1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 127 athletes (106 men and 21 women) in 83 competitions in 13 competitions. It was Canada's tenth summer Olympics participation.

The Canadian athletes won one silver and two bronze medals. This put Canada in tenth place in the medal table . After 1924 , it was the second Games in which Canada failed to win the Olympic Games . The silver medal went to canoeist Douglas Bennett in the single-canoe over 1000 meters, bronze went to canoeist Norman Lane in the single-canoe over 10,000 meters and the athletes Viola Myers , Nancy Mackay , Diane Foster and Patricia Jones in the 4 x 100 -Meter relay. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Bob McFarlane .

Participants by sport

basketball

• 9th place

  Bennie Lands

  Doodie Bloomfield

  Dave Campbell

  Nev Munro

  Harry Kermode

  Reid Mitchell

  Mendy Morein

  Murray Waxman

  Ole Bakken

  Pat McGeer

  Bob Scarr

  Cy Strulovitch

  Sol Tolchinsky

  William Bell

Boxing

• Joey Sandulo

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Fred Daigle

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Armand Savoie

  Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Eddie Haddad

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Clifford Blackburn

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Jack Keenan

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Adam Lazy

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

fencing

Men

• Georges Pouliot

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Alf Horn

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Roland Asselin

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Robert Desjarlais

  Foil team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

Women

• Rhoda Martin

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

• Betty Hamilton

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Rosaire Smith

  Bantamweight: 7th place

• John Stuart

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Gerry Gratton

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Joe Sklar

  Middleweight: 10th place

• Jack Varaleau

  Light heavyweight: 6th place

canoe

Men

• George Covey

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: 7th place

  Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 14th place

• Henry Harper

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: 7th place

  Two-person kayak 10,000 m: 14th place

• Douglas Bennett

  Single Canoe 1000 m: silver

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: 4th place

• Norman Lane

  Single Canoe 10,000 m: bronze

• Harry Poulton

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: 4th place

• Bert Oldershaw

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: 5th place

• William Stevenson

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: 5th place

Art competitions

• Geraldine Wright
• Abraham Sprachman
• Harry Somers
• Bettina Somers
• Clermont Pépin
• Barbara Pentland
• Robert Norgate
• Robert Morris
• Oskar Morawetz
• Tait McKenzie
• Vera Mathew-Irving
• Ferdinand Marani
• Yvon Lalande
• Sybil Kennedy
• Harold Kaplan
• Doris Hedges
• Rodolphe Dubé
• Jean Coulthard Adams
• Alexander Brott
• Fritz Brandtner
• Gérard Bessette
• Lucien Bernier
• John Weinzweig

athletics

Men

• Edward Haggis

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• James O'Brien

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• Donald Pettie

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

• Bob McFarlane

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Ernie McCullough

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Don McFarlane

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 5th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Jack Hutchins

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ezra Henniger

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• William Parnell

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Cliff Salmond

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Lloyd Evans

  Marathon: 16th place

• Gérard Côté

  Marathon: 17th place

• Walter Fedorick

  Marathon: 23rd place

• Bill LaRochelle

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Arthur Jackes

  High jump: 6th place

• Eric Coy

  Shot put: without a valid distance

  Discus throw: 23rd place

• Leo Roininen

  Javelin throw: 20th place

• Lionel Fournier

  Decathlon: 25th place

Women

• Viola Myers

  100 m: 4th place

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Patricia Jones

  100 m: 5th place

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Millie Cheater

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Diane Foster

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Donna Gilmore

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Nancy Mackay

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Doreen Dredge

  High jump: 4th place

• Shirley Gordon

  High jump: 11th place

• Elaine Silburn

  High jump: 19th place

  Long jump: 16th place

Cycling

• Lorne Atkinson

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road race team classification: Race not finished

  Track 1000 m time trial: 15th place

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Florent Jodoin

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road race team classification: Race not finished

• Lance Pugh

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road race team classification: Race not finished

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Laurent Tessier

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Road race team classification: Race not finished

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Bob Lacourse

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 3rd round

• William Hamilton

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 2nd round

Wrestling

• Norman May

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Mario Crete

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Morgan Plumb

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Harry Peace

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Maurice Vachon

  Middleweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Fernand Payette

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place

rowing

• Gabriel Beaudry

  Doubles twos: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Fred Graves

  Doubles twos: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Peter Green

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Robert Christmas

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Kind of Griffiths

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Alfred Stefani

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Marvin Hammond

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Jack Zwierewich

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Bill McConnell

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Ron Cameron

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Walt Robertson

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

swim

Men

• Peter Salmon

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Eric Jubb

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Doug Gibson

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Allen Gilchrist

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Peter Mingie

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Kay McNamee

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Joyce Court

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Vivian King

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Irene Strong

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Paul McLaughlin

  Firefly: 5th place

• Gerald Fairhead

  Star: 8th place

• Norman Gooderham

  Star: 8th place

• John Robertson

  Swallow: 7th place

• Richard Townsend

  Swallow: 7th place

Diving

Men

• George Athans

  3 m jumping: 9th place

  10 m high diving: 8th place

Web links

• Canadian Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )