| Noc: | CAN |
| Nocname: | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1920 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Antwerp |
| Competitors: | 52 |
| Sports: | 9 |
| Flagbearer: | Archie McDiarmid |
| Rank: | 12 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Canada competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 52 competitors, all men, took part in 38 events in 9 sports.[1] These games marked the introduction of winter sports to the Olympic program (competed in April 1920); Canada won its first gold medal for ice hockey.
See main article: Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
A single diver represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Flint competed in all three of the men's events, but did not reach the final in any.
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
| Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
| Richard Flint | 3 m springboard | 29 | 480.70 | 5 | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | |
| 10 m platform | 28 | 351.35 | 6 | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | ||
| Plain high dive | 34 | 126.0 | 7 | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | ||
See main article: Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Three swimmers, all male, represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Hodgson was unable to successfully defend his 1912 championships in the 400 and 1500 metre freestyle events, not even reaching the final in either; Vernot took a bronze and a silver in those events.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Swimmer | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sidney Gooday | 200 m breast | unknown | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||
| 400 m breast | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | |||
| George Hodgson | 400 m free | 5:49.8 | 2 Q | unknown | 4 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance |
| 1500 m free | 24:36.6 | 2 Q | unknown | 5 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | |
| George Vernot | 100 m free | 1:05.2 | 1 Q | 1:05.8 | 3 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance |
| 400 m free | 5:32.6 | 1 Q | 5:27.8 | 1 Q | 5:29.6 | ||
| 1500 m free | 23:40.0 | 1 Q | 22:59.4 | 1 Q | 22:36.4 | ||
See main article: Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
14 athletes represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport, having competed in athletics every time the country competed at the Olympics. The best result for the team was Thomson's gold medal in the high hurdles, as Canada took a gold medal in athletics for the fifth straight Games.
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Cyril Coaffee | 100 m | 3 | align=center colspan=6 | did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 3 | align=center colspan=6 | did not advance | ||||||
| James Dellow | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | 2:46:47.0 | 13 | |||||
| Edward Freeman | 3 km walk | align=center colspan=4 | 8 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | ||||
| 10 km walk | align=center colspan=4 | align=center colspan=2 | Disqualified | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | ||||
| Edward Lawrence | 1500 m | align=center colspan=4 | 4:04.4 | 5 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | |||
| 10000 m | align=center colspan=4 | 33:08.5 | 6 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | ||||
| Georges Norman | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | 2:58:01.0 | 22 | |||||
| Alexander Ponton | 100 m | 11.2 | 2 Q | 11.4 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||
| 200 m | 22.8 | 2 Q | 22.7 | 2 Q | 22.9 | 4 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | |
| Hector Phillips | 400 m | 52.3 | 2 Q | 51.4 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||
| 800 m | align=center colspan=2 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | |||||
| Arthur Scholes | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | 2:48:30.0 | 15 | |||||
| Albert Smoke | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |||||
| Earl Thomson | 110 m hurdles | align=center colspan=2 | 15.4 | 2 Q | 15.0 WR | 1 Q | 14.8 WR | ||
| Thomas Towns | 1500 m | align=center colspan=4 | 5 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | ||||
| 5000 m | align=center colspan=4 | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance | ||||
| Cross country | align=center colspan=6 | unknown | 9 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| John Cameron | Hammer throw | No mark | 12 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance |
| William Kennedy | High jump | No mark | 21 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance |
| Archie McDiarmid | Hammer throw | 44.66 | 9 | align=center colspan=2 | did not advance |
| 56 lb weight throw | 9.475 | 4 | 10.12 | 4 | |
See main article: Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Canadian Olympic Committee named W. A. Hewitt to its sub-committee for boxing to select who represented Canada at the Olympics,[2] and had been credited with officiating hundreds of bouts as a boxing referee in Toronto.[3] He oversaw travel arrangements for the national team to the remainder of the 1920 Summer Olympics which began in August.[4] The boxers which he helped select won one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals for Canada.[5]
| Boxer | Weight class | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / bronze match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Chris Graham | Bantamweight | N/A | bye | W | W | L | |
| Moe Herscovitch | Middleweight | bye | W | W | L | W | |
| Clarence Newton | Lightweight | N/A | W | W | L | W | |
| Walter Newton | Featherweight | bye | L | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | 9 | |
| Georges Prud'Homme | Middleweight | bye | W | W | W | L | |
| William Rankin | Featherweight | L | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | 16 | ||
| Bert Schneider | Welterweight | bye | W | W | W | W | |
| Harry Turner | Flyweight | N/A | L | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | 9 | |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 1 | 2 | .333 | ||
| 2 | 1 | .667 | ||
| 1 | 2 | .333 | ||
| 1 | 1 | .500 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 3 | 1 | .750 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 15 | 7 | .682 |
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 32 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | .667 | |
| Quarterfinals | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Semifinals | 3 | 2 | .600 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
| Bronze match | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Total | 15 | 7 | .682 |
See main article: Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Five cyclists represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Macdonald's fifth-place finish in the 50 kilometres was the best result of the Games for the Canadian cyclists.
| Cyclist | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Harold Bounsell | Time trial | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |
| Harry Martin | Time trial | 5:30:16.2 | 38 | |
| Herbert Macdonald | Time trial | 5:20:34.6 | 31 | |
| Norman Webster | Time trial | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |
| Harold Bounsell Harry Martin Herbert Macdonald Norman Webster | Team time trial | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Cyclist | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Repechage semis | Repechage final | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Harold Bounsell | Sprint | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 2 R | 13.4 | 1 Q | unknown | 2 | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||
| 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |||||||||
| Herbert Macdonald | Sprint | unknown | 4 | align=center colspan=10 | did not advance | ||||||||
| 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | unknown | 5 | |||||||||
| William Taylor | Sprint | unknown | 3 | align=center colspan=10 | did not advance | ||||||||
| 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |||||||||
| Norman Webster | Sprint | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 3 R | unknown | 3 | align=center colspan=6 | did not advance | ||||
| 50 km | align=center colspan=10 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | did not finish | |||||||||
| Harold Bounsell Herbert Macdonald William Taylor Norman Webster | Team pursuit | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | unknown | 2 | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=4 | did not advance | ||||
See main article: Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Winnipeg Falcons as the 1920 Allan Cup champions to represent the Canada men's national team in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics, instead of forming a national all-star team on short notice.[6] [7] W. A. Hewitt represented the Canadian Olympic Committee and oversaw finances for the Falcons, and reported on the Olympic Games for Canadian newspapers.[8] [9] He and his wife were a father and mother figure to the Falcons,[10] and sailed with them aboard from Saint John to Liverpool, then onto Antwerp.[11]
Hewitt introduced the CAHA rules of play to the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG) at the Olympics.[12] Writer Andrew Podnieks described Hewitt's interpretation of the rules as "competitive yet gentlemanly", and that the rules of play were accepted for Olympic hockey.[13] Hewitt refereed the first Olympic hockey game played, an 8–0 win by the Sweden men's national team versus the Belgium men's national team, on April 23, 1920.[14] The Falcons and the Hewitts returned home aboard from Le Havre to Quebec City.[15] The Falcons honoured Hewitt and his wife at a private dinner and presented them with a silver cup inscribed with the number 13, for the number of people who made the trip to the Olympics and the team's lucky number.[16]
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson| Pos | Player | GP | G | Birthdate | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 1 | 25 | |||
| G | 3 | 0 | 35 | |||
| F | 3 | 12 | 24 | |||
| R | 1 | 1 | 21 | |||
| F | 3 | 3 | 22 | |||
| F | 3 | 9 | 20 | |||
| D | 3 | 2 | 23 | |||
| R | 2 | 1 | 21 |
See main article: Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Five rowers represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's fourth straight appearance in the sport. Canada sent one boat, in the coxed fours. It was unable to advance past the semifinals, taking third place in the three-boat heat.
Ranks given are within the heat.
See main article: Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Seven shooters represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. For the second straight Games, the Canadian shooters were unable to earn any medals.
| Shooter | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| George Beattie | Trap | 73 | 5 | |
| John Black | Trap | 52 | unknown | |
| William Hamilton | Trap | 82 | 11 | |
| Robert Montgomery | Trap | 86 | 6 | |
| Samuel Vance | Trap | 71 | unknown | |
| George Beattie William Hamilton William McLaren Robert Montgomery True Oliver Samuel Vance | Team clay pigeons | 474 | 5 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
A single wrestler competed for Canada in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | .000 | ||
| Total | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Round | Wins | Losses | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 32 | 0 | 1 | .000 | |
| Round of 16 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Quarterfinals | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Semifinals | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Final | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Bronze match | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 0 | 1 | .000 |