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Canada competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 303 competitors, 152 men and 151 women, took part in 189 events in 25 sports.
Video Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Gold
- Donovan Bailey -- Athletics, Men's 100 m
- Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, and Carlton Chambers (heats) -- Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean -- Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
Silver
- David Defiagbon -- Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- Caroline Brunet -- Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
- Brian Walton -- Cycling, Men's Points Race
- Alison Sydor -- Cycling, Women's Cross-Country Mountain Bike
- Derek Porter -- Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Brian Peaker, Dave Boyes, Gavin Hassett, and Jeffrey Lay -- Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours
- Silken Laumann -- Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
- Lesley Thompson, Tosha Tsang, Anna van der Kamp, Heather McDermid, Jessica Monroe, Emma Robinson, Alison Korn, Theresa Luke and Maria Maunder -- Rowing, Women's Eights
- Marianne Limpert -- Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Erin Woodley, Kasia Kulesza, Cari Read, Janice Bremner, Lisa Alexander, Sylvie Fréchette, Valerie Hould-Marchand, Karen Clark, Christine Larsen, and Karen Fonteyne -- Synchronized swimming, Women's Team Competition
- Guivi Sissaouri -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)
Bronze
- Curtis Harnett -- Cycling, Men's Sprint
- Clara Hughes -- Cycling, Women's Road Race
- Clara Hughes -- Cycling, Women's Time Trial
- Annie Pelletier -- Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
- Diane O'Grady, Laryssa Biesenthal, Kathleen Heddle, and Marnie McBean -- Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
- Curtis Myden -- Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Curtis Myden -- Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- John Child and Mark Heese -- Volleyball, Men's Beach Volleyball Team Competition
Maps Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Archery
Canada sent three men to Atlanta for archery. All were defeated in the first round of individual competition, as well as losing the first match of the team round together.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Jeannot Robitaille - round of 64, 37th place (0-1)
- Rob Rusnov - round of 64, 38th place (0-1)
- Kevin Sally - round of 64, 49th place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition:
- Robitaille, Rusnov, and Sally - round of 16, 15th place (0-1)
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Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Donovan Bailey
- Heat -- 10.24
- Quarterfinals -- 10.05
- Semifinals -- 10.00
- Final -- 9.84 (-> Gold Medal and World Record)
- Bruny Surin
- Heat -- 10.18
- Quarterfinals -- 10.13
- Semifinals -- 10.13 (-> did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- O'Brian Gibbons
- Heat -- 20.79
- Quarterfinals -- did not start (-> did not advance)
- Peter Ogilvie
- Heat -- 22.00 (-> did not advance)
- Carlton Chambers
- Heat -- 21.32 (-> did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Graham Hood
- Heat -- did not finish (-> did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Jeff Schiebler
- Heat -- 29:47.79 (-> did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Peter Fonseca
- Final -- 2:17.28 (-> 21st place)
- Carey Nelson
- Final -- 2:19.39 (-> 35th place)
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
- Tim Kroeker
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
- Joël Bourgeois
- Heat -- 8:28.14
- Semifinals -- 8:31.45 (-> did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Richard Duncan
- Qualification -- 7.61m (-> did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Jason Tunks
- Qualification -- 55.58m (-> did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Charles Lefrançois
- Qualification -- 2.26m (-> did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
- Michael Smith
- Final Result -- 8271 points (-> 13th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Tim Berrett -- 3:51:28 (-> 10th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Rosey Edeh
- Qualification -- 55.64
- Semifinals -- 54.49
- Final -- 54.39 (-> 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
- Nicole Devonish
- Qualification -- 5.74m (-> did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
- Catherine Bond-Mills
- Final Result -- 5235 points (-> 25th place)
Women's Marathon
- Danuta Bartoszek -- 2:37.06 (-> 32nd place)
- May Allison -- 2:44.38 (-> 52nd place)
Women's 10 km Walk
- Janice McCaffrey -- 45:47 (-> 25th place)
- Tina Poitras -- 46:51 (-> 32nd place)
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Badminton
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Basketball
Women's Team:
Cynthia Johnston
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Beach volleyball
- John Child and Mark Heese -> Bronze Medal
- Eddie Drakich and Marc Dunn -- 17th place overall
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Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (- 48 kg)
- Domenic Figliomeni
- First Round -- Lost to Beibis Mendoza (Colombia) on points (1-12)
Men's Bantamweight (- 54 kg)
- Claude Lambert
- First Round -- Lost to Vichairachanon Khadpo (Thailand) on points (2-12)
Men's Featherweight (- 57 kg)
- Casey Patton
- First Round -- Lost to Phillip Ndou (South Africa), referee stopped contest
Men's Lightweight (- 60 kg)
- Michael Strange
- First Round -- Defeated Francisco Martínez Ruíz (Mexico), 15-1
- Second Round -- Defeated Mekhak Ghazaryan (Armenia), 16-7
- Quarterfinals -- Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), 10-16
Men's Light Welterweight (- 63,5 kg)
- Phillip Boudreault
- First Round -- Defeated Haji Matumla (Tanzania), 16-12
- Second Round -- Lost to Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 9-11
Men's Welterweight (- 67 kg)
- Hercules Kyvelos
- First Round -- Lost to Kamel Chater (Tunisia), 4-4 won by tie break
Men's Light Middleweight (- 71 kg)
- Nick Farrell
- First Round -- Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 4-15
Men's Middleweight (- 75 kg)
- Randall Thompson
- First Round -- Lost to Brian Magee (Ireland), 5-13
Men's Light Heavyweight (- 81 kg)
- Troy Amos-Ross
- First Round -- Defeated Roland Raforme (Seychelles), knock-out in third round
- Second Round -- Defeated Paul Mbongo (Cameroon), 7-3
- Quarterfinals -- Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), 8-14
Men's Heavyweight (- 91 kg)
- David Defiagbon -> Silver Medal
- First Round -- Bye
- Second Round -- Defeated Ahmed Omar (Kenya), 15-4
- Quarterfinals -- Defeated Christophe Mendy (France), disqualification in third round
- Semifinals -- Defeated Nate Jones (United States), 16-10
- Final -- Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), 2-20
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
- Jean-François Bergeron
- First Round -- Bye
- Second Round -- Lost to Attila Levin (Sweden), referee stopped contest in first round
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Canoeing
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Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Eric Wolhberg
- Final -- 1:10:36 (-> 26th place)
Women's Individual Road Race
- Clara Hughes
- Final -- 02:36:44 (-> Bronze Medal)
- Susan Palmer
- Final -- 02:37:06 (-> 10th place)
- Linda Jackson
- Final -- did not finish (-> no ranking)
Women's Individual Time Trial
- Clara Hughes
- Final -- 37:13 (-> Bronze Medal)
- Linda Jackson
- Final -- 38:50 (-> 9th place)
Track Competition
Men's Points Race
- Brian Walton
- Final -- 29 points (-> Silver Medal)
Mountain Bike
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's cross-country
- Warren Sallenback
- Final -- 2:29:57 (-> 13th place)
- Andreas Hestler
- Final -- 2:46:45 (-> 31st place)
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's cross-country
- Alison Sydor
- Final -- 1:51.58 (-> Silver Medal)
- Lesley Tomlinson
- Final -- 2:01.04 (-> 13th place)
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Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Philippe Comtois
- Preliminary Heat -- 357.75
- Semi Final -- 193.53 (-> did not advance, 16th place)
- David Bédard
- Preliminary Heat -- 342.33 (-> did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
- Annie Pelletier
- Preliminary Heat -- 236.58
- Semi Final -- 218.76
- Final -- 290.88 (-> Bronze Medal)
- Eryn Bulmer
- Preliminary Heat -- 226.74 (-> did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Paige Gordon
- Preliminary Heat -- 242.13 (-> did not advance, 21st place)
- Anne Montminy
- Preliminary Heat -- 229.32 (-> did not advance, 24th place)
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Equestrianism
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Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented Canada in 1996.
- Men's épée
- Jean-Marc Chouinard
- Danek Nowosielski
- James Ransom
- Men's team épée
- Jean-Marc Chouinard, Danek Nowosielski, James Ransom
- Men's sabre
- Jean-Paul Banos
- Tony Plourde
- Jean-Marie Banos
- Men's team sabre
- Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Tony Plourde, Evens Gravel
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Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Competition
Extra-Lightweight (- 60 kg)
- Ewan Beaton
Half-Lightweight (- 66 kg)
- Taro Tan
Half-Middleweight (- 81 kg)
- Colin Morgan
Middleweight (- 90 kg)
- Nicolas Gill
Half-Heavyweight (- 100 kg)
- Keith Morgan
Women's Competition
Half-Lightweight (- 52 kg)
- Nathalie Gosselin
Lightweight (- 57 kg)
- Marie-Josée Morneau
Extra-Lightweight (- 60 kg)
- Carolyne Lepage
Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
- Michelle Buckingham
Half-Heavyweight (- 78 kg)
- Niki Jenkins
Heavyweight (+ 78 kg)
- Nancy Filteau
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Defeated Chinese Taipei (2:1)
- Defeated Puerto Rico (0:4)
- Lost to PR China (1:2)
- Lost to Japan (0:4)
- Lost to United States (2:4)
- Defeated Netherlands (4:1)
- Lost to Australia (2:5)
- Semifinals
- Did not advance -> Fifth place
- Team Roster
- Colleen Thorburn-Smith
- Sandra Beasley
- Juanita Clayton
- Karen Doell
- Carrie Flemmer
- Kelly Kelland
- Kara McGaw
- Pauline Maurice
- Candace Murray
- Christine Parris
- Lori Sippel
- Karen Snelgrove
- Debbie Sonnenberg
- Alecia Stephenson
- Carmelina Vairo
- Head Coach: Lesle Kennedy
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Hugues Legault
- Heat - 23.63 (-> did not advance, 39th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Stephen Clarke
- Heat - 50.14
- B-Final - 50.45 (-> 15th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Robert Braknis
- Heat - 56.14
- B-Final - 57.00 (-> 16th place)
- Chris Renaud
- Heat - 56.52 (-> did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Chris Renaud
- Heat - 2:02.48
- B-Final - 2:01.70 (-> 10th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Jonathan Cleveland
- Heat - 1:03.14 (-> did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Jonathan Cleveland
- Heat - 2:16.08
- B-Final - 2:16.39 (-> 15th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Stephen Clarke
- Heat - 53.41
- Final - 53.33 (-> 7th place)
- Edward Parenti
- Heat - 54.03
- B-Final - 54.19 (-> 15th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Casey Barrett
- Heat - 2:00.28
- B-Final - 1:59.72 (-> 11th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Curtis Myden
- Heat - 2:01.50
- Final - 2:01.13 (-> Bronze Medal)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Curtis Myden
- Heat - 4:18.43
- Final - 4:16.28 (-> Bronze Medal)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Robert Braknis, Jonathan Cleveland, Edward Parenti, and Stephen Clarke
- Heat - 3:42.95 (-> did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Martine Dessureault
- Heat - 26.44 (-> did not advance, 26th place)
- Laura Nicholls
- Heat - 26.52 (-> did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Shannon Shakespeare
- Heat - 56.63 (-> did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Joanne Malar
- Heat - 2:03.53
- B-Final - 2:03.79 (-> 16th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Andrea Schwartz
- Heat - 4:19.46 (-> did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Nikki Dryden
- Heat - 8:47.19 (-> did not advance, 14th place)
- Stephanie Richardson
- Heat - 8:52.61 (-> did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Julie Howard
- Heat - 1:03.84
- B-Final - 1:04.01 (-> 15th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Julie Howard
- Heat - 2:17.25 (-> did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Guylaine Cloutier
- Heat - 1:09.72
- Final - 1:09.40 (-> 6th place)
- Lisa Flood
- Heat - 1:10.26
- B-Final - 1:10.21 (-> 10th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Christin Petelski
- Heat - 2:30.30
- Final - 2:31.45 (-> 8th place)
- Riley Mants
- Heat - 2:31.97
- B-Final - scratched
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Sarah Evanetz
- Heat - 1:01.32
- B-Final - 1:01.44 (-> 15th place)
- Jessica Amey
- Heat - 1:02.81 (-> did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Jessica Deglau
- Heat - 2:12.48
- Final - 2:11.40 (-> 6th place)
- Andrea Schwartz
- Heat - 2:13.33
- B-Final - 2:14.07 (-> 15th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Marianne Limpert
- Heat - 2:15.12
- Final - 2:14.35 (-> Silver Medal)
- Joanne Malar
- Heat - 2:16.34
- Final - 2:15.30 (-> 4th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Joanne Malar
- Heat - 4:47.85
- B-Final - 4:46.34 (-> 9th place)
- Nancy Sweetnam
- Heat - 4:48.56
- B-Final - 4:47.55 (-> 11th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Shannon Shakespeare, Julie Howard, Andrea Moody, and Marianne Limpert
- Heat - 3:45.66
- Final - 3:46.27 (-> 7th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Joanne Malar, Sophie Simard, Marianne Limpert, and Jessica Deglau
- Heat - 8:12.03
- Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Andrea Schwartz, and Jessica Deglau
- Final - 8:08.16 (-> 5th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Julie Howard, Guylaine Cloutier, Sarah Evanetz, and Shannon Shakespeare
- Heat - 4:09.50
- Final - 4:08.29 (-> 5th place)
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition
- Grant Connell and Daniel Nestor
- First round -- Defeated Ján Kro?lák and Karol Ku?era (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-3
- Second round -- Lost to Neil Broad and Tim Henman (Great Britain) 6-7, 6-4, 4-6
Women's Singles Competition
- Patricia Hy-Boulais
- First round -- Defeated Rita Grande (Italy) 6-4 6-4
- Second round -- Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 3-6 2-6
Volleyball
Women's Indoor Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Cuba (0-3)
- Lost to Russia (0-3)
- Lost to Germany (0-3)
- Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- Defeated Peru (3-2)
- Quarterfinals
- did not advance (-> Ninth place)
- Team Roster
- Kerri Buchberger
- Josee Corbeil
- Wanda Guenette
- Janis Kelly
- Lori Ann Mundt
- Diane Ratnik
- Erminia Russo
- Michelle Sawatzky
- Brigitte Soucy
- Christine Stark
- Kathy Tough
- Katrina Von Sass
- Head Coach: Mike Burchuk
Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Serge Tremblay
- Final -- 150.0 + 177.5 = 327.5 (-> 13th place)
Wrestling
References
External links
- (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
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