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Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Barcelona
Competitors295 (179 men and 116 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer Mike Smith
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
7
Silver
4
Bronze
7
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held from 25 July to 9 August 1992. 295 competitors, 179 men and 116 women, took part in 199 events in 24 sports.[1]

The Barcelona Olympics were at the time Canada's second most successful Summer Olympic Games (and most successful in a fully-attended Olympics), subsequently surpassed in number of medals won in 1996 and 2016, and then tied in the number of gold medals in 2020.[2]

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mark Tewksbury Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke July 30
 Gold Kay Worthington
Kirsten Barnes
Jessica Monroe
Brenda Taylor		 Rowing Women's coxless four August 1
 Gold Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean		 Rowing Women's coxless pair August 1
 Gold Brenda Taylor
Lesley Thompson
Kay Worthington
Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Jessica Monroe
Kirsten Barnes
Shannon Crawford
Megan Delehanty		 Rowing Women's eight August 2
 Gold Michael Rascher
Bruce Robertson
John Wallace
Robert Marland
Terrence Paul
Derek Porter
Darren Barber
Andrew Crosby
Mike Forgeron		 Rowing Men's eight August 2
 Gold Mark McKoy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurles August 3
 Gold Sylvie Fréchette Synchronized swimming Women's solo August 6
 Silver Guillaume LeBlanc Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk July 31
 Silver Penny Vilagos
Vicky Vilagos		 Synchronized swimming Women's duet August 5
 Silver Jeffrey Thue Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg August 6
 Silver Mark Leduc Boxing Light welterweight August 9
 Bronze Nicolas Gill Judo Men's 86 kg July 29
 Bronze Curtis Harnett Cycling Men's sprint July 31
 Bronze Mark Tewksbury
Stephen Clarke
Jonathan Cleveland
Marcel Gery
Tom Ponting (heats)		 Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay July 31
 Bronze Silken Laumann Rowing Women's single sculls August 2
 Bronze Angela Chalmers Athletics Women's 3000 metres August 2
 Bronze Eric Jespersen
Ross MacDonald		 Sailing Star August 4
 Bronze Chris Johnson Boxing Middleweight August 6

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 0 3
Athletics 27 21 48
Badminton 4 2 6
Boxing 10 — 10
Canoeing 11 7 18
Cycling 11 4 15
Diving 4 4 8
Equestrian 5 6 11
Fencing 11 5 16
Field hockey 0 15 15
Gymnastics 3 8 11
Judo 5 7 12
Modern pentathlon 2 — 2
Rowing 17 10 27
Sailing 12 4 16
Shooting 8 4 12
Swimming 15 13 28
Synchronized swimming — 3 3
Table tennis 1 1 2
Tennis 3 2 5
Volleyball 12 0 12
Weightlifting 2 — 2
Wrestling 13 — 13
Total 179 116 295

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Canada sent only men to Barcelona for archery. Two of the three individuals did not qualify for the elimination rounds, nor did the team qualify for the team round.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sylvain Cadieux Individual 1227 60 Did not advance
Jeannot Robitaille 1188 70 Did not advance
Claude Rousseau 1286 22 Q  Ram (IND)
W 102–100 		 Lipponen (FIN)
L 99–102 		Did not advance
Sylvain Cadieux
Jeannot Robitaille
Claude Rousseau 		Team 3701 19 Did not advance

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ben Johnson 100 metres 10.55 20 Q 10.30 10 Q 10.70 15 Did not advance
Atlee Mahorn 10.64 30 Q 10.77 32 Did not advance
Bruny Surin 10.37 10 Q 10.24 8 Q 10.21 5 Q 10.09 4
Atlee Mahorn 200 metres 21.01 18 Q 20.78 20 Did not advance
Peter Ogilvie 21.11 27 Q 20.77 19 Did not advance
Anthony Wilson 21.21 31 q 21.22 31 Did not advance
Mike McLean 400 metres 47.75 50 Did not advance
Freddie Williams 800 metres 1:48.20 26 — Did not advance
Graham Hood 1500 metres 3:44.44 21 Q — 3:36.12 6 q 3:42.55 9
Brendan Matthias 5000 metres 14:01.57 36 — Did not advance
Paul Williams 10,000 metres 29:01.67 30 — Did not advance
Peter Maher Marathon — DNF
Mark McKoy 110 metres hurdles 13.26 2 Q 13.27 2 Q 13.12 1 Q 13.12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mark Jackson 400 metres hurdles 49.18 19 — Did not advance
Graeme Fell 3000 metres steeplechase 8:50.87 28 — Did not advance
Ben Johnson
Glenroy Gilbert
Atlee Mahorn
Bruny Surin
Peter Ogilvie (heats) 		4 × 100 metres relay 39.34 5 Q — DNF Did not advance
Mark Jackson
Anthony Wilson
Mark Graham
Freddie Williams 		4 × 400 metres relay 3:04.69 13 — Did not advance
Tim Berrett 20 kilometres walk — 1:28:25 14
Guillaume LeBlanc — 1:22:25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tim Berrett 50 kilometres walk — DQ
Guillaume LeBlanc — DQ
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Alex Zaliauskas High jump 2.15 31 Did not advance
Doug Wood Pole vault 5.20 24 Did not advance
Edrick Floréal Long jump 7.62 28 Did not advance
Ian James 7.74 20 Did not advance
Oral Ogilvie Triple jump NM Did not advance
Peter Dajia Shot put 16.81 25 Did not advance
Ray Lazdins Discus throw 58.26 21 Did not advance
Stephen Feraday Javelin throw 70.94 29 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Mike Smith Result 11.02 6.83 15.03 2.00 50.04 DNF
Points 856 774 792 803 813
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Karen Clarke 100 metres 11.79 36 Did not advance
200 metres 23.57 23 Q 23.80 28 Did not advance
Jillian Richardson 400 metres 51.99 2 Q 50.95 7 Q 50.02 4 Q 49.93 5
Charmaine Crooks 800 metres 1:59.52 3 q — 1:58.55 10 Did not advance
Debbie Bowker 1500 metres 4:11.27 23 Q — 4:12.50 22 Did not advance
Angela Chalmers 4:07.75 6 Q — 4:04.87 14 Did not advance
Paula Schnurr 4:09.99 17 Q — 4:04.80 13 Did not advance
Angela Chalmers 3000 metres 8:42.85 3 Q — 8:47.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Robyn Meagher 8:49.72 15 — Did not advance
Leah Pells 9:13.19 27 — Did not advance
Lisa Harvey 10,000 metres 33:55.93 34 — Did not advance
Carole Rouillard 32:53.83 22 — Did not advance
Lizanne Bussières Marathon — DNF
Odette Lapierre — 2:46:18 19
Katie Anderson 100 metres hurdles 13.33 22 q 13.31 20 Did not advance
Donalda Duprey 400 metres hurdles 56.37 16 q — 56.30 15 Did not advance
Rosey Edeh 55.66 13 q — 55.76 13 Did not advance
Rosey Edeh
Charmaine Crooks
Camille Noel
Jillian Richardson
Karen Clarke (heats) 		4 × 400 metres relay 3:26.09 6 q — 3:25.20 4
Pascale Grand 10 kilometres walk — 49:14 29
Janice McCaffrey — 48:05 25
Tina Poitras — 46:50 21
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Georgette Reed Shot put 15.33 16 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Total Rank
Catherine Bond-Mills Result 14.31 1.76 12.96 25.01 6.01 43.30 2:18.84 5897 21
Points 935 928 725 886 853 731 839

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Bryan Blanshard Singles  Lee (USA)
W 15–3, 15–1 		 Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)
L 7–15, 4–15 		Did not advance
David Humble  Hall (GBR)
L 6–15, 4–15 		Did not advance
Anil Kaul  Balaban (ROU)
W 15–7, 15–4 		 Wu (CHN)
L 7–15, 2–15 		Did not advance
Bryan Blanshard
Mike Bitten 		Doubles —  Chen /
Chen (CHN)
L 6–15, 12–15 		Did not advance
Anil Kaul
David Humble 		—  Fuchs /
Koch (AUT)
W 15–11, 15–11 		 Paulsen /
Svarrer (DEN)
L 5–15, 4–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Denyse Julien Singles  von Heiland (USA)
W 11–2, 11–0 		 van der Knaap (NED)
W 9–12, 11–3, 11–9 		 Tang (CHN)
L 9–12, 0–11 		Did not advance
Doris Piché  Lacinová (TCH)
W 11–0, 11–2 		 Schmidt (GER)
W 11–5, 11–8 		 Lee (KOR)
L 8–11, 2–11 		Did not advance
Denyse Julien
Doris Piché 		Doubles —  Stuer-Lauridsen /
Thomsen (DEN)
L 15–9, 16–18, 14–18 		Did not advance

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Domenic Figliomeni Light flyweight  Sasaki (JPN)
L 3–5 		Did not advance
Marty O'Donnell Flyweight  Peden (AUS)
L 2–14 		Did not advance
Mike Strange Featherweight  Kamsing (THA)
L 9–11 		Did not advance
Billy Irwin Lightweight  Vaughan (GBR)
W RSC R3 		 Chavez (PHI)
L 0–8 		Did not advance
Mark Leduc Light welterweight  Wakaabu (UGA)
W 9–2 		 Carew (GUY)
W 5–0 		 Bouneb (ALG)
W 8–1 		 Doroftei (ROU)
W 13–6 		 Vinent (CUB)
L 1–11 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ray Downey Light middleweight  Simangunsong (INA)
L 5–12 		Did not advance
Chris Johnson Middleweight Bye  Siluvangi (ZAI)
W RSC R3 		 Trendafilov (BUL)
W RSC R1 		 Byrd (USA)
L 3–17 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dale Brown Light heavyweight  Zul (MGL)
W RSC R2 		 May (GER)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Kirk Johnson Heavyweight Bye  Akhasamba (KEN)
W RSC R2 		 Izonritei (NGR)
L 5–9 		Did not advance
Tom Glesby Super heavyweight Bye  Balado (CUB)
L 2–16 		Did not advance

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented Canada in 1992. Curt Harnett won bronze in the men's sprint.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint
Women's individual pursuit

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m springboard

  • Mark Rourke
    • Preliminary round – 379.32 points
    • Final – 540.66 points (→ 11th place)
  • David Bédard
    • Preliminary round – 372.54 points (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 10m platform

  • Bruno Fournier
    • Preliminary round – 370.68 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • William Hayes
    • Preliminary round – 324.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 3m springboard

  • Mary DePiero
    • Preliminary round – 278.76 points
    • Final – 449.49 points (→ 12th place)
  • Evelyne Boisvert
    • Preliminary round – 258.09 points (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 10m platform

  • Paige Gordon
    • Preliminary round – 283.11 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Anne Montminy
    • Preliminary round – 282.42 points (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1992.

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

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's team competition

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The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics.

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

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Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)

Half-Lightweight (65 kg)

Lightweight (71 kg)

Middleweight (87 kg)

Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)

Women's Competition

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Half-Lightweight (52 kg)

Lightweight (56 kg)

Extra-Lightweight (48 kg)

Half-Middleweight (61 kg)

Middleweight (66 kg)

Half-Heavyweight (72 kg)

Heavyweight (+72 kg)

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Two male pentathletes represented Canada in 1992.

Individual

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Women's 470 Class

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

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Men's 50 m freestyle

Men's 100 m freestyle

Men's 200 m freestyle

  • Turlough O'Hare
    • Heat – 1:50.42
    • B-Final – 1:51.01 (→ 14th place)
  • Darren Ward
    • Heat – 1:51.62 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m freestyle

Men's 1500 m freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Marcel Gery
    • Heat – 53.94
    • Final – 54.18 (→ 6th place)
  • Tom Ponting
    • Heat – 54.77
    • B-Final – 55.00 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Tom Ponting
    • Heat – 2:01.20
    • B-Final – 2:01.60 (→ 13th place)
  • Edward Parenti
    • Heat – 2:02.00 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Gary Anderson
    • Heat – 2:02.63
    • Final – 2:04.30 (→ 8th place)
  • Darren Ward
    • Heat – 2:03.71
    • B-Final – 2:05.09 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Curtis Myden
    • Heat – 4:22.41
    • B-Final – 4:21.91 (→ 10th place)
  • Robert Baird
    • Heat – 4:24.31
    • B-Final – 4:25.06 (→ 16th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's Competition

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Women's 50 m freestyle

Women's 100 m freestyle

Women's 200 m freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Nikki Dryden
    • Heat – 1:03.71
    • B-Final – 1:03.53 (→ 14th place)
  • Julie Howard
    • Heat – 1:05.26 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Nikki Dryden
    • Heat – 2:17.54 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Beth Hazel
    • Heat – 2:17.70 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Kristin Topham
    • Heat – 1:01.20
    • B-Final – 1:01.91 (→ 14th place)
  • Julie Howard
    • Heat – 1:02.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Joanne Malar
    • Heat – 4:52.85
    • B-Final – 4:48.52 (→ 11th place)
  • Nancy Sweetnam
    • Heat – 4:52.41
    • B-Final – 4:50.17 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet Silver medal

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Women's Doubles Competition

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

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Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Canada at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  2. ^ Dichter, Myles (August 7, 2021). "Kelsey Mitchell cycles to gold for Canada's 24th medal of Tokyo Olympics". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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