Canada's only gold medal in diving was won by Sylvie Bernier in Los Angeles. At the 2012 Olympics, Émilie Heymans became the first Canadian Summer Olympian to win a medal in four straight Olympics.
Canada has been very successful in synchronized swimming at the Olympics, winning medals at every games in which the sport was competed except for 2004 & 2008.
Canada is not traditionally strong in athletics, but the nation has won medals in 15 of 23 games in which it has competed. Some memorable performances are the double gold by Percy Williams in the 100m and 200m in the 1928 Amsterdam games, and the gold medals won in Atlanta by Donovan Bailey in the 100m and by the men's 4 × 100 m relay team.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in baseball. Their best finish was fourth at the 2004 games.
Basketball
Canada has only won an Olympic medal in basketball once, a silver in 1936.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1936 Berlin
0
1
0
1
Total
0
1
0
1
Boxing
Canada has enjoyed modest success in Olympic boxing, winning medals in eight games. Lennox Lewis won the super heavyweight gold medal in Seoul, before competing for his native Great Britain as a professional.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in a BMX event since its introduction to the Olympics in 2008. Its best finish was fifth in the men's competition at the 2016 games.
Mountain Biking
Road Cycling
Track Cycling
Equestrian
Canada's first gold medal in equestrian events was won by the show jumping team in Mexico City. A second gold medal, and the first in an individual event, went to Eric Lamaze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Canada won the gold medal when ice hockey was introduced in the program of the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. The sport was moved to the Winter Olympics program for the first winter games in 1924.
Lacrosse was only part of the Olympic program in the 1904 and 1908 games; Canadian teams won the gold medal each time. In 1904, a second Canadian team, composed only of Mohawk Indians, also won a bronze medal.
Rowing is one of Canada's most successful sports at the summer Olympics. The pair of Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle won gold in both the Barcelona and Atlanta games. Canada has traditionally done well in the coxed eights event, with the men's team winning a medal 9 times and the women's team winning a medal 3 times.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1904 St. Louis
0
1
0
1
1908 London
0
0
3
3
1912 Stockholm
0
0
1
1
1924 Paris
0
2
0
2
1928 Amsterdam
0
1
1
2
1932 Los Angeles
0
0
2
2
1956 Melbourne
1
1
0
2
1960 Rome
0
1
0
1
1964 Tokyo
1
0
0
1
1984 Los Angeles
1
2
3
6
1992 Barcelona
4
0
1
5
1996 Atlanta
1
4
1
6
2000 Sydney
0
0
1
1
2004 Athens
0
1
0
1
2008 Beijing
1
1
2
4
2012 London
0
2
0
2
2016 Rio de Janeiro
0
1
0
1
Total
9
17
15
41
Rugby
Canada never qualified a rugby union team for an Olympic games prior to its removal from the program in 1924. The women's rugby sevens team won a bronze at the 2016 games in the sport's first games on the program.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2016 Rio de Janeiro
0
0
1
1
Total
0
0
1
1
Sailing
Canada's most notable event in Olympic sailing competition was from the 1988 Seoul games, where Lawrence Lemieux was racing towards a certain medal finish, but stopped to help two Singaporean sailors whose boat had capsized during the race. Lemieux was later presented an award from IOC presidentJuan Antonio Samaranch to honor his act of bravery.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1932 Los Angeles
0
1
1
2
1972 Munich
0
0
1
1
1984 Los Angeles
0
1
2
3
1988 Seoul
0
0
1
1
1992 Barcelona
0
0
1
1
2004 Athens
0
1
0
1
Total
0
3
6
9
Shooting
's gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles games was the first summer Olympic gold medal for Canada in 16 years, having been shut out in Munich and Montreal, and boycotting the Moscow games. Since her victory was unexpected, and the sport is not very popular, the event was not broadcast live and Canadian television crews had to scramble to put taped images on the air.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1908 London
1
2
1
4
1924 Paris
0
1
0
1
1952 Helsinki
1
0
0
1
1956 Melbourne
1
0
1
2
1984 Los Angeles
1
0
0
1
Total
4
3
2
9
Soccer
Canada first competed in Olympic football at the second tournament, 1904. One club team from Canada went to St. Louis to compete against two American teams, winning the gold medal. Canada's men's soccer team is considered unlikely to qualify for the Olympics. The women's national team won the bronze medal in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in table tennis since its introduction in the 1988 games. Their best finish was fifth in the men's singles tournament at the 1996 games.
Taekwondo
won a bronze medal when the sport of taekwondo was introduced at the 2000 Sydney games. Karine Sergerie won silver in the 67 kilogram event, achieving Canada's best-ever finish in taekwondo at the Olympic Games.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2000 Sydney
0
0
1
1
2008 Beijing
0
1
0
1
Total
0
1
1
2
Tennis
Canada's lone medal in Olympic tennis was the surprising victory by the men's doubles team of Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor, who beat the home favourite Australian team in the 2000 Sydney games.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2000 Sydney
1
0
0
1
Total
1
0
0
1
Triathlon
won the gold medal when triathlon was introduced at the 2000 Sydney games. After a disappointing 11th-place finish at the 2004 Athens games, Whitfield returned to take the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing games. Whitfield was nudged out at the end of the race for the gold medal.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
2000 Sydney
1
0
0
1
2008 Beijing
0
1
0
1
Total
1
1
0
2
Volleyball
Canada's lone medal in volleyball was won by the beach volleyball team of John Child and Mark Heese when the event was introduced as a medal sport at the 1996 Atlanta games.
Canada's medals in weightlifting were won by Gerald Gratton in 1952, Jacques Demers in 1984, and Christine Girard in 2008 and 2012. In 2008 Christine Girard originally took fourth place at women's 63 kg weightlifting event. After a positive doping test by the silver medallist the IOC disqualified her, and Girard's fourth place was retroactively upgraded to a bronze. In 2012 Christine Girard originally won the bronze medal at women's 63 kg weightlifting event. After a positive doping tests by the gold and silver medallists the IOC disqualified them, and Girard's bronze was retroactively upgraded to a gold.
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1952 Helsinki
0
1
0
1
1984 Los Angeles
0
1
0
1
2008 Beijing
0
0
1
1
2012 London
1
0
0
1
Total
1
2
1
4
Wrestling
Canada's two gold medals in wrestling were won by Daniel Igali in the 2000 Sydney games and Carol Huynh in the 2008 Beijing games in freestyle.
