Great Britain at the 1948 London Summer Games

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Host City: London, Great Britain (July 26, 1948 to August 14, 1948)
Opening Ceremony: July 29, 1948
Closing Ceremony: August 14, 1948

Events for Great Britain: 138 in 20 sports
Participants for Great Britain: 398 (333 men and 65 women)
Youngest Participant for Great Britain: Elenor Gordon-McKay (15 years, 82 days)
Oldest Participant for Great Britain: John Copley (73 years, 34 days)
Most Medals for Great Britain (Athlete): Reg Harris and Tommy Godwin (2 medals)

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398 Athletes Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE Rk Athlete Gender Age Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Reg Harris Male 28 Cycling 2 2 2 Tommy Godwin Male 27 Cycling 2 2 3 David Bond Male 26 Sailing 1 1 4 Dickie Burnell Male 31 Rowing 1 1 5 Bert Bushnell Male 26 Rowing 1 1 6 Ran Laurie Male 33 Rowing 1 1 7 Stewart Morris Male 39 Sailing 1 1 8 Alfred Thomson Male 53 Art Competitions 1 1 9 Jack Wilson Male 33 Rowing 1 1 10 Robert Adlard Male 32 Hockey 1 1 11 Jack Archer Male 26 Athletics 1 1 12 Alan Bannister Male 25 Cycling 1 1 13 Chris Barton Male 20 Rowing 1 1 14 Paul Bircher Male 19 Rowing 1 1 15 Norman Borrett Male 30 Hockey 1 1 16 David Brodie Male Hockey 1 1 17 John Copley Male 73 Art Competitions 1 1 18 Julian Creus Male 31 Weightlifting 1 1 19 Ronald Davies Male 33 Hockey 1 1 20 Jack Dearlove Male 37 Rowing 1 1 21 Maureen Gardner Female 19 Athletics 1 1 22 Jack Gregory Male 25 Athletics 1 1 23 Bill Griffiths Male 26 Hockey 1 1 24 Ken Jones Male 26 Athletics 1 1 25 Chintamoni Kar Male 33 Art Competitions 1 1 26 Michael Lapage Male 24 Rowing 1 1 27 Robin Lindsay Male 34 Hockey 1 1 28 William Lindsay Male 34 Hockey 1 1 29 Charles Lloyd Male 21 Rowing 1 1 30 Bob Maitland Male 24 Cycling 1 1 31 Dorothy Manley Female 21 Athletics 1 1 32 Paul Massey Male 22 Rowing 1 1 33 Alastair McCorquodale Male 22 Athletics 1 1 34 Alfred Mellows Male 26 Rowing 1 1 35 John Meyrick Male 21 Rowing 1 1 36 Dorothy Odam-Tyler Female 28 Athletics 1 1 37 John Peake Male 23 Hockey 1 1 38 Frank Reynolds Male 30 Hockey 1 1 39 Tom Richards Male 38 Athletics 1 1 40 Guy Richardson Male 26 Rowing 1 1 41 Don Scott Male 20 Boxing 1 1 42 Ian Scott Male Cycling 1 1 43 George Sime Male 33 Hockey 1 1 44 Tiny Thomas Male 26 Cycling 1 1 45 Mickey Walford Male 32 Hockey 1 1 46 Neil White Male 28 Hockey 1 1 47 Audrey Williamson Female 21 Athletics 1 1 48 Johnny Wright Male 19 Boxing 1 1 49 Arthur Carr Male 38 Equestrianism 1 1 50 Rosamund Fletcher Female 33 Art Competitions 1 1 51 Alan Geldard Male 21 Cycling 1 1 52 Cathie Gibson Female 17 Swimming 1 1 53 Jim Halliday Male 30 Weightlifting 1 1 54 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Male 48 Athletics 1 1 55 Harry Llewellyn Male 37 Equestrianism 1 1 56 Harry Nicoll Male 40 Equestrianism 1 1 57 David Ricketts Male 27 Cycling 1 1 58 Wilf Walters Male 25 Cycling 1 1 59 Adegboyega, Prince Adedoyin Male 25 Athletics 60 Joan Airey Female 22 Gymnastics 61 Andy Aitken Male 28 Football 62 Bill Amor Male 28 Football 63 Betty Arbuthnott Female 42 Fencing 64 Harry Askew Male 30 Athletics 65 John Auld Male Art Competitions 66 Winifred Austen Female Art Competitions 67 Frederick Austin Male Art Competitions 68 Ormerod Ayrton Male Art Competitions 69 McDonald Bailey Male 27 Athletics 70 Delmar Banner Male 52 Art Competitions 71 Ray Barkway Male 23 Athletics 72 Jocelyn Barlow Male 46 Shooting 73 Doris Batter Female 19 Athletics 74 Terry Beddard Male 46 Fencing 75 Roy Beddington Male 38 Art Competitions 76 Joe Birrell Male 18 Athletics 77 Lettice Bisbrown Female 29 Diving 78 Stan Bissell Male 41 Wrestling 79 Donald Bland Male 17 Swimming 80 Lyndon Bolton Male 49 Equestrianism 81 Phyllis Bone Female Art Competitions 82 Peter Borwick Male 34 Equestrianism 83 James Bostock Male 31 Art Competitions 84 Roy Botham Male 25 Swimming 85 Eddie Bowey Male Wrestling 86 Alan Boyd Male 21 Football 87 Charles Brand Male 32 Water Polo 88 Peter Brander Male Boxing 89 Jack Braughton Male 27 Athletics 90 Jack Brewer Male 33 Athletics 91 Bernard Briant Female Art Competitions 92 John Brockway Male 19 Swimming 93 Robin Brook Male 40 Fencing 94 Geoffrey Brooke Male 28 Modern Pentathlon 95 Vera Brookman Female Art Competitions 96 George Brown Male Sailing 97 John Buckland-Wright Male Art Competitions 98 Ken Buffin Male 24 Gymnastics 99 Tony Butcher Male 22 Rowing 100 Jean Caplin Female Swimming 101 Angus Carmichael Male Football 102 Henry Carpenter Male 22 Boxing 103 Ray Cazaux Male 31 Wrestling 104 John Chandler Male 24 Shooting 105 Siegfried Charoux Male 51 Art Competitions 106 Sylvia Cheeseman Female 19 Athletics 107 Josephine Cheesman Female Art Competitions 108 Edna Child Female 25 Diving 109 Josephine Heather Child Female Art Competitions 110 Morville Chote Male 23 Athletics 111 Tom Christie Male 21 Rowing 112 Elizabeth Church Female 18 Swimming 113 Harry Churcher Male 37 Athletics 114 Cosmo Clark Male Art Competitions 115 Duncan Clark Male 33 Athletics 116 Gladys Clarke Female 25 Athletics 117 Ernie Clements Male 26 Cycling 118 Frank Cole Male Basketball 119 Robert Collins Male 24 Rowing 120 Harry Cooke Male 41 Fencing 121 Egerton Cooper Male 65 Art Competitions 122 Ron Cooper Male 20 Boxing 123 Victor Coverley-Price Male Art Competitions 124 Stan Cox Male 30 Athletics 125 Archibald Craig Male 61 Fencing 126 Michael Critchlow Male Art Competitions 127 Sidney Cross Male 23 Athletics 128 Bertha Crowther Female 26 Athletics 129 Charles Cundall Male 57 Art Competitions 130 Peter Curry Male 27 Athletics 131 Kay Cuthbert Female 23 Diving 132 Bernard Cuzner Male Art Competitions 133 Malcolm Dalrymple Male 25 Athletics 134 Cissie Davies Female 15 Gymnastics 135 Goldup Davies Male Swimming 136 Trevor Davies Male 35 Basketball 137 Charles de Beaumont Male 46 Fencing 138 Coralie de Burgh Male Art Competitions 139 Roy de Maistre Male Art Competitions 140 Norman Dobson Male Canoeing 141 Frank Donovan Male 29 Football 142 Ewan Douglas Male 25 Athletics 143 Norman Drake Male 36 Athletics 144 Thomas Dugdale Male 68 Art Competitions 145 Lionel Edwards Male 69 Art Competitions 146 Alex Eke Male 35 Basketball 147 Ronald Eland Male Weightlifting 148 Vera Ellery Female 21 Swimming 149 Peter Elliott Male 18 Diving 150 Margaret Erskine Female 22 Athletics 151 David Evans Male Art Competitions 152 Pat Evans Female Gymnastics 153 John Fairgrieve Male 22 Athletics 154 John Farleigh Male Art Competitions 155 Sloan Farrington Male 25 Sailing 156 Don Finlay Male 39 Athletics 157 Malcolm Finlay Male Basketball 158 William Fisher Male Art Competitions 159 Jack Flaherty Male Gymnastics 160 Eric Fright Male Football 161 Ethel Gabain Female Art Competitions 162 John Gallie Male Shooting 163 Dora Gardner Female 36 Athletics 164 Jack Gardner Male 21 Boxing 165 Roy Garforth Male 30 Water Polo 166 Robert Gentleman Male 24 Water Polo 167 Victor Gilbert Male 43 Shooting 168 John Giles Male 21 Athletics 169 Mary Glen-Haig Female 30 Fencing 170 Dora Gordine Female 42 Art Competitions 171 Elenor Gordon-McKay Female 15 Swimming 172 Guy Granet Male 60 Shooting 173 Abe Greenhalgh Male Weightlifting 174 Anthony Gross Male 43 Art Competitions 175 Herbert Gurschner Male 46 Art Competitions 176 Jack Hale Male 26 Swimming 177 Clifford Hall Male Art Competitions 178 Denis Hallett Male Weightlifting 179 F. Hands Male Art Competitions 180 Brian Hardie Male 23 Sailing 181 Henry Hardie Male Sailing 182 Peter Hardie Male Water Polo 183 Bob Hardisty Male 27 Football 184 Esme Harris Female Diving 185 Trevor Harrop Male 21 Swimming 186 Dick Hart Male Art Competitions 187 Robert Hawkey Male 33 Athletics 188 John Healey Male 20 Rowing 189 Peter Heatly Male 24 Diving 190 Jack Henderson Male 34 Canoeing 191 Deirdre Henty-Creer Female 19 Art Competitions 192 Dorothy Hey Female Gymnastics 193 Maire Hider Female 29 Diving 194 Joyce Himsworth Female Art Competitions 195 Irene Hirst Female 18 Gymnastics 196 Pat Hirst Female 29 Gymnastics 197 V. Robinson Hodge Male Art Competitions 198 Geoffrey Holden Male Art Competitions 199 Jack Holden Male 41 Athletics 200 John Holt Male 26 Swimming 201 Tom Holt Male 24 Swimming 202 Glyn Hopkins Male 19 Gymnastics 203 Thomas Hopper Male Football 204 Patrick Horsbrugh Male 28 Art Competitions 205 Rene Howell Male 31 Athletics 206 Douglas Hume Male 20 Sailing 207 Howden Hume Male 45 Sailing 208 Colin Hunt Male Basketball 209 Harry Hunter Male Sailing 210 Don Irvine Male 27 Wrestling 211 Ken Irvine Male 25 Wrestling 212 Howard James Male 24 Rowing 213 Howard Jarvis Male Art Competitions 214 Charles Johnson Male Diving 215 Ian Johnston Male 23 Water Polo 216 George Jones Male Shooting 217 Ray Howard Jones Female 45 Art Competitions 218 Stan Jones Male 33 Athletics 219 Winnie Jordan Female 28 Athletics 220 Denis Kelleher Male 29 Football 221 Sydney Kemble Male 34 Weightlifting 222 Pat Kendall Male Swimming 223 Bert Kinnear Male 24 Swimming 224 Peter Kippax Male 26 Football 225 Peter Kirkpatrick Male 31 Rowing 226 Alfred Knight Male Weightlifting 227 Laura Knight Female 70 Art Competitions 228 John Knott Male Shooting 229 Durward Knowles Male 30 Sailing 230 George Lambert Male 47 Art Competitions 231 Ralph Lavers Male Art Competitions 232 William Leckie Male 19 Rowing 233 Eric Lee Male 25 Football 234 Lorna Lee Female 17 Athletics 235 Douglas Legg Male Basketball 236 Ronald Legg Male Basketball 237 Les Lewis Male 23 Athletics 238 Trevor Lewis Male Water Polo 239 Allan Lindsay Male 22 Athletics 240 Emrys Lloyd Male 42 Fencing 241 Kay Long Female 27 Athletics 242 Bill Lucas Male 31 Athletics 243 Margaret Lucas Female 23 Athletics 244 Peter Luck Male 22 Wrestling 245 Jack Lumsden Male 21 Modern Pentathlon 246 Harold Maidment Male Canoeing 247 George Manning Male Football 248 Louis Marchant Male 32 Diving 249 Peter Marchant Male Shooting 250 Albert Martin Male Modern Pentathlon 251 Bert Martineau Male 33 Athletics 252 Bob Maslen-Jones Male Shooting 253 Percy May Male Gymnastics 254 Paul Maze Male Art Competitions 255 Kevin McAlinden Male Football 256 Douglas McBain Male 23 Football 257 Jimmy McColl Male Football 258 Steve McCooke Male 29 Athletics 259 Michael McCready Male 35 Fencing 260 Arthur McDonald Male 45 Sailing 261 Walter McGuffie Male 31 Wrestling 262 Harold McIlvenney Male 25 Football 263 Stanley McMeekan Male 23 Basketball 264 Sydney McMeekan Male 23 Basketball 265 Robert Allan Miller Male Art Competitions 266 Gytte Minton Female Fencing 267 A. Scott Moir Male Art Competitions 268 Berkeley Moir Male Art Competitions 269 Harold Moody Male 32 Athletics 270 George Moore Male Fencing 271 Charles Morris Male 33 Athletics 272 Richard Morris Male 27 Athletics 273 Stanley Morris Male Art Competitions 274 Jack Mortimer Male Wrestling 275 Mary Morton Female Art Competitions 276 Alfred Munnings Male 69 Art Competitions 277 David Murray Male 23 Water Polo 278 Richard Murray Male Art Competitions 279 Ray Myland Male 20 Wrestling 280 Bill Nankeville Male 23 Athletics 281 Jack Neale Male Football 282 James Nesbitt Male 34 Athletics 283 Denise Newman Female Diving 284 Patricia Nielsen Female 18 Swimming 285 Robert Norris Male 23 Basketball 286 Fred Oberlander Male 37 Wrestling 287 Alec Olney Male 26 Athletics 288 Ronald Parfitt Male 35 Fencing 289 Harry Parker Male Wrestling 290 John Parlett Male 23 Athletics 291 Arnold Parsons Male Wrestling 292 Alan Paterson Male 20 Athletics 293 René Paul Male 27 Fencing 294 Ron Pavitt Male 21 Athletics 295 Alec Pecker Male Art Competitions 296 Bert Pelling Male Fencing 297 Ernest Peppiatt Male Weightlifting 298 L. Peri Male 49 Art Competitions 299 Jim Peters Male 29 Athletics 300 Leonard Pidduck Male Wrestling 301 Martin Pike Male 28 Athletics 302 Arthur Pilbrow Male 46 Fencing 303 John Platt Male 62 Art Competitions 304 Phyllis Platt Female Art Competitions 305 C. Terry Pledge Male Art Competitions 306 Muriel Pletts Female 17 Athletics 307 Michael Pope Male 21 Athletics 308 Reginald Potter Male Water Polo 309 Lillian Preece Female 20 Swimming 310 Lionel Price Male 21 Basketball 311 Tommy Proffitt Male 21 Boxing 312 Derek Pugh Male 22 Athletics 313 Anthony Purssell Male 22 Rowing 314 Gwen Raverat Female 62 Art Competitions 315 Jack Rawlings Male 25 Football 316 Laurence Reavell-Carter Male 33 Athletics 317 Russell Reeve Male Art Competitions 318 Bevis Reid Female 29 Athletics 319 Audrey Rennard Female 15 Gymnastics 320 Joyce Richards Female Canoeing 321 Ken Richmond Male 22 Wrestling 322 Bill Roberts Male 36 Athletics 323 Walter Roberts Male Art Competitions 324 Ernie Roe Male Weightlifting 325 Wayne Rogers Male Art Competitions 326 Roy Romain Male 29 Swimming 327 Tony Rowe Male 23 Rowing 328 Hank Rushmere Male 35 Rowing 329 Helen Sampson Male Art Competitions 330 John Sanderson-Wells Male Art Competitions 331 E. M. Scales Male Art Competitions 332 Ian James Scott Male Art Competitions 333 Mark Scott Male 25 Rowing 334 John Service Male 17 Swimming 335 Max Shacklady Male 29 Boxing 336 Joan Shepherd Female 24 Athletics 337 C. J. Shiner Male Art Competitions 338 John Simmons Male 36 Canoeing 339 Ronnie Simpson Male 17 Football 340 John Skeaping Male 47 Art Competitions 341 Arthur Smith Male Fencing 342 Dorothy Smith Female Gymnastics 343 Peter Stebbing Male Art Competitions 344 Ronald Stedman Male 21 Swimming 345 Henry Steele Male 36 Shooting 346 Duggie Stewart Male 35 Equestrianism 347 William Strain Male 32 Sailing 348 Johnny Sullivan Male Wrestling 349 Tony Summers Male 24 Swimming 350 Henry Swire Male 47 Shooting 351 Mike Symons Male 29 Canoeing 352 Harry Tarraway Male 23 Athletics 353 Reginald Till Male Art Competitions 354 Feliks Topolski Male 40 Art Competitions 355 Roger Tredgold Male 36 Fencing 356 Geoffrey Tudor Male 24 Athletics 357 Frank Turner Male 25 Gymnastics 358 Pierre Turquet Male 34 Fencing 359 H. E. Twatts Male Art Competitions 360 Ron Unsworth Male 24 Athletics 361 Joan Upton Female 25 Athletics 362 Paul Vallé Male 21 Athletics 363 Hugh Van Zwanenberg Male 31 Canoeing 364 Ivor Vice Male 19 Gymnastics 365 Paul Vincze Male 40 Art Competitions 366 Norman Wainwright Male 34 Swimming 367 Alec Wales Male Gymnastics 368 David Walker Male 16 Rowing 369 Margaret Walker Female 23 Athletics 370 James Wallace Male Sailing 371 Allan Walton Male Art Competitions 372 Gordon Ward Male 27 Diving 373 Jack Wardrop Male 16 Swimming 374 William Washington Male Art Competitions 375 William Watson Male Weightlifting 376 Dick Webster Male 33 Athletics 377 George Weedon Male 28 Gymnastics 378 Margaret Wellington Female 21 Swimming 379 Luke Wendon Male 22 Fencing 380 Richard West Male 34 Athletics 381 Harry Weston Male Basketball 382 Stanley Weston Male 25 Basketball 383 John Wheatley Male 56 Art Competitions 384 Tom White Male 30 Athletics 385 Rex Whitlock Male 37 Athletics 386 Harry Whittle Male 26 Athletics 387 Elspeth Whyte Female 21 Athletics 388 Thomas Wilkinson Male Art Competitions 389 Thurston Williams Male Art Competitions 390 Charles Willott Male 43 Shooting 391 Doug Wilson Male 28 Athletics 392 James Wilson Male Wrestling 393 William Wilson Male Art Competitions 394 Eric Winters Male Art Competitions 395 William Woodward Male 27 Rowing 396 Helen Yate Female 27 Swimming 397 Anna Zinkeisen Female 46 Art Competitions 398 Doris Zinkeisen Female 49 Art Competitions

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