- Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=1948 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=John Emrys Lloyd
gold=3
silver=14
bronze=6
total=23
rank=12The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, competing as Great Britain, was the host nation for the
1948 Summer Olympics inLondon . It was the second time that the United Kingdom had hosted theSummer Olympic Games , equalling the record ofFrance and theUnited States to that point. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.Medallists
Gold
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Richard Burnell andBert Bushnell — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls*
Ran Laurie and Jack Wilson — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs*
David Bond andStewart Morris — Sailing, Men's Swallow ClassSilver
*Thomas Richards — Athletics, Men's Marathon
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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
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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 , andErnest Bircher — Rowing, Men's Eights*
Julian Creus — Weightlifting, Men's BantamweightBronze
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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 , andHenry Nicoll — Equestrian, Jumping Team*
Catherine Gibson — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle*
James Halliday — Weightlifting, Men's LightweightResults by event
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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