Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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. 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
- 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
Women's Individual Competition:
- Brenda Cuming - Preliminary Round
- John McDonald - 1/8 final
- Daniel Desnoyers - Preliminary Round
- Denis Canuel - Preliminary Round
- McDonald, Desnoyers, and Canuel - Preliminary Round
Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 10.000 metres- Paul McCloy
- # Heat - 29:34.07
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Carl Folkes, John Graham, Paul Osland, Anton Skerritt
- * 3:09,48
- Mark McKoy - 13,61
- Stephen Kerho - DNF
- John Graham - 51,33
Men's 20 km Walk
- Guillaume Leblanc - 1:21:29
- François Lapointe - 3:48:15
- Mike Mahovlich
- * Qualification — 69.44m
- Stephen Feraday
- * Qualification — 73.32m
- Paul Just
- * Qualification — 5.30m
- Ray Lazdins
- * Qualifying Heat - 57.94m
- Brian Marshall - 2,22 m
- Milton Ottey - 2,22 m
- Bruny Surin - 7,73 m
- Glenroy Gilbert - 7,61 m
- Ian James - 7,52 m
- Edrick Floreal - 16,11 m
- George Wright - 16,09 m
- Art Boileau - 2:18:20
- Peter Maher - 2:24:49
- Dave Edge - 2:32:19
- Dave Steen — 8328 points
- Michael Smith — 8083 points
Women's Competition
- 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
- Odette Lapierre - 2:30:56
- Lizanne Bussieres - 2:35:03
- Ellen Rochefort - 2:36:44
- Céline Chartrand
- * Qualification - 54.10m
- Renee Belanger -
Baseball
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Team roster;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Classification round 5–8
;Classification round 5/6
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight- Scott Olsen
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Washington Banian, KO-1
- * Third Round — Defeated Wayne McCullough, 5:0
- * Quarterfinals — Lost to Michael Carbajal, 0:5
- Jamie Pagendam
- * First Round — Defeated Tserendorj Amarjargal, RSC-2
- * Second Round — Lost to Kirkor Kirkorov, walk-over
- Asif Dar
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Lost to Phat Hongram, RSC-2
- Howard Grant
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Andreas Otto, RSC-1
- * Third Round — Lost to Lars Myrberg, 1:4
- Manny Sobral
- * First Round — Lost to Joni Nyman, 1:4
- Raymond Downey → Bronze Medal
- * First Round — Defeated Jorge López, 5:0
- * Second Round — Defeated Norbert Nieroba, 3:2
- * Third Round — Defeated Abrar Hussain Syed, 5:0
- * Quarterfinals — Defeated Martin Kitel, 5:0
- * Semifinals — Lost to Park Si-Hun, 0:5
- Egerton Marcus → Silver Medal
- * First Round — Defeated Emmanuel Legaspi, KO-1
- * Second Round — Defeated Darko Dukić, KO-2
- * Quarterfinals — Defeated Sven Ottke, 5:0
- * Semifinals — Defeated Hussain Shah Syed, 4:1
- * Final — Lost to Henry Maske, 0:5
- Brent Kosolofski
- * First Round — Defeated Ahmed el-Masri, RSC-3
- * Second Round — Lost to Andrea Magi, 1:4
- Tom Glesby
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Lost to Gyula Alvics, RSC-2
- Lennox Lewis → Gold Medal
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Chris Odera, RSC-2
- * Quarterfinals — Defeated Ulli Kaden, RSC-1
- * Semifinals — Defeated Janusz Zarenkiewicz, walk-over
- * Final — Defeated Riddick Bowe, RSC-2
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Canada in 1988.Road competition
;Men's road race;Men's team time trial
- Chris Koberstein, David Spears, Yvan Waddell, and Brian Walton
- Geneviève Robic-Brunet — 2:00:52
- Kelly-Ann Way — 2:00:52
- Sara Neil — 2:00:52
Track competition
- Curt Harnett
- Curt Harnett
- Gianni Vignaduzzi
- Beth Tabor
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1988.;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Stephen Angers, Benoît Giasson, Danek Nowosielski, Luc Rocheleau
;Men's team épée
- Ian Bramall, Jean-Marc Chouinard, Alain Côté, Michel Dessureault, Danek Nowosielski
;Men's team sabre
- Wulfe Balk, Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Bruno Deschênes, Tony Plourde
;Women's team foil
- Marie-Huguette Cormier, Madeleine Philion, Jacynthe Poirier, Shelley Steiner-Wetterberg, Thalie Tremblay
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * 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
- Team Roster
- * Ross Rutledge
- * 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
- * Ken Goodwin
- Head Coach: Trevor Clark
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * 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
- Team Roster
- * Sharon Bayes
- * Wendy Baker
- * 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 Half-Lightweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
- Joseph Meli
Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Lawrence Keyte - 4847 pts, 33rd place
- Nicholas Fekete - 4785 pts, 40th place
- Barry Kennedy - 4677 pts, 45th place
- Keyte, Fekete, and Kennedy - 14309 pts, 11th place
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle- Mark Andrews
- # Heat - 23.44
- # B-Final - 23.64
- Sandy Goss
- # Heat - 50.81
- # B-Final - 50.73
- Turlough O'Hare
- # Heat - 3:55.35
- # B-Final - 3:54.33
- Gary Vandermeulen
- # Heat - 3:57.99
- Christopher Chalmers
- # Heat - 15:23.22
- Harry Taylor
- # Heat - 15:30.31
- Mark Tewksbury
- # Heat - 56.20
- # Final - 56.09
- Sean Murphy
- # Heat - 56.20
- # Final - 56.32
- Sean Murphy
- # Heat - 2:03.81
- Mark Tewksbury
- # Heat - 2:04.02
- Victor Davis
- # Heat - 1:02.48
- # Final - 1:02.38
- Cameron Grant
- # Heat - 1:05.10
- Jonathan Cleveland
- # Heat - 2:16.87
- # Final - 2:17.10
- Cameron Grant
- # Heat - 2:17.62
- # B-Final - 2:18.36
- Tom Ponting
- # Heat - 54.31
- # Final - 54.09
- Vlastimil Černý
- # Heat - 54.66
- # B-Final - 54.79
- Tom Ponting
- # Heat - 2:00.08
- # Final - 1:58.91
- Jon Kelly
- # Heat - 1:59.40
- # Final - 1:59.48
- Gary Anderson
- # Heat - 2:04.00
- # Final - 2:06.35
- Darren Ward
- # Heat - 2:07.84
- Jon Kelly
- # Heat - 4:24.62
- # B-Final - 4:25.02
- Michael Meldrum
- # Heat - 4:31.74
- Mark Andrews, Stephen Vandermeulen, Vlastimil Černý, and Sandy Goss
- # Heat - 3:23.85
- Turlough O'Hare, Darren Ward, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
- # Heat - 7:26.28
- Turlough O'Hare, Sandy Goss, Donald Haddow, and Gary Vandermeulen
- # Final - 7:24.91
- Mark Tewksbury, Victor Davis, Tom Ponting, and Sandy Goss
- # Heat - 3:44.56
- # Final - 3:39.28
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Kristin Topham
- # Heat - 26.50
- # B-Final - 26.45
- Andrea Nugent
- # Heat - 26.60
- Andrea Nugent
- # Heat - 57.33
- Jane Kerr
- # Heat - 57.55
- Patricia Noall
- # Heat - 2:02.31
- # B-Final - 2:00.77
- Jane Kerr
- # Heat - 2:04.92
- Patricia Noall
- # Heat - 4:15.90
- # B-Final - 4:14.70
- Debra Wurzburger
- # Heat - 8:36.24
- Lori Melien
- # Heat - 1:04.29
- # B-Final - 1:03.87
- Lori Melien
- # Heat - 2:20.45
- Allison Higson
- # Heat - 1:09.39
- # Final - 1:08.86
- Keltie Duggan
- # Heat - 1:10.95
- # B-Final - 1:10.58
- Allison Higson
- # Heat - 2:29.67
- # Final - 2:29.60
- Guylaine Cloutier
- # Heat - 2:34.36
- # B-Final - 2:33.55
- Jane Kerr
- # Heat - 1:02.91
- Andrea Nugent
- # Heat - 1:03.69
- Mojca Cater
- # Heat - 2:13.21
- # B-Final - 2:12.66
- Donna McGinnis
- # Heat - DSQ
- Allison Higson
- # Heat - 2:19.54
- # B-Final - scratched
- Kathy Bald, Kristin Topham, Allison Higson, and Jane Kerr
- # Heat - 3:49.20
- Kathy Bald, Patricia Noall, Andrea Nugent, and Jane Kerr
- # Final - 3:46.75
- Lori Melien, Keltie Duggan, Jane Kerr, and Patricia Noall
- # Heat - 4:14.23
- Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, and Andrea Nugent
- # Final - 4:10.49
Synchronized swimming
;Women's solo
- Carolyn Waldo
- Michelle Cameron
- Karin Larsen
- Carolyn Waldo
- Michelle Cameron
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition- Grant Connell
- # First Round — Defeated John Fitzgerald 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
- # Second Round — Lost to Javier Sánchez 4-6, 4-6, 2-6
- Martin Laurendeau
- # First Round — Lost to Anders Järryd 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7
- Chris Pridham
- # First Round — Lost to Martín Jaite 1-6, 3-6, 2-6
- Jill Hetherington
- # First Round — Defeated Ilana Berger 6-1, 6-4
- # Second Round — Lost to Pam Shriver 2-6, 3-6
- Helen Kelesi
- # First Round - Lost to Gisele Miró 5-7, 5-7
- Carling Bassett-Seguso
- # First Round — Lost to Nathalie Tauziat 6-7, 1-6
Weightlifting