Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 108 competitors, 90 men and 18 women, took part in 50 events in 10 sports. British athletes won four gold medals (up from three in 1928), and sixteen medals overall, finishing eighth.
Medallists
Athletics
Boxing
Cycling
Seven cyclists, all men, represented Great Britain in 1932.
Individual road race
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Stanley Butler
William Harvell
Team road race
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Stanley Butler
Sprint
Ernest Chambers
Time trial
William Harvell
Tandem
Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
Team pursuit
Ernest Johnson
William Harvell
Frank Southall
Charles Holland
Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Great Britain in 1932.
Men's foil
John Emrys Lloyd - 6th
Women's foil
Judy Guinness - 2nd
Peggy Butler - 10th
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1932.
Percy Legard
Vernon Barlow
Jeffrey MacDougall
Rowing
Single scull - Dick Southwood - Fourth
Coxless pair - Lewis Clive, Hugh Edwards - Gold
Coxless four - John Badcock, Jack Beresford, Hugh Edwards, and Rowland George - Gold Eight - Tom Askwith, D Haig-Thomas, C J S Sergel, D H E McCowen, K M Payne, H R N Rickett, W A T Sambell, L Luxton, J M Ranking - Fourth