Canada at the Olympics
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| Olympic history | ||||||||||
| Summer Games | ||||||||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 | ||||||||||
| Winter Games | ||||||||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||||||||
Canada (CAN) has sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games and almost every Summer Olympic Games, the exceptions the 1896 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada.
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[edit] Future and recent events
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia will host the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Italian city of Turin hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics, where Canada's medal count was the third largest, smaller than those of Germany's and the United States. Snowboard Cross was on the Olympic program for the first time. In this event, Dominique Maltais won a Bronze medal in the women's competition. Cindy Klassen would set a Canadian record by winning five medals (one gold, two silver and two bronze) in speed skating.
[edit] Hosting the Games
Canada has hosted the Games twice, and has been selected to host the 2010 Games.
| Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
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| 1976 Summer Olympics | Montreal | July 17 – August 1 | 92 | 6028 | 198 |
| 1988 Winter Olympics | Calgary | February 13–28 | 57 | 1423 | 46 |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver | February 12–28 | 86 |
[edit] Medals
- See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
[edit] Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Flagbearer | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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| 1896 Athens | did not compete | |||||
| 1900 Paris | None | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1904 St. Louis | None | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1908 London | None | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |
| 1912 Stockholm | Duncan Gillis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1920 Antwerp | Archie McDiarmid | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1924 Paris | Hector Phillips | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Joseph Wright Jr. | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| 1932 Los Angeles | George Maughan | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1936 Berlin | James Worrall | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1948 London | Robert McFarlane | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1952 Helsinki | William Parnell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1956 Melbourne | Robert Steckle | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1960 Rome | Carl Schwende | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1964 Tokyo | Gilmour Boa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1968 Mexico City | Roger Jackson | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1972 Munich | Doug Roges | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1976 Montreal (host) | Abby Hoffman | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1980 Moscow | Sue Holloway | did not compete | ||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | Alex Baumann | 10 | 18 | 16 | 44 | |
| 1988 Seoul | Carolyn Waldo | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1992 Barcelona | Michael Smith | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |
| 1996 Atlanta | Charmaine Crooks | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 | |
| 2000 Sydney | Caroline Brunet | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| 2004 Athens | Nicolas Gill | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2008 Beijing | Adam van Koeverden | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | |
| Total | 58 | 94 | 108 | 260 | ||
[edit] Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Flagbearer | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1924 Chamonix | Ernie Collett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1928 St. Moritz | John Porter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Harold Simpson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | None | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Hubert Brooks | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1952 Oslo | Gordon Audley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Robert Bowden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Robert Paul | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Ralph Olin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1968 Grenoble | Nancy Greene | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1972 Sapporo | Karen Magnussen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Dave Irwin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Ken Read | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Gaétan Boucher | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1988 Calgary (host) | Brian Orser | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1992 Albertville | Sylvie Daigle | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Kurt Browning | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 1998 Nagano | Jean-Luc Brassard | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Catriona Le May Doan | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2006 Turin | Danielle Goyette | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Total | 38 | 38 | 43 | 119 |
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 |
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| Athletics | 13 | 14 | 25 | 52 |
| Rowing | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| Ice hockey | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Swimming | 7 | 13 | 20 | 40 |
| Speed skating | 6 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| Short track speed skating | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| Shooting | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Boxing | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Synchronized swimming | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Curling | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Freestyle skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Bobsleigh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Biathlon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lacrosse | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Diving | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Skeleton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Golf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 96 | 131 | 150 | 377 |
[edit] Top 10 Medal earners
| Athlete | Sport | Type | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Cindy Klassen | Speed skating | Winter | 2002, 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Marc Gagnon | Short track | Winter | 1994, 1998, 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Clara Hughes | Cycling | Summer | 1996, 2000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Speed skating | Winter | 2002, 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phil Edwards | Athletics | Summer | 1928, 1932, 1936 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Kathleen Heddle | Rowing | Summer | 1992, 1996 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Marnie McBean | Rowing | Summer | 1992, 1996 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Eric Bedard | Short track | Winter | 1998, 2002, 2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gaétan Boucher | Speed skating | Winter | 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Victor Davis | Swimming | Summer | 1984, 1988 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Lesley Thompson | Rowing | Summer | 1984 - 2000, 2008 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
[edit] References
- Canadian Medals by Olympic Games at TSN.ca
[edit] See also
- Canada at the Summer Olympics
- Canada at the Winter Olympics
- List of Canadian Summer Olympics gold medalists
[edit] External links
- CBC Digital Archives - Gold Medal Athletes - 1948-1968
- CBC Digital Archives - Cold Gold: Canada's Winter Winners 1984–2002
- Most Canadian Olympic Medals
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