Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Seoul, South Korea 17 September 1988 – 2 October 1988
Competitors	328 (223 men and 105 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Carolyn Waldo
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, held from 17 September to 2 October 1988. 328 competitors, 223 men and 105 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports.^[1] Most Canadians remember these 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.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Carolyn Waldo	Synchronized swimming	Women's solo	30 September
Gold	Michelle Cameron Carolyn Waldo	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	1 October
Gold	Lennox Lewis	Boxing	Super heavyweight	2 October
Silver	Victor Davis Sandy Goss Tom Ponting Mark Tewksbury	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	25 September
Silver	Egerton Marcus	Boxing	Middleweight	1 October
Bronze	Keltie Duggan Allison Higson Jane Kerr Lori Melien Patricia Noall Andrea Nugent	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	24 September
Bronze	Cynthia Ishoy Ashley Nicoll Eva-Maria Pracht Gina Smith	Equestrian	Team dressage	25 September
Bronze	Frank McLaughlin John Millen	Sailing	Flying Dutchman	27 September
Bronze	Dave Steen	Athletics	Men's decathlon	29 September
Bronze	Ray Downey	Boxing	Light middleweight	29 September

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Athletics	38	27	65
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	10	—	10
Canoeing	10	4	14
Cycling	7	4	11
Diving	3	3	6
Equestrian	4	7	11
Fencing	13	5	18
Field hockey	16	14	30
Gymnastics	6	8	14
Judo	6	—	6
Modern pentathlon	3	—	3
Rowing	30	10	40
Sailing	13	2	15
Shooting	10	3	13
Swimming	20	12	32
Synchronized swimming	—	3	3
Table tennis	2	1	3
Tennis	4	3	7
Weightlifting	3	—	3
Wrestling	11	—	11
Total	223	105	328

Canada was represented by three men and one woman in Seoul.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Denis Canuel	Individual	1201	58	Did not advance
Daniel Desnoyers		1215	51	Did not advance
John McDonald		1263	16 Q	292	24	Did not advance
Denis Canuel Daniel Desnoyers John McDonald	Team	3679	16	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round 1		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Brenda Cuming	Individual	1217	34	Did not advance

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Johnson	100 metres	DQ
Desai Williams		10.24	4 Q	10.16	4 Q	10.24	7 Q	10.11	6
Courtney Brown	200 metres	21.45	35 Q	21.18	27	Did not advance
Cyprian Enweani		20.65	3 Q	20.62	9 Q	20.57	9	Did not advance
Atlee Mahorn		20.55	1 Q	20.59	7 Q	20.43	5 Q	20.39	5
Anton Skerritt	400 metres	46.64	24 Q	46.08	26	Did not advance
Simon Hoogewerf	800 metres	1:49.76	31 Q	1:45.99	6 Q	1:47.30	15	Did not advance
Paul Osland		1:47.16	8 q	1:48.02	27	Did not advance
David Campbell	1500 metres	3:42.97	28	—	Did not advance
Doug Consiglio		3:55.31	51	—	Did not advance
Carey Nelson	5000 metres	14:15.94	42	—	Did not advance
Paul Williams		13:43.43	6 Q	—	13:44.57	26	Did not advance
Paul McCloy	10,000 metres	29:34.07	30	—	Did not advance
Paul Williams		DNF		—	Did not advance
Art Boileau	Marathon	—	2:18:20	28
Dave Edge		—	2:32:19	67
Peter Maher		—	2:24:49	46
Steve Kerho	110 metres hurdles	DNF		Did not advance
Mark McKoy		13.78	8 Q	13.56	4 Q	13.54	5 Q	13.61	7
John Graham	400 metres hurdles	50.30	15 Q	—	51.33	15	Did not advance
Graeme Fell	3000 metres steeplechase	8:51.25	25 Q	—	8:19.99	13 q	8:21.73	11
Desai Williams Atlee Mahorn Cyprian Enweani Brian Morrison Andrew Mowatt (*)	4 × 100 metres relay	39.41	9 Q	—	38.94	8 Q	38.93	7
John Graham Carl Folkes Paul Osland Anton Skerritt	4 × 400 metres relay	3:09.52	16 q	—	3:09.48	15	Did not advance
Guillaume LeBlanc	20 kilometres walk	—	1:21:29	10
François Lapointe	50 kilometres walk	—	3:48:15	14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Brian Marshall	High jump	2.22	19	Did not advance
Milt Ottey		2.22	17	Did not advance
Paul Just	Pole vault	5.30	17	Did not advance
Glenroy Gilbert	Long jump	7.61	22	Did not advance
Ian James		7.52	25	Did not advance
Bruny Surin		7.73	15	Did not advance
Edrick Floréal	Triple jump	16.11	18	Did not advance
George Wright		16.09	19	Did not advance
Ray Lazdins	Discus throw	57.94	21	Did not advance
Steve Feraday	Javelin throw	73.32	28	Did not advance
Mike Mahovlich		69.44	31	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Mike Smith	Result	10.99	7.37	13.61	1.97	47.83	14.70	43.88	4.30	66.54	4:28.97	8083	14
	Points	863	903	704	776	917	886	744	702	837	751
Dave Steen	Result	11.18	7.44	14.20	1.97	48.29	14.81	43.66	5.20	64.16	4:23.20	8328
	Points	821	920	741	776	895	873	739	972	801	790

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angela Bailey	100 metres	11.61	30 Q	11.29	18	Did not advance
Angella Issajenko		11.42	21 Q	11.27	17	Did not advance
Julie Rocheleau		11.60	29 q	11.75	31	Did not advance
Charmaine Crooks	400 metres	53.58	29 Q	51.64	9 Q	51.63	15	Did not advance
Marita Payne Wiggins		52.70	15 Q	51.73	10 Q	50.29	11	Did not advance
Jill Richardson		53.06	22 Q	52.33	16 Q	49.91	9	Did not advance
Renée Bélanger	800 metres	2:04.74	23	—	Did not advance
Mary Burzminski		2:02.85	17	—	Did not advance
Debbie Bowker	1500 metres	4:07.06	10 Q	—	4:17.95	12
Angela Chalmers		4:08.64	17	—	Did not advance
Lynn Williams		4:04.20	4 Q	—	4:00.86	5
Debbie Bowker	3000 metres	8:43.81	3 Q	—	9:11.95	15
Angela Chalmers		8:48.60	12 Q	—	9:04.75	14
Lynn Williams		8:48.70	13 Q	—	8:38.43	8
Sue Lee	10,000 metres	31:51.42	5 Q	—	31:50.51	8
Carole Rouillard		32:09.08	10 q	—	32:41.43	16
Nancy Tinari		32:16.27	19 Q	—	32:14.05	13
Lizanne Bussières	Marathon	—	2:35:03	26
Odette Lapierre		—	2:30:56	11
Ellen Rochefort		—	2:36:44	31
Julie Rocheleau	100 metres hurdles	13.07	9 Q	12.90	8 Q	12.91	6 Q	12.99	6
Rosey Edeh	400 metres hurdles	56.59	22	—	Did not advance
Christine Wynn		58.00	27	—	Did not advance
Angela Bailey Angela Phipps Angella Issajenko Katie Anderson	4 × 100 metres relay	43.92	8 Q	—	43.82	11	Did not advance
Charmaine Crooks Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne Wiggins Jill Richardson Esmie Lawrence (*)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:27.63	5 Q	—	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tracy Smith	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Céline Chartrand	Javelin throw	54.10	27	Did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada men's	Men's tournament	Brazil L 109–125	United States L 70–76	Egypt W 117–64	Spain L 84–94	China W 99–96	4 Q	Yugoslavia L 73–95	Spain W 96–91	Brazil L 90–106	6

Team roster

The following is the Canada roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Canada men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Norman Clarke 28 – (1960-06-27)27 June 1960 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 5 David Turcotte 23 – (1965-07-10)10 July 1965 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Colorado State Rams PG 6 Eli Pasquale 28 – (1960-08-24)24 August 1960 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) SG 7 Karl Tilleman 27 – (1960-11-01)1 November 1960 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 8 Alan Kristmanson 26 – (1961-11-05)5 November 1961 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) G 9 Jay Triano 29 – (1958-09-21)21 September 1958 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 10 Dwight Walton 23 – (1965-03-23)23 March 1965 11 John Hatch 26 – (1962-02-23)23 February 1962 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 12 Barry Mungar 26 – (1961-11-04)4 November 1961 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F/C 13 Romel Raffin 34 – (1954-04-23)23 April 1954 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 14 Wayne Yearwood 23 – (1964-09-22)22 September 1964 F/C 15 Gerald Kazanowski 27 – (1960-10-12)12 October 1960 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Head coach Jack Donohue Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	485	302	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	484	435	+49	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	590	522	+68	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	479	455	+24	7
5	China	5	1	4	433	527	−94	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Egypt	5	0	5	338	568	−230	5

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Quarterfinals

Classification round 5–8

Classification round 5/6

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Scotty Olson	Light flyweight	Bye	Banian (PNG) W KO	McCullough (IRL) W 5–0	Carbajal (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Jamie Pagendam	Featherweight	Amarjargal (MGL) W RSC R3	Kirkorov (BUL) L w/o	Did not advance
Asif Dar	Lightweight	Bye	Kongrum (THA) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Howard Grant	Light welterweight	Bye	Otto (GDR) W RSC R2	Myrberg (SWE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Manny Sobral	Welterweight	Nyman (FIN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ray Downey	Light middleweight	López (ARG) W 5–0	Nieroba (FRG) W 3–2	Hussain (PAK) W 5–0	Kitel (SWE) W 5–0	Park (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Egerton Marcus	Middleweight	Bye	Legaspi (PHI) W KO	Dukić (YUG) W KO	Ottke (FRG) W 5–0	Shah (PAK) W 4–1	Maske (GDR) L 0–5
Brent Kosolofski	Light heavyweight	—	El-Masri (LBN) W RSC R3	Magi (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tom Glesby	Heavyweight	—	Nielsen (DEN) W RSC R3	Alvics (HUN) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Lennox Lewis	Super heavyweight	—	Bye	Odera (KEN) W RSC R2	Kaden (GDR) W RSC R1	Zarenkiewicz (POL) W w/o	Bowe (USA) W RSC R2

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Cain	C-1 500 metres	Bye	1:56.24	4	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 metres	4:09.50	2 SF	Bye	4:07.47	1 F	4:20.70	4
Dave Frost Eric Smith	C-2 500 metres	1:46.93	5 R	1:53.07	2 SF	1:49.92	5	Did not advance
	C-2 1000 metres	3:58.14	4 R	4:06.93	3 SF	3:57.34	4	Did not advance
Renn Crichlow	K-1 500 metres	1:47.53	6 R	Bye	1:46.51	4	Did not advance
Carl Beaumier	K-1 1000 metres	4:00.63	5 R	3:55.27	3 SF	3:55.86	5	Did not advance
Alwyn Morris Hugh Fisher	K-2 500 metres	1:39.39	6 R	1:43.03	4 SF	1:36.00	4	Did not advance
Don Brien Colin Shaw	K-2 1000 metres	3:35.30	6 R	3:38.74	2 SF	3:30.29	5	Did not advance
Don Brien Colin Shaw Kenneth Padvaiskas Renn Crichlow	K-4 1000 metres	3:31.62	6 R	3:16.80	3 SF	3:15.03	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caroline Brunet	K-1 500 metres	2:00.82	5 SF	—	2:08.34	5	Did not advance
Barbara Olmsted Sheila Taylor	K-2 500 metres	1:52.45	4 R	1:54.56	2 SF	1:52.62	3 F	1:51.03	8
Barbara Olmsted Caroline Brunet Nancy Olmsted Sheila Taylor	K-4 500 metres	1:43.52	5 R	1:43.63	4	—	Did not advance

Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Canada in 1988.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gervais Rioux	Road race	4:32:56	73
Yvan Waddell		4:32:56	29
Brian Walton		4:32:56	33
Chris Koberstein David Spears Yvan Waddell Brian Walton	Team time trial	2:04:09.0	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sara Neil	Road race	2:00:52	39
Geneviève Robic-Brunet		2:00:52	4
Kelly-Ann Way		2:00:52	38

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Curt Harnett	Men's sprint	11.144	13 Q	Šustr (TCH),  Réneau (BIZ) L	Carpenter (USA),  Alwi (MAS),  Lynch (BAR) W 11.26	Schoefs (BEL),  Neiwand (AUS) L	Weber (FRG) L	Did not advance
Beth Tabor	Women's sprint	12.588	12	Paraskevin-Young (USA),  Speight (AUS) L	Yang (TPE) L	—	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Curt Harnett	Time trial	1:06.291	11

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Gianni Vignaduzzi	Points race	–1 lap	3	12 Q	–3 laps	7	17

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
David Bédard	3 metre springboard	532.62	20	Did not advance
Larry Flewwelling		541.14	17	Did not advance
David Bédard	10 metre platform	524.10	9 Q	499.53	11
Jeff Hirst		453.99	20	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Barbara Bush	3 metre springboard	434.34	10 Q	429.18	11
Debbie Fuller		453.48	9 Q	450.30	9
	10 metre platform	366.42	9 Q	340.89	10
Wendy Fuller		347.73	13	Did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Cindy Ishoy	Dynasty	Individual	1363	10 Q	1401	4
Ashley Nicoll	Reipo		1308	15 Q	1296	16
Eva-Maria Pracht	Emirage		1255	29	Did not advance
Gina Smith	Malte		1298	18 Q	1326	12
Cindy Ishoy Ashley Nicoll Eva-Maria Pracht Gina Smith	See above	Team	—	3969

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Nick Holmes-Smith	Espionage	Individual	71.80	31	45.60	117.40	17	0.00	117.40	14	117.40	14
Jo Tudor	Sparrow Hawk		75.60	37	DNF			EL

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification						Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank
John Anderson	Goby	Individual	0.00	71	56.00	16	56.00	49	Did not advance
Lisa Carlsen	Kahlua		69.50	1	73.50	1	143.00	1 Q	4.00	4 Q	DQ		DNF
Mario Deslauriers	Box Car Willie		61.50	13	56.00	16	117.50	14 Q	15.75	30	Did not advance
Ian Millar	Big Ben		69.50	1	56.00	16	125.50	8 Q	0.75	3 Q	12.25	18	13.00	15
Lisa Carlsen Mario Deslauriers Ian Millar Laura Tidball-Balisky	Kahlua Box Car Willie Big Ben Lavendel	Team	—	16.00	3 Q	12.75	3	28.75	4

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Canada in 1988.

Individual

Pool stages

Athlete	Event	Group Stage 1							Group Stage 2						Group Stage 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stephen Angers	Men's foil	Borella (ITA) L 3–5	Lao (CHN) L 0–5	Soumagne (BEL) L 4–5	Bandeira (POR) W 5–1	Lee (HKG) L 3–5	—	4 Q	Romankov (URS) L 0–5	Szekeres (HUN) L 3–5	Howe (GDR) L 3–5	Esperanza (ESP) L 0–5	Giasson (CAN) L 4–5	6	Did not advance
Benoît Giasson		Zhang (CHN) L 0–5	Bel (FRA) W 5–4	Wagner (GDR) W 5–2	Youssef (LBN) W 5–4	Weng (HKG) W 5–3	—	3 Q	Romankov (URS) L 3–5	Szekeres (HUN) L 1–5	Esperanza (ESP) L 4–5	Howe (GDR) W 5–3	Angers (CAN) W 5–4	5 Q	Schreck (FRG) L 2–5	Wendt (AUT) L 4–5	Mamedov (URS) W 5–3	Kajbjer (SWE) L 4–5	—	4 Q
Luc Rocheleau		Groc (FRA) L 1–5	Emura (JPN) L 3–5	Sypniewski (POL) W 5–3	Wang (TPE) W 5–1	El-Khoury (LBN) W 5–1	—	4 Q	Zych (POL) L 4–5	Mamedov (URS) L 4–5	McKenzie (GBR) W 5–4	Kanatsu (JPN) W 5–1	Kim (KOR) L 4–5	4 Q	Gosbee (GBR) L 4–5	Koretsky (URS) L 4–5	Bandach (POL) L 4–5	Lao (CHN) W 5–4	—	4 Q
Jean-Marc Chouinard	Men's épée	Pásztor (HUN) L 4–5	Vánky (SWE) L 3–5	Du (CHN) L 5–5*	Paz (COL) W 5–4	—	5	Did not advance
Alain Côté		Ma (CHN) L 2–5	Fernández (ESP) L 5–5	Kühnemund (GDR) W 5–3	Fonseca (BRA) W 5–4	Al-Doseri (BRN) L 4–5	—	5	Did not advance
Michel Dessureault		Pantano (ITA) L 1–5	Nagele (AUT) L 4–5	Kernohan (GBR) W 5–3	Jahrami (KUW) W 5–2	Faraj (BRN) L 3–5	—	3 Q	Kühnemund (GDR) L 1–5	Poffet (SUI) L 3–5	di Tella (ARG) W 5–2	Fernández (ESP) L 5–5	—	3 Q	Brill (NZL) L 3–5	Mazzoni (ITA) L 3–5	Gaille (SUI) W 5–4	Fonseca (BRA) W 5–1	Ma (CHN) W 5–4	3 Q
Wulfe Balk	Men's sabre	Mindirgasov (URS) L 0–5	Dalla Barba (ITA) L 1–5	Becker (FRG) L 0–5	Kościelniakowski (POL) L 2–5	Lee (KOR) W 5–0	—	5 Q	Nébald (HUN) L 0–5	Etropolski (BUL) L 4–5	Scalzo (ITA) L 3–5	Mormando (USA) L 2–5	—	5	Did not advance
Jean-Marie Banos		Etropolski (BUL) L 0–5	Pogosov (URS) L 2–5	Guichot (FRA) L 4–5	Zheng (CHN) L 4–5	Lofton (USA) W 5–4	Avila (BRA) W 5–0	5 Q	Etropolski (BUL) L 4–5	Delrieu (FRA) L 1–5	Nolte (FRG) L 1–5	Piguła (POL) W 5–2	—	5	Did not advance
Jean-Paul Banos		Etropolski (BUL) L 1–5	Gedővári (HUN) L 2–5	Delrieu (FRA) L 1–5	Jia (CHN) W 5–1	Slade (GBR) W 5–4	Alger (PHI) W 5–3	4 Q	Marin (ITA) L 0–5	Lamour (FRA) L 3–5	Mindirgasov (URS) L 4–5	García (ESP) W 5–4	—	4 Q	Guichot (FRA) L 1–5	Alshan (URS) L 3–5	Becker (FRG) L 4–5	Scalzo (ITA) L 4–5	Bujdosó (HUN) L 3–5	6
Madeleine Philion	Women's foil	Zalaffi (ITA) L 1–5	Stefanek (HUN) W 5–4	Królikowska (POL) W 5–2	Morikawa (JPN) L 1–5	—	3 Q	Tufan (ROU) L 4–5	Voshchakina (URS) W 5–4	Królikowska (POL) W 5–3	Modaine (FRA) W 5–4	Luan (CHN) L 4–5	3 Q	Sin (KOR) L 1–5	Vaccaroni (ITA) L 4–5	Glikina (URS) L 1–5	Bau (FRG) W 5–3	McIntosh (GBR) W 5–3	5
Jacynthe Poirier		Gandolfi (ITA) L 1–5	Tak (KOR) W 5–2	Voshchakina (URS) W 5–3	Mariéthoz (SUI) L 0–5	—	4 Q	Bilodeaux (USA) L 4–5	Stefanek (HUN) L 0–5	McIntosh (GBR) L 3–5	Thurley (GBR) W 5–2	Zhu (CHN) L 3–5	5	Did not advance
Thalie Tremblay		Thurley (GBR) L 4–5	Tufan (ROU) L 0–5	Spennato (FRA) L 3–5	Piros (SUI) W 5–3	—	4 Q	Tak (KOR) L 4–5	Fichtel (FRG) L 0–5	Spennato (FRA) L 1–5	Sobczak (POL) L 4–5	Gandolfi (ITA) W 5–2	6	Did not advance

Elimination phase

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Repechage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
					Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benoît Giasson	Men's foil	Gátai (HUN) L 6–10	Did not advance		Wendt (AUT) L 5–10	Did not advance
Luc Rocheleau		Zych (POL) L 3–10	Did not advance		Gosbee (GBR) W 10–6	Gátai (HUN) L 1–10	Did not advance
Michel Dessureault	Men's épée	Riboud (FRA) L 3–10	Did not advance		Gaille (SUI) L 9–10	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stephen Angers Benoît Giasson Danek Nowosielski Luc Rocheleau	Men's foil	Soviet Union L 1–9	Poland L 2–9	Hong Kong W 9–1	3	Did not advance
Ian Bramall Jean-Marc Chouinard Alain Côté Michel Dessureault Danek Nowosielski	Men's épée	Soviet Union L 3–9	Netherlands W 8–7	—	2 Q	Switzerland L 6–9	Did not advance
Wulfe Balk Jean-Marie Banos Jean-Paul Banos Bruno Deschênes Tony Plourde	Men's sabre	Soviet Union L 1–9	Poland L 3–9	China W 9–7	3	Did not advance
Marie-Huguette Cormier Madeleine Philion Jacynthe Poirier Shelley Steiner Thalie Tremblay	Women's foil	Hungary L 6–8	South Korea L 3–9	—	3	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Lorne Bobkin	Team	19.500	19.050	18.600	19.350	19.300	18.800	114.600	56
Philippe Chartrand		9.800	18.950	19.350	18.600	19.550	19.550	105.800	86
Curtis Hibbert		19.750 Q	18.750	19.400	19.450	19.700 Q	19.700 Q	116.750	21 Q
Alan Nolet		19.050	19.100	18.950	19.050	18.700	19.250	114.100	65
Brad Peters		19.400	19.450	19.250	19.100	19.400	19.450	116.050	34 Q
James Rozon		18.900	18.850	18.800	19.200	19.150	19.200	114.100	65
Total		96.850	95.650	95.750	96.150	97.100	97.300	578.800	9

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Apparatus						Total	Rank
			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Curtis Hibbert	All-around	58.375	9.800	9.900	9.850	9.600	9.700	9.600	116.825	22
	Floor	9.875	9.650	—	19.525	8
	Parallel bars	9.850	—	9.825	—	19.675	6
	Horizontal bar	9.850	—	9.825	19.675	7
Brad Peters	All-around	58.025	9.800	9.700	9.800	9.750	9.900	9.500	116.475	26

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Monica Covacci	Team	19.300	18.875	19.125	19.400	76.700	50 q
Cathy Giancaspro		19.000	18.850	18.400	19.200	75.450	74
Larissa Lowing		19.100	19.375	18.775	18.975	76.225	57
Christina McDonald		18.325	19.250	18.575	18.925	75.075	77
Janine Rankin		19.275	19.475	18.850	19.425	77.025	41 q
Lori Strong		19.400	19.550	19.150	19.075	77.175	38 q
Total		96.075	96.650	94.825	96.200	383.750	11

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Apparatus				Total	Rank
			V	UB	BB	F
Monica Covacci	All-around	38.350	9.800	9.800	9.725	9.750	77.425	22
Janine Rankin		38.512	9.775	9.675	9.125	9.700	76.787	31
Lori Strong		38.587	0.000	9.225	9.750	9.150	66.712	36

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Mary Fuzesi	Individual	9.600	9.700	9.800	9.600	38.700	12 Q	19.350	9.700	9.800	9.800	9.800	58.450	10
Lise Gautreau		9.150	9.000	9.400	9.400	36.950	32	Did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada men's	Men's tournament	West Germany L 1–3	Great Britain L 0–3	Soviet Union D 0–0	India L 1–5	South Korea D 1–1	6	Spain L 0–2	Kenya W 3–1	11
Canada women's	Women's tournament	Australia D 1–1	South Korea L 1–3	West Germany L 1–2	—	4	Argentina W 2–1	West Germany L 2–4	6

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	7
3	India	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2	5	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Soviet Union	5	2	1	2	5	10	−5	5
5	South Korea (H)	5	0	2	3	5	10	−5	2	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Canada	5	0	2	3	3	12	−9	2

18 September 1988 13:30 West Germany  3–1  Canada Fisher  23' Blöcher  29' Reck  50' Report Gifford  8' Umpires: K Bajwa (PAK) Ron Lathouwers (NED)

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20 September 1988 09:00 Great Britain  3–0  Canada Sherwani  3' Barber  40' Dodds  63' Report Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Amjarit Dhak (KEN)

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22 September 1988 13:30 Soviet Union  0–0  Canada Report Umpires: A Gantz (CHI) K Bajwa (PAK)

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24 September 1988 15:15 Canada  1–5  India Rutledge  22' Report M. Singh  11', 29' Sebastian  32' Fernandis  55' Baladadalaisah  56' Umpires: Amjarit Dhak (KEN) Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

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26 September 1988 15:15 Canada  1–1  South Korea Sandhu  19' Report Chung Kye-suk  12' Umpires: Richard Kentwell (USA) Rob Lathouwers (NED)

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Classification 9th-12th

28 September 1988 09:00 Spain  2–0  Canada I. Escudé  15' Ji. Escudé  46' Report Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Adriano de Vecchi (ITA)

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11th place match

29 September 1988 15:15 Canada  3–1  Kenya Sandhu  17' Porritt  24' Rutledge  31' Report Akatsa  44' Umpires: Nikolai Stepanov (URS) Richard Kentwell (USA)

The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.

Team roster

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	5	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1	4
3	West Germany	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2	5th–8th place classification
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

21 September 1988 15:15 Australia  1–1  Canada Bowman  50' Report Forshaw  12' Umpires: A Poelmans (NED) Jean Robertson (GBR)

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23 September 1988 13:30 South Korea  3–1  Canada Park  25', 26' Seo H.  70+' Report Johnson  28' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Jolanda Mohlmann (GBR)

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25 September 1988 10:45 Canada  1–2  West Germany Lyn  49' Report Blumenberg  26' Jungjohann  51' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) A Poelmans (NED)

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Classification 5th-8th place

27 September 1988 11:00 Argentina  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Canada Palma  67' Report Forshaw  33' Creelman  85' Umpires: Jean Robertson (GBR) Jan Hadfield (AUS)

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Fifth place match

29 September 1988 09:00 West Germany  4–2  Canada Blumenberg  14', 59', 64' Schmid  57' Report Forshaw  18', 52' Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Jean Robertson (GBR)

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Phil Takahashi	60 kg	Bye	Idir (ALG) L Ippon	Did not advance
Craig Weldon	65 kg	Quellmalz (GDR) L Yuko	Did not advance
Glenn Beauchamp	71 kg	Al-Najadah (KUW) W Ippon	Moslih (YAR) W Ippon	Swain (USA) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Kevin Doherty	78 kg	Bye	An (KOR) W Keikoku	Lam (HKG) W Ippon	Legień (POL) L Waza-ari	Did not advance	—	García (ARG) W Chui	Varayev (URS) L Ippon	5
Louis Jani	86 kg	Bye	Vincent (NZL) L Ippon	Did not advance
Joe Meli	95 kg	—	Bye	Fazi (ITA) L Koka	Did not advance

Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Riding (show jumping)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Rapid fire pistol)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Penalties	Rank	MP points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Nicholas Fekete	Individual	76	15	1024	28	43	711	3:34.37	39	1160	192	17	956	14:37.88	53	934	4785	40
Barry Kennedy		330	52	770	29	39	728	3:38.23	49	1128	194	11	1000	13:58.52	34	1051	4677	44
Lawrence Keyte		68	13	1032	22	58	609	3:42.90	56	1092	191	22	934	13:15.28	13	1180	4847	33
Nicholas Fekete Barry Kennedy Lawrence Keyte	Team	474	9	2826	79	15	2048	10:55.50	15	3380	577	5	2890	41:51.68	12	3165	14309	10

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gord Henry	Single sculls	7:51.83	5 R	7:37.48	5	Did not advance
Bruce Ford Pat Walter	Double sculls	6:29.94	4 R	6:46.55	3 SF	6:37.95	5 FB	7:07.31	10
Paul Douma Doug Hamilton Mel LaForme Robert Mills	Quadruple sculls	5:54.01	3 SF	Bye	6:00.55	6 FB	5:58.06	9
Don Dickison David Johnson	Coxless pair	6:57.59	6 R	7:13.07	5	Did not advance
Ian McKerlich Pat Newman Dave Ross	Coxed pair	7:25.16	4 R	7:18.60	3 SF	7:06.21	5 FB	7:18.89	10
Darby Berkhout Gord Henry John Ossowski Bruce Robertson Raymond Collier	Coxless four	6:22.42	4 R	6:16.88	2 SF	6:22.35	6 FB	6:16.74	11
Harold Backer John Houlding Robert Marland Terry Paul Brian Saunderson	Coxed four	6:15.21	5 R	6:33.05	3 SF	6:17.36	6 FB	6:44.95	9
Don Telfer Kevin Neufeld Jason Dorland Andy Crosby Paul Steele Grant Main Jamie Schaffer John Wallace Brian McMahon	Eight	5:36.81	2 R	5:37.06	2 FA	—	5:54.26	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Heather Hattin	Single sculls	8:15.04	3 SF	Bye	7:56.97	4 FB	8:08.69	10
Silken Laumann Kay Worthington	Double sculls	7:46.89	5 R	7:36.80	3 FB	—	8:03.56	7
Kirsten Barnes Sarah Ann Ogilvie	Coxless pair	8:09.51	3 R	8:11.49	3 FB	—	8:09.10	7
Heather Clarke Tricia Smith Lesley Thompson-Willie Jane Tregunno Jennifer Walinga	Coxed four	7:31.02	4 R	7:29.71	3 FB	—	7:19.86	7

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Gord McIlquham Nigel Cochrane	470	14	16	5.7	3	19	17	16	71.7	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Gail Johnson Karen Johnson	470	19	14	18	13	18	16	14	93	10

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Richard Myerscough	Division II	14	13	28	52	16.2	13	13	97.2	12
Lawrence Lemieux	Finn	19	10	26	18	3	19	27	95	11
Bruce MacDonald Ross MacDonald	Star	5.7	17	18	3	0	20	28	63.7	6
Dave Sweeney Kevin Smith	Tornado	17	15	16	14	15	8	15	83	10
Philip Gow Paul Thomson Stuart Flinn	Soling	14	18	19	3	27	19	16	89	12
Frank McLaughlin John Millen	Flying Dutchman	10	11.7	0	18	15	11.7	0	48.4

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michael Ashcroft	50 m rifle prone	597	5 Q	698.5	8
Mark Howkins	25 m rapid fire pistol	584	29	Did not advance
Mart Klepp	10 m air rifle	588	14	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1157	36	Did not advance
David Lee	50 m running target	573	21	Did not advance
Guy Lorion	10 m air rifle	585	25	Did not advance
Jean-François Sénécal	50 m rifle three positions	1164	25	Did not advance
Pat Vamplew	50 m rifle prone	594	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christina Ashcroft	10 m air rifle	387	22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	577	19	Did not advance
Sharon Bowes	10 m air rifle	394	4 Q	493.1	7
	50 m rifle three positions	584	4 Q	680.5	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Don Kwasnycia	Skeet	144	27	Did not advance
George Leary	Trap	140	33	Did not advance
Susan Nattrass		141	30	Did not advance
John Primrose		190	18	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gary Anderson	200 m individual medley	2:04.00	5 FA	2:06.35	8
Mark Andrews	50 m freestyle	23.44	17 FB	23.64	15
Vlastimil Cerny	100 m butterfly	54.66	11 FB	54.79	12
Chris Chalmers	1500 m freestyle	15:23.22	16	Did not advance
Jon Cleveland	200 m breaststroke	2:16.87	5 FA	2:17.10	7
Victor Davis	100 m breaststroke	1:02.48	2 FA	1:02.38	4
Sandy Goss	100 m freestyle	50.81	14 FB	50.73	10
Cam Grant	100 m breaststroke	1:05.10	31	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:17.62	9 FB	2:18.36	14
Jon Kelly	200 m butterfly	1:59.40	5 FA	1:59.48	7
	400 m individual medley	4:24.62	11 FB	4:25.02	12
Mike Meldrum	400 m individual medley	4:31.74	23	Did not advance
Sean Murphy	100 m backstroke	56.20	6 FA	56.32	8
	200 m backstroke	2:03.81	17	Did not advance
Turlough O'Hare	400 m freestyle	3:55.35	17 FB	3:54.33	11
Tom Ponting	100 m butterfly	54.31	7 FA	54.09	7
	200 m butterfly	2:00.08	7 FA	1:58.91	4
Harry Taylor	1500 m freestyle	15:30.31	19	Did not advance
Mark Tewksbury	100 m backstroke	56.20	6 FA	56.09	5
	200 m backstroke	2:04.02	18 FB	2:03.79	12
Gary Vandermeulen	400 m freestyle	3:57.99	26	Did not advance
Darren Ward	200 m individual medley	2:07.84	21	Did not advance
Mark Andrews Steven Vandermeulen Vlastimil Cerny Sandy Goss	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:23.85	9	Did not advance
Turlough O'Hare Sandy Goss Donald Haddow Gary Vandermeulen Darren Ward (*)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:26.28	8 FA	7:24.91	8
Mark Tewksbury Victor Davis Tom Ponting Sandy Goss	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.56	3 FA	3:39.28

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mojca Cater	200 m butterfly	2:13.21	10 FB	2:12.66	9
Guylaine Cloutier	200 m breaststroke	2:34.36	16 FB	2:33.55	15
Keltie Duggan	100 m breaststroke	1:10.95	10 FB	1:10.58	10
Allison Higson	100 m breaststroke	1:09.39	3 FA	1:08.86	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:29.67	4 FA	2:29.60	7
	200 m individual medley	2:19.54	14 FB	Withdrew
Jane Kerr	100 m freestyle	57.55	20	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:04.92	28	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:02.91	20	Did not advance
Donna McGinnis	200 m butterfly	DQ		Did not advance
Lori Melien	100 m backstroke	1:04.29	12 FB	1:03.87	12
	200 m backstroke	2:20.45	19	Did not advance
Patricia Noall	200 m freestyle	2:02.31	14 FB	2:00.77	9
	400 m freestyle	4:15.90	16 FB	4:14.70	13
Andrea Nugent	50 m freestyle	26.60	19	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.33	17	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.69	23	Did not advance
Kristin Topham	50 m freestyle	26.50	15 FB	26.45	12
Debby Wurzburger	800 m freestyle	8:36.24	9	Did not advance
Kathy Bald Patricia Noall Andrea Nugent Jane Kerr Kristin Topham (*) Allison Higson (*)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:49.20	8 FA	3:46.75	6
Lori Melien Allison Higson Jane Kerr Andrea Nugent Keltie Duggan (*) Patricia Noall (*)	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:14.23	5 FA	4:10.49

Three synchronized swimmers represented Canada in 1988.

Athlete	Event	Figures		Qualification			Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Qualification)	Rank	Points	Total (Figures + Final)	Rank
Michelle Cameron	Solo	96.683	5	Did not advance
Karin Larsen		92.250	8	Did not advance
Carolyn Waldo		101.150	1 Q	98.200	199.350	1 Q	99.000	200.150
Michelle Cameron Carolyn Waldo	Duet	98.917	1	98.400	197.317	1 Q	98.800	197.717

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joe Ng	Singles	Panský (TCH) L 0–3	Prean (GBR) L 1–3	Vong (HKG) L 2–3	Sta (TUN) W 3–0	Álvarez (DOM) W 3–0	Yoo (KOR) L 0–3	Kucharski (POL) L 2–3	6	Did not advance
Joe Ng Horatio Pintea	Doubles	Birocheau / Gatien (FRA) W 2–0	Omotara / Musa (NGR) W 2–0	Rozenberh / Mazunov (URS) W 2–0	Jiang / Xu (CHN) L 0–2	Lupulesku / Primorac (YUG) L 0–2	Huang / Wu (TPE) L 0–2	Hosnani / Choy (MRI) W 2–0	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariann Domonkos	Singles	Kovtun (URS) L 0–3	Alejo (DOM) W 3–0	Gee (USA) W 3–2	Jiao (CHN) L 1–3	Urbán (HUN) L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Grant Connell	Singles	Fitzgerald (AUS) W 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Sánchez (ESP) L 4–6, 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Martin Laurendeau		Järryd (SWE) L 6–7, 6–4, 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance
Chris Pridham		Jaite (ARG) L 1–6, 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Glenn Michibata Grant Connell	Doubles	—	Christensen / Tauson (DEN) L 5–7, 2–6, 7–6, 5–7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Carling Bassett-Seguso	Singles	Tauziat (FRA) L 6–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Jill Hetherington		Berger (ISR) W 6–1, 6–4	Shriver (USA) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Helen Kelesi		Miró (BRA) L 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance
Carling Bassett-Seguso Jill Hetherington	Doubles	—	Sabatini / Paz (ARG) W 7–6, 5–7, 20–18	Graf / Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) L 3–6, 6–3, 2–6	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Langis Côté	67.5 kg	137.5	6	160.0	11	297.5	10
Guy Greavette	90 kg	152.5	9	185.0	10	337.5	10
Denis Garon	100 kg	160.0	10	222.5	2	382.5	6

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Doug Yeats	68 kg	Julfalakyan (URS) L 0–15