Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: CAN
NOC: Canadian Olympic Committee
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2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Flag bearer Caroline Brunet
Medals Gold
3		 Silver
3		 Bronze
8		 Total
14
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Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The final days of the Olympics for Canada was shadowed by the death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, their 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Medal Competitor Event
Gold Simon Whitfield Triathlon, Men's competition
Gold Daniel Igali Wrestling, Men's freestyle lightweight (69 kg)
Gold Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor Tennis, Men's doubles
Silver Caroline Brunet Canoeing, Women's K-1 500 m kayak singles
Silver Nicolas Gill Judo, Men's middleweight (100 kg)
Silver Anne Montminy and Emilie Heymans Diving, Women's synchronized 10 m platform
Bronze Steve Giles Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000 m canoe singles
Bronze Anne Montminy Diving, Women's 10 m platform
Bronze Mathieu Turgeon Gymnastics, Men's trampoline
Bronze Karen Cockburn Gymnastics, Women's trampoline
Bronze Emma Robinson, Buffy Alexander, Theresa Luke, Heather McDermid, Lesley Thompson, Dorota Urbaniak, Heather Davis, Laryssa Biesenthal, Alison Korn Rowing, Women's eights with coxswain
Bronze Curtis Myden Swimming, Men's 400 m individual medley
Bronze Kirstin Normand, Erin Chan, Jacinthe Taillon, Reidun Tatham, Jessica Chase, Catherine Garceau, Fanny Letourneau, Lyne Beaumont, Claire Carver-Dias Synchronized swimming, Women's team competition
Bronze Dominique Bosshart Taekwondo, Women's over 67 kg

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match.

Men's individual
Rob Rusnov
1/32 Eliminations Lost to Niklas Eriksson
Sweden		 161-155

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's competition

Men's 100 m

Men's 200 m

Men's 800 m

  • Zach Whitmarsh
    1. Round 1 – 01:48.42 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m

  • Kevin Sullivan
    1. Round 1 – 03:40.80
    2. Semifinal – 03:39.66
    3. Final – 03:35.50 (5th place)

Men's 10,000 m

  • Jeff Schiebler
    1. Round 1 – 28:30.46 (did not advance)
  • Sean Kaley
    1. Round 1 – 28:36.07 (did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Adrian Woodley
    1. Round 1 – 13.71
    2. Round 2 – 14.04 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Joel Bourgeois
    1. Round 1 – 08:28.07 (did not advance)

Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair

Men's Shot Put

Men's Discus

  • Jason Tunks
    1. Qualifying – 64.40
    2. Final – 65.80 (6th place)
  • Jason Gervais
    1. Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Men's High Jump

  • Mark Boswell
    1. Qualifying – 2.27
    2. Final – 2.32 (6th place)

Men's High Jump

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Arturo Huerta
    1. Final – 1:25:24 (24th place)
  • Tim Berrett
    1. Final – 1:25:29 (26th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's marathon

  • Bruce Deacon
    1. Final – 2:21:38 (44th place)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's 100 m

  • Esi Benyarku
    1. Round 1 – 11.55 (did not advance)
  • Martha Adusei
    1. Round 1 – 11.82 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m

  • Ladonna Antoine
    1. Round 1 – 51.78
    2. Round 2 – 50.92
    3. Semifinal – 51.26 (did not advance)
  • Foy Williams
    1. Round 1 – 52.94
    2. Round 2 – 52.68 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m

  • Leah Pells
    1. Round 1 – DNF (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Tina Connelly
    1. Round 1 – 34:46.04 (did not advance)
  • Carole Montgomery
    1. Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Katie Anderson
    1. Round 1 – 12.82
    2. Round 2 – DNF (did not advance)
  • Perdita Felicien
    1. Round 1 – 13.21 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Karlene Haughton
    1. Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m

  • Martha Adusei, Esi Benyarku, Tara Perry, Atia Weekes
    1. Round 1 – 44.08 (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m

  • Ladonna Antoine, Samantha George, Karlene Haughton, Foy Williams
    1. Round 1 – 03:27.36 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

Women's Hammer Throw

  • Michelle Fournier
    1. Qualifying – 59.15 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

  • Janice McCaffrey
    1. Final – DQ

[edit] Badminton

Men's Singles

Men's Doubles

  • Bryan Moody, Brent Olynyk
    1. Round of 32: Defeated Jun Zhang, Wei Zhang of China
    2. Round of 16: Lost to Jesper Larsen, Jens Eriksen of Denmark

Women's Singles

  • Kara Solmundson
    1. Round of 64: Lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia
  • Robbyn Hermitage
    1. Round of 64: Lost to Rayoni Head of Australia
  • Milaine Cloutier
    1. Round of 64: Bye
    2. Round of 32: Lost to Ji-Hyyn Kim of Korea

Women's Doubles

  • Milaine Cloutier, Robbyn Hermitage
    1. Round of 32: Defeated Rhonda Cator, Amanda Hardy of Australia
    2. Round of 16: Lost to Joanne Goode, Donna Kellogg of Great Britain
  • Milaine Cloutier, Bryan Moody
    1. Round of 32: Lost to Nicol Pitro, Michael Keck of Germany
  • Robbyn Hermitage, Brent Olynyk
    1. Round of 32: Lost to Joanne Goode, Simon Archer of Canada

Mixed Doubles

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Defeated Australia (101-90)
  • Defeated Angola (99-54)
  • Defeated Spain (91-77)
  • Lost to Russia (59-77)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (83-75)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to France (63-68)
  • Classification Match
  • 7th/8th place – Defeated Russia (86-83) → 7th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Lost to Australia (46-78)
  • Defeated Senegal (41-62)
  • Lost to France (58-70)
  • Lost to Slovakia (56-68)
  • Defeated Brazil (61-60)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place – Lost to Cuba (58-67) → 10th place
  • Team Roster
  • Cori-Lyn Blakebrough
  • Carolin Bouchard
  • Kelly Boucher
  • Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl
  • Stacey Dales-Shuman
  • Michelle Hendry
  • Nikki Johnson
  • Karla Karch
  • Teresa Kleindienst
  • Joy McNichol
  • Dianne Norman
  • Tammy Sutton-Brown

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

  • Scott MacIntosh
    • Round 1 – Defeated Sakio Bika Mbah of CMR
    • Round 2 – Lost to Jermain Taylor of United States (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Donald Grant Orr

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Troy Amos-Ross
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Lost to Jegbefumere Albert of Nigeria (did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Mark Simmons
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Defeated Rohoulah Houseini of Iran
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Sebastian Kober of Germany (did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Art Binkowski
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Defeated Michael Macaque of Mauritius
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan (did not advance)

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Mihai Apostol
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:42.562 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Mihai Apostol
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:47.679 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Maxime Boilard
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:52.764
    2. Semifinal – 01:52.071
    3. Final – 02:29.259 (4th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

  • Steve Giles
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:55.396
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 03:56.437 (Bronze medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

  • Tamas Buday, Attila Buday
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:46.557 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

  • Tamas Buday, Attila Buday
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:41.075
    2. Semifinal – 03:44.358
    3. Final – 03:48.017 (7th place)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Caroline Brunet
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:51.558
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 02:14.646 (Silver medal)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

  • Maria-Josee Gibeau-Ouimet, Kamina Jain, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:38.209
    2. Semifinal – 01:38.340
    3. Final – 01:39.566 (9th place)

[edit] Slalom

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

  • David Ford
    1. Qualifying – 323.58 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles

  • James Cartwright-Garland
    1. Qualifying – 297.66 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles

  • Benoit Gauthier, Tyler Lawlor
    1. Qualifying – 311.11 (did not advance)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

  • Margaret Langford
    1. Qualifying – 314.51
    2. Final – 274.14 (13th place)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

  • Geoff Kabush
    1. Final – 2:14:00.66 (9th place)
  • Roland Green
    1. Final – 2:15:18.85 (14th place)

Women's Mountain Bike'

  • Alison Sydor
    1. Final – 1:52:19.32 (5th place)
  • Chrissy Redden
    1. Final – 1:54:07.38 (8th place)
  • Lesley Tomlinson
    1. Final – 2:00:44.08 (19th place)

[edit] Road Cycling

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Eric Wohlberg
    1. Final – 1:00:34 (20th place)

Men's Road Race

  • Gordon Fraser
    1. Final – 5:30:46 (16th place)
  • Eric Wohlberg
    1. Final – 5:30:46 (72nd place)
  • Czeslaw Lukaszewicz
    1. Final – DNF
  • Brian Walton
    1. Final – DNF

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Individual Time Trial

Women's Road Race

[edit] Track Cycling

[edit] Men's competition

Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • Jim Fisher
    • Final – 01:05.835 (12th place)

Men's Point Race

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Sprint

  • Tanya Dubnicoff
    • Qualifying – 11.494
    • 1/8 Finals – Defeated Kathrin Freitag of Germany
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
    • Finals 5-8 – (7th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

  • Tanya Dubnicoff
    • Final – 35.486 (8th place)
  • Lori-Anne Muenzer
    • Final – 35.846 (13th place)

[edit] Diving

Canada won two diving medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics – one silver and one bronze. Anne Montminy won the first ever platform diving medal for Canada.

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Jeff Liberty
    1. Preliminary – 375.06 (19th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Alexandre Despatie
    1. Preliminary – 436.86
    2. Semi-final – 188.28 – 625.14
    3. Final – 464.07 – 652.35 (4th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Christopher Kalec
    1. Preliminary – 388.50
    2. Semi-final – 175.02 – 563.52 (17th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Eryn Bulmer
    1. Preliminary – 258.93 (20th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Blythe Hartley
    1. Preliminary – 295.98
    2. Semi-final – 219 – 514.98
    3. Final – 304.05 – 523.05 (10th place)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Anne Montminy
    1. Preliminary – 339.93
    2. Semi-final – 185.88 – 525.81
    3. Final – 354.27 – 540.15 (Bronze medal)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Emilie Hyemans
    1. Preliminary – 333.78
    2. Semi-final – 182.64 – 516.42
    3. Final – 329.28 – 511.92 (5th place)

Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th-12th place: Canada – Poland 3-2
  • 9th-10th place: Canada – Spain 0-3 (→ Tenth place)
  • Team Roster

Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee

[edit] Judo

[edit] Men's Competition

Middleweight (90 kg)

Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)

[edit] Women's Competition

Half-Lightweight (52 kg)

  • Luce Baillargeon

Lightweight (57 kg)

  • Michelle Buckingham

Half-Middleweight (63 kg)

  • Sophie Roberge

Half-Heavyweight (78 kg)

  • Kimberly Ribble

[edit] Sailing

Nine people competed for Canada in the sailing competition at the Olympics in six events.

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

    • Richard Clarke
    1. Race 1 – 14
    2. Race 2 – (20)
    3. Race 3 – 8
    4. Race 4 – 14
    5. Race 5 – 16
    6. Race 6 – 7
    7. Race 7 – 13
    8. Race 8 – 14
    9. Race 9 – 20
    10. Race 10 – 8
    11. Race 11 – (26) OCS
    12. Final – 114 (17th place)

Men's Laser

  • Marty Essig
    1. Race 1 – 27
    2. Race 2 – 16
    3. Race 3 – 7
    4. Race 4 – (35)
    5. Race 5 – 25
    6. Race 6 – 13
    7. Race 7 – 23
    8. Race 8 – (44) OCS
    9. Race 9 – 26
    10. Race 10 – 18
    11. Race 11 – 21
    12. Final – 176 (24th place)

Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Ross Macdonald and Kai Bjorn
    1. Race 1 – 7
    2. Race 2 – 5
    3. Race 3 – 13
    4. Race 4 – 4
    5. Race 5 – (14)
    6. Race 6 – 5
    7. Race 7 – 3
    8. Race 8 – (17) OCS
    9. Race 9 – 5
    10. Race 10 – 5
    11. Race 11 – 1
    12. Final – 48 (5th place)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

  • Bill Abbott, Matt Abbott and Brad Boston
    1. 13th place – Did not advance to round robin round

Women's Mistral

  • Caroll-Ann Alie
    1. Race 1 – 15
    2. Race 2 – (21)
    3. Race 3 – 16
    4. Race 4 – (27)
    5. Race 5 – 12
    6. Race 6 – 17
    7. Race 7 – 18
    8. Race 8 – 20
    9. Race 9 – 11
    10. Race 10 – 15
    11. Race 11 – 15
    12. Final – 139 (17th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Beth Calkin
    1. Race 1 – 17
    2. Race 2 – 4
    3. Race 3 – (24)
    4. Race 4 – 18
    5. Race 5 – 3
    6. Race 6 – (25)
    7. Race 7 – 1
    8. Race 8 – 14
    9. Race 9 – 4
    10. Race 10 – 20
    11. Race 11 – 4
    12. Final – 85 (11th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Rick Say
    1. Preliminary Heat – 1:48.62 (did not advance)
    2. Semi-final – 1:48.50 (did not advance)
    3. Final – 1:48.76 (8th place)
  • Mark Johnston
    1. Preliminary Heat – 1:50.92 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Rick Say
    1. Preliminary Heat – 03:52.72 (did not advance)
  • Mark Johnston
    1. Preliminary Heat – 03:54.99 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Andrew Hurd
    1. Preliminary Heat – 15:30.98 (did not advance)
  • Tim Peterson
    1. Preliminary Heat – 15:34.94 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Mike Mintenko
    1. Preliminary Heat – 52.9
    2. Semi-final – 53
    3. Final – 52.58 (5th place)
  • Shamek Pietucha
    1. Preliminary Heat – 54.14 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Shamek Pietucha
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:59.59 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Morgan Knabe
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:01.81
    2. Semi-final – 01:01.70
    3. Final – 01:01.58 (6th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Morgan Knabe
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:14.18
    2. Semi-final – 02:14.01 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Chris Renaud
    1. Preliminary Heat – 55.85
    2. Semi-final – 55.7 (did not advance)
  • Mark Versfeld
    1. Preliminary Heat – 56.5 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Chris Renaud
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:00.51
    2. Semi-final – 02:01.19 (did not advance)
  • Dustin Hersee
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.34 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Curtis Myden
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:21.78
    2. Semi-final – 02:01.99 (did not advance)
  • Brian Johns
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:03.12
    2. Semi-final – 02:02.92 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Curtis Myden
    1. Preliminary Heat – 04:16.55 (did not advance)
    2. Final – 04:15.33 (Bronze medal)
  • Owen von Richter
    1. Preliminary Heat – 04:25.70 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Nadine Rolland
    1. Preliminary Heat – 26.04 (did not advance)
  • Jenna Gresdal
    1. Preliminary Heat – 26.79 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Karine Legault
    1. Preliminary Heat – 04:15.55 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Karine Legault
    1. Preliminary Heat – 08:43.56 (did not advance)
  • Joanne Malar
    1. Preliminary Heat – DNS (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Jen Button
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:00.83 (did not advance)
  • Jessica Deglau
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:00.97 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Jen Button
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:11.74 (did not advance)
  • Jessica Deglau
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:12.86 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Christin Petelski
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:09.57
    2. Semi-final – 01:09.54 (did not advance)
  • Rhiannon Leier
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:09.68
    2. Semi-final – 01:09.63 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Christin Petelski
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:29.11
    2. Semi-final – 02:29.43 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Kelly Stefanyshyn
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:02.78
    2. Semi-final – 01:02.35 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Michelle Lischinsky
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:02.89
    2. Semi-final – 01:02.55 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Kelly Stefanyshyn
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:14.28 (did not advance)
    2. Semi-final – 02:13.39 (did not advance)
    3. Final – (place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Joanne Malar
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:13.92
    2. Semi-final – 02:13.59
    3. Final – 02:13.70 (5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Marianne Limpert
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:15.07
    2. Semi-final – 02:13.90
    3. Final – 02:13.44 (4th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Joanne Malar
    1. Preliminary Heat – 04:42.65
    2. Final – 04:45.17 (7th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Team

  • Lyne Beaumont, Claire Carver-Dias, Erin Chan, Catherine Garceau, Fanny Letourneau, Kirstin Normand, Jacinthe Taillon, Reidum Tatham, Jessica Chase
    1. Technical Routine – 33.787
    2. Free Routine – 63.57
    3. Final – 97.357 (Bronze medal)

Duet

  • Claire Carver-Dias, Fanny Letourneau
    1. Technical Routine – 33.67
    2. Free Routine – 62.314
    3. Final – 95.984 (5th place)

[edit] Triathlon

After ending the second phase of the triathlon in twenty-fourth place following a crash in the cycling portion of the event, Canada's only male triathlete at the first Olympic triathlon, Simon Whitfield, had by far the best run of any athlete present. He passed all twenty-three competitors that had been in front of him and finished over 13.5 seconds before the next triathlete to claim the gold medal. Canada's women did not fare so well, with two of them placing in the 30s and the third not finishing.

Women's Competition:

Men's Competition:

[edit] Water polo

Women's team: 5th place

  • Preliminary round: 1-2-2
  • Classification 5th-6th game: Defeated Kazakhstan, 9-8

[edit] Death of Pierre Trudeau

For Canadian athletes, the death of Pierre Trudeau cast a shadow on the final days of the 2000 Summer Olympics
For Canadian athletes, the death of Pierre Trudeau cast a shadow on the final days of the 2000 Summer Olympics

Near the end of the Summer Olympics, on September 28, Canadian athletes learned sad news: Pierre Trudeau, their country's 15th prime minister, from 1968 to 1984, with a brief interruption in 1979, and one of the most respected Canadian statesmen ever, died at his home in Montreal (It was September 28 when Trudeau died, however due to time difference, it was September 29 in Sydney).

Juan Antonio Samaranch, presiding over his last Olympics as IOC president, ordered the Canadian flag at athletes' village lowered to half-staff on orders from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. As the flag was lowered to half-staff, Canadian athletes paid tribute to the late former prime minister. During medal ceremonies, whenever the Canadian flag flew, it was flown at half-mast, also on orders from Samaranch and Axworthy.

During the closing ceremonies on October 1, Trudeau was lying in state. Some Canadian athletes who planned to take part in the closing ceremonies chose not to attend it so that they could travel home and like many Canadians, head to Ottawa and pay their respects.

[edit] References


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