Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 294 competitors, 150 men, and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports. The final days of the Olympics for Canada were somewhat overshadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau, the country's 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects. Olympic scholar Bob Barney felt that Canada needed to specialize in the Olympics, rather than trying to be compete at too many sports. He also that felt that Canada's medal count at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was due to a lack of government funding, and poor planning to develop high performance athletes.

Medallists

Archery

Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match.

Athletics

Badminton

Men's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Women's Team Competition

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg) Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg) Men's Middleweight (75 kg) Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) Men's Heavyweight (91 kg) Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m Men's Canoe Singles 500 m Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

Slalom

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles Men's Canoe Singles Men's Canoe Doubles

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike Women's Mountain Bike

Road Cycling

Men's Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial Men's Road Race

Women's Competition

Women's Individual Time Trial Women's Road Race

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's 1 km Time Trial Men's Point Race

Women's Competition

Women's Sprint Women's 500 m Time Trial

Diving

Canada won two diving medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics – one silver and one bronze. Anne Montminy won the first ever platform diving medal for Canada. Men's 3 Metre Springboard Men's 10 Metre Platform Men's 10 Metre Platform Women's 3 Metre Springboard Women's 3 Metre Springboard Women's 10 Metre Platform Women's 10 Metre Platform Women's Synchronized 3 Metre Springboard Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Canada in 2000.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Trampoline

Field hockey

Men's Team Competition

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Nine people competed for Canada in the sailing competition at the Olympics in six events. Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) Men's Laser Men's Two Handed Keelboat (Star) Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling) Women's Mistral Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Freestyle Men's 200 m Freestyle Men's 400 m Freestyle Men's 1500 m Freestyle Men's 100 m Butterfly Men's 200 m Butterfly Men's 100 m Breaststroke Men's 200 m Breaststroke Men's 100 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Backstroke Men's 200 m Individual Medley Men's 400 m Individual Medley Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 50 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Freestyle Women's 200 m Freestyle Women's 400 m Freestyle Women's 800 m Freestyle Women's 100 m Butterfly Women's 200 m Butterfly Women's 100 m Breaststroke Women's 200 m Breaststroke Women's 100 m Backstroke Women's 200 m Backstroke Women's 200 m Individual Medley Women's 200 m Individual Medley Women's 400 m Individual Medley Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

After ending the second phase of the triathlon in twenty-fourth place following a crash in the cycling portion of the event, Canada's only male triathlete at the first Olympic triathlon, Simon Whitfield, had by far the best run of any athlete present. He passed all twenty-three competitors that had been in front of him and finished over 13.5 seconds before the next triathlete to claim the gold medal. Canada's women did not fare so well, with two of them placing in the 30s and the third not finishing.

Water polo

Women's team competition

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Death of Pierre Trudeau

Near the end of the Summer Olympics, on 28 September, Canadian athletes learned that former prime minister (from 1968 to 1984), Pierre Trudeau, had died. Owing to time difference, it was 29 September in Sydney. Juan Antonio Samaranch, presiding over his last Olympics as IOC president, ordered the Canadian flag at athletes' village lowered to half-staff on orders from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. As the flag was lowered, Canadian athletes paid tribute to Trudeau During medal ceremonies, whenever the Canadian flag flew, it was flown at half-mast, also on orders from Samaranch and Axworthy. They both ordered the Canadian flag flown at half-staff for the remainder of the Olympics, as the state funeral didn't take place until 3 October.

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