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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 .
A member of the 'Matchless Six', Canada's first women's Olympic track team. Won the gold medal for the 4 × 100 m relay in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. [36] 1958: Marilyn Bell: Swimming: Athlete: In 1954, she swam 26-mile marathon in Atlantic City and became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario (in 20 hours and 58 minutes).
Classification: People: By occupation: Sportspeople by sport: Athletes: By nationality: Canadian Also: Canada : People : By occupation : Sportspeople by sport : Athletes Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
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]
Canada competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, held from 28 July to 12 August 1984.Canada returned to the Summer Games after having participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 408 competitors, 257 men and 151 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports.
The Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame is an honour roll of the top Canadian Olympic athletes, teams, coaches, and builders (officials, administrators, and volunteers). It was established in 1949. Selections are made by a committee appointed by the Canadian Olympic Committee. Inductees must have held Canadian citizenship or Canadian residency over ...
At the 2022 Canada Summer Games in the Niagara Region, Ontario Thorne won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles event for the New Brunswick team. [4] Thorne's time of 13.83 broke the Canada Games record. [4] His accomplishment led Thorne to be one of the province's flagbearers during the closing ceremony. [5]
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.