Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 294 competitors, 150 men, and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports.
The final days of the Olympics for Canada was shadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau, their 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Simon Whitfield | Triathlon | Men's individual | ||
Daniel Igali | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 69 kg | ||
Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor | Tennis | Men's doubles | ||
Caroline Brunet | Canoeing | Women's K-1 500 metres | ||
Nicolas Gill | Judo | Men's 100 kg | ||
Anne Montminy Émilie Heymans | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 metre platform | ||
Steve Giles | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 metres | ||
Anne Montminy | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform | ||
Mathieu Turgeon | Gymnastics | Men's trampoline | ||
Karen Cockburn | Gymnastics | Women's trampoline | ||
Buffy Alexander Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Theresa Luke Heather McDermid Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Dorota Urbaniak | Rowing | Women's eight | ||
Curtis Myden | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | ||
Lyne Beaumont Claire Carver-Dias Erin Chan Catherine Garceau Fanny Létourneau Kirstin Normand Jacinthe Taillon Reidun Tatham Jessica Chase | Synchronized Swimming | Women's team | ||
Dominique Bosshart | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg |
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- Mike Beres
- * Round of 64: Bye
- * Round of 32: Lost to Kevin Han of United States
- Bryan Moody, Brent Olynyk
- * Round of 32: Defeated Zhang Jun, Zhang Wei of China
- * Round of 16: Lost to Jesper Larsen, Jens Eriksen of Denmark
- Kara Solmundson
- * Round of 64: Lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia
- Robbyn Hermitage
- * Round of 64: Lost to Rayoni Head of Australia
- Milaine Cloutier
- * Round of 64: Bye
- * Round of 32: Lost to Kim Ji-hyun of Korea
- Milaine Cloutier, Robbyn Hermitage
- * Round of 32: Defeated Rhonda Cator, Amanda Hardy of Australia
- * Round of 16: Lost to Joanne Goode, Donna Kellogg of Great Britain
- Milaine Cloutier, Bryan Moody
- * Round of 32: Lost to Nicol Pitro, Michael Keck of Germany
- Robbyn Hermitage, Brent Olynyk
- * Round of 32: Lost to Joanne Goode, Simon Archer of Great Britain
- Kara Solmundson, Mike Beres
- * Round of 32: Defeated Marie-Helene Valerie Pierre, Stephan Beeharry of Mauritius
- * Round of 16: Lost to Michael Sogaard, Rikke Olsen of Denmark
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Defeated Australia
- *Defeated Angola
- *Defeated Spain
- *Lost to Russia
- *Defeated Yugoslavia
- Quarterfinals
- *Lost to France
- Classification Match
- *7th/8th place — Defeated Russia → 7th place
- Team Roster
- *Rowan Barrett
- *David Daniels
- *Greg Francis
- *Pete Guarasci
- *Sherman Hamilton
- *Eric Hinrichsen
- *Todd MacCulloch
- *Andrew Mavis
- *Michael Meeks
- *Steve Nash
- *Greg Newton
- *Shawn Swords
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Lost to Australia
- *Defeated Senegal
- *Lost to France
- *Lost to Slovakia
- *Defeated Brazil
- Classification Match
- *9th/10th place — Lost to Cuba → 10th place
- Team Roster
- *Cori-Lyn Blakebrough
- *Carolin Bouchard
- *Kelly Boucher
- *Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl
- *Stacey Dales-Schuman
- *Michelle Hendry
- *Nikki Johnson
- *Karla Karch
- *Teresa Kleindienst
- *Joy McNichol
- *Dianne Norman
- *Tammy Sutton-Brown
Beach volleyball
- John Child and Mark Heese — 5th place
- Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann — 9th place
Boxing
- Andrew Kooner
- *Round 1 — Defeated Nacer Keddam of Algeria
- *Round 2 — Lost to Wijan Ponlid of Thailand
- Michael Strange
- *Round 1 — Lost to Nurhan Suleymanoglu of Turkey
- Scott MacIntosh
- *Round 1 — Defeated Sakio Bika Mbah of CMR
- *Round 2 — Lost to Jermain Taylor of United States
- Donald Grant Orr
- *Round 1 — Lost to Jitender Kumar of India
- Troy Amos-Ross
- *Round 1 — Bye
- *Round 2 — Lost to Jegbefumere Albert of Nigeria
- Mark Simmons
- *Round 1 — Bye
- *Round 2 — Defeated Rouhollah Hosseini of Iran
- *Quarterfinal — Lost to Sebastian Kober of Germany
- Art Binkowski
- *Round 1 — Bye
- *Round 2 — Defeated Michael Macaque of Mauritius
- *Quarterfinal — Lost to Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's Competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500 m- Mihai Apostol
- * Qualifying Heat — 01:42.562
- Mihai Apostol
- * Qualifying Heat — 03:47.679
- Maxime Boilard
- * Qualifying Heat — 01:52.764
- * Semifinal — 01:52.071
- * Final — 02:29.259
- Steve Giles
- * Qualifying Heat — 03:55.396
- * Semifinal — Bye
- * Final — 03:56.437
- Tamás Buday, Attila Buday
- * Qualifying Heat — 01:46.557
- Tamás Buday, Attila Buday
- * Qualifying Heat — 03:41.075
- * Semifinal — 03:44.358
- * Final — 03:48.017
Women's Competition
- Caroline Brunet
- * Qualifying Heat — 01:51.558
- * Semifinal — Bye
- * Final — 02:14.646
- Caroline Brunet, Karen Furneaux
- * Qualifying Heat — 01:44.476
- * Semifinal — Bye
- * Final — 02:01.046
- Maria-Josee Gibeau-Ouimet, Kamina Jain, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard
- * Qualifying Heat — 01:38.209
- * Semifinal — 01:38.340
- * Final — 01:39.566
Slalom
Men's Competition
Men's Kayak Singles- David Ford
- * Qualifying — 323.58
- James Cartwright-Garland
- * Qualifying — 297.66
- Benoît Gauthier, Tyler Lawlor
- * Qualifying — 311.11
Women's Competition
- Margaret Langford
- * Qualifying — 314.51
- * Final — 274.14
Cycling
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike- Geoff Kabush
- * Final — 2:14:00.66
- Roland Green
- * Final — 2:15:18.85
- Alison Sydor
- * Final — 1:52:19.32
- Chrissy Redden
- * Final — 1:54:07.38
- Lesley Tomlinson
- * Final — 2:00:44.08
Road Cycling
Men's Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial- Eric Wohlberg
- * Final — 1:00:34
- Gordon Fraser
- * Final — 5:30:46
- Eric Wohlberg
- * Final — 5:30:46
- Czeslaw Lukaszewicz
- * Final — DNF
- Brian Walton
- * Final — DNF
Women's Competition
- Clara Hughes
- * Final — 0:43:12
- Genevieve Jeanson
- * Final — 0:44:32
- Genevieve Jeanson
- * Final — 3:06:31
- Lyne Bessette
- * Final — 3:06:31
- Clara Hughes
- * Final — 3:16:49
Track Cycling
Men's competition
Men's 1 km Time Trial- Jim Fisher
- *Final — 01:05.835
- Brian Walton
- *Points — 1
- *Laps Down — 1
Women's Competition
- Tanya Dubnicoff
- *Qualifying — 11.494
- *1/8 Finals — Defeated Kathrin Freitag of Germany
- *Quarterfinal — Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
- *Finals 5-8 —
- Tanya Dubnicoff
- *Final — 35.486
- Lori-Anne Muenzer
- *Final — 35.846
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
- Jeff Liberty
- * Preliminary — 375.06
- Alexandre Despatie
- * Preliminary — 436.86
- * Semi-final — 188.28 — 625.14
- * Final — 464.07 — 652.35
- Christopher Kalec
- * Preliminary — 388.50
- * Semi-final — 175.02 — 563.52
- Eryn Bulmer
- * Preliminary — 258.93
- Blythe Hartley
- * Preliminary — 295.98
- * Semi-final — 219 — 514.98
- * Final — 304.05 — 523.05
- Anne Montminy
- * Preliminary — 339.93
- * Semi-final — 185.88 — 525.81
- * Final — 354.27 — 540.15
- Émilie Heymans
- * Preliminary — 333.78
- * Semi-final — 182.64 — 516.42
- * Final — 329.28 — 511.92
- Eryn Bulmer and Blythe Hartley
- * Final — 279.00
- Émilie Heymans and Anne Montminy
- * Final — 312.03
Equestrianism
Fencing
Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Canada in 2000.;Men's épée
;Women's foil
;Women's team foil
- Sherraine Schalm-MacKay, Julie Mahoney, Jujie Luan
- Sherraine Schalm-MacKay
Gymnastics
Field hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Canada — Pakistan 2-2
- * Canada — Germany 1-2
- * Canada — Netherlands 2-5
- * Canada — Great Britain 1-1
- * Canada — Malaysia 1-1
- Classification Matches
- * 9th-12th place: Canada — Poland 3-2
- * 9th-10th place: Canada — Spain 0-3
- Team Roster
- * Hari Kant
- * Mike Mahood
- * Ian Bird
- * Alan Brahmst
- * Robin D'Abreo
- * Ronnie Jagday
- * Ravi Kahlon
- * Peter Milkovich
- * Bindi Kullar
- * Rob Short
- * Sean Campbell
- * Chris Gifford
- * Andrew Griffiths
- * Ken Pereira
- * Scott Mosher
- * Paul Wettlaufer
- Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee
Judo
;Women
Half-Lightweight
Lightweight
Half-Middleweight
Half-Heavyweight
- Kimberly Ribble
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Nine people competed for Canada in the sailing competition at the Olympics in six events.Men's Single Handed Dinghy
- Richard Clarke
- * Race 1 — 14
- * Race 2 —
- * 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 — OCS
- * Final — 114
- Marty Essig
- * Race 1 — 27
- * Race 2 — 16
- * Race 3 — 7
- * Race 4 —
- * Race 5 — 25
- * Race 6 — 13
- * Race 7 — 23
- * Race 8 — OCS
- * Race 9 — 26
- * Race 10 — 18
- * Race 11 — 21
- * Final — 176
- Ross Macdonald and Kai Bjorn
- * Race 1 — 7
- * Race 2 — 5
- * Race 3 — 13
- * Race 4 — 4
- * Race 5 —
- * Race 6 — 5
- * Race 7 — 3
- * Race 8 — OCS
- * Race 9 — 5
- * Race 10 — 5
- * Race 11 — 1
- * Final — 48
- Bill Abbott, Jr., Matt Abbott and Brad Boston
- * 13th place — Did not advance to round robin round
- Caroll-Ann Alie
- * Race 1 — 15
- * Race 2 —
- * Race 3 — 16
- * Race 4 —
- * Race 5 — 12
- * Race 6 — 17
- * Race 7 — 18
- * Race 8 — 20
- * Race 9 — 11
- * Race 10 — 15
- * Race 11 — 15
- * Final — 139
- Beth Calkin
- * Race 1 — 17
- * Race 2 — 4
- * Race 3 —
- * Race 4 — 18
- * Race 5 — 3
- * Race 6 —
- * Race 7 — 1
- * Race 8 — 14
- * Race 9 — 4
- * Race 10 — 20
- * Race 11 — 4
- * Final — 85
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- *Lost to United States
- *Lost to New Zealand
- *Lost to Australia
- *Defeated Italy
- *Lost to Japan
- *Lost to Cuba
- *Lost to PR China → 8th place
- Team Roster
- *Colleen Thorburn-Smith
- *Kristy Odamura
- *Jackie Lance
- *Cherene Hiesl-Boyer
- *Denise Carriere
- *Erin Woods
- *Heather Newsham
- *Jacki Nichol
- *Lesley Attwell
- *Nathalie Fradette
- *Sommer West
- *Vicky Bastarache
- *Hayley Wickenheiser
(**Sandy Newsham
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle- Craig Hutchison
- * Preliminary Heat — DSQ
- Yannick Lupien
- * Preliminary Heat — 50.62
- Craig Hutchison
- * Preliminary Heat — 50.9
- Rick Say
- * Preliminary Heat — 1:48.62
- * Semi-final — 1:48.50
- * Final — 1:48.76
- Mark Johnston
- * Preliminary Heat — 1:50.92
- Rick Say
- * Preliminary Heat — 03:52.72
- Mark Johnston
- * Preliminary Heat — 03:54.99
- Andrew Hurd
- * Preliminary Heat — 15:30.98
- Tim Peterson
- * Preliminary Heat — 15:34.94
- Mike Mintenko
- * Preliminary Heat — 52.9
- * Semi-final — 53
- * Final — 52.58
- Shamek Pietucha
- * Preliminary Heat — 54.14
- Shamek Pietucha
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:59.59
- Morgan Knabe
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:01.81
- * Semi-final — 01:01.70
- * Final — 01:01.58
- Morgan Knabe
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:14.18
- * Semi-final — 02:14.01
- Chris Renaud
- * Preliminary Heat — 55.85
- * Semi-final — 55.7
- Mark Versfeld
- * Preliminary Heat — 56.5
- Chris Renaud
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:00.51
- * Semi-final — 02:01.19
- Dustin Hersee
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:01.34
- Curtis Myden
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:21.78
- * Semi-final — 02:01.99
- Brian Johns
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:03.12
- * Semi-final — 02:02.92
- Curtis Myden
- * Preliminary Heat — 04:16.55
- * Final — 04:15.33 → Bronze Medal
- Owen von Richter
- * Preliminary Heat — 04:25.70
- Craig Hutchison, Robbie Taylor, Rick Say, and Yannick Lupien
- * Preliminary Heat — 03:21.98
- Mark Johnston, Brian Johns, Mike Mintenko, and Rick Say
- * Preliminary Heat — 07:21.45
- Mark Johnston, Mike Mintenko, Rick Say, and Yannick Lupien
- * Final — 07:21.92
- Chris Renaud, Morgan Knabe, Shamek Pietucha, and Yannick Lupien
- * Preliminary Heat — 03:40.56
- Chris Renaud, Morgan Knabe, Mike Mintenko, and Craig Hutchison
- * Final — 03:39.88
- Nadine Rolland
- * Preliminary Heat — 26.04
- Jenna Gresdal
- * Preliminary Heat — 26.79
- Laura Nicholls
- * Preliminary Heat — 56.3
- * Semi-final — 55.94
- Marianne Limpert
- * Preliminary Heat — DNS
- Jessica Deglau
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:01.42
- Laura Nicholls
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:02.69
- Karine Legault
- * Preliminary Heat — 04:15.55
- Karine Legault
- * Preliminary Heat — 08:43.56
- Joanne Malar
- * Preliminary Heat — DNS
- Jen Button
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:00.83
- Jessica Deglau
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:00.97
- Jen Button
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:11.74
- Jessica Deglau
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:12.86
- Christin Petelski
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:09.57
- * Semi-final — 01:09.54
- Rhiannon Leier
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:09.68
- * Semi-final — 01:09.63
- Christin Petelski
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:29.11
- * Semi-final — 02:29.43
- Kelly Stefanyshyn
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:02.78
- * Semi-final — 01:02.35
- Michelle Lischinsky
- * Preliminary Heat — 01:02.89
- * Semi-final — 01:02.55
- Kelly Stefanyshyn
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:14.28
- * Semi-final — 02:13.39
- * Final — 2:14.57
- Joanne Malar
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:13.92
- * Semi-final — 02:13.59
- * Final — 02:13.70
- Marianne Limpert
- * Preliminary Heat — 02:15.07
- * Semi-final — 02:13.90
- * Final — 02:13.44
- Joanne Malar
- * Preliminary Heat — 04:42.65
- * Final — 04:45.17
- Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Jessica Deglau, and Laura Nicholls
- * Preliminary Heat — 03:43.82
- * Final — 03:42.92
- Jessica Deglau, Shannon Shakespeare, Katie Brambley, and Jen Button
- * Preliminary Heat — 08:07.12
- Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Joanne Malar, and Jessica Deglau
- * Final — 08:02.65
- Michelle Lischinsky, Christin Petelski, Jen Button, and Laura Nicholls
- * Preliminary Heat — 04:08.47
- Kelly Stefanyshyn, Christin Petelski, Jen Button, and Marianne Limpert
- * Final — 04:07.55
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampolining
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.Men's Competition:
- Simon Whitfield — 1:48:24.02 → Gold Medal
- Isabelle Turcotte Baird — 2:08:29.49
- Sharon Donnelly — 2:14:35.59
- Carol Montgomery — did not finish
Water polo
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- * Tied with Russia
- * Tied with United States
- * Defeated Kazakhstan
- * Lost to the Netherlands
- * Lost to Australia
- Classification Match
- * Defeated Kazakhstan → Fifth place
- Team Roster
- *Marie-Luc Arpin
- *Isabelle Auger
- *Johanne Bégin
- *Cora Campbell
- *Melissa Collins
- *Marie-Claude Deslières
- *Valérie Dionne
- *Ann Dow
- *Susan Gardiner
- *Waneek Horn-Miller
- *Sandra Lizé
- *Josée Marsolais
- *Jana Salat
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle Competition
69 kg- Daniel Igali
- *Pool 1 - W2 - L0
- *Quarterfinals - Defeats Yosvany Sánchez 3pt - 1pt
- *Semifinals - Defeats Lincoln McIlravy 6pt - 3pt
- *Final - Defeats Arsen Gitinov 7pt - 4pt
Death of Pierre Trudeau">Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau">Death of Pierre Trudeau
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.