Paris 2024 marked a significant moment for gender equity in the Olympic movement. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, an equal number of quota spots were available for men and women, making them the first Games to achieve gender parity.

As we celebrate progress in gender equity, it is important to acknowledge the tireless work that it has taken to get to this point, and some significant pushback that women’s sport has encountered along the way. 

And the work is far from over. Women remain underrepresented in many other areas of the Games, including but not limited to, coaches, officials, and media. The Olympic Winter Games have yet to achieve gender parity for athletes, though Milano Cortina 2026 is set to be the most gender-balanced Games yet with 47 per cent of quota spots allocated to women.

In the spirit of remembering the efforts of the past as we continue to push towards the future, below is a list acknowledging the Olympic sports for which there was a gender gap in the inclusion of women’s competition versus men’s. 

Paris 1900: Only men competed at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Four years later, at Paris 1900, 22 women competed, compared to 975 men. There were women’s events in tennis and golf, and women competed alongside men in croquet and sailing.

St. Louis 1904: Women’s archery debuts at the Games. Men’s archery had debuted four years earlier, at Paris 1900.

Stockholm 1912: Women’s swimming makes its Olympic debut, although women are only allowed to compete in two events, versus the seven available for men, who had been competing in Olympic swimming since 1896, marking a 16 year gender gap. Swimming was the first “major” Olympic sport to include women. Stockholm 1912 also marked the debut of women’s diving, which had been open to men for eight years, since St. Louis 1904.

Paris 1924: Women’s fencing debuts at the Olympic Games, 28 years after men’s fencing. At this time, women only had one event available to them, while men had six. 

Amsterdam 1928: Women’s athletics and artistic gymnastics make their Olympic debuts. Men’s competition for both sports had existed since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, marking a gender gap of 32 years. 

There were only five women’s athletics events available for women, compared to the 22 available for men. There was only one women’s artistic gymnastics team event, while men had a team event as well as six individual events.

One of the women’s athletics events at Amsterdam 1928 was the 800m. In direct contradiction to what transpired on the track, media reported afterwards that several women collapsed and others could not finish the 800m race. This account gained traction despite photographic and video evidence showing that all nine women completed the race and that a couple of them laid down on the track after a world-record effort (as was common for male athletes to do). The IOC and IAAF proceeded to bar women from competing in races longer than 200m for over 30 years under the patronising guise of “protecting” women from themselves. 

London 1948: Women’s kayaking debuts at the Olympic Games. Only one event is available to women, while men had the opportunity to compete in two kayak events as well as two canoe events (which women would wait seven more decades to compete in, more on that below). Men’s paddling had been part of the Olympic program since 1936, marking a gender gap of 12 years.

Oslo 1952: Women’s cross-country skiing debuts at the Olympic Games. Men had competed in cross-country skiing since the inaugural Olympic Winter Games in 1924, marking a gender gap of 28 years.

Helsinki 1952: Women are allowed to compete in Olympic equestrian events for the first time, 52 years after men began competing in equestrian at Paris 1900. At these Games, women were limited to competing only in dressage. Four years later, they would be allowed to compete in jumping and then finally eventing at Tokyo 1964.

Squaw Valley 1960: Women’s speed skating makes its official Olympic debut, 36 years after men’s speed skating was on the program of the first Olympic Winter Games. 

Mexico City 1968: Women compete in Olympic shooting for the first time, while men had been competing in it since the first modern Olympic Games 72 years earlier.  Starting at Mexico City 1968, women competed directly against men. Separate women’s shooting events were not included until 1984.

Montreal 1976: Women’s rowing debuts at the Olympic Games 76 years after men’s rowing was first included. Women’s basketball debuts 40 years after men’s basketball.

Moscow 1980: Women’s field hockey makes its Olympic debut, marking a gender gap of 72 years after men’s field hockey was part of the program.

Los Angeles 1984: LA 1984 features the first Olympic women’s marathon. The men’s marathon had been contested since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, marking a gender gap of 88 years. Women’s road cycling also made its Olympic debut 88 years after the men’s competition.

The 1984 Olympic Games were also when the first two women-only sports were included on the Olympic programme—rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized (now artistic) swimming.

Seoul 1988: Women’s track cycling debuts at the Olympic Games. Only one event was available to women versus the five available for men. Track cycling for men was included in 1896, marking a 92-year gender gap. Seoul 1988 also marks the debut of separate sailing events for women.

Albertville 1992: Women’s biathlon makes its Olympic debut 32 years after the inclusion of men’s biathlon.

Barcelona 1992: Women’s judo debuts at the Olympic Games 28 years after men’s competition.

Atlanta 1996: Women’s soccer makes its Olympic debut 96 years after men’s soccer.

Nagano 1998: Women’s hockey debuts 78 years after men’s hockey became an Olympic sport during the summer Games at Antwerp 1920. Women’s curling debuts as the sport returns to the Olympic programme for the first time since 1924 (where there had only been a men’s event). 

Sydney 2000: Women’s weightlifting makes its debut at the Olympic Games, 104 years after men’s weightlifting, which was one of the original sports of the modern Olympic Games. Women’s water polo made its Olympic debut a century after the men’s competition. Women’s modern pentathlon made its Olympic debut 88 years after the men’s sport.

Salt Lake City 2002: Women’s bobsleigh is contested at the Olympic Games for the first time, 78 years after men competed in the sport at the first Olympic Winter Games.

Athens 2004: Women’s wrestling makes its Olympic debut. Men’s wrestling was one of the sports included in the first edition of the modern Olympic Games, making for a gender gap of 108 years.

London 2012: Women’s boxing makes its Olympic debut. Men first competed in Olympic boxing in 1904, making for a 108-year gender gap. Boxing was the last summer Olympic sport that was for men only, so London 2012 marked the first Games where women competed in every sport on the summer Olympic programme.

Sochi 2014: Women’s ski jumping makes its Olympic debut, 90 years after the men’s edition of the sport.

Tokyo 2020: Women’s canoe events debut at the Olympic Games, 84 years after men were given the opportunity to compete in canoe events. 

READ: Historic Olympic achievements by Team Canada women

Canadian athletes won 27 medals, surpassing the 24 medals won at Tokyo 2020, to make Paris 2024 Team Canada’s second most successful Olympic Summer Games of all time. Nine of those medals were gold, seven were silver, and 11 were bronze. Medals were won by 50 athletes in 15 different sports.

Relive some of the greatest achievements of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games—as remembered by many of those medal-winning athletes—with the Team Canada Rewind series.

Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse

Headed into Paris 2024, Team Canada’s men’s 4x100m relay team almost had the full collection of medals—they just needed that gold…

Philip Kim (Phil Wizard)

Phil Wizard says his path to breaking gold was paved with Parisian pastries…

Camryn Rogers

Apparently an Olympic gold medal weighs about the same as a hammer…

Ethan Katzberg

When the plan is to get a solid first hammer throw in—but then you go full Thor and secure gold…

Summer McIntosh

That first 400m freestyle silver medal left her hungry for gold… so she snagged three of them in the 400m IM, 200m IM, and 200m butterfly…

Christa Deguchi

From missing out on qualifying for Tokyo 2020, to topping the podium at Paris 2024 in the women’s 57kg judo event…

Team Canada Rugby Sevens

When you have to take down the home team in their own stadium to advance… and then you go on to claim silver…

Team Canada Rowing Eight

Coxswain Kristen Kit‘s message to the crew of the women’s eight en route to their silver medal? “Heads in the boat!”

Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray

“It’s a weight off of my shoulders…and onto my neck” was one way Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray looked back on their bronze in men’s 10m synchro diving…

Marco Arop

“I knew the race was going to be fast…I wasn’t expecting it to be that fast.” Marco Arop threw down a huge personal best and new Canadian record to take silver in the men’s 800m…

Maude Charron

A change in weight class couldn’t stop Maude from snagging the women’s 59kg weightlifting silver…

Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson

“It has not sunk in yet that we’ve made history.” Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are Team Canada’s first ever Olympic medallists in women’s beach volleyball…

Josh Liendo

When you look at your teammate before a race and say: “It’d be pretty cool if we both ended up on the podium.” And then you do—with silver and bronze…

Alysha Newman

Alysha Newman knows that to perform her best, she’s got to be having fun. She had a blast at the Olympic Games—and blasted herself to new heights to take the women’s pole vault bronze medal…

Skylar Park

“Once I knew I had that shot, there was no stopping me.” Skylar Park fought her way onto the women’s 57kg taekwondo podium…

Kylie Masse

Kylie Masse has competed at three Olympic Games and medalled at every one of them. At Paris 2024 she claimed bronze in the women’s 200m backstroke…

Félix Auger-Aliassime and Gaby Dabrowski

The Canadian duo battled back from the brink of exhaustion to the Olympic podium, winning bronze in mixed doubles at the legendary Roland-Garros…

Sophiane Méthot

An Olympic debut, but make it a podium. That’s how Sophiane Méthot flew to bronze in women’s trampoline at Paris 2024…

Katie Vincent and Sloan Mackenzie

The Olympic Games are just like any other regatta… except not. But Katie Vincent and Sloan Mackenzie paddled their way onto the podium in the women’s C-2 500m…

Eleanor Harvey

“When I was a kid, I would look at Olympians and almost view them as superheroes.” Canadian fencer Eleanor Harvey is now one of those superheroes, with a bronze medal to match…

Wyatt Sanford

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” Wyatt Sanford spent 15 years working towards his 63.5kg boxing bronze medal.

74% of Team Canada athletes who medalled have received support from the Canadian Olympic Foundation thanks to the generosity of donors across the country.

Despite our best efforts, many Team Canada athletes don’t have all the funding they need, to cover everything from training, coaching, mental health supports, competition costs, or equipment. 

Team Canada’s achievements at Paris 2024 are a testament to the impact of donor support. Donor investment in an athlete’s Olympic journey provides the key resources needed to propel them over the finish line – and inspire our nation.

Congratulations to the entire Canadian Olympic team, including the #Paris2024 medallists who have received support from the COF thanks to donors:

• Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, and Brendon Rodney, men’s 4x100m relay (GOLD), Tokyo 2020 Malaviya Award (2021)

• Camryn Rogers, women’s hammer throw (GOLD), Great to Gold program (2024)

• Ethan Katzberg, men’s hammer throw (GOLD), Great to Gold program (2024)

• Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie, women’s C-2 500m canoe sprint (BRONZE), women’s C-1 200m canoe sprint (GOLD) (Katie), Murphy Family Award (2023)(Katie), Great to Gold program (2024), NextGen athlete (2022) (Sloan)

• Josh Liendo, men’s 100m butterfly (SILVER), NextGen athlete (2018-2022), 2024 Great to Gold program (2024)

• Maude Charron, women’s 59kg weightlifting (SILVER), Tokyo 2020 Malaviya Award (2021), Murphy Family Award (2023)

• Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson, women’s beach volleyball (SILVER), Murphy Family Award (2021)(Melissa), Great to Gold program (2024)

• The women’s eight rowing team (Abby Dent, Caileigh Filmer, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Kristen Kit, Maya Meschkuleit, Sydney Payne, Jessica Sevick, Kristina Walker, Avalon Wasteneys) (SILVER), Great to Gold program (2024)

• The women’s rugby sevens team (Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez, Alysha Corrigan, Caroline Crossley, Chloe Daniels, Asia Hogan-Rochester, Piper Logan, Carissa Norsten, Taylor Perry, Krissy Scurfield, Florence Symonds, Shalaya Valenzuela, Keyara Wardley, Charity Williams) (SILVER) Great to Gold program (2024)

• Eleanor Harvey, women’s fencing individual foil (BRONZE), Murphy Family Award (2023) and Great to Gold program (2024)

• Felix Auger-Alliasime, tennis mixed doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski (BRONZE), NextGen athlete (2017-2019)

• Kylie Masse, women’s 200m backstroke (BRONZE), Tokyo 2020 Malaviya Award (2021)

• Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens, men’s synchronized 10m platform diving (BRONZE), Bursary Program for Quebec Olympic Athletes (2024) (Nathan), NextGen athlete (2017-2022) (Rylan)

• Skylar Park, women’s 57kg taekwondo (BRONZE), Murphy Family Award (2021,2022) , Great to Gold program (2024)

• Sophiane Methot,women’s trampoline (BRONZE), Great to Gold program (2024)

• Wyatt Sanford, men’s 63.5kg boxing (BRONZE), Great to Gold program (2024)

Every Team Canada Paris 2024 medallist will receive a Team Canada Podium Award of $5,000 per medal earned, funded by the Malaviya Foundation. In addition, they will receive a portion of the Tania Esakin Fund.

Reaction shots

Moments captured where athletes achieved a goal, realized a dream, or were overcome with emotions.

Family, friends, fans

Behind every Team Canada athletes is an army of friends, family and fans who’ve helped them get to the Games.

Game faces

Shots of athletes in the zone.

It was all a blur

The Games go by quickly, and sometimes our Team Canada photographers tried capture that vibe.

Action shots

Perhaps the most quintessential type of sport photo is…the action shot.

Specifically, we’re thinking about Canadian athletes who made their Olympic debut in Paris and appear ready to make an even bigger splash four years from now.

Women’s Soccer

Suffice to say the Paris Games didn’t turn out the way the women’s national soccer team would have hoped. But they did provide the chance for two young players to show why they’ll likely be mainstays by the time LA 2028 rolls around.

In fact, 21-year-old defender Jade Rose is already somewhat of a mainstay; she played every minute of Canada’s four games at these Olympics. Meanwhile, 20-year-old midfielder Simi Awujo started in the all-important quarterfinal against Germany.

Both showed composure beyond their years, and it’s hard to believe this will be the only Olympic appearance of their careers.

Rugby Sevens

Canada’s unexpected run to the silver medal in women’s rugby sevens is all the more remarkable when you consider how young the team is. Seven of the 12 players are under 25, all of whom made their Olympic debuts this year.

Given the team’s suddenly high-profile status, it’s tough to call any of them “rising” stars; they have, after all, already risen. And despite their ages, many have been with the team for years and established their on-field bonafides.

Even so, for on-field impact in front of audiences who may not have known them before, we’ll give a nod to 23-year-old Piper Logan (four tries) and 21-year-old Chloe Daniels (two tries, five conversions).

Fencing

While the focus was on Eleanor Harvey‘s historic bronze medal in individual foil, she wasn’t the only Canadian taking to the piste at the Grand Palais.

Yunjia Zhang, 16, held her own alongside Harvey in the team foil event, in which Canada came up just short of another bronze medal. A mention here as well to Jessica Guo who, despite being in her second Olympics, is still just 19.

READ: ‘Bittersweet’ fourth-place finish won’t break fencing team’s ‘powerful’ bond

Athletics

There were some eye-catching medal wins for Canada in athletics at these Games. But there were also some athletes who may have laid the groundwork for their own big moments down the line.

Earlier this year, Christopher Morales-Williams, as a 19-year-old, ran a world’s best time of 44.49 seconds in the indoor men’s 400m. It wasn’t ratified as a world record due to a technical issue, but it raised hopes for his performance in Paris.

Morales-Williams turned 20 during his Olympic debut and reached the semifinal of the men’s 400m. He didn’t run his best race (45.25) at the end of a long and exhausting collegiate season but the future still looks bright.

Another newly-arrived sprinting star is Audrey Leduc, who in April broke a 36-year-old Canadian 100m record. She lowered it again in her first round heat.

Another birthday celebrant in Paris was 21-year-old Savannah Sutherland. The Olympic newcomer reached the final of the women’s 400m hurdles, finishing seventh in a race where a new world record was set. She also ran Canada’s fastest leg in the final of the women’s 4x400m relay, in a time of 50.06 seconds.

Men’s Basketball

Despite losing in the quarterfinals, Canada proved in their first Olympic appearance in 24 years that they can compete with the best.

Canada fielded a younger roster than most of the field, led by point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. While SGA has become a household name in basketball circles, these Games helped introduce the likes of RJ Barrett and Andrew Nembhard.

Barrett, son of former Olympian Rowan Barrett, provided consistent scoring and shooting for Canada. Nembhard, meanwhile, had his breakout game against Spain in the final game of the pool play. His 18 points included some clutch buckets that helped Canada clinch top spot in Group A.

Women’s Basketball

Though it was a tough tournament for the team, Canada got a glimpse of what to expect from 22-year-old Aaliyah Edwards. She played a key role in this competition, especially on the glass, grabbing 14 rebounds in three games.

Syla Swords became Canada’s youngest ever Olympic basketball player at age 18. She averaged a modest 3.3 points per game, but was a central part of the rotation for Canada, averaging nearly 21 minutes per game.

Canoe Sprint

While Katie Vincent achieved her dream of winning Olympic gold in the women’s C-1 200m, she wasn’t the only Canadian in the final. Sophia Jensen, a 22-year-old in her first Olympics, finished sixth—less than a second behind her more experienced teammate.

That was Vincent’s second medal at Paris 2024. Her first, a bronze in the women’s C-2 500m, came alongside another 22-year-old up-and-comer, Sloan Mackenzie.

Swimming

Canada once again had a big Games in the pool, headlined by Olympic veterans such as Summer McIntosh and Kylie Masse. But a number of first-time Olympians made their impacts as well.

Can we really call 19-year-old Ilya Kharun a “rising” star, given that he won two medals in Paris? Well, we will, given that he only competed in his first major international swim meet just two years ago.

Julie Brousseau and Ella Jansen, both 18, came up just short of their own medals as part of the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team.

Wrestling

It was an impressive first Olympics for 24-year-old Ana Godinez Gonzalez. Competing in the women’s freestyle 62kg event, she notched a fifth-place finish in Paris after making it all the way to a bronze medal match.

Gonzalez is the oldest of the rising stars we’ve named here. But as Carol Huynh and Daniel Igali have shown us in the past, there’s definitely precedent for Canadian wrestlers in their late 20s hitting the Olympic podium for the first time.

As with every Olympic Games, there are plenty of strong candidates. And let’s not forget, creativity is allowed here. Sprinter Andre De Grasse and weightlifter Maude Charron carried the flag during the Opening Ceremony – could we see a duo on flag bearer duties to close out the Games?

In full transparency, we at Olympic.ca have no insider information, so let the speculation begin about some of the athletes/teams/duos who have surely made themselves candidates to carry Canada’s flag into Stade de France on Sunday.

Summer McIntosh – Swimming

If you’re reading this, you likely know who Summer McIntosh is by now.

McIntosh cemented her status as one of the world’s best swimmers in Paris, winning three gold medals and a silver.

READ: McIntosh completes gold medal hat trick in the pool at Paris 2024

The 17-year-old became the first Canadian athlete to win three gold medals in one Olympic Games and matched teammate Penny Oleksiak for the most medals won by a Canadian athlete at one summer Games.

As if that wasn’t enough, McIntosh set Olympic records in both the women’s 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley.

Ethan Katzberg – Hammer Throw

It took just one throw for Katzberg to prove that he’s in a world of his own in the men’s hammer throw event.

Katzberg threw the furthest distance of the entire competition on his very first attempt, nearly touching the Olympic record with his toss of 84.12m. The silver medalist, Bence Halasz of Hungary, was only able to reach 79.97m.

READ: A jaw-dropping, golden Olympic debut for Ethan Katzberg

The last athlete to win a medal for Team Canada in the hammer throw was Duncan Gillis, who took silver at Stockholm 1912. Katzberg captured Canada’s first gold medal in any throwing event since St. Louis 1904.

Camryn Rogers – Hammer Throw

Rogers confirmed it: Canada is a hammer-throwing nation.

Rogers became Canada’s first woman to medal in a throwing event when she captured gold in the women’s hammer throw. Her furthest throw, which came on her fifth attempt, measured 76.97m.

READ: Camryn Rogers: Rock-solid and golden at Paris 2024

The 25-year-old’s gold medal was Canada’s third ever in a women’s athletics event at the Olympic Games. There hasn’t been a Canadian gold in a women’s athletics event since all the way back at Amsterdam 1928 when Ethel Catherwood won the high jump and the women’s 4x100m relay won their event.

Christa Deguchi – Judo

Deguchi won Canada’s first gold medal of these Games, winning the the women’s 57kg judo event. Not only did she win her final bout, but she did so again world number three Huh Mimi of South Korea.

READ: A golden Olympic debut for Christa Deguchi

The 28-year-old is Canada’s first ever Olympic champion in judo.

The gold medal further solidified Deguchi as Canada’s most successful female judoka. In 2019 she became the first Canadian to ever win a world title in judo and became world champion again in 2023. Earlier this year, she won silver at the IJF World Championships, losing in the final to Huh.

Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun – Swimming

As mentioned, creativity is allowed, so why not consider two Canadians who stood on the podium together as one package?

Liendo won silver while Kharun took bronze in the men’s 100m butterfly. It was Canada’s first double podium at an Olympic Summer Games since Montreal 1976.

Liendo’s time of 49.99 set a national record. He also became the first Black Canadian to win an Olympic swimming medal.

READ: Paris 2024 an Olympic Games for the history books for Canadian swimming

19-year-old Kharun, meanwhile, leaves Paris with two medals, having also won a bronze in the 200m butterfly.

Heading into Paris 2024, no Canadian man had won an Olympic swimming medal since London 2012.

Eleanor Harvey – Fencing

In a Games full of firsts for Canada, here’s another one: Harvey became Canada’s first ever Olympic medallist in fencing.

The 29-year-old won the bronze medal in the women’s individual foil event by defeating Italy’s Alice Volpi – the fourth-ranked women’s foil fencer in the world – 15-12 in the third-place match.

READ: Eleanor Harvey adjusting to ‘surreal feeling’ of being an Olympic medallist

Harvey had previously achieved Canada’s best ever Olympic result in any individual fencing event when she placed seventh in the women’s individual foil at Rio 2016.

The Squads – Rugby, Rowing and Beach Volleyball

Team Canada won silver in women’s rugby sevens, the nation’s best-ever result in the event. Canada reached the final by pulling off upsets over France and Australia before falling to two-time Olympic champion New Zealand in the gold medal match. Canada’s previous best result was a bronze at Rio 2016.

For a second straight Olympic Games, the Canadian women’s eight rowed to a spot on the podium, winning silver. The crew of Jessica Sevick, Caileigh Filmer, Maya Meschkuleit, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Avalon Wasteneys, Sydney Payne, Kristina Walker, Abby Dent and Kristen Kit completed the 2000m course in 5:58.84 – and, just like in Tokyo, had to go through the repechage to get into the final.

Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson have already made history – and their Games aren’t over yet. The duo secured a spot in the women’s beach volleyball semifinals, meaning they will become the first Canadian team to play for a medal in the event.

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Athletics

Ethan Katzberg won Canada’s first Olympic gold medal in any throwing event in 120 years. In his first attempt in the men’s hammer throw final, he hit 84.12m, which stood up through six rounds of throwing. It is the second-furthest anyone has ever thrown in an Olympic final. He wins Canada’s first Olympic hammer throw medal since Stockholm 1912 and the country’s first gold medal in any throwing event since St. Louis 1904.

Rowan Hamilton had also advanced to the final, finishing ninth in his Olympic debut with a best throw of 76.59m.

Meanwhile, it was qualification day for the women’s hammer throw. Reigning world champion Camryn Rogers surpassed the automatic qualifying distance with a throw of 74.69m in her second attempt to get into the final with the second-best score.

READ : Ethan Katzberg wins gold in men’s hammer throw

Andre De Grasse couldn’t make it to a third straight Olympic final in the men’s 100m. He finished fifth in his semifinal heat and his time of 9.98 seconds wasn’t fast enough to advance.

Audrey Leduc finished third in her 200m first round heat in 22.88 seconds to advance to the semifinals. Jacqueline Madogo will have to go through a repechage to join her after finishing fourth in her heat while running a personal best 22.78 seconds.

Christopher Morales-Williams is moving on in the men’s 400m after finishing second in his first round heat. His time of 44.96 seconds ranks him 15th heading into the semifinals.

Savannah Sutherland has advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 400m hurdles after placing third in her first round heat in 54.80 seconds.

Charles Philibert-Thiboutot exited the men’s 1500m in the semifinals, finishing 11th in his heat after running a season’s best time of 3:33.29.

In the men’s 110m hurdles, Craig Thorne will have to run in a repechage after finishing seventh in his first round heat in 13.60 seconds.

Neither Ceili McCabe nor Regan Yee have advanced to the women’s 3000m steeplechase final. McCabe was seventh in her heat while McCabe was 12th in hers.

Boxing

Day 9 of Paris 2024 saw Wyatt Sanford secure Canada’s first medal boxing in 28 years as he was awarded bronze after falling in a tight semifinal of the men’s 63.5 kg class against Sofiane Oumiha of France.

“Doesn’t matter if you come from a city of four million people, or a small village with 400 people,” Sanford said after the bout. “You set your goals you work hard every day… eventually over the years that hard work will pay off.”

READ: Wyatt Sanford claims bronze for Canada’s first Olympic boxing medal in 28 years

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Swimming

Day 9 was the final day of swimming competition at Paris 2024–a Games that has seen huge performances by Team Canada’s swimmers.

Team Canada’s men’s 4x100m medley relay squad composed of Blake Tierney, Finlay Knox, Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo finished in fifth place with a time of 3:31.27.

The women of Team Canada were up next with the Canadian team of Kylie Masse, Sophie Angus, Maggie Mac Neil and Summer McIntosh swimming to a fourth place finish with a time of 3:53.91. Team USA took the gold medal in the event, with a new world record time of 3:49.63.

Team Canada won eight medals in the pool over the course of Paris 2024–the most since Los Angeles 1984. Four of those medals were delivered by 17-year-old McIntosh.

Road Cycling

After yesterday’s men’s road race, today it was the women’s turn to race throughout the French countryside and streets of Paris. Team Canada was represented by Olivia Baril and Alison Jackson. 

Jackson completed the 158km course with time of 4:04:23 for 19th place. Baril rode to a time of 4:07:16 to finish 44th.

Basketball

Canada’s time in the women’s basketball tournament came to a disappointing end on Sunday after they were defeated 79-70 by Nigeria in the final game of the group stage.

Heading into Sunday’s game, Canada needed a 10-point win and other favourable results to get into the quarterfinal round through tiebreakers. Canada led by four at halftime, but Nigeria outscored Canada 23-5 in the third to take a 14-point lead, and ultimately held on for the win.

Shay Colley was the leading scorer with 17 points. Four-time Olympian Natalie Achonwa, playing in her final women’s national team game, finished with five points and six rebounds.

Sailing

After eight races in the ILCA 6 class, Team Canada sailor Sarah Douglas sits in 11th place. Monday will be the last day of the opening series, which determines top 10 entries into the medal race.

After four races in the women’s Kite, Emily Bugeja sits in 20th place. 

Archery

Eric Peters fell to Italy’s Mauro Nespoli 2-6 in the men’s individual 1/8 elimination round and did not advance into the medal rounds.

Golf

The men’s individual stroke play event came to a close on Sunday at Le Golf National. Corey Conners led the way for Canada, finishing with his best round of the tournament, a bogey-free 66 to climb inside the top 10 with a share of ninth place (68-69-69-66). That is now Canada’s best result in men’s golf since the sport returned to the Olympic program at Rio 2016.

Teammate Nick Taylor shot a 2-under 69 to finish at 4-under par overall in a tie for 30th place.

The women’s stroke play event gets underway on Wednesday August 7 at 9 a.m. local / 3 a.m. ET.

Water Polo

Team Canada’s women’s water polo team fell 20-11 to the Netherlands. Team Canada has finished fourth in Group A and will move on to the quarterfinals.

Fencing

Team Canada’s men’s foil team finished seventh overall, winning their final placement match 45-38 over Egypt. They had started the day with a 45-26 loss to Japan in the Table of 8 and then dropped their first classification match 45-32 to China. It is still Canada’s best ever Olympic result in the event.

Canoe/Kayak Slalom

Alex Baldoni finished fourth in his heat of the men’s kayak cross. He will not advance to the quarterfinal. Lois Betteridge finished third in her heat, and will also not advance to the quarterfinal.

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But a podium finish isn’t a prerequisite to making Olympic history. So, as we wrap up the Paris Games, here’s a look at some first-ever and best-ever achievements by Canadian athletes.

Athletics

What a week at Stade de France. Where to begin?

Andre De Grasse won his seventh Olympic medal, anchoring the men’s 4x100m relay to gold. That ties him with Penny Oleksiak as Canada’s most decorated Olympian of all time.

In other relay news, the women’s 4x100m relay team of Audrey Leduc, Jacqueline Madogo, Sade McCreath and Marie-Éloise Leclair set a new Canadian record of 42.50 seconds in Paris.

Marco Arop earned a silver medal in the men’s 800m with a personal best time of 1:41.20, which also set a new Canadian record. It’s also Canada’s first medal in the men’s 800m since Tokyo 1964.

Also on the track at Stade de France, Moh Ahmed finished fourth in the men’s 10,000m, which is Canada’s best result in over a century.

At an even longer distance, Evan Dunfee and Olivia Lundman became the first Canadians to compete in the marathon race walk mixed relay, which joined the Olympic program this year. They also set a new Canadian record time of 3:04:57.

Now onto the field—Alysha Newman became Canada’s first ever Olympic medallist in the women’s pole vault, winning a bronze. In the process, she set a new Canadian record by clearing a height of 4.85m.

Coming into Paris 2024, Canada hadn’t won Olympic gold in any throwing event in 120 years. Ethan Katzberg put that to rest, winning gold in the men’s hammer throw.

A few days later, Camryn Rogers won gold in the women’s hammer throw, Canada’s first gold in a women’s athletics event since Amsterdam 1928.

That’s just the third time that one country has won both the men’s and women’s hammer throw at one Olympic Games. Poland did it at Tokyo 2020 and Sydney 2000.

Canoe/Kayak – Sprint

Katie Vincent claimed a gold medal in the women’s C-1 200m on Day 15, achieving a World Best time of 44.12 seconds in the process. The two-time Olympian became the first Canadian woman to win gold in any canoe or kayak event.

Beach volleyball

Playing in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson made their first Olympic appearance as a team—and that wouldn’t be their only first.

Battling through the lucky loser round, they’d go on to reach the semifinal (a Canadian women’s first), then the final (a Canadian first) and win the silver medal (a Canadian first).

The previous high watermark for Canada in women’s Olympic beach volleyball had been reaching the quarterfinals, which both Humana-Paredes (with Sarah Pavan) and Wilkerson (with Heather Bansley) had achieved at Tokyo 2020.

Their silver beats out the bronze won by John Child and Mark Heese in the men’s tournament when beach volleyball made its Olympic debut at Atlanta 1996.

Swimming

Just in case you somehow hadn’t heard, Summer McIntosh made a bit of history at these Games.

The 17-year-old phenom is the first Canadian to ever win three gold medals at one Olympic Games, with her triumphs in the women’s 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley and 200m butterfly. She also set a new Olympic record (2:06.56) in the 200m IM.

Ilya Kharun won Canada’s first ever Olympic medal in the men’s 200m butterfly, a bronze, which was Canada’s first medal in a men’s swimming event since London 2012. Then, for good measure, he won another bronze in the 100m butterfly, sharing the podium with silver medal-winning team Josh Liendo. That was Canada’s first double podium at the Olympic Summer Games since Montreal 1976.

Also, Kylie Masse became the first Canadian swimmer to win individual medals at three Olympic Games.

READ: Masse carries on consistency, capturing fifth Olympic medal

Fencing

Eleanor Harvey won Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal in the sport, a bronze in the women’s individual foil. She and teammates Jessica Guo and Yunjia Zhang also came close in the women’s team foil event, with a fourth-place finish that represented Canada’s best-ever result in the event.

On the men’s side, Fares Arfa earned Canada’s best ever Olympic result in any men’s individual fencing event. He upset the three-time defending Olympic champion en route to an eighth-place finish in men’s individual sabre.

Tennis

Félix Auger-Aliassime and Gaby Dabrowski won bronze in mixed doubles, Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal in that event. Auger-Aliassime also finished fourth in men’s singles, Canada’s best Olympic result in either of the tennis singles tournaments.

In women’s singles play, Leylah Annie Fernandez reached the Round of 16, Canada’s best-ever result in that tournament.

Judo

Christa Deguchi won Canada’s first gold medal at Paris 2024, which was also Canada’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in judo. Deguchi’s victory in the women’s 57kg event was a first Olympic medal for Canada’s most decorated female judoka.

Boxing

Wyatt Sanford won bronze in the men’s 63.5kg event, Canada’s first Olympic medal in boxing in 28 years (since David Defiagbon‘s silver at Atlanta 1996).

Rugby Sevens

The nation’s first Cinderella story at these Games, Canada’s rugby sevens squad made it all the way to the gold medal game. Coming into the tournament ranked fifth, Canada had placed no higher than third at any international tournament in the year prior to Paris 2024.

But Canada played with a chip on their shoulder, upsetting France in the quarterfinals and shocking Australia in the semis. Canada even led at halftime in the gold medal game, before eventually falling to the defending Olympic champions, New Zealand.

The silver medal is Canada’s best-ever result in the event.

3×3 Basketball

The team of Michelle Plouffe, Katherine Plouffe, Kacie Bosch and Paige Crozon are notching all kinds of firsts in Paris. They the first Canadian team to compete in 3×3 basketball, which was introduced at Tokyo 2020.

They recorded Canada’s first-ever 3×3 win, over Australia on Day 4. And with another win over Australia on Day 8, they’ve earned the chance to play for Canada’s first-ever medal. That will be decided on Monday.

Basketball

Elsewhere on the hard court, Canada’s men returned to the Olympics and notched their first win since Sydney 2000. The team is through to the quarterfinals in search of what would be their first and only medal since a silver at Berlin 1936.

Artistic Gymnastics

In Canada’s first ever appearance in the men’s Olympic team final, René Cournoyer, Félix Dolci, William Émard, Sam Zakutney, and Zachary Clay finished eighth.

In the women’s team final, the team of Ellie Black, Cassie Lee, Shallon Olsen, Ava Stewart and Aurelie Tran matched Canada’s best-ever finish of fifth place.

Skateboarding

Cordano Russell finished seventh in the men’s street skateboard, Canada’s best Olympic result in any skateboard event.

Cycling – BMX

Jeffrey Whaley became Canada’s first ever Olympian in BMX freestyle when he competed in the men’s park event at La Concorde. He finished 10th in the qualification round, missing out on advancing to the final by one spot.

In BMX racing, Molly Simpson finished fifth for Canada’s best ever Olympic result in the women’s event and tie for Canada’s best ever Olympic result in the discipline.

Diving

Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray made history for Canada, winning the country’s first ever Olympic medal in the men’s synchronized 10m platform event, diving to bronze. 

Surfing

Way over in Tahiti, Sanoa Dempfle-Olin became Canada’s first ever Olympic competitor in surfing, making it to the second round in the women’s competition.

Canoe/Kayak Slalom

Kayak cross made its Olympic debut in Paris, with Lois Betteridge and Alex Baldoni becoming the first Canadians to ever compete. Both qualified for Sunday’s heats in their respective events.

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Boxing

Wyatt Sanford will box in the semifinals of the men’s 63.5 kg class against Sofiane Oumiha of France at 12:36 p.m. local time / 6:36 a.m. ET. A win would advance him to the gold medal bout while a loss will send him home with a bronze medal. He is guaranteed to be Canada’s first Olympic medallist in boxing since Atlanta 1996.

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Athletics

It’s a busy day at Stade de France for Team Canada. Regan Yee and Ceili McCabe will get things going for Team Canada on the track on Day 9, competing in the first round of the women’s 3000m steeplechase. Heats will commence at 10:05 a.m. local / 4:05 a.m. ET.

Camryn Rogers will kick off the field events for the day, competing in the qualification round of the women’s hammer throw at 10:20 a.m. local time / 4:20 a.m. ET.

Team Canada sprinters Jacqueline Madogo and Audrey Leduc will race in the first round of the women’s 200m, beginning at 10:55 a.m. local / 4:55 a.m. ET.

Craig Thorne will compete in round one of the men’s 110m hurdles at 11:50 a.m. local / 5:50 a.m ET. Savannah Sutherland will race in the first round of the women’s 400m hurdles at 12:35 p.m. local / 6:35 a.m. ET.

The evening session will feature the highly anticipated men’s 100m semis and final, with Canada’s reigning bronze medallist, Andre De Grasse participating.

Christopher Morales-Williams will race in the first round of the men’s 400m at 7:05 p.m. local /  1:05 p.m. ET. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot will compete in the men’s 1500m semifinal at 8:35 p.m. local / 2:35 p.m. ET. 

Team Canada’s hammer throwers, Ethan Katzberg and Rowan Hamilton will go for gold in the men’s hammer throw, starting at 8:30 p.m. local / 2:30 p.m. ET. Katzberg is the reigning world champion and ranked world number one.

Swimming

Day 9 is the last day of swimming competition at Paris 2024, which has already proved to be a historic Games in the pool for Team Canada. The Canadian men will compete in the men’s 4x100m medley relay at 7:10 p.m. local / 1:10 p.m. ET. Up next, the women’s squad will follow them at 7:32 local time / 1:32 p.m. ET.

Cycling – Road

The women’s road race will commence at 2:00 p.m. local time / 10:00 a.m. ET. Team Canada is represented by Olivia Baril and Alison Jackson.

Fencing

Team Canada’s men’s foil team will compete in the table of eight against Japan, beginning at 11:50 a.m. local time / 5:50 a.m. ET. The tournament will continue all day, with the podium decided in the evening, starting at 7:10 p.m. local time / 1:10 p.m. ET.

Canoe/Kayak Slalom

Alex Baldoni will race in the men’s kayak cross heats, beginning at 3:30 p.m. local / 9:30 a.m. ET. Lois Betteridge will follow in the women’s kayak cross heats, beginning at 4:45 p.m. local / 10:45 a.m. ET.

Golf

Team Canada golfers Corey Conners and Nick Taylor will tee off for their fourth and final round of Paris 2024. After three days of play at Le Golf National, Conners is tied for 17th while Taylor sits tied for 34th place.

Basketball

Team Canada’s women’s basketball team will play Team Nigeria at 1:30 p.m. local time / 7:30 a.m. ET. The Canadians have dropped their first two games, and are currently ranked fourth in Group B.

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Sailing

Sarah Douglas will continue her Olympic campaign in the women’s ILCA 6 class. She enters Day 9 in 11th place.

Archery 

Eric Peters will compete against Mauro Nespoli of Italy in the men’s individual 1/8 round at 9:56 a.m. local time / 3:56 a.m. ET. A win would send him off the quarterfinals later in the day, which will be followed by the semifinals and medal matches.

Water Polo

Team Canada will play the Netherlands at 6:30 p.m. local time / 12:30 p.m. ET. Canada is currently ranked fourth in Group A.

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Swimming

It was another golden day in the pool for Summer McIntosh. The 17-year-old won her second gold medal of Paris 2024, winning the women’s 200m butterfly to become the first Canadian to ever capture a medal in the event. Her time of 2:03.03 set an Olympic record.

READ: McIntosh wins third medal of Paris 2024 — gold in women’s 200m butterfly

McIntosh also suited up for Team Canada in the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay final, joining Mary-Sophie Harvey, Ella Jansen and Julie Brousseau. The Canadians fought their way to a fourth-place finish with a time of 7:46.05. In the morning heats, Emma O’Croinin took McIntosh’s spot.

Three Canadians will swim in Friday finals after securing spots on Thursday. Kylie Masse qualified for the women’s 200m backstroke final while Finlay Knox will race for a medal in the men’s 200m individual medley. Josh Liendo initially missed qualifying for the 50m freestyle final by just 0.05 seconds, but got advanced into it when another swimmer scratched.

Also in action on Thursday was Regan Rathwell, who swam the women’s 200m backstroke morning heats.

Boxing

Wyatt Sanford emerged victorious from his quarterfinal match against Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Abdullaev, winning 4-1. He is now guaranteed a medal as he advances to the semifinals on Sunday. 

“I’m on top of the world,” exclaimed an ecstatic Sanford. “We’re finally after 28 years of a drought, we’re bringing a medal home to Canada. But I know Canada wants the gold and I want to give it to them. So two more wins and we can do it.”

READ: Sanford off to semis, will be Canada’s first Olympic boxing medallist in 28 years

Fencing

Eleanor Harvey, Jessica Guo, and Yunjia Zhang finished fourth in the women’s team foil event. They made it to the bronze medal match, but lost a close battle with Japan, 33-32. This ties Canada’s best ever Olympic result in any team fencing event.  

The Canadians opened the day with a 38-36 win over France in the Table of 8. The team had been trailing by one when Harvey took to the piste for her final relay in which she outscored her opponent 6-3. Zhang had won two of her three relays during the match. 

Canada ended up in the bronze medal match after dropping their semifinal to the United States 45-31. The American team included the gold and silver medallists in the individual foil event.

Athletics

Team Canada racewalker Evan Dunfee got things rolling in athletics, racing to a fifth-place finish in the men’s 20km race walk, crossing the line just five seconds after the bronze medallist. He will next compete alongside Olivia Lundman, whom he also coaches, in the marathon mixed relay on August 7. This will be the first time the event is contested at the Olympic Games.

Artistic Gymnastics

Ellie Black placed sixth in the women’s individual all-around final, Canada’s second best Olympic result all-time in the event, behind only her fifth-place finish at Rio 2016. She had a total score of 54.799, which left her 1.666 back of a podium position. After opening with a near-flawless routine on the uneven bars, Black had an unfortunate fall off the balance beam, just as she had in the qualification round. But she bounced back with an outstanding floor exercise routine that had the crowd enthralled and closed out with an excellent vault. 

Ava Stewart, who was competing in her first Olympic all-around final, placed 19th. 

Rowing

Team Canada’s women’s eight finished second in their repechage heat to advance on to the A Final, which will take place on August 3 at 10:50 a.m. local / 5:50 a.m. ET. The Canadians are the defending Olympic champions in the event.

“We really stuck to our rhythm, we didn’t do anything different from what we had planned. In an Olympic year you don’t really get many races, so every race is another opportunity to fine-tune,” said crew member Abby Dent post-race.

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3×3 Basketball

Canada’s 3×3 squad split their two games on Thursday, losing against Germany early in the morning, and responding with a win against France in the late evening.

Canada went down early in their loss against Germany, and although they took the lead with four minutes remaining, Canada’s offence halted from that point as the Germans took back control and won 19-15.

Nearly 12 hours passed before their second matchup of the day with France, but Canada was ready for the challenge as they jumped out to a 5-0 lead in front of opposing fans. Despite some close moments, France never led and Canada left the court with a 13-9 victory.

Canada is one of three teams with three wins in pool play. They currently sit in second place behind Australia due to point differential.

They will play twice tomorrow as well, with the first matchup coming against a struggling U.S. squad at noon ET, and the second coming at 3 p.m. ET against Spain.

Cycling BMX Racing

Molly Simpson has advanced to the semifinals of the women’s BMX racing after finishing fourth overall in the quarterfinals. Simpson placed second in all three runs of her quarterfinal heat. The three semifinal runs and then the final will take place on Friday. 

Basketball

Canada’s women’s basketball is on the brink of elimination after falling to Australia in their second game in Paris 2024. Despite a hot shooting day from beyond the arc for Canada, they shot just 31% from two, and committed 16 turnovers.

In the fourth quarter, Canada was held without a point for the first 3:22 of game time, allowing Australia to grow the lead to 11 and not look back, winning by a final score of 70-65.

Bridget Carleton had 19 points and drained five triples, tying her for the most by a Canadian at the Olympics in senior women’s national team history. Natalia Achonwa also made some history, becoming the all-time assist leader for Canada at the Olympic Games with 37, passing Shona Thornburn.

With Nigeria’s loss to France on Thursday, Canada’s hopes of advancing to the knockout stage are still alive. They will need a win against Nigeria on Sunday, and some very favourable results to advance on point differential. Canada will take on Nigeria in the final game of group play on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. local.

Golf

Corey Conners and Nick Taylor were the first Team Canada golfers in action at Le Golf National for the first round of the men’s individual stroke play event. Conners shot a 3-under-par 68 to hold a share of 14th place, five shots back of the leading Hideki Matsuyama of Japan. 

Taylor carded a 1-under-par 70 to sit in a tie for 29th. Second round action gets underway on Friday at 9 a.m. local / 3 a.m. ET

Tennis

Félix Auger-Aliassime is off to the semifinals of the men’s singles tournament after defeating sixth-seed Casper Ruud in three sets 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3 in the quarterfinals. The Canadian is now assured of getting to play in a medal match. He will face this year’s French Open champion, second seed Carlos Alcarez of Spain, in the semifinals at Roland-Garros on Friday. 

Not long after he finished that 2 hour 47 minute match, Auger-Aliassime was back on the court for a mixed doubles semifinal with Gaby Dabrowski. He couldn’t make it a two-win day though as they dropped it in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 to Czechia’s Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac. Auger-Aliassime and Dabrowski will play for the bronze medal on Friday.

Sailing

Only one of the two scheduled races got off for the ILCA 6 class. Team Canada’s Sarah Douglas currently sits in 23rd place after her first race of the regatta.

Archery

Virginie Chénier fell 6-2 to Octavia Rezza of Indonesia in the women’s individual 1/32 elimination round.

Beach Volleyball

Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec lost their final preliminary round match to Australia’s Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy, 2-0 (21-10, 21-16). They finished fourth in their pool and will not advance.

Judo

Shady Elnahas lost to Switzerland’s Daniel Eich in the men’s -100 kg elimination round of 16 and will not advance in the tournament.

Equestrian – Jumping

Team Canada’s equestrian jumping team of Mario Deslauriers (Emerson), Erynn Ballard (Nikka Vd Bisschop) and Amy Millar (Truman) placed 14th in the team jumping qualification round and will not advance to the final.

Shooting

Shannon Westlake finished 32nd in the qualification round of the women’s 50m rifle three positions and did not advance to the final.

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