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Canada's final team consisted of 315 (123 men and 192 women) athletes. On July 16, 2024 a final team of 316 athletes, along with 22 alternates, were confirmed by the Canadian Olympic Committee. [2] Athletes from nine of the country's provinces and territories are represented on the team. [3]
Pages in category "Olympic track and field athletes for Canada" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 668 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The full Canadian track team of 13 cyclists (six men and seven women) was officially named on July 29, 2020, featuring Rio 2016 bronze medallists Allison Beveridge, Jasmin Duehring, and Georgia Simmerling in the women's team pursuit and Vincent De Haître, a speed skater and two-time Winter Olympian slated to compete at his first summer Games.
The Canadian women's rugby sevens team (12 athletes) qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top four of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. [84] Team roster. The following was the Canada roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [85] Head coach: John Tait
1996 Summer Olympics; IOC code: CAN: NOC: Canadian Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympic.ca (in English and French) in Atlanta; Competitors: 303 (152 men and 151 women) in 25 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Charmaine Crooks: Flag bearer (closing) Kathleen Heddle & Marnie McBean: Medals Ranked 21st: Gold 3 Silver 11 Bronze 8 Total 22: Summer ...
Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada (183 P) World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada (206 P) Canadian female track and field athletes (20 C, 1 P)
In 2012, Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his tenth Summer Olympics, tying the record for most Olympic games participated in set by Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl between 1964 and 1996. He has been named to eleven straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott. [2]
Olympic scholar Bob Barney felt that Canada needed to specialize in the Olympics, rather than trying to be compete at too many sports. He also that felt that Canada's medal count at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was due to a lack of government funding, and poor planning to develop high performance athletes.