2012 Summer Olympics Canadian medal count

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Canada	1	5	12

 

Gold

trampoline, women -- Rosannagh MacLennan

Silver

men's eight rowing -- Jerry Brown, Andrew Byrnes, Will Crothers, Rob Gibson, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe, Doug Csima, and Gabe Bergen; Coxswain: Brian Price

women's eight rowing -- Janine Hanson, Rachelle Viinberg, Krista Guloien, Lauren Wilkinson, Natalie Mastracci, Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, and Andreanne Morin; Coxswain: Lesley Thompson-Willie

men’s 1,500 freestyle swimming -- Ryan Cochrane
kayak, 1000-metre -- Adam Van Koeverden
women's wrestling, 55 kg -- Tonya Verbeek

Bronze

synchronized diving, three-metre -- Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel
synchronized diving, 10-metre -- Meghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion
judokas, 81 kg -- Antoine Valois-Fortier
weightlifting, 63 kg -- Christine Girard
swimming, 100-meter freestyle -- Brent Hayden
team pursuit, track cycling, women -- Gillian Carleton, Jasmin Glaesser, squad leader Tara Whitten
men's high jump -- Derek Drouin
canoe, C1-1,000 metres -- Mark Oldershaw
women's wrestling, 48 kg -- Carol Huynh
women's soccer -- team
10-kilometre swimming -- Richard Weinberger
200 metre kayak -- Mark de Jonge

 

Notes:

-- Heymans is the first female diver to win a medal in four consecutive Summer Olympics.

-- This is the first Olympics for Valois-Fortier.

-- Canada won gold in 2008 in Beijing for the men's eight rowing event.

-- The women's eight rowing team barely missed medaling in Beijing.

-- Lesley Thompson-Willie is the first Canadian athlete to medal in five different Olympic Games: 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2012.

-- Ryan Cochrane won the bronze for the 1,500 meter freestyle in 2008; that was the first medal for a Canadian in that event in 88 years.

-- Mark Oldershaw comes from a strong lineage of Olympic athletes. His grandfather, father, and two uncles competed at the Olympics, yet Mark is the only one to have won a medal.

-- Carol Huynh won Olympic gold in 2008 in Beijing in women's wrestling.

-- The women's soccer bronze medal was the first team medal in a traditional team sport since the men’s basketball team won silver at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin.

-- Tonya Verbeek previously won bronze in Beijing and silver in Athens.

Comments

[SelahBeth]

you forgot the coxswains of the rowing crews; Brian Price for the men, and Leslie Thompson-Willie for the women. Also Leslie Thompson-Willie became the first Canadian athlete to medal in five different olympic games: 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2012.

[Chad]

You are absolutely correct. Great call. I didn't quite understand the role of the coxswain. They should be included. And how cool is it for Thompson-Willie to get a medal in 5 different Olympics. Some of her teammates probably weren't alive in 1984.

[CQ]

I've never even heard of Leslie Thompson-Willie. Therefore she doesn't exist. (And I've been watching the main CTV channel's coverage, and CBC's news program reports, fairly regularly.)

[Chad]

That should have been Lesley. So sorry about that. I only heard about you on CBC Radio's The World At Six. So when Selah Beth mentioned the name, I was reminded that I heard the name a few hours earlier. The Olympics remind me that most of my knowledge of Canadian sports is CFL and NHL.

[SelahBeth]

No worries, Chad. Most of my Canadian sports knowledge is CFL and NHL, too.

[Tim]

Let me know if SelahBeth wants to help a Yank whose CFL fantasy team stinks again. I'm 2-4, and none of these guys who pick against me watch.

[Chad]

Hey Tim. SelahBeth might be able to help you. I might too. In a league with a lot of parity, there is a fine line between winning and losing. Still a long way to go. If you have Ricky Ray, remember that he doesn't have the type of personnel that got Edmonton to the Grey Cup.

[Tim]

Everyone's a free agent. One point for 10 yards, 6 points for TDs except for a QB's pass. That's 3. For defence, turnovers equal 2, sacks are 1 point. This is an odd week because of the bye. Here's my roster:

Burris-QB
Sheets-RB
Walker
Lewis-WR
Williams
Dressler
Fantuz
Edmonton-D

I generally pick Calvillo and #1 slotbacks and top RBs. Then I start to overthink things and dive into defensive matchups. Last week I changed from BC's defence, which would have scored me 12 points, to Montreal's. They scored 3, but I liked going against Alex Brink. All that and more led to an "L".

[Chad]

Maybe it's just early in the season. The bye did come early. Calvillo hasn't had his A game, and the Alouettes defense has struggled. Hard to know who to pick as the hot hand.

[Tim]

I won this week. Sheets was huge for me!

[Chad]

See Tim. Patience is worthwhile. Sheets had a good week even if Edmonton won. Might want to see how much Edmonton uses Cory Boyd this week against Montreal.