Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Atlanta
Competitors	303 (152 men and 151 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Charmaine Crooks
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 3 Silver 11 Bronze 8 Total 22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Donovan Bailey Athletics Men's 100 metres July 27  Gold Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Rowing Women's double sculls July 27  Gold Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers Athletics Men's 4 x 100 metres relay August 3  Silver Marianne Limpert Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley July 24  Silver Silken Laumann Rowing Women's single sculls July 27  Silver Derek Porter Rowing Men's single sculls July 27  Silver Brian Walton Cycling Men's points race July 28  Silver Lesley Thompson Tosha Tsang Anna van der Kamp Heather McDermid Jessica Monroe Emma Robinson Alison Korn Theresa Luke Maria Maunder Rowing Women's eight July 28  Silver Brian Peaker Dave Boyes Gavin Hassett Jeffrey Lay Rowing Men's lightweight coxless four July 28  Silver Guivi Sissaouri Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg July 30  Silver Lisa Alexander Janice Bremner Karen Clark Karen Fonteyne Sylvie Fréchette Valerie Hould-Marchand Kasia Kulesza Christine Larsen Cari Read Erin Woodley Synchronized swimming Women's Team August 2  Silver Caroline Brunet Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres August 4  Silver David Defiagbon Boxing Men's heavyweight August 4  Bronze Clara Hughes Cycling Women's individual road race July 21  Bronze Curtis Myden Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley July 21  Bronze Curtis Myden Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley July 25  Bronze Laryssa Biesenthal Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Diane O'Grady Rowing Women's quadruple sculls July 28  Bronze John Child Mark Heese Volleyball Men's beach July 28  Bronze Curtis Harnett Cycling Men's sprint July 28  Bronze Annie Pelletier Diving Women's 3 metre springboard July 31  Bronze Clara Hughes Cycling Women's time trial August 3 Archery Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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) Athletics Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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) Badminton Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Women's Team: Cynthia Johnston Beach volleyball John Child and Mark Heese → Bronze Medal Eddie Drakich and Marc Dunn — 17th place overall Boxing Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Canoeing Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cycling Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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) Men's Sprint Curtis Harnett Bronze 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) Diving Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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) Equestrian Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencing Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Gymnastics Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judo Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sailing Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics Women's Mistral One Design Caroll-Ann Alie Final — 57.0 (→ 12th place) Shooting Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics Softball Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics Table tennis Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men's Doubles Competition Grant Connell and Daniel Nestor First round — Defeated Ján Krošlák and Karol Kučera (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 Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men's Light-Heavyweight Serge Tremblay Final — 150.0 + 177.5 = 327.5 (→ 13th place) Wrestling Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics References "Canada at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05. 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.