| Noc: | CAN |
| Nocname: | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1928 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Amsterdam |
| Competitors: | 69 (62 men, 7 women) |
| Sports: | 8 |
| Flagbearer: | Joseph Wright Jr. |
| Rank: | 10 |
| Gold: | 4 |
| Silver: | 4 |
| Bronze: | 7 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1900 |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
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]
See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
32 athletes represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 7th appearance in the sport, having competed in athletics at every Olympics to date. After failing to win any medals in 1924, Canada returned to the athletics podium in 1928 with 4 golds, 2 silvers, and 2 bronzes.
The women's relay team broke the world record twice on the way to winning the gold medal. Percy Williams won both of the men's sprint events, twice matching the Olympic record in the 100 metres. Bobbie Rosenfeld briefly held the Olympic record in the women's 100 metres, setting it at 12.4 seconds in the semifinals before that mark was bested by all three medalists, including Rosenfeld and Smith (with the record ultimately ending with American gold medalist Betty Robinson at 12.2 seconds).
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ralph Adams | Men's 100 metres | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 4 | did not advance | |||
| John Fitzpatrick | 11.0 | 1 Q | unknown | 2 Q | 10.9 | 6 | did not advance | ||
| George Hester | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| Percy Williams | 11.0 | 1 Q | 10.6 =OR | 1 Q | 10.6 =OR | 2 Q | 10.8 | ||
| Jane Bell | Women's 100 metres | 13.0 | 2 Q | unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Myrtle Cook | 12.8 | 1 Q | unknown | 2 Q | – | ||||
| Bobbie Rosenfeld | 12.6 | 1 Q | 12.4 | 1 Q | 12.3 | ||||
| Ethel Smith | 12.6 | 1 Q | unknown | 2 Q | 12.3 | ||||
| Ralph Adams | Men's 200 metres | 22.5 | 2 Q | unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||
| John Fitzpatrick | 22.8 | 1 Q | 22.0 | 1 Q | 22.0 | 3 Q | 22.1 | 5 | |
| George Hester | – | did not advance | |||||||
| Percy Williams | 22.6 | 1 Q | 21.8 | 2 Q | 22.0 | 1 Q | 21.8 | ||
| Jimmy Ball | Men's 400 metres | 55.8 | 1 Q | 49.2 | 1 Q | 48.6 | 1 Q | 48.0 | |
| Phil Edwards | 49.8 | 1 Q | 49.2 | 1 Q | 50.2 | 6 | did not advance | ||
| Fred Macbeth | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| Alex Wilson | 49.9 | 2 Q | unknown | 2 Q | 49.2 | 4 | did not advance | ||
| Brant Little | Men's 800 metres | 1:57.8 | 2 Q | 1:57.6 | 4 | did not advance | |||
| Phil Edwards | 1:59.4 | 1 Q | 1:52.8 | 2 Q | 1:54.0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Walter | unknown | 5 | did not advance | ||||||
| Alex Wilson | 1:59.2 | 1 Q | 1:57.1 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
| Bobbie Rosenfeld | Women's 800 metres | unknown | 3 Q | 2:22.4 | 5 | ||||
| Jean Thompson | 2:23.2 | 1 Q | 2:21.4 | 4 | |||||
| Alex Docherty | Men's 1500 metres | unknown | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| David Griffin | unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| Jack Walter | unknown | 6 | did not advance | ||||||
| Pete Walter | unknown | 7 | did not advance | ||||||
| Vincent Callard | Men's 5000 metres | unknown | 8 | did not advance | |||||
| Art Keay | – | did not advance | |||||||
| Warren Montabone | Men's 400 metres hurdles | 56.5 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| Art Keay | Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | unknown | 8 | did not advance | |||||
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.2 | 1 Q | – | ||||||
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 49.3 | 1 Q | 48.4 | ||||||
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | unknown | 2 Q | 3:15.4 | ||||||
| Clifford Bricker | Men's marathon | 2:39:24 | 10 | ||||||
| Frank Hughes | 2:58:12 | 43 | |||||||
| Silas McLellan | 2:49:33 | 26 | |||||||
| Johnny Miles | 2:43:32 | 17 | |||||||
| Percy Wyer | 2:58:52 | 45 | |||||||
See main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
7 boxers, all men, represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport. Canada had a boxer in every weight class except the heavyweight. For the second straight Games, Canada won exactly one bronze medal in boxing.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / bronze match | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Frankie Martin | Men's flyweight | L points | did not advance | 9 | ||||
| Vince Glionna | Men's bantamweight | W points | L points | did not advance | 5 | |||
| Frederick Volkert | Men's featherweight | L points | did not advance | 9 | ||||
| Frank Battaglia | Men's lightweight | L points | did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Raymond Smillie | Men's welterweight | W points | W points | W points | L points | W points | ||
| Honoré Chevrier | Men's middleweight | L points | did not advance | 9 | ||||
| Donald Carrick | Men's light heavyweight | W points | L points | did not advance | 5 | |||
See main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 5th appearance in the sport. Joe Laporte had previously competed in 1924.
| Cyclist | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=4 | Men's road race | |||
| 5:21:30 | 31 | |||
| 6:09:26 | 63 | |||
| 5:51:05 | 56 | |||
| Men's team road race | 17:22:01 | 14 | ||
| Cyclist | Event | 1st Round | Repechage 1 | Repechage Final | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / bronze match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Men's team pursuit | unknown | 2 q | unknown | 2 | did not advance | ||||||||
| Men's sprint | unknown | 2 R | unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||||||||
See main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
One man represented Canada in diving in 1928. It was the nation's 4th appearance in the sport and first since 1920. Phillips advanced to the finals in both events, placing 7th in each.
| Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | |||
| Men's 3 m board | 17 | 134.10 | 3 Q | 32.5 | 149.48 | 7 | ||
| Men's 10 m platform | 14 | 78.42 | 3 Q | 35 | 77.26 | 7 | ||
See main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
11 rowers, all men, represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport, tying Belgium and Great Britain for most appearances. Canada had 3 boats compete and won one silver medal in men's double sculls (matching its best ever result in the sport) and one bronze medal in the men's eight, as well as an effectively 5th place finish in men's single sculls after Wright was defeated in the quarterfinal round.
| Rower | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's single sculls | 7:57.8 | 1 Q | 8:45.0 | 2 R | 7:49.6 | 1 Q | 7:57.6 | 2 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Men's double sculls | 7:48.2 | 1 Q | 6:58.6 | 2 R | 7:21.8 | 1 Q | 6:42.2 | 1 Q | 6:58.0 | 1 Q | 6:51.0 | |||
| align=left rowspan=9 | Men's eight | 6:29.8 | 1 Q | 6:59.0 | 1 Q | 6:37.4 | 1 Q | 6:03.8 | 2 | did not advance | |||||
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See main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
6 swimmers, 5 men and 1 women, represented Canada in 1928. It was nation's 5th appearance in the sport and the first time the nation sent a female swimmer. Canada won a bronze medal in the men's relay, the first medal in the sport for Canada since 1920. In the individual events, Canadian swimmers advanced to 3 finals but took 6th place each time.
| Swimmer | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Men's 100 m freestyle | unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| 1:00.6 | 2 Q | 1:01.4 | 3 q | 1:01.4 | 6 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Men's 400 m freestyle | 5:18.8 | 1 Q | unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||
| unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 22:55.8 | 2 Q | 21:33.4 | 3 Q | 21:46.0 | 6 | |
| 22:56.6 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | 1:14.4 | 2 Q | unknown | 4 | did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | unknown | 4 | did not advance | ||||
| 2:56.6 | 1 Q | 2:53.0 | 2 Q | 2:57.2 | 6 | |||
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke | unknown | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 9:55.0 | 1 Q | 9:47.8 | ||||
See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
5 wrestlers, all men, competed for Canada in 1928. They competed only in the freestyle discipline. It was the nation's 4th appearance in the sport. Canadian wrestlers won a silver medal (the nation's best result in the sport so far, improving on a bronze medal in 1908) and 2 bronze medals.
| Wrestler | Event | Gold medal rounds | Silver medal rounds | Bronze medal rounds | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Semifinals | Final | Semifinals | Final | |||
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Men's bantamweight | L | did not advance | W | |||||||
| Men's featherweight | W | L | did not advance | 6 | ||||||
| Men's welterweight | W | L | did not advance | W | W | |||||
| Men's middleweight | W | L | did not advance | W | W | |||||
| Men's heavyweight | L | did not advance | 6 | |||||||
See main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics.