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Canada at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
CAN

Flag bearer
  
George Maughan

Competitors
  
102 in 10 sports


NOC
  
Canadian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.olympic.ca (English) (French)

MedalsRanked 12th
  
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Canada competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Despite the games being held during the Great Depression, Canada sent its second largest team to date. 102 competitors, 85 men and 17 women, took part in 69 events in 10 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Duncan McNaughton — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Horace Gwynne — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

    • Silver

  • Alex Wilson — Athletics, Men's 800 m
  • Hilda Strike — Athletics, Women's 100 m
  • Mildred Fizzell, Lillian Palmer, Mary Frizzel and Hilda Strike — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Ernest Cribb, Harry Jones, Peter Gordon, Hubert Wallace, Ronald Maitland, and George Gyles — Sailing, 8 m Class
  • Daniel MacDonald — Wrestling, Men's Welterweight (66–72 kg)

    • Bronze

  • Phil Edwards — Athletics, Men's 800 m
  • Phil Edwards — Athletics, Men's 1500 m
  • Alex Wilson — Athletics, Men's 400 m
  • Raymond Lewis, James Ball, Phil Edwards, and Alex Wilson — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Eva Dawes — Athletics, Women's High Jump
  • Charles E. Pratt and Noel De Mille — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
  • Earl Eastwood, Joseph Harris, Stanley Stanyar, Harry Fry, Cedric Liddell, William Thoburn, Don Boal, Albert Taylor, and George MacDonald — Rowing, Men's Eights with Coxswain
  • Philip Rogers, Gerald Wilson, Gardner Boultbee, and Kenneth Glass — Sailing, 6 m Class

    • Cycling

    Seven cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1932.

    Individual road race
  • Glen Robbins
  • James Jackson
  • Frank Elliott
  • Ernie Gates
    • Team road race
  • Glen Robbins
  • James Jackson
  • Frank Elliott
  • Ernie Gates
    • Sprint
  • Leo Marchiori
    • Time trial
  • Lew Rush
    • Team pursuit
  • Lew Rush
  • Glen Robbins
  • Russ Hunt
  • Frank Elliott

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, four men and a woman, represented Canada in 1932.

    Men's foil
  • Ernest Dalton
  • Bertram Markus
    • Men's épée
  • Patrick Farrell
  • Ernest Dalton
  • Bertram Markus
    • Men's team épée
  • Ernest Dalton, Bertram Markus, Patrick Farrell, Henri Delcellier
    • Men's sabre
  • Patrick Farrell
    • Women's foil
  • Joan Archibald

    • References

    Canada at the 1932 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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