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, represented by the

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(COC), competed at the

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, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes had competed in every

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since

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with the exception of

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, which were boycotted in protest of the

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. Canada sent 332 athletes in 25 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since

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. Canada did not send a team in

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. Kayaker and

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gold medalist Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing. The COC had set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in total medals; at the

, Canada finished 19th. Despite failing to win a single medal in the first week of the Games, Canada would rebound, winning a combined 18 medals in the next 9 days. This 9-day medal haul exceeded the 12 medals Canada won in Athens four years earlier. The country would wind up finishing 19th in gold medals and 14th in total medals in Beijing.

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show jumper

Ian Millar Ian Millar, CM (born 6 January 1947) is a Canadian Equestrian Team athlete for show jumping. He is a two-time winner of the Show Jumping World Cup, and an Olympic silver medalist. Due to his longevity and accomplishments, he is often nicknamed ...

competed at his ninth Summer Olympics, tying the record set by

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. He has been named to ten straight Olympic teams, but did not compete at the

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due to the Canadian boycott. For the first time, Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. Gold medalists earned $20,000; silver medalists were paid $15,000; and bronze medalists $10,000. A total of $515,000 from the Athlete Excellence Fund was given to the medal winning athletes. Canada was the next host country of an Olympics, with

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hosting the

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Medallists

Archery

Canada qualified its men's team by finishing eighth during the 2007 world championships. The individuals later qualified at the Canadian Olympic archery trials. It was Canada's first three-man team since the 1992 Summer Olympics. Canada also qualified an archer in the women's division after the Netherlands waived its quota for the women's archery competition.

Athletics

Previous world champion hurdler

Perdita Felicien Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980) is a Canadian retired hurdler. Felicien is the 2003 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles and 2004 World indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Champions ...

officially announced on July 14 that she would not compete. This followed a foot fracture sustained during a February training session.

Dylan Armstrong Dylan Armstrong (born January 15, 1981) is a Canadian shot putter. He is a two-time Pan American Games champion, a former Commonwealth Games champion and has also won world championship silver and bronze medals. He was awarded the bronze medal ...

established a new Canadian record in the shot put. ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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* The athlete who finished in second place,

Lyudmila Blonska Lyudmyla Leonidivna Blonska, née Shevchuk ( uk, Людмила Леонідівна Блонська (Шевчук)), sometimes known as Lyudmila Blonskaya, (born November 9, 1977) is a Ukrainian former heptathlete, pentathlete, and long jumper. ...

of the

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, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Zelinka moved up a position.

Badminton

Canada was represented by two singles players and a mixed doubles team.

Baseball

Men's team Canada qualified its men's baseball team for the Olympics by winning the final Olympic Baseball qualification tournament with a 6–1 record. Canada went 2–5 in the tournament, but all five losses came by one run, including one in

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– P (replacement for

Scott Richmond Scott Daniel Richmond (born August 30, 1979) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays. Career College, independent, and minor league career Richmond's high school did ...

) *

Chris Begg Christopher Stephen Begg (born September 12, 1979 in Uxbridge, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. Career A graduate of Niagara University, Begg was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco Giants in 2003 a ...

– P (RH) * T. J. Burton – P (RH) * Stubby Clapp – 2B *

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– P (LH) *

David Corrente David Ross Corrente (born October 13, 1983 in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada) is a former Minor League Baseball catcher. Corrente played in the minor leagues from 2001 to 2008 and played for Team Canada in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Corrente was dr ...

– C * David Davidson – P (LH) *

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– 1B/C * Emmanuel Garcia – SS * Steve Green – P (RH) * Mike Johnson – P (RH) *

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– C/INF/OF * Jonathan Lockwood – P (RH) * Brooks McNiven – P (RH) * Ryan Radmanovich – OF *

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– P (RH) * Chris Robinson – C *

Matt Rogelstad Matt Rogelstad (born September 13, 1982) is a Canadian former professional baseball player who played internationally for the Canadian national team at the 2008 Olympics. High school and college career A native of New Westminster, British Columb ...

– INF *

Michael Saunders Michael Edward Brett Saunders (born November 19, 1986) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Philadelphia Phillies. He was nickname ...

– OF *

Adam Stern Adam James Stern (born February 12, 1980) is a Canadian former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Milwaukee Brewers from 2005 to 2010. Stern is the second Jewish player from Canada ...

– OF *

Scott Thorman Scott Robert Thorman (born January 6, 1982) is a Canadian former first baseman who is currently the manager of the Omaha Storm Chasers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. He was previously manager of the Northwest Arkansas Natural ...

– 1B * Jimmy Van Ostrand – 1B/OF *

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– OF Round Robin

Boxing

Twelve years after qualifying boxers in 11 of 12 events in 1996, Canada only sent one boxer to Beijing. Adam Trupish qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2007 AIBA World championships.

Canoeing

Slalom

Canada had a three-person slalom team in Beijing.

Sprint

For the first time ever, Canada had participants in all twelve sprint races. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Canada qualified three athletes for the men's road race and the right to send a cyclist to the time trial event. To be eligible to compete in the men's time trial, an athlete must have also competed in the road race or in a track, mountain bike or BMX event. ;Men ;Women

Track

Mountain biking

Canada qualified its riders via the UCI ranking by nations.

BMX

Canada qualified a female entry for the event, which was contested at the Olympics for the first time, via the UCI Nations ranking and a male entry via the

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Diving

Ten Canadian athletes qualified for the Olympics, and competed in six of the eight diving events. Spots were allocated at the Olympic Trials, held in Victoria, B.C., June 20 to June 22. ;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

# – Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

2008 Olympic Games equestrian LAMAZE Eric

Fencing

Canada qualified all of its current quota places via the world ranking (Pan-Am zone). Philippe Beaudry qualified for the Sabre individual event at the last chance continental qualifier held in Querétaro, Mexico. ;Men ;Women

Field hockey

Canada's men's team qualified for Beijing by defeating Argentina 2–2 (5–4 on penalties) in the final of the 2007 Pan-American games.

Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ;Classification match for 9th/10th place

Football

Canada's national women's team qualified by finishing in the top two at the

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Olympic qualifying tournament.

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinal

Gymnastics

Artistic

Canada has qualified a six-man team and two women for Beijing. ;Men No Canadian man made an apparatus final, with

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finishing ninth on vault and eleventh on floor exercise in the qualifying round. The Canadian team similarly failed to advance to the final, finishing ninth and missing out by less than four-tenths of a point. Two Canadian men,

Adam Wong Adam Wong (born 29 March 1985) is a Canadian male artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international competitions. He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In the ...

and

Nathan Gafuik Nathan Gafuik (born June 12, 1985) is a Canadian gymnast, who has competed at two Summer Olympics (2008 and 2012) and has won medals at Commonwealth level. Early life He took up gymnastics at the age of four and has achieved gymnastic success des ...

, did advance to the all-around final. Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls were the reserves for the men's team. ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women Finishing in fourteenth place at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships (Only the top 12 teams qualified), Canada failed to qualify a full women's team to the Olympics.

Rhythmic

If Brazil had withdrawn from the group all-around competition, they would have been replaced by Canada.

Trampoline

Three trampolinists competed for Canada in Beijing.

Judo

Four men and one woman will represent Canada in Judo. ;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

Josh Riker-Fox and

Monica Pinette Monica Pinette (born February 5, 1977) is a two-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Canada. She is one of the first female Canadian modern pentathletes, and the only indigenous athlete of (Métis) to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athen ...

qualified for Beijing by respectively finishing third and second at the 2007 Pan-American Games and

Kara Grant Kara Grant (born January 9, 1979) is a two-time Olympic modern pentathlete from Canada. She is one of the first female Canadian modern pentathletes, along with Monica Pinette, to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Born and r ...

qualified via the world rankings.

Rowing

Canada sent eight boats to Beijing in rowing, of which four (half of the quota) finished with medals. ;Men ;Women 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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Canada earned a quota in all the classes above during the

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held in

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, Portugal, except for the quota in the Tornado class, which was earned at the 2008 Tornado World Championships in

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, New Zealand. ;Men ;Women ;Open M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Four shooters represented Canada in Beijing. ;Men ;Women

Softball

Women's Softball * Lauren Bay Regula * Alison Bradley *

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* Sheena Lawrick *

Caitlin Lever Caitlin Anne Lever (born March 12, 1985) is an American-Canadian softball outfielder. Early life Lever was born in Morristown, New Jersey, when her father Don Lever played for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Due to her ...

* Robin Mackin * Noemie Marin * Melanie Matthews * Erin McLean * Dione Meier *

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* Jennifer Salling *

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;Results Round Robin
All times are

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(

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)

Swimming

The places in Canada's Olympic swim team were allocated at the 2008 CN Olympic Trials. ;Men ;Women

Synchronized swimming

Canada qualified for both events by finishing third in the team event at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament.

Table tennis

Canada sent five table tennis players to Beijing. ;Singles ;Team

Taekwondo

Canada's

Sébastien Michaud Sébastien Michaud (born May 7, 1987) started in taekwondo at the age of five, following in his father's and brothers footsteps. Born in Joliette, Quebec, he currently resides in Quebec City, Quebec where he studies software engineering at Univer ...

and

Ivett Gonda Ivett Gonda (born April 28, 1986 in Jászberény, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born Canadian retired taekwondo competitor. She moved to Canada when she was four. From 1995 to mid 2013 Gonda competed professionally for Canada until she decided to compe ...

qualified Canada in the men's −80 kg and the women's −49 kg by respectively finishing first and third at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Manchester, United Kingdom. World champion

Karine Sergerie Karine Sergerie (born February 1, 1985) is the 2007 world champion in women's lightweight (under 63 kg) taekwondo. She is Canada's first female world champion in the sport. Biography Sergerie was born in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada. ...

secured an additional berth for Canada, this time in the women's −67 kg, by finishing second at the Pan American Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia. In Beijing 2008, Sergerie made Silver after advancing to the finals opposite to Kyungseon of Korea who secured the gold.

Tennis

Canada was represented by three men in tennis.

Triathlon

Canada is one of five nations sending a full complement of six triathletes to Beijing.

Water polo

Men's tournament

Canada's men's team qualified by reaching the semifinal at the FINA men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament, beating host Romania 9–8. The team finished in 11th place. ;Roster ;Group play All times are

(

). ;Classification round (7th–12th place) ;Classification round (11th–12th place)

Weightlifting

Canada qualified three female Weightlifters by finishing fourteenth in the combined country ranking of the 2006 and 2007 World Weightlifting Championships. Canada then qualified two men's weightlifters by finishing second among non-qualified teams at the 2008 Pan American Championships held in

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. Christine Girard, who competed in the women's 63 kg category initially finished in fourth place. However, her performance was elevated to third place after the disqualification of the second place athlete from Kazakhstan, following the re-tests of the urine samples conducted by the IOC in 2016.

Wrestling

Seven athletes qualified at the 2008 Pan-American Wrestling Championships while Travis Cross and

Carol Huynh Carol Huynh (; born 16 November 1980) is a retired Canadian freestyle wrestler. Huynh was the first gold medalist for Canada in women's wrestling and was the first gold medallist for Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is also the 2010 Co ...

qualified by finishing in the top 8 at the 2007 Wrestling World Championships and David Zilberman qualified at the first freestyle qualification tournament.http://www.fila-wrestling.com/images/documents/080313_liste_nomin_beijing.pdf ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle

Official outfitter

HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.

References

External links

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Medallists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Baseball

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Football

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Official outfitter

See also

References

External links