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Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Canada's Olympic Committee is planning on sending a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China in August, 2008. Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except the 1980 Summer Olympics which they boycotted. Canada is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC).

Because of China's handling of protests in Tibet, there have been calls for nations to boycott the Olympics. However, Chris Rudge, CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee, said "we would not support a boycott, certainly not at this point in time."[1]

A list of the members of the Canadian Olympic team follows, or will be added when places in the team are earned.

Contents

[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada qualified its men's team by finishing eighth during the 2007 world championships. The individuals qualified at the Canadian Olympic archery trials.[2] It will be Canada's first three man team since the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]

Men's Individual

  • Jay Lyon
  • John David Burnes
  • Crispin Duenas

Men's Team

  • Jay Lyon, John David Burnes and Crispin Duenas

[edit] Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Single

Women's Single

[edit] Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's team

Canada qualified its men's baseball team for the Olympics by winning the final Olympic Baseball qualification tournament with a 6-1 record. [6]

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Twelve years after qualifying boxers in 11 of 12 events in 1996, Canada will only send one boxer to Beijing. Adam Trupish qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2007 AIBA World championships.[7]

-69 kilograms

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Slalom

  • Men's K-1
  • Women's K-1

[edit] Flatwater

For the first time ever, Canada will have participants in all twelve flatwater races. Only Adam van Koeverden is assured a spot on the team, the rest of the individuals will be determined in June.[8]

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Track Cycling

Men's Point Race

Women's Point Race

  • Gina Grain

[edit] Road Cycling

  • Men's road race (3 spots)
  • Men's time trial (1 spot)

Canada qualified three athletes for the men's road race and the right to send a cyclist to the time trial event. It should be noted that, to be eligible to compete in the men's time trial, an athlete must have also competed in the road race or in a track, mountain bike or BMX event.[10]

[edit] Mountain Biking

Men's

  • 2 spots

Women's

  • 2 spots

Canada qualified its riders via the UCI ranking by nations.[11]

[edit] BMX

Men's

  • One spot

Women's

  • One spot

Canada qualified a female entry via the UCI Nations ranking and a male entry via the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships[12].

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's 3 metre Springboard (2 spot)
    • Alexandre Despatie (given a conditional spot because a foot injury will not allow him to compete at the trials, pending a Doctor's note)[13]
  • Men's 10 metre Platform (2 spots)
  • Men's 3 metre Synchronized (1 spot)
    • Alexandre Despatie and Arturo Miranda (given a conditional spot because a foot injury will not allow Despatie to compete at the trials, pending a Doctor's note)[13]
  • Women's 3 metre Springboard (2 spot)
  • Women's 10 metre Platform (2 spots)
  • Women's 10 metre Synchronized (1 spot)

Diving Canada confirmed that the spots will be allocated at the Olympic Trials, to be held in Victoria, B.C., June 20 to June 22.[14]

[edit] Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Team Eventing
Individual Eventing

  • 5 spots

Team Show Jumping
Individual Show Jumping

  • 4 spots

Team Dressage[15]

  • Ashley Holzer, Leslie Reid and Jacqueline Brooks (Alternate: Christilot Boylen)

Individual Dressage

  • Ashley Holzer
  • Leslie Reid
  • Jacqueline Brooks

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Épée
  • Men's Foil
    • Josh McGuire
  • Men's Sabre
    • Philippe Beaudry
  • Women's Individual Épée
    • Sherraine Schalm
  • Women's Foil
  • Women's Team Saber [16]
  • Women's Individual Saber (3 spots)

Canada qualified all of its current quota places via the world ranking (Pan-Am zone). Philippe Beaudry qualified for the Sabre individual event at the last chance continental qualifier held in Queretaro, Mexico.[17]

[edit] Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada's men field hockey team printed their ticket for Beijing by defeating Argentina 2-2 (5-4 on penalties) in the final of the 2007 Pan-American games.[18]

[edit] Football

Canada's national women's team qualified by finishing in the top two at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.[19]

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Artistic

[edit] Rhythmic

Individual All-Around

It should be noted that if Brazil withdraws from the group all-around competition, they will be replaced by Canada. [22]

[edit] Trampoline

Men's individual

Women's individual

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's 60-66 kg

Men's 66-73 kg

  • Sasha Mehmedovic[24]

Men's 73-80 kg

  • Nicholas Tritton[24]

Men's 100+ kg

Women's 70-78 kg

  • Marylise Levesque[24]

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's

  • Josh Riker-Fox

Women's

  • Monica Pinette
  • Kara Grant

Josh Riker-Fox and Monica Pinette printed their ticket for Beijing by respectively finishing third and second at the 2007 Pan-American Games[25] and Kara Grant qualified via the world ranking[26].

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's eights
  • Men's Lightweight Fours
  • Women's Pairs
  • Women's Quadruple Sculls
  • Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
    • Tracy Cameron and Melanie Kok[27]

Canada qualified five boats (M8+, LM4-, W2-, W4x and LW2x) at the 2007 World Rowing Championships [28]

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's RS:X (Windsurfer)
  • Men's Laser (One Person Dinghy)
  • Men's 470 (Two Person Dinghy)
  • Women's RS:X (Windsurfer)
  • Women's Laser Radical (One Person Dinghy)
  • Finn (Heavyweight Dinghy)
  • 49er (Skiff)
  • Tornado (Multihull)

Canada earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Cascais, Portugal, except for the quota in the Tornado class, which was earned at the 2008 Tornado World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. [29]

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's trap

  • Giuseppe di Salvatore[30]

Men's 50m Rifle Prone

  • Johannes Sauer[30]

Women's 10m air pistol

Women's 25m sport pistol

Women's Trap

[edit] Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Women's

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The places in Canada's Olympic swim team will be allocated at the 2008 CN Olympic Trials. [31][32]

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Richard Hortness

Women's 50m Freestyle

  • Victoria Poon

Men's 100m Freestyle

Women's 100m Freestyle

Men's 200m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Stephanie Horner
  • Savannah King

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Tanya Hunks

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Jake Tapp

Women's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Lindsay Seeman

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Joe Bartoch
  • Adam Sioui

Women's 100m Butterfly

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Adam Sioui

Women's 200m Butterfly

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Alexa Komarnycky
  • Tanya Hunks

Men's 4x100m Relay

Women's 4x100m Relay

Men's 4x200m Relay

Women's 4x200m Relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Team Event - Canada qualified for the team event by finishing third at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament
    • Jessika Dubuc, Marie-Pierre Gagne, Marie Pier Boudreau-Gagnon, Dominika Kopcik, Eve Lamoureux, Tracy Little, Elise Marcotte, Isabelle Rampling and Jennifer Song[33]
  • Duet Event - Canada automatically gets a berth for the duet by having qualified for the team event.
    • Marie Pier Boudreau-Gagnon and Isabelle Rampling

[edit] Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Single

  • Wilson Zhang[34]
  • Peter-Paul Pradeeban

Men's Team

  • Wilson Zhang
  • Peter-Paul Pradeeban
  • One additional athlete

Women's Single

  • Mo Zhang
  • Judy Long

[edit] Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's -80 kilograms

  • Sebastien Michaud[35]

Women's -49 kilograms

Women's -67 kilograms

  • Karine Sergerie[37]

Canada's Sebastien Michaud and Ivett Gonda qualified Canada in the men's -80kg and the women's -49kg by respectively finishing first and third at the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Manchester, United Kingdoms. World champion Karine Sergerie secured an additional berth for Canada, this time in the women's -67kg, by finishing second at the Pan American Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Cali, Colombia.

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's Triathlon

  • Simon Whitfield qualified after finishing in the top eight at the both the triathlon world cup and world championships.[38]
  • Paul Tichelaar was nominated to the team by Triathlon Canada.[38]
  • Colin Jenkins was nominated to the team by Triathlon Canada.[38]

Women's Triathlon

[edit] Water Polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's team

Canada qualified by reaching the semi-final at the FINA men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament, beating host Roumania 9-8.[40]

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Men's Individual (2 spots, weight class TBD by the COC)
  • Women's Individual (3 spots, weight class TBD by the COC)

Canada qualified three female Weightlifters by finishing fourteenth in the combined country ranking of the 2006 and 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.[41]Canada then qualified two men's weightlifters by finishing second among non-qualified teams at the 2008 Pan American Championships held in Callao, Peru.[42]

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • -60 kilograms Men's Freestyle: Guivi Sissaouri*
  • -66 kilograms Men's Freestyle: Haislan Garcia*
  • -74 kilograms Men's Freestyle: Matt Gentry*
  • -84 kilograms Men's Freestyle: Travis Cross
  • -120 kilograms Men's Greco-Roman: Ari Taub*
  • -48 kilograms Women's Freestyle: Carol Huynh
  • -55 kilograms Women's Freestyle: Tonya Verbeek*
  • -63 kilograms Women's Freestyle: Martine Dugrenier*
  • -72 kilograms Women's Freestyle: Ohenewa Akuffo*

Athletes marked with an * qualified via the 2008 Pan-American Wrestling Championships while Travis Cross and Carol Huynh qualified by finishing in the top 8 at the 2007 Wrestling World Championships. [43][44]

[edit] References

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  2. ^ Dean McNulty. "Canadian trio is brimming - Archers believe gold is realistic goal", Slam! Sports, 2008-06-03. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  3. ^ Jim bender. "Archer Beijing bound - Winnipeg's Lyon proves to be straight shooter", Slam! Sports, 2008-06-03. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  4. ^ :: Badminton World Federation ::
  5. ^ :: Badminton World Federation ::
  6. ^ IBAF
  7. ^ Steve Simmons. "Boxing is down for the count", Slam! Sports, 2008-03-21. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
  8. ^ Canadian Press. "Canada to Race in All 12 Canoe/Kayak Sprints in Beijing", The Sports Network, 2008-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 
  9. ^ "Hall leads Canada on strong day at Canoe-Kayak World Cup", CBC Sports, 2008-06-14. Retrieved on 2008-06-14. 
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  12. ^ http://www.canadian-cycling.com/cca/media/news/2008/0531_bmx.shtml
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  14. ^ Releases 2008
  15. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/equestrian/story/2008/06/10/f-olympics-dressage-team.html
  16. ^ Olympic Team Qualifications - US Men's Epee Falls Short
  17. ^ Canadian Fencing Federation
  18. ^ International Hockey Federation : Men's Olympic Qualification 2008
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  21. ^ TSN : SUMMER SPORTS - Canada's Sports Leader
  22. ^ FIG - Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
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  31. ^ Swimming Canada
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  33. ^ Canadian Press. "Canadian Synchro Team Confident Ahead of Beijing", The Sports Network, 2008-05-22. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 
  34. ^ Results
  35. ^ The World Taekwondo Federation
  36. ^ The World Taekwondo Federation
  37. ^ The World Taekwondo Federation
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  39. ^ a b c The Canadian Press. "Murray, Tremblay named to Olympic triathlon team", The Sports Network, 2008-06-13. Retrieved on 2008-06-13. 
  40. ^ http://www.frpolo.ro/FINA-Oradea2008/default.asp?c=d6
  41. ^ http://www.iwf.net/doc/WTeamQualification_Final.pdf
  42. ^ U.S. weightlifting men's team qualifies for two Olympic slots _English_Xinhua
  43. ^ http://www.fila-wrestling.com/images/documents/080312_liste_qualifis_beijing.pdf
  44. ^ http://www.fila-wrestling.com/images/documents/080313_liste_nomin_beijing.pdf
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