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 • 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Winter Games | ||||||||||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 | ||||||||||||
Canada (CAN) has sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games and almost every Summer Olympic Games, the exceptions the 1896 Summer Olympics in which it did not compete, and 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.
The 2010 Winter Olympics, which Canada hosted in Vancouver, saw Canada set a series of gold medals records in a single Winter Olympics.
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[edit] Hosting the Games
Canada has hosted the Games three times.
| Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 83 | 2629 | 86 |
[edit] Medals
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table
[edit] Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Flagbearer | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Rogers | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2010 Vancouver (host) | Clara Hughes[1] | 14 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| Total | 52 | 45 | 48 | 145 |
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 |
| Ice hockey | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| Rowing | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| Speed skating | 8 | 11 | 13 | 32 |
| Swimming | 7 | 13 | 20 | 40 |
| Short track speed skating | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| Figure skating | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| Shooting | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Boxing | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Synchronized swimming | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Bobsleigh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Curling | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Skeleton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Snowboarding | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Soccer | 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 | 110 | 139 | 156 | 405 |
[edit] Hockey
Hockey has been Canada's best medal earning sport, along with curling. They have competed at every tournament in both sports.
M = Men's W= Women's B = Both
| Year | Players | Events | Medals | Gender that won | |||
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| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1920 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1924 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1928 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1932 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1936 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1948 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1952 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1956 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | M |
| 1960 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1964 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1968 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | M |
| 1972 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1976 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1980 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1984 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1988 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 1992 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1994 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | M |
| 1998 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | W |
| 2002 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | B |
| 2006 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | W |
| 2010 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | B |
| Total | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 | ||
[edit] Records
In 2008, Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his ninth 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 ten straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott.[2] In 2008 he won his first medal, a silver medal in the team jumping event.[3]
[edit] Top Medal earners
| Athlete | Sport | Type | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
| Jennifer Botterill | Ice hockey | Winter | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jayna Hefford | |||||||
| Becky Kellar | |||||||
| Hayley 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 |
| Lesley Thompson | Rowing | Summer | 1984–2000, 2008 | 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 |
[edit] See also
- Canada at the Summer Olympics
- Canada at the Winter Olympics
- List of Canadian Summer Olympics gold medalists
- List of men's Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Canadian Olympic stamps
[edit] References
- ^ Mickleburgh, Rod (2010-01-29). "Clara Hughes named Canada's Olympic flag-bearer". CTV Olympics. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/about-vancouver/news/newsid=28529.html. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ Martin Cleary (2008-08-08). "'The Olympics is not a young horse game'". Ottawa Citizen. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=7e1f1c40-5422-4725-931a-82821ec742df. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ Doug Smith (2008-08-18). "'Canada wins silver in team show jumping'". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/480503. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- Canadian Medals by Olympic Games at TSN.ca
[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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