Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Beijing
Competitors	332 [1] in 25 sports
Flag bearers	Adam van Koeverden (opening) [1] Karen Cockburn (closing)
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 3 Silver 9 Bronze 8 Total 20
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1906 Intercalated Games

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. ^[2] Canada did not send a team in handball, volleyball or basketball. ^[3] 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. ^{[1] [4]}

The COC had set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in total medals; ^[5] at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Canada finished 19th. Despite failing to win a single medal in the first week of the Games, Canada would rebound, winning a combined 18 medals in the next 9 days. This 9-day medal haul exceeded the 12 medals Canada won in Athens four years earlier. The country would wind up finishing 19th in gold medals and 14th in total medals in Beijing. ^[6] Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his ninth Summer Olympics, tying the record set by Hubert Raudaschl. He has been named to ten straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott. ^[7] For the first time, Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. Gold medalists earned $20,000; silver medalists were paid $15,000; and bronze medalists $10,000. A total of $515,000 from the Athlete Excellence Fund was given to the medal winning athletes. ^[8]

Canada was the next host country of an Olympics, with Vancouver hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Carol Huynh	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg
Gold	Andrew Byrnes Kyle Hamilton Malcolm Howard Adam Kreek Kevin Light Brian Price (cox) Ben Rutledge Dominic Seiterle Jake Wetzel	Rowing	Men's eight
Gold	Eric Lamaze	Equestrian	Individual jumping
Silver	David Calder Scott Frandsen	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Silver	Karen Cockburn	Gymnastics	Women's trampoline
Silver	Mac Cone Jill Henselwood Eric Lamaze Ian Millar	Equestrian	Team jumping
Silver	Simon Whitfield	Triathlon	Men's event
Silver	Jason Burnett	Gymnastics	Men's trampoline
Silver	Alexandre Despatie	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Silver	Emilie Heymans	Diving	Women's 10 m platform
Silver	Karine Sergerie	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Silver	Adam van Koeverden	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 m
Bronze	Tonya Verbeek	Wrestling	Women's 55 kg
Bronze	Ryan Cochrane	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze	Tracy Cameron Melanie Kok	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls
Bronze	Iain Brambell Liam Parsons Jon Beare Mike Lewis	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
Bronze	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles
Bronze	Thomas Hall	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 m
Bronze	Dylan Armstrong	Athletics	Men's shot put
Bronze	Christine Girard	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada qualified its men's team by finishing eighth during the 2007 world championships. The individuals later qualified at the Canadian Olympic archery trials. ^[9] It was Canada's first three-man team since the 1992 Summer Olympics. ^[10] Canada also qualified an archer in the women's division after the Netherlands waived its quota for the women's archery competition. ^[11]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John-David Burnes	Men's individual	644	50	Ellison  (USA) (15) L 89–111	Did not advance
Crispin Duenas		664	16	Petersson  (SWE) (49) L 108 (18)–108 (19)	Did not advance
Jason Lyon		646	47	Xue Hf  (CHN) (18) W 111–106	Ellison  (USA) (15) W 107–113	Badenov  (RUS) (31) L 110–115	Did not advance
John-David Burnes Crispin Duenas Jason Lyon	Men's team	1954	11	—		Italy  (ITA) (6) L 217–219	Did not advance
Marie-Pier Beaudet	Women's individual	628	34	Banerjee  (IND) (31) W 109 (5)–109 (4)	Yun O-H  (KOR) (2) L 107–114	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Previous world champion hurdler Perdita Felicien officially announced on July 14 that she would not compete. This followed a foot fracture sustained during a February training session. ^[12] Dylan Armstrong established a new Canadian record in the shot put.

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pierre Browne	100 m	10.22	2 Q	10.36	6	Did not advance
Anson Henry		10.37	4 q	10.33	7	Did not advance
Bryan Barnett	200 m	DNF		Did not advance
Jared Connaughton		20.60	3 Q	20.45	5 q	20.58	7	Did not advance
Tyler Christopher	400 m	45.67	5	—		Did not advance
Gary Reed	800 m	1:46.02	3 Q	—		1:45.85	2 Q	1:44:94	4
Achraf Tadili		1:48.87	6	—		Did not advance
Nathan Brannen	1500 m	3:41.45	2 Q	—		3:39.10	9	Did not advance
Taylor Milne		3:41.56	9	—		Did not advance
Kevin Sullivan	1500 m	3:36.05	5 Q	—		3:40.30	9	Did not advance
	5000 m	14:09.16	11	—				Did not advance
Eric Gillis	10000 m	—						29:08.10	33
Pierre Browne Jared Connaughton Anson Henry Hank Palmer	4 × 100 m relay	38.77	2 Q	—				38.66	6
Tim Berrett	50 km walk	—						4:08:18	38

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Michael Mason	High jump	2.25	19	Did not advance
Scott Russell	Javelin throw	80.42	6 Q	80.90	10
James Steacy	Hammer throw	76.32	11 Q	75.72	10
Dylan Armstrong	Shot put	20.43	5 Q	21.04 NR

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Massimo Bertocchi	Result	11.00	7.05	14.10	1.90	48.72	14.32	44.91	4.70	45.33	4:42.26	7714	18
	Points	861	826	734	714	875	934	765	819	520	666

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adrienne Power	200 m	23.40	5 q	23.51	6	Did not advance
Carline Muir	400 m	51.55	3 Q	—		52.37	7	Did not advance
Megan Metcalfe	5000 m	15:11.23	8 q	—				17:06.82	15
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	100 m hurdles	12.75	2 Q	—		12.68	3 Q	12.64
Angela Whyte		13.11	5	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ruky Abdulai	Long jump	6.41	26	Did not advance
Tabia Charles		6.61	9 q	6.47	10
Nicole Forrester	High jump	1.89	19	Did not advance
Kelsie Hendry	Pole vault	4.30	18	Did not advance
Sultana Frizell	Hammer throw	65.44	33	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jessica Zelinka	Result	12.97	1.77	13.79	23.64	6.12	43.91	129.34	6490	5*
	Points	1129	941	780	1016	887	742	995

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. ^[13] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Zelinka moved up a position.

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada was represented by two singles players and a mixed doubles team.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrew Dabeka	Men's singles	Park S-H  (KOR)  L 11–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Anna Rice	Women's singles	Lee  (USA) W 21–15, 19–21, 21–19	Cicognini  (SUI) W 21–10, 21–13	Lu L  (CHN) L 7–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Mike Beres Valerie Loker	Mixed doubles	—		Prapakamol / Thoungthongkam  (THA) L 9–21, 9–21	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's team Canada qualified its men's baseball team for the Olympics by winning the final Olympic Baseball qualification tournament with a 6–1 record. ^[14] Canada went 2–5 in the tournament, but all five losses came by one run, including one in extra innings.

Adam Stern

• James Avery – P (replacement for Scott Richmond) ^[15]
• Chris Begg – P (RH)
• T. J. Burton – P (RH)
• Stubby Clapp – 2B
• Rhéal Cormier – P (LH)
• David Corrente – C
• David Davidson – P (LH)
• Emerson Frostad – 1B/C
• Emmanuel Garcia – SS
• Steve Green – P (RH)
• Mike Johnson – P (RH)
• Brett Lawrie – C/INF/OF
• Jonathan Lockwood – P (RH)
• Brooks McNiven – P (RH)
• Ryan Radmanovich – OF
• Chris Reitsma – P (RH)
• Chris Robinson – C
• Matt Rogelstad – INF
• Michael Saunders – OF
• Adam Stern – OF
• Scott Thorman – 1B
• Jimmy Van Ostrand – 1B/OF
• Nick Weglarz – OF

^[16]

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
Canada	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0–1

Round Robin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	4	-	10	10	0
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	8	2
WP: Chris Begg (1–0)   LP: Tao Bu (0–1) Home runs: CAN: Scott Thorman (1), Michael Saunders (1) CHN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	6	9	2
Cuba	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	7	5	2
WP: Vicyohandri Odelín (1–0)   LP: Jonathan Lockwood (0–1)   Sv: Norberto González (1) Home runs: CAN: Michael Saunders (2), Nick Weglarz 2 (2) CUB: Alexander Malleta (1), Alfredo Despaigne (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
South Korea	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1–0)   LP: Mike Johnson (0–1) Home runs: KOR: Keun-Woo Jeong (1) CAN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
United States	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	5	9	1
WP: Brian Duensing (1–0)   LP: Chris Reitsma (0–1) Home runs: CAN: None USA: Brian Barden (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0)   LP: Chris Begg (0–1)   Sv: Koji Uehara (1) Home runs: JPN: Atsunori Inaba (1) CAN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
WP: Brooks McNiven (1–0)   LP: Shairon Martis (0–2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	10	2
Canada	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	3
WP: Fu-Te Ni (1–2)   LP: Chris Reitsma (0–2)   Sv: Chih-Chia Chang (1) Home runs: TPE: Che-Hsuan Lin (1), Chih-Sheng Lin (1) CAN: Stubby Clapp (1)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Twelve years after qualifying boxers in 11 of 12 events in 1996, Canada only sent one boxer to Beijing. Adam Trupish qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2007 AIBA World championships. ^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adam Trupish	Welterweight	Sarsekbayev  (KAZ) L 1–20	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Canada had a three-person slalom team in Beijing. ^[18]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
James Cartwright	Men's C-1	93.83	12	90.80	13	184.63	13	Did not advance
David Ford	Men's K-1	85.35	6	89.49	17	174.84	13 Q	88.46	6 Q	89.89	5	178.35	6
Sarah Boudens	Women's K-1	158.99	18	109.68	15	268.67	19	Did not advance

Sprint

For the first time ever, Canada had participants in all twelve sprint races. ^[19]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Hall	C-1 1000 m	4:05.198	4 QS	3:58.820	1 Q	3:53.653
Mark Oldershaw	C-1 500 m	1:48.817	2 QS	1:52.649	4	Did not advance
Adam van Koeverden	K-1 500 m	1:35.557	1 QS	1:42.438	1 Q	1:37.630
	K-1 1000 m	3:29.622	1 QF	Bye		3:31.793	8
Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny Andrew Russell	C-2 500 m	1:43.189	5 QS	1:42.921	3 Q	1:42.450	5
	C-2 1000 m	3:43.491	3 QF	Bye		3:41.165	6
Ryan Cuthbert Steve Jorens	K-2 1000 m	3:29.037	7 QS	3:26.635	5	Did not advance
Richard Dober Jr. Andrew Willows	K-2 500 m	1:30.324	4 QS	1:31.232	1 Q	1:30.857	6
Rhys Hill Angus Mortimer Christopher Pellini Brady Reardon	K-4 1000 m	3:06.811	5 QS	3:02.572	3 Q	3:01.630	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Furneaux	K-1 500 m	1:54.065	7 QS	1:55.145	7	Did not advance
Mylanie Barre Kristin Gauthier	K-2 500 m	1:46.129	4 QS	1:47.510	9	Did not advance
Genevieve Beauchesne-Sevigny Émilie Fournel Karen Furneaux Kristin Gauthier	K-4 500 m	1:39.366	5 QS	1:38.224	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Canada qualified three athletes for the men's road race and the right to send a cyclist to the time trial event. To be eligible to compete in the men's time trial, an athlete must have also competed in the road race or in a track, mountain bike or BMX event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michael Barry	Road race	6:24:05	9
Ryder Hesjedal	Road race	6:34:26	56
	Time trial	1:05:42	16
Svein Tuft	Road race	6:34:26	59
	Time trial	1:04:39	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leigh Hobson	Road race	3:32:52	17
Erinne Willock		3:33:23	37
Alex Wrubleski	Road race	3:39:36	50
	Time trial	39:15.42	24

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Zachary Bell	Men's points race	27	1	7
Gina Grain	Women's points race	6	0	9
Zachary Bell Martin Gilbert	Men's madison	5	–3	12

Mountain biking

Canada qualified its riders via the UCI ranking by nations.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Geoff Kabush	Men's cross-country	2:03:55	20
Seamus McGrath		LAP (3 laps)	44
Catharine Pendrel	Women's cross-country	1:46:37	4
Marie-Hélène Prémont		Did not finish

BMX

Canada qualified a female entry for the event, which was contested at the Olympics for the first time, via the UCI Nations ranking and a male entry via the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships. ^[20]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Scott Erwood	Men's BMX	37.050	26	19	8	Did not advance
Samantha Cools	Women's BMX	39.137	13	—		14	4 Q	DNF	7

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Ten Canadian athletes qualified for the Olympics, and competed in six of the eight diving events. Spots were allocated at the Olympic Trials, held in Victoria, B.C., June 20 to June 22. ^[21]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexandre Despatie	3 m springboard	453.60	9 Q	518.75	2 Q	536.65
Reuben Ross		446.15	13 Q	395.85	18	Did not advance
Riley McCormick	10 m platform	425.95	14 Q	391.35	16	Did not advance
Reuben Ross		425.60	15 Q	390.75	17	Did not advance
Alexandre Despatie Arturo Miranda	3 m synchronized springboard	—				409.29	5

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Abel	3 m springboard	300.75	10 Q	296.10	13	Did not advance
Blythe Hartley		350.60	3 Q	324.60	10 Q	374.60	4
Émilie Heymans	10 m platform	403.85	3 Q	374.10	4 Q	437.05
Marie-Ève Marleau		296.50	17 Q	335.25	7 Q	332.10	7
Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion	10 m synchronized platform	—				305.91	7

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jacqueline Brooks	Gran Gesto	Individual	63.750	29	Did not advance
Ashley Holzer	Pop Art		67.042	19 Q	68.760	15 Q	71.450	12	70.105	14
Leslie Reid	Orion		59.750	44	Did not advance
Jacqueline Brooks Ashley Holzer Leslie Reid	See above	Team	63.514	10	—				63.514	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Kyle Carter	Madison Park	Individual	63.50 #	61	18.40	81.90	32	14.00	95.90	36	Did not advance			95.90	35
Sandra Donnelly	Buenos Aires		60.20 #	58	24.00	84.20	34	8.00	92.20	31	Did not advance			92.20	30
Selena O'Hanlon	Colombo		44.10	20	76.80	120.90	51	12.00	132.90	46	Did not advance			132.90	45
Samantha Taylor	Livewire		70.70	66	69.60	180.30	60	8.00	188.30	56	Did not advance			188.30	55
Michael Winter	King Pin		48.90	28	76.80	125.70	53	20.00	145.70	52	Did not advance			145.70	51
Kyle Carter Sandra Donnelly Selena O'Hanlon Samantha Taylor Michael Winter	See above	Team	153.20	9	133.80	287.00	9	34.00	321.00	9	—			321.00	9

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Gold-medal winners Eric Lamaze and Hickstead at the 2008 Olympics

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Mac Cone	Ole	Individual	0	=1	12	12	=30	Withdrew
Jill Henselwood	Special Ed		1	=14	18	19	=44 Q	0	19	26 Q	4	=11	Did not finish
Eric Lamaze	Hickstead		0	=1	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=2 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1	0
Ian Millar	In Style		4	=30	4	8	=16 Q	0	8	=8 Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	=23
Mac Cone Jill Henselwood Eric Lamaze Ian Millar	See above	Team	—								16	=4 Q	4	20	=1 JO	24

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada qualified all of its current quota places via the world ranking (Pan-Am zone). Philippe Beaudry qualified for the Sabre individual event at the last chance continental qualifier held in Querétaro, Mexico. ^[22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Igor Tikhomirov	Individual épée	Bye	Khvorost  (UKR) W 15–11	Jeannet  (FRA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Josh McGuire	Individual foil	—	Or  (ISR) W 11–10	Sanzo  (ITA) L 3–15	Did not advance
Philippe Beaudry	Individual sabre	Fathy  (EGY) W 15–8	Montano  (ITA) L 4–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sherraine Schalm	Individual épée	—	Bye	Mincza-Nébald  (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Jujie Luan	Individual foil	Boubakri  (TUN) W 13–9	Mohamed  (HUN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Julie Cloutier	Individual sabre	Bujdoso  (GER) L 2–15	Did not advance
Olga Ovtchinnikova		Bye	Lee S-M  (KOR) W 15–13	Besbes  (TUN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Sandra Sassine		Wood  (RSA) W 15–2	Zagunis  (USA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Julie Cloutier Olga Ovtchinnikova Wendy Saschenbrecker Sandra Sassine	Team sabre	—			France  (FRA) L 22–45	Classification semi-final   Poland  (POL) L 44–45	7th place final   South Africa  (RSA) W 45–16	7

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada's men's team qualified for Beijing by defeating Argentina 2–2 (5–4 on penalties) in the final of the 2007 Pan-American games.

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Canadian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[23]

Head Coach: Louis Mendonca

2. Mike Mahood (GK)
3. Anthony Wright
4. Scott Tupper
6. Marian Schole
9. Ken Pereira
10. Wayne Fernandes
11. Peter Short
13. Rob Short (c)
16. Scott Sandison
17. Connor Grimes
18. Paul Wettlaufer
19. Mark Pearson
20. Ranjeev Deol
21. Ravinder Kahlon
23. Bindi Kullar
24. Gabbar Singh

Reserve:

8. Philip Wright
30. David Carter (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	2	0	24	7	+17	11
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	8	Fifth place game
4	Pakistan	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6	Seventh place game
5	Canada	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7	4	Ninth place game
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH

11 August 2008 18:30 Australia   6–1   Canada Abbott  15', 16', 54' Kavanagh  22' Ockenden  48' Schubert  57' Report P. Short  38' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Chen Dekang (CHN)

13 August 2008 18:00 Canada   1–3   Pakistan Kullar  35' Report Imran  39' Rasool  39' Waqas  57' Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) David Leiper (GBR)

15 August 2008 10:30 Netherlands   4–2   Canada Taekema  4', 8', 33' Weusthof  49' Report Deol  12' Kahlon  64' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Chen Dekang (CHN)

17 August 2008 08:30 Great Britain   1–1   Canada Daly  67' Report Pereira  47' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

19 August 2008 18:00 Canada   5–3   South Africa R. Short  15' Fernandes  31', 46' Grimes  38', 70' Report Smith  4', 51' Tsolekile  28' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Satinder Kumar (IND)

Classification match for 9th/10th place

21 August 2008 08:30 Belgium   3–0   Canada Dekeyser  2', 70' Dohmen  23' Report Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Xavier Adell (ESP)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada's national women's team qualified by finishing in the top two at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. ^[24]

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Even Pellerud

Canada named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament. ^{[25] [26] [27]} Prior to the tournament, Amber Allen withdrew injured and was replaced on 3 August 2008 by Jodi-Ann Robinson, who was initially selected as an alternate player. Chelsea Stewart subsequently filled the vacant alternate spot. ^[28]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Karina LeBlanc	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 28)	62	0	New Jersey Wildcats
2	4 FW	Jodi-Ann Robinson	(1989-04-17)17 April 1989 (aged 19)	27	4	Vancouver Whitecaps
3	2 DF	Emily Zurrer	(1987-07-12)12 July 1987 (aged 21)	8	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
4	3 MF	Clare Rustad	(1983-04-27)27 April 1983 (aged 25)	39	1	University of Washington
5	2 DF	Robyn Gayle	(1985-10-31)31 October 1985 (aged 22)	23	0	Ottawa Fury
6	3 MF	Sophie Schmidt	(1988-06-28)28 June 1988 (aged 20)	38	3	Vancouver Whitecaps
7	3 MF	Rhian Wilkinson	(1982-05-12)12 May 1982 (aged 26)	62	7	Ottawa Fury
8	3 MF	Diana Matheson	(1984-04-06)6 April 1984 (aged 24)	81	4	Ottawa Fury
9	2 DF	Candace Chapman	(1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 25)	57	4	Vancouver Whitecaps
10	2 DF	Martina Franko	(1976-01-13)13 January 1976 (aged 32)	46	5	Vancouver Whitecaps
11	2 DF	Randee Hermus	(1979-11-14)14 November 1979 (aged 28)	110	11	Vancouver Whitecaps
12	4 FW	Christine Sinclair (captain)	(1983-06-12)12 June 1983 (aged 25)	120	92	Vancouver Whitecaps
13	3 MF	Amy Walsh	(1977-09-13)13 September 1977 (aged 30)	94	5	Laval Comets
14	4 FW	Melissa Tancredi	(1981-12-27)27 December 1981 (aged 26)	33	6	Atlanta Silverbacks
15	4 FW	Kara Lang	(1986-10-22)22 October 1986 (aged 21)	80	31	UCLA
16	4 FW	Jonelle Filigno	(1990-09-24)24 September 1990 (aged 17)	15	1	Rutgers University
17	3 MF	Brittany Timko	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 22)	86	2	Vancouver Whitecaps
18	1 GK	Erin McLeod	(1983-02-26)26 February 1983 (aged 25)	35	0	Vancouver Whitecaps

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^[29]

6 August 2008

17:00

Argentina	1–2	Canada
Manicler 85'	Report	Chapman 27' Lang 72'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 23,201

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

9 August 2008

19:45

Canada	1–1	China
Sinclair 34'	Report	Xu Yuan 36'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 52,600

Referee: Dagmar Damková (Czech Republic)

12 August 2008

19:45

Sweden	2–1	Canada
Schelin 19', 51'	Report	Tancredi 63'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 51,112

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Quarterfinal

15 August 2008

18:00

United States	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Canada
Hucles 12' Kai 101'	Report	Sinclair 30'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 26,129

Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Canada has qualified a six-man team and two women for Beijing. ^{[30] [31]}

Men

No Canadian man made an apparatus final, with Kyle Shewfelt finishing ninth on vault and eleventh on floor exercise in the qualifying round. The Canadian team similarly failed to advance to the final, finishing ninth and missing out by less than four-tenths of a point. Two Canadian men, Adam Wong and Nathan Gafuik, did advance to the all-around final. Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls were the reserves for the men's team.

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Nathan Gafuik	Team	15.225	13.800	14.250	16.175	15.450	14.825	89.725	20 Q	Did not advance
Grant Golding		14.850	15.125	15.275	—	15.450	—
David Kikuchi		—	14.175	15.200	15.575	15.150	14.200	—
Brandon O'Neill		3.450	12.475	—	15.150	14.900	—
Kyle Shewfelt		15.525	—	13.925	16.350	—	14.250	—
Adam Wong		14.900	14.375	14.500	15.650	15.125	14.575	89.125	24 Q
Total		60.500	56.475	59.225	63.750	61.175	57.850	358.975	9

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Nathan Gafuik	All-around	15.325	13.475	14.375	16.175	15.275	15.000	89.625	17
Adam Wong		14.325	14.550	15.050	15.700	15.350	14.825	89.800	15

Women

Finishing in fourteenth place at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships (Only the top 12 teams qualified), Canada failed to qualify a full women's team to the Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Nansy Damianova	All-around	14.100	14.700	13.650	14.250	56.700	38	Did not advance
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs		13.875	14.675	14.975	15.125	58.650	19 Q	14.925	14.875	15.425	14.150	58.375	16

Rhythmic

If Brazil had withdrawn from the group all-around competition, they would have been replaced by Canada. ^{[32] [33]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Alexandra Orlando	Individual	15.675	16.550	16.175	15.225	63.625	18	Did not advance

Trampoline

The Canadian Trampoline team: Rosannagh MacLennan, silver medalist Jason Burnett and silver medalist Karen Cockburn

Three trampolinists competed for Canada in Beijing. ^{[31] [34]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jason Burnett	Men's	69.70	7 Q	40.70
Karen Cockburn	Women's	66.00	3 Q	37.00
Rosannagh MacLennan		65.60	4 Q	35.50	7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Four men and one woman will represent Canada in Judo. ^[35]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Frazer Will	−60 kg	Bye	Houkes  (NED) L 0001–0011	Did not advance			Alexanidis  (GRE) W 1001–0010	Guédez  (VEN) W 1000–0000	Sobirov  (UZB) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Sasha Mehmedovic	−66 kg	Bye	Ibáñez  (ECU) W 0011–0001	Darbelet  (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance		Rguig  (MAR) W 0201–0000	Gadanov  (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Nicholas Tritton	−73 kg	—	Pina  (POR) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Keith Morgan	−100 kg	—	Diek  (DOM) W 1001–0000	Brata  (ROU) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marylise Levesque	−78 kg	Bye	Grant  (AUS) W 1000–0000	Yang Xl  (CHN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Bye	Lkhamdegd  (MGL) L 0110–0110	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Josh Riker-Fox and Monica Pinette qualified for Beijing by respectively finishing third and second at the 2007 Pan-American Games and Kara Grant qualified via the world rankings. ^{[36] [37]}

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Josh Riker-Fox	Men's	171	32	988	15–20	24	760	2:11.54	32	1224	108	8	1092	9:33.46	18	1108	5172	24
Kara Grant	Women's	178	16	1072	15–20	=24	760	2:45.26	36	940	140	25	1060	10:44.45	16	1144	4976	31
Monica Pinette		187	2	1180	11–24	33	664	2:29.95	34	1124	56	14	1144	11:00.45	23	1080	5192	27

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada sent eight boats to Beijing in rowing, of which four (half of the quota) finished with medals. ^{[38] [39]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dave Calder Scott Frandsen	Pair	6:54.88	3 SA/B	Bye		6:34.02	1 FA	6:39.55
John Sasi Douglas Vandor Cameron Sylvester	Lightweight double sculls	6:17.58	2 SA/B	Bye		6:49.28	6 FB	6:40.80	12
Jon Beare Iain Brambell Mike Lewis Liam Parsons	Lightweight four	5:52.13	2 SA/B	Bye		6:07.86	2 FA	5:50.09
Andrew Byrnes Kyle Hamilton Malcolm Howard Adam Kreek Kevin Light Brian Price (cox) Ben Rutledge Dominic Sieterle Jake Wetzel	Eight	5:27:69	1 FA	Bye		—		5:23.89

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoe Hoskins Sabrina Kolker	Pair	BUW	5 R	7:40.22	4 FB	—		7:37.27	9
Tracy Cameron Melanie Kok	Lightweight double sculls	6:54.07	2 SA/B	Bye		7:10.70	1 FA	6:56.68
Rachelle de Jong Anna-Marie de Zwager Krista Guloien Janine Hanson	Quadruple sculls	6:23.27	3 R	6:46.60	5 FB	—		6:28.78	8
Sarah Bonikowsky Ashley Brzozowicz Heather Mandoli Darcy Marquardt Andréanne Morin Jane Rumball Romina Stefancic Lesley Thompson-Willie (cox) Buffy-Lynne Williams	Eight	6:12:68	3 R	6:10.50	1 FA	—		6:08.04	4

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Cascais, Portugal, except for the quota in the Tornado class, which was earned at the 2008 Tornado World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. ^[40]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Zac Plavsic	RS:X	23	25	22	21	30	12	26	12	29	11	EL	211	23
Mike Leigh	Laser	13	23	26	5	4	3	28	2	19	CAN	14	137	9
Oliver Bone Stephane Locas	470	25	26	30	20	23	22	30	18	26	16	EL	235	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nikola Girke	RS:X	11	14	13	14	12	15	13	DNF	18	15	EL	153	17
Lisa Ross	Laser Radial	16	23	13	11	7	9	29	25	7	CAN	EL	140	17
Katie Abbott Martha Henderson Jennifer Provan	Yngling	5	4	10	15	9	12	11	15	CAN	CAN	EL	81	13

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Chris Cook	Finn	8	3	7	10	23	5	15	3	CAN	CAN	—					16	90	5
Gordon Cook Ben Remocker	49er	13	12	13	10	7	6	16	16	10	18	15	16	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	152	14
Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle	Tornado	8	3	9	9	1	15	11	12	2	2	—					4	76	4

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Canada in Beijing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giuseppe di Salvatore	Trap	112	26	Did not advance
	Double trap	109	19	Did not advance
Johannes Sauer	50 m rifle prone	587	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Avianna Chao	10 m air pistol	370	39	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	558	41	Did not advance
Susan Nattrass	Trap	63	11	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's Softball

• Lauren Bay Regula
• Alison Bradley
• Erin Cumpstone
• Danielle Lawrie
• Sheena Lawrick
• Caitlin Lever
• Robin Mackin
• Noemie Marin
• Melanie Matthews
• Erin McLean
• Dione Meier
• Kaleigh Rafter
• Jennifer Salling
• Megan Timpf
• Jennifer Yee

Results

Round Robin
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Rank	Team	W	L	RF	RA	WIN%	GB
4	Canada	3	4	17	23	.429	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
Canada	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	11	0
WP: Lauren Bay Regula(1–0)   LP: Chia-Yen Wu(0–1) Home runs: TPE: Chia-Ching Ll(1) CAN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	3	4	1	1	X	9	11	1
Netherlands	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	2	3	1
WP: Danielle Lawrie(1–0)   LP: Kristi de Varies(0–2) Home runs: CAN: Kayleigh Rafter(1), Melanie Matthews(1) NED: Sandra Gouverneur(1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
United States	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	6	1
WP: Cat Osterman(2–0)   LP: Dione Meier(0–1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
WP: Lauren Bay Regula(2–0)   LP: Wei Lu(1–1) Home runs: CHN: None CAN: Jennifer Yee(1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
WP: Mariangee Bogado(2–1)   LP: Danielle Lawrie(1–1) Home runs: VEN: Yuruby Alicart(1) CAN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WP: Tanya Harding(2–1)   LP: Lauren Bay Regula(2–1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Japan	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	9	0
WP: Yukiko Ueno (3–0)   LP: Lauren Bay Regula (2–2)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The places in Canada's Olympic swim team were allocated at the 2008 CN Olympic Trials. ^[41]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joe Bartoch	100 m butterfly	52.90	34	Did not advance
Keith Beavers	200 m backstroke	1:58.84	15 Q	1:58.50	12	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:59.19	8 Q	1:59.43	8 Q	1:59.43	7
	400 m individual medley	4:12.75	9	—		Did not advance
Mathieu Bois	100 m breaststroke	1:01.45	28	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.87	29	Did not advance
Mike Brown	100 m breaststroke	1:00.98	20	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.84 NR	5 Q	2:08.84 NR	2 Q	2:09.03	4
Ryan Cochrane	400 m freestyle	3:44.85 NR	9	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:40.84 AM	2 Q	—		14:42.69
Joel Greenshields	100 m freestyle	49.04	23	Did not advance
Brent Hayden	100 m freestyle	47.84	3 Q	48.20	11	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:46.40	3 Q	Withdrew
Richard Hortness	50 m freestyle	22.42	27	Did not advance
Brian Johns	200 m individual medley	2:00.66	18	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:11.41 NR	7 Q	—		4:13.38	7
Tobias Oriwol	200 m backstroke	1:58.84	16 Q	1:59.50	15	Did not advance
Colin Russell	200 m freestyle	1:46.58	5 Q	1:48.13	14	Did not advance
Adam Sioui	100 m butterfly	53.38	39	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:57.45	25	Did not advance
Jake Tapp	100 m backstroke	55.54	31	Did not advance
Joel Greenshields Brent Hayden Richard Hortness Colin Russell Rick Say	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.68 NR	7 Q	—		3:12.26 NR	6
Brent Hayden Andrew Hurd Brian Johns Colin Russell Rick Say Adam Sioui	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:08.04 NR	5 Q	—		7:05.77 NR	5
Joe Bartoch Mike Brown Brent Hayden Jake Tapp	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.56	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stephanie Horner	200 m freestyle	1:58.35	17	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:07.45	11	—		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:10.33	20	Did not advance
Tanya Hunks	800 m freestyle	8:38.05	23	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:40.63	20	—		Did not advance
Savannah King	400 m freestyle	4:11.49	19	—		Did not advance
Alexa Komarnycky	400 m individual medley	4:46.98	29	—		Did not advance
Audrey Lacroix	100 m butterfly	59.10	28	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.54	12 Q	2:09.74	13	Did not advance
Erica Morningstar	100 m freestyle	54.66	15 Q	55.36	15	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.11	19	Did not advance
Annamay Pierse	100 m breaststroke	1:08.25	13 Q	1:08.27	10	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.01	7 Q	2:23.94	5 Q	2:23.77 NR	6
Victoria Poon	50 m freestyle	25.58	30	Did not advance
Geneviève Saumur	200 m freestyle	3:00.49	25	Did not advance
Lindsay Seemann	200 m backstroke	2:15.07	30	Did not advance
Jillian Tyler	100 m breaststroke	1:08.13 NR	10 Q	1:09.00	13	Did not advance
Julia Wilkinson	100 m freestyle	54.70	16 Q	Withdrew
	100 m backstroke	1:00.38	10 Q	1:00.60	12	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.26 NR	13 Q	2:12.03 NR	5 Q	2:12.43	7
Jennifer Beckberger Audrey Lacroix Erica Morningstar Geneviève Saumur Julia Wilkinson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.82 NR	7 Q	—		3:38.32 NR	8
Stephanie Horner Erica Morningstar Kevyn Peterson Geneviève Saumur Julia Wilkinson	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:56.26 NR	10	—		Did not advance
Audrey Lacroix Erica Morningstar Annamay Pierse Julia Wilkinson	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.13	8 Q	—		4:01.35	7

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada qualified for both events by finishing third in the team event at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament. ^[42]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Isabelle Rampling	Duet	47.417	6	47.333	94.750	6 Q	47.667	95.084	6
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Jessika Dubuc Marie-Pierre Gagné Dominika Kopcik Eve Lamoureux Tracy Little Élise Marcotte Isabelle Rampling Jennifer Song	Team	47.584	=5	—			48.084	96.167	4

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada sent five table tennis players to Beijing.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pradeeban Peter-Paul	Men's singles	Tsuboi  (BRA) L 3–4	Did not advance
Zhang Peng		St. Louis  (TRI) W 4–0	Kishikawa  (JPN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Judy Long	Women's singles	Ramos  (VEN)  L 1–4	Did not advance
Zhang Mo		Medina  (COL)  W 4–0	Kostromina  (BLR) L 0–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pradeeban Peter-Paul Shen Qiang Zhang Peng	Men's team	Group B   Germany  (GER) L 0 – 3   Croatia  (CRO) L 0 – 3   Singapore  (SIN) L 0 – 3	4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada's Sébastien Michaud and Ivett Gonda qualified Canada in the men's −80 kg and the women's −49 kg by respectively finishing first and third at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Manchester, United Kingdom. World champion Karine Sergerie secured an additional berth for Canada, this time in the women's −67 kg, by finishing second at the Pan American Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. In Beijing 2008, Sergerie made Silver after advancing to the finals opposite to Kyungseon of Korea who secured the gold.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sébastien Michaud	Men's −80 kg	Román  (PUR) W 2–1	Ahmadov  (AZE) L 0–0 SUP	Did not advance
Ivett Gonda	Women's −49 kg	Zajc  (SWE) L 0–2	Did not advance
Karine Sergerie	Women's −67 kg	Morgan  (AUS) W 0–0 SUP	Sánchez  (ARG) W 3–0	Ocasio  (PUR) W 3–0	Bye		Hwang K-S  (KOR) L 1–2

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada was represented by three men in tennis.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frank Dancevic	Men's singles	Wawrinka  (SUI) L 4–6, 6–3, 2–6	Did not advance
Frédéric Niemeyer		Cañas  (ARG) L 3–6, 2–4r	Did not advance
Daniel Nestor Frédéric Niemeyer	Men's doubles	—		A Murray / J Murray  (GBR) L 4–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada is one of five nations sending a full complement of six triathletes to Beijing. ^{[43] [44]}

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Colin Jenkins	Men's	18:12	0:29	58:59	0:31	38:39	1:56:50.85	50
Paul Tichelaar		18:24	0:27	58:51	0:30	33:34	1:51:46.81	28
Simon Whitfield		18:18	0:27	58:56	0:29	30:48	1:48:58.47
Lauren Groves	Women's	20:05	Did not finish
Carolyn Murray		20:55	0:29	1:05:28	0:33	37:31	2:04:56.32	29
Kathy Tremblay		19:52	0:28	1:04:24	0:35	40:04	2:05:23.49	31

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Canada's men's team qualified by reaching the semifinal at the FINA men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament, beating host Romania 9–8. ^[45] The team finished in 11th place.

Roster

The following is the Canadian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[46]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Robin Randall	GK	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	1 May 1980	Regina Squids
2	Con Kudaba	CB	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	17 May 1987	Fraser Valley
3	Devon Diggle	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	15 June 1988	DDO Montreal
4	Kevin Mitchell	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	21 June 1981	Fraser Valley
5	Justin Boyd	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	23 April 1989	DDO Montreal
6	Thomas Marks	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	2 June 1980	Vancouver Vikings
7	Brandon Jung	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	28 April 1986	Storm Vancouver
8	Kevin Graham	D	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	21 April 1986	Regina Squids
9	Aaron Feltham	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	16 April 1982	Lindsay
10	Sasa Palamarevic	CF	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	16 July 1986	Hull
11	Jean Sayegh	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	18 June 1981	Les Hydres de Quebec
12	Nathaniel Miller	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	21 September 1979	DDO Montreal
13	Nic Youngblud	GK	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	16 January 1981	Hamilton Aquatic

Head coach: Dragan Jovanović

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9	Qualified for the semifinals
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5	Will play for places 7–10
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2	Will play for places 7–12
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 9:30	Report	Spain	16–6	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 4–2, 3–1, 4–1
		Molina  3, X. García  3, Piralkov  2, Vallès  2, F. Perrone  2	Goals	Feltham  2

12 August 2008 9:30	Report	Canada	0–12	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Knights (NZL), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–4, 0–4, 0–1
		-	Goals	Vukčević  2, M. Janović  2, Gojković  2

14 August 2008 15:20	Report	Australia	8–5	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Bock (GER), Klopper (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 3–1, 1–0
		Figlioli  3, Franklin  2	Goals	Feltham  2

16 August 2008 10:50	Report	Canada	7–13	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Hart (AUS), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 4–5, 2–1, 0–1
		Graham  3, Feltham  3	Goals	Ntoskas  4, Theodoropoulos  3

18 August 2008 10:50	Report	Hungary	12–3	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–0, 1–2, 5–0
		Madaras  2, Kásás  2, Biros  2, Molnár  2	Goals	Graham  2

Classification round (7th–12th place)

20 August 2008 09:30	Report	Canada	11–13	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 3–3, 4–4
		Graham  4, Miller  2	Goals	Sottani  3, Gallo  2, Felugo  2, Calcaterra  2

Classification round (11th–12th place)

22 August 2008 09:30	Report	Canada	8–7	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Koryzna (POL), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 1–2, 3–3
		Boyd  2, Sayegh  2	Goals	Yu  2, Han  2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada qualified three female Weightlifters by finishing fourteenth in the combined country ranking of the 2006 and 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. ^[47] Canada then qualified two men's weightlifters by finishing second among non-qualified teams at the 2008 Pan American Championships held in Callao, Peru. ^[48]

Christine Girard, who competed in the women's 63 kg category initially finished in fourth place. However, her performance was elevated to third place after the disqualification of the second place athlete from Kazakhstan, following the re-tests of the urine samples conducted by the IOC in 2016. ^[49]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jasvir Singh	Men's −62 kg	115	16	151	12	266	12
Francis Luna-Grenier	Men's −69 kg	131	21	162	17	293	17
Marilou Dozois-Prevost	Women's −48 kg	76	10	90	10	166	10
Christine Girard	Women's −63 kg	102	6	126	5	228
Jeane Lassen	Women's −75 kg	105	10	135	5	240	8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Seven athletes qualified at the 2008 Pan-American Wrestling Championships while Travis Cross and Carol Huynh qualified by finishing in the top 8 at the 2007 Wrestling World Championships and David Zilberman qualified at the first freestyle qualification tournament. ^[50]

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Saeed Azarbayjani	−60 kg	Bye	Berberyan  (ARM) W 3–0 PO	Mohammadi  (IRI) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				10
Haislan Garcia	−66 kg	Bye	Taghavi  (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					16
Matt Gentry	−74 kg	Bye	Bentinidis  (GRE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					18
Travis Cross	−84 kg	Bye	Balcı  (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					15
David Zilberman	−96 kg	Bye	Kurbanov  (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ari Taub	−120 kg	Bye	Deák-Bárdos  (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					16

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carol Huynh	−48 kg	Bye	Stadnik  (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Kim H-J  (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Bakatyuk  (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Bye		C Icho  (JPN) W 3–1 PP
Tonya Verbeek	−55 kg	—	Naidangiin  (MGL) W 3–0 PO	Cristea  (MDA) W 3–1 PP	Yoshida  (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Nerell  (SWE) W 3–0 PO
Martine Dugrenier	−63 kg	Bye	Sastin  (HUN) W 3–0 PO	Xu Hy  (CHN) W 3–1 PP	K Icho  (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Miller  (USA) L 1–3 PP	5
Ohenewa Akuffo	−72 kg	—	Zlateva  (BUL) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance		Bye	Unda  (ESP) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	10

Official outfitter

HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.

See also

• Canada at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games

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External links

• sports-reference
• List of Canadian qualifiers at TSN.ca
• CTV.ca Beijing 2008
• Day by day results: Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, Day 15, Day 16 at TSN.ca