Canada at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the
1932 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Lake Placid
Competitors42 (38 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearerHarold Simpson (ice hockey)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

W. A. Hewitt served as chairman of the winter games sub-committee of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Melville Marks Robinson served as manager of the Canadian delegation to the Olympics, with Claude C. Robinson as the honorary assistant manager.

Canadian Olympic Committee member W. A. Fry self-published a book covering Canadian achievements at the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics. His 1933 book, Canada at the tenth Olympiad, 1932 : Lake Placid, New York, Feb. 4 to 13 - Los Angeles, California, July 30 to Aug. 14, was printed by the Dunnville Chronicle presses and dedicated to Canadian sportsman Francis Nelson who died in 1932.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Canada men's national ice hockey team (The Winnipegs)
 Ice hockey Men's competition
 Silver Alexander Hurd Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Bronze Montgomery Wilson Figure skating Men's singles
 Bronze Alexander Hurd Speed skating Men's 500m
 Bronze William Logan Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Bronze William Logan Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Bronze Frank Stack Speed skating Men's 10,000m

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km John Currie 1'49:03 40
John Taylor 1'48:11 39
Bud Clark 1'46:33 38
Harry Pangman 1'43:12 35
50 km Walter Ryan DNF –
Hubert Douglas DNF –
Kaare Engstad 5'19:19 16

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Montgomery Wilson Men's singles 3 3 24 2448.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Mary Littlejohn Women's singles 15 15 101 1711.6 15
Elizabeth Fisher 13 12 82 1801.0 13
Constance Wilson-Samuel 4 5 28 2129.5 4
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Frances Claudet
Chauncey Bangs 		36 68.9 6
Constance Wilson-Samuel
Montgomery Wilson 		35 69.6 5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics

The Canadian Olympic Committee selected the Winnipeg Hockey Club as the 1931 Allan Cup champions to represent Canada. Claude C. Robinson was chosen to oversee finances for the team, while W. A. Hewitt was named honorary manager. After the Winnipeg Hockey Club won the gold medal at the Olympics, Hewitt sought for future Canadian national teams at the Olympics to be the reigning Allan Cup champion team, strengthened with six additional players.

Team GP W L T GF GA
 Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 5 0 1 32 4
 United States 6 4 1 1 27 5
 Germany 6 2 4 0 7 26
 Poland 6 0 6 0 3 34
4 Feb  United States 1:2 OT
(0:0,0:1,1:0,0:0,0:1)		  Canada
6 Feb  Canada 4:1
(2:0,2:0,0:1)		  Germany
7 Feb  Canada 9:0
(2:0,5:0,2:0)		  Poland
8 Feb  Canada 5:0
(2:0,1:0,2:0)		  Germany
9 Feb  Canada 10:0
(5:0,1:0,4:0)		  Poland
13 Feb  United States 2:2 OT
(1:1,1:0,0:1,0:0,0:0,0:0)		  Canada

Top scorer

Team GP G A Pts
Canada Walter Monson 6 7 4 11
Gold:
 Canada (CAN)
William Cockburn
Clifford Crowley
Albert Duncanson
George Garbutt
Roy Henkel
Vic Lindquist
Norman Malloy
Walter Monson
Kenneth Moore
Romeo Rivers
Hack Simpson
Hugh Sutherland
Stanley Wagner
Alston Wise

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Arthur Gravel Individual 2'00:18 94.50 33 50.5 51.5 184.1 22 278.60 30
Howard Bagguley 1'50:35 133.50 25 51.0 51.5 185.2 21 318.70 24
Ross Wilson 1'43:55 162.00 21 40.0 (fall) 36.0 90.8 32 252.80 31
Jostein Nordmoe 1'42:56 165.96 18 53.0 52.5 201.6 9 367.56 10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Arnold Stone Normal hill 61.5 30.0 (fall) 33 49.0 85.5 26 115.5 29
Leslie Gagne 45.0 82.5 26 44.5 28.0 31 110.5 30
Jacques Landry 52.5 91.7 21 54.0 95.1 19 186.8 20
Bob Lymburne 58.0 98.6 13 51.0 93.5 22 192.1 19

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Heat Final
Time Position Time Position
500 m Frank Stack 44.3 1 Q n/a 4
Leopold Sylvestre n/a 5 Did not advance
Willy Logan n/a 2 Q n/a 5
Alex Hurd 44.9 1 Q n/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m Frank Stack n/a 2 Q n/a 4
Herb Flack n/a 4 Did not advance
Willy Logan n/a 2 Q n/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alex Hurd n/a 2 Q n/a 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
5000m Alex Hurd DNF – Did not advance
Harry Smyth n/a 4 Q n/a 8
Frank Stack n/a 4 Q n/a 7
Willy Logan n/a 3 Q n/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10,000 m Marion McCarthy DNF – Did not advance
Alex Hurd 17:56.2 1 Q n/a 7
Willy Logan n/a 5 Did not advance
Frank Stack n/a 2 Q n/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ a b "Olympic Body Is Busy Preparing". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. December 7, 1931. p. 6. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.Free access icon
  2. ^ "Olympic Team To Be Reinforced". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Canadian Press. February 23, 1932. p. 8. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.Free access icon
  3. ^ "Canada's Olympic Hockey Contender Is Now Complete". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta. January 19, 1932. p. 7. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2022.Free access icon
  4. ^ Canada at the tenth Olympiad, 1932: Lake Placid, New York, Feb. 4 to 13 - Los Angeles, California, July 30 to Aug. 14. William A Fry, Francis Nelson, Canadian Olympic Committee. OCLC 883956822.

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