Margaret Cooper

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Olympic medal record
Women's Swimming
Silver	1928 Amsterdam	4x100 m freestyle relay
Bronze	1928 Amsterdam	100 m freestyle
Bronze	1928 Amsterdam	100 m backstroke
Bronze	1932 Los Angeles	4x100 m freestyle relay

Margaret Joyce Cooper (later Badcock) (April 18, 1909 – July 22, 2002) was a British swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.

In the 1928 Olympics she won the silver medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event and bronze medals in the 100 m freestyle event and 100 m backstroke event.

Four years later she won a bronze medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay event and was fourth in the 400 m freestyle event and sixth in the 100 m backstroke event. She also was fourth in her semifinal of 100 m freestyle and did not advance.

She was born in Ceylon. She was married with British rower John Badcock.

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