| Noc: | CAN |
| Nocname: | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 1932 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Lake Placid |
| Competitors: | 42 (38 men, 4 women) |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer: | Harold Simpson (ice hockey) |
| Rank: | 4 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Canada competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
W. A. Hewitt served as chairman of the winter games sub-committee of the Canadian Olympic Committee.[1] [2] Melville Marks Robinson served as manager of the Canadian delegation to the Olympics, with Claude C. Robinson as the honorary assistant manager.[3]
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 sportsman Francis Nelson who died in 1932.[4]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada men's national ice hockey team (The Winnipegs) | Men's competition | |||
| Men's 1500m | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
| Men's 500m | ||||
| Men's 1500m | ||||
| Men's 5000m | ||||
| Men's 10,000m |
See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | John Currie | 1'49:03 | 40 |
| John Taylor | 1'48:11 | 39 | |
| Bud Clark | 1'46:33 | 38 | |
| Harry Pangman | 1'43:12 | 35 | |
| 50 km | Walter Ryan | DNF | - |
| Hubert Douglas | DNF | - | |
| Kaare Engstad | 5'19:19 | 16 | |
See main article: Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Littlejohn | Women's singles | 15 | 15 | 101 | 1711.6 | 15 |
| Elizabeth Fisher | 13 | 12 | 82 | 1801.0 | 13 | |
| Constance Wilson-Samuel | 4 | 5 | 28 | 2129.5 | 4 |
| Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Claudet Chauncey Bangs | 36 | 68.9 | 6 | |
| Constance Wilson-Samuel Montgomery Wilson | 35 | 69.6 | 5 |
See main article: Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
The Canadian Olympic Committee selected the Winnipeg Hockey Club as the 1931 Allan Cup champions to represent Canada. Claude C. Robinson was chosen to oversee finances for the team, while W. A. Hewitt was named honorary manager. After the Winnipeg Hockey Club won the gold medal at the Olympics, Hewitt sought for future Canadian national teams at the Olympics to be the reigning Allan Cup champion team, strengthened with six additional players.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 Feb | 1:2 OT (0:0,0:1,1:0,0:0,0:1) | |||
| 6 Feb | 4:1 (2:0,2:0,0:1) | |||
| 7 Feb | 9:0 (2:0,5:0,2:0) | |||
| 8 Feb | 5:0 (2:0,1:0,2:0) | |||
| 9 Feb | 10:0 (5:0,1:0,4:0) | |||
| 13 Feb | 2:2 OT (1:1,1:0,0:1,0:0,0:0,0:0) |
See main article: Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Events:
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Arthur Gravel | Individual | 2'00:18 | 94.50 | 33 | 50.5 | 51.5 | 184.1 | 22 | 278.60 | 30 |
| Howard Bagguley | 1'50:35 | 133.50 | 25 | 51.0 | 51.5 | 185.2 | 21 | 318.70 | 24 | |
| Ross Wilson | 1'43:55 | 162.00 | 21 | 40.0 (fall) | 36.0 | 90.8 | 32 | 252.80 | 31 | |
| Jostein Nordmoe | 1'42:56 | 165.96 | 18 | 53.0 | 52.5 | 201.6 | 9 | 367.56 | 10 | |
See main article: Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Arnold Stone | Normal hill | 61.5 | 30.0 (fall) | 33 | 49.0 | 85.5 | 26 | 115.5 | 29 |
| Leslie Gagne | 45.0 | 82.5 | 26 | 44.5 | 28.0 | 31 | 110.5 | 30 | |
| Jacques Landry | 52.5 | 91.7 | 21 | 54.0 | 95.1 | 19 | 186.8 | 20 | |
| Bob Lymburne | 58.0 | 98.6 | 13 | 51.0 | 93.5 | 22 | 192.1 | 19 | |
See main article: Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics.
| Event | Athlete | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Position | Time | Position | ||
| 500 m | Frank Stack | 44.3 | 1 Q | n/a | 4 |
| Leopold Sylvestre | n/a | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Willy Logan | n/a | 2 Q | n/a | 5 | |
| Alex Hurd | 44.9 | 1 Q | n/a | ||
| 1500 m | Frank Stack | n/a | 2 Q | n/a | 4 |
| Herb Flack | n/a | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Willy Logan | n/a | 2 Q | n/a | ||
| Alex Hurd | n/a | 2 Q | n/a | ||
| 5000m | Alex Hurd | DNF | - | Did not advance | |
| Harry Smyth | n/a | 4 Q | n/a | 8 | |
| Frank Stack | n/a | 4 Q | n/a | 7 | |
| Willy Logan | n/a | 3 Q | n/a | ||
| 10,000 m | Marion McCarthy | DNF | - | Did not advance | |
| Alex Hurd | 17:56.2 | 1 Q | n/a | 7 | |
| Willy Logan | n/a | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Frank Stack | n/a | 2 Q | n/a | ||