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

MedalNameSportEventDate
Simon WhitfieldTriathlonMen's individual
Daniel IgaliWrestlingMen's freestyle 69 kg
Sébastien Lareau
Daniel Nestor
TennisMen's doubles
Caroline BrunetCanoeingWomen's K-1 500 metres
Nicolas GillJudoMen's 100 kg
Anne Montminy
Émilie Heymans
DivingWomen's synchronized 10 metre platform
Steve GilesCanoeingMen's C-1 1000 metres
Anne MontminyDivingWomen's 10 metre platform
Mathieu TurgeonGymnasticsMen's trampoline
Karen CockburnGymnasticsWomen's trampoline
Buffy Alexander
Laryssa Biesenthal
Heather Davis
Alison Korn
Theresa Luke
Heather McDermid
Emma Robinson
Lesley Thompson
Dorota Urbaniak
RowingWomen's eight
Curtis MydenSwimmingMen'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 SwimmingWomen's team
Dominique BosshartTaekwondoWomen'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
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles

Men's Team Competition

Men's Flyweight
Men's Light Welterweight
Men's Light Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Light Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Men's Super Heavyweight

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles
Men's Canoe Singles
Men's Canoe Doubles
Women's Kayak Singles

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Women's Mountain Bike

Men's Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial
Men's Road Race
Women's Individual Time Trial
Women's Road Race

Men's competition

Men's 1 km Time Trial
Men's Point Race
Women's Sprint
Women's 500 m Time Trial
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
Men's 10 Metre Platform
Men's 10 Metre Platform
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
Women's 10 Metre Platform
Women's 10 Metre Platform
Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

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

Field hockey

Men's Team Competition

;Men
;Women
Half-Lightweight
Lightweight
Half-Middleweight
Half-Heavyweight

Rowing

Sailing

Nine people competed for Canada in the sailing competition at the Olympics in six events.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy
Men's Laser
Men's Two Handed Keelboat
Men's Three Handed Keelboat
Women's Mistral
Women's Single Handed Dinghy

Softball

Women's Team Competition

(**Meaggan Wilton
(**Sandy Newsham

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
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
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

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:
Women's Competition:

Women's Team Competition

Men

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle Competition

69 kg
Near the end of the Summer Olympics, on 28 September, Canadian athletes learned that former prime minister, 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.

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