Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Canada at the Olympic Games
Flag of Canada IOC code  CAN NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	69 (62 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Joseph Wright, Jr.
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 4	Silver 4	Bronze 7	Total 15
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Intercalated Games
1906

Canada competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 69 competitors, 62 men and 7 women, took part in 49 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Williams, PercyPercy Williams	Athletics	Men's 100 m	July 30
			Men's 200 m	August 1
Gold	Bell, JaneJane Bell, Myrtle Cook, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	August 5
Gold	Catherwood, EthelEthel Catherwood	Athletics	Women's high jump	August 5
Silver	Ball, JimmyJimmy Ball	Athletics	Men's 400 m	August 3
Silver	Rosenfeld, BobbieBobbie Rosenfeld	Athletics	Women's 100 m	July 31
Silver	Guest, JackJack Guest, Joseph Wright, Jr.	Rowing	Men's double sculls	August 10
Silver	Stockton, DonaldDonald Stockton	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1
Bronze	Ball, JimmyJimmy Ball, Phil Edwards, Stanley Glover, Alex Wilson	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	August 5
Bronze	Smith, EthelEthel Smith	Athletics	Women's 100 m	July 31
Bronze	Smillie, RaymondRaymond Smillie	Boxing	Men's welterweight	August 11
Bronze	Donnelly, JohnJohn Donnelly, Frank Fiddes, John Hand Frederick Hedges, Athol Meech, Jack Murdoch, Edgar Norris, Herbert Richardson, William Ross	Rowing	Men's eight	August 10
Bronze	Ault, GarnetGarnet Ault, Munroe Bourne, Walter Spence, James Thompson	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 11
Bronze	Trifunov, JamesJames Trifunov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	August 1
Bronze	Letchford, MauriceMaurice Letchford	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	August 1

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Frankie Martin
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Armand Appel (FRA), points

Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1928.

Individual road race

• Joe Laporte
• Alfred Tourville
• William Peden
• Lew Elder

Team road race

• Joe Laporte
• Alfred Tourville
• William Peden

Sprint

• James Davies

Time trial

• Lew Elder

Team pursuit

• Lew Elder
• James Davies
• Andy Houting
• William Peden

Diving

Rowing

Swimming

Bronze medalists in the 4×200-metre relay. Back row, left to right: Munroe Bourne, James Thompson, Walter Spence, and Garnet Ault

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

1. "Canada at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

External links

• sports-reference