Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
IOC code CAN
NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Barcelona
Competitors295 (179 men and 116 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer Michael 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]

Contents

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]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mark Tewksbury Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke July 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kay Worthington
Kirsten Barnes
Jessica Monroe
Brenda Taylor
Rowing Women's coxless four August 1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kathleen Heddle
Marnie McBean
Rowing Women's coxless pair August 1
Gold medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Gold Mark McKoy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurles August 3
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sylvie Fréchette Synchronized swimming Women's solo August 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Guillaume LeBlanc Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk July 31
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Penny Vilagos
Vicky Vilagos
Synchronized swimming Women's duet August 5
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jeffrey Thue Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg August 6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mark Leduc Boxing Light welterweight August 9
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nicolas Gill Judo Men's 86 kg July 29
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Curtis Harnett Cycling Men's sprint July 31
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mark Tewksbury
Stephen Clarke
Jonathan Cleveland
Marcel Gery
Tom Ponting (heats)
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay July 31
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Silken Laumann Rowing Women's single sculls August 2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Angela Chalmers Athletics Women's 3000 metres August 2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Eric Jespersen
Ross MacDonald
Sailing Star August 4
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chris Johnson Boxing Middleweight August 6

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 303
Athletics 272148
Badminton 426
Boxing 1010
Canoeing 11718
Cycling 11415
Diving 448
Equestrian 5611
Fencing 11516
Field hockey 01515
Gymnastics 3811
Judo 5712
Modern pentathlon 22
Rowing 171027
Sailing 12416
Shooting 8412
Swimming 151328
Synchronized swimming 33
Table tennis 112
Tennis 325
Volleyball 12012
Weightlifting 22
Wrestling 1313
Total179116295

Archery

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's individual competition:

Men's team competition:

Athletics

Men's 100m

Men's 200m

Men's 400m

Men's 800m

Men's 1500m

Men's 5000m

Men's 10000m

Men's marathon

Men's 4 × 100 m relay

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Men's 110m hurdles

Men's 400m hurdles

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Men's 20 km Road Walk

Men's 50 km Road Walk

Men's high jump

Men's long jump

Men's pole vault

Men's triple jump

Men's discus throw

Men's javelin throw

Men's shot put

Men's Decathlon


Women's 800 m

Women's 1.500 m

Women's 3.000 m

Women's 10.000 m

Women's 4 × 400 m relay

Women's 100 m hurdles

Women's 400 m hurdles

Women's 10 km walk

Women's marathon

Badminton

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

Men's flyweight ( 51 kg)

Men's featherweight ( 57 kg)

Men's lightweight ( 60 kg)

Men's Light-Welterweight ( 63.5 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)

Men's middleweight ( 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight ( 81 kg)

Men's Heavyweight ( 91 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (>91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

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

Men's 3m springboard

Men's 10m platform

Women's 3m springboard

Women's 10m platform

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Hockey

Women's team competition

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

Judo

Men's Competition

Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)

Half-Lightweight (65 kg)

Lightweight (71 kg)

Middleweight (87 kg)

Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)

Women's Competition

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

Two male pentathletes represented Canada in 1992.

Individual

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Women's 470 Class

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

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 Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m freestyle

Women's 100 m freestyle

Women's 200 m freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1992.

Women's solo
Women's duet Silver medal.svg Silver medal

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Women's Doubles Competition

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

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