Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
competed at the
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...
in
Los Angeles
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,
United States
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. Despite the games being held during the
Great Depression
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, Canada sent its second largest team to date. 102 competitors, 85 men and 17 women, took part in 69 events in 10 sports.
Canadian Olympic Committee
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC; french: Comité olympique canadien) is a private, non-profit organization that represents Canada at the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is also a member of the Pan American Sports Organization ...
member
W. A. Fry
William Alexander Fry (September 7, 1872 – April 21, 1944) was a Canadian sports administrator and newspaper publisher. Fry founded the ''Dunnville Chronicle'' in 1896, managed local hockey and baseball teams in the 1910s, then served as pres ...
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.
Medalists
Gold
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Duncan McNaughton
Duncan Anderson McNaughton (December 7, 1910 – January 15, 1998) was a Canadian athlete, who competed mainly in the high jump. He went on to a career in petroleum geology.
Biography
McNaughton was born in Cornwall, Ontario, and grew up in V ...
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Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, men's high jump
*
Horace Gwynne
Horace "Lefty" Gwynne (October 5, 1912 – April 16, 2001) was a bantamweight professional boxer from Canada, who competed in the 1930s and won the gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was still an amateur when he won the gold medal.
...
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Boxing
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, men's bantamweight
Silver
*
Alex Wilson –
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, men's 800 m
*
Hilda Strike
Hilda Gwendolyn Strike (later ''Sisson'', September 1, 1910 – March 9, 1989) was a Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist. She was born in Montreal and died in Ottawa.
Competing in the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in ...
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Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, women's 100 m
*
Mildred Fizzell,
Lillian Palmer,
Mary Frizzel
Mary Frizzell (later ''Thomasson'', January 27, 1913 – October 12, 1972) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia and died in North Vancouver.
Frizzell competed for ...
and
Hilda Strike
Hilda Gwendolyn Strike (later ''Sisson'', September 1, 1910 – March 9, 1989) was a Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist. She was born in Montreal and died in Ottawa.
Competing in the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in ...
–
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, women's 4 × 100 m relay
*
Ernest Cribb,
Harry Jones,
Peter Gordon,
Hubert Wallace
Hubert Alfred Wallace (March 3, 1899 – July 3, 1984) was a Canadian sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Born in Vancouver, he was a crew member of the Canadian boat ''Santa Maria'' which won the silver medal in the 8 metre ...
,
Ronald Maitland
Ronald Monteith Maitland (January 6, 1887 – April 15, 1937) was a Canadian sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of differen ...
, and
George Gyles
George Frederick Gyles (November 17, 1877 – February 5, 1959) was a Canadian sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
In 1932 he was a crew member of the Canadian boat ''Santa Maria'' which won the silver medal in the 8 metre ...
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Sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...
, 8 m class
*
Daniel MacDonald –
Wrestling
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, men's welterweight (66–72 kg)
Bronze
*
Phil Edwards –
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, men's 800 m
*
Phil Edwards –
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, men's 1500 m
*
Alex Wilson –
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, men's 400 m
*
Raymond Lewis,
James Ball,
Phil Edwards, and
Alex Wilson –
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, men's 4 × 400 m relay
*
Eva Dawes
Eva Dawes (later ''Spinks'', September 17, 1912 – May 30, 2009) is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born in Toronto.
She competed for Canada in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in ...
–
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
, women's high jump
*
Charles E. Pratt and
Noel De Mille –
Rowing
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, men's double sculls
*
Earl Eastwood,
Joseph Harris,
Stanley Stanyar,
Harry Fry,
Cedric Liddell,
William Thoburn,
Don Boal,
Albert Taylor, and
Les MacDonald –
Rowing
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, men's eights with coxswain
*
Philip Rogers,
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...
,
Gardner Boultbee, and
Kenneth Glass –
Sailing
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, 6 m class
Athletics
Boxing
Cycling
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
;
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*
Lew Rush
;
Team pursuit
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Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
*
Lew Rush
*
Glen Robbins
*
Russ Hunt
*
Frank Elliott
Diving
Fencing
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
Sailing
Swimming
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
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Nations at the 1932 Summer Olympics
1932
Summer Olympics
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