Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics Last updated March 11, 2025
Sporting event delegation
Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia, held from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 294 competitors, 150 men, and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports. [ 1]
The final days of the Olympics for Canada were somewhat overshadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau , the country's 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state , allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects.
Olympic scholar Bob Barney felt that Canada needed to specialize in the Olympics, rather than trying to be compete at too many sports. He also that felt that Canada's medal count at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was due to a lack of government funding, and poor planning to develop high performance athletes. [ 2]
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [ 3]
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 / BM Score Seed Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Rank Rob Rusnov Men's individual 622 37 Eriksson (SWE ) (28)L 155–161did not advance
Athletics Key Note –Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat onlyQ = Qualified for the next roundq = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or , in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying targetNR = National recordN/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
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Basketball Preliminary round Defeated Australia (101-90) Defeated Angola (99-54) Defeated Spain (91-77) Lost to Russia (59-77) Defeated Yugoslavia (83-75) Quarterfinals Classification match 7th/8th place – defeated Russia (86-83) → 7th place Team roster 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 Boxing Men's Flyweight (51 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 Flatwater Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
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
Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
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
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
Slalom Men's Kayak Singles
David Ford Qualifying – 323.58 (→ did not advance) Men's Canoe Singles
Men's Canoe Doubles
Women's Kayak Singles
Cycling Cross Country Mountain Bike Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Women's Mountain Bike
Road Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial
Men's Road Race
Women's Individual Time Trial
Women's Road Race
Track Cycling Men's 1 km Time Trial
Men's Point Race
Women's Sprint
Women's 500 m Time Trial
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
Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
Gymnastics Artistic Men Individual finals Women Team Individual finals Field hockey Preliminary round (group A) Classification matches 9th-12th place: Canada – Poland 3–29th-10th place: Canada – Spain 0-3 (→ Tenth place )Team roster Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee 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)
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) Softball 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 Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Rick Say Preliminary heat – 1:48.62 Semi-final – 1:48.50 Final – 1:48.76 (→ 7th 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
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
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
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
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
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
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.
* Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.Water polo Source:
LA84 Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
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. References
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