Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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]

Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	69 (62 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Joseph Wright Jr.
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 7 Total 15
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1928 Canadian Olympic team

Medallists

Further information: 1928 Summer Olympics medal table

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Canada's track and field athletes departed Montreal on July 11, aboard SS Albertic bound for Amsterdam.^[2][3]

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).

After the Olympics, some of the Canadian athletes participated in the Tailteann Games in Ireland, the British Army Games in England, and the Scottish Games in Glasgow.^[4] Canadian athletes also participated in events at Paris and London, and sailed home aboard SS Doric, after winning the Wyoming Cup as a team in Scotland.^[5]

Track and road events

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	DQ	–
Bobbie Rosenfeld				12.6	1 Q	12.4 OR	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		DQ	–	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						DNF	–	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
Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick George Hester Percy Williams	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	—				42.2	1 Q	DQ	–
Jane Bell Myrtle Cook Bobbie Rosenfeld Ethel Smith	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	—				49.3 WR	1 Q	48.4 WR
Jimmy Ball Phil Edwards Stan Glover Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter)	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

Boxing

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	bye	Armand Apell (FRA) L points	did not advance			9
Vince Glionna	Men's bantamweight	bye	Hans Ziglarski (GER) W points	Harry Isaacs (RSA) L points	did not advance		5
Frederick Volkert	Men's featherweight	bye	Jan Górny (POL) L points	did not advance			9
Frank Battaglia	Men's lightweight	Robert Smith (RSA) L points	did not advance				17
Raymond Smillie	Men's welterweight	Johann Fraberger (AUT) W points	Patrick Lenehan (IRL) W points	Kintaro Usuda (JPN) W points	Raúl Landini (ARG) L points	Robert Galataud (FRA) W points
Honoré Chevrier	Men's middleweight	bye	Oscar Kjällander (SWE) L points	did not advance			9
Donald Carrick	Men's light heavyweight	—	Jean Welter (LUX) W points	Víctor Avendaño (ARG) L points	did not advance		5

Cycling

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.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Time	Rank
Lew Elder	Men's road race	DNF	–
Joe Laporte		5:21:30	31
William Peden		6:09:26	63
Alfred Tourville		5:51:05	56
Joe Laporte	Men's team road race	17:22:01	14
William Peden
Alfred Tourville

Track cycling

Time trial

Cyclist	Event	Time	Rank
Lew Elder	Men's time trial	1:19.0	11

Match races

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
James Davies	Men's team pursuit	unknown	2 q	—				unknown	2	did not advance
Lew Elder
Andy Houting
William Peden
James Davies	Men's sprint	unknown	2 R	unknown	3	did not advance

Diving

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
Alfred Phillips	Men's 3 m board	17	134.10	3 Q	32.5	149.48	7
Alfred Phillips	Men's 10 m platform	14	78.42	3 Q	35	77.26	7

Rowing

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
Joseph Wright Jr.	Men's single sculls	7:57.8	1 Q	bye		8:45.0	2 R	7:49.6	1 Q	7:57.6	2	did not advance
Joseph Wright Jr.	Men's double sculls	7:48.2	1 Q	bye		6:58.6	2 R	7:21.8	1 Q	6:42.2	1 Q	6:58.0	1 Q	6:51.0
Jack Guest
Frank Fiddes	Men's eight	6:29.8	1 Q	bye		6:59.0	1 Q	bye		6:37.4	1 Q	6:03.8	2 ()	did not advance
John Hand
Frederick Hedges
Athol Meech
Jack Murdoch
Edgar Norris
Herbert Richardson
William Ross
John Donnelly (cox)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

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
Munroe Bourne	Men's 100 m freestyle	unknown	4	did not advance
Walter Spence		1:00.6	2 Q	1:01.4	3 q	1:01.4	6
Garnet Ault	Men's 400 m freestyle	5:18.8	1 Q	unknown	4	did not advance
James Thompson		unknown	4	did not advance
Garnet Ault	Men's 1500 m freestyle	22:55.8	2 Q	21:33.4	3 Q	21:46.0	6
James Thompson		22:56.6	3	did not advance
Munroe Bourne	Men's 100 metre backstroke	1:14.4	2 Q	unknown	4	did not advance
Jack Aubin	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	unknown	4	did not advance
Walter Spence		2:56.6	1 Q	2:53.0	2 Q	2:57.2	6
Dorothy Prior	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	unknown	4	did not advance
Garnet Ault	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	—		9:55.0	1 Q	9:47.8
Munroe Bourne
Walter Spence
James Thompson

Wrestling

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.

Freestyle wrestling

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
James Trifunov	Men's bantamweight	—	Spapen (BEL) L	did not advance		Not qualified		—	Sansum (GBR) W
Daniel MacDonald	Men's featherweight	bye	Angus (GBR) W	Minder (SUI) L	did not advance	Not qualified				6
Maurice Letchford	Men's welterweight	bye	Roosen (BEL) W	Appleton (USA) L	did not advance	Not qualified		Cook (GBR) W	Jourlin (FRA) W
Donald Stockton	Men's middleweight	bye	Rabin (GBR) W	Kyburz (SUI) L	did not advance	Hammonds (USA) W	Praeg (RSA) W	Already ranked
Earl McCready	Men's heavyweight	—	George (USA) L	did not advance		Not qualified				6

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics