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.
Video Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Maps Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archery
Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match.
Athletics
- Key
- Note-Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- 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
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- Defeated Australia (101-90)
- Defeated Angola (99-54)
- Defeated Spain (91-77)
- Lost to Russia (59-77)
- Defeated Yugoslavia (83-75)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to France (63-68)
- Classification Match
- 7th/8th place -- Defeated Russia (86-83) -> 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 (46-78)
- Defeated Senegal (41-62)
- Lost to France (58-70)
- Lost to Slovakia (56-68)
- Defeated Brazil (61-60)
- Classification Match
- 9th/10th place -- Lost to Cuba (58-67) -> 10th place
- Team Roster
- Cori-Lyn Blakebrough
- Carolin Bouchard
- Kelly Boucher
- Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl
- Stacey Dales-Shuman
- Michelle Hendry
- Nikki Johnson
- Karla Karch
- Teresa Kleindienst
- Joy McNichol
- Dianne Norman
- Tammy Sutton-Brown
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
Flatwater
Men's Competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
- Mihai Apostol
- Qualifying Heat -- 01:42.562 (-> did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
- Mihai Apostol
- Qualifying Heat -- 03:47.679 (-> did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
- Maxime Boilard
- Qualifying Heat -- 01:52.764
- Semifinal -- 01:52.071
- Final -- 02:29.259 (-> 4th place)
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
- Steve Giles
- Qualifying Heat -- 03:55.396
- Semifinal -- Bye
- Final -- 03:56.437 (-> Bronze Medal)
Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
- Tamás Buday, Attila Buday
- Qualifying Heat -- 01:46.557 (-> did not advance)
Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
- Tamás Buday, Attila Buday
- Qualifying Heat -- 03:41.075
- Semifinal -- 03:44.358
- Final -- 03:48.017 (-> 7th place)
Women's Competition
Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
- Caroline Brunet
- Qualifying Heat -- 01:51.558
- Semifinal -- Bye
- Final -- 02:14.646 (-> Silver Medal)
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
- Caroline Brunet, Karen Furneaux
- Qualifying Heat -- 01:44.476
- Semifinal -- Bye
- Final -- 02:01.046 (-> 5th place)
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
- Maria-Josee Gibeau-Ouimet, Kamina Jain, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard
- Qualifying Heat -- 01:38.209
- Semifinal -- 01:38.340
- Final -- 01:39.566 (-> 9th place)
Slalom
Men's Competition
Men's Kayak Singles
- David Ford
- Qualifying -- 323.58 (-> did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles
- James Cartwright-Garland
- Qualifying -- 297.66 (-> did not advance)
Men's Canoe Doubles
- Benoît Gauthier, Tyler Lawlor
- Qualifying -- 311.11 (-> did not advance)
Women's Competition
Women's Kayak Singles
- Margaret Langford
- Qualifying -- 314.51
- Final -- 274.14 (-> 13th place)
Cycling
Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
- Geoff Kabush
- Final -- 2:14:00.66 (-> 9th place)
- Roland Green
- Final -- 2:15:18.85 (-> 14th place)
Women's Mountain Bike
- Alison Sydor
- Final -- 1:52:19.32 (-> 5th place)
- Chrissy Redden
- Final -- 1:54:07.38 (-> 8th place)
- Lesley Tomlinson
- Final -- 2:00:44.08 (-> 19th place)
Road Cycling
Men's Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Eric Wohlberg
- Final -- 1:00:34 (-> 20th place)
Men's Road Race
- Gordon Fraser
- Final -- 5:30:46 (-> 16th place)
- Eric Wohlberg
- Final -- 5:30:46 (-> 72nd place)
- Czeslaw Lukaszewicz
- Final -- DNF
- Brian Walton
- Final -- DNF
Women's Competition
Women's Individual Time Trial
- Clara Hughes
- Final -- 0:43:12 (-> 6th place)
- Genevieve Jeanson
- Final -- 0:44:32 (-> 15th place)
Women's Road Race
- Genevieve Jeanson
- Final -- 3:06:31 (-> 11th place)
- Lyne Bessette
- Final -- 3:06:31 (-> 22nd place)
- Clara Hughes
- Final -- 3:16:49 (-> 43rd place)
Track Cycling
Men's competition
Men's 1 km Time Trial
- Jim Fisher
- Final -- 01:05.835 (-> 12th place)
Men's Point Race
- Brian Walton
- Points -- 1
- Laps Down -- 1 (-> 9th place)
Women's Competition
Women's Sprint
- Tanya Dubnicoff
- Qualifying -- 11.494
- 1/8 Finals -- Defeated Kathrin Freitag of Germany
- Quarterfinal -- Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
- Finals 5-8 -- (-> 7th place)
Women's 500 m Time Trial
- Tanya Dubnicoff
- Final -- 35.486 (-> 8th place)
- Lori-Anne Muenzer
- Final -- 35.846 (-> 13th place)
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
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- 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 (-> Tenth place)
- Team Roster
- Hari Kant (gk)
- Mike Mahood (gk)
- Ian Bird
- Alan Brahmst
- Robin D'Abreo
- Ronnie Jagday
- Ravi Kahlon
- Peter Milkovich (c)
- Bindi Kullar
- Rob Short
- Sean Campbell
- Chris Gifford
- Andrew Griffiths
- Ken Pereira
- Scott Mosher
- Paul Wettlaufer
- Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee
Judo
- Men
- 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
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Lost to United States (0-6)
- Lost to New Zealand (2-3)
- Lost to Australia (0-1)
- Defeated Italy (7-1)
- Lost to Japan (3-4)
- Lost to Cuba (1-2)
- Lost to PR China (0-1) -> 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
(**Meaggan Wilton (**Sandy Newsham
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
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
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Tied with Russia (7:7)
- Tied with United States (8:8)
- Defeated Kazakhstan (10:3)
- Lost to the Netherlands (4:7)
- Lost to Australia (4:9)
- Classification Match
- Defeated Kazakhstan (9:8) -> 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
Men
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle Competition
69 kg
- Daniel Igali
- Pool 1 - W2 - L0
- Quarterfinals - Defeats Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) 3pt - 1pt
- Semifinals - Defeats Lincoln McIlravy (USA) 6pt - 3pt
- Final - Defeats Arsen Gitinov (RUS) 7pt - 4pt (-> Gold Medal)
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.
Notes
References
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