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Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 294 competitors, 150 men, and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports.

The final days of the Olympics for Canada were somewhat overshadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau, the country's 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects.

Olympic scholar Bob Barney felt that Canada needed to specialize in the Olympics, rather than trying to be compete at too many sports. He also that felt that Canada's medal count at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was due to a lack of government funding, and poor planning to develop high performance athletes.

Medallists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery

Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events

Badminton

Men's singles

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Basketball

Men's team competition

Women's team competition

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's flyweight (51 kg)

Men's light welterweight (63.5 kg)

Men's light middleweight (71 kg)

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

Men's light heavyweight (81 kg)

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500 m

  • Mihai Apostol
  • Qualifying heat – 01:42.562 (→ did not advance)

Men's kayak singles 1000 m

  • Mihai Apostol
  • Qualifying heat – 03:47.679 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe singles 500 m

  • Maxime Boilard
  • Qualifying heat – 01:52.764
  • Semifinal – 01:52.071
  • Final – 02:29.259 (→ 4th place)

Men's canoe singles 1000 m

  • Steve Giles
  • Qualifying heat – 03:55.396
  • Semifinal – bye
  • Final – 03:56.437 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's canoe doubles 500 m

Men's canoe doubles 1,000 m

  • Tamás Buday, Attila Buday
  • Qualifying heat – 03:41.075
  • Semifinal – 03:44.358
  • Final – 03:48.017 (→ 7th place)

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles 500 m

  • Caroline Brunet
  • Qualifying heat – 01:51.558
  • Semifinal – bye
  • Final – 02:14.646 (→ Silver medal)

Women's kayak doubles 500 m

  • Caroline Brunet, Karen Furneaux
  • Qualifying heat – 01:44.476
  • Semifinal – bye
  • Final – 02:01.046 (→ 5th place)

Women's kayak fours 500 m

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles

  • David Ford
  • Qualifying – 323.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's canoe singles

Men's canoe doubles

Women's competition

Women's kayak singles

  • Margaret Langford
  • Qualifying – 314.51
  • Final – 274.14 (→ 13th place)

Cycling

Cross country mountain bike

Men's cross country mountain bike

  • Geoff Kabush
  • Final – 2:14:00.66 (→ 9th place)
  • Roland Green
  • Final – 2:15:18.85 (→ 14th place)

Women's mountain bike

  • Alison Sydor
  • Final – 1:52:19.32 (→ 5th place)
  • Chrissy Redden
  • Final – 1:54:07.38 (→ 8th place)
  • Lesley Tomlinson
  • Final – 2:00:44.08 (→ 19th place)

Road cycling

Men's competition

Men's individual time trial

  • Eric Wohlberg
  • Final – 1:00:34 (→ 20th place)

Men's road race

Women's competition

Women's individual time trial

Women's road race

Track cycling

Men's competition

Men's 1 km time trial

  • Jim Fisher
  • Final – 01:05.835 (→ 12th place)

Men's point race

  • Brian Walton
  • Points – 1
  • Laps Down – 1 (→ 9th place)

Women's competition

Women's sprint

  • Tanya Dubnicoff
  • Qualifying – 11.494
  • 1/8 finals – defeated Kathrin Freitag of Germany
  • Quarterfinal – lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
  • Finals 5–8 – (→ 7th place)

Women's 500 m time trial

Diving

Canada won two diving medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics – one silver and one bronze. Anne Montminy won the first ever platform diving medal for Canada.

Men's 3-metre springboard

  • Jeff Liberty
  • Preliminary – 375.06 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 10-metre platform

  • Alexandre Despatie
  • Preliminary – 436.86
  • Semi-final – 188.28 – 625.14
  • Final – 464.07 – 652.35 (→ 4th place)

Men's 10-metre platform

  • Christopher Kalec
  • Preliminary – 388.50
  • Semi-final – 175.02 – 563.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3-metre springboard

  • Eryn Bulmer
  • Preliminary – 258.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 3-metre springboard

  • Blythe Hartley
  • Preliminary – 295.98
  • Semi-final – 219 – 514.98
  • Final – 304.05 – 523.05 (→ 10th place)

Women's 10-metre platform

  • Anne Montminy
  • Preliminary – 339.93
  • Semi-final – 185.88 – 525.81
  • Final – 354.27 – 540.15 (→ Bronze medal)

Women's 10-metre platform

  • Émilie Heymans
  • Preliminary – 333.78
  • Semi-final – 182.64 – 516.42
  • Final – 329.28 – 511.92 (→ 5th place)

Women's synchronized 3-metre springboard

Women's synchronized 10-metre platform

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Canada in 2000.

Men's épée
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Women's épée

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
;Individual finals
Women
;Team
;Individual finals

Trampoline

Field hockey

Men's team competition

Judo

Men
Women

Rowing

Sailing

Nine people competed for Canada in the sailing competition at the Olympics in six events.

Men's single-handed dinghy (Finn)

  • Richard Clarke
  • Race 1 – 14
  • Race 2 – (20)
  • Race 3 – 8
  • Race 4 – 14
  • Race 5 – 16
  • Race 6 – 7
  • Race 7 – 13
  • Race 8 – 14
  • Race 9 – 20
  • Race 10 – 8
  • Race 11 – (26) OCS
  • Final – 114 (→ 17th place)

Men's Laser

  • Marty Essig
  • Race 1 – 27
  • Race 2 – 16
  • Race 3 – 7
  • Race 4 – (35)
  • Race 5 – 25
  • Race 6 – 13
  • Race 7 – 23
  • Race 8 – (44) OCS
  • Race 9 – 26
  • Race 10 – 18
  • Race 11 – 21
  • Final – 176 (→ 24th place)

Men's two-handed keelboat (Star)

  • Ross Macdonald and Kai Bjorn
  • Race 1 – 7
  • Race 2 – 5
  • Race 3 – 13
  • Race 4 – 4
  • Race 5 – (14)
  • Race 6 – 5
  • Race 7 – 3
  • Race 8 – (17) OCS
  • Race 9 – 5
  • Race 10 – 5
  • Race 11 – 1
  • Final – 48 (→ 5th place)

Men's three-handed keelboat (Soling)

Women's Mistral

  • Caroll-Ann Alie
  • Race 1 – 15
  • Race 2 – (21)
  • Race 3 – 16
  • Race 4 – (27)
  • Race 5 – 12
  • Race 6 – 17
  • Race 7 – 18
  • Race 8 – 20
  • Race 9 – 11
  • Race 10 – 15
  • Race 11 – 15
  • Final – 139 (→ 17th place)

Women's single-handed dinghy (Europe)

  • Beth Calkin
  • Race 1 – 17
  • Race 2 – 4
  • Race 3 – (24)
  • Race 4 – 18
  • Race 5 – 3
  • Race 6 – (25)
  • Race 7 – 1
  • Race 8 – 14
  • Race 9 – 4
  • Race 10 – 20
  • Race 11 – 4
  • Final – 85 (→ 11th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's team competition

Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle

  • Craig Hutchison
  • Preliminary heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m freestyle

  • Yannick Lupien
  • Preliminary heat – 50.62 (→ did not advance)
  • Craig Hutchison
  • Preliminary heat – 50.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m freestyle

  • Rick Say
  • Preliminary heat – 1:48.62
  • Semi-final – 1:48.50
  • Final – 1:48.76 (→ 7th place)
  • Mark Johnston
  • Preliminary heat – 1:50.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m freestyle

  • Rick Say
  • Preliminary heat – 03:52.72 (did not advance)
  • Mark Johnston
  • Preliminary heat – 03:54.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

  • Andrew Hurd
  • Preliminary heat – 15:30.98 (→ did not advance)
  • Tim Peterson
  • Preliminary heat – 15:34.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m butterfly

  • Mike Mintenko
  • Preliminary heat – 52.9
  • Semi-final – 53
  • Final – 52.58 (→ 5th place)
  • Shamek Pietucha
  • Preliminary heat – 54.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m butterfly

  • Shamek Pietucha
  • Preliminary heat – 01:59.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

  • Morgan Knabe
  • Preliminary heat – 01:01.81
  • Semi-final – 01:01.70
  • Final – 01:01.58 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m breaststroke

  • Morgan Knabe
  • Preliminary heat – 02:14.18
  • Semi-final – 02:14.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m backstroke

  • Chris Renaud
  • Preliminary heat – 55.85
  • Semi-final – 55.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Mark Versfeld
  • Preliminary heat – 56.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m backstroke

  • Chris Renaud
  • Preliminary heat – 02:00.51
  • Semi-final – 02:01.19 (→ did not advance)
  • Dustin Hersee
  • Preliminary heat – 02:01.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m individual medley

  • Curtis Myden
  • Preliminary heat – 02:21.78
  • Semi-final – 02:01.99 (→ did not advance)
  • Brian Johns
  • Preliminary heat – 02:03.12
  • Semi-final – 02:02.92 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m individual medley

  • Curtis Myden
  • Preliminary heat – 04:16.55
  • Final – 04:15.33 → Bronze medal
  • Owen von Richter
  • Preliminary heat – 04:25.70 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Nadine Rolland
  • Preliminary heat – 26.04 (→ did not advance)
  • Jenna Gresdal
  • Preliminary heat – 26.79 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m freestyle

  • Laura Nicholls
  • Preliminary heat – 56.3
  • Semi-final – 55.94 (→ did not advance)
  • Marianne Limpert
  • Preliminary heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m freestyle

  • Jessica Deglau
  • Preliminary heat – 02:01.42 (→ did not advance)
  • Laura Nicholls
  • Preliminary heat – 02:02.69 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m freestyle

  • Karine Legault
  • Preliminary heat – 04:15.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m freestyle

  • Karine Legault
  • Preliminary heat – 08:43.56 (→ did not advance)
  • Joanne Malar
  • Preliminary heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m butterfly

  • Jen Button
  • Preliminary heat – 01:00.83 (→ did not advance)
  • Jessica Deglau
  • Preliminary heat – 01:00.97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m butterfly

  • Jen Button
  • Preliminary heat – 02:11.74 (→ did not advance)
  • Jessica Deglau
  • Preliminary heat – 02:12.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

  • Christin Petelski
  • Preliminary heat – 01:09.57
  • Semi-final – 01:09.54 (→ did not advance)
  • Rhiannon Leier
  • Preliminary heat – 01:09.68
  • Semi-final – 01:09.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m breaststroke

  • Christin Petelski
  • Preliminary heat – 02:29.11
  • Semi-final – 02:29.43 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m backstroke

  • Kelly Stefanyshyn
  • Preliminary heat – 01:02.78
  • Semi-final – 01:02.35 (→ did not advance)
  • Michelle Lischinsky
  • Preliminary heat – 01:02.89
  • Semi-final – 01:02.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m backstroke

  • Kelly Stefanyshyn
  • Preliminary heat – 02:14.28
  • Semi-final – 02:13.39
  • Final – 2:14.57 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

  • Joanne Malar
  • Preliminary heat – 02:13.92
  • Semi-final – 02:13.59
  • Final – 02:13.70 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m individual medley

  • Marianne Limpert
  • Preliminary heat – 02:15.07
  • Semi-final – 02:13.90
  • Final – 02:13.44 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400 m individual medley

  • Joanne Malar
  • Preliminary heat – 04:42.65
  • Final – 04:45.17 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

After ending the second phase of the triathlon in twenty-fourth place following a crash in the cycling portion of the event, Canada's only male triathlete at the first Olympic triathlon, Simon Whitfield, had by far the best run of any athlete present. He passed all twenty-three competitors that had been in front of him and finished over 13.5 seconds before the next triathlete to claim the gold medal. Canada's women did not fare so well, with two of them placing in the 30s and the third not finishing.

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Water polo

Women's team competition

  • Preliminary round robin
  • Classification match

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Freestyle

Death of Pierre Trudeau

Near the end of the Summer Olympics, on 28 September, Canadian athletes learned that former prime minister (from 1968 to 1984), Pierre Trudeau, had died. Owing to time difference, it was 29 September in Sydney.

Juan Antonio Samaranch, presiding over his last Olympics as IOC president, ordered the Canadian flag at athletes' village lowered to half-staff on orders from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. As the flag was lowered, Canadian athletes paid tribute to Trudeau. During medal ceremonies, whenever the Canadian flag flew, it was flown at half-mast, also on orders from Samaranch and Axworthy. They both ordered the Canadian flag flown at half-staff for the remainder of the Olympics, as the state funeral didn't take place until 3 October.

Official outfitter

  • Roots Canada was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. The same clothing was also sold at Roots stores in Canada.

Notes

References