| Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Amsterdam | |
| Competitors | 69 (62 men, 7 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Joseph Wright Jr. |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 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]
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 | 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 | ||||
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | — | 42.2 | 1 Q | DQ | – | ||||
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | — | 49.3 WR | 1 Q | 48.4 WR | | ||||
| 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 | |||||||
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 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Cyclist | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lew Elder | Men's time trial | 1:19.0 | 11 |
| 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 | |||||||
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 |
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 | |||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||
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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
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France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 255 competitors, 219 men and 36 women, took part in 112 events in 17 sports. At the beginning of the games there was an incident where a French coach was physically assaulted by a Stadium gatekeeper who refused him entry. It boiled over to a point where the entire French team did not participate in the Parade of Nations, and conversations were made to pull out of the games completely. However, the issue was resolved and France went on to compete.
France was the host nation for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the second time that France had hosted the Games, after the 1900 Summer Olympics, also in Paris. 401 competitors, 373 men and 28 women, took part in 128 events in 20 sports.
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The United States competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 299 competitors, 275 men and 24 women, took part in 108 events in 18 sports.
Austria competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 73 competitors took part in 39 events in 13 sports.
Italy competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 174 competitors, 173 men and 1 woman, took part in 79 events in 18 sports.
Finland competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 69 competitors took part in 48 events in 11 sports.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 70 competitors took part in 51 events in 14 sports.
The Netherlands competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 130 competitors, 129 men and 1 woman, took part in 58 events in 15 sports.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 177 competitors, 168 men and 9 women, took part in 81 events in 17 sports.
Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.
Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was the country's last appearance until 1928.
Denmark competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 89 competitors, 78 men and 11 women, took part in 60 events in 13 sports.
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