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.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Athletics | Men's 100 metres | |||
Rowing | Women's double sculls | |||
Athletics | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay | |||
Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley | |||
Rowing | Women's single sculls | |||
Rowing | Men's single sculls | |||
Cycling | Men's points race | |||
Rowing | Women's eight | |||
Rowing | Men's lightweight coxless four | |||
Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | |||
Synchronized swimming | Women's Team | |||
Canoeing | Women's K-1 500 metres | |||
Boxing | Men's heavyweight | |||
Cycling | Women's individual road race | |||
Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | |||
Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | |||
Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | |||
Volleyball | Men's beach | |||
Cycling | Men's sprint | |||
Diving | Women's 3 metre springboard | |||
Cycling | Women's time trial |
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
- Rob Rusnov - round of 64, 38th place
- Kevin Sally - round of 64, 49th place
- Robitaille, Rusnov, and Sally - round of 16, 15th place
Athletics
- Donovan Bailey
- * Heat — 10.24
- * Quarterfinals — 10.05
- * Semifinals — 10.00
- * Final — 9.84
- Bruny Surin
- * Heat — 10.18
- * Quarterfinals — 10.13
- * Semifinals — 10.13
- O'Brian Gibbons
- * Heat — 20.79
- * Quarterfinals — did not start
- Peter Ogilvie
- * Heat — 22.00
- Carlton Chambers
- * Heat — 21.32
- Graham Hood
- * Heat — did not finish
- Jeff Schiebler
- * Heat — 29:47.79
- Peter Fonseca
- * Final — 2:17.28
- Carey Nelson
- * Final — 2:19.39
- Tim Kroeker
- Joël Bourgeois
- * Heat — 8:28.14
- * Semifinals — 8:31.45
- Richard Duncan
- * Qualification — 7.61m
- Jason Tunks
- * Qualification — 55.58m
- Charles Lefrançois
- * Qualification — 2.26m
- Michael Smith
- * Final Result — 8271 points
- Tim Berrett — 3:51:28
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Rosey Edeh
- * Qualification — 55.64
- * Semifinals — 54.49
- * Final — 54.39
- Nicole Devonish
- * Qualification — 5.74m
- Catherine Bond-Mills
- * Final Result — 5235 points
- Danuta Bartoszek — 2:37.06
- May Allison — 2:44.38
- Janice McCaffrey — 45:47
- Tina Poitras — 46:51
Badminton
Basketball
Women's Team:Cynthia Johnston
Beach volleyball
- John Child and Mark Heese → Bronze Medal
- Eddie Drakich and Marc Dunn — 17th place overall
Boxing
- Domenic Figliomeni
- * First Round — Lost to Beibis Mendoza on points
- Claude Lambert
- * First Round — Lost to Vichairachanon Khadpo on points
- Casey Patton
- * First Round — Lost to Phillip Ndou, referee stopped contest
- Michael Strange
- * First Round — Defeated Francisco Martínez Ruíz, 15-1
- * Second Round — Defeated Mekhak Ghazaryan, 16-7
- * Quarterfinals — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev, 10-16
- Phillip Boudreault
- * First Round — Defeated Haji Matumla, 16-12
- * Second Round — Lost to Eduard Zakharov, 9-11
- Hercules Kyvelos
- * First Round — Lost to Kamel Chater, 4-4 won by tie break
- Nick Farrell
- * First Round — Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov, 4-15
- Randall Thompson
- * First Round — Lost to Brian Magee, 5-13
- Troy Amos-Ross
- * First Round — Defeated Roland Raforme, knock-out in third round
- * Second Round — Defeated Paul Mbongo, 7-3
- * Quarterfinals — Lost to Vassili Jirov, 8-14
- David Defiagbon → Silver Medal
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Ahmed Omar, 15-4
- * Quarterfinals — Defeated Christophe Mendy, disqualification in third round
- * Semifinals — Defeated Nate Jones, 16-10
- * Final — Lost to Félix Savón, 2-20
- Jean-François Bergeron
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Lost to Attila Levin, referee stopped contest in first round
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial- Eric Wolhberg
- * Final — 1:10:36
- Clara Hughes
- * Final — 02:36:44
- Susan Palmer
- * Final — 02:37:06
- Linda Jackson
- * Final — did not finish
- Clara Hughes
- * Final — 37:13
- Linda Jackson
- * Final — 38:50
Track Competition
- Brian Walton
- * Final — 29 points
- Curtis Harnett Bronze Medal
Mountain Bike
- Warren Sallenback
- * Final — 2:29:57
- Andreas Hestler
- * Final — 2:46:45
- Alison Sydor
- * Final — 1:51.58
- Lesley Tomlinson
- * Final — 2:01.04
Diving
- Philippe Comtois
- * Preliminary Heat — 357.75
- * Semi Final — 193.53
- David Bédard
- * Preliminary Heat — 342.33
- Annie Pelletier
- * Preliminary Heat — 236.58
- * Semi Final — 218.76
- * Final — 290.88
- Eryn Bulmer
- * Preliminary Heat — 226.74
- Paige Gordon
- * Preliminary Heat — 242.13
- Anne Montminy
- * Preliminary Heat — 229.32
Equestrian
Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented Canada in 1996.;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
- Jean-Marc Chouinard, Danek Nowosielski, James Ransom
;Men's team sabre
- Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Tony Plourde, Evens Gravel
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Competition
Extra-LightweightHalf-Lightweight
Half-Middleweight
Middleweight
Half-Heavyweight
- Keith Morgan
Women's Competition
Lightweight
Extra-Lightweight
Half-Middleweight
Half-Heavyweight
Heavyweight
- Nancy Filteau
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Women's Mistral One Design- Caroll-Ann Alie
- * Final — 57.0
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- *Defeated Chinese Taipei
- *Defeated Puerto Rico
- *Lost to PR China
- *Lost to Japan
- *Lost to United States
- *Defeated Netherlands
- *Lost to Australia
- 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
- Hugues Legault
- * Heat - 23.63
- Stephen Clarke
- * Heat - 50.14
- * B-Final - 50.45
- Robert Braknis
- * Heat - 56.14
- * B-Final - 57.00
- Chris Renaud
- * Heat - 56.52
- Chris Renaud
- * Heat - 2:02.48
- * B-Final - 2:01.70
- Jonathan Cleveland
- * Heat - 1:03.14
- Jonathan Cleveland
- * Heat - 2:16.08
- * B-Final - 2:16.39
- Stephen Clarke
- * Heat - 53.41
- * Final - 53.33
- Edward Parenti
- * Heat - 54.03
- * B-Final - 54.19
- Casey Barrett
- * Heat - 2:00.28
- * B-Final - 1:59.72
- Curtis Myden
- * Heat - 2:01.50
- * Final - 2:01.13
- Curtis Myden
- * Heat - 4:18.43
- * Final - 4:16.28
- Robert Braknis, Jonathan Cleveland, Edward Parenti, and Stephen Clarke
- * Heat - 3:42.95
- Martine Dessureault
- * Heat - 26.44
- Laura Nicholls
- * Heat - 26.52
- Shannon Shakespeare
- * Heat - 56.63
- Joanne Malar
- * Heat - 2:03.53
- * B-Final - 2:03.79
- Andrea Schwartz
- * Heat - 4:19.46
- Nikki Dryden
- * Heat - 8:47.19
- Stephanie Richardson
- * Heat - 8:52.61
- Julie Howard
- * Heat - 1:03.84
- * B-Final - 1:04.01
- Julie Howard
- * Heat - 2:17.25
- Guylaine Cloutier
- * Heat - 1:09.72
- * Final - 1:09.40
- Lisa Flood
- * Heat - 1:10.26
- * B-Final - 1:10.21
- Christin Petelski
- * Heat - 2:30.30
- * Final - 2:31.45
- Riley Mants
- * Heat - 2:31.97
- * B-Final - scratched
- Sarah Evanetz
- * Heat - 1:01.32
- * B-Final - 1:01.44
- Jessica Amey
- * Heat - 1:02.81
- Jessica Deglau
- * Heat - 2:12.48
- * Final - 2:11.40
- Andrea Schwartz
- * Heat - 2:13.33
- * B-Final - 2:14.07
- Marianne Limpert
- * Heat - 2:15.12
- * Final - 2:14.35
- Joanne Malar
- * Heat - 2:16.34
- * Final - 2:15.30
- Joanne Malar
- * Heat - 4:47.85
- * B-Final - 4:46.34
- Nancy Sweetnam
- * Heat - 4:48.56
- * B-Final - 4:47.55
- Shannon Shakespeare, Julie Howard, Andrea Moody, and Marianne Limpert
- * Heat - 3:45.66
- * Final - 3:46.27
- 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
- Julie Howard, Guylaine Cloutier, Sarah Evanetz, and Shannon Shakespeare
- * Heat - 4:09.50
- * Final - 4:08.29
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition- Grant Connell and Daniel Nestor
- * First round — Defeated Ján Krošlák and Karol Kučera 6-3, 6-3
- * Second round — Lost to Neil Broad and Tim Henman 6-7, 6-4, 4-6
- Patricia Hy-Boulais
- * First round — Defeated Rita Grande 6-4 6-4
- * Second round — Lost to Monica Seles 3-6 2-6
Volleyball
Women's Indoor Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Cuba
- * Lost to Russia
- * Lost to Germany
- * Lost to Brazil
- * Defeated Peru
- Quarterfinals
- * did not advance
- 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
- Serge Tremblay
- * Final — 150.0 + 177.5 = 327.5
Wrestling