Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English) (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors	294 (150 men, 144 women) in 29 sports
Flag bearer	Caroline Brunet
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 8 Total 14
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

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  Gold Simon Whitfield Triathlon Men's individual 17 September  Gold Daniel Igali Wrestling Men's freestyle 69 kg 1 October  Gold Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Tennis Men's doubles 27 September  Silver Caroline Brunet Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 1 October  Silver Nicolas Gill Judo Men's 100 kg 21 September  Silver Anne Montminy Émilie Heymans Diving Women's synchronized 10 metre platform 28 September  Bronze Steve Giles Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 30 September  Bronze Anne Montminy Diving Women's 10 metre platform 24 September  Bronze Mathieu Turgeon Gymnastics Men's trampoline 23 September  Bronze Karen Cockburn Gymnastics Women's trampoline 22 September  Bronze Buffy Alexander Laryssa Biesenthal Heather Davis Alison Korn Theresa Luke Heather McDermid Emma Robinson Lesley Thompson Dorota Urbaniak Rowing Women's eight 24 September  Bronze Curtis Myden Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 17 September  Bronze Lyne Beaumont Claire Carver-Dias Erin Chan Catherine Garceau Fanny Létourneau Kirstin Normand Jacinthe Taillon Reidun Tatham Jessica Chase Synchronized Swimming Women's team 29 September  Bronze Dominique Bosshart Taekwondo Women's +67 kg 30 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Tennis 1 0 0 1 Triathlon 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 1 0 0 1 Canoeing 0 1 1 2 Diving 0 1 1 2 Judo 0 1 0 1 Gymnastics 0 0 2 2 Rowing 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Synchronized swimming 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Total 3 3 8 14

Archery

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

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rob Rusnov	Men's individual	622	37	Eriksson (SWE) (28) L 155-161	Did not advance

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

Men's Doubles

• 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

Women's Singles

• 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

Women's Doubles

• 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

Mixed Doubles

• 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

Beach volleyball

• John Child and Mark Heese — 5th place (tied)
• Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann — 9th place (tied)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Andrew Kooner
  • Round 1 — Defeated Nacer Keddam of Algeria
  • Round 2 — Lost to Wijan Ponlid of Thailand (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Michael Strange
  • Round 1 — Lost to Nurhan Suleymanoglu of Turkey (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Scott MacIntosh
  • Round 1 — Defeated Sakio Bika Mbah of CMR
  • Round 2 — Lost to Jermain Taylor of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Donald Grant Orr
  • Round 1 — Lost to Jitender Kumar of India (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Troy Amos-Ross
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Jegbefumere Albert of Nigeria (→ did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Mark Simmons
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Rouhollah Hosseini of Iran
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Sebastian Kober of Germany (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Art Binkowski
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Michael Macaque of Mauritius
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Cycling

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

• Eryn Bulmer and Blythe Hartley
  • Final — 279.00 (→ 5th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Émilie Heymans and Anne Montminy
  • Final — 312.03 (→ Silver Medal)

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's épée

• Laurie Shong

Women's foil

• Julie Mahoney
• Jujie Luan

Women's team foil

• Sherraine Schalm-MacKay, Julie Mahoney, Jujie Luan

Women's épée

• Sherraine Schalm-MacKay

Gymnastics

Field hockey

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Morgan	90 kg	Ivers (AUS) W	Salimov (AZE) W	Raphael (MRI) W	Huizinga (NED) L	Mashurenko (UKR) L	Did not advance
Nicolas Gill	100 kg	Sonnemans (NED) W	Soares (POR) W	Jikurauli (GEO) W	Traineau (FRA) W	BYE	Inoue (JPN) L

Women

Half-Lightweight (52 kg)

• Luce Baillargeon

Lightweight (57 kg)

• Michelle Buckingham

Half-Middleweight (63 kg)

• Sophie Roberge

Half-Heavyweight (78 kg)

• 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 (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)

• Bill Abbott, Jr., Matt Abbott and Brad Boston
  • 13th place — Did not advance to round robin round

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

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 (→ 8th 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

• Craig Hutchison, Robbie Taylor, Rick Say, and Yannick Lupien
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:21.98 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• 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 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• 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 (→ 6th place)

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

• Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Jessica Deglau, and Laura Nicholls
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:43.82
  • Final — 03:42.92 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• 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 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• 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 (→ 6th place)

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Claire Carver-Dias Fanny Létourneau	Duet	33.670	5	62.704	96.374	5 Q	62.314	95.984	5
Lyne Beaumont Claire Carver-Dias Erin Chan Catherine Garceau Fanny Létourneau Kirstin Normand Jacinthe Taillon Reidun Tatham Jessica Chase	Team	33.787	3	N/A			63.570	97.357

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

Women's Competition:

• Isabelle Turcotte Baird — 2:08:29.49 (→ 31st place)
• Sharon Donnelly — 2:14:35.59 (→ 38th place)
• Carol Montgomery — did not finish

Water polo

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

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.

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