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competed at the

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. 107 competitors, 97 men and 10 women, took part in 74 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Gold

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, men's trap

Silver

* Kenneth Lane and Donald Hawgood – Canoeing, men's C-2 10000 m * Gerry Gratton –

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, men's 67.5–75 kg (middleweight)

Athletics

Basketball

;Men's team competition *Qualification round (Group C) ** Defeated Italy (68-57) ** Defeated Romania (72-51) ** Defeated Egypt (63-57) *Main round (group C) ** Lost to Brazil (55-57) ** Lost to Argentina (81-82) ** Lost to Philippines (65-81) → did not advance, 13th place *Team roster ** Ralph Campbell ** William Coulthard ** James Curren **

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** William Pataky ** Glen Pettinger ** Robert Phibbs ** Bernard Pickell ** (John) Carl Ridd ** Robert Simpson ** Harry Wade ** George Wearring ** Roy Williams

Boxing

Men's Light Welterweight (–63,5 kg) * Roy Keenan *# First round – lost to Piet van Klaveren (Netherlands) on points (1-2) Men's featherweight (–57 kg) * Leonard Walters *# First round – defeated Salah El Din Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) on points (3-0) *# Second round – defeated Willi Roth (Germany) on points (2-1) *# Quarterfinals – lost to Leonard John Leisching (South Africa) on points (0-3) Men's lightweight (–60 kg) * Clayton Kenny *# First round – defeated Niels Erik Berthelsen (Denmark) on technical knock-out in third round *# Second round – lost to István Juhász (Hungary) on points (1-2) Men's welterweight (–67 kg) * Jacob Butula *# First round – bye *# Second round – lost to Ron Norris (India) on technical knock-out in third round Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg) * Charles Chase *# First round – defeated Andre Oueillé (France) on points (2-1) *# Second round – lost to

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(Hungary) on knock-out in second round Men's middleweight (–75 kg) * Robert Malouf *# First round – bye *# Second round – lost to Leen Jansen (Netherlands) on technical knock-out in first round Men's Heavyweight (> 91 kg) * James Saunders *# First round – bye *# Second round – lost to Giacomo di Segni (Italy) on points (0-3)

Canoeing

Cycling

;Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial * Frederick Henry ** Final – 1:17.6 (→ 22nd place) Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race *

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– 8th place

Equestrian

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Canada in 1952. ; Men's foil *

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; Men's épée *

; Men's sabre *

Rowing

Canada had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven

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events in 1952. ; Men's double sculls *

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* Derek Riley ; Men's coxless four * Ron Cameron * Lloyd Montour * Jack Zwirewich * Art Griffiths ; Men's eight * Ted Chilcott * Jack Taylor * Bo Westlake * Frank Young * John Sharp * Mervin Kaye * Jack Russell * George McCauley * Norm Rowe (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Four shooters represented Canada in 1952.

won a gold medal in the trap event. ;

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; 300 m rifle, three positions * Gil Boa ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Gil Boa *

; 50 m rifle, prone * Gil Boa *

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* Roy Cole

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Summer Olympics