Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

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]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Mark Tewksbury	Swimming		July 30
				August 1
				August 1
		Rowing		August 2
				August 2
				August 3
	Sylvie Fréchette			August 6
	Guillaume LeBlanc	Athletics		July 31
	Penny Vilagos Vicky Vilagos	Synchronized swimming		August 5
	Jeffrey Thue	Wrestling		August 6
	Mark Leduc	Boxing		August 9
	Nicolas Gill	Judo		July 29
	Curtis Harnett	Cycling		July 31
	Mark Tewksbury Stephen Clarke Jonathan Cleveland Marcel Gery Tom Ponting (heats)	Swimming		July 31
	Silken Laumann	Rowing		August 2
		Athletics		August 2
	Eric Jespersen Ross MacDonald	Sailing		August 4
	Chris Johnson	Boxing		August 6

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	27	21	48
Badminton	4	2	6
Boxing	10	—	10
Canoeing	11	7	18
Cycling	11	4	15
Diving	4	4	8
Equestrian	5	6	11
Fencing	11	5	16
Field hockey	0	15	15
Gymnastics	3	8	11
Judo	5	7	12
Modern pentathlon	2	—	2
Rowing	17	10	27
Sailing	12	4	16
Shooting	8	4	12
Swimming	15	13	28
Synchronized swimming	—	3	3
Table tennis	1	1	2
Tennis	3	2	5
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	—	2
Wrestling	13	—	13
Total	179	116	295

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 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

Men's 400m hurdles

• Mark Jackson (19th)

Men's 3000m Steeplechase

• Graeme Fell (28th)

Men's 20 km Road Walk

• Tim Berrett (14th)

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

See main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 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 Alan Andrew Vaughan (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

See main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented Canada in 1992. Curt Harnett won bronze in the men's sprint.

Men's road race

• Gianni Vignaduzzi
• Nathael Sagard
• Jacques Landry

Men's team time trial

• Colin Davidson
• Chris Koberstein
• Todd McNutt
• Yvan Waddell

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

See main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 16 fencers, 11 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1992.

Men's foil

• Benoît Giasson

Men's épée

• Laurie Shong
• Danek Nowosielski
• Jean-Marc Chouinard

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

• Jean-Paul Banos
• Jean-Marie Banos
• Tony Plourde

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

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Two male pentathletes represented Canada in 1992.

Individual

• Ian Soellner
• Laurie Shong

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Murray McCaig
  • 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

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Canada at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Canada at the 1991 Pan American Games
• Canada at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Notes and References

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2. News: Kelsey Mitchell cycles to gold for Canada's 24th medal of Tokyo Olympics . Dichter . Myles . . August 7, 2021 . August 8, 2021 . July 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705030401/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/cycling/track/womens-track-sprint-kelsey-mitchell-1.6133835 . live .
3. Web site: Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics . 2023-02-11 . 2023-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230211170813/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/CAN/editions/23 . live .