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Canada, which is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee

Canadian Olympic Committee

The Canadian Olympic Committee - COC is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian athletes in the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Games. It was formally recognized by the IOC in 1907. The COC also represents the selection of Canadian cities in their bid for...

(COC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900

1900 Summer Olympics

The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1900 in Paris, France. No opening or closing ceremonies were held; competitions began on May 14 and ended on October 28. The Games were held as part of...

, except the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

which they boycotted. Canada sent 332 athletes in 30 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since 1988

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

. Canada did not send a team in handball

Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

thumb|left|240px|Gold medalists [[France]] collect their medals on August 24, 2008Handball competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9, to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium. Medals were awarded for both Men's and Women's team...

, volleyball

Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Volleyball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium...

or basketball

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...

. Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

gold medalist Adam van Koeverden

Adam van Koeverden

Adam Joseph van Koeverden is a Canadian sprint kayaker. He was born in Oakville, Ontario to a Dutch father and a Hungarian mother...

was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies; Karen Cockburn

Karen Cockburn

Karen Cockburn is a Canadian trampoline gymnast.Cockburn was born in Toronto and grew up in North York, Ontario. She began trampolining at age 11, and is a student at York University. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the individual event...

bore the flag at the closing.

The COC had set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in total medals; at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

, Canada finished 19th. Despite failing to win a single medal in the first week of the Games, Canada would rebound, winning a combined 18 medals in the next 9 days. This 9-day medal haul exceeded the 12 medals Canada won in Athens four years earlier. The country would wind up finishing 19th in gold medals and 14th in total medals in Beijing. Equestrian

Equestrian at the Summer Olympics

Equestrianism made its Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It disappeared until 1912, but has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since. The current Olympic equestrian disciplines are Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping...

show jumper Ian Millar

Ian Millar

Ian Millar, CM is a Canadian show jumping world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport. He is tied with Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl for most Olympic appearances .-Biography:Millar was born in Halifax,...

competed at his ninth Summer Olympics, tying the record set by Hubert Raudaschl

Hubert Raudaschl

Hubert Raudaschl is an Austrian sailboat manufacturer and former olympic athlete. He has participated in nine Olympic games between 1964 and 1996...

. He has been named to ten straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

due to the Canadian boycott. For the first time, Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. Gold medalists earned $

Canadian dollar

The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

20,000; silver medalists were paid $15,000; and bronze medalists $10,000. A total of $515,000 from the Athlete Excellence Fund was given to the medal winning athletes.

Canada was the next host country of an Olympics, with Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event
	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories...	Women's −48 kg
Kyle Hamilton Malcolm Howard Malcolm Howard (rower) Malcolm Howard is a Canadian rower. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia and graduated from Brentwood College School in 2001.... Adam Kreek Adam Kreek Adam Kreek is a Canadian rower. Born in London, Ontario, he was a student at the University of Victoria where he met his wife Rebecca. He won the gold medal at both the 2003 and 2002 world championships for Canada's men's eight team in Milan, Italy and Seville, Spain respectively... Kevin Light Kevin Light Kevin Richard Light is a Canadian rower. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia but has lived in Victoria, British Columbia since 1985. He began rowing at Stelly's High School in grade 12 and graduating in 1997... Brian Price (cox) Ben Rutledge Ben Rutledge Ben Rutledge is a Canadian Olympic rower.In Seville, Spain 2002 he was a member of the first ever Canadian Men's 8+ crew to win a Gold Medal at a World Championship regatta... Dominic Sieterle Jake Wetzel Jake Wetzel Jacob Wetzel is a Canadian rower. He has represented both Canada and the United States at the World Championships and the Olympics. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.- College years :...	Rowing Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:Single sculls menPairs men...	Men's eights
on Hickstead Hickstead (horse) Hickstead was a stallion ridden by Canadian Eric Lamaze. With rider Lamaze, he was an Olympic gold and silver medalist in show jumping. Hickstead was owned by Torrey Pines and Ashland Stables Inc....	Equestrian Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 21 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and Sheung Yue River in Hong Kong. It was the second time the equestrian events were hosted by a member of the IOC other than the member hosting the main games...	Individual jumping
Scott Frandsen Scott Frandsen Scott Frandsen is a Canadian rower of Swedish and Danish descent.-Biography:Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, he began rowing at age 16 at Brentwood College , in British Columbia, Canada.He rowed for four years at the University of California, Berkeley...	Rowing Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:Single sculls menPairs men...	Men's coxless pair
	Gymnastics Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 9–19. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing...	Women's trampoline
on Ole Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood is a Canadian show jumper.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Henselwood won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Mac Cone, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar.She currently lives in Oxford Mills, Ontario.Her horse, an Oldenberg gelding named... on Special Ed, Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze is a Canadian show jumper. He and his best known horse, Hickstead, completed the rare feat of only having one rail during the entire Olympic Games.-Early life:... on Hickstead Hickstead (horse) Hickstead was a stallion ridden by Canadian Eric Lamaze. With rider Lamaze, he was an Olympic gold and silver medalist in show jumping. Hickstead was owned by Torrey Pines and Ashland Stables Inc.... Ian Millar Ian Millar Ian Millar, CM is a Canadian show jumping world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport. He is tied with Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl for most Olympic appearances .-Biography:Millar was born in Halifax,... on In Style	Equestrian Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 21 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and Sheung Yue River in Hong Kong. It was the second time the equestrian events were hosted by a member of the IOC other than the member hosting the main games...	Team jumping
	Triathlon Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	Men's competition
	Gymnastics Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 9–19. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing...	Men's trampoline
	Diving Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.- Competition format :The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing:...	Men's 3 m springboard
	Diving Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.- Competition format :The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing:...	Women's 10 m platform
	Taekwondo Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 20 to August 23 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. 128 Taekwondo practitioners, 64 men and 64 women, competed in 8 events...	Women's −67 kg
	Canoeing Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....	Men's K-1 500 m
	Wrestling Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories...	Women's −55 kg
	Swimming Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Melanie Kok Melanie Kok Melanie Kok [pronounced "Cook"] is a Canadian rower. Kok won a bronze medal in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2008 Olympic Games with partner Tracy Cameron.-University career:Kok earned a B.A...	Rowing Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:Single sculls menPairs men...	Women's lightweight double sculls
Liam Parsons Liam Parsons Liam Parsons is a Canadian rower. He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.Parsons won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Iain Brambell, Mike Lewis and Jon Beare.-External links:* at Rowing Canada... Jon Beare Jon Beare Jon Beare is a Canadian rower. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he started rowing in 1988 and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. In 1993 he participated in the Canada Games in Kamloops B.C.as a member of the Ontario Team. The team returned with a gold in the four, and a silver in the eight... Mike Lewis Mike Lewis (rower) Mike Lewis is a Canadian rower. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia.Lewis won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Iain Brambell, Liam Parsons and Jon Beare.-External links:* at Rowing Canada...	Rowing Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.- Events :14 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:Single sculls menPairs men...	Men's lightweight coxless four
	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Women's 100 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre hurdles -Round 1:Qualifying rule: first two of each heat plus the six fastest times qualified.-Semifinals:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the Final.-Final:...
	Canoeing Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....	Men's C-1 1000 m

Archery

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John-David Burnes	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	644	50	(15) L 89–111	Did not advance					63
Crispin Duenas Crispin Duenas Crispin Duenas is a Canadian recurve archer who represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing....	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	664	16	(49) L 108(+18)-108(+19)	Did not advance					39
Jay Lyon	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	646	47	(18) W 111–106	(15) W 107–113	(31) L 110–115	Did not advance			10
John-David Burnes Crispin Duenas Crispin Duenas Crispin Duenas is a Canadian recurve archer who represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.... Jay Lyon	Team Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's team *24 arrow matchThe following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-World Rankings Entering Olympics:-Ranking Round:-Elimination Round:-Final Match Details:...	1954	11			(6) L 217–219	Did not advance			11

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marie-Pier Beaudet Marie-Pier Beaudet Marie-Pier Beaudet is an athlete from Canada. she competes in archery.Beaudet represented Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 47th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 616. In the first round of elimination, she faced 18th-ranked Cornelia Pfohl of Germany...	Individual Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's individual The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Ranking Round:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Details:- External links :* *...	628	34	(31) W 109 (+5)-109(+4)	(2) L 107–114	Did not advance				20 T

Athletics

Previous world champion hurdler Perdita Felicien

Perdita Felicien

Perdita Felicien is a Canadian hurdler.-Early life:Felicien carries her mother's maiden name, whose origins are in the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia...

officially announced on July 14 that she would not compete. This followed a foot fracture sustained during a February training session. Dylan Armstrong

Dylan Armstrong

Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single...

established a new Canadian record in the shot put.

Men

Athlete(s)	Events	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete(s)	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pierre Browne Pierre Browne Pierre Browne is a Canadian sprinter of Barbadian descent. He represented Canada for the 100 and the 200 meters dash in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2002 Commonwealth Games, and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...	100 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification:Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period...	10.22	7 Q	10.36	34	Did not advance
Anson Henry Anson Henry Anson Henry is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His personal best time is 10.12 seconds, achieved in May 2006 in Doha...	100 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification:Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period...	10.37	31 Q	10.33	30	Did not advance
Bryan Barnett Bryan Barnett Bryan Barnett is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Edmonton. He won the silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships, and also competed at the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final...	200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The following new world and Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time...	DNF	–	Did not advance
Jared Connaughton Jared Connaughton -Biography:He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The son of Susan and Neal Connaughton and resident of New Haven, Prince Edward Island...	200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The following new world and Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time...	20.60	13 Q	20.45	15	Did not advance
Tyler Christopher	400 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres -Round 1:The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next three overall fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Semifinal 1:...	45.67	28			Did not advance
Gary Reed Gary Reed (athlete) Gary Reed is a Canadian retired middle distance runner. He currently holds the Canadian record in the 800 metre run with a time of 1:43.68. On September 2, 2007, he won the silver medal in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 1.47.10...	800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...	1:46.02	12 Q			1:45.85	2 F	1:44:94	4
Achraf Tadili Achraf Tadili Achraf Tadili is a Canadian athlete competing over 800 metres. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco.-Achievements:-External links:**...	800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...	1:48.87	47	Did not advance
Nathan Brannen Nathan Brannen Nathan Brannen is a Canadian middle distance runner.Brannen was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He is affiliated with the Tri City Track Club.He holds a personal best in the 800m of 1:46:00.-References:*...	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...	3:41.45	28 Q			3:39.10	16	Did not advance
Taylor Milne	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...	3:41.56	29			Did not advance
Kevin Sullivan	1500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...	3:36.05	7 Q			3:40.30	19	Did not advance
Kevin Sullivan	5000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:- Heat 1 :Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final....	14:09.16	34	Did not advance
Eric Gillis Eric Gillis Eric Gillis is a Canadian athlete. He was born and raised in the community of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He currently resides in Guelph, Ontario.-Sporting career:...	10000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best-Splits:...							29:08.10	33
Jared Connaughton Jared Connaughton -Biography:He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The son of Susan and Neal Connaughton and resident of New Haven, Prince Edward Island... Anson Henry Anson Henry Anson Henry is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His personal best time is 10.12 seconds, achieved in May 2006 in Doha... Pierre Browne Pierre Browne Pierre Browne is a Canadian sprinter of Barbadian descent. He represented Canada for the 100 and the 200 meters dash in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2002 Commonwealth Games, and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-Biography:... Hank Palmer Hank Palmer Hank Palmer is a Canadian sprinter. He was born in Montreal. Palmer's best place to date was a fourth place at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He is uncommonly known by his self-appointed nicknames Black Phoenix, and Legend....	4×100 m relay Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre relay The Men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. Australia was 14th but withdrew and the...	38.77	4 Q					38.66	6
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...	50 km walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time....							4:08:18	38
Michael Mason Michael Mason (athlete) Michael Mason is a Canadian high jumper.He won the IAAF World Junior Championships gold medal in 2004. From Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Mason is only the second Canadian to win a World Junior Championship gold medal, following Mark Boswell who won in 1996...	High jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's high jump -Qualifying round:Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 2.32 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:The final was held on August 19....	2.25	19					Did not advance
Scott Russell Scott Russell (athletics) Scott Russell , is a male javelin thrower from Canada.He finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, tenth at the 2001 Summer Universiade, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, finished twelfth at the 2005 World Championships, eighth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and tenth...	Javelin throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 21 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualification mark was set at 82.50 metres....	80.42	6 Q					80.90	10
James Steacy James Steacy James Steacy is a male hammer thrower from Canada. His personal best is 79.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Lethbridge. Four Time CIS national champion weight throw champion.-Achievements:-References:...	Hammer throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw -Qualifying round:Qualification: Qualifying Performance 78.00 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-External links:...	76.32	11 Q					75.72	10
Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian shot putter born and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Armstrong achieved a personal best, and Canadian record at that time, of 21.04 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished fourth, missing out on a medal by a single...	Shot put Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's shot put The Men's Shot Put event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.The qualifying standards were 20.30 m and 19.80 m .-Medalists:-Schedule:...	20.43	5 Q					21.04 NR	4
Massimo Bertocchi Massimo Bertocchi Massimo Bertocchi is a male decathlete from Canada.Bertocchi set his personal best score in the men's decathlon on July 4, 2008 in Windsor. He is a three-time national champion in the men's decathlon: 2006, 2007 and 2008.-Achievements:-References:...	Decathlon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon -Heat 1:21 August 2008 - 9:20Wind: -0.6 m/s-Heat 2:21 August 2008 - 9:27Wind: -0.2 m/s-Heat 3:21 August 2008 - 9:34Wind: 0.3 m/s-Heat 4:21 August 2008 - 9:41Wind: -0.4 m/s-Heat 5:21 August 2008 - 9:48Wind: -0.1 m/s-Group A:...							7714	19

Decathlon

Decathlon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon -Heat 1:21 August 2008 - 9:20Wind: -0.6 m/s-Heat 2:21 August 2008 - 9:27Wind: -0.2 m/s-Heat 3:21 August 2008 - 9:34Wind: 0.3 m/s-Heat 4:21 August 2008 - 9:41Wind: -0.4 m/s-Heat 5:21 August 2008 - 9:48Wind: -0.1 m/s-Group A:...	Event	Massimo Bertocchi Massimo Bertocchi Massimo Bertocchi is a male decathlete from Canada.Bertocchi set his personal best score in the men's decathlon on July 4, 2008 in Windsor. He is a three-time national champion in the men's decathlon: 2006, 2007 and 2008.-Achievements:-References:...
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.00	861	7
	Long jump	7.05	826	14
	Shot put	14.10	734	17
	High jump	1.90	714	17
	400 m	48.72	875	9
	110 m hurdles	14.32	934	11
	Discus throw	44.91	765	16
	Pole vault	4.70	819	12
	Javelin throw	45.33	520	25
	1500 m	4:42.26	666	14
Final			7714	19

Women

Athlete	Events	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Priscilla Lopes-Schliep is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario and currently lives in Whitby. Lopes-Schliep is the first cousin of soccer player Dwayne De Rosario. She attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.Lopes-Schliep won a...	100 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre hurdles -Round 1:Qualifying rule: first two of each heat plus the six fastest times qualified.-Semifinals:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the Final.-Final:...	12.75	7 Q			12.68	5 Q	12.64
Angela Whyte Angela Whyte Angela Whyte is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition.-Achievements:-External links:* at Canadian Olympic Committee*...	100 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre hurdles -Round 1:Qualifying rule: first two of each heat plus the six fastest times qualified.-Semifinals:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the Final.-Final:...	13.11	23					Did not advance
Adrienne Power	200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat ' and the next 8 fastest ' advance to the Round 2.-Round 2:Qualification: First 3 in each heat ' and the next 4 fastest ' advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinal 1:...	23.40	26 Q	23.51	27	Did not advance
Carline Muir	400 m	51.55	17 Q			52.37	20	Did not advance
Megan Metcalfe Megan Metcalfe Megan Elizabeth Metcalfe is a Canadian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. Metcalfe attended West Virginia University, where she won the 2005 NCAA outdoor title in the 5000m. She was born in Edmonton...	5000 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 5000 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 6 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Final.-Final:-Splits:...	15:11:23	12 Q					17:06.82	15
Nicole Forrester Nicole Forrester Nicole Forrester is a Canadian high jumper. She was discovered working at McDonald's by Dave Hunt, who suggested she learn how to high jump. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Thessaloniki...	High jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's high jump -Qualifying round:Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 1.96 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.NM - No Mark-Final:NR = National Record / PB = Personal Best / SB = Season Best...	1.89	19					Did not advance
Tabia Charles Tabia Charles Tabia Charles is a Canadian long jumper.She finished tenth in the final round at the 2008 Olympic Games.Her personal best is 6.82 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Chania. This is the current Canadian record...	Long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying performance 6.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DQ - Disqualified-Final:...	6.61	9 Q					6.47	10
Ruky Abdulai	Long jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's long jump -Qualifying round:Qualifying performance 6.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DQ - Disqualified-Final:...	6.41	26					Did not advance
Sultana Frizell Sultana Frizell Sultana Frizell is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. Frizell currently trains under the guidance of Anatoliy Bondarchuk in Kamloops, British Columbia. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Career:Frizell started her athletic career in figure skating...	Hammer throw Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's hammer throw The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.The qualifying standards were 69.50 m and 67.00 m .-Medalists:-Schedule:...	65.44	33					Did not advance
Kelsie Hendry	Pole vault Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's pole vault The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.- Qualifying round :Qualifying Performance 4.60 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final....	4.30	18					Did not advance
Jessica Zelinka Jessica Zelinka Jessica Zelinka is a Canadian pentathlete and heptathlete. Her personal best score is 6490 points, which was achieved at 2008 Summer Olympics and is the Canadian record for the event...	Heptathlon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon -Results:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Group A:-Group B:-Group A:...							6490	5

Heptathlon

Heptathlon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon -Results:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Group A:-Group B:-Group A:...	Event	Jessica Zelinka Jessica Zelinka Jessica Zelinka is a Canadian pentathlete and heptathlete. Her personal best score is 6490 points, which was achieved at 2008 Summer Olympics and is the Canadian record for the event...
	Event	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles (s)	12.97	1129	2
	High jump (m)	1.77	941	13
	Shot Put (m)	13.79	780	15
	200 m (s)	23.64	1016	4
	Long jump (m)	6.12	887	15
	Javelin throw (m)	43.91	742	14
	800 m (s)	129.34	995	4
Final			6490	5

Badminton

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Andrew Dabeka Andrew Dabeka Andrew Dabeka is a male badminton player from Canada.- Career :Dabeka won 2008 US Open Men's Singles Champion by defeating Martin Bille Larsen: 21-14 and 21-9 and is, as of 2008, ranked 40th in the world. He was the winner of the 2007 Miami international, 2005 Pan American and 2003 Southern Pan Am...	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles These are the results of the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	L 11–21 11–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Anna Rice Anna Rice Anna Rice is a female badminton player from Canada. She was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Handsworth Secondary School.-Career:...	Singles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles These are the results of the women's singles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...	W 21–15 19–21 21–19	W 21–10 21–13	L 7–21 12–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Mike Beres Mike Beres Mike Beres is a male badminton player from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1999 Pan American Games. He was born in Brantford, Ontario.... Valerie Loker	Doubles Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Mixed doubles These are the results of the mixed doubles competition in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.The tournament consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Matches were played using a best-of-three games format. Games were played to 21 points, using rally scoring...			L 9–21 9–21	Did not advance

Baseball

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

Extra innings

Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie.Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine innings , each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat...

James Avery
James Avery (baseball)
James Avery is a Minor League Baseball player. He was also a competitor for Canada in baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Cincinnati Reds:...

– P (replacement for Scott Richmond
Scott Richmond
Scott Daniel Richmond is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball...

)
Chris Begg
Chris Begg
Christopher Stephen Begg is a Canadian baseball pitcher.A graduate of Niagara University, Begg was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco Giants in 2003 after pitching for the St. Paul Saints of the Northern League. He was part of Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics who...

– P (RH)
Tim Burton – P (RH)
Stubby Clapp – 2B
Rheal Cormier
Rheal Cormier
Rhéal Paul Cormier is a Canadian former Major League Baseball pitcher.He attended Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, Rhode Island, and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft...

– P (LH)
David Corrente
David Corrente
David Ross Corrente is a former Minor League Baseball player. Corrente played in the minor leagues from 2001 to 2008 and played for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics....

– C
David Davidson
David Davidson (baseball)
David Lawrence Davidson is a pitcher with the Edmonton Capitals of the North American League....

– P (LH)
Emerson Frostad – 1B/C
Emmanuel Garcia
Emmanuel Garcia
Emmanuel Garcia is a Canadian baseball player. He has played 4 years in the minors and has appeared for Team Canada....

– SS
Steve Green
Steve Green (baseball)
Steve Green is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He has played one game in the majors with the Anaheim Angels in ....

– P (RH)
Mike Johnson – P (RH)
Brett Lawrie
Brett Lawrie
Brett R. Lawrie is a Canadian professional baseball third baseman with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He was traded to the Blue Jays from the Milwaukee Brewers on December 5, 2010 in a deal for starting pitcher Shaun Marcum...

– C/INF/OF
Johnathan Lockwood – P (RH)
Brooks McNiven
Brooks McNiven
Brooks McNiven is a free agent baseball pitcher. He last played in the San Francisco Giants organization.McNiven was drafted by the Giants in the 4th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft....

– P (RH)
Ryan Radmanovich
Ryan Radmanovich
Ryan Ashley Radmanovich is a baseball right fielder.Radmanovich is a graduate of Pepperdine University. He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1993 amateur entry draft...

– OF
Chris Reitsma
Chris Reitsma
Christopher Michael Reitsma is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played seven seasons in the majors, from until , with the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, and Seattle Mariners.-Red Sox and Reds:...

– P (RH)
Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson (baseball)
Christopher J. Robinson is a Canadian baseball catcher. He also played for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.-External links:***...

– C
Matt Rogelstad
Matt Rogelstad
Matt Rogelstad is a Canadian baseball player currently playing with the Edmonton Capitals of the North American League.-High school and college career:...

– INF
Michael Saunders
Michael Saunders
Michael Edward Saunders is a Canadian Major League Baseball left fielder for the Seattle Mariners. He is a left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing outfielder...

– OF
Adam Stern
Adam Stern
Adam James Stern is a Canadian Major League Baseball outfielder who is presently a free agent.He bats left-handed, and throws right-handed. He was dubbed the "Canadian Babe Ruth" by Cleveland Indians outfielder Trot Nixon. Stern is the second Jewish player from Canada in major league history....

– OF
Scott Thorman
Scott Thorman
Scott Robert Thorman is a professional baseball first baseman. Thorman was drafted in the first round, 30th overall in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves...

– 1B
Jimmy Van Ostrand
Jimmy Van Ostrand
James O. Van Ostrand is a Canadian baseball outfielder. He currently plays for the Corpus Christi Hooks, the AA affiliate of the Houston Astros....

– 1B/OF
Nick Weglarz
Nick Weglarz
Nicholas E. Weglarz is a Canadian professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization in the United States....

– OF

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

Round Robin

Boxing

Twelve years after qualifying boxers in 11 of 12 events in 1996, Canada only sent one boxer to Beijing. Adam Trupish

Adam Trupish

Adam Trupish is a Canadian welterweight division boxer. He was born in London, Ontario. He is a two-time Olympian and was ranked 5th in the world after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-2004 Summer Olympics:He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...

qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2007 AIBA World championships.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Adam Trupish Adam Trupish Adam Trupish is a Canadian welterweight division boxer. He was born in London, Ontario. He is a two-time Olympian and was ranked 5th in the world after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-2004 Summer Olympics:He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...	Welterweight	L 1–20	Did not advance

Flatwater

For the first time ever, Canada had participants in all twelve flatwater races.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Oldershaw Mark Oldershaw Mark Oldershaw is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event...	C-1 500 m	1:48.817	2 S	1:52.649	4	Did not advance
Thomas Hall	C-1 1000 m	4:05.198	4 S	3:58.820	1 F	3:53.653
Gabriel Beauchesne- Sevigny Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished fifth in the C-2 500 m event and sixth in the C-2 1000 m event.... Andrew Russell	C-2 500 m	1:43.189	5 S	1:42.921	3 F	1:42.450	5
	C-2 1000 m	3:43.491	3 F			3:41.165	6
Adam van Koeverden Adam van Koeverden Adam Joseph van Koeverden is a Canadian sprint kayaker. He was born in Oakville, Ontario to a Dutch father and a Hungarian mother...	K-1 500 m	1:35.557	1 S	1:42.438	1 F	1:37.630
	K-1 1000 m	3:29.622	1 F			3:31.793	8
Andrew Willows Andrew Willows Andrew Willows is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the mid first decade of the 21st century. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze .Willows also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-2 500 m... Richard Dober Jr.	K-2 500 m	1:30.324	4 S	1:31.232	1 F	1:30.857	6
Steve Jorens Ryan Cuthbert Ryan Cuthbert Ryan Cuthbert is a Canadian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004.-References:*...	K-2 1000 m	3:29.037	7 S	3:26.635	5	Did not advance
Rhys Hill Rhys Hill Rhys Hill is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event.-References:... Angus Mortimer Angus Mortimer Angus Mortimer is a Canadian sprint kayaker currently attending Carleton University, who paddles out of the Rideau Canoe Club... Christopher Pellini Brady Reardon Brady Reardon Brady Reardon is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished ninth the K-4 1000 m event.-References:...	K-4 1000 m	3:06.811	5 S	3:02.572	3 F	3:01.630	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Furneaux Karen Furneaux Karen Furneaux is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has been competing since 1988. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, she won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships...	K-1 500 m	1:54.065	7 S	1:55.145	7	Did not advance
Kristin Gauthier Mylanie Barre Mylanie Barre Mylanie Barré is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville....	K-2 500 m	1:46.129	4 S	1:47.510	9	Did not advance
Karen Furneaux Karen Furneaux Karen Furneaux is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has been competing since 1988. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, she won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships... Kristin Gauthier Emilie Fournel Emilie Fournel Émilie Fournel is a Canadian sprint kayaker who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.... Genevieve Beauchesne- Sevigny Geneviève Beauchesne-Sévigny Geneviève Beauchesne-Sevigny is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event....	K-4 500 m	1:39.366	5 S	1:38.224	4	Did not advance

Slalom

Canada had a three-person slalom team in Beijing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
James Cartwright	C-1	93.83	12	90.80	13	184.63	13	Did not advance
David Ford David Ford (kayaker) David Watson Ford is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 1990s. He won two medals in the K-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 1999 and a silver in 2003....	K-1	85.35	6	89.49	17	174.84	13 Q	88.46	6 Q	89.89	5	178.35	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Sarah Boudens Sarah Boudens Sarah Boudens is a Canadian slalom canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:*...	K-1	158.99		109.68		268.67	19	Did not advance

BMX

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

2008 UCI BMX World Championships

The 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan in China and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX Racing. Great Britain's Shanaze Reade won her second consecutive world championships in the elite women's category, whilst Latvian Māris Štrombergs won the elite men's...

.

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank
Scott Erwood	Individual	37.050	26	50.052	28 T	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank
Samantha Cools Samantha Cools Samantha "Sammy" Cools is a Canadian Bicycle Motocross racer. Born in Calgary, Alberta, she was introduced to the sport by her brothers Greg, coach of the New Zealand BMX team, and Ken...	Individual	39.137	13 Q			14	4 Q	DNF	7

Mountain biking

Canada qualified its riders via the UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

ranking by nations.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Geoff Kabush	Cross-country	2:03:55	20
Seamus McGrath	Cross-country	–3LAP	44

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Catharine Pendrel Catharine Pendrel Catharine Pendrel is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker. She has been a member of the Canadian National team since 2003. She finished 4th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the cross-country event. She was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and grew up outside the small community of Harvey...	Cross-country	1:46:37	4
Marie-Hélène Prémont Marie-Hélène Prémont Marie-Hélène Prémont is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker with the Rocky Mountain Bicycles factory team for 2012. For the 2009-2011 seasons she rode for the Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Team. From June 2004 through 2008 she rode for the Rocky Mountain Bikes race team...	Cross-country	Did not finish

Road

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michael Barry Michael Barry (cyclist) Michael Barry is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Previous to riding for UCI ProTour team he spent several years with the . He also raced of the Saturn Cycling Team for a number of years before going to US Postal Service/Discovery. He was born and raised in...	Road race	6:24:05 (+0:16)	9
Ryder Hesjedal Ryder Hesjedal Ryder Hesjedal is a Canadian professional racing cyclist for . He is a former mountain biker, winning a silver medal at the 2001 Under-23 world championship...	Road race	6:34:26 (+10:37)	56
	Time trial	1:05:42.33 (+3:30)	16
Svein Tuft Svein Tuft Svein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:...	Road race	6:34:26 (+10:37)	59
	Time trial	1:04:39.44 (+2:28)	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leigh Hobson	Road race	3:32:52 (+0:28)	17
Erinne Willock	Road race	3:33:23 (+0:59)	37
Alex Wrubleski	Road race	3:39:36 (+7:12)	50
Alex Wrubleski	Time trial	39:15.42 (+4:23)	24

Track

Points Races

Athlete	Event	Points Laps	Rank
Zachary Bell Zachary Bell Zachary "Zach" Bell is a Canadian professional racing cyclist from Watson Lake, Yukon. He finished in 7th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's point race and 12th in the men's madison...	Men's points race	27 1 lap	7
Gina Grain	Women's points race	6 0 laps	9
Zachary Bell Zachary Bell Zachary "Zach" Bell is a Canadian professional racing cyclist from Watson Lake, Yukon. He finished in 7th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's point race and 12th in the men's madison... Martin Gilbert	Men's Madison	5 −3 laps	12

Diving

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

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie is a Canadian diver from Laval, Quebec. He was the World champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been World champion in the three categories . He is also a 36-time Canadian senior diving champion...	3 m springboard	453.60	9 Q	518.75	2 Q	536.65
Reuben Ross Reuben Ross Reuben Ross is a Canadian diver. He just recently won the 1m and 3m events at Canadian nationals. He won the 2008 national championships on the 3m, 10m and 10m synchronized and competed in the individual 3m springboard and 10m platform events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He currently...	3 m springboard	446.15	13 Q	395.85	18	Did not advance
	10 m platform	425.60	15 Q	390.75	17	Did not advance
Riley McCormick Riley McCormick Riley McCormick is a Canadian diver. He won the 2008 national championship on the 10m and 10m synchronized and placed 16th in the individual 10m platform event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He currently studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona...	10 m platform	425.95	14 Q	391.35	16	Did not advance
Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie Alexandre Despatie is a Canadian diver from Laval, Quebec. He was the World champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been World champion in the three categories . He is also a 36-time Canadian senior diving champion... Arturo Miranda Arturo Miranda Arturo Miranda is a Canadian diver and former vice-champion of the world in the synchronized springboard.Miranda finished in 5th in the synchronized 3m springboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with former world champion Alexandre Despatie. He was born in Havana, Cuba.- External...	3 m synchronized springboard					409.29	5

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Abel Jennifer Abel Jennifer Abel is a Canadian diver from Laval, Quebec. Abel became one of Canada's youngest ever divers when she had her debut Olympics at the age of 16 in 2008...	3 m springboard	300.75	10 Q	296.10	13	Did not advance
Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes...	3 m springboard	350.60	3 Q	324.60	10 Q	374.60	4
Émilie Heymans Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...	10 m platform	403.85	3 Q	374.10	4 Q	437.05
Marie-Ève Marleau Marie-Ève Marleau Marie-Ève Marleau is a Canadian Olympic diver from Laval, Quebec. She was born Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-Bio:Marleau started as a gymnast, until switching over to diving....	10 m platform	296.50	17 Q	335.25	7 Q	332.10	7
Meaghan Benfeito Meaghan Benfeito Meaghan Benfeito is a Canadian diver. She competes in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion. She was born in Montreal.... Roseline Filion Roseline Filion Roseline Filion is a Canadian diver. She competes in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. She was born in Laval, Quebec....	10 m synchronized platform					305.91	7

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Jacqueline Brooks	Gran Gesto	Individual	63.750	29	Did not advance
Ashley Holzer	Pop Art	Individual	67.042	19	68.760	15	71.450	12	70.105	14
Leslie Reid	Orion	Individual	59.750	44	Did not advance
Jacqueline Brooks Ashley Holzer Leslie Reid	as above	Team							63.514	9

Christilot Boylen was the dressage reserve.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
			Dressage		Cross-country		Qualifier		Final		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Kyle Carter	Madison Park	Individual	63.50	61	18.40 (81.90)	32	14.00 (95.90)	36	Did not advance		95.90	36
Sandra Donnelly	Buenos Aires	Individual	60.20	58	24.00 (84.20)	34	8.00 (92.20)	31	Did not advance		92.20	31
Selena O'Hanlon	Colombo	Individual	44.10	20	36.80 (120.90)	51	12.00 (132.90)	46	Did not advance		132.90	46
Samantha Taylor	Livewire	Individual	70.70	66	69.60 (180.30)	60	8.00 (188.30)	56	Did not advance		188.30	56
Michael Winter	King Pin	Individual	48.90	28	56.80 (125.70)	53	20.00 (145.70)	52	Did not advance		145.70	52
From: Kyle Carter Sandra Donnelly Selena O'Hanlon Samantha Taylor Michael Winter	as above	Team	153.20	9	287.00	9	321.00	9			321.00	9

Show jumping

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Final
			Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Mac Cone Mac Cone Mac Cone is a Canadian show jumper.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Cone won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar....	Ole	Individual	0	1 T	12	12	30 T	Withdrew
Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood is a Canadian show jumper.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Henselwood won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Mac Cone, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar.She currently lives in Oxford Mills, Ontario.Her horse, an Oldenberg gelding named...	Special Ed	Individual	1	14 T	18	19	44 T	0	19	26 Q	4	11 T	Did not finish		Did not advance
Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze is a Canadian show jumper. He and his best known horse, Hickstead, completed the rare feat of only having one rail during the entire Olympic Games.-Early life:...	Hickstead Hickstead (horse) Hickstead was a stallion ridden by Canadian Eric Lamaze. With rider Lamaze, he was an Olympic gold and silver medalist in show jumping. Hickstead was owned by Torrey Pines and Ashland Stables Inc....	Individual	0	1 T	0	0	1 T	4	4	2 T Q	0	1 T	0	1 T	0	1 T
Ian Millar Ian Millar Ian Millar, CM is a Canadian show jumping world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport. He is tied with Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl for most Olympic appearances .-Biography:Millar was born in Halifax,...	In Style	Individual	4	30 T	4	8	16 T	0	8	8 T Q	8	23 T	Did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Gold medal Jump-off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Time	Final Rank
Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze is a Canadian show jumper. He and his best known horse, Hickstead, completed the rare feat of only having one rail during the entire Olympic Games.-Early life:...	Hickstead Hickstead (horse) Hickstead was a stallion ridden by Canadian Eric Lamaze. With rider Lamaze, he was an Olympic gold and silver medalist in show jumping. Hickstead was owned by Torrey Pines and Ashland Stables Inc....	Individual	0	38.39

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying round		Final
			Qualifying round		Round 1		Round 2		Total		Jump off
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Mac Cone Mac Cone Mac Cone is a Canadian show jumper.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Cone won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Jill Henselwood, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar.... Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood Jill Henselwood is a Canadian show jumper.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Henselwood won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with Mac Cone, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar.She currently lives in Oxford Mills, Ontario.Her horse, an Oldenberg gelding named... Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze Eric Lamaze is a Canadian show jumper. He and his best known horse, Hickstead, completed the rare feat of only having one rail during the entire Olympic Games.-Early life:... Ian Millar Ian Millar Ian Millar, CM is a Canadian show jumping world champion and Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed "Captain Canada" in his sport. He is tied with Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl for most Olympic appearances .-Biography:Millar was born in Halifax,...	as above	Team	1	2 T	16	4 T	4	1	20	1 T	4

Reserve rider: Jonathan Asselin. First alternate: Mario Deslauriers

Fencing

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
(22) Igor Tikhomirov Igor Tikhomirov Igor Tikhomirov is a Canadian épée fencer.He competed for the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the épée team competition...	Individual épée		W 15–11	L 7–15	Did not advance			15
(22) Josh McGuire Josh McGuire (fencer) Joshua "Josh" McGuire is a Canadian fencer who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. McGuire competed in the individual foil at both Games reaching the round of 32 in 2004 and the last 16 in 2008....	Individual foil		W 11–10	L 3–15	Did not advance			16
(30) Philippe Beaudry	Individual sabre	W 15–8	L 4–15	Did not advance				30

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
(6) Sherraine Schalm	Individual épée			L 15–13	Did not advance			9
(38) Jujie Luan	Individual foil	W 13–9	L 7–15	Did not advance				32
(36) Julie Cloutier Julie Cloutier Julie Cloutier is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Canadian team that finished in 7th place in the team sabre event. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.- External links :*...	Individual sabre	L 2–15	Did not advance					35
(23) Olga Ovtchinnikova Olga Ovtchinnikova Olya Ovtchinnikova is a Canadian fencer. Ovtchinnikova started fencing for recreation in Moscow, Russia, where she participated in local competitions. In 2000, her family moved to Toronto, Canada, where she began to train more seriously...	Individual sabre		W 15–13	L 12–15	Did not advance			15
(27) Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine is a Canadian fencer. She was born in Chibougamau, Quebec. She will compete in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the women's sabre, she competed in section 3, beating Elvira Wood in the first round, but was eliminated in the second round by gold...	Individual sabre	W 15–2	L 10–15	Did not advance				28

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Classification 5–8	Placement 7–8	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
(7) Julie Cloutier Julie Cloutier Julie Cloutier is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Canadian team that finished in 7th place in the team sabre event. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.- External links :*... Olga Ovtchinnikova Olga Ovtchinnikova Olya Ovtchinnikova is a Canadian fencer. Ovtchinnikova started fencing for recreation in Moscow, Russia, where she participated in local competitions. In 2000, her family moved to Toronto, Canada, where she began to train more seriously... Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine is a Canadian fencer. She was born in Chibougamau, Quebec. She will compete in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the women's sabre, she competed in section 3, beating Elvira Wood in the first round, but was eliminated in the second round by gold...	Team sabre	L 22–45	Did not advance		L 44–45	W 45–16	7

Wendy Saschenbrecker

Wendy Saschenbrecker is a Canadian fencer from Ottawa. She was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada at the age of five.Saschenbrecker began fencing at the University of Ottawa in 1995. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and from McGill University. She works as a manager with the Canada...

was a reserve for the women's sabre team.

Field hockey

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

Ranjeev Deol
Ranjeev Deol
Ranjeev Deol is a Canadian field hockey player, who plays for Surrey Lions FHC.-Career:He played club hockey in the Netherlands since 2003, first at HC Rotterdam then HC MOP and later on with HC Den Bosch....
Wayne Fernandes
Wayne Fernandes
Wayne Fernandes is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first cap in 1996 against Pakistan....
Connor Grimes
Connor Grimes
Connor Grimes is a field hockey player from Canada.Grimes competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, as part of the Canadian team which finished the field hockey tournament in 10th place.-References:...
Ravi Kahlon
Ravi Kahlon
Ravinder Kahlon is a Canadian field hockey player.Kahlon earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 2000 against Malaysia in Brussels...
Bindi Kullar
Bindi Kullar
Bindi Singh Kullar is a Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1996, at the World Cup Preliminary in Sardinia...
Mike Mahood
Mike Mahood
Michael Mahood is a field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 1995 against India in Italy.-International senior competitions:...
Mark Pearson
Mark Pearson (field hockey)
Mark Pearson, born Vancouver, BC Canada on 18 June 1987, is a Canadian field hockey player. He has represented Canada at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup in Delhi, India....
Ken Pereira
Ken Pereira
Kenneth Pereira is a field hockey midfielder from Canada. He was a member of the Canadian field hockey team at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008. Pereira has also been on several Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games teams, winning two gold medals in the latter competition in 1999 and 2007...
Scott Sandison
Scott Sandison
Scott Sandison is a field hockey midfielder from Canada. He was a member of the Canadian team that finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-International senior competitions:...
Marian Schole
Marian Schole
Marian Schole is a male field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team. He was a member of the Berliner Hockey Club.-International senior competitions:...
Peter Short
Peter Short (field hockey)
Peter Short is a field hockey player from Canada, whose brother Rob also represents the Men's National Team....
Rob Short
Rob Short
Rob Short is a Canadian field hockey player.- Career :Short played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Highlights include the 1998 World Cup in The Netherlands where the Canadian team finished 8th with Rob scoring 4 goals in the 7 games...

– Captain
Sukhwinder "Gabbar" Singh
Gabbar Singh (field hockey)
Sukhwinder Singh is a male field hockey player, who is a member of the Canada national field hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games.He plays in the Premier League in Vancouver, Canada for United Brothers Field Hockey Club...
Scott Tupper
Scott Tupper
Scott Tupper is a male field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team as a midfielder....
Paul Wettlaufer
Paul Wettlaufer
Paul Wettlaufer is a field hockey player from Canada.Wettlaufer earned his first international cap for the Men's National Team in 1998 against Spain in Barcelona...
Anthony Wright
Anthony Wright (field hockey)
Anthony Wright is a male field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team as a sweeper.-International senior competitions:* 2006 — World Cup Qualifier, Guanghzou...

Reserves:

Philip Wright
David Carter
David Carter (field hockey)
David Carter is a male field hockey player, who plays for the Canadian National Field Hockey team as a goalie....

Results

Round Robin / Preliminary Round

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	4	5	1	1	3	10	17	−7

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Classification 9th – 10th

Football

Canada's national women's team qualified by finishing in the top two at the CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

Olympic qualifying tournament.

Karina LeBlanc
Karina LeBlanc
Karina LeBlanc is a soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the Canadian National Team. She holds both Canadian and United States citizenship...

– G
Amber Allen
Amber Allen
Amber Allen is a professional Canadian soccer player. She led the Vancouver Whitecaps Women's team in goals and points in 2005. This earned her the W-League All-Conference honours. She has been named to the 2008 Canadian Olympic team.-References:...

– F
Emily Zurrer
Emily Zurrer
Emily Zurrer is a Canadian soccer player considered to be one of the premiere female soccer players in the country.-Career:...

– D
Clare Rustad
Clare Rustad
Clare Rustad is professional football player, who plays for Toronto Lady Lynx.-Career:...

– D/M
Robyn Gayle
Robyn Gayle
Robyn Krista Gayle is a Canadian footballer from Toronto. She played for the Canada women's national soccer team at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.-References:...

– D
Sophie Schmidt
Sophie Schmidt
Sophie Diana Schmidt is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for magicJack in the WPS. She is also a member of Canada national women's soccer team.-International Career:Schmidt has represented Canada on the U-17 and U-20 youth teams...

– M
Rhian Wilkinson
Rhian Wilkinson
Rhian Wilkinson is a British-Canadian female soccer player, who currently plays for Surrey United.-Career:...

– F
Diana Matheson
Diana Matheson
Diana Matheson is a football midfielder, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2007 Pan American Games....

– M
Candace Chapman
Candace Chapman
Candace Marie Chapman is a Trinidad and Tobago-born, Canadian soccer defender who is currently playing for the Sky Blue FC in the WPS and is a member of the Canadian national team....

– M
Martina Franko
Martina Franko
Martina Franko is a Canadian football defender who played for Vancouver Whitecaps.-Career:Franko performs a versatile role, and can play as either a midfielder or forward...

– D
Randee Hermus
Randee Hermus
Randee Hermus is a female football defender, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2007 Pan American Games, she played currently with Vancouver Whitecaps.-Career:Hermus was named the 2004 W-League Championship Weekend MVP for her defensive work; defensive...

– D
Christine Sinclair
Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair is a Canadian soccer forward who plays professional soccer for the Western New York Flash and is the captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair has spent ten years with the Canadian national team participating in two World Cups in 2007 and 2003 and the 2008 Summer...

– F
Amy Walsh
Amy Walsh
Amy Heather Walsh has been a midfielder for the Canada women's national soccer team since 1998. She has to play more than 102 matchs for the national team of Canada. She attended the University of Nebraska, where she was twice named in the first team and once in the first-team...

– M
Melissa Tancredi
Melissa Tancredi
Melissa Tancredi is a Canadian soccer forward who currently plays for Piteå IF ladies team.-External links:* *...

– F
Kara Lang
Kara Lang
Kara Elise Lang is a retired Canadian soccer player, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women...

– F
Jonelle Filigno
Jonelle Filigno
Jonelle Filigno is a Canadian footballer from Mississauga, Ontario. She played for the Canada women's national soccer team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.-References:...

– F
Brittany Timko
Brittany Timko
Brittany Timko is a Canadian female soccer player.- Career :She played for the Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She also played on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln soccer team from 2003 to 2007, and graduated in May 2007...

– D/M
Erin McLeod
Erin McLeod
Erin McLeod is a Canadian football player. She is a goalkeeper for Dalsjöfors GoIF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan....

– G

Alternates:

Kristina Kiss
Kristina Kiss
Kristina Kiss is a female football midfielder, who twice won a medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the Pan American Games: 2003 and 2007....

– D/M
Stéphanie Labbé
Stephanie Labbé
Stephanie Labbé is a Canadian football player. She is a goalkeeper for the Piteå IF ladies team.-College career:...

– G
Jodi-Ann Robinson
Jodi-Ann Robinson
Jodi-Ann Robinson is a Canadian footballer, born in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. She played for the Canada women's national soccer team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.-References:...

– F
Amy Vermeulen
Amy Vermeulen
Amy Vermeulen is a female football forward, who won the bronze medal with the Canadian women's national soccer team at the 2007 Pan American Games, she played currently with Vancouver Whitecaps....

– F

Results

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4

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Quarterfinal

Artistic

Canada has qualified a six-man team and two women for Beijing.

Men
No Canadian man made an apparatus final, with Kyle Shewfelt

Kyle Shewfelt

Kyle Keith Shewfelt is a Canadian gymnast. His gold medal in the men's floor exercise competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first medal ever by a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was the first Canadian gold of the 2004 Olympics...

finishing ninth on vault and eleventh on floor exercise in the qualifying round. The Canadian team similarly failed to advance to the final, finishing ninth and missing out by less than four-tenths of a point. Two Canadian men, Adam Wong and Nathan Gafiuk, did advance to the all-around final.

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Nathan Gafuik	All-around	16.175	15.225	13.800	14.250	15.450	14.825	89.725	20 Q	89.625	17
Grant Golding	All-around		14.850	15.125	15.275	15.450		59.700	65	Did not advance
David Kikuchi	All-around	15.575		14.175	15.200	15.150	14.200	74.300	54	Did not advance
Brandon O'Neill	All-around	15.150	3.450	12.475		14.900	0.000	45.975	74	Did not advance
Kyle Shewfelt Kyle Shewfelt Kyle Keith Shewfelt is a Canadian gymnast. His gold medal in the men's floor exercise competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first medal ever by a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was the first Canadian gold of the 2004 Olympics...	All-around	16.350	15.525		13.925		14.250	60.050	63	Did not advance
Adam Wong	All-around	15.650	14.900	14.375	14.500	15.125	14.575	89.125	24 Q	89.800	15
Nathan Gafuik Grant Golding David Kikuchi Brandon O'Neill Kyle Shewfelt Kyle Shewfelt Kyle Keith Shewfelt is a Canadian gymnast. His gold medal in the men's floor exercise competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first medal ever by a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was the first Canadian gold of the 2004 Olympics... Adam Wong	Team	63.750	60.500	56.475	59.225	61.175	57.850	358.975	9	Did not advance

Women
Due to a 14th place finish at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships(Only the top 12 teams qualified) , Canada failed to qualify a full women's team to the olympics.

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Nansy Damianova Nansy Damianova Nansy Damianova is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...	All-around	14.700	14.100	13.650	14.250	56.700	38	Did not advance
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs is a Canadian gymnast. She was born in Mississauga, Ontario. She first started gymnastics in 1993, and competed in her first international event in 2001...	All-around	14.675	13.875	14.975	15.125	58.650	19 Q	58.375	16

Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls are the reserves for the men's team.

Rhythmic

Individual All-Around
If Brazil had withdrawn from the group all-around competition, they would have been replaced by Canada.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Alexandra Orlando Alexandra Orlando Alexandra Michel Orlando is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She was born in Toronto and attended Havergal College.Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007...	Individual	16.550	15.675	16.175	15.225	63.625	18	Did not advance

Trampoline

Three trampolinists competed for Canada in Beijing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jason Burnett	Individual	69.70	7 Q	40.70

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Karen Cockburn Karen Cockburn Karen Cockburn is a Canadian trampoline gymnast.Cockburn was born in Toronto and grew up in North York, Ontario. She began trampolining at age 11, and is a student at York University. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the individual event...	Individual	66.00	3 Q	37.00
Rosannagh MacLennan Rosannagh MacLennan Rosannagh MacLennan is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she won the Canadian National Women's champion in 2005, 2009 and 2011. She has competed internationally at various levels since 1999...	Individual	65.60	4 Q	35.50	7

Judo

Four men and one woman will represent Canada in Judo.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Frazer Will Frazer Will Frazer Will is a judoka from Star City, Saskatchewan, Canada, who won gold medals at the 2006 and 2007 Pan American Judo Championships, the 2007 Chinese Open and three national championships in the lightweight division. He finished in 7th place in his division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in...	−60 kg	Bye	L 0001–0011	Did not advance			W 1001–0010 – 4:43	W 1000–0000 – 1:54	L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Sasha Mehmedovic	−66 kg	Bye	W 0011–0001	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 0201–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Nicholas Tritton Nicholas Tritton Nicholas "Nick" Tritton is a male judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 2007 Pan American Games, alongside Cuba's Ronald Girones. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References: ***...	−73 kg		L 0000–0010	Did not advance
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....	−100 kg		W 1001–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marylise Levesque	−78 kg		W 1000–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance			L 0110–0110	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Josh Riker-Fox and Monica Pinette qualified for Beijing by respectively finishing third and second at the 2007 Pan-American Games and Kara Grant qualified via the world rankings.

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Josh Riker-Fox	988	760	1224	1092	1108	5172	24

Women

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Kara Grant	1072	760	940	1060	1144	4976	31
Monica Pinette	1180	664	1124	1144	1080	5192	27

Rowing

Canada sent eight boats to Beijing in rowing, of which four (half of the quota) finished with medals.

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Scott Frandsen Scott Frandsen Scott Frandsen is a Canadian rower of Swedish and Danish descent.-Biography:Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, he began rowing at age 16 at Brentwood College , in British Columbia, Canada.He rowed for four years at the University of California, Berkeley... Dave Calder David Calder (rower) David Calder or Dave Calder is a Canadian rower. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He graduated from Brentwood College School in 1996....	Pairs	6:54.88	3 S A/B			6:34.02	1 FA	6:39.55
Douglas Vandor Cameron Sylvester	Lightweight double sculls	6:17.58	2 S A/B			6:49.28	6 FB	6:40.80	12
Andrew Byrnes Andrew Byrnes James Andrew Byrnes is a Canadian rower and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in Ithaca, New York... Kyle Hamilton Malcolm Howard Malcolm Howard (rower) Malcolm Howard is a Canadian rower. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia and graduated from Brentwood College School in 2001.... Adam Kreek Adam Kreek Adam Kreek is a Canadian rower. Born in London, Ontario, he was a student at the University of Victoria where he met his wife Rebecca. He won the gold medal at both the 2003 and 2002 world championships for Canada's men's eight team in Milan, Italy and Seville, Spain respectively... Kevin Light Kevin Light Kevin Richard Light is a Canadian rower. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia but has lived in Victoria, British Columbia since 1985. He began rowing at Stelly's High School in grade 12 and graduating in 1997... Brian Price (cox) Ben Rutledge Ben Rutledge Ben Rutledge is a Canadian Olympic rower.In Seville, Spain 2002 he was a member of the first ever Canadian Men's 8+ crew to win a Gold Medal at a World Championship regatta... Dominic Sieterle Jake Wetzel Jake Wetzel Jacob Wetzel is a Canadian rower. He has represented both Canada and the United States at the World Championships and the Olympics. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.- College years :...	Eights	5:27:69	1 FA					5:23.89
Iain Brambell Iain Brambell Iain Brambell is a Canadian rower. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 world championships in Seville, Spain in the men's lightweight fours event. He was born in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia... Liam Parsons Liam Parsons Liam Parsons is a Canadian rower. He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.Parsons won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Iain Brambell, Mike Lewis and Jon Beare.-External links:* at Rowing Canada... Jon Beare Jon Beare Jon Beare is a Canadian rower. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he started rowing in 1988 and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. In 1993 he participated in the Canada Games in Kamloops B.C.as a member of the Ontario Team. The team returned with a gold in the four, and a silver in the eight... Mike Lewis Mike Lewis (rower) Mike Lewis is a Canadian rower. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia.Lewis won a bronze in the men's lightweight fours at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Iain Brambell, Liam Parsons and Jon Beare.-External links:* at Rowing Canada...	Lightweight fours	5:52.13	2 S A/B			6:07.86	2 FA	5:50.09

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sabrina Kolker Zoe Hoskins	Pairs	Boat under weight	5 R	7:40.22	4 FB			7:37.27	9
Tracy Cameron Tracy Cameron Tracy Cameron Began Rowing in 2000 at the age of 25 by enrolling in the learn to row program, while attending the University of Calgary... Melanie Kok Melanie Kok Melanie Kok [pronounced "Cook"] is a Canadian rower. Kok won a bronze medal in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2008 Olympic Games with partner Tracy Cameron.-University career:Kok earned a B.A...	Lightweight double sculls	6:54.07	2 S A/B			7:10.70	1 FA	6:56.68
Anna-Marie de Zwager Anna-Marie de Zwager Anna-Marie de Zwager is a Canadian rower from Victoria, British Columbia.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she finished in 7th place in the women's eight event, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's quad sculls.She attended the University of Victoria where she also... Krista Guloien Krista Guloien Krista Guloien is a Canadian rower from Port Moody, British Columbia.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's quad sculls. She studied criminology at Simon Fraser University.... Rachelle de Jong Rachelle de Jong -Summary:Rachelle de Jong is a Canadian rower from Regina, Saskatchewan.At the 2002 World Championships, she won a silver medal in the women's four. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's quad sculls.... Janine Hanson Janine Hanson Janine Hanson is a Canadian rower from Winnipeg. Currently on the Canadian National team.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's quad sculls....	Quadruple sculls	6:23.27	3 R	6:46.60	5 FB			6:28.78	8
Ashley Brzozowicz Ashley Brzozowicz Ashley Brzozowicz is a Canadian rower. She was born in Toronto, Ontario.Brzozowicz finished second at the NCAA championships in 2004.... Jane Rumball Jane Rumball Jane Rumball is a Canadian rower. She was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick.She won a gold medal at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in the women's coxless pairs with Darcy Marquardt.... Darcy Marquardt Darcy Marquardt Darcy Marquardt is a Canadian rower. She is a student at the University of Victoria. She won a silver medal in the fours event at the 2002 World Championships in Seville, Spain and a bronze in the eights at the 2003 World Championships in Milan, Italy. She placed fourth in the 2004 summer... Buffy Williams Sarah Bonikowsky Sarah Bonikowsky Sarah Bonikowsky is a Canadian rower. She was born in Orangeville, Ontario and graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelors of Art and majored in philosophy with a minor in Greek and Roman studies.... Romina Stefancic Romina Stefancic Romina Stefancic is a Slovenian-Canadian rower. Born in Slovenia, she received Canadian citizenship in 2004, prior to competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics.... Andréanne Morin Andréanne Morin Andréanne Morin is a Canadian rower.She was the NCAA champion in rowing 2006. She won a bronze medal with the women's eights at the 2003 World Rowing Championships.... Heather Mandoli Heather Mandoli Heather Mandoli is a Canadian rower.She finished in fourth place at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China in the women's eights with Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Buffy Williams, Jane Rumball, Romina Stefancic, Sarah Bonikowsky, Andréanne Morin and cox Lesley... Lesley Thompson-Willie 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... (cox)	Eights	6:12:68	3 R	6:10.50	1 FA			6:08.04	4

R = Advanced to Repechage
S A/B = Advanced to Semifinals A/B
FA = Advanced to Final A

Sailing

Canada earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Cascais

Cascais

Cascais is a coastal town in Cascais Municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, with about 35,000 residents. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal's royal...

, Portugal, except for the quota in the Tornado class, which was earned at the 2008 Tornado World Championships in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race Point(s)											Total Point(s)	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal race	Total Point(s)	Rank
Zac Plavsic	Sailboard	23	25	22	21	(30)	12	26	12	29	11	Did not advance	211	23
Mike Leigh	Laser	13	23	26	5	4	3	(28)	2	19	CAN	14	137	9
Oliver Bone Stephane Locas	470	25	26	(30) OCS	20	23	22	30 OCS	18	26	16	Did not advance	235	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Race Point(s)											Total Point(s)	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal race	Total Point(s)	Rank
Nikola Girke	Sailboard	11	14	13	14	12	15	13	(28) DNF	18	15	Did not advance	153	17
Lisa Ross	Laser Radial	16	23	13	11	7	9	(29) OCS	25	7	CAN	Did not advance	140	17
Katie Abbott Martha Henderson Jennifer Provan	Yngling	5	4	10	(15)	9	12	11	15	CAN		Did not advance	81	13

Open

Athlete	Event	Race Point(s)																Total Point(s)	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Medal race	Total Point(s)	Rank
Chris Cook Chris Cook (sailor) Christopher "Chris" Cook is a Canadian sailor from Toronto who competes in the Finn class.In 2005, Cook was a bronze medal at the Gold Cup. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he finished in fifth place.-References:...	Finn	8	3	7	10	(23)	5	15	3	CAN							16	90	5
Gordon Cook Ben Remocker	49er	13	12	13	10	7	6	16	16	10	(18)	15	16	CAN			Did not advance	152	14
Oskar Johansson Oskar Johansson Oskar Johansson is a Canadian world class sailor from Toronto. He competed in Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and finished in 15th place... Kevin Stittle Kevin Stittle Kevin Stittle is a Canadian sailor from Orangeville, Ontario.Stittle began sailing at the age of 11.At the 2008 World Championships, he won a silver medal in the tornado class....	Tornado	8	3	9	9	1	(15)	11	12	2	2						4	76	4

Key

(X) – Worst result discarded
OCS – On the Course Side of the starting line
DSQ – Disqualified
DNF – Did Not Finish
BFD – Black Flag Disqualification
CAN – Race cancelled due to bad weather

Shooting

Four shooters represented Canada in Beijing.

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Avianna Chao	10 m air pistol	370	39	Did not advance
Avianna Chao	25 m pistol	558	41	Did not advance
Susan Nattrass Susan Nattrass Susan "Sue" Marie Nattrass, is a Canadian shooter and medical researcher in osteoporosis. She was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She competed at six Olympic Games in 1976, 1988, 1992, and 2000 to 2008; she is one of sixteen shooters worldwide to compete at at least six Olympic Games...	Trap	63	11	Did not advance

Softball

Women's Softball

Lauren Bay Regula
Lauren Bay
Lauren Bay Regula is a Canadian former All-American left-handed softball pitcher. She began playing softball at age 12, and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and holds several all-time OSU records...
Alison Bradley
Alison Bradley
Alison Bradley is a Canadian softball left fielder.Bradley began playing softball at age seven, and was a student at University of Western Ontario...
Erin Cumpstone
Erin Cumpstone
Erin Cumpstone is a Canadian softball catcher. She began playing softball at age seven, and is a student at Simon Fraser University...
Danielle Lawrie
Danielle Lawrie
Danielle Elaine Lawrie is a Canadian 5'7" former right-handed pitcher and right-batting cleanup hitter for the University of Washington softball team. She was also a member of the Canada women's national softball team during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was named the 2009 U.S.A...
Sheena Lawrick
Sheena Lawrick
Sheena Lawrick is a Canadian softball infielder. She is a student at the University of Nebraska. She was a part of the Canadian Softball team who finished 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
Caitlin Lever
Caitlin Lever
Caitlin Lever is a Canadian softball player. She is an outfielder who bats left and throws right. She played for Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She graduated from Georgia Tech in 2007. In her final year, she set team records for hits and on base percentage...
Robin Mackin
Noemie Marin
Noémie Marin
Noémie Marin is a former Olympic softball player and a hockey player with the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League .-Softball:...
Melanie Matthews
Erin McLean
Dione Meier
Kaleigh Rafter
Jennifer Salling
Megan Timpf
Megan Timpf
-Life and career:Timpf competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics for the Canadian women's national softball team under the tutelage of coach Lori Sippel; she has been a member of the national team since 2005. When Timpf plays softball, her position is either second base or shortstop. Timpf gives credit...
Jennifer Yee

Results

Round Robin

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

UTC+8

UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...

)

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

Swimming

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richard Hortness	50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	22.42	27	Did not advance
Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year...	100 m freestyle	47.84	3 Q	48.20	11	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:46.40 (CR)	3	Withdrew
Joel Greenshields Joel Greenshields Joel Greenshields is a Canadian swimmer. Born in Edson, Alberta, he competes in the 100m Freestyle.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Canadian team that finished sixth in the 4x100m Freestyle event. The team had previously finished in 7th at the 2007 World Aquatics...	100 m freestyle	49.04	23	Did not advance
Colin Russell Colin Russell (swimmer) Colin Russell is a Canadian swimmer. He is a freestyle specialist, and won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships....	200 m freestyle	1:46.58	5 Q	1:48.13	14	Did not advance
Ryan Cochrane Ryan Cochrane (swimmer) Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals...	400 m freestyle	3:44.85 (CR)	9	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:40:84 (OR)	2 Q			14:42:69
Jake Tapp	100 m backstroke	55.54	31	Did not advance
Keith Beavers Keith Beavers Keith Beavers was born in London, Ontario and grew up in the small town of Orangeville, Ontario, attending Mono and Amaranth Public School. He is a backstroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Keith is a Masters...	200 m backstroke	1:58.84	15 Q	1:58.50	12	Did not advance
	200 m medley	1:59.19	8 Q	1:59.43	8 Q	1:59.43	7
	400 m medley	4:12.75	9	Did not advance
Tobias Oriwol	200 m backstroke	1:58.84	16 Q	1:59.50	15	Did not advance
Mathieu Bois Mathieu Bois Mathieu Bois is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. He claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....	100 m breaststroke	1:01.45	28	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.87	29	Did not advance
Mike Brown Mike Brown (swimmer) Mike Brown is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Brown won gold at the Commonwealth Games...	100 m breaststroke	1:00.98	20	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.84 (CR)	5 Q	2:08.84 (CR)	2 Q	2:09.03	4
Joe Bartoch Joe Bartoch Joe Bartoch is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the butterfly events. He claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre butterfly and the 4x100 metre medley relay.-References:...	100 m butterfly	52.90	34	Did not advance
Adam Sioui Adam Sioui Adam Carter Sioui is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. He was the Canadian national record holder in the 200-metre butterfly.- U.S...	100 m butterfly	53.38	39	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:57.45	25	Did not advance
Brian Johns Brian Johns Brian Johns is an Olympic swimmer from Canada. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. He is currently attending the University of British Columbia and is on the varsity swimming...	200 m medley	2:00.66	18	Did not advance
	400 m medley	4:11.41 (CR)	7 Q			4:13.38	7
Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year... Joel Greenshields Joel Greenshields Joel Greenshields is a Canadian swimmer. Born in Edson, Alberta, he competes in the 100m Freestyle.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Canadian team that finished sixth in the 4x100m Freestyle event. The team had previously finished in 7th at the 2007 World Aquatics... Colin Russell Colin Russell (swimmer) Colin Russell is a Canadian swimmer. He is a freestyle specialist, and won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships.... Rick Say Rick Say Richard Say is a 3-time Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Canada. Say swam as a child for the Salmon Arm Sockeye Swim Club with his two brothers and two sisters. At the age of 18, he began attending the University of Victoria and started to swim seriously... Richard Hortness (Alternate)	4×100 m freestyle relay Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.In the heats, the teams with the Top 6 times all swam past the previous Olympic Record; three of which swam faster than the pre-Olympic World Record....	3:13.68 (CR)	7 Q			3:12.26 (CR)	6
Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year... Andrew Hurd Andrew Hurd Andrew Hurd is a Canadian freestyle swimmer. He began swimming at age eight and was a student at the University of Michigan. He won a gold medal on the world cup circuit in 2000 in Edmonton, Alberta in the 1500 m freestyle event... Brian Johns Brian Johns Brian Johns is an Olympic swimmer from Canada. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. He is currently attending the University of British Columbia and is on the varsity swimming... Colin Russell Colin Russell (swimmer) Colin Russell is a Canadian swimmer. He is a freestyle specialist, and won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships.... Rick Say Rick Say Richard Say is a 3-time Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Canada. Say swam as a child for the Salmon Arm Sockeye Swim Club with his two brothers and two sisters. At the age of 18, he began attending the University of Victoria and started to swim seriously... Adam Sioui Adam Sioui Adam Carter Sioui is a former Canadian college and international swimmer who is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. He was the Canadian national record holder in the 200-metre butterfly.- U.S...	4×200 m freestyle relay Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification summary:-Heats:-Final:...	7:08.04 (CR)	5 Q			7:05.77 (CR)	5
Brent Hayden Brent Hayden Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year... (Freestyle) Jake Tapp (Backstroke) Joe Bartoch Joe Bartoch Joe Bartoch is a male swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the butterfly events. He claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre butterfly and the 4x100 metre medley relay.-References:... (Butterfly) Mike Brown Mike Brown (swimmer) Mike Brown is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Brown won gold at the Commonwealth Games... (Breaststroke)	4×100 m medley relay Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification summary:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Final:* Q = Qualified, DSQ = Disqualified* WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record...	3:35.56	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Victoria Poon	50 m freestyle	25.58	30	Did not advance
Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their...	100 m freestyle	54.66	15 Q	55.36	15	Did not advance
	200 m medley	2:14.11	19	Did not advance
Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...	100 m freestyle	54.70	16	Withdrew
Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:...	200 m freestyle	3:00.49	25	Did not advance
Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. After having won four medals at the 2007 Pan American Games Horner competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...	200 m freestyle	1:58.35	17	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:07.45	11	Did not advance
Savannah King Savannah King Savannah King is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle events. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....	400 m freestyle	4:11.49	19	Did not advance
Tanya Hunks Tanya Hunks Tanya Hunks is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a medley and freestyle specialist. After having won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games Hunks competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*...	800 m freestyle	8:38.05	23	Did not advance
	400 m medley	4:40.63	20	Did not advance
Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...	100 m backstroke	1:00.38	10 Q	1:00.60	12	Did not advance
	200 m medley	2:12.26 (CR)	13 Q	2:12.03 (CR)	5 Q	2:12.43	7
Lindsay Seeman Lindsay Seeman Lindsay Seemann is a Canadian swimmer who participated in the 200 metre backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. At 15, she was the youngest athletes on the Canadian Olympic team....	200 m backstroke	2:15.07	30	Did not advance
Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:...	200 m backstroke	Withdrew
Annamay Pierse Annamay Pierse Annamay Pierse is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia....	100 m breaststroke	1:08.25	13 Q	1:08.27	10	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.01	7 Q	2:23.94	5 Q	2:23.77 (CR)	6
Jillian Tyler	100 m breaststroke	1:08.13 (CR)	10 Q	1:09.00	13	Did not advance
Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix is a Canadian swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metre butterfly , 200 metre butterfly . She is also the world record holder in the short-course 4x100 medley relay event with her fellow teammates, Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse, and Victoria Poon...	100 m butterfly	59.10	28	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.54	12 Q	2:09.74	13	Did not advance
Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. After having won four medals at the 2007 Pan American Games Horner competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...	200 m butterfly	2:10.33	20	Did not advance
Alexa Komarnycky	400 m medley	4:46.98	29	Did not advance
Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix is a Canadian swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metre butterfly , 200 metre butterfly . She is also the world record holder in the short-course 4x100 medley relay event with her fellow teammates, Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse, and Victoria Poon... Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their... Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:... Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:... Jennifer Beckberger (Alternate)	4×100 m freestyle relay Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.Also, in the final race of this event, Britta Steffen of Germany set a new women's 100 metre freestyle Olympic record of 53.38 as the lead-off swimmer for Germany...	3:38.82 (CR)	7 Q			3:38.32 (CR)	8
Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner Stephanie Horner is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a butterfly and freestyle specialist. After having won four medals at the 2007 Pan American Games Horner competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China... Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their... Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur Geneviève Saumur is a Canadian Olympic swimmer. She swam for Canada at the 2008 Olympics.She currently holds the 200m freestyle Canadian Record.She has swam for Canada at:... Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:... Kevyn Peterson (Alternate)	4×200 m freestyle relay Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification summary:-Heats:-Final:...	7:56.26 (CR)	10			Did not advance
Erica Morningstar Erica Morningstar Erica Rachelle Morningstar is a Canadian swimmer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan who is now based in Calgary, Alberta. She has competed in events all over the world including the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China. She is sponsored by Speedo Canada, and regularly appears in their... (Freestyle) Julia Wilkinson Julia Wilkinson Julia Rose Wilkinson is a Canadian backstroke, medley, and freestyle swimmer. She was born in Stratford, Ontario.-2008 Olympics:... (Backstroke) Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix Audrey Lacroix is a Canadian swimmer from Montreal, Quebec. She is the Canadian record holder in the 100 metre butterfly , 200 metre butterfly . She is also the world record holder in the short-course 4x100 medley relay event with her fellow teammates, Katy Murdoch, Annamay Pierse, and Victoria Poon... (Butterfly) Annamay Pierse Annamay Pierse Annamay Pierse is a Canadian swimmer. She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta and currently attends the University of British Columbia and resides permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia.... (Breaststroke)	4×100 m medley relay Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.- Qualification summary :- Heat 1 :- Heat 2 :- Final :* Q = Qualified, DSQ = Disqualified* WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record...	4:02.13	8 Q			4:01.35	7

Synchronized swimming

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

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon is a Canadian synchronized swimmer from Montreal. She is currently swimming on Canada's National "A" Team, where the team has been centralized to the National Training Centre – Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal... Isabelle Rampling Isabelle Rampling Isabelle Rampling is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. Originally from Burlington, Ontario, she currently lives in Montreal....	Duet	47.417	6	47.333	6	94.750	6	47.667	6	95.084	6
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon is a Canadian synchronized swimmer from Montreal. She is currently swimming on Canada's National "A" Team, where the team has been centralized to the National Training Centre – Parc Jean Drapeau, Montreal... Jessika Dubuc Jessika Dubuc Jessika Dubuc is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. She finished in fourth place at the 2003 world championships at Barcelona, Spain in the free routine combination event. 2 time Olympian.-References:... Marie-Pierre Gagne Marie-Pierre Gagné Marie-Pierre Gagné was a Canadian synchronized swimmer. She began synchronized swimming at age six. She finished in fourth place at the 2003 world championships at Barcelona, Spain in the free routine combination event... Dominika Kopcik Eve Lamoureux Tracy Little Tracy Little Tracy Little is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. She competed for Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She became the first synchronized swimmer to appear on Michael Landsberg's Off The Record when the episode aired in late-April 2009.-References:... Elise Marcotte Isabelle Rampling Isabelle Rampling Isabelle Rampling is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. Originally from Burlington, Ontario, she currently lives in Montreal.... Jennifer Song Jennifer Song Jennifer Song is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009 she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur...	Team	47.584	5 T					48.084	4	96.167	4

Table tennis

Canada will send five table tennis players to Beijing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pradeeban Peter-Paul Pradeeban Peter-Paul Pradeeban Peter-Paul is a Tamil Canadian table tennis player.Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pradeeban Peter-Paul emigrated with his family to Germany at the age of 11. It was in Würzburg, Germany that Peter-Paul learned table tennis. When he left Germany in 1993 he was on the Bavarian provincial team...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....	L 3–4	Did not advance
Peng Zhang	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The Men's singles table tennis event was a part of the Table Tennis program and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 19 and the finals took place on August 23....	W 4–0	L 2–4	Did not advance

Men's Team

Team Members
- Pradeeban Peter-Paul
  Pradeeban Peter-Paul
  Pradeeban Peter-Paul is a Tamil Canadian table tennis player.Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pradeeban Peter-Paul emigrated with his family to Germany at the age of 11. It was in Würzburg, Germany that Peter-Paul learned table tennis. When he left Germany in 1993 he was on the Bavarian provincial team...
- Qiang Shen
- Peng Zhang

Results
August 13

3–0

August 14

'	3–0
'	3–0

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
	6	3	3	0	9	1
	5	3	2	1	6	4
	4	3	1	2	5	6
'	3	3	0	3	0	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Judy Long Judy Long Judy Long is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada. She was born in Beijing, and resides in Ottawa.Long competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the preliminary round of the singles competition...	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....	L 1–4	Did not advance
Mo Zhang	Singles Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....	W 4–0	L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Canada's Sébastien Michaud and Ivett Gonda

Ivett Gonda

-Awards:*Named Most Valuable Player at the 2002 Junior National Championships and the 2006 Senior National Championships-References:*http://www.combatcanada.ca/forum/index.php?topic=27.0*http://www.olympic.ca/EN/hopefuls/2007/taekwondo.html...

qualified Canada in the men's −80 kg and the women's −49 kg by respectively finishing first and third at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Manchester, United Kingdoms. World champion Karine Sergerie

Karine Sergerie

Karine Sergerie is the 2007 world champion in women's 67 kg Taekwondo. She is Canada's first female world champion in the sport. -Biography:...

secured an additional berth for Canada, this time in the women's −67 kg, by finishing second at the Pan American Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. In Beijing 2008, Sergerie made Silver after advancing to the finals opposite to Kyungseon of Korea who secured the gold.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sébastien Michaud	−80 kg	W 2–1	L 0–0	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivett Gonda Ivett Gonda -Awards:Named Most Valuable Player at the 2002 Junior National Championships and the 2006 Senior National Championships-References:http://www.combatcanada.ca/forum/index.php?topic=27.0*http://www.olympic.ca/EN/hopefuls/2007/taekwondo.html...	−49 kg	L 0–2	Did not advance
Karine Sergerie Karine Sergerie Karine Sergerie is the 2007 world champion in women's 67 kg Taekwondo. She is Canada's first female world champion in the sport. -Biography:...	−67 kg	W 0–0	W 3–0	W 2–0	L 1–2

Tennis

Canada was represented by three men in tennis.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Frank Dancevic Frank Dancevic Frank Russell Dancevic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the Canada No...	Singles	L 4–6 6–3 6–2	Did not advance
Frédéric Niemeyer Frederic Niemeyer Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec...	Singles	L 3–6 4–2 ret.	Did not advance
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.... Frédéric Niemeyer Frederic Niemeyer Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec...	Doubles			L 4–6 6–3 6–4	Did not advance

Triathlon

Canada is one of five nations sending a full complement of six triathletes to Beijing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Colin Jenkins	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	18:12	58:59	38:39	1:56:50.85	50
Paul Tichelaar Paul Tichelaar Paul Tichelaar was a member of the 2006 Canadian National Triathlon team for Olympic distance triathlon. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has competed in events such as the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2005 and 2006 World Triathlon Championships and many ITU World Cup races...	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	18:24	58:51	33:34	1:51:46.81	28
Simon Whitfield Simon Whitfield Simon St. Quentin Whitfield is an Olympic triathlon champion from Canada.-Biography:Whitfield was born in Kingston, Ontario. As a young boy he played soccer but at age 11 began triathlon, honing his early competitive skills in the Canadian Kids of Steel program. By age 15 he was pursuing...	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	18:18	58:56	30:48	1:48:58.47

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Lauren Groves	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	20:05	Did not finish
Carolyn Murray Carolyn Murray Carolyn Murray is a Canadian triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She was born in St. Albert, Alberta.In 2008 she finished 29th in the Olympic triathlon event.-External links:*...	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	20:55	1:05:28	37:31	2:04:56.32	29
Kathy Tremblay Kathy Tremblay Kathy Tremblay is a professional Canadian triathlete and member of the National Team.Tremblay placed 29th in the 2008 Summer Olympics....	Individual Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....	19:52	1:04:24	40:04	2:05:23.49	31

Water polo

Men's tournament

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

Roster

Group play

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

UTC+8

Classification round

Classification 7th–12th
Classification 11th–12th

Weightlifting

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

Callao

Callao is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that holds almost...

, Peru

Peru

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Jasvir Singh	-62 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 62 kg The men's 62 kg weightlifting event was the second lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 62 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	115	16	151	12	266	12
Francis Luna-Grenier	-69 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg The men's 69 kg weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large amount of competitors...	131	21	162	17	293	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Marilou Dozois-Prevost Marilou Dozois-Prévost Marilou Dozois-Prévost is a Canadian weightlifter. Dozois-Prévost won a silver medal in the women's 48kg division at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia...	-48 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 48 kg The women's 48 kg weightlifting event is the lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 9 at 10:00 and was the first Weightlifting event to conclude...	76	10	90	10	166	10
Christine Girard Christine Girard Christine Girard is a Canadian weightlifter from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. She competes in the 63 kg division....	-63 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 63 kg The women's 63 kg weightlifting event was the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 12, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	102	6	126	5	228	4
Jeane Lassen	-75 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 75 kg The women's 75 kg weightlifting event was the sixth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15 at 15:30...	105	10	135	5	240	8

Wrestling

Seven athletes qualified at the 2008 Pan-American Wrestling Championships while Travis Cross and Carol Huynh

Carol Huynh

Carol Huynh is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Her parents are ethnic Chinese in Vietnam . Born in British Columbia, her parents were refugees from Vietnam who settled in the town of New Hazelton, British Columbia, after being sponsored by the local United Church...

qualified by finishing in the top 8 at the 2007 Wrestling World Championships and David Zilberman

David Zilberman

-Early life:Zilberman is Jewish, and was born in Montreal, Quebec. He started wrestling when he was 14 years old. He attended McGill University and Concordia University.-Wrestling career:He wrestles in the Men's Freestyle, at 96 kg...

qualified at the first freestyle qualification tournament.

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Saeed Azerbayjani	−60 kg	W 1:0 3:0	L 0:1 0:1	Did not advance
Haislan Garcia Haislan Garcia Haislan Garcia Veranes is a male freestyle wrestler from Canada.He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the 1/8 of final losing with Mehdi Taghavi from Iran....	−66 kg	L 1:0 1:1 0:2	Did not advance
Matt Gentry Matt Gentry Matt Gentry is a male freestyle wrestler from Canada. He participated in the Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost in the 1/8 of final with Emzarios Bentinidis from Greece...	−74 kg	L 1:0 0:2 0:2	Did not advance
Travis Cross	−84 kg	L 1:1 1:1	Did not advance
David Zilberman David Zilberman -Early life:Zilberman is Jewish, and was born in Montreal, Quebec. He started wrestling when he was 14 years old. He attended McGill University and Concordia University.-Wrestling career:He wrestles in the Men's Freestyle, at 96 kg...	−96 kg	L 1:3 0:1	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ari Taub Ari Taub Ari Taub is a Canadian Greco-Roman wrestler.Taub is Jewish, and was born in Montreal, Quebec. He resides in Calgary, Alberta, and is an attorney....	−120 kg	L 1:2 1:4	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Carol Huynh Carol Huynh Carol Huynh is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. Her parents are ethnic Chinese in Vietnam . Born in British Columbia, her parents were refugees from Vietnam who settled in the town of New Hazelton, British Columbia, after being sponsored by the local United Church...	−48 kg	W 4:3 2:0	W 1:0 1:0	W 1:0 1:4			W 4:0 2:1
Tonya Verbeek Tonya Verbeek Tonya Verbeek is a Canadian wrestler.-Sports career:She was born in Grimsby, Ontario. She took up wrestling in grade eleven and was undefeated throughout high school in Beamsville, Ontario. She trains at Brock University in St...	−55 kg	W 3:0 4:0	W 3:1 3:0	L 0:2 0:6			Bronze medal final W 1:0 1:0
Martine Dugrenier Martine Dugrenier Martine Dugrenier is a Canadian wrestler. She was born in Montreal, Quebec.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished 5th overall in the 63 kg freestyle event after losing her bronze medal final match against American wrestler Randi Miller. She also won the 2008, 2009 and 2010 World...	−63 kg	W 2:0 6:0	W 2:1 1:3 1:0	L 0:1 1:0 1:1			Bronze medal final L 0:1 2:1 1:1
Ohenewa Akuffo Ohenewa Akuffo Ohenewa Akuffo is an Olympic freestyle wrestler for Canada. She was born in North York, Ontario and currently resides in Brampton, Ontario....	−72 kg	L 0:2 0:5	Did not advance			L 2:5 1:1 0:1	Did not advance

Official outfitter

HBC

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

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

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