Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 118 competitors, 100 men and 18 women, took part in 80 events in 13 sports.

Silver

 * Douglas Bennett – Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 metres

Bronze

 * Norman Lane – Canoeing, men's C-1 10000 metres
 * Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay, Diane Foster, Patricia Jones – Athletics, women's 4×100 metre relay

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Edward Haggis
 * James O'Brien

Men's 200 metres
 * Edward Haggis
 * Donald Pettie

Men's 400 metres
 * Ernest McCullough
 * Bob McFarlane
 * Don McFarlane

Men's 800 metres
 * Ezra Henniger
 * Jack Hutchins
 * William Parnell

Men's 1500 metres
 * Jack Hutchins
 * William Parnell
 * Clifford Salmond

Men's 5000 metres
 * Clifford Salmond

Men's 4 × 100 m relay
 * Edward Haggis, Don McFarlane, James O'Brien, and Donald Pettie

Men's 4 × 400 m relay
 * William Larochelle, Ernest McCullough, Bob McFarlane, and Don McFarlane

Men's marathon
 * Gérard Côté
 * Lloyd Evans
 * Walter Fedorick

Men's 400m hurdles
 * William Larochelle

Men's shot put
 * Eric Coy

Men's discus throw
 * Eric Coy

Men's high jump
 * Arthur Jackes

Men's javelin throw
 * Leo Roininen

Men's Decathlon
 * Lionel Fournier

Women's 100 metres
 * Millicent Cousins
 * Patricia Jones
 * Viola Myers

Women's 200 metres
 * Millicent Cousins
 * Diane Foster
 * Donna Gilmore

Women's high jump
 * Shirley Olafsson
 * Elaine Silburn
 * Doreen Wolff

Women's long jump
 * Elaine Silburn

Women's 4 × 100 m relay
 * Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay, Diane Foster, and Patricia Jones

Basketball

 * Men's team competition
 * Preliminary round (group A)
 * Defeated Italy (55-37)
 * Defeated Great Britain (44-24)
 * Lost to Hungary (36-37)
 * Lost to Brazil (35-57)
 * Defeated Uruguay (52-50)
 * Classification matches
 * 9th/16th place: defeated Iran (81-25)
 * 9th/12th place: defeated Belgium (45-40)
 * 9th/10th place: defeated Peru (49-43) → Ninth place
 * Team roster
 * Ole Bakken
 * William Bell
 * David Bloomfield
 * David Campbell
 * Harry Kermode
 * Bennie Lands
 * Patrick McGeer
 * James Reid Mitchell
 * Mendy Morein
 * Gary Neville Munro
 * Robert Scarr
 * Sidney Strulovitch
 * Sol Tolchinsky
 * Murray Waxman

Boxing
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Joey Sandulo

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Frederick Daigle

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
 * Armand Savoie

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Edward Haddad

Men's welterweight (– 69 kg)
 * Clifford Blackburn

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
 * John Keenan

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
 * Adam Faul

Cycling
Six cyclists, all men, represented Canada in 1948.


 * Individual road race
 * Lorne Atkinson
 * Florent Jodoin
 * Lance Pugh
 * Laurent Tessier


 * Team road race
 * Lorne Atkinson
 * Florent Jodoin
 * Lance Pugh
 * Laurent Tessier


 * Sprint
 * Bob Lacourse


 * Time trial
 * Lorne Atkinson


 * Team pursuit
 * Lorne Atkinson
 * William Hamilton
 * Lance Pugh
 * Laurent Tessier

Diving
Men's 3m springboard
 * George Athans Sr.

Men's 10m platform
 * George Athans Sr.

Fencing
Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Canada in 1948.


 * Men's foil
 * Alf Horn
 * Georges Pouliot
 * Roland Asselin


 * Men's team foil
 * Robert Desjarlais, Georges Pouliot, Alf Horn, Roland Asselin


 * Men's épée
 * Alf Horn
 * Roland Asselin
 * Georges Pouliot


 * Men's team épée
 * Robert Desjarlais, Alf Horn, Roland Asselin, Georges Pouliot


 * Men's sabre
 * Roland Asselin


 * Men's team sabre
 * Robert Desjarlais, Alf Horn, Roland Asselin, Georges Pouliot


 * Women's foil
 * Rhoda Martin
 * Betty Hamilton

Rowing
Canada had eleven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.


 * Men's double sculls
 * Gabriel Beaudry
 * Fred Graves


 * Men's eight
 * Peter Green
 * Robert Christmas
 * Art Griffiths
 * Alfred Stefani
 * Marvin Hammond
 * Jack Zwirewich
 * Bill McConnell
 * Ron Cameron
 * Walt Robertson (cox)

Sailing
Men's Finn
 * Paul McLaughlin

Men's Star
 * Gerald Fairhead and Norman Gooderham

Men's Swallow
 * John Robertson and Richard Townsend