Canada at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Canada at the 1924 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Chamonix
Competitors	12 (11 men, 1 woman) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Ernie Collett (ice hockey)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Canada competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. They won one gold medal, in ice hockey.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport
Gold	Canada men's national ice hockey team (Toronto Granites) Jack Cameron Ernie Collett Bert McCaffrey Harold McMunn Duncan Munro Beattie Ramsay Cyril Slater Reginald "Hooley" Smith Harry Watson	Ice hockey

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Melville Rogers	Men's singles	7	8	269.82	51	7

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Cecil Smith	Women's singles	5	5	230.75	44	6

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Cecil Smith Melville Rogers	41	9.11	7

Ice hockey

Toronto Granites at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics

The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Toronto Granites as the 1923 Allan Cup champions to represent Canada in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and W. A. Hewitt was chosen oversee the national team's finances at the Olympics. ^{[1] [2]} Hewitt was empowered by the CAHA to name replacement players as needed, ^[3] and recruited Harold McMunn and Cyril Slater as replacements when four players from the Granites were unable to travel to the Olympics. ^[4] In his weekly report to the Toronto Daily Star , Hewitt wrote that the Granites would face multiple changes in conditions compared to hockey games in Canada. He did not feel the team would be affected by playing outdoors on natural ice in the morning or afternoon, despite that the team was accustomed to playing indoors with electric lighting on artificial ice. He also felt that the larger ice surface and lack of boards around the sides of the rink would mean more stick handling and less physical play. ^[5]

During the Olympics, Hewitt attended the annual meeting and elections for the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG). Since its rules stated that one of the vice-presidents must be from North America, Hewitt and United States Amateur Hockey Association president William S. Haddock opted for a coin toss, which decided that Haddock was elected to the position. ^[6] When the Olympics organizers wanted to select hockey referees by drawing names out of a hat, Hewitt and Haddock agreed to another coin toss to decide on the referee for the game between Canada and the United States men's national team. Hewitt feared having an inexperienced referee for the game, and his suggested to have LIHG president Paul Loicq officiate the game was confirmed by the coin toss. ^[7] The Granites defeated the United States team by a 6–1 score, and won all six games played to be the Olympic gold medallists. ^[8]

Group A

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Canada	3	3	0	85	0
Sweden	3	2	1	18	25
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	14	41
Switzerland	3	0	3	2	53

28 Jan	Canada	30:0 (8:0,14:0,8:0)	Czechoslovakia
29 Jan	Canada	22:0 (5:0,7:0,10:0)	Sweden
30 Jan	Canada	33:0 (8:0,11:0,14:0)	Switzerland

Medal round

Results from the group round (Canada-Sweden and United States-Great Britain) carried forward to the medal round.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
Canada	3	3	0	47	3
United States	3	2	1	32	6
Great Britain	3	1	2	6	33
Sweden	3	0	3	3	46

1 Feb	Canada	19:2 (6:2,6:0,7:0)	Great Britain
3 Feb	Canada	6:1 (2:1,3:0,1:0)	United States

Top scorer

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Harry Watson	5	37	9	46

Gold:

Canada Jack Cameron Ernie Collett Bert McCaffrey Harold McMunn Dunc Munro Beattie Ramsay Cyril Slater Hooley Smith Harry Watson Henry Louis Hudson

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Charles Gorman	45.4	7
1500 m	Charles Gorman	2:35.4	11
5000 m	Charles Gorman	DNF	–

All-round
Distances: 500m; 5000m; 1500m & 10,000m.

Athlete	Until distance 1			Until distance 2			Until distance 3			Total
	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank	Points	Score	rank
Charles Gorman	5	45.40	5	DNF

References

1. "J. H. Crocker Is Olympic Head". The Winnipeg Tribune . Winnipeg, Manitoba. October 24, 1923. p. 13. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
2. "Billy Hewitt Again In Charge of Hockey Team; Granites Sail January 11". The Brandon Sun . Brandon, Manitoba. October 17, 1923. p. 4. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
3. "Bar Commercial Teams From Race For Allan Cup". Lethbridge Herald . Lethbridge, Alberta. December 5, 1923. p. 6. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
4. Rodden, Mike (September 13, 1966). "Sports Highways". The Kingston Whig-Standard . Kingston, Ontario. p. 9. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
5. "Canadian Team Find Change In Match Conditions". Brandon Daily Sun . Brandon, Manitoba. January 22, 1924. p. 4. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
6. "American Won on Toss of a Coin". Victoria Daily Times . Victoria, British Columbia. January 26, 1924. p. 9. Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
7. Podnieks, Andrew (1997), p. 16
8. Podnieks, Andrew (1997), p. 17

Sources

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

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