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competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in

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. 97 competitors, 79 men and 18 women, took part in 69 events in 12 sports. In preparation for the Olympics,

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secretary-treasurer

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urged for branches of the

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(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

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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

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Gold

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– 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 –

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, men's team competition *

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, men's 400m hurdles * Frank Saker and

Harvey Charters Harvey Blashford Charters (born May 8, 1912, in North Bay, Ontario, Canada - died July 17, 1995, in North Bay, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian flatwater canoeist who competed in the 1930s. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he won two ...

– Canoeing, men's C-2 10000m

Bronze

* Dorothy Brookshaw, Mildred Dolson,

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, women's 4 × 100 m relay * Elizabeth Taylor –

, women's 80m hurdles * Phil Edwards —

, men's 800 metres * Frank Saker and

– Canoeing, 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 *

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* Rusty Peden * George Turner ; Team road race * Lionel Coleman *

* Rusty Peden * George Turner ; Sprint * Doug Peace ;

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* Bob McLeod ;

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* Lionel Coleman *

* 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 *

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* Nancy Archibald * Kathleen Hughes-Hallett

Rowing

Canada had ten rowers participate in two out of seven

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events in 1936. ; Men's single sculls * Charles Campbell ; Men's eight * Cedric Liddell * Grey McLeish * Joseph Harris * Ben Sharpe *

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

Sailing

Swimming

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

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