Canada’s Record Medal Haul At Tokyo 2020

The dust has now settled on the Tokyo Games, and attention is turning to Paris 2024, but the Canadian athletes are still celebrating a very successful trip to Japan.

Despite empty stadiums and an Olympics like no other, Team Canada picked up 24 medals across all competitions during a thrilling two weeks of sport. The team’s two dozen medals is the highest ever at a non-boycotted Summer Games.

Here’s a little bit of history – at Los Angeles 1984, Team Canada won 44 medals, but that total was boosted significantly thanks to a boycott by 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, led by the Soviet Union.

This year, the Canadian athletes, without their family and friends who would typically travel to the Olympics but couldn’t as a result of the pandemic, made everyone at home proud with some exceptional performances.

 

Canada’s Olympic Medal Count in Tokyo:

Gold: 7

Silver: 6

Bronze: 11

Total: 24

 

Canadians At The Top Of Their Game:

Gold:

• Kelsey Mitchell (Cycling Track)
• Maggie MacNeil (Swimming)
• Andre De Grasse (Men’s 200m)
• Damian Warner (Decathlon)
• Maude Charron (Weightlifting)
• Women’s Eight (Rowing)
• Women’s Soccer

 

Silver:

• Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Canoe Sprint)
• Jen Abel (Diving)
• Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu (Diving)
• Kylie Masse x2 (Swimming)
• Mohammed Ahmed (Men’s 5000m)
• Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Swimming)

 

Bronze:

• Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Canoe Sprint)
• Katie Vincent (Canoe Sprint)
• Lauriane Genest (Cycling Track)
• Jessica Klimkait (Judo)
• Catherine Beauchemin-Pindard (Judo)
• Penny Oleksiak (Swimming)
• Evan Dunfee (50km Race Walk)
• Women’s Pair (Rowing)
• Women’s Softball
• Women’s 4x100m Relay (Swimming)
• Men’s 4x100m Relay (Track and Field)

 

As the curtain comes down on a very unique Olympics, the USA claimed the most medals with 113 travelling back to the States. In second place was China with 88, followed by the Russian Olympic Council’s 71 in third, Great Britain’s 65 in fourth, and the 58 won by host nation Japan completes the top five countries. Canada finished in 11^th place in the overall medal table.