Canada competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States.

The best performance by a Canadian athlete was the gold medal won by Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...

 in the men's 100 metres race. He ran a world record in the final, clocking 9.84 seconds. The previous record was set in July 1994 by American Leroy Burrell

Leroy Burrell

Leroy Russel Burrell is a former American athlete who twice set the world record for the 100 meters sprint, setting a time of 9.90 seconds in June 1991. This was broken by Carl Lewis in September at the World Track and Field Championships. In that race, Burrell came in second, yet he...

 at 9.85 seconds.
Many Canadians felt his victory restored the image of Canadian athletes.

Gold

• Donovan Bailey
  Donovan Bailey
  Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Men's 100 m
• Robert Esmie
  Robert Esmie
  Robert Esmie is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Glenroy Gilbert
  Glenroy Gilbert
  Glenroy John Gilbert is a Canadian former athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Bruny Surin
  Bruny Surin
  Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:...
  
  , Donovan Bailey
  Donovan Bailey
  Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...
  
  , and Carlton Chambers
  Carlton Chambers
  Carlton Chambers is a retired sprint athlete from Canada, and a winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He only ran in the preliminary heats, the final race was won by Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Donovan Bailey...
  
   (heats) — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
  
  , Men's 4x100 m Relay
• Kathleen Heddle
  Kathleen Heddle
  Kathleen Joan Heddle, is a Canadian rower. Heddle and her long-time rowing partner Marnie McBean were the first Canadians to win three Olympic Gold medals....
  
   and Marnie McBean
  Marnie McBean
  Marnie Elizabeth McBean is a Canadian rower.McBean competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the coxless pairs and eights events, winning gold medals in both. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she competed in the double and quadruple sculls, winning gold in the double and bronze in the quadruple...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Women's Double Sculls

Silver

• David Defiagbon
  David Defiagbon
  David Dejiro Defiagbon was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Amateur:...
  
   — Boxing
  Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  -Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...
  
  , Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
• Caroline Brunet
  Caroline Brunet
  Caroline Brunet is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed from the late 1980s to 2004...
  
   — Canoeing
  Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...
  
  , Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Brian Walton
  Brian Walton (cyclist)
  Brian Clifford Walton is a cycling coach and former Canadian professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, racing professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, and the...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Men's Points Race
• Alison Sydor
  Alison Sydor
  Alison Sydor is a retired Canadian professional cross country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Women's Cross-Country Mountain Bike
• Derek Porter
  Derek Porter
  Derek Nesbitt-Porter is a gold medal-winning Olympic rower from Canada. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and his father Hugh rowed for the United Kingdom at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in the eight-oared race.Porter won his gold medal in the...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Men's Single Sculls
• Brian Peaker
  Brian Peaker
  Brian Ronald Peaker is a retired rower from Canada. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours, alongside Jeffrey Lay, Dave Boyes, and Gavin Hassett.-References:*...
  
  , Dave Boyes
  Dave Boyes
  David Michael Boyes is a retired rower from Canada. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours, alongside Brian Peaker, Jeffrey Lay, and Gavin Hassett....
  
  , Gavin Hassett
  Gavin Hassett
  Gavin Hassett is a Canadian rower. He began rowing in 1989. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours event, alongside Jeffrey Lay, Dave Boyes and Brian Peaker. He also claimed a bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships in Seville, Spain in the...
  
  , and Jeffrey Lay
  Jeffrey Lay
  Jeffrey Donald Lay is a retired rower from Canada. He won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours, alongside Brian Peaker, Dave Boyes, and Gavin Hassett.-References:*...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours
• Silken Laumann
  Silken Laumann
  Silken Suzette Laumann, MSC is a Canadian champion rower.Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Women's Single Sculls
• Lesley Thompson
  Lesley Thompson
  Lesley Allison Thompson-Willie is a Canadian rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. She has competed at six different Olympics, from 1984 to 2008, winning medals in four of them including gold in coxed eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
  
  , Tosha Tsang
  Tosha Tsang
  Tosha Tsang is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Anna van der Kamp
  Anna van der Kamp
  Anna van der Kamp is a former rower from Canada, who won the silver medal in the Women's Eights at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She currently works at the , and is a member of Clean Air Champions.-External links:***...
  
  , Heather McDermid
  Heather McDermid
  Heather McDermid is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Jessica Monroe
  Jessica Monroe
  Jessica Monroe is a Canadian rower. She won two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, in coxless four and in coxed eight, and a silver medal in 1996 in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Emma Robinson
  Emma Robinson (rower)
  Emma Robinson is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Alison Korn
  Alison Korn
  Alison Korn is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Theresa Luke
  Theresa Luke
  Theresa Luke is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Maria Maunder
  Maria Maunder
  Maria Maunder is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Women's Eights
• Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Louise Limpert is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , Women's 200 m Individual Medley
• Erin Woodley
  Erin Woodley
  Erin Woodley is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Kasia Kulesza
  Kasia Kulesza
  Kasia Kulesza is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Cari Read
  Cari Read
  Cari Read is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Janice Bremner
  Janice Bremner
  Janice Bremner is a Canadian competitor and Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming.She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Lisa Alexander
  Lisa Alexander
  Lisa Alexander is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.She won a bronze medal in duet with Kathy Glen at the 1991 World Aquatics...
  
  , Sylvie Fréchette
  Sylvie Fréchette
  Sylvie Fréchette, MSC is a retired Canadian synchronized swimmer, who won a gold medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver in the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Valerie Hould-Marchand
  Valérie Hould-Marchand
  Valérie Hould-Marchand is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist....
  
  , Karen Clark
  Karen Clark (swimmer)
  Karen Clark is a Canadian synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta with the Canadian team.-References:...
  
  , Christine Larsen
  Christine Larsen
  Christine Larsen is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.She competed for Canada and received a silver medal in synchronized team swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , and Karen Fonteyne
  Karen Fonteyne
  Karen Fonteyne is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic medalist.She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
   — Synchronized swimming
  Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the synchronized swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Previous Olympics had a Solo and Duet event but for the 1996 there would only be a team event...
  
  , Women's Team Competition
• Guivi Sissaouri
  Guivi Sissaouri
  Guivi Sissaouri is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he began wrestling at age ten.Sissaouri won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 57 kg class...
  
   — Wrestling
  Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...
  
  , Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)

Bronze

• Curtis Harnett — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Men's Sprint
• Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes, OC, OM is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Women's Road Race
• Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes, OC, OM is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics...
  
   — Cycling
  Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...
  
  , Women's Time Trial
• Annie Pelletier
  Annie Pelletier
  Annie Pelletier is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 3 metres springboard event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Diving
  Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...
  
  , Women's 3 m Springboard
• Diane O'Grady
  Diane O'Grady
  Diane O'Grady is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Laryssa Biesenthal
  Laryssa Biesenthal
  Laryssa Biesenthal is a Canadian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Kathleen Heddle
  Kathleen Heddle
  Kathleen Joan Heddle, is a Canadian rower. Heddle and her long-time rowing partner Marnie McBean were the first Canadians to win three Olympic Gold medals....
  
  , and Marnie McBean
  Marnie McBean
  Marnie Elizabeth McBean is a Canadian rower.McBean competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the coxless pairs and eights events, winning gold medals in both. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she competed in the double and quadruple sculls, winning gold in the double and bronze in the quadruple...
  
   — Rowing
  Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...
  
  , Women's Quadruple Sculls
• Curtis Myden
  Curtis Myden
  Curtis Allen Myden is a former international breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 . He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them bronze...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , Men's 200 m Individual Medley
• Curtis Myden
  Curtis Myden
  Curtis Allen Myden is a former international breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 . He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them bronze...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...
  
  , Men's 400 m Individual Medley
• John Child and Mark Heese
  Mark Heese
  Mark Heese is a Canadian beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University. Partnered with John Child, Heese is a three time Olympian - bronze medal in Atlanta , 5th in Sydney and 5th in Athens...
  
   — Volleyball
  Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured beach volleyball for the first time as the official Olympic sport.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:*...
  
  , Men's Beach Volleyball Team Competition

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

Canada sent three men to Atlanta for archery. All were defeated in the first round of individual competition, as well as losing the first match of the team round together.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jeannot Robitaille - round of 64, 37th place (0-1)
• Rob Rusnov
  Rob Rusnov
  Robert Rusnov is a Canadian archer. He was born in Toronto.-Athletic career:Rusnov ranked first or second among Canadian archers every year from 1992 through 2000. As a competitor at the 1995 Pan American Games, he won two gold medals and three bronze medals...
  
   - round of 64, 38th place (0-1)
• Kevin Sally - round of 64, 49th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Robitaille, Rusnov, and Sally - round of 16, 15th place (0-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 100 metres

• Donovan Bailey
  Donovan Bailey
  Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m...
  
  
• Heat — 10.24
• Quarterfinals — 10.05
• Semifinals — 10.00
• Final — 9.84 (→ Gold Medal and World Record)

• Bruny Surin
  Bruny Surin
  Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:...
  
  
• Heat — 10.18
• Quarterfinals — 10.13
• Semifinals — 10.13 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• O'Brian Gibbons
• Heat — 20.79
• Quarterfinals — did not start (→ did not advance)

• Peter Ogilvie
• Heat — 22.00 (→ did not advance)

• Carlton Chambers
  Carlton Chambers
  Carlton Chambers is a retired sprint athlete from Canada, and a winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He only ran in the preliminary heats, the final race was won by Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, and Donovan Bailey...
  
  
• Heat — 21.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Graham Hood
  Graham Hood
  Graham Hood is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events.Hood represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992...
  
  
• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Jeff Schiebler
  Jeff Schiebler
  Jeff Schiebler is a track and field athlete from Canada, who competes in the middle distance and long-distance running events...
  
  
• Heat — 29:47.79 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Peter Fonseca
  Peter Fonseca
  Peter Fonseca is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003-2011.-Background:...
  
  
• Final — 2:17.28 (→ 21st place)

• Carey Nelson
  Carey Nelson
  Carey Nelson is a former long-distance runner from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of Vancouver, British Columbia finished the men's marathon in 35th place .-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 2:19.39 (→ 35th place)

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

• Tim Kroeker

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Joël Bourgeois
  Joël Bourgeois
  Joël Denis Bourgeois is a middle- and long-distance runner competing for Canada. He won the gold medal for Canada in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada...
  
  
• Heat — 8:28.14
• Semifinals — 8:31.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Richard Duncan
  Richard Duncan (athlete)
  Richard Duncan is a retired Canadian long jumper.-Career:Duncan finished fourth at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, in the high jump event. In the long jump he competed at the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1997 World Championships, the 1999 World Championships the 2001 World Championships and the 2000...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Jason Tunks
  Jason Tunks
  Jason Tunks is a retired international level discus thrower representing Canada.World Ranking: 35thQuick Notes:* Jason is married to Netherlands shot putter Lieja Tunks...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.58m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Charles Lefrançois
  Charles Lefrançois
  Charles Lefrançois is a retired high jumper from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He won the silver medal at the 1997 Summer Universiade. He is a seven-time national champion for Canada in the men's high jump event.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 2.26m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Michael Smith
• Final Result — 8271 points (→ 13th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Tim Berrett
  Tim Berrett
  Timothy B. Berrett is a male race walker. A resident of Edmonton, Alberta, he represented Canada in five consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992 . He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the 50km walk event, finishing in 38th place with a time of 4:08:08...
  
   — 3:51:28 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Rosey Edeh
  Rosey Edeh
  Rosey Edeh is a Canadian television personality, currently a correspondent for the entertainment newsmagazine series ET Canada.Edeh was born in London, England...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.64
• Semifinals — 54.49
• Final — 54.39 (→ 6th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Nicole Devonish
• Qualification — 5.74m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Catherine Bond-Mills
• Final Result — 5235 points (→ 25th place)

Women's Marathon

• Danuta Bartoszec — 2:37.06 (→ 32nd place)
• May Allison — 2:44.38 (→ 52nd place)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Janice McCaffrey
  Janice McCaffrey
  Janice Leslie McCaffrey is a retired female racewalker from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event on May 11, 1995 in Eisenhüttenstadt.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
   — 45:47 (→ 25th place)

• Tina Poitras
  Tina Poitras
  Tina Poitras is a former race walker from Canada, who competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996...
  
   — 46:51 (→ 32nd place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Domenic Figliomeni
  Domenic Figliomeni
  Domenic Filane Figliomeni is a former boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Beibis Mendoza
  Beibis Mendoza
  Beibis Antonio Mendoza is a professional boxer from Colombia. He is a former WBA light-flyweight champion.- Amateur career :Mendoza was a member of the 1996 Colombian Olympic Team as a Light Flyweight...
  
   (Colombia) on points (1-12)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Claude Lambert
  Claude Lambert
  Claude Lambert is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed in the bantamweight Claude Lambert (born February 16, 1969 in Montréal, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed in the bantamweight Claude Lambert (born February 16, 1969 in Montréal, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada,...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Vichairachanon Khadpo
  Vichairachanon Khadpo
  Vichairachanon Khadpo is a Thai boxer. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's bantamweight division, together with Raimkul Malakhbekov of Russia....
  
   (Thailand) on points (2-12)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Casey Patton
  Casey Patton
  Casey Patton is a retired boxer from Canada. He is a five time Canadian champion who competed in the featherweight Casey Patton (born November 21, 1974 in London, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada. He is a five time Canadian champion who competed in the featherweight Casey Patton (born...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Phillip Ndou
  Phillip Ndou
  Phillip Ndou is a South African retired professional boxer. He had an excellent knockout percentage, with a record of 31-3 . He was forced into early retirement when he collapsed after a loss to Isaac Hlatshwayo...
  
   (South Africa), referee stopped contest

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Michael Strange
  Michael Strange (boxer)
  Michael V. Strange is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls,...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Francisco Martinez
  Francisco Martínez
  Francisco "El Quico" Martínez Cordero was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics....
  
   (Mexico), 15-1
• Second Round — Defeated Mekhak Ghazaryan
  Mekhak Ghazaryan
  Mekhak Ghazaryan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division to Canada's Michael Strange....
  
   (Armenia), 16-7
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev
  Tontcho Tontchev
  Toncho Dimitrov Tonchev is an Bulgarian boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Tontchev also represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
  
   (Bulgaria), 10-16

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Phillip Boudreault
  Phillip Boudreault
  Phillip Boudreault is a boxer from Canada.Boudreault competed in the light welterweight Phillip ("Phil") Boudreault (born January 23, 1975 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a boxer from Canada.Boudreault competed in the light welterweight Phillip ("Phil") Boudreault (born January 23, 1975 in Sudbury,...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Haji Matumla (Tanzania), 16-12
• Second Round — Lost to Eduard Zakharov
  Eduard Zakharov
  Eduard Fyodorovich Zakharov was a male boxer from Russia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's light-welterweight division by Cuba's eventual gold medalist Héctor Vinent. Zakharov was murdered in...
  
   (Russia), 9-11

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Hercules Kyvelos
  Hercules Kyvelos
  Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Kamel Chater
  Kamel Chater
  Kamel Chater is a welterweight boxer from Tunisia, who twice won the gold medal at the All-Africa Games in his weight division. He is a two-time Olympian .-References:*...
  
   (Tunisia), 4-4 won by tie break

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Nick Farrell
  Nick Farrell
  Nick Farrell is a retired boxer from Canada.Farrell competed in the light middleweight Nick Farrell (born December 17, 1975 in East York, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada.Farrell competed in the light middleweight Nick Farrell (born December 17, 1975 in East York, Ontario) is a retired...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov
  Yermakhan Ibraimov
  Yermakhan Ibraimov is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. Four years earlier, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he captured the bronze medal...
  
   (Kazakhstan), 4-15

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Randall Thompson
  Randall Thompson (boxer)
  Randall Thompson is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed in the middleweight Randall Thompson (born June 14, 1964 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed in the middleweight Randall Thompson (born June 14, 1964 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a retired boxer from...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Brian Magee
  Brian Magee
  Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   (Ireland), 5-13

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Troy Amos-Ross
  Troy Amos-Ross
  Troy Amos-Ross is a Guyanese Canadian boxer, currently residing in Brampton, Ontario. He competed in the light heavyweight Troy Amos-Ross (born July 17, 1975 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese Canadian boxer, currently residing in Brampton, Ontario. He competed in the light heavyweight Troy...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Roland Raforme (Seychelles), knock-out in third round
• Second Round — Defeated Paul Mbongo (Cameroon), 7-3
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), 8-14

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• David Defiagbon
  David Defiagbon
  David Dejiro Defiagbon was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Amateur:...
  
   → Silver Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Ahmed Omar (Kenya), 15-4
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Christophe Mendy
  Christophe Mendy
  Christophe Mendy is a retired boxer who competed for France in the heavyweight division during the 1990s. He won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the semifinals by Cuban legend Félix Savón...
  
   (France), diskwalification in third round
• Semifinals — Defeated Nate Jones
  Nate Jones
  Nathaniel Henry Jones was a boxer. Nicknamed "The Snake", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- Amateur career:...
  
   (United States), 16-10
• Final — Lost to Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   (Cuba), 2-20

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Jean-François Bergeron
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Attila Levin
  Attila Levin
  Attila Levin is a Swedish boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Levin had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....
  
   (Sweden), referee stopped contest in first round

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Eric Wolhberg
• Final — 1:10:36 (→ 26th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes, OC, OM is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics...
  
  
• Final — 02:36:44 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Susan Palmer
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 10th place)

• Linda Jackson
  Linda Jackson (cyclist)
  Linda Jackson is best known as a former Canadian professional bicycle road racer. She is now a coach, having previous experience as an investment banker. Jackson won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Road Racing Championships...
  
  
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes
  Clara Hughes, OC, OM is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and four medals over the course of three Winter Olympics...
  
  
• Final — 37:13 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Linda Jackson
  Linda Jackson (cyclist)
  Linda Jackson is best known as a former Canadian professional bicycle road racer. She is now a coach, having previous experience as an investment banker. Jackson won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Road Racing Championships...
  
  
• Final — 38:50 (→ 9th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Brian Walton
  Brian Walton (cyclist)
  Brian Clifford Walton is a cycling coach and former Canadian professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, racing professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, and the...
  
  
• Final — 29 points (→ Silver Medal)

Mountain Bike

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's cross-country

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's cross-country

These are the official results of the Men's Mountainbike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 38 participants, with two non-finishers, in this inaugural Olympic event over 47.7 kilometres, held on July 30, 1996...

• Warren Sallenback
• Final — 2:29:57 (→ 13th place)

• Andreas Hestler
  Andreas Hestler
  Andreas Hestler is a Canadian professional racing cyclist. Hestler finished 31st in the Men's Mountain Bike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Final — 2:46:45 (→ 31st place)

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's cross-country

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's cross-country

These are the official results of the Women's Mountainbike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 27 participants, with two non-finishers, in this inaugural Olympic event, held on July 30, 1996...

• Alison Sydor
  Alison Sydor
  Alison Sydor is a retired Canadian professional cross country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria...
  
  
• Final — 1:51.58 (→ Silver Medal)

• Lesley Tomlinson
• Final — 2:01.04 (→ 13th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Philippe Comtois
  Philippe Comtois
  Philippe Comtois is a Canadian diver. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He began diving at age 9 and stopped diving in 2005. He finished his studies in accountancy at the Université du Québec à Montréal in April 2008....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 357.75
• Semi Final — 193.53 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

• David Bédard
  David Bédard
  David Peter Bédard is a retired diver from Canada, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He twice won a medal at the Pan American Games...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 342.33 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Annie Pelletier
  Annie Pelletier
  Annie Pelletier is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 3 metres springboard event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 236.58
• Semi Final — 218.76
• Final — 290.88 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Eryn Bulmer
  Eryn Bulmer
  Eryn Bulmer Barrett is a female diver from Canada, who won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard at the 1999 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 226.74 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Paige Gordon
  Paige Gordon
  Paige Parenti-Gordon is a retired female diver from Canada, who won the silver medal in the women's 3 metres springboard event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 242.13 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Anne Montminy
  Anne Montminy
  Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 229.32 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's Competition

Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Ewan Beaton
  Ewan Beaton
  Ewan Beaton is a male judoka from Canada.He claimed the silver medal in the Men's Bantamweight division at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. In the final he was defeated by Brazil's Shigueto Yamasaki...
  
  

Half-Lightweight (– 66 kg)

• Taro Tan

Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg)

• Colin Morgan

Middleweight (– 90 kg)

• Nicolas Gill
  Nicolas Gill
  Nicolas Gill is a judoka from Canada, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career. He first did so at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the bronze medal in the middleweight division...
  
  

Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg)

• Keith Morgan
  Keith Morgan (judoka)
  Keith Morgan is a male judoka from Canada, who won three medals at three different Pan American Games during his career....
  
  

Women's Competition

Half-Lightweight (– 52 kg)

• Nathalie Gosselin
  Nathalie Gosselin
  Nathalie Gosselin is a retired judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's lightweight competition at the 1987 Pan American Games...
  
  

Lightweight (– 57 kg)

• Marie-Josée Morneau

Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Carolyne Lepage
  Carolyne Lepage
  Carolyne Lepage is a female judoka from Canada, who won the silver medal in the women's extra lightweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2004.-References:...
  
  

Half-Middleweight (– 63 kg)

• Michelle Buckingham

Half-Heavyweight (– 78 kg)

• Niki Jenkins
  Niki Jenkins
  Niki Jenkins is a female judoka from Canada. She competed for Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the Women's Half-Heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games...
  
  

Heavyweight (+ 78 kg)

• Nancy Filteau

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• Defeated Chinese Taipei (2:1)
• Defeated Puerto Rico (0:4)
• Lost to PR China (1:2)
• Lost to Japan (0:4)
• Lost to United States (2:4)
• Defeated Netherlands (4:1)
• Lost to Australia (2:5)
• Semifinals
• Did not advance → Fifth place
• Team Roster
• Colleen Thorburn-Smith
• Sandra Beasley
  Sandra Beasley
  Sandra Beasley is an American poet and non-fiction writer.-Background:Beasley graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, earned a B.A. in English magna cum laude from the University of Virginia, and later received an MFA degree from American University...
  
  
• Juanita Clayton
• Karen Doell
• Carrie Flemmer
• Kelly Kelland
• Kara McGaw
• Pauline Maurice
• Candace Murray
• Christine Parris
• Lori Sippel
• Karen Snelgrove
• Debbie Sonnenberg
• Alecia Stephenson
• Carmelina Vairo
• Head Coach: Lesle Kennedy

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Hugues Legault
  Hugues Legault
  Hugues Legault is a male former freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he finished in 39th place in the Men's 50m Freestyle. He is the older brother of swimmer Karine Legault, who competed at the 2000 Summer...
  
  
• Heat – 23.63 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Stephen Clarke
  Stephen Clarke (swimmer)
  Stephen Clarke is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who was an Olympic bronze medalist. Clarke was born in the United Kingdom, attended university in the United States, and competed internationally for Canada....
  
  
• Heat – 50.14
• B-Final – 50.45 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Robert Braknis
  Robert Braknis
  Robert Braknis is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 16th position in the 100m Backstroke, and in twelfth place with the Men's Relay Team in the 4x100m Medley...
  
  
• Heat – 56.14
• B-Final – 57.00 (→ 16th place)

• Chris Renaud
  Chris Renaud
  Chris Renaud is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. His highlights include setting a world record in the short course 50 m Backstroke in 1997, and several Canadian titles...
  
  
• Heat – 56.52 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Chris Renaud
  Chris Renaud
  Chris Renaud is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. His highlights include setting a world record in the short course 50 m Backstroke in 1997, and several Canadian titles...
  
  
• Heat – 2:02.48
• B-Final – 2:01.70 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Jonathan Cleveland
  Jonathan Cleveland
  Jonathan Cleveland is a former international breaststroke swimmer, who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 ....
  
  
• Heat – 1:03.14 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Jonathan Cleveland
  Jonathan Cleveland
  Jonathan Cleveland is a former international breaststroke swimmer, who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 ....
  
  
• Heat – 2:16.08
• B-Final – 2:16.39 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Stephen Clarke
  Stephen Clarke (swimmer)
  Stephen Clarke is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who was an Olympic bronze medalist. Clarke was born in the United Kingdom, attended university in the United States, and competed internationally for Canada....
  
  
• Heat – 53.41
• Final – 53.33 (→ 7th place)

• Edward Parenti
  Edward Parenti
  Edward Parenti is a former international freestyle and butterfly swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in 26th place in the 200m Butterfly, in 27th place in the 400m Freestyle and in ninth place with the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team...
  
  
• Heat – 54.03
• B-Final – 54.19 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Casey Barrett
  Casey Barrett
  Casey Barrett is a former international butterfly swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he finished in 11th position in the 200m butterfly....
  
  
• Heat – 2:00.28
• B-Final – 1:59.72 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Curtis Myden
  Curtis Myden
  Curtis Allen Myden is a former international breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 . He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them bronze...
  
  
• Heat – 2:01.50
• Final – 2:01.13 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Curtis Myden
  Curtis Myden
  Curtis Allen Myden is a former international breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 . He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them bronze...
  
  
• Heat – 4:18.43
• Final – 4:16.28 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Robert Braknis
  Robert Braknis
  Robert Braknis is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 16th position in the 100m Backstroke, and in twelfth place with the Men's Relay Team in the 4x100m Medley...
  
  , Jonathan Cleveland
  Jonathan Cleveland
  Jonathan Cleveland is a former international breaststroke swimmer, who was born in the United States and competed for Canada at three Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 ....
  
  , Edward Parenti
  Edward Parenti
  Edward Parenti is a former international freestyle and butterfly swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he finished in 26th place in the 200m Butterfly, in 27th place in the 400m Freestyle and in ninth place with the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team...
  
  , and Stephen Clarke
  Stephen Clarke (swimmer)
  Stephen Clarke is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who was an Olympic bronze medalist. Clarke was born in the United Kingdom, attended university in the United States, and competed internationally for Canada....
  
  
• Heat – 3:42.95 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Martine Dessureault
• Heat – 26.44 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Laura Nicholls
  Laura Nicholls
  Laura Nicholls is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada.She competed for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 29th position in the 50 m freestyle...
  
  
• Heat – 26.52 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 17th position in the 200 m Freestyle...
  
  
• Heat – 56.63 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Early life:...
  
  
• Heat – 2:03.53
• B-Final – 2:03.79 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Andrea Schwartz
  Andrea Schwartz
  Andrea Schwartz is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 15th position in the 200m Butterfly, and in 20th place in the 400m Freestyle...
  
  
• Heat – 4:19.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Nicole Dryden
  Nicole Dryden
  Nicole "Nikki" Dryden is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, and in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.- Swimming career :...
  
  
• Heat – 8:47.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

• Stephanie Richardson
• Heat – 8:52.61 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Julie Howard
  Julie Howard
  Julie Howard is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat – 1:03.84
• B-Final – 1:04.01 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Julie Howard
  Julie Howard
  Julie Howard is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat – 2:17.25 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Guylaine Cloutier
  Guylaine Cloutier
  Guylaine Cloutier is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at three consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Her best Olympic finish was the fourth place in the 100m breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,...
  
  
• Heat – 1:09.72
• Final – 1:09.40 (→ 6th place)

• Lisa Flood
  Lisa Flood
  Lisa Flood is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat – 1:10.26
• B-Final – 1:10.21 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Christin Petelski
  Christin Petelski
  Christin Petelski is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat – 2:30.30
• Final – 2:31.45 (→ 8th place)

• Riley Mants
• Heat – 2:31.97
• B-Final – scratched

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Sarah Evanetz
  Sarah Evanetz
  Sarah Evanetz is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat – 1:01.32
• B-Final – 1:01.44 (→ 15th place)

• Jessica Amey
  Jessica Amey
  Jessica Amey is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat – 1:02.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Jessica Deglau
  Jessica Deglau
  Jessica Deglau was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in swimming in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games...
  
  
• Heat – 2:12.48
• Final – 2:11.40 (→ 6th place)

• Andrea Schwartz
  Andrea Schwartz
  Andrea Schwartz is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 15th position in the 200m Butterfly, and in 20th place in the 400m Freestyle...
  
  
• Heat – 2:13.33
• B-Final – 2:14.07 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Louise Limpert is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat – 2:15.12
• Final – 2:14.35 (→ Silver Medal)

• Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Early life:...
  
  
• Heat – 2:16.34
• Final – 2:15.30 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Early life:...
  
  
• Heat – 4:47.85
• B-Final – 4:46.34 (→ 9th place)

• Nancy Sweetnam
  Nancy Sweetnam
  Nancy Sweetnam is a former international medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat – 4:48.56
• B-Final – 4:47.55 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 17th position in the 200 m Freestyle...
  
  , Julie Howard
  Julie Howard
  Julie Howard is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  , Andrea Moody
  Andrea Moody
  Andrea Moody is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for her native country. She finished in seventh place with the Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay, swimming the third leg, alongside Shannon Shakespeare, Julie Howard, and Marianne Limpert...
  
  , and Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Louise Limpert is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Heat – 3:45.66
• Final – 3:46.27 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar
  Joanne Malar is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.-Early life:...
  
  , Sophie Simard
  Sophie Simard
  Sophie Simard is an international freestyle and butterfly swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she swam in the preliminary heats of the 4x200m Freestyle Relay, alongside Joanne Malar, Marianne Limpert, and Jessica Deglau. In the final she and...
  
  , Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Louise Limpert is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , and Jessica Deglau
  Jessica Deglau
  Jessica Deglau was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in swimming in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games...
  
  
• Heat – 8:12.03
• Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Limpert
  Marianne Louise Limpert is a former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 17th position in the 200 m Freestyle...
  
  , Andrea Schwartz
  Andrea Schwartz
  Andrea Schwartz is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 15th position in the 200m Butterfly, and in 20th place in the 400m Freestyle...
  
  , and Jessica Deglau
  Jessica Deglau
  Jessica Deglau was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in swimming in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games...
  
  
• Final – 8:08.16 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Julie Howard
  Julie Howard
  Julie Howard is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  , Guylaine Cloutier
  Guylaine Cloutier
  Guylaine Cloutier is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at three consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Her best Olympic finish was the fourth place in the 100m breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,...
  
  , Sarah Evanetz
  Sarah Evanetz
  Sarah Evanetz is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  , and Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare
  Shannon Shakespeare is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 17th position in the 200 m Freestyle...
  
  
• Heat – 4:09.50
• Final – 4:08.29 (→ 5th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Doubles Competition

• Grant Connell
  Grant Connell
  Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....
  
   and Daniel Nestor
  Daniel Nestor
  Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
  
  
• First round — Defeated Ján Krošlák
  Ján Krošlák
  Ján Krošlák is a former tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 1993.He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by America's MaliVai Washington...
  
   and Karol Kučera
  Karol Kucera
  Karol Kučera is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He is a former top 10 player and has been ranked as high as World No. 6.-Tennis career:...
  
   (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-3
• Second round — Lost to Neil Broad
  Neil Broad
  Neil Broad is a tennis player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career. He won 7 ATP tour doubles titles in his career, and won the Silver Medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
   and Tim Henman
  Tim Henman
  Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...
  
   (Great Britain) 6-7, 6-4, 4-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Patricia Hy-Boulais
  Patricia Hy-Boulais
  Patricia Hy-Boulais is a former tennis player. Representing Hong Kong early in her career, Hy-Boulais became a citizen of Canada in 1991...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Rita Grande
  Rita Grande
  Rita Grande is a professional female tennis player from Italy.-Singles :*2001: Hobart, Australia*2001: Bratislava, Slovakia*2003: Casablanca, Morocco-Singles finalist :*1999: Hobart...
  
   (Italy) 6-4 6-4
• Second round — Lost to Monica Seles
  Monica Seles
  Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
  
   (United States) 3-6 2-6

Women's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Lost to Cuba (0-3)
• Lost to Russia (0-3)
• Lost to Germany (0-3)
• Lost to Brazil (0-3)
• Defeated Peru (3-2)
• Quarterfinals
• did not advance (→ Ninth place)
• Team Roster
• Kerri Buchberger
  Kerri Buchberger
  Kerri Buchberger-Kendziora is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of Winnipeg ended up in tenth place with the Women's National Team after having won the bronze medal a year earlier...
  
  
• Josee Corbeil
  Josée Corbeil
  Josée Corbeil is a retired female volleyball player from Canada women's national volleyball team, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Wanda Guenette
  Wanda Guenette
  Wanda Guenette is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in tenth place with the Women's National Team. Later on Guenette started a career in beach volleyball.-References:*...
  
  
• Janis Kelly
  Janis Kelly
  Janis Louise Kelly is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 10th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*-External links:...
  
  
• Lori Ann Mundt
  Lori Ann Mundt
  Lori Ann Mundt is a retired female volleyball player from CanadaMundt competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba finished in 10th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*...
  
  
• Diane Ratnik
  Diane Ratnik
  Diane Ratnik-Cooper is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1996. A resident of Scarborough, Ontario, she finished in 8th and 10th place with the Women's National Team.Ratnik-Cooper is currently living in Uxbridge,...
  
  
• Erminia Russo
  Erminia Russo
  Erminia Russo is a retired female volleyball player from Canada.Russo competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There the resident of Kelowna, British Columbia finished in 10th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*...
  
  
• Michelle Sawatzky
  Michelle Sawatzky
  Michelle Sawatzky-Koop is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Brigitte Soucy
  Brigitte Soucy
  Brigitte Soucy is a retired female volleyball player from Canada.Soucy competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Christine Stark
  Christine Stark
  Christine Stark is a retired female volleyball player from Canada.Stark competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of St. François Xavier, Manitoba finished in 10th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*...
  
  
• Kathy Tough
  Kathy Tough
  Kathy Tough is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in tenth place with the Women's National Team....
  
  
• Katrina Von Sass
  Katrina Von Sass
  Katrina Von Sass is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of Calgary, Alberta ended up in tenth place with the Women's National Team. Katrina now lives in Edmonton, Alberta and enjoys...
  
  
• Head Coach: Mike Burchuk

Men's Beach Competition

• John Child
  John Child (athlete)
  John Child is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player.Child began playing beach volleyball in tournaments at age 16, and is a graduate of Centennial College. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mark Heese.Child lives in Toronto, Ontario...
  
   and Mark Heese
  Mark Heese
  Mark Heese is a Canadian beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University. Partnered with John Child, Heese is a three time Olympian - bronze medal in Atlanta , 5th in Sydney and 5th in Athens...
  
   → Bronze Medal

• Eddie Drakich and Marc Dunn
  Marc Dunn
  Marc Dunn in Oakland, California is former NFL and NFL Europe football player. He played college football at Kansas State University.-High school career:...
  
   — 17th place overall

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Serge Tremblay
• Final — 150.0 + 177.5 = 327.5 (→ 13th place)