1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

CAN

2	5	8th

Canada took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 102 athletes (85 men and 17 women) in 69 competitions in ten competitions.

The Canadian athletes won two gold, five silver and eight bronze medals, putting Canada in twelfth place in the medal table. Olympic champions were the athlete Duncan McNaughton in the high jump and the boxer Horace Gwynne in the bantamweight. In the art competitions that did not count for the medal table, Robert Tait McKenzie secured another bronze medal in the competition for reliefs and medals. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the boxer George Maughan .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• John Callura

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Horace Gwynne

  Bantamweight: gold

• John Keller

  Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Francisco Genovese

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Anthony Mancini

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Louis Lavoie

  Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• George Maughan

  Heavyweight: 4th place

fencing

Men

• Ernest Dalton

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: 7th place

• Bertram Markus

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: 7th place

• Patrick Farrell

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: 7th place

• Henri Delcellier

  Epee team: 7th place

Women

• Joan Archibald

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

Art competitions

• Oliver Milburn
• Robert Tait McKenzie

  Reliefs and medals: bronze

athletics

Men

• Percy Williams

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Birchall Pearson

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Harold Wright

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Alex Wilson

  400 m: bronze

  800 m: silver

  4 x 400 meter relay: bronze

• James Ball

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: bronze

• Ray Lewis

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: bronze

• Phil Edwards

  800 m: bronze

  1500 m: bronze

  4 x 400 meter relay: bronze

• Eddie King

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Leslie Wade

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Scotty Rankine

  5000 m: 11th place

• Clifford Bricker

  10,000 m: 8th place

  Marathon: 12th place

• Johnny Miles

  Marathon: 14th place

• Eddie Cudworth

  Marathon: 18th place

• Arthur Ravensdale

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Tom Coulter

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Harold Gallop

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• James Brown

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Henry Cieman

  50 km walking: race not finished

• Duncan McNaughton

  High jump: gold

• Jack Portland

  High jump: 9th place

  Triple jump: not a valid distance

• Len Hutton

  Long jump: not a valid distance

Women

• Hilda Strike

  100 m: silver

  4 x 100 meter relay: silver

• Mary Vandervliet

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Mary Frizzell

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: silver

• Alda Wilson

  80 m hurdles: 6th place

• Betty Taylor

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mildred Fizzell

  4 x 100 meter relay: silver

• Lillian Palmer

  4 x 100 meter relay: silver

• Eva Dawes

  High jump: bronze

Cycling

• Glen Robbins

  Road race: 22nd place

  Road team classification: 7th place

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 4th place

• James Jackson

  Road race: 25th place

  Road team classification: 7th place

• Frank Elliott

  Road race: 27th place

  Road team classification: 7th place

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 4th place

• Ernie Gates

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road team classification: 7th place

• Leo Marchiori

  Track Sprint: 5th place

• Lew Rush

  Track 1000 m individual time trial: 6th place

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 4th place

• Russ Hunt

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 4th place

Wrestling

• James Trifunov

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Herb Rowland

  Featherweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Howie Thomas

  Lightweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Danny McDonald

  Welterweight, freestyle: silver

• Donald Stockton

  Middleweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Harry Madison

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place

rowing

• Joseph Wright

  One: eliminated in the semifinals

• Noël de Mille

  Double twos: bronze

• Charles Edward Pratt

  Double twos: bronze

• Henry Pelham

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Russell Gammon

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Fraser Herman

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Frank Courtney

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Earl Eastwood

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Joseph Harris

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Stanley Stanyar

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Harry Fry

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Cedric Liddell

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• William Thoburn

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Donald Boal

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• Albert Taylor

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

• George MacDonald

  Eighth with helmsman: bronze

swim

Men

• Walter Spence

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Munroe Bourne

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Robert Halloran

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• George Burrows

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• George Larson

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Dennis Walker

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Dick Wyndham

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Marjorie Linton

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Irene Mullen

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Irene Pirie-Milton

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Ruth Kerr

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Betty Edwards

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 4th place

• Dorothy Prior

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Janet Sheather

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Reginald Dixon

  Snowbird: 5th place

• Henry Simmonds

  Star: 4th place

• Harry Wylie

  Star: 4th place

• Gardner Boultbee

  6 meter class: bronze

• Kenneth Glass

  6 meter class: bronze

• Philip Rogers

  6 meter class: bronze

• Gerald Wilson

  6 meter class: bronze

• Ernest Cribb

  8 meter class: silver

• Peter Gordon

  8 meter class: silver

• George Gyles

  8 meter class: silver

• Harry Jones

  8 meter class: silver

• Ronald Maitland

  8 meter class: silver

• Hubert Wallace

  8 meter class: silver

Diving

Men

• Alfred Phillips

  3 m jumping: 4th place

  10 m high diving: 7th place

• Arthur Stott

  3 m jumping: 11th place

Women

• Doris Ogilvie

  3 m jumping: 5th place

Web links

• Canadian Olympic team from 1932 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )