Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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.
Medalists
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Archery
Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match.
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events
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
Preliminary – 339.93
Semi-final – 185.88 – 525.81
Final – 354.27 – 540.15 (→ Bronze medal)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
Émilie Heymans
Preliminary – 333.78
Semi-final – 182.64 – 516.42
Final – 329.28 – 511.92 (→ 5th place)
Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard
Eryn Bulmer and Blythe Hartley
Final – 279.00 (→ 5th place)
Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform
Émilie Heymans and Anne Montminy
Final – 312.03 (→ Silver medal)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Canada in 2000.
Men's épée
Laurie Shong
Women's foil
Julie Mahoney
Jujie Luan
Women's team foil
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay, Julie Mahoney, Jujie Luan
Women's épée
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay
Gymnastics
Artistic
Men
Individual finals
Women
Team
Individual finals
Trampoline
Field hockey
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary round (group A)
Canada – Pakistan 2-2
Canada – Germany 1–2
Canada – Netherlands 2–5
Canada – Great Britain 1-1
Canada – Malaysia 1-1
Classification matches
9th-12th place: Canada – Poland 3–2
9th-10th place: Canada – Spain 0-3 (→ Tenth place)
Team roster
Hari Kant (gk)
Mike Mahood (gk)
Ian Bird
Alan Brahmst
Robin D'Abreo
Ronnie Jagday
Ravi Kahlon
Peter Milkovich (c)
Bindi Kullar
Rob Short
Sean Campbell
Chris Gifford
Andrew Griffiths
Ken Pereira
Scott Mosher
Paul Wettlaufer
Head Coach: Shiaz Virjee
Judo
Men
Women
Rowing
Sailing
Nine people competed for Canada in the sailing competition at the Olympics in six events.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
Richard Clarke
Race 1 – 14
Race 2 – (20)
Race 3 – 8
Race 4 – 14
Race 5 – 16
Race 6 – 7
Race 7 – 13
Race 8 – 14
Race 9 – 20
Race 10 – 8
Race 11 – (26) OCS
Final – 114 (→ 17th place)
Men's Laser
Marty Essig
Race 1 – 27
Race 2 – 16
Race 3 – 7
Race 4 – (35)
Race 5 – 25
Race 6 – 13
Race 7 – 23
Race 8 – (44) OCS
Race 9 – 26
Race 10 – 18
Race 11 – 21
Final – 176 (→ 24th place)
Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
Ross Macdonald and Kai Bjorn
Race 1 – 7
Race 2 – 5
Race 3 – 13
Race 4 – 4
Race 5 – (14)
Race 6 – 5
Race 7 – 3
Race 8 – (17) OCS
Race 9 – 5
Race 10 – 5
Race 11 – 1
Final – 48 (→ 5th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
Bill Abbott, Jr., Matt Abbott and Brad Boston
13th place – did not advance to round robin round
Women's Mistral
Caroll-Ann Alie
Race 1 – 15
Race 2 – (21)
Race 3 – 16
Race 4 – (27)
Race 5 – 12
Race 6 – 17
Race 7 – 18
Race 8 – 20
Race 9 – 11
Race 10 – 15
Race 11 – 15
Final – 139 (→ 17th place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Beth Calkin
Race 1 – 17
Race 2 – 4
Race 3 – (24)
Race 4 – 18
Race 5 – 3
Race 6 – (25)
Race 7 – 1
Race 8 – 14
Race 9 – 4
Race 10 – 20
Race 11 – 4
Final – 85 (→ 11th place)
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary round Robin
Lost to United States (0-6)
Lost to New Zealand (2-3)
Lost to Australia (0-1)
Defeated Italy (7-1)
Lost to Japan (3-4)
Lost to Cuba (1-2)
Lost to PR China (0-1) → 8th place
Team roster
Colleen Thorburn-Smith
Kristy Odamura
Jackie Lance
Cherene Hiesl-Boyer
Denise Carriere
Erin Woods
Heather Newsham
Jacki Nichol
Lesley Attwell
Nathalie Fradette
Sommer West
Vicky Bastarache
Hayley Wickenheiser
Meaggan Wilton
Sandy Newsham
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Craig Hutchison
Preliminary heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Yannick Lupien
Preliminary heat – 50.62 (→ did not advance)
Craig Hutchison
Preliminary heat – 50.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Rick Say
Preliminary heat – 1:48.62
Semi-final – 1:48.50
Final – 1:48.76 (→ 7th place)
Mark Johnston
Preliminary heat – 1:50.92 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Rick Say
Preliminary heat – 03:52.72 (did not advance)
Mark Johnston
Preliminary heat – 03:54.99 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Andrew Hurd
Preliminary heat – 15:30.98 (→ did not advance)
Tim Peterson
Preliminary heat – 15:34.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Mike Mintenko
Preliminary heat – 52.9
Semi-final – 53
Final – 52.58 (→ 5th place)
Shamek Pietucha
Preliminary heat – 54.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Shamek Pietucha
Preliminary heat – 01:59.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Morgan Knabe
Preliminary heat – 01:01.81
Semi-final – 01:01.70
Final – 01:01.58 (→ 6th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Morgan Knabe
Preliminary heat – 02:14.18
Semi-final – 02:14.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Chris Renaud
Preliminary heat – 55.85
Semi-final – 55.7 (→ did not advance)
Mark Versfeld
Preliminary heat – 56.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Chris Renaud
Preliminary heat – 02:00.51
Semi-final – 02:01.19 (→ did not advance)
Dustin Hersee
Preliminary heat – 02:01.34 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Curtis Myden
Preliminary heat – 02:21.78
Semi-final – 02:01.99 (→ did not advance)
Brian Johns
Preliminary heat – 02:03.12
Semi-final – 02:02.92 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Curtis Myden
Preliminary heat – 04:16.55
Final – 04:15.33 → Bronze medal
Owen von Richter
Preliminary heat – 04:25.70 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Craig Hutchison, Robbie Taylor, Rick Say, and Yannick Lupien
Preliminary heat – 03:21.98 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Mark Johnston, Brian Johns, Mike Mintenko, and Rick Say
Preliminary heat – 07:21.45
Mark Johnston, Mike Mintenko, Rick Say, and Yannick Lupien
Final – 07:21.92 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Chris Renaud, Morgan Knabe, Shamek Pietucha, and Yannick Lupien
Preliminary heat – 03:40.56
Chris Renaud, Morgan Knabe, Mike Mintenko, and Craig Hutchison
Final – 03:39.88 (→ 6th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Nadine Rolland
Preliminary heat – 26.04 (→ did not advance)
Jenna Gresdal
Preliminary heat – 26.79 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Laura Nicholls
Preliminary heat – 56.3
Semi-final – 55.94 (→ did not advance)
Marianne Limpert
Preliminary heat – DNS (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Jessica Deglau
Preliminary heat – 02:01.42 (→ did not advance)
Laura Nicholls
Preliminary heat – 02:02.69 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Karine Legault
Preliminary heat – 04:15.55 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Karine Legault
Preliminary heat – 08:43.56 (→ did not advance)
Joanne Malar
Preliminary heat – DNS (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Jen Button
Preliminary heat – 01:00.83 (→ did not advance)
Jessica Deglau
Preliminary heat – 01:00.97 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Jen Button
Preliminary heat – 02:11.74 (→ did not advance)
Jessica Deglau
Preliminary heat – 02:12.86 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Christin Petelski
Preliminary heat – 01:09.57
Semi-final – 01:09.54 (→ did not advance)
Rhiannon Leier
Preliminary heat – 01:09.68
Semi-final – 01:09.63 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Christin Petelski
Preliminary heat – 02:29.11
Semi-final – 02:29.43 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Kelly Stefanyshyn
Preliminary heat – 01:02.78
Semi-final – 01:02.35 (→ did not advance)
Michelle Lischinsky
Preliminary heat – 01:02.89
Semi-final – 01:02.55 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Kelly Stefanyshyn
Preliminary heat – 02:14.28
Semi-final – 02:13.39
Final – 2:14.57 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Joanne Malar
Preliminary heat – 02:13.92
Semi-final – 02:13.59
Final – 02:13.70 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Marianne Limpert
Preliminary heat – 02:15.07
Semi-final – 02:13.90
Final – 02:13.44 (→ 4th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Joanne Malar
Preliminary heat – 04:42.65
Final – 04:45.17 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Jessica Deglau, and Laura Nicholls
Preliminary heat – 03:43.82
Final – 03:42.92 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Jessica Deglau, Shannon Shakespeare, Katie Brambley, and Jen Button
Preliminary heat – 08:07.12
Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Joanne Malar, and Jessica Deglau
Final – 08:02.65 (→ 5th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Michelle Lischinsky, Christin Petelski, Jen Button, and Laura Nicholls
Preliminary heat – 04:08.47
Kelly Stefanyshyn, Christin Petelski, Jen Button, and Marianne Limpert
Final – 04:07.55 (→ 6th place)
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
After ending the second phase of the triathlon in twenty-fourth place following a crash in the cycling portion of the event, Canada's only male triathlete at the first Olympic triathlon, Simon Whitfield, had by far the best run of any athlete present. He passed all twenty-three competitors that had been in front of him and finished over 13.5 seconds before the next triathlete to claim the gold medal. Canada's women did not fare so well, with two of them placing in the 30s and the third not finishing.
* Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.
Water polo
Women's team competition
Preliminary round Robin
Classification match
Team roster
Marie-Luc Arpin
Isabelle Auger
Johanne Bégin
Cora Campbell
Melissa Collins
Marie-Claude Deslières
Valérie Dionne
Ann Dow
Susan Gardiner
Waneek Horn-Miller
Sandra Lizé
Josée Marsolais
Jana Salat
Weightlifting
Men
Wrestling
Freestyle
Death of Pierre Trudeau
Near the end of the Summer Olympics, on 28 September, Canadian athletes learned that former prime minister (from 1968 to 1984), Pierre Trudeau, had died. Owing to time difference, it was 29 September in Sydney.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, presiding over his last Olympics as IOC president, ordered the Canadian flag at athletes' village lowered to half-staff on orders from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. As the flag was lowered, Canadian athletes paid tribute to Trudeau During medal ceremonies, whenever the Canadian flag flew, it was flown at half-mast, also on orders from Samaranch and Axworthy. They both ordered the Canadian flag flown at half-staff for the remainder of the Olympics, as the state funeral didn't take place until 3 October.
Official outfitter
Roots Canada was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. The same clothing was also sold at Roots stores in Canada.
Notes
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000
Summer Olympics