Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Canada
games=1988 Summer
competitors=328 (223 men and 105 women)
sports=23
flagbearer=Carolyn Waldo
gold=3
silver=2
bronze=5
total=10
rank=19

Canada competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Most Canadians remember this as being the Olympics where Ben Johnson apparently won the gold medal and set a world record in the men's 100 metres, and then was stripped of the medal and the record after testing positive for steroids.

Medalists

Gold

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

Silver

*Egerton Marcus — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
*Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Sandy Goss, and Tom Ponting — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Bronze

*Dave Steen — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
*Raymond Downey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
*Gina Smith, Cynthia Ishoy, Ashley Nicoll, and Eva-Maria Pracht — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
*Andrea Nugent, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Lori Melien — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
*Frank McLaughlin and John Millen — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

Results by event

=Archery=

Canada was represented by three men and one woman in Seoul.

Women's Individual Competition:
*Brenda Cuming – Preliminary Round (→ 34th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
*John McDonald – 1/8 final (→ 24th place)
*Daniel Desnoyers – Preliminary Round (→ 51st place)
*Denis Canuel – Preliminary Round (→ 58th place)

Men's Team Competition:
*McDonald, Desnoyers, and Canuel – Preliminary Round (→ 16th place)

=Athletics=

Men's Competition

Men's 10.000 metres
* Paul McCloy
*# Heat – 29:34.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Relay
* Cyprian Enweani, Atlee Mahorn, Brian Morrison, Desai Williams:* 38,93 (→ 7th place) Men's 4x400 m Relay
* Carl Folkes, John Graham, Paul Osland, Anton Skerritt:* 3:09,48 (→ 15th place) Men's 110 m Hurdles
* Mark McKoy – 13,61 (→ 7th place)
* Stephen Kerho – retired Men's 400 m Hurdles
* John Graham – 51,33 (→ 15th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Graeme Fell:# Heat — 8:51.25 :# Semi Final — 8:19.99:# Final — 8:21.73 (→ 11th place)

Men's 20 km Walk
* Guillaume Leblanc – 1:21:29 (→ 10th place) Men's 50 km Walk
* François Lapointe – 3:48:15 (→ 14th place) Men's Javelin Throw
* Mike Mahovlich:* Qualification — 69.44m (→ did not advance)

* Stephen Feraday:* Qualification — 73.32m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault
* Paul Just:* Qualification — 5.30m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Discus Throw
* Ray Lazdins:* Qualifying Heat – 57.94m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
* Milt Ottey – 2,22 m (→ 17th place) Men's Long Jump
* Bruny Surin – 7,73 m (→ 15th place)
* Glenroy Gilbert – 7,61 m (→ 22nd place)
* Ian James – 7,52 m (→ 25th place) Men's Triple Jump
* Edrick Floreal – 16,11 m (→ 18th place)
* George Wright – 16,09 m (→ 19th place)

Men's Marathon
* Art Boileau – 2:18:20 (→ 28th place)
* Peter Maher – 2:24:49 (→ 46th place)
* David Edge – 2:32:19 (→ 67th place)

Men's Decathlon
* Dave Steen — 8328 points (→ Bronze Medal) :# 100 metres — 11.18s:# Long Jump — 7.44m:# Shot Put — 14.20m:# High Jump — 1.97m:# 400 metres — 48.29s:# 110m Hurdles — 14.81s:# Discus Throw — 43.66m:# Pole Vault — 5.20m:# Javelin Throw — 64.16m:# 1.500 metres — 4:23.20s

* Michael Smith — 8083 points (→ 14th place) :# 100 metres — 10.99s:# Long Jump — 7.37m:# Shot Put — 13.61m:# High Jump — 1.97m:# 400 metres — 47.83s:# 110m Hurdles — 14.70s:# Discus Throw — 43.88m:# Pole Vault — 4.30m:# Javelin Throw — 66.54m:# 1.500 metres — 4:28.97s

Women's Competition

Women's 4x400m Relay
* Charmaine Crooks, Esmie Lawrence, Marita Payne, and Jillian Richardson :* Heat — 3:27.63
* Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne, and Jillian Richardson :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon
* Odette Lapierre – 2:30:56 (→ 11th place)
* Lizanne Bussieres – 2:35:03 (→ 26th place)
* Ellen Rochefort – 2:36:44 (→ 31st place)

Women's Javelin Throw
* Céline Chartrand:* Qualification – 54.10m (→ did not advance)

=Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Canada – Brazil 109-125:* Canada – China 99-96:* Canada – Egypt 117-64:* Canada – Spain 84-94:* Canada – United States 70-76
*Quarterfinals:* Canada – Yugoslavia 73-95
*Classification Matches:* 5th-8th place: Canada – Spain 96-91:* 5th-6th place: Canada – Brazil 90-106 (→ 6th place)
*Team Roster:* Norman Clarke:* John Hatch:* Gerald Kazanowski:* Alan Kristmarison:* Barry Mungar:* Eli Pasquale:* Romel Raffin:* Karl Tilleman:* Jay Triano:* David Turcotte:* Dwight Walton:* Wayne Yearwood
*Head Coach: John Donohue

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Scott Olsen:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Washington Banian (Papua New Guinea), KO-1:* Third Round — Defeated Wayne McCullough (Ireland), 5:0:* Quarterfinals — Lost to Michael Carbajal (United States), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Jamie Pagendam :* First Round — Defeated Cerendorjin Amarjargal (MGL), RSC-2 :* Second Round — Lost to Kirkor Kirkorov (BUL), walk-over

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Asif Dar :* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Phat Hongram (THA), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
* Howard Grant :* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Andreas Otto (GDR), RSC-1 :* Third Round — Lost to Lars Myrberg (SWE), 1:4

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Manny Sobral :* First Round — Lost to Joni Nyman (FIN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Raymond Downey → Bronze Medal :* First Round — Defeated Jorge López (ARG), 5:0:* Second Round — Defeated Norbert Nieroba (FRG), 3:2 :* Third Round — Defeated Abrar Hussain Syed (PAK), 5:0 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated Martin Kitel (SWE), 5:0 :* Semifinals — Lost to Park Si-Hun (KOR), 0:5

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
* Egerton Marcus → Silver Medal:* First Round — Defeated Emmanuel Legaspi (PHI), KO-1 :* Second Round — Defeated Darko Dukić (YUG), KO-2 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated Sven Ottke (FRG), 5:0 :* Semifinals — Defeated Hussain Shah Syed (PAK), 4:1 :* Final — Lost to Henry Maske (GDR), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
* Brent Kosolofski :* First Round — Defeated Ahmed el-Masri (LEB), RSC-3 :* Second Round — Lost to Andrea Magi (ITA), 1:4 Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
* Tom Glesby :* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Gyula Alvics (HUN), RSC-2

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
* Lennox Lewis → Gold Medal:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Crispin Odera (KEN), RSC-2 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated Ulli Kaden (GDR), RSC-1 :* Semifinals — Defeated Janusz Zarenkiewicz (POL), walk-over :* Final — Defeated Riddick Bowe (USA), RSC-2

=Cycling=

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race
* Gervais Rioux
* Yvan Waddell

Men's Team Road Time Trial
* Chris Koberstein, David Spears, Yvan Waddell, and Brian Walton

Women's Individual Road Race
* Genevieve Brunet — 2:00:52 (→ 4th place)
* Kelly-Ann Way — 2:00:52 (→ 38th place)
* Sara Neil — 2:00:52 (→ 39th place)

Track Competition

Men's Sprint
*Curtis Harnett

Men's 1km Time Trial
*Curtis Harnett

Men's Individual Pursuit (4.000m)
*Michaël Belcourt

Men's Points Race
*Gianni Vignaduzzi

Women's Sprint
*Beth Tabor

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Canada – West Germany 1-3:* Canada – Great Britain 0-3:* Canada – Soviet Union 0-0:* Canada – India 1-5:* Canada – South Korea 1-1
*Classification Matches:* 9th-12th place: Canada – Spain 0-2:* 11th-12th place: Canada – Kenya 3-1 (→ 11th place)
*Team Roster:* Ross Rutledge (captain):* Nick Sandhu:* Rick Albert:* Patrick Burrows:* Paul "Bubli" Chohan:* Chris Gifford:* Wayne Grimmer:* Ranjeet Rai:* Peter Milkovich:* Trevor Porritt:* Ian Bird:* Doug Harris:* Michael Muller:* Pat Caruso:* Ajay Dube (gk):* Ken Goodwin (gk)
*Head Coach: Trevor Clark

Women's Team Competition

The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.
*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Canada – Australia 1-1:* Canada – South Korea 1-3:* Canada – West Germany 1-2
*Classification Matches:* 5th-8th place: Canada – Argentina 3-1:* 5th-6th place: Canada – West Germany 2-4 (→ 6th place)
*Team Roster:* Sharon Bayes (gk):* Wendy Baker (gk):* Deb Covey:* Lisa Lyn:* Laura Branchaud:* Sandra Levy:* Kathryn Johnson:* Melanie Slade:* Penny Cooper:* Shona Schleppe:* Michelle Conn:* Liz Czenczek:* Sheila Forshaw:* Nancy Charlton:* Sara Ballantyne:* Sharon Creelman
*Head Coach: Marina van der Merwe

=Judo=

Men's Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)
* Phil Takahashi

Men's Half-Lightweight (66 kg)
* Craig Weldon

Men's Lightweight (73 kg)
* Glenn Beauchamp

Men's Half-Middleweight (81 kg)
* Kevin Doherty

Men's Middleweight (90 kg)
* Louis Jani

Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)
* Joseph Meli

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
*Lawrence Keyte – 4847 pts, 33rd place
*Nicholas Fekete – 4785 pts, 40th place
*Barry Kennedy – 4677 pts, 45th place

Men's Team Competition:
*Keyte, Fekete, and Kennedy – 14309 pts, 11th place

=Swimming=

Men's 50 m Freestyle
* Mark Andrews
*# Heat – 23.44
*# B-Final – 23.64 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Sandy Goss
*# Heat – 50.81
*# B-Final – 50.73 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Turlough O'Hare
*# Heat – 3:55.35
*# B-Final – 3:54.33 (→ 11th place)

* Gary Vandermeulen
*# Heat – 3:57.99 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Christopher Chalmers
*# Heat – 15:23.22 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

* Harry Taylor
*# Heat – 15:30.31 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Mark Tewksbury
*# Heat – 56.20
*# Final – 56.09 (→ 5th place)

* Sean Murphy
*# Heat – 56.20
*# Final – 56.32 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Sean Murphy
*# Heat – 2:03.81 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

* Mark Tewksbury
*# Heat – 2:04.02 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Victor Davis
*# Heat – 1:02.48
*# Final – 1:02.38 (→ 4th place)

* Cameron Grant
*# Heat – 1:05.10 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Jonathan Cleveland
*# Heat – 2:16.87
*# Final – 2:17.10 (→ 7th place)

* Cameron Grant
*# Heat – 2:17.62
*# B-Final – 2:18.36 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Tom Ponting
*# Heat – 54.31
*# Final – 54.09 (→ 7th place)

* Vlastimil Cerny
*# Heat – 54.66
*# B-Final – 54.79 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Tom Ponting
*# Heat – 2:00.08
*# Final – 1:58.91 (→ 4th place)

* Jon Kelly
*# Heat – 1:59.40
*# Final – 1:59.48 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Gary Anderson
*# Heat – 2:04.00
*# Final – 2:06.35 (→ 8th place)

* Darren Ward
*# Heat – 2:07.84 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Jon Kelly
*# Heat – 4:24.62
*# B-Final – 4:25.02 (→ 12th place)

* Michael Meldrum
*# Heat – 4:31.74 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* Mark Andrews, Gary Vandermeulen, Vlastimil Cerny, and Sandy Goss
*# Heat – 3:23.85 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
* Turlough O'Hare, Darren Ward, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
*# Heat – 7:26.28
* Turlough O'Hare, Sandy Goss, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
*# Final – 7:24.91 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, and Sandy Goss
*# Heat – 3:44.56
*# Final – 3:39.28 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Kristin Topham
*# Heat – 26.50
*# B-Final – 26.45 (→ 12th place)

* Andrea Nugent
*# Heat – 26.60 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Andrea Nugent
*# Heat – 57.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

* Jane Kerr
*# Heat – 57.55 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Patricia Noall
*# Heat – 2:02.31
*# B-Final – 2:00.77 (→ 9th place)

* Jane Kerr
*# Heat – 2:04.92 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Patricia Noall
*# Heat – 4:15.90
*# B-Final – 4:14.70 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Debra Wurzburger
*# Heat – 8:36.24 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Lori Melien
*# Heat – 1:04.29
*# B-Final – 1:03.87 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Lori Melien
*# Heat – 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Allison Higson
*# Heat – 1:09.39
*# Final – 1:08.86 (→ 4th place)

* Keltie Duggan
*# Heat – 1:10.95
*# B-Final – 1:10.58 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Allison Higson
*# Heat – 2:29.67
*# Final – 2:29.60 (→ 7th place)

* Guylaine Cloutier
*# Heat – 2:34.36
*# B-Final – 2:33.55 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Jane Kerr
*# Heat – 1:02.91 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

* Andrea Nugent
*# Heat – 1:03.69 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Mojca Cater
*# Heat – 2:13.21
*# B-Final – 2:12.66 (→ 9th place)

* Donna McGinnis
*# Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Allison Higson
*# Heat – 2:19.54
*# B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* Kathy Bald, Kristin Topham, Allison Higson, and Jane Kerr
*# Heat – 3:49.20
* Kathy Bald, Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent, and Jane Kerr
*# Final – 3:46.75 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Lori Melien, Keltie Duggan, Jane Kerr, and Patricia Noall
*# Heat – 4:14.23
* Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Andrea Nugent
*# Final – 4:10.49 (→ Bronze Medal)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Grant Connell
*# First Round — Defeated John Fitzgerald (Australia) 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
*# Second Round — Lost to Javier Sanchez (Spain) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

* Martin Laurendeau
*# First Round — Lost to Anders Jarryd (Sweden) 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7

* Chris Pridham
*# First Round — Lost to Martin Jaite (Argentina) 1-6, 3-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition
*Jill Hetherington
*# First Round — Defeated Ilana Berger (Israel) 6-1, 6-4
*# Second Round — Lost to Pam Shriver (USA) 2-6, 3-6

*Helen Kelesi
*# First Round – Lost to Gisele Miro (Brazil) 5-7, 5-7

*Carling Bassett-Seguso
*# First Round — Lost to Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-7, 1-6