Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. British athletes won only three gold medals (down from nine in 1924), and twenty medals overall, finishing eleventh. 232 competitors, 201 men and 31 women, took part in 84 events in 14 sports.
Medallists
Athletics
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg) Cuthbert Taylor First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Juan José Trillo (ARG), points Quarterfinals — Lost to Armand Apell (FRA), points
Men's Lightweight (– 61.2 kg) Fred Webster First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to David Baan (HOL), points
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kg) Alfred Jackson First Round — Defeated Alfred Cleverley (NZL), points Quarterfinals — Lost to Karel Miljon (HOL), points
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg) Joseph Goyder First Round — Lost to Sam Olij (HOL), points
Cycling
12 cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Individual road race
Frank Southall
Jack Lauterwasser
John Middleton
Charles Marshall
Team road race
Frank Southall
Jack Lauterwasser
John Middleton
Charles Marshall
Sprint
Syd Cozens
Time trial
Ted Kerridge
Tandem
Jack Sibbit
Ernest Chambers
Team pursuit
Harry Wyld
Lew Wyld
Percy Wyld
George Southall
Diving
Fencing
19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Great Britain in 1928.
Men's foil
Thomas Wand-Tetley
Denis Pearce
Robert Montgomerie
Men's team foil
Thomas Wand-Tetley, Robert Montgomerie, Frederick Sherriff, Denis Pearce, Charles Simey, Jack James
Men's épée
Charles Biscoe
Bertie Childs
Martin Holt
Men's team épée
Charles Biscoe, Bertie Childs, David Drury, Martin Holt
Men's sabre
Edward Brookfield
Guy Harry
Barry Notley
Men's team sabre
Edward Brookfield, Archie Corble, Alex Forrest, Guy Harry, Robin Jeffreys, Barry Notley
Women's foil
Muriel Freeman
Gladys Daniell
Peggy Butler
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1928.
David Turquand-Young
Alfred Goodwin
Lance East
Rowing
Single scull - David Collet - Bronze
Double scull - Humphrey Boardman, Denis Guye - Did not start
Coxless pair - Terence O'Brien, Robert Nisbet -Silver
Coxless four John Lander, Michael Warriner, Richard Beesly and Edward Vaughan Bevan - Gold Coxed four Harold Ives, L G Potter, George Beaumont, O B Starkey and Arthur Sulley - Round 1 - Seventh Eight - crew from Thames Rowing Club comprising Jamie Hamilton, Guy Oliver Nickalls, John Badcock, Donald Gollan, Harold Lane, Gordon Killick, Jack Beresford, Harold West and Arthur Sulley