Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Canada at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Canada at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Barcelona
Competitors	295 (179 men and 116 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer	Michael Smith
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 7 Silver 4 Bronze 7 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held from 25 July to 9 August 1992. 295 competitors, 179 men and 116 women, took part in 199 events in 24 sports.^[1]

The Barcelona Olympics were at the time Canada's second most successful Summer Olympic Games (and most successful in a fully-attended Olympics), subsequently surpassed in number of medals won in 1996 and 2016, and then tied in the number of gold medals in 2020.^[2]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michael Rascher Bruce Robertson John Wallace Robert Marland Terrence Paul Derek Porter Darren Barber Andrew Crosby Mike Forgeron	Rowing	Men's eight	August 2
Gold	Mark McKoy	Athletics	Men's 110 meter hurdles	August 3
Gold	Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	August 1
Gold	Kay Worthington Kirsten Barnes Jessica Monroe Brenda Taylor	Rowing	Women's coxless fours	August 1
Gold	Brenda Taylor Lesley Thompson Kay Worthington Kathleen Heddle Marnie McBean Jessica Monroe Kirsten Barnes Shannon Crawford Megan Delehanty	Rowing	Women's Coxed eight	August 2
Gold	Mark Tewksbury	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke	July 30
Gold	Sylvie Fréchette	Synchronized Swimming	Women's Solo	August 6
Silver	Guillaume LeBlanc	Athletics	Men's 20km Walk	July 31
Silver	Mark Leduc	Boxing	Men's Light Welterweight	August 9
Silver	Penny Vilagos Vicky Vilagos	Synchronized Swimming	Women's Duet	August 5
Silver	Jeffrey Thue	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight	August 6
Bronze	Angela Chalmers	Athletics	Women's 3,000 metres	August 2
Bronze	Chris Johnson	Boxing	Men's Middleweight	August 8
Bronze	Curtis Harnett	Cycling	Men's 1,000 metres Sprint (Scratch)	July 31
Bronze	Nicolas Gill	Judo	Men's Middleweight (86 kg)	July 29
Bronze	Silken Laumann	Rowing	Women's Single Sculls	August 2
Bronze	Mark Tewksbury Stephen Clarke Jonathan Cleveland Marcel Gery Tom Ponting (heats)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	July 31
Bronze	Eric Jespersen Ross MacDonald	Sailing	Men's Star Team Competition	August 4

Archery[]

Canada sent only men to Barcelona for archery. Two of the three individuals did not qualify for the elimination rounds, nor did the team qualify for the team round.

Men's Individual Competition:

Claude Rousseau — Round of 16 (→ 14th place) (1-1)
Sylvain Cadieux — Ranking Round (→ 60th place) (0-0)
Jeannot Robitaille — Ranking Round (→ 70th place) (0-0)

Men's Team Competition:

Rousseau, Cadieux, and Robitaille — Ranking Round (→ 19th place) (0-0)

Athletics[]

Men's 100m

Ben Johnson (15th)
Bruny Surin (4th)

Men's 200m

Atlee Mahorn (20th)
Peter Ogilvie
Anthony Wilson (31st)

Men's 400m

Mike McLean (DNF)

Men's 800m

Freddie Williams

Men's 1500m

Graham Hood (9th)

Men's 5000m

Brendan Matthias (36th)

Men's 10000m

Paul Williams (DNP)

Men's Marathon

Peter Maher (DNF)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Ben Johnson

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Mark Jackson, Anthony Wilson, Mark Graham, and Frederick Williams
- Heat — 3:04.69 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110m Hurdles

Mark McKoy

Men's 400m Hurdles

Mark Jackson (19th)

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

Graeme Fell (28th)

Men's 20 km Road Walk

Tim Berrett (14th)
Guillaume Leblanc

Men's 50 km Road Walk

Tim Berrett (DSQ)
Guillaume Leblanc (DSQ)

Men's High Jump

Alex Zaliauskas (27th)

Men's Long Jump

Edrick Floreal (28th)
Glenroy Gilbert (DSQ)
Ian James (20th)

Men's Pole Vault

Douglas Wood
- Qualification — 5.20 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

Oral O'Gilvie (DNP)

Men's Discus Throw

Ray Lazdins (21st)

Men's Javelin Throw

Stephen Feraday (29th)

Men's Shot Put

Peter Dajia (25th)

Men's Decathlon

Mike Smith – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 800 m

Charmaine Crooks – 1:58,55 (→ 10th place)

Women's 1.500 m

Paula Schnurr – 4:04,80 (→ 13th place)
Angela Chalmers – 4:04,87 (→ 14th place)
Debbie Bowker – 4:12,50 (→ 22nd place)

Women's 3.000 m

Angela Chalmers – 8:47,22 (→ Bronze Medal)
Robyn Meagher – 8:49,72 (→ 15th place)
Leah Pells – 9:13,19 (→ 27th place)

Women's 10.000 m

Carole Rouillard – 32:53.83 (→ 22nd place)
Lisa Harvey – 33:55.93 (→ 34th place)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

Charmaine Crooks, Rosey Edeh, Camille Noel, Jillian Richardson – 3:25,20 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Katie Anderson – 13,31 (→ 19th place)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

Rosey Edeh – 55,76 (→ 13th place)
Donalda Duprey – 56,30 (→ 15th place)

Women's 10 km Walk

Tina Poitras – 46:50 (→ 21st place)
Janice McCaffrey – 48:05 (→ 25th place)
Pascale Grand – 49:14 (→ 29th place)

Women's Marathon

Odette Lapierre – 2:46.18 (→ 19th place)
Lizanne Bussieres – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Badminton[]

Boxing[]

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Domenic Figliomeni
- First Round – Lost to Tadahiro Sasaki (JPN), 3:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Marty O'Donnell
- First Round – Lost to Robert Peden (AUS), 2:14

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Michael Strange
- First Round – Lost to Somluck Kamsing (THA), 9:11

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

William Irwin
- First Round – Defeated (GBR), RSC-3
- Second Round – Lost to Ronald Chavez (PHI), 1:8

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Mark Leduc → Silver Medal
- First Round – Defeated Godfrey Wakaabu (UGA), 9:2
- Second Round – Defeated Dillon Carew (GUY), 5:0
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Laid Bouneb (ALG), 8:1
- Semifinals – Defeated Leonard Doroftei (ROM), 13:6
- Final – Lost to Héctor Vinent (CUB), 1:11

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Raymond Downey
- First Round – Lost to Hendrik Simangunsong (INA), 5:12

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Chris Johnson → Bronze Medal
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Mohamed Siluvangi (ZAI), RSCH-3
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Stefan Trendafilov (BUL), RSC-1
- Semifinals – Lost to Chris Byrd (USA), 3:17

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Robert Brown
- First Round – Defeated Damidin Zul (MGL), RSCH-2
- Second Round – Lost to Torsten May (GER), 1:7

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Kirk Johnson
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Joseph Akhasamba (KEN), RSC-2
- Quarterfinals – Lost to David Izonritei (NGR), 5:9

Men's Super Heavyweight (>91 kg)

Tom Glesby
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Lost to Roberto Balado (CUB), 2:16

Canoeing[]

Cycling[]

Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented Canada in 1992. Curt Harnett won bronze in the men's sprint.

Men's road race

Men's team time trial

Men's sprint

Curt Harnett - Bronze Medal

Men's 1 km time trial

Kurt Innes

Men's individual pursuit

Michael Belcourt

Men's points race

John Malois

Women's road race

Alison Sydor — 2:05:03 (→ 12th place)
Kelly-Ann Way — 2:05:03 (→ 31st place)
Lena Hawkins — 2:05:33 (→ 36th place)

Women's sprint

Tanya Dubnicoff

Women's individual pursuit

Kelly-Ann Way

Diving[]

Men's 3m Springboard

Mark Rourke
- Preliminary Round — 379.32 points
- Final — 540.66 points (→ 11th place)
David Bédard
- Preliminary Round — 372.54 points (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 10m Platform

Bruno Fournier
- Preliminary Round — 370.68 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
William Hayes
- Preliminary Round — 324.39 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 3m Springboard

Mary DePiero
- Preliminary Round — 278.76 points
- Final — 449.49 points (→ 12th place)
Evelyne Boisvert
- Preliminary Round — 258.09 points (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 10m Platform

Paige Gordon
- Preliminary Round — 283.11 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Anne Montminy
- Preliminary Round — 282.42 points (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Equestrian[]

Fencing[]

16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1992.

Men's foil

Benoît Giasson

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Jean-Marc Chouinard, Alain Côté, Allan Francis, Danek Nowosielski, Laurie Shong

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Jean-Paul Banos, Jean-Marie Banos, Tony Plourde, Evens Gravel, Leszek Nowosielski

Women's foil

Thalie Tremblay
Renée Aubin

Women's team foil

Thalie Tremblay, Renée Aubin, Hélène Bourdages, Shelley Wetterberg, Marie-Françoise Hervieu

Gymnastics[]

Hockey[]

Women's Team Competition[]

The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics.

Preliminary Round
- Canada – Australia 0-2
- Canada – Spain 1-2
- Canada – Germany 0-4
Classification Matches
- 5th-8th place: Canada – Netherlands 0-2
- 7th-8th place: Canada – New Zealand 2-0 (→ 7th place)
Team Roster
- Bernadette Bowyer
- Joel Brough
- Michelle Conn
- Deb Covey
- Sharon Creelman
- Tara Croxford
- Sherri Field
- Milena Gaiga
- Heather Jones
- Laurelee Kopeck
- Sandra Levy
- Rochelle Low
- Gaye Porteous
- Sue Reid
- Candy Thomson
- Deb Whitten
Head Coach: Marina van der Merwe

Judo[]

Men's Competition[]

Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)

Ewan Beaton

Half-Lightweight (65 kg)

Jean-Pierre Cantin

Lightweight (71 kg)

Roman Hatashita

Middleweight (87 kg)

Nicolas Gill Bronze Medal

Half-Heavyweight (95 kg)

Patrick Roberge

Women's Competition[]

Half-Lightweight (52 kg)

Lyne Poirier

Lightweight (56 kg)

Pascale Mainville

Extra-Lightweight (48 kg)

Brigitte Lastrade

Half-Middleweight (61 kg)

Michelle Buckingham

Middleweight (66 kg)

Sandra Greaves

Half-Heavyweight (72 kg)

Alison Webb

Heavyweight (+72 kg)

Jane Patterson

Modern pentathlon[]

Two male pentathletes represented Canada in 1992.

Individual

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Rowing[]

Sailing[]

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

- Final Ranking — 459.0 points (→ 44th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

Caroll-Ann Alie
- Final Ranking — 161.7 points (→ 14th place)

Women's 470 Class

Penny Davis and Sarah McLean
- Final Ranking — 94.7 points (→ 11th place)

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Men's Competition[]

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Stephen Clarke
- Heat – 23.95 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Stephen Clarke
- Heat – 50.73 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Darren Ward
- Heat – 52.05 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Turlough O'Hare
- Heat – 1:50.42
- B-Final – 1:51.01 (→ 14th place)
Darren Ward
- Heat – 1:51.62 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Turlough O'Hare
- Heat – 3:56.70 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Edward Parenti
- Heat – 3:58.96 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Christopher Bowie
- Heat – 15:34.28 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
David McLellan
- Heat – 15:58.38 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Mark Tewksbury
- Heat – 54.75
- Final – 53.98 (→ Gold Medal)
Raymond Brown
- Heat – 56.98 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Kevin Draxinger
- Heat – 2:01.73
- B-Final – 2:01.79 (→ 12th place)
Raymond Brown
- Heat – 2:01.81
- B-Final – 2:03.01 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Jonathan Cleveland
- Heat – 1:02.73
- B-Final – 1:02.73 (→ 13th place)
Curtis Myden
- Heat – 1:03.80 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Jonathan Cleveland
- Heat – 2:15.68
- B-Final – 2:16.20 (→ 14th place)
Michael Mason
- Heat – 2:18.64 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Marcel Gery
- Heat – 53.94
- Final – 54.18 (→ 6th place)
Tom Ponting
- Heat – 54.77
- B-Final – 55.00 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Tom Ponting
- Heat – 2:01.20
- B-Final – 2:01.60 (→ 13th place)
Edward Parenti
- Heat – 2:02.00 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Gary Anderson
- Heat – 2:02.63
- Final – 2:04.30 (→ 8th place)
Darren Ward
- Heat – 2:03.71
- B-Final – 2:05.09 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Curtis Myden
- Heat – 4:22.41
- B-Final – 4:21.91 (→ 10th place)
Robert Baird
- Heat – 4:24.31
- B-Final – 4:25.06 (→ 16th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Edward Parenti, Darren Ward, Christopher Bowie, and Turlough O'Hare
- Heat – 7:25.61 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland, Tom Ponting, and Stephen Clarke
- Heat – 3:42.47
Mark Tewksbury, Jonathan Cleveland, Marcel Gery, and Stephen Clarke
- Final – 3:39.66 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Competition[]

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Andrea Nugent
- Heat – 26.29
- B-Final – 26.17 (→ 9th place)
Kristin Topham
- Heat – 26.32
- B-Final – 26.24 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Andrea Nugent
- Heat – 56.82
- B-Final – 56.91 (→ 16th place)
Allison Higson
- Heat – 58.47 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Nikki Dryden
- Heat – 2:03.59 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Allison Higson
- Heat – 2:04.25 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Nikki Dryden
- Heat – 1:03.71
- B-Final – 1:03.53 (→ 14th place)
Julie Howard
- Heat – 1:05.26 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Nikki Dryden
- Heat – 2:17.54 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Beth Hazel
- Heat – 2:17.70 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Guylaine Cloutier
- Heat – 1:09.89
- Final – 1:09.71 (→ 4th place)
Lisa Flood
- Heat – 1:10.95
- B-Final – 1:11.17 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Guylaine Cloutier
- Heat – 2:29.01
- Final – 2:29.88 (→ 5th place)
Nathalie Giguère
- Heat – 2:29.71
- Final – 2:30.11 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Kristin Topham
- Heat – 1:01.20
- B-Final – 1:01.91 (→ 14th place)
Julie Howard
- Heat – 1:02.89 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Jacinthe Pineau
- Heat – 2:19.44 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Marianne Limpert
- Heat – 2:16.84
- Final – 2:17.09 (→ 6th place)
Nancy Sweetnam
- Heat – 2:17.26
- Final – 2:17.13 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Joanne Malar
- Heat – 4:52.85
- B-Final – 4:48.52 (→ 11th place)
Nancy Sweetnam
- Heat – 4:52.41
- B-Final – 4:50.17 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Marianne Limpert, Nikki Dryden, Andrea Nugent, and Allison Higson
- Heat – 3:49.28
- Final – 3:49.37 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Nikki Dryden, Guylaine Cloutier, Kristin Topham, and Andrea Nugent
- Heat – 4:11.67
- Final – 4:09.26 (→ 6th place)

Synchronized swimming[]

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1992.

Women's solo

Sylvie Fréchette Gold Medal
Penny Vilagos
Vicky Vilagos

Women's duet Silver Medal

Penny Vilagos
Vicky Vilagos

Table tennis[]

Tennis[]

Men's Singles Competition

Andrew Sznajder
- First round — Defeated Benny Wijaya (Indonesia) 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
- Second round — Lost to Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-7

Men's Doubles Competition

Brian Gyetko and Sebastien LeBlanc
- First round — Defeated Kenneth Carlsen and Frederik Fetterlein (Denmark) 6-3, 7-6, 7-6
- Second round — Lost to Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval (South Africa) 3-6, 6-7, 4-6

Women's Singles Competition

Patricia Hy-Boulais
- First round — Defeated Dally Randriantefy (Madagascar) 6-2, 6-1
- Second round — Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez (United States) 2-6, 6-1, 10-12

Women's Singles Competition

Rene Simpson-Alter
- First round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 5-7, 1-6

Women's Doubles Competition

Patricia Hy-Boulais and Rene Simpson-Alter
- First round — Lost to Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-3, 3-6, 2-6

Volleyball[]

Men's Team Competition[]

Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Spain 15-13 7-15 15-9 12-15 13-15
- Lost to United States 12-15 12-15 15-10 15-12 14-16
- Defeated France 15-11 15-6 15-8
- Lost to Italy 11-15 15-8 12-15 7-15
- Lost to Japan 15-11 17-15 11-15 13-15 10-15
Quarterfinals
- Did not advance
Classification Match
- 9th/10th place: Lost to South Korea (1-3) → 10th place
Team Roster
- Marc Albert
- Kevin Boyles
- Gino Brousseau
- Allan Coulter
- Christopher Frehlick
- Terrance Gagnon
- Randal Gingera
- Kent Greves
- William Knight
- Russell Paddock
- Greg Williscroft
- Bradley Willock

Weightlifting[]

Wrestling[]

References[]

^ "Canada at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
^ Dichter, Myles (August 7, 2021). "Kelsey Mitchell cycles to gold for Canada's 24th medal of Tokyo Olympics". CBC Sports.

[sports-reference-1] "Canada at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-22.

[2] Dichter, Myles (August 7, 2021). "Kelsey Mitchell cycles to gold for Canada's 24th medal of Tokyo Olympics". CBC Sports.

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Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists[]

Archery[]

Athletics[]

Badminton[]

Boxing[]

Canoeing[]

Cycling[]

Diving[]

Equestrian[]

Fencing[]

Gymnastics[]

Hockey[]

Women's Team Competition[]

Judo[]

Men's Competition[]

Women's Competition[]

Modern pentathlon[]

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Rowing[]

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Men's Competition[]

Women's Competition[]

Synchronized swimming[]

Table tennis[]

Tennis[]

Volleyball[]

Men's Team Competition[]

Weightlifting[]

Wrestling[]

See also[]

References[]