Canada_at_the_1928_Winter_Olympics
Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Canada competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
| Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in St. Moritz | |
| Competitors | 23 (20 men, 3 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | John Porter |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The Canadian Olympic Committee appointed W. A. Hewitt as head of mission for Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He oversaw travel arrangements for the delegation which included figure skating, speed skating, skiing, and ice hockey.[1] Hewitt and the Canadian delegation totalled 47 people, and sailed from Halifax aboard SS Arabic to Cherbourg, then travelled to St. Moritz.[2] Hewitt and the delegation then returned to Canada aboard SS Celtic.[3]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Canada men's national ice hockey team (University of Toronto) |
Ice hockey | Men's competition | February 19 |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Merritt Putman | 2'22:40 | 41 |
| William Thompson | 2'12:24 | 38 | |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eastwood | Men's singles | 17 | 15 | 106 | 1136.25 | 16 |
| Montgomery Wilson | 11 | 16 | 92 | 1345.00 | 13 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constance Wilson-Samuel | Women's singles | 5 | 5 | 35 | 2173.00 | 6 |
| Cecil Smith | 2 | 8 | 32 | 2213.75 | 5 |
- Pairs
| Athletes | Points | Score | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maude Smith Jack Eastwood |
95.5 | 67.25 | 10 |
The University of Toronto Graduates as the 1927 Allan Cup champions were chosen to represent Canada in ice hockey, and Hewitt oversaw the team's finances at the Olympics. Conn Smythe coached the team during the OHA season, but refused to go to the Olympics due to disagreements on which players were added to the team by the Canadian Olympic Committee. The Graduates went without Smythe, led by team captain Red Porter.[2]
Hewitt was opposed to the format of the hockey tournament at the Olympics, which saw the Canadian team receive a bye into the second round. He wanted the team to have more games, rather than be idle for a week.[4] Despite the wait to play, the Graduates won all three games by scoring 38 goals and conceding none, to win the gold medal.[3]
Medal round
The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3 game round-robin to determine the medal winners.
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
 Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
 Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
 Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| February 17 | Canada | 11:0 (4:0,5:0,2:0) | Sweden |
| February 18 | Canada | 14:0 (6:0,4:0,4:0) | Great Britain |
| February 19 | Switzerland | 0:13 (0:4,0:4,0:3) | Canada |
Top scorer
| Gold: |
 Canada (CAN)Charles Delahaye Frank Fisher Grant Gordon Louis Hudson Norbert Mueller Herbert Plaxton Hugh Plaxton Roger Plaxton John Porter Frank Sullivan Joseph Sullivan Ross Taylor Dave Trottier |
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. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.
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 | ||
| William Thompson | Individual | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Merritt Putman | 2'22:40 | 0.000 | 26 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 9.708 | 26 | 4.854 | 27 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 (Dist.) | Jump 2 (Dist.) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | ||||
| Gerald Dupuis | Normal hill | 49.0 | 57.0 | 15.500 | 15 |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Ross Robinson | 45.9 | 14 |
| Willy Logan | 45.2 | 11 | |
| Charles Gorman | 43.9 | 7 | |
| 1500 m | Willy Logan | 2:35.6 | 21 |
| Ross Robinson | 2:32.3 | 17 | |
| Charles Gorman | 2:28.4 | 12 | |
| 5000 m | Willy Logan | 10:10.3 | 29 |
| Ross Robinson | 9:38.9 | 22 | |
- "W. A. Hewitt To Head Olympic". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. April 19, 1927. p. 9. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
; "Marathon Trial on September 17". Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. April 21, 1927. p. 4. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022. - Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 23–25
- Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 28–29
- "Want Canadians To Play Winners". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. February 8, 1928. p. 9. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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- Podnieks, Andrew (1997). Canada's Olympic Hockey Teams: The Complete History 1920–1998. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada. ISBN 0-385-25688-4.
- Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com