Canada_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics
Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Canada competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 52 competitors, all men, took part in 38 events in 9 sports.[1] These games marked the introduction of winter sports to the Olympic program (competed in April 1920); Canada won its first gold medal for ice hockey.
| Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Antwerp | |
| Competitors | 52 in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Archie McDiarmid |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Gold
- Winnipeg Falcons (Robert Benson, Walter Byron, Frank Fredrickson, Chris Fridfinnson, Magnus Goodman, Haldor Halderson, Konrad Johannesson, Allan Woodman) – Ice hockey, men's competition
- Earl Thomson – Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles
- Bert Schneider – Boxing, men's welterweight
Silver
- Clifford Graham – Boxing, men's bantamweight
- Georges Prud'Homme – Boxing, men's middleweight
- George Vernot – Swimming, men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze
- Clarence Newton – Boxing, men's lightweight
- Moe Herscovitch – Boxing, men's middleweight
- George Vernot – Swimming, men's 400 m freestyle
Diving
A single diver represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Flint competed in all three of the men's events, but did not reach the final in any.
- Men
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
| Diver | Event | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Score | Rank | Points | Score | Rank | ||
| Richard Flint | 3 m springboard | 29 | 480.70 | 5 | did not advance | ||
| 10 m platform | 28 | 351.35 | 6 | did not advance | |||
| Plain high dive | 34 | 126.0 | 7 | did not advance | |||
Swimming
Three swimmers, all male, represented Canada in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Hodgson was unable to successfully defend his 1912 championships in the 400 and 1500 metre freestyle events, not even reaching the final in either; Vernot took a bronze and a silver in those events.
Ranks given are within the heat.
- Men
| Swimmer | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sidney Gooday | 200 m breast | unknown | 5 | did not advance | |||
| 400 m breast | did not finish | did not advance | |||||
| George Hodgson | 400 m free | 5:49.8 | 2 Q | unknown | 4 | did not advance | |
| 1500 m free | 24:36.6 | 2 Q | unknown | 5 | did not advance | ||
| George Vernot | 100 m free | 1:05.2 | 1 Q | 1:05.8 | 3 | did not advance | |
| 400 m free | 5:32.6 | 1 Q | 5:27.8 | 1 Q | 5:29.6 |  | |
| 1500 m free | 23:40.0 | 1 Q | 22:59.4 | 1 Q | 22:36.4 |  | |
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.
| 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 | — | 2:46:47.0 | 13 | |||||
| Edward Freeman | 3 km walk | — | 8 | did not advance | |||||
| 10 km walk | — | Disqualified | did not advance | ||||||
| Edward Lawrence | 1500 m | — | 4:04.4 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
| 10000 m | — | 33:08.5 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| Georges Norman | Marathon | — | 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 | — | 5 | did not advance | ||||||
| Arthur Scholes | Marathon | — | 2:48:30.0 | 15 | |||||
| Albert Smoke | Marathon | — | did not finish | ||||||
| Earl Thomson | 110 m hurdles | — | 15.4 | 2 Q | 15.0 WR | 1 Q | 14.8 WR |  | |
| Thomas Towns | 1500 m | — | 5 | did not advance | |||||
| 5000 m | — | did not finish | did not advance | ||||||
| Cross country | — | unknown | 9 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| John Cameron | Hammer throw | No mark | 12 | did not advance | |
| William Kennedy | High jump | No mark | 21 | did not advance | |
| Archie McDiarmid | Hammer throw | 44.66 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 56 lb weight throw | 9.475 | 4 | 10.12 | 4 | |
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]
| 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 |
 Hébrants (BEL) W |
 Walker (RSA) L |
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| Moe Herscovitch | Middleweight | bye |  Munting (NED) W |
Bradley (RSA) W |
 Mallin (GBR) L |
 Strømme (NOR) W |
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| Clarence Newton | Lightweight | N/A |  Jensen (DEN) W |
Sæterhaug (NOR) W |
Johansen (DEN) L |
Beland (RSA) W |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Harry Turner | Flyweight | N/A | Rampignon (FRA) L |
did not advance | 9 | ||
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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.
Road cycling
| Cyclist | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Harold Bounsell | Time trial | did not finish | |
| Harry Martin | Time trial | 5:30:16.2 | 38 |
| Herbert Macdonald | Time trial | 5:20:34.6 | 31 |
| Norman Webster | Time trial | did not finish | |
| Harold Bounsell Harry Martin Herbert Macdonald Norman Webster |
Team time trial | did not finish | |
Track cycling
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Cyclist | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Repechage semis | Repechage final | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Harold Bounsell | Sprint | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 2 R | 13.4 | 1 Q | unknown | 2 | did not advance | |||
| 50 km | N/A | did not finish | |||||||||||
| Herbert Macdonald | Sprint | unknown | 4 | did not advance | |||||||||
| 50 km | N/A | unknown | 5 | ||||||||||
| William Taylor | Sprint | unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||||||||
| 50 km | N/A | did not finish | |||||||||||
| Norman Webster | Sprint | unknown | 2 Q | unknown | 3 R | unknown | 3 | did not advance | |||||
| 50 km | N/A | did not finish | |||||||||||
| Harold Bounsell Herbert Macdonald William Taylor Norman Webster |
Team pursuit | N/A | unknown | 2 | N/A | did not advance | |||||||
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
| Pos | Player | GP | G | Birthdate | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | Bobby Benson | 3 | 1 | May 18, 1894 | 25 |
| G | Wally Byron | 3 | 0 | September 2, 1884 | 35 |
| F | Frank Fredrickson | 3 | 12 | July 11, 189 | 24 |
| R | Chris Fridfinnson | 1 | 1 | June 14, 1898 | 21 |
| F | Mike Goodman | 3 | 3 | March 18, 1898 | 22 |
| F | Haldor Halderson | 3 | 9 | January 6, 1900 | 20 |
| D | Konnie Johannesson | 3 | 2 | August 10, 1896 | 23 |
| R | Huck Woodman | 2 | 1 | March 11, 1899 | 21 |
- Gold medal quarterfinals
| 24 April 1920 21:30 | Canada  | 15 – 0 (7–0, 8–0) |  Czechoslovakia | Palais de Glace d'Anvers |
| Game reference | |||||
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| Walter Byron | Goalies | Jan Peka | |||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||
- Gold medal semifinals
| 25 April 1920 21:00 | Canada | 2 – 0 (0–0, 2–0) |  United States | Palais de Glace d'Anvers |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Walter Byron | Goalies | Ray Bonney | Referee: Alfred de Rauch | |||||
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| 7 min | Penalties | 5 min | ||||||
- Gold medal game
| 26 April 1920 22:00 | Canada | 12 – 1 (5–1, 7–0) |  Sweden | Palais de Glace d'Anvers |
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| Walter Byron | Goalies | Seth Howander | Referee: Joseph McCormick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- 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.
| Rower | Cox | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Harold Harcourt Robert Hay Strathy Hay Larry Landreau |
Art Everett | Coxed four | N/A | 7:18.0 | 3 | did not advance | ||
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.
| Shooter | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| George Beattie | Trap | 73 | 5 |
| John Black | Trap | 52 | unknown |
| William Hamilton | Trap | 82 | 11 |
| Robert Montgomery | Trap | 86 | 6 |
| Samuel Vance | Trap | 71 | unknown |
| George Beattie William Hamilton William McLaren Robert Montgomery True Oliver Samuel Vance |
Team clay pigeons | 474 | 5 |
A single wrestler competed for Canada in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.
Freestyle
| 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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- "Olympic Boxers Chosen To Represent Canada". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. 24 July 1920. p. 10. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- Sullivan, Jack (8 December 1953). "After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 19. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.; Sullivan, Jack (8 December 1953). "Sportsmen Honour W. A. (Billy) Hewitt at Dinner Tonight". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian Press. p. 11. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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- Podnieks, Andrew (1997), p. 2
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2005), pp. 28–29
- "With the Falcons". Saskatoon Daily Star. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 6 April 1920. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- "Billy Hewitt To Provide News of Falcons' Trip". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 6 April 1920. p. 14. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- Metcalfe, William (13 February 1932). "Olympic Title First Won by Falcons: Achievement of Local Team Was Outstanding One". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 19. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.; Metcalfe, William (13 February 1932). "Achievement of Local Team Was Outstanding One (Continued from Page 19)". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 22. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- Podnieks, Andrew (1997), p. 2
- "Pro Officials Like Own Interpretation Of Rules". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 7 December 1957. p. 43. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- Podnieks, Andrew (1997), p. 4
- "IIHF Honour Roll: W. A. Hewitt". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 6–7
- "Falcons Honour Billy Hewitt". The Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 21 May 1920. p. 18. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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