Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CAN
Nocname:	Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	263
Sports:	28
Flagbearer:	Nicolas Gill^[1]
Rank:	21
Gold:	3
Silver:	6
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the US-led boycott.

The Canadian Olympic Committee sent a total of 263 athletes, 130 men and 133 women, to take part in 28 sports. This was the nation's smallest delegation to the Games, since the nation boycotted the games in 1980. This had become a result of the COC changing its qualification standards, after a reduced medal showing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, with the aim of sending fewer athletes but focusing its energy on those who have the best chance at winning medals. It has been suggested that the "logical response" of winning fewer medals was diverting funding away from sports where Canadians struggled (track and field) to ones where Canadians excelled (kayak and diving). Athletes that qualified for the Olympics would not be sent to Athens unless they had finished in the top twelve worldwide, a policy that was widely criticized as numerous Canadian Olympic medallists in past Games would have been excluded by such criteria. Over 50 Canadian athletes, including two-time Olympian marathoner Bruce Deacon, did not make the COC's "top 12" cutoff despite achieved the international qualifying standards in their respective sports. After 2004 the COC scrapped this policy but still maintains additional hurdles beyond international standards to ensure that athletes are in shape for the Olympics.^[2]

Canada left Athens with a total of 12 medals (3 golds, 6 silver, and 3 bronze), the lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1988.^[3] Canada's overall medal count had been dropping in the recent editions of the Summer Olympics, along with the totals for most developed countries as the developing nations capture comparatively more medals. Many expected Canada to win a similar number of medals as they did in 2000. Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in canoeing, cycling, diving, and gymnastics. Sprint kayaker Adam van Koeverden became the most decorated athlete of the Games with two Olympic medals, including a gold in the men's K-1 500 m.^[4]

The flag bearer was two-time Olympic medallist Nicolas Gill, a judoka. A mild controversy developed after it was revealed that Gill had made comments in favour of Quebec separatism, and had voted yes in the 1995 Quebec referendum.^[1] Gill went on to lose his opening match and was eliminated from the tournament, which was seen as symbolic of Canada's 2004 Olympic woes.

Medallists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	1	1	0	2
	1	1	0	2
	1	0	2	3
	0	1	1	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
Total	3	6	3	12

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Canadian archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonathan Ohayon	Men's individual	632	50	L 140–157	Did not advance
Marie-Pier Beaudet	Women's individual	616	47	L 128–146	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canadian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[5] [6]} The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 Canadian Olympic Trials.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charles Allen	110 m hurdles	13.35	2 Q	13.30	2 Q	13.23	4 Q	13.48	6
Tim Berrett	50 km walk	4:10:31	31
Pierre Browne	align=left rowspan=2	100 m	10.32	5 Q	10.21	6	Did not advance
Nicolas Macrozonaris	10.40	2 Q	10.28	6	Did not advance
Gary Reed	800 m	1:46.74	1 Q	1:47.38	7	Did not advance
Kevin Sullivan	1500 m	3:39.30	6 Q	3:42.86	9	Did not advance
Achraf Tadili	800 m	1:46.63	4	Did not advance
Pierre Browne Anson Henry Charles Henry Nicolas Macrozonaris	4 × 100 m relay	38.64	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mark Boswell	High jump	2.28	=1 Q	2.29	7
Bradley Snyder	Shot put	19.46	20	Did not advance
Jason Tunks	Discus throw	61.21	15	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Courtney Babcock	1500 m	4:08.18	9	Did not advance
5000 m	15:47.35	16	Did not advance
Diane Cummins	800 m	2:01.19	5 Q	2:00.30	4	Did not advance
Carmen Douma-Hussar	1500 m	4:06.90	2 Q	4:05.09	6 Q	4:02.31	9
Malindi Elmore	1500 m	4:09.81	10	Did not advance
Perdita Felicien	align=left rowspan=2	100 m hurdles	12.73	2 Q	12.49	1 Q
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	13.08	5	Did not advance
Émilie Mondor	5000 m	15:20.15	8	Did not advance
Angela Whyte	100 m hurdles	13.01	3 Q	12.69	4 Q	12.81	6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dana Ellis	align=left rowspan=2	Pole vault	4.40	8 Q	4.40	=6
Stephanie McCann	4.40	14 Q	4.40	10

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Charmaine Reid	Singles	L 4–11, 5–11	Did not advance
Denyse Julien Anna Rice	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	L 3–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	L 0–15, 10–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mike Beres Jody Patrick	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	L 17–15, 11–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	L 4–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Canada's baseball team did very well in the initial stages of the round-robin winning their four first games. Despite losses to Japan and Cuba, they rebounded in their final game vs. Australia. Most notable has been the performance of second baseman Richard "Stubby" Clapp.

With a 5-2 record in the preliminary round, Canada finished in 3rd position, behind Japan and Cuba and ahead of Australia. In the semi-finals on August 24, Canada lost 8-5 to Cuba. Canada was leading Cuba 3-2 going into the bottom of the eighth inning but then gave up 6 runs. The game ended in dramatic fashion when Canadian Kevin Nicholson almost hit a game tying homer in the 9th. However, a heavy wind was blowing in from left field that night, which caused the ball to come down inches from the wall and was caught. Japan lost 1-0 to Australia in a surprising result in the other semifinal, almost ruining Canada's hopes for a medal in Baseball, which would later prove true as Canada lost to Japan on August 25 in the Bronze medal game, thereby finishing fourth.

RosterManager: 12 – Ernie Whitt

Coaches: 42 – Denis Boucher, 7 – Marty Lehn, 10 – Greg Hamilton, 21 – Tim Leiper.

Round robin

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=100	Tiebreaker
	6	1	1-0
	6	1	0-1
	5	2	-
	4	3	-
	3	4	-
	2	5	-
	1	6	1-0
	1	6	0-1

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Game

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Boxing had witnessed much controversy over the COC higher qualifying standards. After an appeal it was decided that three more boxers could go to Athens. Canada's most notable success was Benoit Gaudet defeat of Thai former champion Somluck Kamsing and Andrew Kooner who made it to the quarter-final in the Bantamweight class.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrew Kooner	Bantamweight		W 37–20	L 32–44	Did not advance
Benoit Gaudet	Featherweight	W 32–17	L 16–28	Did not advance
Adam Trupish	Welterweight	L	Did not advance
Jean Pascal	Middleweight	L 24–36	Did not advance
Trevor Stewardson	Light heavyweight	W 36–20	L 22–38	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
James Cartwright	Men's C-1	105.79	11	105.17	10	210.96	10 Q	100.45	9	Did not advance
David Ford	Men's K-1	101.30	18	98.57	14	199.87	16 Q	95.83	7 Q	96.75	4	192.58	4
Margaret Langford	Women's K-1	123.02	16	121.89	17	244.91	16	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richard Dalton	C-1 500 m	1:50.005	3 q	1:51.027	3 Q	1:48.103	6
Thomas Hall	C-1 1000 m	3:52.451	2 q	3:51.720	1 Q	3:51.457	5
align=left rowspan=2	Adam van Koeverden	K-1 500 m	1:37.591	1 q	1:38.907	1 Q	1:37.919
K-1 1000 m	3:24.984	2 q	3:27.502	1 Q	3:28.218
Attila Buday Tamas Buday, Jr.	C-2 500 m	1:40.488	2 Q	1:41.210	8
Richard Dalton Michael Scarola	C-2 1000 m	3:31.123	4 q	3:32.280	2 Q	3:45.638	6
Richard Dober, Jr. Steven Jorens	K-2 500 m	1:31.985	5 q	1:34.318	7	Did not advance
Ryan Cuthbert Richard Dober, Jr. Steven Jorens Andrew Willows	K-4 1000 m	2:56.336	5 q	2:55.926	3 Q	3:07.714	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caroline Brunet	K-1 500 m	1:50.366	1 Q	1:50.601
Mylanie Barre Caroline Brunet	K-2 500 m	1:43.434	3 Q	1:42.833	7
Jillian D'Alessio Karen Furneaux Kamini Jain Carrie Lightbound	K-4 500 m	1:36.877	5 q	1:35.465	3 Q	1:39.952	8

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michael Barry	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	5:41:56	32
Gord Fraser	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Eric Wohlberg	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	1:00:31.49	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lyne Bessette	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	33:24.19	16
Manon Jutras	Road race	3:25:42	30
align=left rowspan=2	Sue Palmer-Komar	Road race	3:25:37	11
Time trial	33:26.01	17

Track

Sprint

Time trial

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ryder Hesjedal	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	Did not finish
Seamus McGrath	2:20:33	9
Kiara Bisaro	align=left rowspan=3	Women's cross-country	2:09:50	15
Marie-Hélène Prémont	1:57:50
Alison Sydor	1:59:47	4

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canadian divers qualified for seven individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Philippe Comtois	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	418.32	12 Q	629.22	13	Did not advance
Alexandre Despatie	517.59	1 Q	772.32	1 Q	755.97
Alexandre Despatie	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	436.86	8 Q	625.14	8 Q	652.35	4
Christopher Kalec	429.72	12 Q	606.84	14	Did not advance
Philippe Comtois Alexandre Despatie	10 m synchronized platform	351.90	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blythe Hartley	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	321.33	2 Q	550.95	3 Q	573.00	5
Émilie Heymans	305.04	7 Q	531.00	8 Q	530.73	10
Myriam Boileau	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	329.64	9 Q	517.56	9 Q	530.25	7
Émilie Heymans	351.12	3 Q	538.17	5 Q	555.03	4
align=left rowspan=2	Blythe Hartley Émilie Heymans	3 m synchronized springboard	276.90	7
10 m synchronized platform	327.78

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ashley Holzer	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	Imperioso	64.667	42	Did not advance
Cindy Neale-Ishoy	Proton	66.583	31	Did not advance
Leslie Reid	Mark	66.083	35	Did not advance
Belinda Trussell	Royan II	66.000	36	Did not advance
Ashley Holzer Cindy Neale-Ishoy Leslie Reid Belinda Trussell	See above	Team	66.222	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Hawley Bennett	Livingstone	align=left rowspan=5	Individual	61.20	47	94.80 #	156.00 #	32	12.00	168.00 #	39	Did not advance			168.00	39
Bruce Mandeville	Larissa	66.40 #	59	10.80	77.20	40	12.00	89.20	39	Did not advance			89.20	39
Ian Roberts	Mata-Riki	70.60 #	67	137.00 #	207.60 #	69	22.00 #	229.60 #	60	Did not advance			229.60	60
Garry Roque	Waikura	63.40	51	45.60	109.00	58	15.00 #	124.00	54	Did not advance			124.00	54
Mike Winter	Balista	63.20	50	16.80	80.00	47	8.00	88.00	25	Did not advance			88.00	25
Hawley Bennett Bruce Mandeville Ian Roberts Garry Roque Mike Winter	See above	Team	187.80	12	73.20	266.20	11	32.00	301.20	12	301.20	12

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Show jumping

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Josh McGuire	Individual foil	W 15–14	L 10–15	Did not advance
Michel Boulos	Individual sabre		L 8–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Catherine Dunnette	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée	L 9–11	Did not advance
Monique Kavelaars	W 14–8	L 11–15	Did not advance
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay		L 13–15	Did not advance
Catherine Dunnette Monique Kavelaars Julie Leprohon Sherraine Schalm-MacKay	Team épée	W 38–37	L 18–25	L 37–45	4

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Prior to 2004, Canada had never won an Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, and hopes for a first seemed to be dashed when the main medal threat, double World Championships bronze medallist Kyle Shewfelt suffered an ankle injury in March. By the Games, though, Shewfelt's injury had healed to the point where it did not adversely affect his performance.

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Grant Golding	align=left rowspan=7	Team	9.512	9.262	9.650	9.125	8.962	8.500	55.011	31	Did not advance
Ken Ikeda		8.900		8.937	8.687	colspan=3
Sasha Jeltkov	9.175	7.600	8.562	8.900	8.787	9.625	52.649	45
David Kikuchi	8.825	9.412	9.500		9.625	9.075	colspan=2
Kyle Shewfelt	9.737 Q		8.112	9.687 Q		9.212	colspan=2
Adam Wong	9.325	9.237	9.112	9.137	9.262	9.087	55.160	29
Total	37.749	36.811	36.824	36.886	36.636	36.999	221.905	11

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kyle Shewfelt	Floor	9.787	9.787
Vault	9.599	9.599	4

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Melanie Banville	align=left rowspan=7	Team	9.200	9.062	9.025	9.362	36.649	22 Q	Did not advance
Gael Mackie		9.100	colspan=4
Amelie Plante	9.112	9.475	8.075	9.287	35.949	38
Heather Mary Purnell	9.200	8.712	8.500	9.287	35.812	40
Kate Richardson	9.212	9.275	9.175	9.562 Q	37.224	14 Q
Kylie Stone	9.137		8.975	8.912	colspan=2
Total	36.749	36.912	35.675	37.611	146.947	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Melanie Banville		9.200	8.025	8.787	8.462	34.474	24
align=left rowspan=2	Kate Richardson		9.262	8.087	9.037	9.400	35.786	18
Floor	9.312	9.312	7

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mathieu Turgeon	Men's	63.40	11	Did not advance
Karen Cockburn	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	65.10	5 Q	39.20
Heather Ross-McManus	63.80	6 Q	37.40	6

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Six Canadian judoka (two men and four women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Keith Morgan	−90 kg	W 1002–0111	W 0011–0001	L 0000–0200	Did not advance		L 0000–1012	Did not advance
Nicolas Gill	−100 kg	L 0001–1003	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carolyne Lepage	−48 kg		L 0010–0000	Did not advance		L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Marie-Hélène Chisholm	−63 kg	W 1000–0001	W 0010–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		W 1000–0000	W 1010–0001	L 01002–01003	5
Catherine Roberge	−70 kg		W 0010–0001	L 0000–0011	Did not advance		L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Amy Cotton	−78 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Canadian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Kara Grant	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	169	20	964	16–15	=12	832	2:43.37	32	960	104	18	1096	11:01.57	5	1076	4928	22
Monica Pinette	178	10	1072	20–11	4	944	2:32.62	30	1092	168	21	1032	11:30.55	22	960	5100	13

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canada's most heralded team going into Athens was its rowers, and there was considerable hope for success by Canadians with expectations of three medals or more. While the Canadians did well, with a number of finals appearances, only one group won medals the men's fours of Cam Baerg, Jake Wetzel, Thomas Herschmiller and Barney Williams won the silver medal in the men's four rowing final, losing to Great Britain by only 0.08 seconds.

Most disappointing was the men's eights who had been undefeated for two years before the Olympics, but to the surprise of many finished fifth in their event.

Controversy broke out over the rowing team of Dave Calder and Chris Jarvis who were disqualified from the men's pairs semifinal race for entering another team's lane, and thus failed to qualify for the final. The COC appealed the decision, but it was upheld.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dave Calder Chris Jarvis	Pair	6:56.23	2 SA/B
Cameron Baerg Thomas Herschmiller Jake Wetzel Barney Williams	Four	6:28.36	1 SA/B	5:50.68	1 FA	6:07.06
Jon Beare Iain Brambell Gavin Hassett Jon Mandick	Lightweight four	5:51.18	2 SA/B	5:57.44	3 FA	6:05.10	5
Scott Frandsen Kyle Hamilton Andrew Hoskins Adam Kreek Kevin Light Jeff Powell Brian Price (cox) Ben Rutledge Joe Stankevicius	Eight	5:20.46	1 R	5:32.51	1 FA	5:51.66	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Buffy Alexander-Williams Darcy Marquardt	Pair	7:42.36	2 R	7:08.32	1 FA	7:13.33	4
Mara Jones Fiona Milne	Lightweight double sculls	6:53.47	2 R	6:54.04	2 SA/B	6:56.64	4 FB	7:26.07	8
Karen Clark Jacqui Cook Anna-Marie de Zwager Sabrina Kolker Roslyn McLeod Andréanne Morin Sarah Pape (cox) Romina Stefancic Pauline van Roessel	Eight	6:12:40	3 R	6:15.18	5	Did not advance	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canadian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Richard Clarke	Finn	10	18	15	22	19	15	OCS	14	8	11	2	134	18
Ross MacDonald Mike Wolfs	Star	7	11	4	3	1	RDG	8	14	8	2	2	51.2

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nikola Girke Jen Provan	470	4	13	17	11	12	7	2	19	6	19	12	103	13
Deirdre Crampton Chantal Léger Lisa Ross	Yngling	13	9	15	15	12	12	12	14	15	2	12	116	17

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Bernard Luttmer	Laser	15	25	22	21	27	33	31	DNF	9	32	30	245	29
John Curtis Oskar Johansson	Tornado	14	15	4	13	8	12	14	17	17	4	13	114	15

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Canadian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Cynthia Meyer	Trap	52	16	Did not advance
Double trap	101	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Susan Nattrass	Trap	61	5 Q	76	6
Double trap	88	15	Did not advance

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The Canadian softball team finished the preliminary round with the same record as China, but had lost to China 4-2 in head-to-head play and therefore received 5th place and did not advance to the semifinals while China placed 4th and moved on.

Team Roster

Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
IF	2	Erin White	OCT/27/1977	Team Canada
P	3	Lauren Bay	AUG/09/1981	White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
IF	4	Sheena Lawrick	JUN/22/1983	Calgary Double Diamonds Renegades
OF	6	Rachel Schill	JUN/09/1982	Simon Fraser University
OF	7	Sasha Olson	SEP/23/1976	Delta Heat (British Columbia)
IF	9	Cindy Eadie	SEP/21/1982	Markham Tigers
IF	10	Kristy Odamura	OCT/03/1977	Team Canada
IF	11	Angela Lichty	DEC/30/1979	Delta Heat (British Columbia)
P	15	Ani Nyhus	AUG/18/1983	White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
OF	17	Alison Bradley	APR/27/1979	Brampton Blazers (Ontario)
C	18	Erin Cumpstone	NOV/04/1980	Burnaby (British Columbia)
C	22	Kim Sarrazin	SEP/17/1977	Team Canada
P	24	Auburn Sigurdson	APR/06/1981	White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
P	27	Kaila Holtz	SEP/26/1981	Team Canada
OF	32	Jackie Lance	MAY/09/1974	White Rock Renegades (British Columbia)
Bench Coaches
Team Manager		Mike Renney	SEP/10/1964
Coach		Glenn Boles	MAR/24/1951
Coach		Patrick Murphy	NOV/28/1965

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
	7	7	0	41	0	1.000
	7	6	1	22	14	0.857
	7	4	3	17	8	0.571
	7	3	4	15	20	0.429
	7	3	4	6	14	0.429
	7	2	5	3	13	0.286
	7	2	5	6	24	0.286
	7	1	6	8	24	0.143

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. For the first time in decades Canada did not win a single medal in swimming. This led to calls for the resignation of head coach Dave Johnson by a number of former swimmers, most notably Barcelona gold medallist Mark Tewksbury. Swim Canada focused on personal bests rather than medals, but even by that measure Canada fared poorly. This lack of medals also stood in sharp contrast to Canada's sibling dominion Australia which won many medals in swimming, as they did in Sydney. There were a few bright spots, including Rick Say making it to the finals of the 200 m freestyle, considered by many to be the premier event of the 2004 Olympics, and a number of Canadian records were set. Generally though, performances by the swim team were slower than the times they had swum at Canadian Olympic trials 2 weeks before.

Rick Say created a minor controversy after the 4×200-metre freestyle relay immediately in the post-race interview which was aired live on national television, when he said that he was "pissed off at not being able to make up for my teammates' mistakes". The other three team members - Brent Hayden, Brian Johns, and Andrew Hurd - expressed disappointment not in the effort, which broke the Canadian record by over 3.5 seconds, but only in the 5th-place finish which was out of the medals.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Keith Beavers	200 m backstroke	2:00.97	13 Q	1:59.98	12	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:21.47	16	Did not advance
Mike Brown	200 m breaststroke	2:12.69	4 Q	2:12.14	6 Q	2:11.94	6
Scott Dickens	100 m breaststroke	1:02.16	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Brent Hayden	100 m freestyle			Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:49.56	14 Q	1:50.00	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Andrew Hurd	400 m freestyle	3:50.81	13	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:28.71	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Brian Johns	200 m individual medley	2:03.95	28	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:21.10	15	Did not advance
Mark Johnston	400 m freestyle	3:54.27	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Morgan Knabe	100 m breaststroke	1:02.13	18	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:17.20	29	Did not advance
Mike Mintenko	100 m butterfly	52.96	14 Q	52.89	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nathaniel O'Brien	200 m backstroke	2:00.49	10 Q	2:00.13	14	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:00.12	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Matthew Rose	50 m freestyle	23.01	30	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	56.62	27	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Rick Say	100 m freestyle			Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:49.32	10 Q	1:48.16	8 Q	1:47.55	6
Brent Hayden Riley Janes Yannick Lupien Mike Mintenko	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:18.35	9	Did not advance
Brent Hayden Andrew Hurd Brian Johns Mark Johnston Rick Say	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:18.05	5 Q	7:13.33	5
Mike Brown Brent Hayden Riley Janes Mike Mintenko	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:39.36	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jennifer Fratesi	200 m backstroke	2:13.00	6 Q	2:12.64	9	Did not advance
Erin Gammel	100 m backstroke	1:02.47	17	Did not advance
Rhiannon Leier	100 m breaststroke	1:09.38	9 Q	1:09.46	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Brittany Reimer	200 m freestyle	2:01.39	17	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:12.33	16	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:41.55	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lauren van Oosten	100 m breaststroke	1:09.93	13 Q	1:09.45	11	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:30.44	14 Q	2:30.39	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Elizabeth Warden	200 m backstroke	2:15.77	18	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:17.12	15 Q	2:17.32	15	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:46.27	11	Did not advance
Jennifer Fratesi Erin Gammel Lauren van Oosten Brittany Reimer	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:09.84	11	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Nine Canadian synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Fanny Létourneau Courtenay Stewart	Duet	47.500	6	46.667	95.251	5 Q	47.834	95.334	6
Erin Chan Jessica Chase Jessika Dubuc Marie-Pierre Gagné Fanny Létourneau Shayna Nackoney Anouk Renière-Lafrenière Courtenay Stewart	Team	47.584	5	align=center colspan=3	47.667	95.251	5

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four Canadian table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wenguan Johnny Huang	Men's singles		L 2–4	Did not advance
Wenguan Johnny Huang Faazil Kassam	Men's doubles		W 4–0	L 2–4	Did not advance
Petra Cada	Women's singles	W 4–0	W 4–3	L 0–4	Did not advance
Petra Cada Marie-Christine Roussy	Women's doubles		W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Canadian taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivett Gonda	Women's −49 kg	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 2–3		L −1–2	Did not advance	5
Dominique Bosshart	Women's +67 kg	L 5–7	Did not advance		L 3–6	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canadian Tennis Association nominated two male tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frédéric Niemeyer	Men's singles	L 2–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Daniel Nestor Frédéric Niemeyer	Men's doubles		W 6–2, 7–5	L 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canada had a strong triathlon program, including the defending men's gold medallist Simon Whitfield, who won surprisingly in Sydney. The women's race was something of a disappointment, as top-ranked Canadian Jill Savege, who came out of the water in fifth place, crashed in the bicycle stage and only finished 39th. The two other Canadian women did not fare much better. In the men's triathlon a day later Whitfield finished a respectable 11th.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Brent McMahon	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:30	0:17	1:05:08	0:19	35:30	1:59:44.57	39
Simon Whitfield	18:21	0:20	1:02:15	0:20	31:59	1:53:15.81	11
Samantha McGlone	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	21:27	0:18	1:11:41	0:23	36:25	2:10:14.24	27
Carol Montgomery	19:52	0:23	1:15:11	0:26	39:33	2:15:25.62	35
Jill Savege	18:44	0:20	1:19:52	0:26	38:48	2:18:10.99	39

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
John Child Mark Heese	Men's	Pool E L 0 – 2 (26–28, 18–21) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–10) L 1 – 2 (13–21, 21–15, 12–15)	3 Q	W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–17)	L 1 – 2 (24–22, 19–21, 16–18)	Did not advance
Guylaine Dumont Annie Martin	Women's	Pool D W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–13) L 1 – 2 (13–21, 21–12, 9–15) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 29–27)	2 Q	W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–19)	L 0 – 2 (19–21, 14–21)	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Canada's women's water polo team fared poorly, despite beating the number one ranked team from the United States during the round robin. Losing the other two games in the preliminary round put Canada in last place in the pool and eliminated the team from medal contention. They would end up finishing seventh.

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

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Classification 7th–8th

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Canadian weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Akos Sandor	Men's −105 kg	162.5		—	—	—
Maryse Turcotte	Women's −58 kg	90	=11	120	=9	210	11

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guivi Sissaouri	−60 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	1 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance	L 0–5	6
Evan MacDonald	−66 kg	L 1–3	L 0–4	3	Did not advance			17
Daniel Igali	−74 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	1 Q	L 1–3	Did not advance		6

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lyndsay Belisle	−48 kg	L 0–4	L 1–3	3	Did not advance			11
Tonya Verbeek	−55 kg	W 4–1	W 4–1	1 Q		W 3–1	L 0–3
Viola Yanik	−63 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	2	W 3–1	Did not advance	W 3–1	5
Christine Nordhagen	−72 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1	2	W 3–1	Did not advance	W 5–0	5

Media coverage

The main network for Olympic coverage in Canada is the CBC which covers events live, and then replays highlights in prime time. Both the French and English CBC and Radio-Canada are covering different events. The cable channels TSN & RDS won the rights to broadcast some parts of the games, mostly team sports that CBC and Radio-Canada decided not to cover. The digital channel CBC Country Canada, only available to a minority of Canadians, covered equestrian events.

National outfits

Roots Canada was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. The same clothing was also sold at Roots stores in Canada. This was the last year for Roots, thereafter HBC was given the contract for official Olympic clothing.

See also

• Canada at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Canada at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Canada at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Canadian Olympic Team

Notes and References

1. News: Judoka Nicolas Gill selected to carry the Canadian flag at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Canadian Olympic Committee. 19 July 2004. 12 April 2014. 9 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180309062958/https://olympic.ca/2004/07/19/judoka-nicolas-gill-selected-to-carry-the-canadian-flag-at-the-2004-olympic-games-in-athens/. live.
2. http://runningmagazine.ca/files/2009/06/running_v1i4_highstandards.pdf High Standards
3. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014. 29 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150629065857/http://content.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/medals.aspx. live.
4. News: Starkman. Randy. Van Koeverden reinventing his Olympic strategy. Toronto Star. 26 June 2011. 12 April 2014. 13 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145213/http://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2011/06/26/van_koeverden_reinventing_his_olympic_strategy.html. live.
5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011. October 25, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025083504/http://iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html. live.
6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102532/https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/olympic-games-athens. live.
7. Web site: CBC Olympics Crawling to keep up, 4 years after the Athens debacle, Swimming Canada works to pick up the pieces . https://web.archive.org/web/20091022035047/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/swimming/story/2008/08/05/f-olympics-swimming-feature.html . 2009-10-22.