Canada at the 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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Olympic history
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Canada (CAN) has sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games and almost every Summer Olympic Games since its debut at the 1900 games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted. Canada has won at least one medal at every Olympics in which it has competed. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada finished atop the medal standings for the first time, winning the most gold medals of any country.

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Hosting the Games [edit]

Canada has hosted the Games three times.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
1976 Summer Olympics Montreal July 17 – August 1 92 6028 123
1988 Winter Olympics Calgary February 13–28 57 1423 46
2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver February 12–28 83 2629 86

Medal tables [edit]

Further information: Canada at the Summer Olympics and Canada at the Winter Olympics

Medals by Summer Games [edit]

Number of medals won by Canada at the Olympic summer games from 1900 to 2012.
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900 Paris 2 1 0 1 2 13
1904 St. Louis 52 4 1 1 6 4
1908 London 87 3 3 10 16 7
1912 Stockholm 37 3 2 3 8 9
1920 Antwerp 53 3 3 3 9 12
1924 Paris 65 0 3 1 4 20
1928 Amsterdam 69 4 4 7 15 10
1932 Los Angeles 102 2 5 8 15 12
1936 Berlin 97 1 3 5 9 17
1948 London 118 0 1 2 3 25
1952 Helsinki 107 1 2 0 3 21
1956 Melbourne 92 2 1 3 6 15
1960 Rome 85 0 1 0 1 32
1964 Tokyo 115 1 2 1 4 22
1968 Mexico City 138 1 3 1 5 23
1972 Munich 208 0 2 3 5 27
1976 Montreal (host nation) 385 0 5 6 11 27
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 407 10 18 16 44 6
1988 Seoul 328 3 2 5 10 19
1992 Barcelona 295 7 4 7 18 11
1996 Atlanta 303 3 11 8 22 21
2000 Sydney 294 3 3 8 14 24
2004 Athens 263 3 6 3 12 21
2008 Beijing 332 3 9 6 18 19
2012 London 281 1 5 12 18 36
Total 59 99 120 278 20

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.

Medals by Winter Games [edit]

Number of medals won by Canada at the Olympic winter games from 1924 to 2010.
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1924 Chamonix 12 1 0 0 1 8
1928 St. Moritz 23 1 0 0 1 5
1932 Lake Placid 42 1 1 5 7 4
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 29 0 1 0 1 9
1948 St. Moritz 28 2 0 1 3 6
1952 Oslo 39 1 0 1 2 6
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 35 0 1 2 3 10
1960 Squaw Valley 44 2 1 1 4 7
1964 Innsbruck 55 1 0 2 3 10
1968 Grenoble 70 1 1 1 3 13
1972 Sapporo 47 0 1 0 1 17
1976 Innsbruck 59 1 1 1 3 11
1980 Lake Placid 59 0 1 1 2 14
1984 Sarajevo 67 2 1 1 4 8
1988 Calgary (host nation) 112 0 2 3 5 13
1992 Albertville 108 2 3 2 7 9
1994 Lillehammer 95 3 6 4 13 7
1998 Nagano 144 6 5 4 15 4
2002 Salt Lake City 150 7 3 7 17 4
2006 Turin 196 7 10 7 24 5
2010 Vancouver (host nation) 206 14 7 5 26 1
Total 52 45 48 145 6

Medals at summer sports [edit]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 13 14 26 53
Rowing 9 16 15 40
Swimming 7 14 22 43
Canoeing and kayaking - Sprint 4 10 10 24
Shooting 4 3 2 9
Boxing 3 7 7 17
Synchronized swimming 3 4 1 8
Freestyle Wrestling 2 7 7 16
Show Jumping 2 2 0 4
Lacrosse 2 0 1 3
Diving 1 4 6 11
Trampoline 1 3 2 6
Track Cycling 1 2 5 8
Triathlon 1 1 0 2
Soccer 1 0 1 2
Golf 1 0 0 1
Artistic Gymnastics 1 0 0 1
Rhythmic Gymnastics 1 0 0 1
Tennis 1 0 0 1
Sailing 0 3 6 9
Judo 0 2 3 5
Weightlifting 0 2 1 3
Mountain Biking 0 2 0 2
Road Cycling 0 1 1 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1 2
Basketball 0 1 0 1
Dressage 0 0 1 1
Eventing 0 0 1 1
Beach Volleyball 0 0 1 1
Total 581 99 120 277

Medals at winter sports [edit]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ice hockey 111 5 2 18
Speed skating 8 11 14 33
Short track speed skating 7 10 8 25
Figure skating 4 7 11 22
Freestyle skiing 4 3 2 9
Alpine skiing 4 1 5 10
Curling 3 3 2 8
Bobsleigh 3 2 1 6
Snowboarding 3 1 1 5
Skeleton 2 1 1 4
Cross-country skiing 2 1 0 3
Biathlon 2 0 1 3
Total 531 45 48 146

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the following current sports: Archery, Badminton, BMX, Canoeing and kayaking - Slalom, Fencing, Field Hockey, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Handball, Indoor Volleyball, Luge, Modern pentathlon, Nordic combined, Rugby, Ski jumping, Table Tennis, and Water polo.

1One of Canada's Ice Hockey gold medals was won during the 1920 Summer Olympics, thus explaining the discrepancy between the medals by games and medals by sports tables.

Records [edit]

In 2012, Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his tenth Summer Olympics, tying the record for most Olympic games participated in set by Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl between 1964 and 1996. He has been named to eleven straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott.[1] In 2008 he won his first medal, a silver medal in the team jumping event.[2]

Clara Hughes is the first and only Olympian of any country or gender, to win multiple medals at both the Winter and the Summer Games, with two Summer and four Winter medals.[3] Clara Hughes and Cindy Klassen hold the record for most Olympic medals won by a Canadian of either gender, with six each.[3] Cindy Klassen holds the record for most Winter medals won by a Canadian of either gender, with six.[3]

Top Medal earners [edit]

Athlete Sport Type Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Cindy Klassen Speed skating Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 1 2 3 6
Clara Hughes Cycling Summer 1996, 2000 0 0 2 6
Speed skating Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 1 1 2
Marc Gagnon Short track Winter 1994, 1998, 2002 3 0 2 5
François-Louis Tremblay Short track Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 2 2 1 5
Phil Edwards Athletics Summer 1928, 1932, 1936 0 0 5 5
Lesley Thompson Rowing Summer 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2012 1 3 1 5
Jennifer Botterill Ice hockey Winter 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 3 1 0 4
Hefford, JaynaJayna Hefford
Kellar, BeckyBecky Kellar
Wickenheiser, HayleyHayley Wickenheiser
Kathleen Heddle Rowing Summer 1992, 1996 3 0 1 4
Marnie McBean Rowing Summer 1992, 1996 3 0 1 4
Éric Bédard 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
Adam van Koeverden Kayaking Summer 2004, 2008, 2012 1 2 1 4
Kristina Groves Speed skating Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 0 3 1 4
Tania Vicent Short track Winter 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 0 2 2 4
Émilie Heymans Diving Summer 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 0 2 2 4

See also [edit]

Portal icon Sport in Canada portal

References [edit]

  1. ^ Martin Cleary (2008-08-08). "'The Olympics is not a young horse game'". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2008-08-13. 
  2. ^ Doug Smith (2008-08-18). "'Canada wins silver in team show jumping'". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  3. ^ a b c Canadian Press (22 June 2012). "London 2012: Hesjedal and Hughes to lead Canadian road cycling team at London Games". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 June 2012. 

External links [edit]

National sports teams of Canada
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