Canada at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 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 Government of Canada 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 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.

Gold

 * Frank Amyot – 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 – Basketball, men's team competition
 * John Loaring – Athletics, men's 400m hurdles
 * Frank Saker and Harvey Charters – Canoeing, men's C-2 10000m

Bronze

 * Dorothy Brookshaw, Mildred Dolson, Hilda Cameron, Aileen Meagher – Athletics, women's 4 × 100 m relay
 * Elizabeth Taylor – Athletics, women's 80m hurdles
 * Phil Edwards &mdash;Athletics, men's 800 metres
 * Frank Saker and Harvey Charters – Canoeing, men's C-2 1000m
 * Joseph Schleimer – Wrestling, men's freestyle welterweight (66–72 kg)

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


 * Sprint
 * Doug Peace


 * Time trial
 * Bob McLeod


 * Team pursuit
 * Lionel Coleman
 * George Crompton
 * Bob McLeod
 * George Turner

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
 * 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
 * Ben Sharpe
 * Jack Cunningham
 * Charles Matteson
 * Harry Fry
 * Sandy Saunders
 * Les MacDonald (cox)