Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Canada at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors23 (20 men, 3 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearerJohn Porter
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

The Canadian Olympic Committee appointed W. A. Hewitt as head of mission for Canada at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He oversaw travel arrangements for the delegation which included figure skating, speed skating, skiing, and ice hockey.[1] Hewitt and the Canadian delegation totalled 47 people, and sailed from Halifax aboard SS Arabic to Cherbourg, then travelled to St. Moritz.[2] Hewitt and the delegation then returned to Canada aboard SS Celtic.[3]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Canada men's national ice hockey team (University of Toronto)
 Ice hockey Men's competition February 19

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Merritt Putman 2'22:40 41
William Thompson 2'12:24 38

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Jack Eastwood Men's singles 17 15 106 1136.25 16
Montgomery Wilson 11 16 92 1345.00 13
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Constance Wilson-Samuel Women's singles 5 5 35 2173.00 6
Cecil Smith 2 8 32 2213.75 5
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Maude Smith
Jack Eastwood 		95.5 67.25 10

Ice hockey

Black and white photo of a hockey team outside on natural ice, including fourteen players dressed in hockey equipment white sweaters with a maple leaf crest, and four men dressed in dark suits and overcoats
University of Toronto Graduates at the 1928 Winter Olympics

The University of Toronto Graduates as the 1927 Allan Cup champions were chosen to represent Canada in ice hockey, and Hewitt oversaw the team's finances at the Olympics. Conn Smythe coached the team during the OHA season, but refused to go to the Olympics due to disagreements on which players were added to the team by the Canadian Olympic Committee. The Graduates went without Smythe, led by team captain Red Porter.[2]

Hewitt was opposed to the format of the hockey tournament at the Olympics, which saw the Canadian team receive a bye into the second round. He wanted the team to have more games, rather than be idle for a week.[4] Despite the wait to play, the Graduates won all three games by scoring 38 goals and conceding none, to win the gold medal.[3]

Medal round

The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3 game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 3 0 38 0
 Sweden 3 2 1 7 12
  Switzerland 3 1 2 4 17
 Great Britain 3 0 3 1 21
February 17  Canada 11:0
(4:0,5:0,2:0)		  Sweden
February 18  Canada 14:0
(6:0,4:0,4:0)		  Great Britain
February 19   Switzerland 0:13
(0:4,0:4,0:3)		  Canada

Top scorer

Team GP G A Pts
Canada Dave Trottier 3 12 3 15
Gold:
 Canada (CAN)
Charles Delahaye
Frank Fisher
Grant Gordon
Louis Hudson
Norbert Mueller
Herbert Plaxton
Hugh Plaxton
Roger Plaxton
John Porter
Frank Sullivan
Joseph Sullivan
Ross Taylor
Dave Trottier

Nordic combined

Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
William Thompson Individual DNF – – – – – – DNF –
Merritt Putman 2'22:40 0.000 26 35.0 37.5 9.708 26 4.854 27

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Gerald Dupuis Normal hill 49.0 57.0 15.500 15

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ross Robinson 45.9 14
Willy Logan 45.2 11
Charles Gorman 43.9 7
1500 m Willy Logan 2:35.6 21
Ross Robinson 2:32.3 17
Charles Gorman 2:28.4 12
5000 m Willy Logan 10:10.3 29
Ross Robinson 9:38.9 22

References

  1. ^ "W. A. Hewitt To Head Olympic". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. April 19, 1927. p. 9. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.Free access icon; "Marathon Trial on September 17". Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. April 21, 1927. p. 4. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.Free access icon
  2. ^ a b Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 23–25
  3. ^ a b Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 28–29
  4. ^ "Want Canadians To Play Winners". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. February 8, 1928. p. 9. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.Free access icon

Sources

  • Podnieks, Andrew (1997). Canada's Olympic Hockey Teams: The Complete History 1920–1998. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada. ISBN 0-385-25688-4.
  • Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com
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