Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

Silver

Egerton Marcus — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Sandy Goss, and Tom Ponting — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

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 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Frank McLaughlin and John Millen — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

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)

Men's Competition

Men's 10.000 metres

Paul McCloy

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Cyprian Enweani, Atlee Mahorn, Brian Morrison, Desai Williams

38,93 (→ 7th place)

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 – retired

Men's 400 m Hurdles

John Graham – 51,33 (→ 15th place)

Men's 3.000m 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 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

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

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)

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

Women's Competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

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

Heat — 3:27.63

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

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

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

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

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

Norman Clarke

John Hatch

Gerald Kazanowski

Alan Kristmarison

Barry Mungar

Eli Pasquale

Romel Raffin

Karl Tilleman

Jay Triano

David Turcotte

Dwight Walton

Wayne Yearwood

Head Coach: John Donohue

Boxing

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 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 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

Cycling

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

Curt Harnett

Men's 1 km time trial

Curt Harnett

Men's points race

Gianni Vignaduzzi

Women's sprint

Beth Tabor

Fencing

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-Wetterberg, Thalie Tremblay

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 Clark

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

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight (60 kg)

Phil Takahashi

Men's Half-Lightweight (66 kg)

Craig Weldon

Men's Lightweight (73 kg)

Glenn Beauchamp

Men's Half-Middleweight (81 kg)

Kevin Doherty

Men's Middleweight (90 kg)

Louis Jani

Men's Half-Heavyweight (100 kg)

Joseph Meli

Modern pentathlon

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

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 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, Gary Vandermeulen, Vlastimil Černý, and Sandy Goss

1. Heat – 3:23.85 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 4 × 200 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 4 × 100 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, 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

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 4 × 100 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)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1988.

Women's solo

Carolyn Waldo

Michelle Cameron

Karin Larsen

Women's duet

Carolyn Waldo

Michelle Cameron

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 Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 4-6, 2-6

Martin Laurendeau

1. First Round — Lost to Anders Järryd (Sweden) 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7

Chris Pridham

1. First Round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 1-6, 3-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition

Jill Hetherington

1. First Round — Defeated Ilana Berger (Israel) 6-1, 6-4
2. Second Round — Lost to Pam Shriver (USA) 2-6, 3-6

Helen Kelesi

1. First Round – Lost to Gisele Miró (Brazil) 5-7, 5-7

Carling Bassett-Seguso

1. First Round — Lost to Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-7, 1-6