Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Canada competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, held from 19 July to 4 August 1996. 303 competitors, 152 men and 151 women, took part in 189 events in 25 sports.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery
Canada sent three men to Atlanta for archery. All were defeated in the first round of individual competition, as well as losing the first match of the team round together.


 * Men

Athletics

 * Men
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Women's tournament

 * Team roster
 * Bev Smith
 * Karla Karch-Gailus
 * Camille Thompson
 * Sue Stewart
 * Shawna Molcak
 * Jodi Evans
 * Cynthia Johnston
 * Dianne Norman
 * Martina Jerant
 * Kelly Boucher
 * Andrea Blackwell
 * Marlelynn Lange-Harris
 * Preliminary round


 * Classification match 9th-12th place


 * 11th place match

Sprint

 * Men


 * Women

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprints


 * Points races

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Fencing
Seven fencers, all men, represented Canada in 1996.

Men's Competition
Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Ewan Beaton

Half-Lightweight (– 66 kg)
 * Taro Tan

Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg)
 * Colin Morgan

Middleweight (– 90 kg)
 * Nicolas Gill

Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg)
 * Keith Morgan

Women's Competition
Half-Lightweight (– 52 kg)
 * Nathalie Gosselin

Lightweight (– 57 kg)
 * Marie-Josée Morneau

Extra-Lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Carolyne Lepage

Half-Middleweight (– 63 kg)
 * Michelle Buckingham

Half-Heavyweight (– 78 kg)
 * Niki Jenkins

Heavyweight (+ 78 kg)
 * Nancy Filteau

Sailing
Women's Mistral One Design
 * Caroll-Ann Alie
 * Final – 57.0 (→ 12th place)

Women's team competition

 * Preliminary round Robin
 * Defeated Chinese Taipei (2:1)
 * Defeated Puerto Rico (0:4)
 * Lost to PR China (1:2)
 * Lost to Japan (0:4)
 * Lost to United States (2:4)
 * Defeated Netherlands (4:1)
 * Lost to Australia (2:5)
 * Semifinals
 * did not advance → Fifth place
 * Team roster
 * Colleen Thorburn-Smith
 * Sandy Beasley
 * Juanita Clayton
 * Karen Doell
 * Carrie Flemmer
 * Kelly Kelland
 * Kara McGaw
 * Pauline Maurice
 * Candace Murray
 * Christine Parris
 * Lori Sippel
 * Karen Snelgrove
 * Debbie Sonnenberg
 * Alecia Stephenson
 * Carmie Vairo
 * Head coach: Lesle Kennedy

Swimming
Men's 50 m freestyle
 * Hugues Legault
 * Heat – 23.63 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 100 m freestyle
 * Stephen Clarke
 * Heat – 50.14
 * B-Final – 50.45 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
 * Robert Braknis
 * Heat – 56.14
 * B-Final – 57.00 (→ 16th place)
 * Chris Renaud
 * Heat – 56.52 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
 * Chris Renaud
 * Heat – 2:02.48
 * B-Final – 2:01.70 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
 * Jonathan Cleveland
 * Heat – 1:03.14 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
 * Jonathan Cleveland
 * Heat – 2:16.08
 * B-Final – 2:16.39 (→ 15th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
 * Stephen Clarke
 * Heat – 53.41
 * Final – 53.33 (→ 7th place)
 * Edward Parenti
 * Heat – 54.03
 * B-Final – 54.19 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
 * Casey Barrett
 * Heat – 2:00.28
 * B-Final – 1:59.72 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
 * Curtis Myden
 * Heat – 2:01.50
 * Final – 2:01.13 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze medal)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
 * Curtis Myden
 * Heat – 4:18.43
 * Final – 4:16.28 (→ [[Image:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]] Bronze medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
 * Robert Braknis, Jonathan Cleveland, Edward Parenti, and Stephen Clarke
 * Heat – 3:42.95 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 50 m freestyle
 * Martine Dessureault
 * Heat – 26.44 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
 * Laura Nicholls
 * Heat – 26.52 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100 m freestyle
 * Shannon Shakespeare
 * Heat – 56.63 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200 m freestyle
 * Joanne Malar
 * Heat – 2:03.53
 * B-Final – 2:03.79 (→ 16th place)

Women's 400 m freestyle
 * Andrea Schwartz
 * Heat – 4:19.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 800 m freestyle
 * Nikki Dryden
 * Heat – 8:47.19 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
 * Stephanie Richardson
 * Heat – 8:52.61 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
 * Julie Howard
 * Heat – 1:03.84
 * B-Final – 1:04.01 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
 * Julie Howard
 * Heat – 2:17.25 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
 * Guylaine Cloutier
 * Heat – 1:09.72
 * Final – 1:09.40 (→ 6th place)
 * Lisa Flood
 * Heat – 1:10.26
 * B-Final – 1:10.21 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
 * Christin Petelski
 * Heat – 2:30.30
 * Final – 2:31.45 (→ 8th place)
 * Riley Mants
 * Heat – 2:31.97
 * B-Final – scratched

Women's 100 m Butterfly
 * Sarah Evanetz
 * Heat – 1:01.32
 * B-Final – 1:01.44 (→ 15th place)
 * Jessica Amey
 * Heat – 1:02.81 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
 * Jessica Deglau
 * Heat – 2:12.48
 * Final – 2:11.40 (→ 6th place)
 * Andrea Schwartz
 * Heat – 2:13.33
 * B-Final – 2:14.07 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
 * Marianne Limpert
 * Heat – 2:15.12
 * Final – 2:14.35 (→ [[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]] Silver medal)
 * Joanne Malar
 * Heat – 2:16.34
 * Final – 2:15.30 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
 * Joanne Malar
 * Heat – 4:47.85
 * B-Final – 4:46.34 (→ 9th place)
 * Nancy Sweetnam
 * Heat – 4:48.56
 * B-Final – 4:47.55 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay
 * Shannon Shakespeare, Julie Howard, Andrea Moody, and Marianne Limpert
 * Heat – 3:45.66
 * Final – 3:46.27 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle Relay
 * Joanne Malar, Sophie Simard, Marianne Limpert, and Jessica Deglau
 * Heat – 8:12.03
 * Marianne Limpert, Shannon Shakespeare, Andrea Schwartz, and Jessica Deglau
 * Final – 8:08.16 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
 * Julie Howard, Guylaine Cloutier, Sarah Evanetz, and Shannon Shakespeare
 * Heat – 4:09.50
 * Final – 4:08.29 (→ 5th place)

Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition
 * Grant Connell and Daniel Nestor
 * First round – defeated Ján Krošlák and Karol Kučera (Slovakia) 6–3, 6-3
 * Second round – lost to Neil Broad and Tim Henman (Great Britain) 6–7, 6–4, 4-6

Women's Singles Competition
 * Patricia Hy-Boulais
 * First round – defeated Rita Grande (Italy) 6-4 6-4
 * Second round – lost to Monica Seles (United States) 3-6 2-6

Women's indoor team competition

 * Preliminary round (group B)
 * Lost to Cuba (0-3)
 * Lost to Russia (0-3)
 * Lost to Germany (0-3)
 * Lost to Brazil (0-3)
 * Defeated Peru (3-2)
 * Quarterfinals
 * did not advance (→ Ninth place)
 * Team roster
 * Kerri Buchberger
 * Josee Corbeil
 * Wanda Guenette
 * Janis Kelly
 * Lori Ann Mundt
 * Diane Ratnik
 * Erminia Russo
 * Michelle Sawatzky
 * Brigitte Soucy
 * Christine Stark
 * Kathy Tough
 * Katrina Von Sass
 * Head coach: Mike Burchuk

Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight
 * Serge Tremblay
 * Final – 150.0 + 177.5 = 327.5 (→ 13th place)