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, United States, held from 19 July to 4 August 1996. 303 competitors, 152 men and 151 women, took part in 189 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Canada sent three men to Atlanta for archery. All were defeated in the first round of individual competition, as well as losing the first match of the team round together. ;Men

Athletics

;Men ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

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

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Badminton

Basketball

Women's tournament

;Team roster *

Bev Smith Beverly "Bev" Smith (born April 4, 1960) is a Canadian basketball player and coach. Smith played college basketball at the Oregon Ducks, where she was named a Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American in 1981 and 1982. Her 2004 team m ...

* Karla Karch-Gailus * Camille Thompson * Sue Stewart * Shawna Molcak *

Jodi Evans Jodi Evans (born 16 August 1968) is a Canadian basketball player. Evans played for the Canada Women's National Basketball Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Evans made international headlines in 1993 as the first woman to represent the Oxford Un ...

* Cynthia Johnston *

Dianne Norman Dianne Norman (born 5 February 1971) is a Canadians, Canadian former basketball player who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Born in 1971 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Norman played many sports growing up includ ...

* Martina Jerant *

Kelly Boucher Kelly Boucher (born 13 January 1968 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also played for the Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Ass ...

* Andrea Blackwell * Marlelynn Lange-Harris ;Preliminary round ;Classification match 9th-12th place ;11th place match

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

;Men ;Women

Cycling

Road

;Men ;Women

Track

;Sprints ;Points races

Mountain biking

Diving

;Men ;Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

Seven fencers, all men, represented Canada in 1996.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Men's Competition

Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg) *

Ewan Beaton Ewan Beaton (born July 13, 1969, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a male judoka from Canada. He claimed the silver medal in the Men's Bantamweight (– 60 kg) division at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. In the final he was defeate ...

Half-Lightweight (– 66 kg) * Taro Tan Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg) *

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Middleweight (– 90 kg) *

Nicolas Gill Nicolas Gill (born 24 April 1972 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian judoka who competed at four consecutive Olympic Games. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, receiving a bronze in the middleweight (86 kg) division at his inaugural Olympia ...

Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg) * Keith Morgan

Women's Competition

Half-Lightweight (– 52 kg) *

Nathalie Gosselin Nathalie Gosselin (born March 31, 1966, in Lévis, Quebec) is a retired judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's lightweight (– 56 kg) competition at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native country ...

Lightweight (– 57 kg) * Marie-Josée Morneau Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Carolyne Lepage Half-Middleweight (– 63 kg) * Michelle Buckingham Half-Heavyweight (– 78 kg) * Niki Jenkins Heavyweight (+ 78 kg) * Nancy Filteau

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Women's Mistral One Design * Caroll-Ann Alie ** Final – 57.0 (→ 12th place)

Shooting

Softball

Women's team competition

*Preliminary round Robin **Defeated Chinese Taipei (2:1) **Defeated Puerto Rico (0:4) **Lost to PR China (1:2) **Lost to Japan (0:4) **Lost to United States (2:4) **Defeated Netherlands (4:1) **Lost to Australia (2:5) *Semifinals ** did not advance → Fifth place *Team roster ** Colleen Thorburn-Smith ** Sandy Beasley ** Juanita Clayton ** Karen Doell ** Carrie Flemmer ** Kelly Kelland ** Kara McGaw ** Pauline Maurice ** Candace Murray ** Christine Parris ** Lori Sippel ** Karen Snelgrove ** Debbie Sonnenberg ** Alecia Stephenson ** Carmie Vairo *Head coach: Lesle Kennedy

Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle * Hugues Legault ** Heat – 23.63 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Men's 100 m freestyle * Stephen Clarke ** Heat – 50.14 ** B-Final – 50.45 (→ 15th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Robert Braknis ** Heat – 56.14 ** B-Final – 57.00 (→ 16th place) *

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** Heat – 56.52 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke *

** Heat – 2:02.48 ** B-Final – 2:01.70 (→ 10th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke * Jonathan Cleveland ** Heat – 1:03.14 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke * Jonathan Cleveland ** Heat – 2:16.08 ** B-Final – 2:16.39 (→ 15th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Stephen Clarke ** Heat – 53.41 ** Final – 53.33 (→ 7th place) * Edward Parenti ** Heat – 54.03 ** B-Final – 54.19 (→ 15th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly *

Casey Barrett Casey Barrett (born February 16, 1975) is a Canadian former Olympic Games, Olympic swimming (sport), swimmer, writer, and the co-founder and co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, Inc, New York City's largest learn-to-swim program. He is the author of the D ...

** Heat – 2:00.28 ** B-Final – 1:59.72 (→ 11th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Curtis Myden Curtis Allen Myden (born December 31, 1973) is a former breaststroke and medley swimmer from Canada, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. He won a total number of three medals at the Olympics, all of them ...

** Heat – 2:01.50 ** Final – 2:01.13 (→ Bronze medal) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *

** Heat – 4:18.43 ** Final – 4:16.28 (→ Bronze medal) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Robert Braknis, Jonathan Cleveland, Edward Parenti, and Stephen Clarke ** Heat – 3:42.95 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Women's 50 m freestyle * Martine Dessureault ** Heat – 26.44 (→ did not advance, 26th place) * Laura Nicholls ** Heat – 26.52 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 100 m freestyle *

Shannon Shakespeare Shannon Shakespeare (born May 6, 1977) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist. Shakespeare competed for Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, s ...

** Heat – 56.63 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 200 m freestyle *

Joanne Malar Joanne Susan Malar (born October 30, 1975) is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Early life Swimming was important to her and her family, because her family camped often. She ...

** Heat – 2:03.53 ** B-Final – 2:03.79 (→ 16th place) Women's 400 m freestyle * Andrea Schwartz ** Heat – 4:19.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 800 m freestyle *

Nikki Dryden Nicole Dryden (born April 5, 1975) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics. Early years Dryden was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1975. Swimming career At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barce ...

** Heat – 8:47.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place) * Stephanie Richardson ** Heat – 8:52.61 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Julie Howard Julie Kathryn Howard (born October 23, 1976), later known by her married name Julie Johnson, is a former international butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Summer Olympics i ...

** Heat – 1:03.84 ** B-Final – 1:04.01 (→ 15th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

** Heat – 2:17.25 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Guylaine Cloutier ** Heat – 1:09.72 ** Final – 1:09.40 (→ 6th place) *

Lisa Flood Lisa Anne Flood (born August 1, 1971) is a Canadian former competitive swimming (sport), swimmer and breaststroke specialist. Flood competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ...

** Heat – 1:10.26 ** B-Final – 1:10.21 (→ 10th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke *

Christin Petelski Christin Petelski (born December 29, 1977) is a former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, she finished ...

** Heat – 2:30.30 ** Final – 2:31.45 (→ 8th place) * Riley Mants ** Heat – 2:31.97 ** B-Final – scratched Women's 100 m Butterfly * Sarah Evanetz ** Heat – 1:01.32 ** B-Final – 1:01.44 (→ 15th place) * Jessica Amey ** Heat – 1:02.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Jessica Deglau ** Heat – 2:12.48 ** Final – 2:11.40 (→ 6th place) * Andrea Schwartz ** Heat – 2:13.33 ** B-Final – 2:14.07 (→ 15th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *

Marianne Limpert Marianne Louise Limpert (born October 10, 1972) is a Canadian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 1996 in A ...

** Heat – 2:15.12 ** Final – 2:14.35 (→ Silver medal) *

** Heat – 2:16.34 ** Final – 2:15.30 (→ 4th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

** Heat – 4:47.85 ** B-Final – 4:46.34 (→ 9th place) * Nancy Sweetnam ** Heat – 4:48.56 ** B-Final – 4:47.55 (→ 11th place) Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay *

Andrea Moody Andrea Moody (born February 20, 1978) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for her native country. She finished in seventh place with the women's 4×100-metre f ...

, and

** Heat – 3:45.66 ** Final – 3:46.27 (→ 7th place) Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle Relay *

, Sophie Simard,

, and Jessica Deglau ** Heat – 8:12.03 *

, Andrea Schwartz, and Jessica Deglau ** Final – 8:08.16 (→ 5th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Guylaine Cloutier, Sarah Evanetz, and

** Heat – 4:09.50 ** Final – 4:08.29 (→ 5th place)

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition *

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Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal ...

** First round – defeated

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Karol Kučera Karol Kučera (born 4 March 1974) is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 in September 1998, reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open the same year. In 20 ...

(Slovakia) 6–3, 6-3 ** Second round – lost to

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Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in the ...

(Great Britain) 6–7, 6–4, 4-6 Women's Singles Competition *

Patricia Hy-Boulais Patricia Hy-Boulais (born 22 August 1965) is a former tennis player. She turned professional on 12 October 1986. Early in her career she represented Hong Kong (since the beginning until the end of the 1987 season). She became a citizen of Canada ...

** First round – defeated

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(Italy) 6-4 6-4 ** Second round – lost to

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(United States) 3-6 2-6

Volleyball

Women's indoor team competition

*Preliminary round (group B) ** Lost to Cuba (0-3) ** Lost to Russia (0-3) ** Lost to Germany (0-3) ** Lost to Brazil (0-3) ** Defeated Peru (3-2) *Quarterfinals ** did not advance (→ Ninth place) *Team roster ** Kerri Buchberger ** Josee Corbeil **

Wanda Guenette Wanda Guenette (born August 31, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in tenth place with the Women's National Team. Later ...

** Janis Kelly ** Lori Ann Mundt **

Diane Ratnik Diane Ratnik-Cooper (born July 14, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1996. A resident of Scarborough, Ontario, she finished in eighth and tent ...

Erminia Russo Erminia Russo (born July 24, 1964 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a retired female volleyball Player (game), player from Canada. Russo competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, the resident of Kelowna, British ...

** Michelle Sawatzky **

Brigitte Soucy Brigitte Soucy (born October 11, 1972 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a retired female volleyball Player (game), player from Canada. Soucy competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of ...

Christine Stark Christine Stark (born May 8, 1970 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired female volleyball player from Canada. Stark competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital city, capital and ...

Kathy Tough Kathy Tough (born February 22, 1969 in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired volleyball Player (game), player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in tenth place with the Cana ...

** Katrina Von Sass *Head coach: Mike Burchuk

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight *

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** Final – 150.0 + 177.5 = 327.5 (→ 13th place)

Wrestling

References

External links

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