Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics

14 athletes represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport, having competed in athletics every time the country competed at the Olympics. The best result for the team was Thomson's gold medal in the high hurdles, as Canada took a gold medal in athletics for the fifth straight Games.

Ranks given are within the heat.

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cyril Coaffee	100 m		3	did not advance
	200 m		3	did not advance
James Dellow	Marathon	—N/a						2:46:47.0	13
Edward Freeman	3 km walk	—N/a					8	did not advance
	10 km walk	—N/a				Disqualified		did not advance
Edward Lawrence	1500 m	—N/a				4:04.4	5	did not advance
	10000 m	—N/a				33:08.5	6	did not advance
Georges Norman	Marathon	—N/a						2:58:01.0	22
Alexander Ponton	100 m	11.2	2 Q	11.4	5	did not advance
	200 m	22.8	2 Q	22.7	2 Q	22.9	4	did not advance
Hector Phillips	400 m	52.3	2 Q	51.4	5	did not advance
	800 m	—N/a			5	did not advance
Arthur Scholes	Marathon	—N/a						2:48:30.0	15
Albert Smoke	Marathon	—N/a						did not finish
Earl Thomson	110 m hurdles	—N/a		15.4	2 Q	15.0 WR	1 Q	14.8 WR
Thomas Towns	1500 m	—N/a					5	did not advance
	5000 m	—N/a				did not finish		did not advance
	Cross country	—N/a						unknown	9

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The Canadian Olympic Committee named W. A. Hewitt to its sub-committee for boxing to select who represented Canada at the Olympics,^[2] and had been credited with officiating hundreds of bouts as a boxing referee in Toronto.^[3] He oversaw travel arrangements for the national team to the remainder of the 1920 Summer Olympics which began in August.^[4] The boxers which he helped select won one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals for Canada.^[5]

More information Boxer, Weight class ...

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chris Graham	Bantamweight	N/A	bye	Ricard (FRA) W	Hébrans (BEL) W	Walker (RSA) L
Moe Herscovitch	Middleweight	bye	Munting (NED) W	Bradley (RSA) W	Mallin (GBR) L	Strømme (NOR) W
Clarence Newton	Lightweight	N/A	Jensen (DEN) W	Sæterhaug (NOR) W	Johansen (DEN) L	Beland (RSA) W
Walter Newton	Featherweight	bye	Clausen (DEN) L	did not advance			9
Georges Prud'Homme	Middleweight	bye	Masson (BEL) W	Rey-Golliet (FRA) W	Strømme (NOR) W	Mallin (GBR) L
William Rankin	Featherweight	Hesterman (NED) L	did not advance				16
Bert Schneider	Welterweight	bye	Thomas (RSA) W	Steen (NOR) W	Colberg (USA) W	Ireland (GBR) W
Harry Turner	Flyweight	N/A	Rampignon (FRA) L	did not advance			9

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 2 0 1.000  Denmark 1 2 .333  France 2 1 .667  Great Britain 1 2 .333  Netherlands 1 1 .500  Norway 4 0 1.000  South Africa 3 1 .750  United States 1 0 1.000 Total 15 7 .682

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 1 .000 Round of 16 4 2 .667 Quarterfinals 5 0 1.000 Semifinals 3 2 .600 Final 1 2 .333 Bronze match 2 0 1.000 Total 15 7 .682

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Five cyclists represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Macdonald's fifth-place finish in the 50 kilometres was the best result of the Games for the Canadian cyclists.

The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Winnipeg Falcons as the 1920 Allan Cup champions to represent the Canada men's national team in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics, instead of forming a national all-star team on short notice.^[6][7] W. A. Hewitt represented the Canadian Olympic Committee and oversaw finances for the Falcons, and reported on the Olympic Games for Canadian newspapers.^[8][9] He and his wife were a father and mother figure to the Falcons,^[10] and sailed with them aboard SS Melita from Saint John to Liverpool, then onto Antwerp.^[11]

Hewitt introduced the CAHA rules of play to the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG) at the Olympics.^[12] Writer Andrew Podnieks described Hewitt's interpretation of the rules as "competitive yet gentlemanly", and that the rules of play were accepted for Olympic hockey.^[13] Hewitt refereed the first Olympic hockey game played, an 8–0 win by the Sweden men's national team versus the Belgium men's national team, on April 23, 1920.^[14] The Falcons and the Hewitts returned home aboard SS Grampian from Le Havre to Quebec City.^[15] The Falcons honoured Hewitt and his wife at a private dinner and presented them with a silver cup inscribed with the number 13, for the number of people who made the trip to the Olympics and the team's lucky number.^[7][16]

Roster

Coach: Guðmundur Sigurjónsson

Gold medal quarterfinals

24 April 1920 21:30

Canada

15 – 0 (7–0, 8–0)

Czechoslovakia

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Gold medal semifinals

25 April 1920 21:00

Canada

2 – 0 (0–0, 2–0)

United States

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

More information Game reference ...

Game reference
	Walter Byron	Goalies	Ray Bonney	Referee: Alfred de Rauch
	Fredrickson 1 – 0 Johannesson 2 – 0
	7 min	Penalties	5 min

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Gold medal game

26 April 1920 22:00

Canada

12 – 1 (5–1, 7–0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

More information Game reference ...

Game reference
	Walter Byron	Goalies	Seth Howander	Referee: Joseph McCormick
	Halderson – 1:15 1 – 0 Fridfinnson − 1:55 2 – 0 Fredrickson – 5:20 3 – 0 3 – 1 15:58 – Svensson Fredrickson – 16:00 4 – 1 Fredrickson – 17:35 5 – 1 Goodman – 23:47 6 – 1 Benson – 28:09 7 – 1 Fredrickson – 29:15 8 – 1 Fredrickson – 29:30 9 – 1 Fredrickson – 34:55 10 – 1 Halderson – 36:20 11 – 1 Fredrickson – 39:02 12 – 1
	0 min	Penalties	0 min

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Final rank

Gold

Five rowers represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's fourth straight appearance in the sport. Canada sent one boat, in the coxed fours. It was unable to advance past the semifinals, taking third place in the three-boat heat.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Seven shooters represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. For the second straight Games, the Canadian shooters were unable to earn any medals.

A single wrestler competed for Canada in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Freestyle

More information Wrestler, Event ...

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / Bronze match	Rank
Frank Locon	Freestyle middle	Johnson (USA) (L)	did not advance				17

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  United States 0 1 .000 Total 0 1 .000

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 1 .000 Round of 16 0 0 – Quarterfinals 0 0 – Semifinals 0 0 – Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 0 – Total 0 1 .000

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