Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Canada at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English) (in French)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	69 (62 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Joseph Wright Jr.
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 7 Total 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
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]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Percy Williams	Athletics	Men's 100 m	July 30
Gold	Percy Williams	Athletics	Men's 200 m	August 1
Gold	Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	August 5
Gold	Ethel Catherwood	Athletics	Women's high jump	August 5
Silver	Jimmy Ball	Athletics	Men's 400 m	August 3
Silver	Bobbie Rosenfeld	Athletics	Women's 100 m	July 31
Silver	Jack Guest, Joseph Wright Jr.	Rowing	Men's double sculls	August 10
Silver	Donald Stockton	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	August 1
Bronze	Jimmy Ball, Phil Edwards, Stanley Glover, Alex Wilson	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	August 5
Bronze	Ethel Smith	Athletics	Women's 100 m	July 31
Bronze	Raymond Smillie	Boxing	Men's welterweight	August 11
Bronze	John Donnelly, Frank Fiddes, John Hand Frederick Hedges, Athol Meech, Jack Murdoch, Edgar Norris, Herbert Richardson, William Ross	Rowing	Men's eight	August 10
Bronze	Garnet Ault, Munroe Bourne, Walter Spence, James Thompson	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 11
Bronze	James Trifunov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	August 1
Bronze	Maurice Letchford	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	August 1

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

Frankie Martin
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Armand Appel (FRA), points

Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1928.

Bronze medalists in the 4×200-metre relay. Back row, left to right: Munroe Bourne, James Thompson, Walter Spence, and Garnet Ault

↑ "Canada at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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