Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	CAN
NOC:	Canadian Olympic Committee external link
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
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 apprently 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 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.2.1 Men's Competition 2.2.2 Women's Competition 2.3 Basketball 2.3.1 Men's Team Competition 2.4 Boxing 2.5 Hockey 2.5.1 Men's Team Competition 2.5.2 Women's Team Competition 2.6 Modern pentathlon 2.7 Swimming 2.8 Tennis

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Lennox Lewis — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
• Carolyn Waldo — Synchronized swimming, Women's Solo
• Carolyn Waldo and Michelle Cameron — Synchronized swimming, Women's Duet

[edit] Silver

• Egerton Marcus — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Sandy Goss, and Tom Ponting — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Bronze

• Dave Steen — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Raymond Downey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Gina Smith, Cynthia Ishoy, Ashley Nicoll, and Eva-Maria Pracht — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition
• Andrea Nugent, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Lori Melien — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Frank McLaughlin and John Millen — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

[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

• Cyprian Enweani, Atlee Mahorn, Brian Morrison, Desai Williams

• 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

• John Graham – 51,33 (→ 15th place)

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

• Graeme Fell

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

Men's 20 km Walk

• Guillaume Leblanc – 1:21:29 (→ 10th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

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

Men's High Jump

• Milt Ottey – 2,22 m (→ 17th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Bruny Surin – 7,73 m (→ 15th place)
• Glenroy Gilbert – 7,61 m (→ 22nd place)
• Ian James – 7,52 m (→ 25th place)

Men's Triple Jump

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

Men's Marathon

• Art Boileau – 2:18:20 (→ 28th place)
• Peter Maher – 2:24:49 (→ 46th place)
• David Edge – 2:32:19 (→ 67th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Dave Steen — 8328 points (→ Bronze Medal)

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

• Michael Smith — 8083 points (→ 14th place)

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

• Charmaine Crooks, Esmie Lawrence, Marita Payne, and Jillian Richardson

1. Heat — 3:27.63

• Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne, and Jillian Richardson

1. Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Odette Lapierre – 2:30:56 (→ 11th place)
• Lizanne Bussières – 2:35:03 (→ 26th place)
• Ellen Rochefort – 2:36:44 (→ 31st place)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Canada – Brasil 109-125
• Canada – China 99-96
• Canada – Egypt 117-64
• Canada – Spain 84-94
• Canada – United States 70-76

• Classification Matches

• 5th-8th place: Canada – Spain 96-91
• 5th-6th place: Canada – Brasil 90-106 (→ 6th place)

• Team Roster

• Norman Clarke
• John Hatch
• Gerald Kazanowski
• Alan Kristmarison
• Barry Mungar
• Eli Pasquale
• Romel Raffin
• Karl Tilleman
• Jay Triano
• David Turcotte
• Dwight Walton
• Wayne Yearwood

[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)

• Jamie Pagendam

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

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Asif Dar

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

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Howard Grant

• 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)

• Manny Sobral

• First Round — Lost to Joni Nyman (FIN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Raymond Downey → Bronze Medal

• 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)

• Egerton Marcus → Silver Medal

• 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)

• Lennox Lewis → Gold Medal

• 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] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Canada – West Germany 1-3
• Canada – Great Britain 0-3
• Canada – Soviet Union 0-0
• Canada – India 1-5
• Canada – South Korea 1-1

• Classification Matches

• 9th-12th place: Canada – Spain 0-2
• 11th-12th place: Canada – Kenya 3-1 (→ 11th place)

• Team Roster

• Ross Rutledge (captain)
• Nick Sandhu
• Rick Albert
• Patrick Burrows
• Paul "Bubli" Chohan
• Chris Gifford
• Wayne Grimmer
• Ranjeet Rai
• Peter Milkovich
• Trevor Porritt
• Ian Bird
• Doug Harris
• Michael Muller
• Pat Caruso
• Ajay Dube (gk)
• Ken Goodwin (gk)

Head Coach: Trevor Clarke

[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)

• Canada – Australia 1-1
• Canada – South Korea 1-3
• Canada – West Germany 1-2

• Classification Matches

• 5th-8th place: Canada – Argentina 3-1
• 5th-6th place: Canada – West Germany 2-4 (→ 6th place)

• Team Roster

• Sharon Bayes (gk)
• Wendy Baker (gk)
• Deb Covey
• Lisa Lyn
• Laura Branchaud
• Sandra Levy
• Kathryn Johnson
• Melanie Slade
• Penny Cooper
• Shona Schleppe
• Michelle Conn
• Liz Czenczek
• Sheila Forshaw
• Nancy Charlton
• Sara Ballantyne
• Sharon Creelman

Head Coach: Marina van der Merwe

[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

• Turlough O'Hare
  1. Heat – 3:55.35
  2. B-Final – 3:54.33 (→ 11th place)

• Gary Vandermeulen
  1. Heat – 3:57.99 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Christopher Chalmers
  1. Heat – 15:23.22 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

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

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Mark Tewksbury
  1. Heat – 56.20
  2. Final – 56.09 (→ 5th place)

• 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)

• Mark Tewksbury
  1. Heat – 2:04.02 (→ did not advance, 18th 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

• Jonathan Cleveland
  1. Heat – 2:16.87
  2. Final – 2:17.10 (→ 7th place)

• 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)

• Vlastimil Cerny
  1. Heat – 54.66
  2. B-Final – 54.79 (→ 12th 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)

• Michael Meldrum
  1. Heat – 4:31.74 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Mark Andrews, Gary Vandermeulen, Vlastimil Cerny, and Sandy Goss
  1. Heat – 3:23.85 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Turlough O'Hare, Darren Ward, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
  1. Heat – 7:26.28
• Turlough O'Hare, Sandy Goss, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
  1. Final – 7:24.91 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, and Sandy Goss
  1. Heat – 3:44.56
  2. Final – 3:39.28 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Kristin Topham
  1. Heat – 26.50
  2. B-Final – 26.45 (→ 12th place)

• Andrea Nugent
  1. Heat – 26.60 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Andrea Nugent
  1. Heat – 57.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

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

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Patricia Noall
  1. Heat – 2:02.31
  2. B-Final – 2:00.77 (→ 9th place)

• 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

• Debra Wurzburger
  1. Heat – 8:36.24 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

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

• Allison Higson
  1. Heat – 1:09.39
  2. Final – 1:08.86 (→ 4th place)

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

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Allison Higson
  1. Heat – 2:29.67
  2. Final – 2:29.60 (→ 7th place)

• Guylaine Cloutier
  1. Heat – 2:34.36
  2. B-Final – 2:33.55 (→ 15th place)

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, 23th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

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

• Donna McGinnis
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

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

• Kathy Bald, Kristin Topham, Allison Higson, and Jane Kerr
  1. Heat – 3:49.20
• Kathy Bald, Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent, and Jane Kerr
  1. Final – 3:46.75 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Lori Melien, Keltie Duggan, Jane Kerr, and Patricia Noall
  1. Heat – 4:14.23
• Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Andrea Nugent
  1. Final – 4:10.49 (→ Bronze Medal)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Grant Connell
  1. First round — Defeated John Fitzgerald (Australia) 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
  2. Second round — Lost to Javier Sanchez (Spain) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

• Martin Laurendeau
  1. First round — Lost to Anders Jarryd (Sweden) 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7

• Chris Pridham
  1. First round — Lost to Martin Jaite (Argentina) 1-6, 3-6, 2-6

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea

Afghanistan • Algeria • American Samoa • Andorra • Angola • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Benin • Bermuda • Bhutan • Bolivia • Botswana • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burma • Cameroon • Canada • Cayman Islands • Central African Republic • Chad • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Colombia • Congo • Cook Islands • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Djibouti • Dominican Republic • East Germany • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Equatorial Guinea • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Grenada • Guam • Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kenya • Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malawi • Malaysia • Maldives • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Niger • Nigeria • North Yemen • Norway • Oman • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Qatar • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • Samoa • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Solomon Islands • Somalia • South Yemen • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Uganda • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • USSR • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • West Germany • Yugoslavia • Zaire • Zambia • Zimbabwe