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.

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's 100 m Men's 200 m , Myrtle Cook,Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Men's 400 m Athletics Women's 100 m , Joseph Wright Jr. Rowing Men's double sculls Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight , Phil Edwards,Stanley Glover, Alex Wilson Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay Athletics Women's 100 m Boxing Men's welterweight , Frank Fiddes, John HandFrederick Hedges, Athol Meech, Jack Murdoch,Edgar Norris, Herbert Richardson, William Ross Rowing Men's eight , Munroe Bourne,Walter Spence, James Thompson Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight

Athletics

Canada's track and field athletes departed Montreal on July 11, aboard bound for Amsterdam.

32 athletes represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 7th appearance in the sport, having competed in athletics at every Olympics to date. After failing to win any medals in 1924, Canada returned to the athletics podium in 1928 with 4 golds, 2 silvers, and 2 bronzes.

The women's relay team broke the world record twice on the way to winning the gold medal. Percy Williams won both of the men's sprint events, twice matching the Olympic record in the 100 metres. Bobbie Rosenfeld briefly held the Olympic record in the women's 100 metres, setting it at 12.4 seconds in the semifinals before that mark was bested by all three medalists, including Rosenfeld and Smith (with the record ultimately ending with American gold medalist Betty Robinson at 12.2 seconds).

After the Olympics, some of the Canadian athletes participated in the Tailteann Games in Ireland, the British Army Games in England, and the Scottish Games in Glasgow. Canadian athletes also participated in events at Paris and London, and sailed home aboard SS Doric, after winning the Wyoming Cup as a team in Scotland.

Track and road events

AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Ralph Adams Men's 100 metres unknown 2 Q unknown 4 did not advance John Fitzpatrick 11.0 1 Q unknown 2 Q 10.9 6 did not advance George Hester unknown 2 Q unknown 4 did not advance Percy Williams 11.0 1 Q 10.6 =OR 1 Q 10.6 =OR 2 Q 10.8 Jane Bell Women's 100 metresrowspan=4 colspan=2 13.0 2 Q unknown 3 did not advance Myrtle Cook 12.8 1 Q unknown 2 Q – Bobbie Rosenfeld 12.6 1 Q 12.4 1 Q 12.3 Ethel Smith 12.6 1 Q unknown 2 Q 12.3 Ralph Adams Men's 200 metres 22.5 2 Q unknown 3 did not advance John Fitzpatrick 22.8 1 Q 22.0 1 Q 22.0 3 Q 22.1 5 George Hester – did not advance Percy Williams 22.6 1 Q 21.8 2 Q 22.0 1 Q 21.8 Jimmy Ball Men's 400 metres 55.8 1 Q 49.2 1 Q 48.6 1 Q 48.0 Phil Edwards 49.8 1 Q 49.2 1 Q 50.2 6 did not advance Fred Macbeth unknown 2 Q unknown 5 did not advance Alex Wilson 49.9 2 Q unknown 2 Q 49.2 4 did not advance Brant Little Men's 800 metresrowspan=4 colspan=2 1:57.8 2 Q 1:57.6 4 did not advance Phil Edwards 1:59.4 1 Q 1:52.8 2 Q 1:54.0 4 Jack Walter unknown 5 did not advance Alex Wilson 1:59.2 1 Q 1:57.1 6 did not advance Bobbie Rosenfeld Women's 800 metresrowspan=2 colspan=4 unknown 3 Q 2:22.4 5 Jean Thompson 2:23.2 1 Q 2:21.4 4 Alex Docherty Men's 1500 metresrowspan=4 colspan=4 unknown 5 did not advance David Griffin unknown 4 did not advance Jack Walter unknown 6 did not advance Pete Walter unknown 7 did not advance Vincent Callard Men's 5000 metresrowspan=2 colspan=4 unknown 8 did not advance Art Keay – did not advance Warren Montabone Men's 400 metres hurdlescolspan=2 56.5 4 did not advance Art Keay Men's 3000 metres steeplechasecolspan=4 unknown 8 did not advance Men's 4 × 100 metres relaycolspan=4 42.2 1 Q – Women's 4 × 100 metres relaycolspan=4 49.3 1 Q 48.4 Men's 4 × 400 metres relaycolspan=4 unknown 2 Q 3:15.4 Clifford Bricker Men's marathonrowspan=5 colspan=6 2:39:24 10 Frank Hughes 2:58:12 43 Silas McLellan 2:49:33 26 Johnny Miles 2:43:32 17 Percy Wyer 2:58:52 45

Boxing

7 boxers, all men, represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport. Canada had a boxer in every weight class except the heavyweight. For the second straight Games, Canada won exactly one bronze medal in boxing.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / bronze matchOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Frankie Martin Men's flyweight L points did not advance 9 Vince Glionna Men's bantamweight W points L points did not advance 5 Frederick Volkert Men's featherweight L points did not advance 9 Frank Battaglia Men's lightweight L points did not advance 17 Raymond Smillie Men's welterweight W points W points W points L points W points Honoré Chevrier Men's middleweight L points did not advance 9 Donald Carrick Men's light heavyweight W points L points did not advance 5

Cycling

Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 5th appearance in the sport. Joe Laporte had previously competed in 1924.

Road cycling

CyclistEventTimeRank Men's road race 5:21:30 31 6:09:26 63 5:51:05 56 Men's team road race 17:22:01 14

Track cycling

Time trial

CyclistEventTimeRank Men's time trial 1:19.0 11

Match races

CyclistEvent 1st Round Repechage 1 Repechage Final Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / bronze match Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Men's team pursuit unknown 2 qcolspan=4 rowspan=4 unknown 2 did not advance Men's sprint unknown 2 R unknown 3 did not advance

Diving

One man represented Canada in diving in 1928. It was the nation's 4th appearance in the sport and first since 1920. Phillips advanced to the finals in both events, placing 7th in each.

DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Men's 3 m board 17 134.10 3 Q 32.5 149.48 7 Men's 10 m platform 14 78.42 3 Q 35 77.26 7

Rowing

11 rowers, all men, represented Canada in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport, tying Belgium and Great Britain for most appearances. Canada had 3 boats compete and won one silver medal in men's double sculls (matching its best ever result in the sport) and one bronze medal in the men's eight, as well as an effectively 5th place finish in men's single sculls after Wright was defeated in the quarterfinal round.

RowerEventRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3SemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Men's single sculls 7:57.8 1 Qcolspan=2 8:45.0 2 R 7:49.6 1 Q 7:57.6 2 did not advance Men's double sculls 7:48.2 1 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=2 6:58.6 2 R 7:21.8 1 Q 6:42.2 1 Q 6:58.0 1 Q 6:51.0 Men's eight 6:29.8 1 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=9 6:59.0 1 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=9 6:37.4 1 Q 6:03.8 2 () did not advance (cox)

Swimming

6 swimmers, 5 men and 1 women, represented Canada in 1928. It was nation's 5th appearance in the sport and the first time the nation sent a female swimmer. Canada won a bronze medal in the men's relay, the first medal in the sport for Canada since 1920. In the individual events, Canadian swimmers advanced to 3 finals but took 6th place each time.

SwimmerEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Men's 100 m freestyle unknown 4 did not advance 1:00.6 2 Q 1:01.4 3 q 1:01.4 6 Men's 400 m freestyle 5:18.8 1 Q unknown 4 did not advance unknown 4 did not advance Men's 1500 m freestyle 22:55.8 2 Q 21:33.4 3 Q 21:46.0 6 22:56.6 3 did not advance Men's 100 metre backstroke 1:14.4 2 Q unknown 4 did not advance Men's 200 metre breaststroke unknown 4 did not advance 2:56.6 1 Q 2:53.0 2 Q 2:57.2 6 Women's 200 metre breaststroke unknown 4 did not advance Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relayrowspan=4 colspan=2 9:55.0 1 Q 9:47.8

Wrestling

5 wrestlers, all men, competed for Canada in 1928. They competed only in the freestyle discipline. It was the nation's 4th appearance in the sport. Canadian wrestlers won a silver medal (the nation's best result in the sport so far, improving on a bronze medal in 1908) and 2 bronze medals.

Freestyle wrestling

Wrestler Event Gold medal rounds Silver medal rounds Bronze medal rounds Rank Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Semifinals Final Semifinals FinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Men's bantamweight L did not advancecolspan=2 W Men's featherweight W L did not advancecolspan=4 6 Men's welterweight W L did not advancecolspan=2 W W Men's middleweight W L did not advance W Wcolspan=2 Men's heavyweight L did not advancecolspan=4 6

Art competitions

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