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Canada has sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games and every Summer Olympic Games since its debut at the 1900 games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted along with the USA and other countries. Canada has won at least one medal at every Olympics in which it has competed.
Canada has competed at 28 Summer Olympic Games, missing only the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics and the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. This count includes the 1906 Olympic Games , deemed unofficial 43 years after they were held (Canada won gold and silver).
Jul 25, 2015 · Canada won 14 gold medals, establishing a new record for the Winter Games that has not been surpassed. Russia (1976, 2014) and Norway (2002) have won 13. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices ...
1234 Canadian athletes have won an Olympic medal - go here for a list of Canadian medal winners. Canadian Medals in the Olympic Games Gold: Canada has won 157 gold medals in the Olympics - in total 471 Canadian athletes have won a gold medal. Silver: Canada has won 188 silver medals in the Olympics - in total 476 Canadian athletes have won a ...
- Original Games. The original Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD, as a celebration of the god Zeus. The Games exemplified the ancient Greek pursuit of excellence and reverence for physical beauty.
- The Modern Games. The revival of the Olympian Games in modern times was the obsession of French educator and thinker Pierre de Coubertin, who saw them as a means to promote peace.
- Athens 1896. The 1896 games included events in cycling, fencing, gymnastics, target shooting, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting and wrestling.
- Paris 1900. The games of 1900 and 1904 attracted little attention. The 1900 Olympics were held as a sideshow to a world's fair in Paris. They included the first competitions involving women — in lawn tennis and golf.
Canada won the most gold medals (14) in the 2010 Vancouver (winter) Olympics. Counting only summer Olympics, Canada won the most gold medals in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (10). However these Olympics are controversial, as they were boycotted by the USSR and its allies, which led to unusually high medal counts for most western nations.
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The medal count for Summer and Winter Olympics is representing medals won in competitions which in the course of time have finally become part of either the summer olympics or the winter olympics. The division between summer and winter olympic games did not exist until 1924 and in the period before this winter and summer sports were on a few occasions present at the olympics side by side.
