Canada at the Summer Olympics

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Canada has competed at 23 Summer Olympic Games, missing only the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics and the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation made its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Canada competes under the IOC country code CAN.

Canada has hosted the summer games once, in 1976 in Montreal. Canada has also hosted the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary in 1988 and will host the winter games of 2010 in Vancouver.

See also: Canada at the Winter Olympics

Contents

[edit] Medal tables

[edit] Medals by year

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens did not compete
1900 Paris 1 0 1 2
1904 St. Louis 4 1 1 6
1908 London 3 3 10 16
1912 Stockholm 3 2 3 8
1920 Antwerp 3 3 3 9
1924 Paris 0 3 1 4
1928 Amsterdam 4 4 7 15
1932 Los Angeles 2 5 8 15
1936 Berlin 1 3 5 9
1948 London 0 1 2 3
1952 Helsinki 1 2 0 3
1956 Melbourne 2 1 3 6
1960 Rome 0 1 0 1
1964 Tokyo 1 2 1 4
1968 Mexico City 1 3 1 5
1972 Munich 0 2 3 5
1976 Montreal (host) 0 5 6 11
1980 Moscow did not compete
1984 Los Angeles 10 18 16 44
1988 Seoul 3 2 5 10
1992 Barcelona 7 4 7 18
1996 Atlanta 3 11 8 22
2000 Sydney 3 3 8 14
2004 Athens 3 6 3 12
Total 55 85 102 242

Canada also won 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal at the 1906 Summer Olympics, which the IOC no longer recognizes as an official Olympic games, so those medals are not counted in this table.

[edit] Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 13 14 24 51
Rowing 8 13 13 34
Swimming 7 13 19 39
Canoeing 4 8 7 19
Shooting 4 3 2 9
Boxing 3 7 7 17
Synchronized swimming 3 4 1 8
Gymnastics 2 1 2 5
Lacrosse 2 0 1 3
Wrestling 1 6 5 12
Cycling 1 5 5 11
Diving 1 2 4 7
Equestrian 1 1 2 4
Football 1 0 0 1
Golf 1 0 0 1
Tennis 1 0 0 1
Triathlon 1 0 0 1
Sailing 0 3 6 9
Judo 0 2 2 4
Weightlifting 0 2 0 2
Basketball 0 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 0 1 1
Total 54 85 102 241

Note: Canada's gold medal in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics is not counted in this table.

[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in archery.

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Canada is not traditionally strong in athletics, but the nation has won medals in 15 of 23 games in which it has competed. Some memorable performances are the double gold by Percy Williams in the 100m and 200m in the 1928 Amsterdam games, and the gold medals won in Atlanta (1996) by Donovan Bailey in the 100m (in world record time) and by the men's 4x100m relay team.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 1 0 1 2
1904 St. Louis 1 0 0 1
1908 London 1 1 4 6
1912 Stockholm 1 2 2 5
1920 Antwerp 1 0 0 1
1928 Amsterdam 4 2 2 8
1932 Los Angeles 1 3 5 9
1936 Berlin 0 1 3 4
1948 London 0 0 1 1
1964 Tokyo 0 1 1 2
1976 Montreal 0 1 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 2 3 5
1988 Seoul 0 0 1 1
1992 Barcelona 1 1 1 3
1996 Atlanta 2 0 0 2
Total 13 14 24 51

Canada also won 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal in Athletics at the 1906 Summer Olympics, which are not counted in this table.

[edit] Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in badminton, since its introduction in 1992.

[edit] Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in baseball. Canada has competed in the Olympic tournament only once, in 2004, where the team finished third in the preliminary round with a 5-2 record, but then lost the semi-final to Cuba and the bronze medal game to Japan to finish fourth.

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the Summer Olympics

Canada has only won an Olympic medal in basketball once, a silver in 1936.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1936 Berlin 0 1 0 1
Total 0 1 0 1

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Canada has enjoyed modest success in Olympic boxing, winning medals in eight games. Lennox Lewis won the super heavyweight gold medal in Seoul, before competing for his native Great Britain as a professional.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1920 Antwerp 1 2 2 5
1924 Paris 0 0 1 1
1928 Amsterdam 0 0 1 1
1932 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 2 1 3
1988 Seoul 1 1 1 3
1992 Barcelona 0 1 1 2
1996 Atlanta 0 1 0 1
Total 3 7 7 17

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the Summer Olympics

Canada's medals in canoeing have all come in flatwater racing events; Canada has never won a medal in a whitewater event. Adam van Koeverden and Caroline Brunet are recent multiple medal winners for Canada.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1936 Berlin 1 1 1 3
1948 London 0 1 1 2
1952 Helsinki 0 1 0 1
1976 Montreal 0 1 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 2 2 2 6
1996 Atlanta 0 1 0 1
2000 Sydney 0 1 1 2
2004 Athens 1 0 2 3
Total 4 8 7 19

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the Summer Olympics

Canada's only gold medal in cycling was won by Lori-Ann Muenzer in Athens. Another Canadian cyclist of note is Clara Hughes, double bronze medalist in Atlanta (1996). She has also won medals in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics in speed skating, and is the only Canadian to win medals in both the summer and winter games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 0 0 1 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 2 0 2
1992 Barcelona 0 0 1 1
1996 Atlanta 0 2 3 5
2004 Athens 1 1 0 2
Total 1 5 5 11

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the Summer Olympics

Canada's only gold medal in diving was won by Sylvie Bernier in Los Angeles.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1956 Melbourne 0 0 1 1
1984 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1
1996 Atlanta 0 0 1 1
2000 Sydney 0 1 1 2
2004 Athens 0 1 1 2
Total 1 2 4 7

[edit] Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the Summer Olympics

Canada's only gold medal in equestrian events was won by the show jumping team in Mexico City.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1956 Stockholm 0 0 1 1
1968 Mexico City 1 0 0 1
1976 Montreal 0 1 0 1
1988 Seoul 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2 4

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in fencing. The Women's épée team finished 4th at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the Summer Olympics

Canada first competed in Olympic football at the second tournament, 1904. One club team from Canada went to St. Louis to compete against two American teams, winning the gold medal. Canada's men's football team is unlikely to even qualify for the Olympics, but the women's national team is ranked highly and may have success in future Olympic games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1904 St. Louis 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

[edit] Golf

Main article: Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf was only included in the Olympic program for the 1900 and 1904 games, at which George Lyon won the individual gold medal.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1904 St. Louis 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

Canada has only won a single medal in artistic gymnastics, a gold by Kyle Shewfelt in Athens. Lori Fung won a gold in rhythmic gymnastics in Los Angeles and Canadians have also won medals in trampolining.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1984 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1
2000 Sydney 0 0 2 2
2004 Athens 1 1 0 2
Total 2 1 2 5

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in handball.

[edit] Hockey (field)

Main article: Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in field hockey.

[edit] Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

Canada won the gold medal when ice hockey was introduced in the program of the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. The sport was moved to the Winter Olympics program for the first winter games in 1924.

See also: Canada at the Winter Olympics
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1920 Antwerp 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the Summer Olympics

Canada has won only 4 medals in judo at the Olympics, most recently a silver by Nicolas Gill in the Sydney games (2000).

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1964 Tokyo 0 1 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 0 1 1
1992 Barcelona 0 0 1 1
2000 Sydney 0 1 0 1
Total 0 2 2 4

[edit] Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics

Lacrosse was only part of the Olympic program in the 1904 and 1908 games; Canadian teams won the gold medal each time. In 1904, a second Canadian team, composed only of Mohawk Indians, also won a bronze medal.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1904 St. Louis 1 0 1 2
1908 London 1 0 0 1
Total 2 0 1 3

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in modern pentathlon.

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics

Rowing is one of Canada's most successful sports at the summer Olympics. The pair of Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle won gold in both the Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) games. Canada has traditionally done well in the coxed eights event, with the men's team winning a medal 9 times and the women's team winning a medal 3 times.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1904 St. Louis 0 1 0 1
1908 London 0 0 3 3
1912 Stockholm 0 0 1 1
1924 Paris 0 2 0 2
1928 Amsterdam 0 1 1 2
1932 Los Angeles 0 0 2 2
1956 Melbourne 1 1 0 2
1960 Rome 0 1 0 1
1964 Tokyo 1 0 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 1 2 3 6
1992 Barcelona 4 0 1 5
1996 Atlanta 1 4 1 6
2000 Sydney 0 0 1 1
2004 Athens 0 1 0 1
Total 8 13 13 34

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the Summer Olympics

Canada's most notable event in Olympic sailing competition was from the 1988 Seoul games, where Larry Lemieux was racing towards a certain medal finish, but stopped to help two Singaporean sailors whose boat had capsized during the race. Lemieux was later presented an award from IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch to honor his act of bravery.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1932 Los Angeles 0 1 1 2
1972 Munich 0 0 1 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 1 2 3
1988 Seoul 0 0 1 1
1992 Barcelona 0 0 1 1
2004 Athens 0 1 0 1
Total 0 3 6 9

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Linda Thom's gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles games was the first summer Olympic gold medal for Canada in 16 years, having been shut out in Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976), and boycotting the Moscow (1980) games. Since her victory was unexpected, and the sport is not very popular, the event was not broadcast live and Canadian television crews had to scramble to put taped images on the air.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 1 2 1 4
1924 Paris 0 1 0 1
1952 Helsinki 1 0 0 1
1956 Melbourne 1 0 1 2
1984 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1
Total 4 3 2 9

[edit] Softball

Main article: Softball at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in softball. The Canadian team placed 5th in the 1996 tournament (when it was first introduced), 8th in 2000 and 5th in 2004.

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the Summer Olympics

After George Hodgson won two gold medals in the 1912 Stockholm games, it would be 72 years before Alex Baumann became the second Canadian swimmer to win Olympic gold, when he won both individual medley events in world record time in the 1984 Los Angeles games. Victor Davis (1984), Anne Ottenbrite (1984) and Mark Tewksbury (1992) are the only other Canadian swimmers to win gold medals. In 2004, Canada failed to win a medal of any colour in swimming for the first time in 40 years.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1912 Stockholm 2 0 0 2
1920 Antwerp 0 1 1 2
1928 Amsterdam 0 0 1 1
1968 Mexico City 0 3 1 4
1972 Munich 0 2 2 4
1976 Montreal 0 2 6 8
1984 Los Angeles 4 3 3 10
1988 Seoul 0 1 1 2
1992 Barcelona 1 0 1 2
1996 Atlanta 0 1 2 3
2000 Sydney 0 0 1 1
Total 7 13 19 39

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the Summer Olympics

Canada has been very successful in synchronized swimming at the Olympics, winning medals at every games in which the sport was competed except for 2004 in Athens.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1984 Los Angeles 0 2 0 2
1988 Seoul 2 0 0 2
1992 Barcelona 1 1 0 2
1996 Atlanta 0 1 0 1
2000 Sydney 0 0 1 1
Total 3 4 1 8

[edit] Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in table tennis since its introduction in the 1988 games.

[edit] Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Justin Hannon won a bronze medal when the sport of taekwondo was introduced at the 2000 Sydney games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
2000 Sydney 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 1 1

[edit] Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Canada's lone medal in Olympic tennis was the surprising victory by the men's doubles team of Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor, who beat the home favourite Australian team in the 2000 Sydney games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
2000 Sydney 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the Summer Olympics

Simon Whitfield won the gold medal when triathlon was introduced at the 2000 Sydney games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
2000 Sydney 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Canada's lone medal in volleyball was won by the beach volleyball team of John Child and Mark Heese when the event was introduced as a medal sport at the 1996 Atlanta games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1996 Atlanta 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 1 1

[edit] Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the Summer Olympics

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in water polo.

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics

Canada's only medals in weightlifting were won by Gerald Gratton (1952) and Jacques Demers in 1984, when many nations traditionally powerful in the sport boycotted the Los Angeles games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1952 Helsinki 0 1 0 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 1 0 1
Total 0 2 0 2

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

Canada's only gold medal in wrestling was won by Daniel Igali in the 2000 Sydney games. All of Canada's wrestling medals were won in freestyle events; Canada has never won an Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1908 London 0 0 1 1
1928 Amsterdam 0 1 2 3
1932 Los Angeles 0 1 0 1
1936 Berlin 0 0 1 1
1984 Los Angeles 0 1 1 2
1992 Barcelona 0 1 0 1
1996 Atlanta 0 1 0 1
2000 Sydney 1 0 0 1
2004 Athens 0 1 0 1
Total 1 6 5 12

[edit] See also


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