Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Canada returned to the Summer Games after having participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 408 competitors, 257 men and 151 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports.
Partly due to the Soviet Union-led boycott of these Games, Canada enjoyed its best-ever results at the Summer Games, coming in sixth place in the number of Gold medals won, and fourth place in the total medals won - double their second best total in 1996 and 2016.
Medalists
Gold
- Larry Cain — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500m
- Alwyn Morris and Hugh Fisher — Canoeing, Men's K-2 1000m
- Sylvie Bernier — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard
- Lori Fung — Rhythmic Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-round
- Pat Turner, Kevin Neufeld, Mark Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele, J. Michael Evans, Dean Crawford, Blair Horn, and Brian McMahon — Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain
- Linda Thom — Shooting, Women's 25m Pistol
- Alex Baumann — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Alex Baumann — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Victor Davis — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Anne Ottenbrite — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
Silver
- Angela Bailey, Marita Payne, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, and France Gareau — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, and Marita Payne — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Shawn O'Sullivan — Boxing, Men's Light-middleweight
- Willie DeWit — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Larry Cain — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
- Alexandra Barre and Susan Holloway — Canoeing, Women's K-2 500m
- Steve Bauer — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
- Curt Harnett — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
- Marilyn Brain, Angela Schneider, Barbara Armbrust, Jane Tregunno, and Lesley Thompson — Rowing, Women's Four with Coxswain
- Elizabeth Craig and Tricia Smith — Rowing, Women's Pairs
- Terry McLaughlin and Evert Bastet — Sailing, Flying Dutchman Class
- Victor Davis — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Anne Ottenbrite — Swimming, Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Mike West, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, and Sandy Goss — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Sharon Hambrook and Kelly Kryczka — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet
- Carolyn Waldo — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Solo
- Jacques Demers — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Robert Molle — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Bronze
- Ben Johnson — Athletics, Men's 100m
- Lynn Williams — Athletics, Women's 3000m
- Ben Johnson, Anthony Sharpe, Desai Williams, and Sterling Hinds — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Dale Walters — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Alwyn Morris and Hugh Fisher — Canoeing, Men's K-2 500m
- Alexandra Barre, Lucie Guay, Susan Holloway, and Barbara Olmsted — Canoeing, Women's K-4 500m
- Mark Berger — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Silken Laumann and Daniele Laumann — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
- Doug Hamilton, Mike Hughes, Phil Monckton, and Bruce Ford — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
- Robert Mills — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
- Hans Fogh, John Kerr, and Stephen Calder — Sailing, Soling Class
- Terence Neilson — Sailing, Finn Class
- Mike West — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
- Cameron Henning — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
- Reema Abdo, Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, and Pamela Rai — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Christopher Rinke — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Archery
- Linda Kazienko — 2421 points
- Lucile Lemay — 2379 points
- Wanda Sadegur — 2349 points
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Ben Johnson
- Tony Sharpe
- Desai Williams
- Atlee Mahorn
- Tony Sharpe
- Desai Williams
- Doug Hinds
- * Heat — 46.42
- * Quarterfinals — 46.19
- Tim Bethune
- * Heat — 46.98
- Brian Saunders
- * Heat — 47.40
Men's 5,000 metres
- Paul Williams
- * Heat — 13:47.56
- * Semifinals — 13:46.34
- Paul Williams
- * Qualifying Heat — 28:36.15
- Art Boileau — 2:22:43
- Alain Bordeleau — 2:34:27
- Dave Edge — did not finish
Men's 400 metres Hurdles
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Men's 4×100 metres Relay
- Ben Johnson, Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams and Sterling Hinds
- Mike Sokolowski, Douglas Hinds, Brian Saunders and Tim Bethune
- Milton Ottey
- * Qualification — 2.24m
- * Final — 2.29m
- Alain Metellus
- * Qualification — 2.18m
- Bishop Dolegiewicz
- * Qualifying Round — 19.00 m
- * Final — 18.39 m
- Martino Catalano
- * Qualifying Round — 17.24 m
Men's Javelin Throw
- Laslo Babits
- * Qualification — 82.18m
- * Final — 80.68m
- Dave Steen
- * Final Result — 8047 points
- Guillaume LeBlanc
- * Final — 1:24:29
- François Lapointe
- * Final — 1:27:06
- Marcel Jobin
- * Final — 1:29:49
- Guillaume LeBlanc
- * Final — DNF
- Marcel Jobin
- * Final — DNF
- François Lapointe
- * Final — DSQ
Women's 100 metres
- Angela Bailey
- Angella Taylor-Issajenko
- France Gareau
- Angela Bailey
- Marita Wiggins
- Charmaine Crooks
- Molly Killingbeck
Women's 1,500 metres
- Brit McRoberts
- * Heat — 4:10.64
- * Final — 4:05.98
- Debbie Scott
- * Heat — 4:09.16
- * Final — 4:10.41
- Lynn Williams
- * Heat — 8.45.77
- * Final — 8:42.14
- Sue French
- * Heat — 9.24.66
- Geri Fitch
- * Heat — 9.07.18
- Silvia Ruegger
- * Final — 2:29:09
- Anna Marie Malone
- * Final — 2:36:33
- Jacqueline Gareau
- * Final — did not finish
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Andrea Page
- * Heat — 59.09
- * Semifinal — 57.89
- Dana Wright
- * Heat — 58.17
- Angela Bailey, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, France Gareau and Marita Wiggins
- Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Briscoe, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Wiggins, and Dana Wright
- Debbie Brill
- * Qualification — 1.90m
- * Final — 1.94m
- Brigitte Reid
- * Qualification — 1.70m
- Carmen Ionesco
- * Final — 15.25 m
- Carmen Ionesco
- * Qualification — 52.28m
- Jill Ross
- * Final Result — 5904 points
- Connie Polman-Tuin
- * Final Result — 5648 points
- Donna Smellie
- * Final Result — 5638 points
Baseball
Basketball
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- *Lost to Spain
- *Lost to United States
- *Defeated PR China
- *Defeated Uruguay
- *Defeated France
- Quarterfinals
- *Defeated Italy
- Semifinals
- *Lost to United States
- Bronze Medal Game
- *Lost to Yugoslavia → Fourth place
- Team Roster
- *Howard Kelsey
- *Tony Simms
- *Eli Pasquale
- *Karl Tilleman
- *Gerald Kazanowski
- *Jay Triano
- *John Hatch
- *Gord Herbert
- *Bill Wennington
- *Romel Raffin
- *Greg Wiltjer
- *Dan Meagher
- Preliminary Round
- *Lost to South Korea
- *Defeated PR China
- *Defeated Australia
- *Lost to Yugoslavia
- *Lost to United States
- Bronze Medal Match
- *Lost to PR China → Fourth place
- Team Roster
- *Lynn Polson
- *Tracie McAra
- *Anna Pendergast
- *Debbie Huband
- *Carol Jane Sealey
- *Alison Lang
- *Bev Smith
- *Sylvia Sweeney
- *Candi Clarkson-Lohr
- *Toni Kordic
- *Andrea Blackwell
- *Misty Thomas
Boxing
- Bill Dunlop
- # First Round — Lost to Eyüp Can, 0:5
Men's Bantamweight
- Dale Walters → Bronze Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Mustapha Kouchene, 5:0
- # Third Round — Defeated Hiroaki Takami, 5:0
- # Quarterfinals — Defeated Pedro Decima, 5:0
- # Semifinals — Lost to Héctor López, 0:5
Men's Featherweight
- Steve Pagendam
- # First Round — Defeated Boubacar Soumana, RSC-3
- # Second Round — Lost to Paul Fitzgerald, 2:3
Men's Lightweight
- John Kalbhenn
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Wilson Randrinasolo, RSC-1
- # Third Round — Lost to Reiner Gies, 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight
- Denis Lambert
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Lost to Mirko Puzović, 0:5
Men's Welterweight
- Wayne Gordon
- # First Round — Lost to Mark Breland, 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight
- Shawn O'Sullivan → Silver Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Halibi, RSC-2
- # Third Round — Defeated Ahn Dal-Ho, RSC-1
- # Quarterfinals — Defeated Rod Douglas, 5:0
- # Semifinals — Defeated Christophe Tiozzo, 5:0
- # Final — Lost to Frank Tate, 0:5
Men's Middleweight
- Rick Duff
- # First Round — Defeated Brendon Cannon, 5:0
- # Second Round — Lost to Shin Joon-Sup, 1:4
Men's Heavyweight
- Willie DeWit → Silver Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Bouchiche, 5:0
- # Quarterfinals — Defeated Dodovic Owiny, KO-1
- # Semifinals — Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde, 3:2
- # Final — Lost to Henry Tillman, 0:5
Men's Super Heavyweight
- Lennox Lewis
- # First Round — Defeated Mohammad Yousuf, RSC-3
- # Quarterfinals — Lost to Tyrell Biggs, 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Thirteen cyclists, ten men and three women, represented Canada in 1984.;Men's individual road race
- Steve Bauer — 4:59:57
- Louis Garneau — +15:30
- Pierre Harvey — did not finish
- Alain Masson — did not finish
- Pierre Harvey
- Alain Masson
- Robert Pulfer
- Martin Willock
;1000m time trial
;Individual pursuit
;Points race
- Alex Stieda
- Gary Trevisiol
- Geneviève Robic-Brunet → 22nd place
- Marie-Claude Audet → 24th place
- Karen Strong-Hearth → 27th place
Diving
- Randy Sageman
- * Preliminary Round — 527.97
- Mike Mourant
- * Preliminary Round — 476.19
Equestrian
Fencing
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1984.;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
- Jacques Cardyn, Jean-Marc Chouinard, Alain Côté, Michel Dessureault, Daniel Perreault
;Men's team sabre
- Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Marc Lavoie, Claude Marcil, Eli Sukunda
;Women's team foil
- Caroline Mitchell, Shelley Steiner-Wetterberg, Madeleine Philion, Jacynthe Poirier, Marie-Huguette Cormier
Football
- Preliminary Round
- * Canada - Iraq 1 - 1
- * Canada - Yugoslavia 0 - 1
- * Canada - Cameroon 3 - 1
- Quarter Finals
- * Canada - Brazil 1 - 1
- Team Roster:
- * Tino Lettieri
- * Bob Lenarduzzi
- * Bruce Wilson
- * Terry Moore
- * Ian Bridge
- * Randy Ragan
- * David Norman
- * Gerry Gray
- * Ken Garraway
- * Dale Mitchell
- * Mike Sweeney
- * Igor Vrablic
- * Craig Martin
- * Pasquale De Luca
- * Paul James
- * John Catliff
- * Sven Habermann
Gymnastics
Hockey
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * Canada - Netherlands 1-4
- * Canada - Great Britain 1-3
- * Canada - Kenya 2-3
- * Canada - Pakistan 1-7
- * Canada - New Zealand 2-2
- Classification Matches
- * 9th/12th place: Canada - Malaysia 1-0
- * 9th/10th place: Canada - Kenya 0-1 → 10th place
- Team Roster
- * Julian Austin
- * David Bissett
- * Patrick Burrows
- * Pat Caruso
- * Paul "Bubli" Chohan
- * Ernie Cholakis
- * Aaron Fernandes
- * Ken Goodwin
- * Kip Hladky
- * Bruce MacPherson
- * Reg Plummer
- * Trevor Porritt
- * Harbhajan Rai
- * Ross Rutledge
- * Nick Sandhu
- * Rob Smith
- Head Coach: Shiv Jagday
- Round Robin
- * Canada - United States 1-4
- * Canada - West Germany 0-3
- * Canada - Australia 2-1
- * Canada - Netherlands 2-2
- * Canada - New Zealand 4-1 → 5th place
- Team Roster
- * Shelley Andrews
- * Lisa Bauer
- * Sharon Bayes
- * Lynne Beecroft
- * Laura Branchaud
- * Nancy Charlton
- * Sharon Creelman
- * Phyllis Ellis
- * Sheila Forshaw
- * Karen Hewlett
- * Laurie Lambert
- * Zoe MacKinnon
- * Jean Major
- * Darlene Stoyka
- * Diane Virjee
- * Terry Wheatley
- Head Coach: Marina van der Merwe
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Men's Open Class
- Fred Blaney
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
;Men's CompetitionMen's 100m Freestyle
- David Churchill
- * Heat — 51.85
- Blair Hicken
- * Heat — 52.74
- Peter Szmidt
- * Heat — 1:52.48
- * B-Final — 1:52.56
- Alex Baumann
- * Heat — 1:51.76
- * B-Final — scratched
- Peter Szmidt
- * Heat — 3:55.65
- * B-Final — 3:56.99
- David Shemilt
- * Heat — 3:58.43
- David Shemilt
- * Heat — 15:24.78
- * Final — 15:31.28
- Bernard Volz
- * Heat — 15:31.38
- Mike West
- * Heat — 57.76
- * Final — 56.49
- Sandy Goss
- * Heat — 57.60
- * Final — 57.46
- Cameron Henning
- * Heat — 2:03.36
- * Final — 2:02.37
- Mike West
- * Heat — 2:04.93
- * B-Final — 2:04.73
- Victor Davis
- * Heat — 1:03.63
- * Final — 1:01.99
- Marco Veilleux
- * Heat — 1:05.34
- Victor Davis
- * Heat — 2:18.20
- * Final — 2:13.34
- Ken Fitzpatrick
- * Heat — 2:19.74
- * Final — 2:18.86
- Tom Ponting
- * Heat — 55.23
- * B-Final — 55.31
- Dave Churchill
- * Heat — 55.84
- Tom Ponting
- * Heat — 1:59.78
- * Final — 1:59.37
- Peter Ward
- * Heat — 1:59.99
- * Final — 2:00.39
- Alex Baumann
- * Heat — 2:03.60
- * Final — 2:01.42
- Rob Chernoff
- * Heat — 2:08.47
- Alex Baumann
- * Heat — 4:22.46
- * Final — 4:17.41
- Peter Dobson
- * Heat — 4:29.61
- * B-Final — 4:30.09
- Sandy Goss, Alex Baumann, Blair Hicken, and Levente Mady
- * Heat — 3:25.94
- David Churchill, Blair Hicken, Alex Baumann, and Sandy Goss
- * Final — 3:24.70
- Sandy Goss, Benoit Clement, Wayne Kelly, and Peter Szmidt
- * Heat — 7:28.31
- Sandy Goss, Wayne Kelly, Peter Szmidt, and Alex Baumann
- * Final — 7:26.51
- Mike West, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, and Sandy Goss
- * Heat — 3:46.12
- * Final — 3:43.23
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Pamela Rai
- * Heat — 57.41
- * B-Final — 57.56
- Jane Kerr
- * Heat — 58.46
- * B-Final — 57.85
- Julie Daigneault
- * Heat — 2:03.40
- * B-Final — 2:03.67
- Jane Kerr
- * Heat — 2:04.02
- * B-Final — 2:04.19
- Julie Daigneault
- * Heat — 4:16.60
- * Final — 4:16.41
- Donna McGinnis
- * Heat — 4:19.48
- * B-Final — 4:15.59
- Karen Ward
- * Heat — 8:45.37
- * Final — 8:48.12
- Donna McGinnis
- * Heat — 8:51.71
- Jane Kerr, Maureen New, Cheryl McArton, and Carol Klimpel
- * Heat — 3:50.40
- Pamela Rai, Carol Klimpel, Cheryl McArton, and Jane Kerr
- * Final — 3:49.50
- Reema Abdo, Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, and Pamela Rai
- * Heat — 4:15.70
- * Final — 4:12.98
- Reema Abdo
- * Heat — 1:04.92
- * B-Final — 1:05.13
- Michelle MacPherson
- * Heat — 1:06.04
- Reema Abdo
- * Heat — 2:19.05
- * B-Final — 2:18.50
- Melinda Copp
- * Heat — 2:21.39
- Jill Horstead
- * Heat — 2:14.88
- * B-Final — 2:13.49
- Marie Moore
- * Heat — 2:14.95
- * B-Final — 2:14.96
- Michelle MacPherson
- * Heat — 2:20.68
- * B-Final — 2:19.34
- Alison Dozzo
- * Heat — 2:20.85
- * B-Final — 2:19.70
- Nathalie Gingras
- * Heat — 4:51.77
- * Final — 4:50.55
- Donna McGinnis
- * Heat — 4:53.30
- * Final — 4:50.65
Synchronized swimming
Volleyball
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Italy
- * Defeated Egypt
- * Defeated China
- * Defeated Japan
- Semi Finals
- * Lost to United States
- Bronze Medal Match
- * Lost to Italy → 4th place
- Team Roster
- * Rick Bacon
- * John Barrett
- * Allan Coulter
- * Terry Danyluk
- * Paul Gratton
- * Glenn Hoag
- * Tom Jones
- * Dave Jones
- * Alex Ketrzynski
- * Garth Pischke
- * Don Saxton
- * Randy Wagner
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Peru
- * Lost to South Korea
- * Lost to Japan
- Classification Matches
- * 5th/8th place: Lost to West Germany
- * 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil → 8th place
- Team Roster
- * Diane Ratnik
- * Suzi Smith
- * Tracey Mills
- * Joyce Gamborg
- * Audrey Vandervelden
- * Monica Hitchcock
- * Karen Fraser
- * Rachel Beliveau
- * Lise Martin
- * Caroline Cote
- * Barbara Broen
- * Josee Lebel
Water polo
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Yugoslavia
- * Lost to Netherlands
- * Lost to China
- Final Round
- * Lost to Greece
- * Drew with Brazil
- * Defeated Japan
- * Lost to Italy → 10th place
- Team Roster
- * Rick Zayonc
- * Alexander Juhasz
- * George Gross
- * Sylvain Huet
- * John Anderson
- * Paul Pottier
- * Simon De-Schamps
- * Brian Collyer
- * Bill Meyer
- * Rene Bol
- * Gordon Vantol
- * Geoff Brown
- * Dominique Dion
Weightlifting