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competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

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. 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

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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 William Alexander Fry (September 7, 1872 – April 21, 1944) was a Canadian sports administrator and newspaper publisher. Fry founded the ''Dunnville Chronicle'' in 1896, managed local hockey and baseball teams in the 1910s, then served as pres ...

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

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Gold

* Frank Amyot –

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, men's C-1 1000m

Silver

Gordon Aitchison Gordon Aitchison (June 14, 1909 – January 6, 1990) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI ...

, Ian Allison, Arthur Chapman,

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, Edward Dawson,

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Stanley Nantais Stanley "Red" Nantais (July 25, 1913 – January 26, 2004) was a Canadian basketball player and coach, from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Biography ''Text taken from University of Windsor biography - see external link below...'' Stanley "Red" ...

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, Malcolm Wiseman,

Doug Peden James Douglas Peden (April 18, 1916 – April 11, 2005) was a Canadian basketball player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Peden was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1979http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_pro ...

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, men's team competition *

John Loaring John Wilfred Loaring (August 3, 1915 – November 21, 1969) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and died in Windsor, Ontario. In 1936 he won the silver medal in the 400 metre hurdle ...

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, men's 400m hurdles *

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and Harvey Charters –

, men's C-2 10000m

Bronze

* Dorothy Brookshaw, Mildred Dolson,

Hilda Cameron Competitor for Canada Hilda May Cameron (later ''Young'', August 14, 1912 – April 24, 2001) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born and died in Toronto. Cameron competed for Canada in the 1936 Summer ...

Aileen Meagher Aileen Aletha Meagher (November 26, 1910 – August 2, 1987) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, sharing bronze in the 4×100 metres event. She was also a painter. Life She was born and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia ...

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, women's 4 × 100 m relay *

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, women's 80m hurdles * Phil Edwards —

, men's 800 metres *

and Harvey Charters –

, men's C-2 1000m * Joseph Schleimer –

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, 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 ;

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* 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 Nancy Archibald (7 December 1911 – 28 August 1996) was a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was a sister of Joan Archibald Helen Joan Riddell, née Archibald (March 3, 19 ...

* 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 *

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* Charles Matteson * Harry Fry * Sandy Saunders * Les MacDonald (cox)

Sailing

Swimming

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Canada At The 1936 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...