Canada Leaves Tokyo with an 11th Place Finish

Kelsey Mitchell cycled her way to Canada’s final medal in Tokyo, and a gold one, on the track. Winning seven gold medals is our best showing since Barcelona in 1992 where we also won seven. Like Barcelona, we finished Tokyo in 11th place. Our medal haul of 24 is the finest achievement since Los Angeles in 1984, a boycotted Games, where we reeled in 44. Damian Warner, having been crowned “world’s greatest athlete” for winning the decathlon, was chosen as the flag-bearer for the scaled-down Closing Ceremony. Maggie Mac Neil was our top athlete in Tokyo, winning three medals, one of each colour. Penny Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian Olympian of all time with seven total. Find highlights, tables, statistics, and a list of all our Tokyo medal winners below.

TOKYO HIGHLIGHTS

Canada won the most medals ever in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics (24)
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian Olympian of all-time (7)
Swimmer Maggie Mac Neil was the top Canadian performer in Tokyo (3 – one of each colour)
Damian Warner set World and Olympic Decathlon bests for 3 of its component sports
75% of the medals were won by women (18/24)
Swimmer Kylie Masse set an Olympic record in the 100m backstroke during the heats (58.17s)

SUMMER OLYMPICS HIGHLIGHTS

Canada made its first Olympic appearance in 1900 (Paris)
Canada hosted the 1976 Games in Montreal, winning 11 medals, none gold
At the 1984 Los Angeles Games, Canada claimed 44 medals (10 gold), its best performance
George Orton won Canada’s first gold medal (Men’s 2500m steeplechase, Paris 1900)
Canada has performed best in Athletics with 60 medals (14 gold)
Rowers Kathleen Heddle and Marnie McBean have won three summer Olympic gold medals
Equestrian Ian Millar competed at 10 Olympics in 1972–2012 winning a silver in Beijing 2008
Clara Hughes has won medals at both the Summer and Winter Games (cycling and speed skating)

TOKYO MEDAL COUNT

The United States won the Tokyo Olympics overtaking China in the final day of action. The USA won 113 medals including 39 gold. China capped off the games with a lucky 88 total, 38 of which were gold. Host nation Japan triumphed at a respectable 3rd spot. Canada finished 11th.

TOKYO TOP ATHLETES

The top athlete at the Tokyo Games was US swimmer Caeleb Dressel who took home five gold medals. The top Canadian athlete was Margaret “Maggie” Mac Neil who won one medal of each colour putting her in 39th overall.

TOKYO CANADIAN MEDALS

Andre De Grasse, Athletics – Men’s 200m GOLD
Damian Warner, Athletics – Men’s Decathlon GOLD
Kelsey Mitchell, Track Cycling – Women’s Sprint GOLD
Team Canada, Football – Women GOLD
Team Canada, Rowing – Women’s Eight GOLD
Margaret MacNeil, Swimming – Women’s 100m Butterfly GOLD
Maude Charron, Weightlifting – Women’s 64kg GOLD

Mohammed Ahmed, Athletics – Men’s 5000m SILVER
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canoe Sprint – Women’s Canoe Single 200m SILVER
Team Canada, Diving – Synchronised 3m Springboard SILVER
Kylie Masse, Swimming – Women’s 100m Backstroke SILVER
Kylie Masse, Swimming – Women’s 200m Backstroke SILVER
Team Canada, Swimming – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay SILVER

Andre De Grasse, Athletics – Men’s 100m BRONZE
Team Canada, Athletics – Men’s 4 x 100m Relay BRONZE
Evan Dunfee, Athletics – Men’s 50km Race Walk BRONZE
Team Canada, Baseball – Softball BRONZE
Team Canada, Canoe Sprint – Women’s Canoe Double 500m BRONZE
Lauriane Genest, Track Cycling Women’s Keirin BRONZE
Jessica Klimkait, Judo – Women-57 kg BRONZE
Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Judo – Women-63 kg BRONZE
Team Canada, Rowing – Women’s Pair BRONZE
Penny Oleksiak, Swimming – Women’s 200m Freestyle BRONZE
Team Canada, Swimming – Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay BRONZE

SUMMER OLYMPICS CANADIAN MEDALS

Relative to participating nations, Canada performed best at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, finishing in 4th place. Canada chose not to participate in the 1980 Games amidst Cold War boycotts which also limited the number of countries participating in the 1984 Games where Canada had its greatest medal haul of 44 (10 gold). Of the non-boycotted Summer Olympics, Canada’s greatest success was in Tokyo 2020 with 24 medals (7 gold). Canada also claimed seven gold medals in Barcelona 1992. Our poorest showing was at the Rome Games in 1960 winning only one medal (silver) which put is in 32nd place. That medal was won by Team Canada in Rowing, Men’s Eight with Coxswain.