Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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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
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
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

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

Athletics

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Boxing

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Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

Cycling

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Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1928.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Team pursuit

Diving

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Rowing

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Swimming

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

Wrestling

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Art competitions

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References

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External links

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