List of Canadian Summer Olympics gold medalists

This is a list of Canadians who have won gold medals in the Summer Olympics:

2008 Summer Olympics

*Carol Huynh — Wrestling, Women's Freestyle 48kg
*sort|Byrnes, Andrew|Andrew Byrnes, Kyle Hamilton, Malcolm Howard, Adam Kreek, Kevin Light, Brian Price (cox), Ben Rutledge, Dominic Sieterle and Jake Wetzel — Rowing, Men's eights
*Eric Lamaze on Hickstead — Equestrian, Individual jumping

2004 Summer Olympics

*Kyle Shewfelt — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
*Lori-Ann Muenzer — Cycling, Women's Sprint
*Adam van Koeverden — Canoeing, Men's K-1 500 m

2000 Summer Olympics

*Simon Whitfield — Triathlon, Men's Competition
*Daniel Igali — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (69 kg)
*Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor — Tennis, Men's Doubles

1996 Summer Olympics

*Donovan Bailey — Athletics, Men's 100 m
*Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
*Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls

1992 Summer Olympics

*Mark McKoy — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
*John Wallace, Bruce Robertson, Michael Forgeron, Darren Barber, Robert Marland, Michael Rascher, Andy Crosby, Derek Porter and Terrence Paul — Rowing, Men's Eights with Coxswain
*Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean — Rowing, Women's Pairs
*Kay Worthington, Kirsten Barnes, Jessica Monroe, and Brenda Taylor — Rowing, Women's Coxless Fours
*Marnie McBean, Kathleen Heddle, Kirsten Barnes, Brenda Taylor, Jessica Monroe, Kay Worthington, Megan Delahanty, Shannon Crawford and Lesley Thompson — Rowing, Women's Eights with Coxswain
*Mark Tewksbury — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
*Sylvie Fréchette — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Solo

1988 Summer Olympics

*Lennox Lewis — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
*Carolyn Waldo and Michelle Cameron — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet
*Carolyn Waldo — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Solo

1984 Summer Olympics

* Larry Cain — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500 m
* Alwyn Morris and Hugh Fisher — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000 m
* Sylvie Bernier — Diving, Women's 3 m Springboard
* Lori Fung — Rhythmic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round
* Pat Turner, Kevin Neufeld, Marc Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele, Michael Evans, Dean Crawford, Blair Horn, and Brian McMahon — Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain "(see also 1984 Canadian Mens Rowing Eight)'
* Linda Thom — Shooting, Women's 25 m Pistol
* Alex Baumann — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Alex Baumann — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Victor Davis — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Anne Ottenbrite — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke

1980 Summer Olympics

Canada was one of the 64 nations to boycott the Moscow games, and did not compete in the summer games for the first time since 1896.

1976 Summer Olympics

Canada did not win any gold medals at the Montreal games; this was the only time that a host country for the summer Olympics failed to win at least one gold medal.

1972 Summer Olympics

Canada did not win any gold medals at the Munich games.

1968 Summer Olympics

*Jim Day, Thomas Gayford, James Elder — Equestrian, Team Jumping Grand Prix

1964 Summer Olympics

*Roger Jackson and George Hungerford — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pair

1960 Summer Olympics

Canada did not win any gold medals at the Rome games.

1956 Summer Olympics

*Archibald McKinnon, Kenneth Loomer, Walter D'Hondt, and Donald Arnold — Rowing, Men's Coxless Four
*Raymond Ouellette — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

1952 Summer Olympics

*George Genereux — Shooting, Men's Trap

1948 Summer Olympics

Canada did not win any gold medals at the London games of 1948.

1936 Summer Olympics

*Frank Amyot — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000 m

1932 Summer Olympics

*Duncan McNaughton — Athletics, Men's High Jump
*Horace Gwynne — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

1928 Summer Olympics

*Percy Williams — Athletics, Men's 100 m
*Percy Williams — Athletics, Men's 200 m
*Ethel Catherwood — Athletics, Women's High Jump
*Ethel Smith, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Myrtle Cook, Jean Thompson — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay

1924 Summer Olympics

Canada did not win any gold medals at the Paris games of 1924.

1920 Summer Olympics

*Winnipeg Falcons — Ice Hockey
*Earl Thomson — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
*Bert Schneider — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

1912 Summer Olympics

*George Goulding — Athletics, Men's 10 km Walk
*George Hodgson — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
*George Hodgson — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

1908 Summer Olympics

*Bobby Kerr — Athletics, Men's 200 m
*Canada — Lacrosse
*Walter Ewing — Shooting, Men's Trap

1906 Summer Olympics

*Billy Sherring — Athletics, Men's Marathon The 1906 games in Athens are no longer considered an official games by the IOC.

1904 Summer Olympics

*Etienne Desmarteau — Athletics, Men's 56 lb Weight Throw
*George Lyon — Golf, Individual
*Galt Football Club — Football
*Winnipeg Shamrocks — Lacrosse

1900 Summer Olympics

*George Orton — Athletics, 2500 m Steeplechase

1896 Summer Olympics

No Canadian athletes competed in the inaugural modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896.

External links

* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-1344/sports/olympics_summer/ CBC Digital Archives - Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000]
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-41-328/sports/olympics_winter_1948_1968/ CBC Digital Archives - Gold Medal Athletes - 1948-1968]