Canada

Canada's first Olympic Champion was Ontario-born George Orton, who won the 2500m Steeplechase event on 22 July 1900 at Paris, aged 27. Seven days earlier he had placed third in the 400m Hurdles (no bronze medals were awarded then). However, Orton actually competed for the USA and it was the 13-strong Shamrock Lacrosse Team of Winnipeg who gained Canada's first "official" Olympic Gold at St. Louis in July of 1904.

From that year until 1936, Canada has won Gold at every Olympic Games, except in 1924 at Paris. A total of 101 Canadians have been Olympic Champions up to 1936, winning a total of 23 Gold (not counting Orton's win in 1900):

M/F

Name

Year

Gold

SPORT

born

died

M

George Orton

1900

1

TRACK & FIELD

10.1.1873

25.6.1958

M

Eli Blanchard

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

V Brennaugh

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

George Bretz

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

William Burns

1904

1

LACROSSE

24.3.1875

M

George Cattanach

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

George Cloutier

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

Sandy Cowan

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

Jack Flett

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

Benjamin Jamieson

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

Hilliard Laidlaw

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

H Lyle

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

William Orris

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

L H Pentland

1904

1

LACROSSE

M

Étienne Desmarteau

1904

1

TRACK & FIELD

4.2.1873

29.10.1905

M

George Lyon

1904

1

GOLF

27.8.1858

11.5.1938

M

George Ducker

1904

1

SOCCER

M

John Fraser

1904

1

SOCCER

19.12.1881

M

John Gourlay

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Alex Hall

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Albert Johnston

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Robert Lane

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Ernest Linton

1904

1

SOCCER

17.2.1880

M

Gordon McDonald

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Fred Steep

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Tom Taylor

1904

1

SOCCER

M

William Twaits

1904

1

SOCCER

M

Robert Kerr

1908

1

TRACK & FIELD

9.6.1882

12.5.1963

M

Walter Ewing

1908

1

SHOOTING

11.2.1878

M

George Bennie

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Paddy Brennan

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

John Broderick

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Doc Campbell

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Angus Dillon

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Frank Dixon

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Richard Duckett

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

C Fyon

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Thomas Gorman

1908

1

LACROSSE

9.6.1886

15.5.1961

M

Ernest Hamilton

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Henny Hoobin

1908

1

LACROSSE

15.2.1879

M

A Mara

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Clary McKerrow

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

D McLeod

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

George Rennie

1908

1

LACROSSE

M

Alex Turnbull

1908

1

LACROSSE

6.12.1883

27.8.1956

M

George Hodgson

1912

2

SWIMMING

12.10.1893

1.5.1983

M

George Goulding

1912

1

TRACK & FIELD

16.11.1884

31.1.1966

M

Robert Benson

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

18.5.1894

M

Wally Byron

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

2.9.1894

M

Frank Fredrickson

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

11.6.1895

28.5.1979

M

Chris Fridfinnson

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

1894

M

Mike Goodman

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

1898

1991

M

Slim Halderson

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

6.1.1900

M

Konrad Johannesson

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

10.8.1896

M

Huck Woodman

1920

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Earl Thomson

1920

1

TRACK & FIELD

15.2.1895

19.4.1971

M

Bert Schneider

1920

1

BOXING

1.7.1897

20.2.1986

M

Jack Cameron

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

3.12.1902

28.12.1981

M

Ernest Collett

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

1895

M

Albert McCaffery

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

1893

M

Harold McMunn

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

1901

M

Duncan Munro

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

1901

M

Beattie Ramsay

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

1895

1952

M

Cyril Slater

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

1897

M

Reginald Smith

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

7.1.1905

24.8.1963

M

Harry Watson

1924

1

ICE HOCKEY

14.7.1898

11.9.1957

M

Charles Delahay

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Frank Fisher

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

16.5.1907

23.4.1983

M

Louis Hudson

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

16.5.1898

24.6.1975

M

Norbert Mueller

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

14.2.1906

6.7.1956

M

Roger Plaxton

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

2.6.1904

20.12.1963

M

Herbert Plaxton

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

22.4.1901

7.11.1970

M

Hugh Plaxton

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

16.5.1904

1.11.1982

M

John Porter

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

21.1.1904

M

Frank Sullivan

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

26.7.1898

8.1.1989

M

Joseph Sullivan

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

8.1.1901

30.9.1988

M

Ross Taylor

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

26.4.1902

1984

M

Dave Trottier

1928

1

ICE HOCKEY

25.6.1906

M

Percy Williams

1928

2

TRACK & FIELD

19.5.1908

29.11.1982

F

Florence Bell

1928

1

TRACK & FIELD

2.6.1910

F

Ethel Catherwood

1928

1

TRACK & FIELD

2.5.1910

26.9.1987

F

Myrtle Cook

1928

1

TRACK & FIELD

5.1.1902

18.3.1985

F

Fanny Rosenfeld

1928

1

TRACK & FIELD

28.12.1905

13.11.1969

F

Ethel Smith

1928

1

TRACK & FIELD

5.7.1907

31.12.1979

M

William Cockburn

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Clifford Crowley

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Albert Duncanson

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

2.11.1911

M

George Garbutt

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Roy Hinkel

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Victor Lindquist

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

22.3.1908

1.12.1983

M

Norman Malloy

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Walter Monson

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

29.11.1908

9.1.1988

M

Kenneth Moore

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Romeo Rivers

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Joe Simpson

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

13.8.1893

1.12.1973

M

Hugh Sutherland

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

2.2.1907

9.9.1990

M

Stanley Wagner

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Aliston Wise

1932

1

ICE HOCKEY

M

Duncan McNaughton

1932

1

TRACK & FIELD

7.12.1910

15.1.1998

M

Horace Gwynne

1932

1

BOXING

5.10.1912

M

Francis Amyot

1936

1

CANOEING

14.9.1904

21.11.1962

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