Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
IOC code CAN
NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Athens
Competitors263 in 28 sports
Flag bearer Nicolas Gill [1]
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
3
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the US-led boycott.

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The Canadian Olympic Committee sent a total of 263 athletes, 130 men and 133 women, to take part in 28 sports. This was the nation's smallest delegation to the Games, since the nation boycotted the games in 1980. This had become a result of the COC changing its qualification standards, after a reduced medal showing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, with the aim of sending fewer athletes but focusing its energy on those who have the best chance at winning medals. It has been suggested that the "logical response" of winning fewer medals was diverting funding away from sports where Canadians struggled (track and field) to ones where Canadians excelled (kayak and diving). Athletes that qualified for the Olympics would not be sent to Athens unless they had finished in the top twelve worldwide, a policy that was widely criticized as numerous Canadian Olympic medallists in past Games would have been excluded by such criteria. Over 50 Canadian athletes, including two-time Olympian marathoner Bruce Deacon, did not make the COC's "top 12" cutoff despite achieved the international qualifying standards in their respective sports. After 2004 the COC scrapped this policy but still maintains additional hurdles beyond international standards to ensure that athletes are in shape for the Olympics. [2]

Canada left Athens with a total of 12 medals (3 golds, 6 silver, and 3 bronze), the lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1988. [3] Canada's overall medal count had been dropping in the recent editions of the Summer Olympics, along with the totals for most developed countries as the developing nations capture comparatively more medals. Many expected Canada to win a similar number of medals as they did in 2000. Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in canoeing, cycling, diving, and gymnastics. Sprint kayaker Adam van Koeverden became the most decorated athlete of the Games with two Olympic medals, including a gold in the men's K-1 500 m. [4]

The flag bearer was two-time Olympic medallist Nicolas Gill, a judoka. A mild controversy developed after it was revealed that Gill had made comments in favour of Quebec separatism, and had voted yes in the 1995 Quebec referendum. [1] Gill went on to lose his opening match and was eliminated from the tournament, which was seen as symbolic of Canada's 2004 Olympic woes.

Medallists

Archery

Two Canadian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery.

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jonathan Ohayon Men's individual 63250Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ruban  (UKR)
L 140–157
Did not advance
Marie-Pier Beaudet Women's individual 61647Flag of Germany.svg  Pfohl  (GER)
L 128–146
Did not advance

Athletics

Canadian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [5] [6] The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 Canadian Olympic Trials.

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Charles Allen 110 m hurdles 13.352 Q13.302 Q13.234 Q13.486
Tim Berrett 50 km walk 4:10:3131
Pierre Browne 100 m 10.325 Q10.216Did not advance
Nicolas Macrozonaris 10.402 Q10.286Did not advance
Gary Reed 800 m 1:46.741 Q1:47.387Did not advance
Kevin Sullivan 1500 m 3:39.306 Q3:42.869Did not advance
Achraf Tadili 800 m 1:46.634Did not advance
Pierre Browne
Anson Henry
Charles Henry
Nicolas Macrozonaris
4 × 100 m relay 38.647Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mark Boswell High jump 2.28=1 Q2.297
Bradley Snyder Shot put 19.4620Did not advance
Jason Tunks Discus throw 61.2115Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Courtney Babcock 1500 m 4:08.189Did not advance
5000 m 15:47.3516Did not advance
Diane Cummins 800 m 2:01.195 Q2:00.304Did not advance
Carmen Douma-Hussar 1500 m 4:06.902 Q4:05.096 Q4:02.319
Malindi Elmore 1500 m 4:09.8110Did not advance
Perdita Felicien 100 m hurdles 12.732 Q12.491 QDNF
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep 13.085Did not advance
Émilie Mondor 5000 m 15:20.158Did not advance
Angela Whyte 100 m hurdles 13.013 Q12.694 Q12.816
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Dana Ellis Pole vault 4.408 Q4.40=6
Stephanie McCann 4.4014 Q4.4010

Badminton

Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Charmaine Reid Singles Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Jun J-Y  (KOR)
L 4–11, 5–11
Did not advance
Denyse Julien
Anna Rice
Doubles Flag of Thailand.svg  Chankrachangwong /
Thungthongkam  (THA)
L 3–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Helen Nichol
Charmaine Reid
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cheng W-H /
Chien Y-C  (TPE)
L 0–15, 10–15
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mike Beres
Jody Patrick
Doubles Flag of Sweden.svg  Bergström /
Persson  (SWE)
L 17–15, 11–15, 4–15
Did not advance
Philippe Bourret
Denyse Julien
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Petersen /
Shirley  (NZL)
L 4–15, 6–15
Did not advance

Baseball

Canada's baseball team did very well in the initial stages of the round-robin winning their four first games. Despite losses to Japan and Cuba, they rebounded in their final game vs. Australia. Most notable has been the performance of second baseman Richard "Stubby" Clapp.

With a 5-2 record in the preliminary round, Canada finished in 3rd position, behind Japan and Cuba and ahead of Australia. In the semi-finals on August 24, Canada lost 8-5 to Cuba. Canada was leading Cuba 3-2 going into the bottom of the eighth inning but then gave up 6 runs. The game ended in dramatic fashion when Canadian Kevin Nicholson almost hit a game tying homer in the 9th. However, a heavy wind was blowing in from left field that night, which caused the ball to come down inches from the wall and was caught. Japan lost 1-0 to Australia in a surprising result in the other semifinal, almost ruining Canada's hopes for a medal in Baseball, which would later prove true as Canada lost to Japan on August 25 in the Bronze medal game, thereby finishing fourth.

Roster
Adam Stern Adam Stern.jpg
Adam Stern

Manager: 12 – Ernie Whitt

Coaches: 42 – Denis Boucher, 7 – Marty Lehn, 10 – Greg Hamilton, 21 – Tim Leiper.

Pos.No.PlayerDate of birth (age)BatsThrowsClub
OF 2 Rob Ducey (1965-05-24)24 May 1965 (aged 39)
IF 4 Peter Orr (1979-06-08)8 June 1979 (aged 25) Flag of the United States.svg Richmond Braves
IF 11 Richard Clapp (1973-02-24)24 February 1973 (aged 31) Flag of the United States.svg Syracuse Sky Chiefs
P 13 Phil Devey (1977-05-31)31 May 1977 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg Long Island Ducks
P 14 Thomas Whitty (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 22) Flag of the United States.svg Durham Bulls
IF 16 Kevin Nicholson (1976-03-29)29 March 1976 (aged 28) Flag of the United States.svg Altoona Curve
IF 17 Danny Klassen (1975-09-22)22 September 1975 (aged 28) Flag of the United States.svg Toledo Mud Hens
OF 19 Adam Stern (1980-02-12)12 February 1980 (aged 24) Flag of the United States.svg Greenville Braves
IF 20 Todd Betts (1973-06-24)24 June 1973 (aged 31) Flag of the United States.svg Columbus Clippers
P 24 Shawn Hill (1981-04-28)28 April 1981 (aged 23) Flag of the United States.svg Harrisburg Senators
P 25 Mike Johnson (1975-10-03)3 October 1975 (aged 28) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton Trappers
OF 26 Jeremy Ware (1975-10-23)23 October 1975 (aged 28) Flag of the United States.svg Harrisburg Senators
OF 27 Jeff Guiel (1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 30) Flag of the United States.svg Syracuse Sky Chiefs
C 28 Andy Stewart (1970-12-05)5 December 1970 (aged 33)
P 29 Jason Dickson (1973-03-30)30 March 1973 (aged 31) Flag of the United States.svg Omaha Royals
C 30 Pierre-Luc Laforest (1978-01-27)27 January 1978 (aged 26) Flag of the United States.svg Durham Bulls
P 31 Aaron Myette (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 26) Flag of the United States.svg Louisville Bats
P 32 Mike Kusiewicz (1976-11-01)1 November 1976 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Indians
IF 33 Simon Pond (1976-10-27)27 October 1976 (aged 27) Flag of the United States.svg Syracuse Sky Chiefs
P 34 Chris Begg (1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 30) Flag of the United States.svg San Jose Giants
OF 35 Ryan Radmanovich (1971-08-09)9 August 1971 (aged 33) Flag of the United States.svg Somerset Patriots
P 36 Paul Spoljaric (1970-09-24)24 September 1970 (aged 33)
P 37 Éric Cyr (1979-02-11)11 February 1979 (aged 25) Flag of the United States.svg Salt Lake Stingers
P 38 John Ogiltree (1978-06-03)3 June 1978 (aged 26) Flag of the United States.svg New Hampshire Fisher Cats
P 40 Chris Mears (1978-01-20)20 January 1978 (aged 26) Flag of the United States.svg Toledo Mud Hens
Round robin
TeamWLTiebreaker
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 611-0
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 610-1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52-
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 43-
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 34-
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25-
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 161-0
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 160-1
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000300000064
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 02010022X791
WP: Mike Johnson (1–0)   LP: Chang Chih-Chia (0–1)
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 100100001394
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 27000400X960
WP: Jason Dickson (1–0)   LP: David Rollandini (0–1)
Home runs:
ITA: None
CAN: Pete Laforest (1)
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0313000007110
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 000000000030
WP: Shawn Hill (1–0)   LP: Patrick Beljaards (0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: Stubby Clapp (1), Pete Orr (1), Pete Laforest (2)
NED: None
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 100000100250
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 000000000043
WP: Paul Spoljaric (1–0)   LP: Meleti Ross Melehes (0–1)   Sv: Aaron Myette (1)
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000000001151
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21131001X9110
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1–0)   LP: Mike Johnson (1–1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
JPN: Yoshitomo Tani (1), Yoshinobu Takahashi (1), Kazuhiro Wada (2)
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0301000105100
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000000200271
WP: Norberto González (1–0)   LP: Jason Dickson (1–1)   Sv: Pedro Luis Lazo (2)
Home runs:
CUB: Antonio Scull (1)
CAN: None
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 00320000611120
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 000000000042
WP: Phil Devey (1–0)   LP: Adrian Burnside (0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: Jeremy Ware (1), Ryan Radmanovich (1)
AUS: None
Semifinal
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 001020002591
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 20000006X8132
WP: Danny Betancourt (1–0)   LP: Chris Begg (0–1)   Sv: Norberto González (1)
Home runs:
CAN: Ryan Radmanovich (2)
CUB: None
Bronze Medal Game
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 20410004011130
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000110000250
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (2–0)   LP: Mike Johnson (1–2)
Home runs:
JPN: Kenji Johjima (2)
CAN: Jeremy Ware (2)

Boxing

Boxing had witnessed much controversy over the COC higher qualifying standards. After an appeal it was decided that three more boxers could go to Athens. Canada's most notable success was Benoit Gaudet defeat of Thai former champion Somluck Kamsing and Andrew Kooner who made it to the quarter-final in the Bantamweight class.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Andrew Kooner Bantamweight ByeFlag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Espinoza  (VEN)
W 37–20
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Sultonov  (UZB)
L 32–44
Did not advance
Benoit Gaudet Featherweight Flag of Thailand.svg  Kamsing  (THA)
W 32–17
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Jo S-H  (KOR)
L 16–28
Did not advance
Adam Trupish Welterweight Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Khairov  (AZE)
LRSC
Did not advance
Jean Pascal Middleweight Flag of Cuba.svg  Despaigne  (CUB)
L 24–36
Did not advance
Trevor Stewardson Light heavyweight Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Furtado  (CPV)
W 36–20
Flag of Egypt.svg  El Shamy  (EGY)
L 22–38
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
James Cartwright Men's C-1 105.7911105.1710210.9610 Q100.459Did not advance
David Ford Men's K-1 101.301898.5714199.8716 Q95.837 Q96.754192.584
Margaret Langford Women's K-1 123.0216121.8917244.9116Did not advance

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Richard Dalton C-1 500 m 1:50.0053 q1:51.0273 Q1:48.1036
Thomas Hall C-1 1000 m 3:52.4512 q3:51.7201 Q3:51.4575
Adam van Koeverden K-1 500 m 1:37.5911 q1:38.9071 Q1:37.919Gold medal icon.svg
K-1 1000 m 3:24.9842 q3:27.5021 Q3:28.218Bronze medal icon.svg
Attila Buday
Tamas Buday, Jr.
C-2 500 m 1:40.4882 QBye1:41.2108
Richard Dalton
Michael Scarola
C-2 1000 m 3:31.1234 q3:32.2802 Q3:45.6386
Richard Dober, Jr.
Steven Jorens
K-2 500 m 1:31.9855 q1:34.3187Did not advance
Ryan Cuthbert
Richard Dober, Jr.
Steven Jorens
Andrew Willows
K-4 1000 m 2:56.3365 q2:55.9263 Q3:07.7149
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Caroline Brunet K-1 500 m 1:50.3661 QBye1:50.601Bronze medal icon.svg
Mylanie Barre
Caroline Brunet
K-2 500 m 1:43.4343 QBye1:42.8337
Jillian D'Alessio
Karen Furneaux
Kamini Jain
Carrie Lightbound
K-4 500 m 1:36.8775 q1:35.4653 Q1:39.9528

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Michael Barry Road race 5:41:5632
Gord Fraser Did not finish
Eric Wohlberg Road race Did not finish
Time trial 1:00:31.4918
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Lyne Bessette Road race Did not finish
Time trial 33:24.1916
Manon Jutras Road race 3:25:4230
Sue Palmer-Komar Road race 3:25:3711
Time trial 33:26.0117

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Lori-Ann Muenzer Women's sprint 11.380
63.268
4Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
W 11.881
60.600
ByeFlag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Larreal  (VEN)
W 12.064, W 11.888
Flag of Australia.svg  Meares  (AUS)
L, W 12.101, W 12.085
Flag of Russia.svg  Abassova  (RUS)
W 12.126, W 11.822
Gold medal icon.svg
Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Lori-Ann Muenzer Women's time trial 34.2687

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Ryder Hesjedal Men's cross-country Did not finish
Seamus McGrath 2:20:339
Kiara Bisaro Women's cross-country 2:09:5015
Marie-Hélène Prémont 1:57:50Silver medal icon.svg
Alison Sydor 1:59:474

Diving

Canadian divers qualified for seven individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Philippe Comtois 3 m springboard 418.3212 Q629.2213Did not advance
Alexandre Despatie 517.591 Q772.321 Q755.97Silver medal icon.svg
Alexandre Despatie 10 m platform 436.868 Q625.148 Q652.354
Christopher Kalec 429.7212 Q606.8414Did not advance
Philippe Comtois
Alexandre Despatie
10 m synchronized platform 351.905
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Blythe Hartley 3 m springboard 321.332 Q550.953 Q573.005
Émilie Heymans 305.047 Q531.008 Q530.7310
Myriam Boileau 10 m platform 329.649 Q517.569 Q530.257
Émilie Heymans 351.123 Q538.175 Q555.034
Blythe Hartley
Émilie Heymans
3 m synchronized springboard 276.907
10 m synchronized platform 327.78Bronze medal icon.svg

Equestrian

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Ashley Holzer Individual Imperioso64.66742Did not advance
Cindy Neale-Ishoy Proton66.58331Did not advance
Leslie Reid Mark66.08335Did not advance
Belinda Trussell Royan II66.00036Did not advance
Ashley Holzer
Cindy Neale-Ishoy
Leslie Reid
Belinda Trussell
See above Team 66.2229

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Hawley Bennett Livingstone Individual 61.204794.80 #156.00 #3212.00168.00 #39Did not advance168.0039
Bruce Mandeville Larissa66.40 #5910.8077.204012.0089.2039Did not advance89.2039
Ian Roberts Mata-Riki70.60 #67137.00 #207.60 #6922.00 #229.60 #60Did not advance229.6060
Garry Roque Waikura63.405145.60109.005815.00 #124.0054Did not advance124.0054
Mike Winter Balista63.205016.8080.00478.0088.0025Did not advance88.0025
Hawley Bennett
Bruce Mandeville
Ian Roberts
Garry Roque
Mike Winter
See above Team 187.801273.20266.201132.00301.2012301.2012

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Ian Millar Promise Me Individual 1157102146 Q103142 Q3022Did not advance

Fencing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Josh McGuire Individual foil Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lau K K  (HKG)
W 15–14
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Vanni  (ITA)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Michel Boulos Individual sabre ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Ferjancsik  (HUN)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Catherine Dunnette Individual épée Flag of Cuba.svg  Gómez  (CUB)
L 9–11
Did not advance
Monique Kavelaars Flag of South Africa.svg  Barlow  (RSA)
W 14–8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li N  (CHN)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay ByeFlag of Greece.svg  Khristou  (GRE)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Catherine Dunnette
Monique Kavelaars
Julie Leprohon
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay
Team épée Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
W 38–37
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
L 18–25
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
L 37–45
4

Gymnastics

Artistic

Prior to 2004, Canada had never won an Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, and hopes for a first seemed to be dashed when the main medal threat, double World Championships bronze medallist Kyle Shewfelt suffered an ankle injury in March. By the Games, though, Shewfelt's injury had healed to the point where it did not adversely affect his performance.

Men
Team
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Grant Golding Team 9.5129.2629.6509.1258.9628.50055.01131Did not advance
Ken Ikeda 8.9008.9378.687
Sasha Jeltkov 9.1757.6008.5628.9008.7879.62552.64945
David Kikuchi 8.8259.4129.5009.6259.075
Kyle Shewfelt 9.737 Q8.1129.687 Q9.212
Adam Wong 9.3259.2379.1129.1379.2629.08755.16029
Total37.74936.81136.82436.88636.63636.999221.90511
Individual finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB
Kyle Shewfelt Floor 9.7879.787Gold medal icon.svg
Vault 9.5999.5994
Women
Team
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Melanie Banville Team 9.2009.0629.0259.36236.64922 QDid not advance
Gael Mackie 9.100
Amelie Plante 9.1129.4758.0759.28735.94938
Heather Mary Purnell 9.2008.7128.5009.28735.81240
Kate Richardson 9.2129.2759.1759.562 Q37.22414 Q
Kylie Stone 9.1378.9758.912
Total36.74936.91235.67537.611146.94710
Individual finals
AthleteEventApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB
Melanie Banville All-around 9.2008.0258.7878.46234.47424
Kate Richardson All-around 9.2628.0879.0379.40035.78618
Floor 9.3129.3127

Trampoline

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Mathieu Turgeon Men's 63.4011Did not advance
Karen Cockburn Women's 65.105 Q39.20Silver medal icon.svg
Heather Ross-McManus 63.806 Q37.406

Judo

Six Canadian judoka (two men and four women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Keith Morgan −90 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Fallah  (IRI)
W 1002–0111
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mesbah  (EGY)
W 0011–0001
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Hwang H-T  (KOR)
L 0000–0200
Did not advanceByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Huizinga  (NED)
L 0000–1012
Did not advance
Nicolas Gill −100 kg Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Monti  (ITA)
L 0001–1003
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carolyne Lepage −48 kg ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Matijass  (GER)
L 0010–0000
Did not advanceFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Ye G-R  (KOR)
L 0000–0011
Did not advance
Marie-Hélène Chisholm −63 kg Flag of Germany.svg  von Harnier  (GER)
W 1000–0001
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Sf  (CHN)
W 0010–0000
Flag of Japan.svg  Tanimoto  (JPN)
L 0000–1000
Did not advanceByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Dhahri  (TUN)
W 1000–0000
Flag of France.svg  Décosse  (FRA)
W 1010–0001
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Žolnir  (SLO)
L 01002–01003
5
Catherine Roberge −70 kg ByeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Howey  (GBR)
W 0010–0001
Flag of Germany.svg  Böhm  (GER)
L 0000–0011
Did not advanceByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qin Dy  (CHN)
L 0000–1001
Did not advance
Amy Cotton −78 kg Flag of Gabon.svg  Engoang  (GAB)
W 1000–0000
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Morico  (ITA)
L 0000–1010
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Two Canadian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event.

AthleteEventShooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
PointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Kara Grant Women's 1692096416–15=128322:43.373296010418109611:01.5751076492822
Monica Pinette 17810107220–1149442:32.6230109216821103211:30.5522960510013

Rowing

Canada's most heralded team going into Athens was its rowers, and there was considerable hope for success by Canadians with expectations of three medals or more. While the Canadians did well, with a number of finals appearances, only one group won medals the men's fours of Cam Baerg, Jake Wetzel, Thomas Herschmiller and Barney Williams won the silver medal in the men's four rowing final, losing to Great Britain by only 0.08 seconds.

Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.

Controversy broke out over the rowing team of Dave Calder and Chris Jarvis who were disqualified from the men's pairs semifinal race for entering another team's lane, and thus failed to qualify for the final. The COC appealed the decision, but it was upheld.

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dave Calder
Chris Jarvis
Pair 6:56.232 SA/BByeDSQDNS
Cameron Baerg
Thomas Herschmiller
Jake Wetzel
Barney Williams
Four 6:28.361 SA/BBye5:50.681 FA6:07.06Silver medal icon.svg
Jon Beare
Iain Brambell
Gavin Hassett
Jon Mandick
Lightweight four 5:51.182 SA/BBye5:57.443 FA6:05.105
Scott Frandsen
Kyle Hamilton
Andrew Hoskins
Adam Kreek
Kevin Light
Jeff Powell
Brian Price (cox)
Ben Rutledge
Joe Stankevicius
Eight 5:20.461 R5:32.511 FA5:51.665
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Buffy Alexander-Williams
Darcy Marquardt
Pair 7:42.362 R7:08.321 FA7:13.334
Mara Jones
Fiona Milne
Lightweight double sculls 6:53.472 R6:54.042 SA/B6:56.644 FB7:26.078
Karen Clark
Jacqui Cook
Anna-Marie de Zwager
Sabrina Kolker
Roslyn McLeod
Andréanne Morin
Sarah Pape (cox)
Romina Stefancic
Pauline van Roessel
Eight 6:12:403 R6:15.185Did not advance7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Canadian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Richard Clarke Finn 101815221915OCS14811213418
Ross MacDonald
Mike Wolfs
Star 711431RDG81482251.2Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Nikola Girke
Jen Provan
470 41317111272196191210313
Deirdre Crampton
Chantal Léger
Lisa Ross
Yngling 1391515121212141521211617
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Bernard Luttmer Laser 15252221273331DNF9323024529
John Curtis
Oskar Johansson
Tornado 141541381214171741311415

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Two Canadian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Cynthia Meyer Trap 5216Did not advance
Double trap 10111Did not advance
Susan Nattrass Trap 615 Q766
Double trap 8815Did not advance

Softball

The Canadian softball team finished the preliminary round with the same record as China, but had lost to China 4-2 in head-to-head play and therefore received 5th place and did not advance to the semifinals while China placed 4th and moved on.

Team Roster
PositionNo.PlayerBirthClub in 2004
IF2 Erin White OCT/27/1977Team Canada
P3 Lauren Bay AUG/09/1981White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
IF4 Sheena Lawrick JUN/22/1983Calgary Double Diamonds Renegades
OF6 Rachel Schill JUN/09/1982Simon Fraser University
OF7 Sasha Olson SEP/23/1976Delta Heat (British Columbia)
IF9 Cindy Eadie SEP/21/1982Markham Tigers
IF10 Kristy Odamura OCT/03/1977Team Canada
IF11 Angela Lichty DEC/30/1979Delta Heat (British Columbia)
P15 Ani Nyhus AUG/18/1983White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
OF17 Alison Bradley APR/27/1979Brampton Blazers (Ontario)
C18 Erin Cumpstone NOV/04/1980Burnaby (British Columbia)
C22 Kim Sarrazin SEP/17/1977Team Canada
P24 Auburn Sigurdson APR/06/1981White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
P27 Kaila Holtz SEP/26/1981Team Canada
OF32 Jackie Lance MAY/09/1974White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
Bench Coaches
Team
Manager
Mike Renney SEP/10/1964
Coach Glenn Boles MAR/24/1951
Coach Patrick Murphy NOV/28/1965
Preliminary round
TeamPldWLRFRAPct
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7704101.000
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 76122140.857
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7431780.571
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 73415200.429
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7346140.429
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 7253130.286
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7256240.286
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 7168240.143
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0000000041
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000200X250
WP: Lauren Bay (1–0)   LP: Wu Chia-Yen (0–1)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0000000034
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0100100230
WP: Sarah Farnworth (1–0)   LP: Kaila Holtz (0–1)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0000040440
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0002000242
WP: Zhang Lixia (1–0)   LP: Lauren Bay (1–1)
Team12345678 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 00000001112
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000000031
WP: Lauren Bay (2–1)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (0-2)
Team12345 R H E
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 00000011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 121217111
WP: Jenny Finch (2–0)   LP: Auburn Sigurdson (0–1)
Home runs:
CAN: None
USA: Crystl Bustos (2), Lisa Fernandez (1)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0100000140
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0000000050
WP: Melanie Roche (3–0)   LP: Lauren Bay (2–2)
Team1234567 R H E
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0000000020
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000100X111
WP: Lauren Bay (3–2)   LP: Susan Bugliarello (0–3)

Swimming

For the first time in decades Canada did not win a single medal in swimming. This led to calls for the resignation of head coach Dave Johnson by a number of former swimmers, most notably Barcelona gold medallist Mark Tewksbury. Swim Canada focused on personal bests rather than medals, but even by that measure Canada fared poorly. This lack of medals also stood in sharp contrast to Canada's sibling dominion Australia which won many medals in swimming, as they did in Sydney. There were a few bright spots, including Rick Say making it to the finals of the 200 m freestyle, considered by many to be the premier event of the 2004 Olympics, and a number of Canadian records were set. Generally though, performances by the swim team were slower than the times they had swum at Canadian Olympic trials 2 weeks before.

Rick Say created a minor controversy after the 4×200-metre freestyle relay immediately in the post-race interview which was aired live on national television, when he said that he was "pissed off at not being able to make up for my teammates' mistakes". The other three team members - Brent Hayden, Brian Johns, and Andrew Hurd - expressed disappointment not in the effort, which broke the Canadian record by over 3.5 seconds, but only in the 5th-place finish which was out of the medals. [7]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Keith Beavers 200 m backstroke 2:00.9713 Q1:59.9812Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:21.4716Did not advance
Mike Brown 200 m breaststroke 2:12.694 Q2:12.146 Q2:11.946
Scott Dickens 100 m breaststroke 1:02.1619Did not advance
Brent Hayden 100 m freestyle DNSDid not advance
200 m freestyle 1:49.5614 Q1:50.0013Did not advance
Andrew Hurd 400 m freestyle 3:50.8113Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:28.7118Did not advance
Brian Johns 200 m individual medley 2:03.9528Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:21.1015Did not advance
Mark Johnston 400 m freestyle 3:54.2722Did not advance
Morgan Knabe 100 m breaststroke 1:02.1318Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:17.2029Did not advance
Mike Mintenko 100 m butterfly 52.9614 Q52.8912Did not advance
Nathaniel O'Brien 200 m backstroke 2:00.4910 Q2:00.1314Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:00.1223Did not advance
Matthew Rose 50 m freestyle 23.0130Did not advance
100 m backstroke 56.6227Did not advance
Rick Say 100 m freestyle DNSDid not advance
200 m freestyle 1:49.3210 Q1:48.168 Q1:47.556
Brent Hayden
Riley Janes
Yannick Lupien
Mike Mintenko
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:18.359Did not advance
Brent Hayden
Andrew Hurd
Brian Johns
Mark Johnston*
Rick Say
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:18.055 Q7:13.335
Mike Brown
Brent Hayden
Riley Janes
Mike Mintenko
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:39.3610Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jennifer Fratesi 200 m backstroke 2:13.006 Q2:12.649Did not advance
Erin Gammel 100 m backstroke 1:02.4717Did not advance
Rhiannon Leier 100 m breaststroke 1:09.389 Q1:09.4612Did not advance
Brittany Reimer 200 m freestyle 2:01.3917Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:12.3316Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:41.5517Did not advance
Lauren van Oosten 100 m breaststroke 1:09.9313 Q1:09.4511Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:30.4414 Q2:30.3913Did not advance
Elizabeth Warden 200 m backstroke 2:15.7718Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:17.1215 Q2:17.3215Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:46.2711Did not advance
Jennifer Fratesi
Erin Gammel
Lauren van Oosten
Brittany Reimer
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:09.8411Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Nine Canadian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Fanny Létourneau
Courtenay Stewart
Duet 47.500646.66795.2515 Q47.83495.3346
Erin Chan
Jessica Chase
Jessika Dubuc
Marie-Pierre Gagné
Fanny Létourneau
Shayna Nackoney
Anouk Renière-Lafrenière
Courtenay Stewart
Team 47.584547.66795.2515

Table tennis

Four Canadian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Wenguan Johnny Huang Men's singles ByeFlag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Karakašević  (SCG)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Wenguan Johnny Huang
Faazil Kassam
Men's doubles Flag of Australia.svg  Brown /
Lavale  (AUS)
W 4–0
Flag of Sweden.svg  Persson /
Waldner  (SWE)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Petra Cada Women's singles Flag of Tunisia.svg  Guenni  (TUN)
W 4–0
Flag of Hungary.svg  Bátorfi  (HUN)
W 4–3
Flag of Singapore.svg  Li Jw  (SIN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Petra Cada
Marie-Christine Roussy
Women's doubles ByeFlag of Greece.svg  Mirou /
Volakaki  (GRE)
W 4–1
Flag of Russia.svg  Ganina /
Palina  (RUS)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

Two Canadian taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ivett Gonda Women's −49 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  Anwar  (EGY)
W 3–2
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Contreras  (VEN)
W 3–2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen S-H  (TPE)
L 2–3
ByeFlag of Thailand.svg  Boorapolchai  (THA)
L −1–2
Did not advance5
Dominique Bosshart Women's +67 kg Flag of France.svg  Baverel  (FRA)
L 5–7
Did not advanceFlag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Castrignano  (ITA)
L 3–6
Did not advance

Tennis

Canadian Tennis Association nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Frédéric Niemeyer Men's singles Flag of the United States.svg  Dent  (USA)
L 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Did not advance
Daniel Nestor
Frédéric Niemeyer
Men's doubles Flag of Slovakia.svg  Beck /
Hrbatý  (SVK)
W 6–2, 7–5
Flag of France.svg  Llodra /
Santoro  (FRA)
L 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Canada had a strong triathlon program, including the defending men's gold medallist Simon Whitfield, who won surprisingly in Sydney. The women's race was something of a disappointment, as top-ranked Canadian Jill Savege, who came out of the water in fifth place, crashed in the bicycle stage and only finished 39th. The two other Canadian women did not fare much better. In the men's triathlon a day later Whitfield finished a respectable 11th.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Brent McMahon Men's 18:300:171:05:080:1935:301:59:44.5739
Simon Whitfield 18:210:201:02:150:2031:591:53:15.8111
Samantha McGlone Women's 21:270:181:11:410:2336:252:10:14.2427
Carol Montgomery 19:520:231:15:110:2639:332:15:25.6235
Jill Savege 18:440:201:19:520:2638:482:18:10.9939

Volleyball

Beach

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
John Child
Mark Heese
Men's Pool E
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Heuscher Kobel  (SUI)
L 0 – 2 (26–28, 18–21)
Flag of the United States.svg  Blanton Nygaard  (USA)
W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–10)
Flag of Australia.svg  Prosser Williams  (AUS)
L 1 – 2 (13–21, 21–15, 12–15)
3 QFlag of Argentina.svg  Baracetti
Conde  (ARG)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–17)
Flag of Spain.svg  Bosma
Herrera  (ESP)
L 1 – 2 (24–22, 19–21, 16–18)
Did not advance
Guylaine Dumont
Annie Martin
Women's Pool D
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Kuhn Schnyder  (SUI)
W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–13)
Flag of the United States.svg  McPeak Youngs  (USA)
L 1 – 2 (13–21, 21–12, 9–15)
Flag of Norway.svg  Glesnes Maaseide  (NOR)
W 2 – 0 (21–19, 29–27)
2 QFlag of Cuba.svg  Fernández
Larrea  (CUB)
W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–19)
Flag of the United States.svg  May
Walsh  (USA)
L 0 – 2 (19–21, 14–21)
Did not advance

Water polo

Canada's women's water polo team fared poorly, despite beating the number one ranked team from the United States during the round robin. Losing the other two games in the preliminary round put Canada in last place in the pool and eliminated the team from medal contention. They would end up finishing seventh.

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Canadian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. [8]

Head coach: Patrick Oaten

NamePos.HeightWeightDate of birth2004 club
1 Whynter Lamarre GK1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)68 kg (150 lb)14 January 1979 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dollard Water Polo Club
2 Rachel Riddell GK1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)66 kg (146 lb)5 September 1984 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pacific Storm Water Polo
3 Marianne Illing D1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)67 kg (148 lb)12 February 1974 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa Titans
4 Susan Gardiner CF1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb)13 April 1980 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pacific Storm Water Polo
5 Andrea Dewar CF1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)66 kg (146 lb)9 July 1979 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dollard Water Polo Club
6 Marie Luc Arpin D1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)68 kg (150 lb)4 July 1978 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sainte-Foy
7 Cora Campbell D1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)62 kg (137 lb)28 May 1974 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary Renegades
8 Melissa Collins D1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)61 kg (134 lb)25 September 1976 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dollard Water Polo Club
9 Ann Dow (C)CB1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)59 kg (130 lb)1 May 1971 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Club Aquatique de Montreal
10 Jana Salat CB1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)67 kg (148 lb)6 April 1979 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sainte-Foy
11 Valérie Dionne D1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)72 kg (159 lb)29 July 1980 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sainte-Foy
12 Christine Robinson CF1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)80 kg (180 lb)17 May 1984 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dollard Water Polo Club
13 Johanne Bégin CF1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)81 kg (179 lb)21 October 1971 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sainte-Foy
Group play
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32012016+44Qualified for the Semifinals
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3201212214Qualified for the Quarterfinals
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3102192012
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3102161822
Source: [ citation needed ]
16 August 2004
16:30
Report [9] Russia  Flag of Russia.svg86Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Erhan Tulga (TUR)
Torsten Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–0, 2–3, 2–1
Konukh 3
Yaina 2
Salimova 1
Smurova 1
Turova 1
Goals Gardiner 2
Arpin 1
Bégin 1
Dow 1
Robinson 1

18 August 2004
10:45
Report [10] United States  Flag of the United States.svg56Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (GRE)
Noel Harrod (AUS)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–0, 3–1, 1–5
Beauregard 1
Dingeldein 1
Lorenz 1
Moody 1
Rulon 1
Goals Bégin 3
Dow 2
Campbell 1

20 August 2004
16:45
Report [11] Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg54Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
R adu Matache (ROU)
Roberto Pentronilli (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 0–1
Stieber 2
Kisteleki 1
Primász 1
Valkay 1
Goals Bégin 1
Dionne 1
Gardiner 1
Salat 1
Classification 7th–8th
22 August 2004
10:45
Report [12] Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg410Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL)
Elizabeth Burman (NZL)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–4, 3–3, 0–1
Koroleva 4Goals Arpin 2
Bégin 2
Campbell 2
Gardiner 2
Dow 1
Illing 1

Weightlifting

Two Canadian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Akos Sandor Men's −105 kg 162.5DNFDNF
Maryse Turcotte Women's −58 kg 90=11120=921011

Wrestling

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Guivi Sissaouri −60 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Umakhanov  (RUS)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Turkey.svg  Odabasi  (TUR)
W 3–1 PP
1 QFlag of Ukraine.svg  Fedoryshyn  (UKR)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advanceFlag of Georgia.svg  Pogosian  (GEO)
L 0–5 VB
6
Evan MacDonald −66 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Spiridonov  (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Barzakov  (BUL)
L 0–4 ST
3Did not advance17
Daniel Igali −74 kg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Aslanov  (AZE)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Abdusalomov  (TJK)
W 3–1 PP
1 QFlag of Cuba.svg  Fundora  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance6
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolClassificationSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lyndsay Belisle −48 kg Flag of Japan.svg  C Icho  (JPN)
L 0–4 ST
Flag of Germany.svg  Wagner  (GER)
L 1–3 PP
3Did not advance11
Tonya Verbeek −55 kg Flag of the United States.svg  O'Donnell  (USA)
W 4–1 SP
Flag of Russia.svg  Smirnova  (RUS)
W 4–1 SP
1 QByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Karlsson  (SWE)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshida  (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
Silver medal icon.svg
Viola Yanik −63 kg Flag of the United States.svg  McMann  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Meng Ll  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
2Flag of Germany.svg  Groß  (GER)
W 3–1 PP
Did not advanceFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Khilko  (BLR)
W 3–1 PP
5
Christine Nordhagen −72 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang X  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Juszczak  (ITA)
W 3–1 PP
2Flag of the United States.svg  Montgomery  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
Did not advanceFlag of Germany.svg  Schätzle  (GER)
W 5–0 VB
5

Media coverage

The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time. Both the French and English CBC and Radio-Canada are covering different events. The cable channels TSN & RDS won the rights to broadcast some parts of the games, mostly team sports that CBC and Radio-Canada decided not to cover. The digital channel CBC Country Canada, only available to a minority of Canadians, covered equestrian events.

National outfits

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. This was the last year for Roots, thereafter HBC was given the contract for official Olympic clothing.

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Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. The country has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 364 athletes, 229 men and 135 women, competed in 27 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after its reunification in 1990. The German Olympic Sports Confederation sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games since its reunification. A total of 441 athletes, 250 men and 191 women, competed in 27 sports, and were nominated by DOSB at four occasions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Russia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Russian Olympic Committee sent a total of 446 athletes to the Games, 244 men and 202 women, to compete in all sports, except baseball, field hockey, football, and softball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belarus at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Belarus competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The Belarus Olympic Committee sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 82 men and 69 women, to compete in 22 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Spain competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to 29, 2004. This nation has competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920. Spain, however, boycotted two editions, the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Spanish Olympic Committee sent the nation's third largest delegation in history to the Games. A total of 317 athletes, 177 men and 140 women, competed in 26 sports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1908 as part of Australasia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee sent a total of 148 athletes, 81 men, and 67 women to the Games to compete in 18 sports, surpassing a single athlete short of the record from Sydney four years earlier. Basketball and field hockey were the only team-based sports in which New Zealand had its representation at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in archery, boxing, and fencing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Czech Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Czech Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest team to the Games since the post-Czechoslovak era. A total of 142 athletes, 80 men and 62 women, competed in 19 sports; the nation's team size was roughly denser from Sydney by one sixth of the athletes. Women's basketball was the only team-based sport in which the Czech Republic had its representation at these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in equestrian, artistic and trampoline gymnastics, judo, and weightlifting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Hungary competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Hungarian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Hungarian Olympic Committee sent a total of 209 athletes to the Games, 119 men and 90 women, to compete in 20 sports. Water polo and handball were the only team-based sports in which Hungary had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling and mountain biking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Serbia and Montenegro competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Previously known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, this was the nation's third and last joint appearance at the Summer Olympics before Serbia and Montenegro became separated independent states in 2006. The Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro sent a total of 85 athletes to the Games, 78 men and 7 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's basketball, football, volleyball, and water polo were the only team-based sports in which Serbia and Montenegro had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, judo, tennis, and wrestling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Croatian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since its debut in 1992. A total of 81 athletes, 66 men and 15 women, competed in 14 sports. Men's water polo, and men's handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Canada, represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900 with the exception of 1980, which were boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Canada sent 332 athletes in 25 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since 1988. Canada did not send a team in handball, volleyball or basketball. Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website. In the statement they named the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as a highlight in sports to which a lot of sportspeople, coaches and the Dutch sports fans would look forward. The Netherlands aimed for a top 10 nations ranking in the Olympics as well as a top 25 ranking in the Paralympics; they ended up ranking 12th at the Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Greece competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. They were represented by the Hellenic Olympic Committee, which announced on July 28, 2008, the 156 Greek athletes to compete in Beijing, composed of 84 men and 72 women, the largest Greek Olympic team ever excluding the home team of the Athens 2004 Olympics. Greece took part in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, beach volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Canada, represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott. Canada sent a total of 281 athletes to the Games to compete in 24 sports. With the initiation of its "Own the Podium" programme, the COC set a goal of finishing in the top 12 for total medals; but the nation came up short of this goal, finishing 13th in the medal standings. Canada matched its total medal count from Beijing 2008, finishing the event with 18 medals: two gold, six silver and 10 bronze.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greece at the 2012 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

Greece competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The Hellenic Olympic Committee sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games in London, 65 men and 38 women, to compete in 19 sports. Men's water polo was the only team event in which Greece was represented at these Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics</span> Sporting event delegation

The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.

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