place
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Ronald Walker
- Heavyweight: 4th place
canoe
Men
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George Lawton
- Kayak single (folding boat), 10 kilometers: 8. space
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Alex Brearley & John Dudderidge
- Kayak double (folding boat), 10 kilometers: 9. space
athletics
Men
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Women
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Modern pentathlon
Men
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Jeffrey MacDougall
- Individual: 13th place
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Percy Legard
- Individual: 19th place
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Archibald Jack
- Singles: 31st place
polo
Men
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David Dawnay , Bryan Fowler , Humphrey Guinness & William Hinde
- silver
Cycling
Men
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Charles Holland
- Road race, individual: 4th place
- Road race, team: DNF
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Jackie Bone
- Road race, individual: unknown
- Road race, team: DNF
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Alick Bevan
- Road race, individual: DNF
- Road race, team: DNF
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Bill Messer
- Road race, individual: DNF
- Road race, team: DNF
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Ray Hicks
- Sprint: 3rd round
- 1000 meter time trial: 7th place
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Ernest Chambers & Jack Sibbit
- Tandem sprint: 5th place
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Harry Hill , Ernest Johnson , Charles King & Ernie Mills
- 4000 meters team pursuit: bronze
horse riding
Men
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Capel Brunker
- Jumping, singles: DNF
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Bill Carr
- Jumping, singles: DNF
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Jack Talbot-Ponsonby
- Jumping, singles: DNF
- Jumping, team: DNF
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Alec Scott
- Eventing, individual: 7th place
- Eventing, team: bronze
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Edward Howard-Vyse
- Eventing, individual: 19th place
- Eventing, team: bronze
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Richard Fanshawe
- Eventing, individual: 26th place
- Eventing, team: bronze
Wrestling
Men
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Norman Morrell
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round
- Featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Raymond Cazaux
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Arthur Thompson
- Lightweight, freestyle: 2nd round
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William Fox
- Welterweight, freestyle: withdrawal before 3rd round
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Leslie Jeffers
- Middleweight, freestyle: 3rd round
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Thomas Ward
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round
rowing
Men
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Humphrey Warren
- One: semifinals
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Jack Beresford & Leslie Southwood
- Double sculls: gold
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David Burnford & Thomas Cree
- Two without a helmsman: reunion
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Alan Barrett , Martin Bristow , Peter Jackson & Jan Sturrock
- Four without a helmsman: silver
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Tom Askwith , John Cherry , John Couchman , Noel Duckworth , Annesley Kingsford , Desmond Kingsford , Ran Laurie , McAllister Lonnon & Hugh Mason
- Eighth: 4th place
swim
Men
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Women
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sailing
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Peter Markham Scott
- O-dinghy: bronze
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Keith Grogono & William Welply
- Star: 4th place
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Miles Bellville , Christopher Boardman , Russell Harmer , Charles Leaf & Leonard Martin
- 6 meter class: gold
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Joseph Neild Compton , John Noel Eddy , Beryl Preston , Francis Richard Preston , Kenneth Huson Preston & Robert Steele
- 8 meter class: 6th place
do gymnastics
Women
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Doris Blake , Brenda Crowe , Edna Gross , Clarice Hanson , Mary Heaton , Mary Kelly , Lilian Ridgewell & Marion Wharton
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
Water polo
Men
- 8th place
- Squad
Diving
Men
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Women
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Web links
- British Olympic Team 1936 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )