# Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 118 competitors, 100 men and 18 women, took part in 80 events in 13 sports.

## Medallists
### Silver

* Douglas Bennett – Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 metres

### Bronze

* Norman Lane – Canoeing, men's C-1 10000 metres
* Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay, Diane Foster, Patricia Jones – Athletics, women's 4×100 metre relay

## Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* Edward Haggis
* James O'Brien
Men's 200 metres
* Edward Haggis
* Donald Pettie
Men's 400 metres
* Ernest McCullough
* Bob McFarlane
* Don McFarlane
Men's 800 metres
* Ezra Henniger
* Jack Hutchins
* William Parnell
Men's 1500 metres
* Jack Hutchins
* William Parnell
* Clifford Salmond
Men's 5000 metres
* Clifford Salmond
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
* Edward Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, and Donald Pettie
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
* William Larochelle, Ernest McCullough, Bob McFarlane, and Don McFarlane
Men's marathon
* Gérard Côté
* Lloyd Evans
* Walter Fedorick
Men's 400m hurdles
* William Larochelle
Men's shot put
* Eric Coy
Men's discus throw
* Eric Coy
Men's high jump
* Arthur Jackes
Men's javelin throw
* Leo Roininen
Men's Decathlon
* Lionel Fournier
Women's 100 metres
* Millicent Cousins
* Patricia Jones
* Viola Myers
Women's 200 metres
* Millicent Cousins
* Diane Foster
* Donna Gilmore
Women's high jump
* Shirley Olafsson
* Elaine Silburn
* Doreen Wolff
Women's long jump
* Elaine Silburn
Women's 4 × 100 m relay
* Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay, Diane Foster, and Patricia Jones

## Basketball
### Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group A)
** Defeated Italy (55-37)
** Defeated Great Britain (44-24)
** Lost to Hungary (36-37)
** Lost to Brazil (35-57)
** Defeated Uruguay (52-50)
* Classification matches
** 9th/16th place: defeated Iran (81-25)
** 9th/12th place: defeated Belgium (45-40)
** 9th/10th place: defeated Peru (49-43) → Ninth place
* Team roster
** Ole Bakken
** William Bell
** David Bloomfield
** David Campbell
** Harry Kermode
** Bennie Lands
** Patrick McGeer
** James Reid Mitchell
** Mendy Morein
** Gary Neville Munro
** Robert Scarr
** Sidney Strulovitch
** Sol Tolchinsky
** Murray Waxman

## Boxing

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Joey Sandulo
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Frederick Daigle
Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Armand Savoie
Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Edward Haddad
Men's welterweight (– 69 kg)
* Clifford Blackburn
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
* John Keenan
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
* Adam Faul

## Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1948.

### Individual road race

* Lorne Atkinson
* Florent Jodoin
* Lance Pugh
* Laurent Tessier

### Team road race

* Lorne Atkinson
* Florent Jodoin
* Lance Pugh
* Laurent Tessier

### Sprint

* Bob Lacourse

### Time trial

* Lorne Atkinson

### Team pursuit

* Lorne Atkinson
* William Hamilton
* Lance Pugh
* Laurent Tessier

## Diving

Men's 3m springboard
* George Athans Sr.
Men's 10m platform
* George Athans Sr.

## Fencing

Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Canada in 1948.

### Men's foil

* Alf Horn
* Georges Pouliot
* Roland Asselin

### Men's team foil

* Robert Desjarlais, Georges Pouliot, Alf Horn, Roland Asselin

### Men's épée

* Alf Horn
* Roland Asselin
* Georges Pouliot

### Men's team épée

* Robert Desjarlais, Alf Horn, Roland Asselin, Georges Pouliot

### Men's sabre

* Roland Asselin

### Men's team sabre

* Robert Desjarlais, Alf Horn, Roland Asselin, Georges Pouliot

### Women's foil

* Rhoda Martin
* Betty Hamilton

## Rowing

Canada had eleven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.

### Men's double sculls

* Gabriel Beaudry
* Fred Graves

### Men's eight

* Peter Green
* Robert Christmas
* Art Griffiths
* Alfred Stefani
* Marvin Hammond
* Jack Zwirewich
* Bill McConnell
* Ron Cameron
* Walt Robertson (cox)

## Sailing

Men's Finn
* Paul McLaughlin
Men's Star
* Gerald Fairhead and Norman Gooderham
Men's Swallow
* John Robertson and Richard Townsend