Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 294 competitors, 150 men, and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports.
The final days of the Olympics for Canada were somewhat overshadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau, the country's 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects.
Olympic scholar Bob Barney felt that Canada needed to specialize in the Olympics, rather than trying to be compete at too many sports. He also that felt that Canada's medal count at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was due to a lack of government funding, and poor planning to develop high performance athletes.
Medallists
|align="left" valign="top"| MedalNameSportEventDate Simon Whitfield Triathlon Men's individual Daniel Igali Wrestling Men's freestyle 69 kg Sébastien LareauDaniel Nestor Tennis Men's doubles Caroline Brunet Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres Nicolas Gill Judo Men's 100 kg Anne MontminyÉmilie Heymans Diving Women's synchronized 10 metre platform Steve Giles Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres Anne Montminy Diving Women's 10 metre platform Mathieu Turgeon Gymnastics Men's trampoline Karen Cockburn Gymnastics Women's trampoline Buffy AlexanderLaryssa BiesenthalHeather DavisAlison KornTheresa LukeHeather McDermidEmma RobinsonLesley ThompsonDorota Urbaniak Rowing Women's eight Curtis Myden Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley Lyne BeaumontClaire Carver-DiasErin ChanCatherine GarceauFanny LétourneauKirstin NormandJacinthe TaillonReidun TathamJessica Chase Synchronized Swimming Women's team Dominique Bosshart Taekwondo Women's +67 kg
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Medals by sportSport TotalTennis 1 0 0 1Triathlon 1 0 0 1Wrestling 1 0 0 1Canoeing 0 1 1 2Diving 0 1 1 2Judo 0 1 0 1Gymnastics 0 0 2 2Rowing 0 0 1 1Swimming 0 0 1 1Synchronized swimming 0 0 1 1Taekwondo 0 0 1 1Total 3 3 8 14
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 22 14 37Badminton 3 3 6Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 7 – 7Canoeing 9 7 16Cycling 7 8 15Diving 3 4 7Equestrian 5 1 6Fencing 1 3 4Field hockey 16 0 16Gymnastics 3 8 11Judo 2 4 6Rowing 18 12 30Sailing 7 2 9Shooting 4 5 9Softball – 15 15Swimming 16 14 30Synchronized swimming – 8 8Table tennis 2 4 6Taekwondo 0 1 1Tennis 2 2 4Triathlon 1 3 4Volleyball 4 0 4Water polo 0 13 13Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 4 – 4 Total 150 144 294
Archery
Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRob RusnovMen's individual62237 (28)L 155–161did not advance
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDonovan Bailey100 m 10.39 3 Q 11.36 8did not advanceNicolas Macrozonaris 10.45 5did not advanceBruny Surin 10.41 4 q 10.20 3 Q 50.94 8did not advancePierre Browne200 m 21.28 6did not advanceZach Whitmarsh800 m 1:48.42 4 colspan=2 did not advanceKevin Sullivan1500 m 3:40.80 4 Q colspan=2 3:39.66 2 Q 3:35.50 5Sean Kaley10000 m 28:36.07 12 colspan=2 did not advanceJeff Schiebler 28:30.46 15 colspan=2 did not advanceAdrian Woodley110 m hurdles 13.71 4 Q 14.04 6did not advanceJoël Bourgeois3000 m steeplechase 8:28.07 17did not advancePierre BrowneGlenroy GilbertNicolas MacrozonarisBrand McCuaigAdrian Woodley4 × 100 m relay 39.26 3 q colspan=2 38.92 6did not advanceBruce DeaconMarathon colspan=6 2:21:38 44Tim Berrett20 km walk colspan=6 1:25:29 26Arturo Huerta colspan=6 1:25:24 24Tim Berrett50 km walk colspan=6 Arturo Huerta colspan=6
Field events AthleteEventQualifyingFinalResultRankResultRankBradley SnyderShot put 19.77 7did not advanceJason TunksDiscus throw 64.40 2 Q 65.80 6Jason Gervais —did not advanceRichard DuncanLong jump 7.60 16did not advanceIan Lowe 7.51 20did not advanceMark BoswellHigh jump 2.27 6 Q 2.32 6Kwaku Boateng 2.27 4 Q 2.25 12
Women Track & road events AthleteEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMartha Adusei100 m 11.82 6did not advanceEsi Benyarku 11.55 4did not advanceLadonna Antoine400 m 51.78 1 Q 50.92 2 Q 51.26 5did not advanceFoy Williams 52.94 4 q 52.68 8did not advanceLeah Pells1500 mdid not advanceTina Connelly10000 m 34:46.04 19 colspan=2 did not advanceCarole Montgomery colspan=2 did not advanceKatie Anderson100 m hurdles 12.82 1 Qdid not advancePerdita Felicien 13.21 6did not advanceKarlene Haughton400 m hurdles colspan=2 did not advanceMartha AduseiEsi BenyarkuTara PerryAtia Weekes4 × 100 m relay 44.08 6 colspan=2 did not advanceLadonna AntoineSamantha GeorgeKarlene HaughtonFoy Williams4 × 400 m relay 3:27.36 5 colspan=4 did not advanceJanice McCaffrey20 km walk colspan=6
Field events AthleteEventQualifyingFinalResultRankResultRankMichelle FournierHammer throw 59.15 13did not advance
Badminton
Men's singles Mike Beres Round of 64: bye Round of 32: lost to Kevin Han of United States
Men's doubles Bryan Moody, Brent Olynyk Round of 32: defeated Zhang Jun, Zhang Wei of China Round of 16: lost to Jesper Larsen, Jens Eriksen of Denmark
Women's singles Kara Solmundson Round of 64: lost to Lidya Djaelawijaya of Indonesia Robbyn Hermitage Round of 64: lost to Rayoni Head of Australia Milaine Cloutier Round of 64: bye Round of 32: lost to Kim Ji-hyun of Korea
Women's doubles Milaine Cloutier, Robbyn Hermitage Round of 32: defeated Rhonda Cator, Amanda Hardy of Australia Round of 16: lost to Joanne Goode, Donna Kellogg of Great Britain
Mixed doubles Milaine Cloutier, Bryan Moody Round of 32: lost to Nicol Pitro, Michael Keck of Germany Robbyn Hermitage, Brent Olynyk Round of 32: lost to Joanne Goode, Simon Archer of Great Britain Kara Solmundson, Mike Beres Round of 32: defeated Marie-Helene Valerie Pierre, Stephan Beeharry of Mauritius Round of 16: lost to Michael Sogaard, Rikke Olsen of Denmark
Basketball
Men's team competition Preliminary round Defeated Australia (101–90) Defeated Angola (99–54) Defeated Spain (91–77) Lost to Russia (59–77) Defeated Yugoslavia (83–75) Quarterfinals Lost to France (63–68) Classification match 7th/8th place – defeated Russia (86–83) → 7th place Team roster Rowan Barrett David Daniels Greg Francis Pete Guarasci Sherman Hamilton Eric Hinrichsen Todd MacCulloch Andrew Mavis Michael Meeks Steve Nash Greg Newton Shawn Swords
Women's team competition Preliminary round Lost to Australia (46–78) Defeated Senegal (41–62) Lost to France (58–70) Lost to Slovakia (56–68) Defeated Brazil (61–60) Classification match 9th/10th place – lost to Cuba (58–67) → 10th place Team roster Cori-Lyn Blakebrough Carolin Bouchard Kelly Boucher Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl Stacey Dales-Schuman Michelle Hendry Nikki Johnson Karla Karch Teresa Kleindienst Joy McNichol Dianne Norman Tammy Sutton-Brown
Beach volleyball
John Child and Mark Heese – 5th place (tied) Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann – 9th place (tied)
Boxing
Men's flyweight (51 kg) Andrew Kooner Round 1 – defeated Nacer Keddam of Algeria Round 2 – lost to Wijan Ponlid of Thailand (→ did not advance)
Men's light welterweight (63.5 kg) Michael Strange Round 1 – lost to Nurhan Suleymanoglu of Turkey (→ did not advance)
Men's light middleweight (71 kg) Scott MacIntosh Round 1 – defeated Sakio Bika Mbah of CMR Round 2 – lost to Jermain Taylor of United States (→ did not advance)
Men's middleweight (75 kg) Donald Grant Orr Round 1 – lost to Jitender Kumar of India (→ did not advance)
Men's light heavyweight (81 kg) Troy Amos-Ross Round 1 – bye Round 2 – lost to Jegbefumere Albert of Nigeria (→ did not advance)
Men's heavyweight (91 kg) Mark Simmons Round 1 – bye Round 2 – defeated Rouhollah Hosseini of Iran Quarterfinal – lost to Sebastian Kober of Germany (→ did not advance)
Men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Art Binkowski Round 1 – bye Round 2 – defeated Michael Macaque of Mauritius Quarterfinal – lost to Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's competition Men's kayak singles 500 m Mihai Apostol Qualifying heat – 01:42.562 (→ did not advance)
Men's kayak singles 1000 m Mihai Apostol Qualifying heat – 03:47.679 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe singles 500 m Maxime Boilard Qualifying heat – 01:52.764 Semifinal – 01:52.071 Final – 02:29.259 (→ 4th place)
Men's canoe singles 1000 m Steve Giles Qualifying heat – 03:55.396 Semifinal – bye Final – 03:56.437 (→ Bronze medal)
Men's canoe doubles 500 m Tamás Buday, Attila Buday Qualifying heat – 01:46.557 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe doubles 1,000 m Tamás Buday, Attila Buday Qualifying heat – 03:41.075 Semifinal – 03:44.358 Final – 03:48.017 (→ 7th place)
Women's competition Women's kayak singles 500 m Caroline Brunet Qualifying heat – 01:51.558 Semifinal – bye Final – 02:14.646 (→ Silver medal)
Women's kayak doubles 500 m Caroline Brunet, Karen Furneaux Qualifying heat – 01:44.476 Semifinal – bye Final – 02:01.046 (→ 5th place)
Women's kayak fours 500 m Maria-Josee Gibeau-Ouimet, Kamina Jain, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard Qualifying heat – 01:38.209 Semifinal – 01:38.340 Final – 01:39.566 (→ 9th place)
Slalom
Men's competition Men's kayak singles David Ford Qualifying – 323.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe singles James Cartwright-Garland Qualifying – 297.66 (→ did not advance)
Men's canoe doubles Benoît Gauthier, Tyler Lawlor Qualifying – 311.11 (→ did not advance)
Women's competition Women's kayak singles Margaret Langford Qualifying – 314.51 Final – 274.14 (→ 13th place)
Cycling
Cross country mountain bike Men's cross country mountain bike Geoff Kabush Final – 2:14:00.66 (→ 9th place) Roland Green Final – 2:15:18.85 (→ 14th place)
Women's mountain bike Alison Sydor Final – 1:52:19.32 (→ 5th place) Chrissy Redden Final – 1:54:07.38 (→ 8th place) Lesley Tomlinson Final – 2:00:44.08 (→ 19th place)
Road cycling
Men's competition Men's individual time trial Eric Wohlberg Final – 1:00:34 (→ 20th place)
Men's road race Gordon Fraser Final – 5:30:46 (→ 16th place) Eric Wohlberg Final – 5:30:46 (→ 72nd place) Czeslaw Lukaszewicz Final – DNF Brian Walton Final – DNF
Women's competition Women's individual time trial Clara Hughes Final – 0:43:12 (→ 6th place) Genevieve Jeanson Final – 0:44:32 (→ 15th place)
Women's road race Genevieve Jeanson Final – 3:06:31 (→ 11th place) Lyne Bessette Final – 3:06:31 (→ 22nd place) Clara Hughes Final – 3:16:49 (→ 43rd place)
Track cycling
Men's competition Men's 1 km time trial Jim Fisher Final – 01:05.835 (→ 12th place)
Men's point race Brian Walton Points – 1 Laps Down – 1 (→ 9th place)
Women's competition Women's sprint Tanya Dubnicoff Qualifying – 11.494 1/8 finals – defeated Kathrin Freitag of Germany Quarterfinal – lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine Finals 5–8 – (→ 7th place)
Women's 500 m time trial Tanya Dubnicoff Final – 35.486 (→ 8th place) Lori-Anne Muenzer Final – 35.846 (→ 13th place)
Diving
Canada won two diving medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics – one silver and one bronze. Anne Montminy won the first ever platform diving medal for Canada.
Men's 3-metre springboard Jeff Liberty Preliminary – 375.06 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 10-metre platform Alexandre Despatie Preliminary – 436.86 Semi-final – 188.28 – 625.14 Final – 464.07 – 652.35 (→ 4th place)
Men's 10-metre platform Christopher Kalec Preliminary – 388.50 Semi-final – 175.02 – 563.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3-metre springboard Eryn Bulmer Preliminary – 258.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 3-metre springboard Blythe Hartley Preliminary – 295.98 Semi-final – 219 – 514.98 Final – 304.05 – 523.05 (→ 10th place)
Women's 10-metre platform Anne Montminy