Canada at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 97 competitors, 79 men and 18 women, took part in 69 events in 12 sports.
In preparation for the Olympics, Canadian Olympic Committee secretary-treasurer Fred Marples urged for branches of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (AAU of C) to raise funds to make the Canadian Olympic team as large as it could be. He stated that the Government of Canada would contribute C$10,000 towards the national team, and that the Olympic Committee sought to maximize profits from the 1936 Canadian Track and Field Championships to provide additional funding for the Olympic team.
AAU of C president W. A. Fry self-published a book covering Canadian achievements at the 1936 Winter Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics. His 1936 book, Canada at eleventh Olympiad 1936 in Germany : Garmisch-Partenkirchen, February 6th to 13th, Berlin, August 1st to 16th, was printed by the Dunnville Chronicle presses and subtitled an official report of the Canadian Olympic Committee. He wrote that Canadians did very well at the 1936 Olympic games despite having one-tenth of the population of other countries. He opined that the length of the Canadian winter negatively affected summer training, and that Canadian athletes were underfunded compared to other countries.
Medalists
Gold
Frank Amyot – Canoeing, men's C-1 1000m
Silver
Gordon Aitchison, Ian Allison, Arthur Chapman, Chuck Chapman, Edward Dawson, Irving Meretsky, Stanley Nantais, James Stewart, Malcolm Wiseman, Doug Peden – Basketball, men's team competition
John Loaring – Athletics, men's 400m hurdles
Frank Saker and Harvey Charters – Canoeing, men's C-2 10000m
Bronze
Dorothy Brookshaw, Mildred Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher – Athletics, women's 4 × 100 m relay
Elizabeth Taylor – Athletics, women's 80m hurdles
Phil Edwards —Athletics, men's 800 metres
Frank Saker and Harvey Charters – Canoeing, men's C-2 1000m
Joseph Schleimer – Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight (66–72 kg)
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists, all male, represented Canada in 1936.
Individual road race
Lionel Coleman
George Crompton
Rusty Peden
George Turner
Team road race
Lionel Coleman
George Crompton
Rusty Peden
George Turner
Sprint
Doug Peace
Time trial
Bob McLeod
Team pursuit
Lionel Coleman
George Crompton
Bob McLeod
George Turner
Diving
Fencing
Eight fencers, five men and three women, represented Canada in 1936.
Men's foil
Charles Otis
Ernest Dalton
Don Collinge
Men's team foil
Bertrand Boissonnault, Don Collinge, George Tully, Charles Otis, Ernest Dalton
Men's épée
George Tully
Ernest Dalton
Bertrand Boissonnault
Men's team épée
Don Collinge, Ernest Dalton, Charles Otis, George Tully
Men's sabre
George Tully
Don Collinge
Charles Otis
Men's team sabre
Ernest Dalton, Charles Otis, George Tully, Don Collinge
Women's foil
Aileen Thomas
Nancy Archibald
Kathleen Hughes-Hallett
Rowing
Canada had ten rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1936.
Men's single sculls
Charles Campbell
Men's eight
Cedric Liddell
Grey McLeish
Joseph Harris
Ben Sharpe
Jack Cunningham
Charles Matteson
Harry Fry
Sandy Saunders
Les MacDonald (cox)
Sailing
Swimming
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936
Summer Olympics