Canada players celebrate their win against Sweden during the women’s soccer gold medal game at the Tokyo Olympics in Yokohama, Japan on Friday, August 6, 2021.Canada won a bronze medal in softball’s return to the Olympic program for the first time since Beijing 2008. That had followed an upset win over the United States in the semifinal and a quarterfinal victory over Brazil that also went to a penalty shootout. After back-to-back bronzes at London 2012 and Rio 2016, the women’s soccer team fulfilled their goal of changing the colour, winning gold in a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Sweden. Evan Dunfee won Canada’s first Olympic medal in the 50km race walk, making a late push at the end of the nearly four-hour race to come through for the bronze.Ĭanada won medals in two team sports for the second straight Games. Mohammed Ahmed added a silver in the 5000m, becoming the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in a long distance track event. He would go on to be selected as Team Canada’s Closing Ceremony flag bearer. She won individual bronze in the 200m freestyle and was the anchor of both the women’s 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays.ĭamian Warner won Canada’s first ever Olympic gold in the decathlon as he set an Olympic record of 9018 points, becoming just the fourth man to ever break the 9000-point mark as he led the two-day event from start to finish. The big story in the pool was Penny Oleksiak becoming Canada’s all-time most decorated Olympian as she won three medals to increase her career total to seven. Despite the date change announced in March 2020, these will still be known as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Īs was the case at Rio 2016, Canada won six medals in each of swimming and athletics. Originally planned for the summer of 2020, the Games took place one year later, officially opening on Jand continuing through to August 8, 2021.

Eighteen of Canada’s medals (75 per cent of the total) were won in women’s events with the only men’s medals coming in athletics.Īmid unprecedented circumstances, the Games were postponed from their usual quadrennial schedule due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The seven gold medals matched the number won at Barcelona 1992 and is also Canada’s second most ever at one Olympic Summer Games.

Team Canada won 24 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - the country’s second best total all-time at a Summer Games. Games Summary Games of the XXXII Olympiad

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