Canada at the Olympics

Canada has sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games and every Summer Olympic Games since its debut at the 1900 games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted along with the US and other countries. Canada has won at least one medal at every Olympics in which it has competed. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada would win more gold medals than any other competing nation for the first time. Canada also served as the host nation of the 2010 Winter Olympics, with the games taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hosted Games

Canada has hosted the winter Olympic games twice, the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal, Quebec 17 July – 1 August 92 6,028 1981988 Winter Olympics Calgary, Alberta 13 – 28 February 57 1,423 462010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, British Columbia 12 – 28 February 82 2,629 86

Unsuccessful bids Games City Winner of bid 1956 Winter Olympics Montréal Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy1956 Summer Olympics Montréal Melbourne, Australia1964 Winter Olympics Calgary Innsbruck, Austria1968 Winter Olympics Calgary Grenoble, France1972 Winter Olympics Calgary Sapporo, Japan1972 Summer Olympics Montréal Munich, West Germany1976 Winter Olympics Vancouver Innsbruck, Austria1996 Summer Olympics Toronto Atlanta, United States2002 Winter Olympics Québec City Salt Lake City, United States2008 Summer Olympics Toronto Beijing, China2030 Winter Olympics Vancouver Nice and French Alps, France

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Records In 2012, Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his tenth Summer Olympics, tying the record for most Olympic games participated in set by Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl between 1964 and 1996. He has been named to eleven straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott. In 2008 he won his first medal, a silver medal in the team jumping event.

Clara Hughes is the inaugural and only Olympian of any country or gender, to win medals all Olympic Games: two Summer and four Winter medals. Cindy Klassen and Charles Hamelin hold the record for most Winter medals won by a Canadian, with six apiece. Penny Oleksiak and Andre De Grasse are the most decorated Canadian athletes to ever compete at the Summer Games, each winning 7 medals.

Catriona Le May Doan became the inaugural Canadian to defend their gold medal at the Olympics. She repeated her gold medal in the women's 500m long track speedskating event at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics from the 1998 Nagano Olympics.

Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medallist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medallist, winning the men's moguls at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He became the second Canadian to defend their Olympic gold, and first man.

Trampoline gymnast Rosie MacLennan was the first Canadian to defend their gold medal in an individual sport at the Summer Olympics. She won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, the inaugural Olympian to defend their title in that discipline.

After captaining the women's ice hockey team to gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Caroline Ouellette became the first Winter Olympian of any country or gender to enter four or more career events and win gold in each. Oullette had previously won gold in ice hockey in 2002, 2006, and 2010.

Jennifer Jones skipped the Canadian women's team at the 2014 Winter Olympics to a gold medal. She is the first ever female skip in Olympic history to be undefeated throughout the tournament. Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen and spare Kirsten Wall went unbeaten with an 11–0 record defeating China, Sweden (round-robin and finals), Great Britain (round-robin and semi-finals), Denmark, Switzerland, Japan, Russia, the United States, and Korea.

During the 2016 Summer Olympics, swimmer Penny Oleksiak became the inaugural Canadian of either gender to win four medals at a single Summer Games and the distinction of the country's youngest Olympic multiple medalist at the age of 16: a gold in the 100 m freestyle, a silver in the 100 m butterfly, and two bronzes in the women's freestyle relays (4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m). She shares the distinction of being the co-inaugural Olympic medalist born in the 21st century when, in women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay a few days earlier, she won the bronze medal with teammate Taylor Ruck.

After capturing gold in 2010 Winter Olympics, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became the inaugural ice dancers from North America to win an Olympic gold medal, ending the 34-year streak of the Europeans. They were the inaugural ice dance team to win the Olympic gold at home ice and the inaugural ice dancers to win gold at their Olympic debut. They are the youngest pair to win an Olympic title at 20 and 22 respectively. They would win two more silver medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics and two more gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, giving them the distinction of being the most decorated figure skaters at the Winter Games.

Broadcaster Richard Garneau covered 23 Olympic Games, more than any other journalist in the world, starting with Rome in 1960 to London in 2012, missing only the Atlanta and Nagano Games. The International Olympic Committee awarded him posthumously the Pierre de Coubertin Medal in recognition of his exceptional service to the Olympic movement.

Top medal earners Years in bolded text are Olympics at which that competitor won a medal. Athlete Sport Type Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics Summer 2016, 2020, 2024 2 2 3 7 SwimmingSummer 2016, 2020, 2024 1 2 4 7 Short track Winter 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 4 1 1 6 Speed skating Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 1 2 3 6 Cycling Summer 1996, 2000, 2012 0 0 26 Speed skating Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 1 1 2 Short track Winter 2018, 2022, 2026 0 2 4 6 Ice hockey Winter1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 4 1 0 5 Figure skating Winter 2010, 2014, 2018 3 2 0 5 Ice hockey Winter2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 3 2 0 5 Short track Winter 1994, 1998, 2002 3 0 2 5 Freestyle skiing Winter 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 2 3 0 5 Short track Winter 2022, 2026 2 2 1 5 Short track Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 2 2 1 5 Short track Winter 2014, 2018 0 1 0 5 Speed skating Winter 2022, 2026 2 0 2 Rowing Summer 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016 1 3 1 5 Swimming Summer 2016, 2020, 2024 0 2 3 5 Athletics Summer 1928, 1932, 1936 0 0 5 5 Ice hockey Winter 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 4 0 0 4 Ice hockey Winter 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 3 1 0 4 Ice hockey Winter1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 3 1 0 4 Ice hockey Winter2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 3 1 0 4 Swimming Summer 2020, 2024 3 1 0 4 Rowing Summer 1992, 1996 3 0 1 4 Ice hockey Winter2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 2 2 0 4 Speed skating Winter 2018, 2022, 2026 2 2 0 4 Short track Winter 1998, 2002, 2006 2 1 1 4 Speed skating Winter 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 2 1 1 4 Speed skating Winter 2018, 2022, 2026 2 1 1 4 Swimming Summer 1984, 1988 1 3 0 4 Speed skating Winter 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 1 2 1 4 Kayaking Summer 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 1 2 1 4 Speed skating Winter 2002, 2006, 2010 0 3 1 4 Short track Winter 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 0 2 2 4 Diving Summer 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 0 2 2 4 Short track Winter 2022, 2026 0 2 2 4 Swimming Summer 2016, 2020, 2024 0 1 3 4 Athletics Summer 1928, 1932 0 1 3 4

3+ medals at one Olympics Athlete Sport Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 1932 Summer 0 0 3 Athletics 1932 Summer 0 3 Swimming 1968 Summer 0 3 Swimming 1984 Summer 0 3 Swimming 1984 Summer 3 Speed skating 1984 Winter 0 3 Short track 2002 Winter 0 3 Speed skating 2006 Winter 5 Swimming 2016 Summer 4 Athletics 2016 Summer 0 3 Short track 2018 Winter 0 1500 m 3 Swimming 2020 Summer 3 Swimming 2020 Summer 0 3 Swimming 2020 Summer 0 3 Athletics 2020 Summer 3 Short track 2022 Winter 3 Speed skating 2022 Winter 3 Swimming 2024 Summer 0 4 Short track 2026 Winter 0 4 Speed skating 2026 Winter 0 3

Multiple gold medals at one Olympics Athlete Sport Olympics Golds Total Swimming 1912 Summer400 m freestyle1500 m freestyle 2 Athletics 1928 Summer100 m200 m 2 Speed skating 1984 Winter 1000 m1500 m 2 Swimming 1984 Summer 200 m medley400 m medley 2 Synchronized swimming 1988 Summer SoloDuet 2 Marnie McBean Rowing 1992 Summer Coxless pairEight 2 Jessica MonroeBrenda TaylorKay Worthington Rowing 1992 Summer Coxless fourEight 2 Biathlon 1994 Winter Sprint15 km 2 Athletics 1996 Summer 100 m relay 2 Short track 2002 Winter 500 m5000 m relay 2 Short track 2010 Winter 500 m5000 m relay 2 Tessa Virtue Figure skating 2018 Winter Ice danceTeam 2 Swimming 2024 Summer 200 m medley400 m medley200 m butterfly 3

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