Great Britain and Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	GBR
NOC:	British Olympic Association external link
1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 9	Silver 13	Bronze 12	Total 34
Summer Olympic Games appearances
As Great Britain and Ireland: 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 As Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as 'Great Britain and Ireland' at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Despite the name, athletes from the newly-independent Irish Free State competed separately.

[edit] Medals

British athletes won nine gold medals (down from fifteen in 1920), and 34 medals overall, finishing fourth.

Harold Abrahams — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Eric Liddell — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Douglas Lowe — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Harry Mallin — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Harry Mitchell — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Jack Beresford — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
Maxwell Eley, James MacNabb, Robert Morrison, and Terence Sanders — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Cyril Mackworth-Praed, Philip Neame, Herbert Perry, and Allen Whitty — Shooting, Men's Running Deer, Double Shot Team Competition
Lucy Morton — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke

Harold Abrahams, William Nichol, Walter Rangeley, and Lancelot Royle — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
Harry Johnston, Bernhard McDonald, and George Webber — Athletics, Men's 3000m Team Race
George Goodwin — Athletics, Men's 10km Walk
James McKenzie — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
John Elliott — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Cyril Alden — Cycling, Men's 50km Track Race
Gladys Davis — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Cyril Mackworth-Praed — Shooting, Men's Running Deer, Single Shot
Cyril Mackworth-Praed — Shooting, Men's Running Deer, Double Shot
Phyllis Harding — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Florence Barker, Constance Jeans, Grace McKenzie, and Vera Tanner — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Kitty McKane and Phyllis Covell — Tennis, Women's Doubles
Harold Fowler, Edwin Jacob, Thomas Riggs, Walter Riggs, and Ernest Roney — Sailing, Men's 8 Meter Class

Eric Liddell — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Guy Butler — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Henry Stallard — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
Guy Butler, George Renwick, Richard Ripley, and Edward Toms — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
Malcolm Nokes — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Harry Wyld — Cycling, Men's 50km Track Race
Harold Clarke — Diving, Men's Plain High Dive
Frederick Barrett, John Bingham, Frederick Guest, and Percival Wise — Polo, Men's Team Competition
Gladys Carson — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
Kitty McKane — Tennis, Women's Singles
Evelyn Colyer and Dorothy Shepherd-Barron — Tennis, Women's Doubles
Andrew McDonald — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight