1936 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with a delegation of 95 athletes. In total, Canada was able to win nine medals during its ninth participation in the Summer Olympics, which puts it in 17th place on the medal table . The result at that time was the third-best result of the Canadian team so far, at the same time as Antwerp (1920) and after London (16 ×) as well as Amsterdam and Los Angeles (15 × each).

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Francis Amyot	canoe	Single canoe 1000 m

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Gordon Aitchison Ian Allison Arthur Chapman Chuck Chapman Edward Dawson Irving Meretsky Stanley Nantais James Stewart Malcolm Wiseman Doug Peden	basketball	basketball
John Loaring	athletics	400 m hurdles
Frank Saker Harvey Charters	canoe	Two-man canoe 10,000 m

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher	athletics	4 × 100 m relay of women
Elizabeth Taylor	athletics	80 m hurdles
Phil Edwards	athletics	800 m
Frank Saker Harvey Charters	canoe	Two-person canoe 1000 m
Joseph Schleimer	Wrestling	Freestyle welterweight

Participants by sport

basketball

Men - silver

• Gordon Aitchison
• Ian Allison
• Arthur Chapman
• Chuck Chapman
• Edward Dawson
• Irving Meretsky
• Stanley Nantais
• James Stewart
• Malcolm Wiseman
• Doug Peden

Boxing

Men

• Oliver Shanks (light heavyweight)
• Billy Marquart (featherweight)
• Harvey Lacelle (bantamweight)
• Maurice Camyré (welterweight)

fencing

Men

• George Tully (Foil Team, Epee Individual and Team, Saber Individual and Team)
• Charles Otis (foil individual and team, epee individual, saber individual and team)
• Ernest Dalton (foil individual and team, epee individual and team, saber team)
• Don Collinge (foil individual and team, epee individual, saber individual and team)
• Bertrand Boissonnault (foil team, epee singles)

Women

• Aileen Thomas (foil single)
• Kathleen Hughes-Hallett (Foil Singles)
• Nancy Archibald (Foil Singles)

canoe

Men

• Frank Willis (two-person kayak 1000 m, two-person kayak (folding boat) 10,000 m)
• Bill Williamson (single kayak 1000 m)
• Stanley Potter (two-person kayak (folding boat) 10,000 m)
• Gordon Potter (two-person kayak 10,000 m)
• Edward Deir (two-person kayak 1000 m, two-person kayak 10,000 m)
• Frank Amyot (single kayak 1000 m, single canoe 1000 m - gold )
• Warren Saker (two-man canoe 1000 m - bronze , two-man canoe 10,000 m - silver )
• Harvey Charters (two-man canoe 1000 m - bronze , two-man canoe 10,000 m - silver )

Art competitions

Men

• Tait McKenzie (Sculpture)

athletics

Men

• Percy Wyer (marathon)
• James Worrall (110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles)
• Harold Webster (marathon)
• Milton Wallace (5000 m, 10,000 m)
• Hugh Thompson (1500 m)
• Sam Richardson (4 × 100 m relay, long jump, triple jump)
• Scotty Rankine (5000 m, 10,000 m)
• Lee Orr (100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay)
• Larry O'Connor (110 m hurdles)
• Howard McPhee (100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay)
• Marshall Limon (400 m, 4 × 400 m relay)
• Jack Liddle (800 m, 1500 m)
• Bruce Humber (100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay)
• Joe Haley (high jump)
• William Fritz (400 m, 4 × 400 m relay)
• Jim Courtright (javelin throwing)
• From Conway (800 m)
• James Bartlett (marathon)
• Syl Apps (pole vault)
• Phil Edwards (800 m - bronze , 1500 m, 4 × 400 m relay)
• John Loaring (400 m, 400 m hurdles - silver , 4 × 400 m relay)

Women

• Margaret Bell (high jump)
• Roxanne Atkins (80m hurdles)
• Elizabeth Taylor (80m hurdles - bronze )
• Aileen Meagher (100 m, 4 × 100 m relay - bronze )
• Mildred Dolson (100 m, 4 × 100 m relay - bronze )
• Hilda Cameron (100 m, 4 × 100 m relay - bronze )
• Dorothy Brookshaw (4 × 100 m relay - bronze )

Cycling

Men

• George Turner (road race individual and team, 4000 m team pursuit)
• Rusty Peden (individual and team road races)
• Doug Peace (Sprint)
• Bob McLeod (1000 m time trial, 4000 m team pursuit)
• George Crompton (individual and team road races, 4000 m team pursuit)
• Lionel Coleman (individual and team road races, 4000 m team pursuit)

Wrestling

Men

• Howie Thomas (freestyle, lightweight)
• Vern Pettigrew (freestyle, featherweight)
• Terry Evans (Freestyle, Middleweight)
• George Chiga (freestyle, heavyweight)
• Joseph Schleimer (Freestyle, Welterweight - Bronze )

rowing

Men

• Ben Sharpe (eighth)
• Sandy Saunders (eighth)
• Gray McLeish (eighth)
• Charles Matteson (eighth)
• Les MacDonald (eighth)
• Cedric Liddell (eighth)
• Joe Harris (eighth)
• Harry Fry (eighth)
• Jack Cunningham (eighth)
• Charles Campbell (one)

sailing

Men

• Reginald Dixon (O-dinghy)

swim

Men

• Bill Puddy (200 m chest)
• Robert Pirie (400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay)
• George Larson (100 m freestyle)
• Gordon Kerr (100m back)
• Robert Hooper (400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay)
• Robert Hamerton (100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay)
• Gerald Clawson (200 m chest)
• Munroe Bourne (100m freestyle, 4 × 200m freestyle, 100m backstyle)

Women

• Margaret Stone (100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)
• Irene Pirie-Milton (100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)
• Noel Oxenbury (100m back)
• Mary McConkey (4 × 100 m freestyle relay, 100 m back)
• Joan Langdon (200 m chest)
• Phyllis Dewar (100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)

Diving

Men

• George Athans (diving)

Women

• Thelma Boughner (artificial diving, high diving)
• Lynda Adams (artificial diving, high diving)

Web links

• 1936 Canadian Olympic Team in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )