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 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]

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]

Medallists

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
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sylvain Cadieux Individual 122760Did not advance
Jeannot Robitaille 118870Did not advance
Claude Rousseau 128622 QFlag of India.svg  Ram  (IND)
W 102–100
Flag of Finland.svg  Lipponen  (FIN)
L 99–102
Did not advance
Sylvain Cadieux
Jeannot Robitaille
Claude Rousseau
Team 370119Did not advance

Athletics

Men
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ben Johnson 100 metres 10.5520 Q10.3010 Q10.7015Did not advance
Atlee Mahorn 10.6430 Q10.7732Did not advance
Bruny Surin 10.3710 Q10.248 Q10.215 Q10.094
Atlee Mahorn 200 metres 21.0118 Q20.7820Did not advance
Peter Ogilvie 21.1127 Q20.7719Did not advance
Anthony Wilson 21.2131 q21.2231Did not advance
Mike McLean 400 metres 47.7550Did not advance
Freddie Williams 800 metres 1:48.2026Did not advance
Graham Hood 1500 metres 3:44.4421 Q3:36.126 q3:42.559
Brendan Matthias 5000 metres 14:01.5736Did not advance
Paul Williams 10,000 metres 29:01.6730Did not advance
Peter Maher Marathon DNF
Mark McKoy 110 metres hurdles 13.262 Q13.272 Q13.121 Q13.12Gold medal icon.svg
Mark Jackson 400 metres hurdles 49.1819Did not advance
Graeme Fell 3000 metres steeplechase 8:50.8728Did not advance
Ben Johnson
Glenroy Gilbert
Atlee Mahorn
Bruny Surin
Peter Ogilvie (heats)
4 × 100 metres relay 39.345 Q DNF Did not advance
Mark Jackson
Anthony Wilson
Mark Graham
Freddie Williams
4 × 400 metres relay 3:04.6913Did not advance
Tim Berrett 20 kilometres walk 1:28:2514
Guillaume LeBlanc 1:22:25Silver medal icon.svg
Tim Berrett 50 kilometres walk DQ
Guillaume LeBlanc DQ
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Alex Zaliauskas High jump 2.1531Did not advance
Doug Wood Pole vault 5.2024Did not advance
Edrick Floréal Long jump 7.6228Did not advance
Ian James 7.7420Did not advance
Oral Ogilvie Triple jump NM Did not advance
Peter Dajia Shot put 16.8125Did not advance
Ray Lazdins Discus throw 58.2621Did not advance
Stephen Feraday Javelin throw 70.9429Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m FinalRank
Mike Smith Result11.026.8315.032.0050.04 DNF
Points856774792803813
Women
Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Karen Clarke 100 metres 11.7936Did not advance
200 metres 23.5723 Q23.8028Did not advance
Jillian Richardson 400 metres 51.992 Q50.957 Q50.024 Q49.935
Charmaine Crooks 800 metres 1:59.523 q1:58.5510Did not advance
Debbie Bowker 1500 metres 4:11.2723 Q4:12.5022Did not advance
Angela Chalmers 4:07.756 Q4:04.8714Did not advance
Paula Schnurr 4:09.9917 Q4:04.8013Did not advance
Angela Chalmers 3000 metres 8:42.853 Q8:47.22Bronze medal icon.svg
Robyn Meagher 8:49.7215Did not advance
Leah Pells 9:13.1927Did not advance
Lisa Harvey 10,000 metres 33:55.9334Did not advance
Carole Rouillard 32:53.8322Did not advance
Lizanne Bussières Marathon DNF
Odette Lapierre 2:46:1819
Katie Anderson 100 metres hurdles 13.3322 q13.3120Did not advance
Donalda Duprey 400 metres hurdles 56.3716 q56.3015Did not advance
Rosey Edeh 55.6613 q55.7613Did not advance
Rosey Edeh
Charmaine Crooks
Camille Noel
Jillian Richardson
Karen Clarke (heats)
4 × 400 metres relay 3:26.096 q3:25.204
Pascale Grand 10 kilometres walk 49:1429
Janice McCaffrey 48:0525
Tina Poitras 46:5021
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Georgette Reed Shot put 15.3316Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent100HHJSP200 mLJJT800 mTotalRank
Catherine Bond-Mills Result14.311.7612.9625.016.0143.302:18.84589721
Points935928725886853731839

Badminton

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Bryan Blanshard Singles Flag of the United States.svg  Lee  (USA)
W 15–3, 15–1
Flag of Denmark.svg  Stuer-Lauridsen  (DEN)
L 7–15, 4–15
Did not advance
David Humble Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Hall  (GBR)
L 6–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Anil Kaul Flag of Romania.svg  Balaban  (ROU)
W 15–7, 15–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu  (CHN)
L 7–15, 2–15
Did not advance
Bryan Blanshard
Mike Bitten
Doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen /
Chen  (CHN)
L 6–15, 12–15
Did not advance
Anil Kaul
David Humble
Flag of Austria.svg  Fuchs /
Koch  (AUT)
W 15–11, 15–11
Flag of Denmark.svg  Paulsen /
Svarrer  (DEN)
L 5–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Denyse Julien Singles Flag of the United States.svg  von Heiland  (USA)
W 11–2, 11–0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  van der Knaap  (NED)
W 9–12, 11–3, 11–9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tang  (CHN)
L 9–12, 0–11
Did not advance
Doris Piché Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Lacinová  (TCH)
W 11–0, 11–2
Flag of Germany.svg  Schmidt  (GER)
W 11–5, 11–8
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Lee  (KOR)
L 8–11, 2–11
Did not advance
Denyse Julien
Doris Piché
Doubles Flag of Denmark.svg  Stuer-Lauridsen /
Thomsen  (DEN)
L 15–9, 16–18, 14–18
Did not advance

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Domenic Figliomeni Light flyweight Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Sasaki  (JPN)
L 3–5
Did not advance
Marty O'Donnell Flyweight Flag of Australia.svg  Peden  (AUS)
L 2–14
Did not advance
Mike Strange Featherweight Flag of Thailand.svg  Kamsing  (THA)
L 9–11
Did not advance
Billy Irwin Lightweight Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Vaughan  (GBR)
W RSC R3
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Chavez  (PHI)
L 0–8
Did not advance
Mark Leduc Light welterweight Flag of Uganda.svg  Wakaabu  (UGA)
W 9–2
Flag of Guyana.svg  Carew  (GUY)
W 5–0
Flag of Algeria.svg  Bouneb  (ALG)
W 8–1
Flag of Romania.svg  Doroftei  (ROU)
W 13–6
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Vinent  (CUB)
L 1–11
Silver medal icon.svg
Ray Downey Light middleweight Flag of Indonesia.svg  Simangunsong  (INA)
L 5–12
Did not advance
Chris Johnson Middleweight ByeFlag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Siluvangi  (ZAI)
W RSC R3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Trendafilov  (BUL)
W RSC R1
Flag of the United States.svg  Byrd  (USA)
L 3–17
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Dale Brown Light heavyweight Flag of Mongolia.svg  Zul  (MGL)
W RSC R2
Flag of Germany.svg  May  (GER)
L 1–7
Did not advance
Kirk Johnson Heavyweight ByeFlag of Kenya.svg  Akhasamba  (KEN)
W RSC R2
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Izonritei  (NGR)
L 5–9
Did not advance
Tom Glesby Super heavyweight ByeFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Balado  (CUB)
L 2–16
Did not advance

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

References

  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.