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Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canada at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Canada.svg
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Seoul
Competitors328 (223 men and 105 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Carolyn Waldo
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 328 competitors, 223 men and 105 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports.[1] Most Canadians remember this the Olympics for Ben Johnson, who won the gold medal and set a world record in the men's 100 metres, before being disqualified and his record deleted after he tested positive for stanozolol.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 10.000 metres

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 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 – DNF

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • John Graham – 51,33 (→ 15th place)

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

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

Men's Pole Vault

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

Men's Discus Throw

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

Men's High Jump

  • Brian Marshall – 2,22 m (→ did not advance; tied for 17th place)
  • Milton Ottey – 2,22 m (→ did not advance; tied for 17th place)

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

  • Edrick Floreal – 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)
  • Dave Edge – 2:32:19 (→ 67th place)

Men's Decathlon

  • Dave Steen — 8328 points (→ Bronze medal.svg 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
  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

Women's Competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

Women's Marathon

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

Women's Javelin Throw

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

Women's 800m

  • Renee Belanger – (→ 24th place)

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canada competed in the Baseball tournament that was held as a demonstration sport. They finished 7th.

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Canada roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

Canada men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Norman Clarke 28 – 27 June 1960 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 5 David Turcotte 23 – 10 July 1965 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Colorado State Rams United States
PG 6 Eli Pasquale 28 – 24 August 1960 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
SG 7 Karl Tilleman 27 – 1 November 1960 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
8 Alan Kristmanson 26 – 5 November 1961 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
G 9 Jay Triano 29 – 21 September 1958 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
10 Dwight Walton 23 – 23 March 1965
11 John Hatch 26 – 23 February 1962 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
12 Barry Mungar 26 – 4 November 1961 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
F/C 13 Romel Raffin 34 – 23 April 1954 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
14 Wayne Yearwood 23 – 22 September 1964
F/C 15 Gerald Kazanowski 27 – 12 October 1960
Head coach
Jack Donohue
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 United States 5 5 0 485 302 +183 10 Quarter-finals
2 Spain 5 4 1 484 435 +49 9
3 Brazil 5 3 2 590 522 +68 8
4 Canada 5 2 3 479 455 +24 7
5 China 5 1 4 433 527 −94 6
6 Egypt 5 0 5 338 568 −230 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.


17 September 1988
Brazil 125–109 Canada
Scoring by half: 56–45, 69–64
20 September 1988
Canada 70–76 United States
Scoring by half: 42–40, 28–36
September 21
Canada 117–64 Egypt
Scoring by half: 61–32, 56–32
September 23
Canada 84–94 Spain
Scoring by half: 51–45, 33–49
September 24
Canada 99–96 China
Scoring by half: 56–52, 43–44
Quarterfinals
26 September 1988
21:30
Yugoslavia 95–73 Canada
Scoring by half: 40–26, 55–47
Pts: Divac 17
Rebs: Vranković 9
Asts: Cvjetićanin, Divac, Petrović 2		 Pts: Walton 17
Rebs: Mungar, Walton 7
Asts: Hatch 2
Classification round 5–8
28 September 1998
14:30
Canada 96–91 Spain
Scoring by half: 41–42, 55–49
Pts: Triano 27
Rebs: Raffin 8
Asts: Raffin 4		 Pts: Jiménez 16
Rebs: Jiménez 6
Asts: Solozábal 5
Classification round 5/6
30 September 1988
09:45
Brazil 106–90 Canada
Scoring by half: 43–39, 63–51
Pts: Schmidt 41
Rebs: Pipoka 17
Asts: Villas Boas, Schmidt 2		 Pts: Triano 29
Rebs: Hatch 10
Asts: Yearwood 3

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • 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 Tserendorj 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

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Raymond Downey → Bronze medal.svg 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.svg 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.svg Gold Medal
    • First Round — Bye
    • Second Round — Defeated Chris 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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Canada in 1988.

Road competition

Men's road race
  • Gervais Rioux
  • Yvan Waddell
Men's team time trial
  • Chris Koberstein, David Spears, Yvan Waddell, and Brian Walton
Women's road race
  • Geneviève Robic-Brunet — 2:00:52 (→ 4th place)
  • Kelly-Ann Way — 2:00:52 (→ 38th place)
  • Sara Neil — 2:00:52 (→ 39th place)

Track competition

Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's points race
Women's sprint
  • Beth Tabor

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1988.

Men's foil
  • Luc Rocheleau
  • Benoît Giasson
  • Stephen Angers
Men's team foil
  • Stephen Angers, Benoît Giasson, Danek Nowosielski, Luc Rocheleau
Men's épée
  • Michel Dessureault
  • Alain Côté
  • Jean-Marc Chouinard
Men's team épée
  • Ian Bramall, Jean-Marc Chouinard, Alain Côté, Michel Dessureault, Danek Nowosielski
Men's sabre
  • Jean-Paul Banos
  • Jean-Marie Banos
  • Wulfe Balk
Men's team sabre
  • Wulfe Balk, Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Bruno Deschênes, Tony Plourde
Women's foil
  • Madeleine Philion
  • Jacynthe Poirier
  • Thalie Tremblay
Women's team foil
  • Marie-Huguette Cormier, Madeleine Philion, Jacynthe Poirier, Shelley Steiner, Thalie Tremblay

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
  • Head Coach: Trevor Clark

Women's Team Competition

The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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)

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1988.

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

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

Men's 100 m Backstroke

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 Černý
    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, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

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

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

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)
  • 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Canada at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  2. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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