Canada at the 1932 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CAN
Nocname:	Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1932
Date:	July 29-August 14, 1932
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles, United States
Competitors:	102
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	George Maughan
Rank:	12
Gold:	2
Silver:	5
Bronze:	8
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

Canadian Olympic Committee member W. A. Fry self-published a book covering Canadian achievements at the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics. His 1933 book, Canada at the tenth Olympiad, 1932 : Lake Placid, New York, Feb. 4 to 13 - Los Angeles, California, July 30 to Aug. 14, was printed by the Dunnville Chronicle presses and dedicated to Canadian sportsperson Francis Nelson who died in 1932.^[2]

Medallists

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 Les MacDonald – Rowing, men's eights with coxswain
• Philip Rogers, Gerald Wilson, Gardner Boultbee, and Kenneth Glass – Sailing, 6 m class

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics. 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

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics. 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

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canada at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417083412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CAN/summer/1932/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-05-02 . sports-reference.com.
2. Book: Canada at the tenth Olympiad, 1932: Lake Placid, New York, Feb. 4 to 13 - Los Angeles, California, July 30 to Aug. 14. William A Fry, Francis Nelson, Canadian Olympic Committee. 883956822.