Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the Olympic Games

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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors
Flag bearer Carolyn Waldo
Medals
Rank: 19		 Gold
3		 Silver
2		 Bronze
5		 Total
10
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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.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Paul McCloy
    1. Heat – 29:34.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Relay

  • 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

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  1. Heat — 8:51.25
  2. Semi Final — 8:19.99
  3. Final — 8:21.73 (→ 11th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • François Lapointe – 3:48:15 (→ 14th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 69.44m (→ did not advance)
  • Stephen Feraday
  • Qualification — 73.32m (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualification — 5.30m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualifying Heat – 57.94m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

  • Édrick Floréal – 16,11 m (→ 18th place)
  • George Wright – 16,09 m (→ 19th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.18s
  2. Long Jump — 7.44m
  3. Shot Put — 14.20m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 48.29s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.81s
  7. Discus Throw — 43.66m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
  9. Javelin Throw — 64.16m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:23.20s
  1. 100 metres — 10.99s
  2. Long Jump — 7.37m
  3. Shot Put — 13.61m
  4. High Jump — 1.97m
  5. 400 metres — 47.83s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.70s
  7. Discus Throw — 43.88m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.30m
  9. Javelin Throw — 66.54m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:28.97s

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.63
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Céline Chartrand
  • Qualification – 54.10m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

  • First Round — Defeated Cerendorjin Amarjargal (MGL), RSC-2
  • Second Round — Lost to Kirkor Kirkorov (BUL), walk-over

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Phat Hongram (THA), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • 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)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

[edit] Cycling

[edit] 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

[edit] Track Competition

Men's Sprint

Men's 1km Time Trial

Men's Individual Pursuit (4.000m)

  • Michaël Belcourt

Men's Points Race

Women's Sprint

  • Beth Tabor

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th-12th place: Canada – Spain 0-2
  • 11th-12th place: Canada – Kenya 3-1 (→ 11th place)
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Trevor Clark

[edit] 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)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th-8th place: Canada – Argentina 3-1
  • 5th-6th place: Canada – West Germany 2-4 (→ 6th place)
  • Team Roster

[edit] Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)

Men's Half-Lightweight (66 kg)

  • Craig Weldon

Men's Lightweight (73 kg)

  • Glenn Beauchamp

Men's Half-Middleweight (81 kg)

Men's Middleweight (90 kg)

Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)

[edit] 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

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Mark Andrews
    1. Heat – 23.44
    2. B-Final – 23.64 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Sandy Goss
    1. Heat – 50.81
    2. B-Final – 50.73 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Harry Taylor
    1. Heat – 15:30.31 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Sean Murphy
    1. Heat – 56.20
    2. Final – 56.32 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Sean Murphy
    1. Heat – 2:03.81 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Victor Davis
    1. Heat – 1:02.48
    2. Final – 1:02.38 (→ 4th place)
  • Cameron Grant
    1. Heat – 1:05.10 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Cameron Grant
    1. Heat – 2:17.62
    2. B-Final – 2:18.36 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Tom Ponting
    1. Heat – 54.31
    2. Final – 54.09 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Tom Ponting
    1. Heat – 2:00.08
    2. Final – 1:58.91 (→ 4th place)
  • Jon Kelly
    1. Heat – 1:59.40
    2. Final – 1:59.48 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Gary Anderson
    1. Heat – 2:04.00
    2. Final – 2:06.35 (→ 8th place)
  • Darren Ward
    1. Heat – 2:07.84 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Jon Kelly
    1. Heat – 4:24.62
    2. B-Final – 4:25.02 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Jane Kerr
    1. Heat – 57.55 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Jane Kerr
    1. Heat – 2:04.92 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Patricia Noall
    1. Heat – 4:15.90
    2. B-Final – 4:14.70 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Lori Melien
    1. Heat – 1:04.29
    2. B-Final – 1:03.87 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Lori Melien
    1. Heat – 2:20.45 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Keltie Duggan
    1. Heat – 1:10.95
    2. B-Final – 1:10.58 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Jane Kerr
    1. Heat – 1:02.91 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Andrea Nugent
    1. Heat – 1:03.69 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Mojca Cater
    1. Heat – 2:13.21
    2. B-Final – 2:12.66 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Allison Higson
    1. Heat – 2:19.54
    2. B-Final – scratched (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition