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Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Canada, represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900 with the exception of 1980, which were boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Canada sent 332 athletes in 25 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since 1988. Canada did not send a team in handball, volleyball or basketball. Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing.

Archery
Canada qualified its men's team by finishing eighth during the 2007 world championships. The individuals later qualified at the Canadian Olympic archery trials. It was Canada's first three-man team since the 1992 Summer Olympics. Canada also qualified an archer in the women's division after the Netherlands waived its quota for the women's archery competition. ==Athletics==
Athletics
Previous world champion hurdler Perdita Felicien officially announced on July 14 that she would not compete. This followed a foot fracture sustained during a February training session. Dylan Armstrong established a new Canadian record in the shot put. ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Heptathlon • The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Zelinka moved up a position. ==Badminton==
Badminton
Canada was represented by two singles players and a mixed doubles team. ==Baseball==
Baseball
'''Men's team''' Canada qualified its men's baseball team for the Olympics by winning the final Olympic Baseball qualification tournament with a 6–1 record. Canada went 2–5 in the tournament, but all five losses came by one run, including one in extra innings. • James Avery – P (replacement for Scott Richmond) • Chris Begg – P (RH) • T. J. Burton – P (RH) • Stubby Clapp – 2B • Rhéal Cormier – P (LH) • David Corrente – C • David Davidson – P (LH) • Emerson Frostad – 1B/C • Emmanuel Garcia – SS • Steve Green – P (RH) • Mike Johnson – P (RH) • Brett Lawrie – C/INF/OF • Jonathan Lockwood – P (RH) • Brooks McNiven – P (RH) • Ryan Radmanovich – OF • Chris Reitsma – P (RH) • Chris Robinson – C • Matt Rogelstad – INF • Michael Saunders – OF • Adam Stern – OF • Scott Thorman – 1B • Jimmy Van Ostrand – 1B/OF • Nick Weglarz – OF Round Robin {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x ==Boxing==
Boxing
Twelve years after qualifying boxers in 11 of 12 events in 1996, Canada only sent one boxer to Beijing. Adam Trupish qualified for the Olympics by reaching the quarterfinal at the 2007 AIBA World championships. ==Canoeing==
Canoeing
Slalom Canada had a three-person slalom team in Beijing. Sprint For the first time ever, Canada had participants in all twelve sprint races. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final ==Cycling==
Cycling
Road Canada qualified three athletes for the men's road race and the right to send a cyclist to the time trial event. To be eligible to compete in the men's time trial, an athlete must have also competed in the road race or in a track, mountain bike or BMX event. ;Men ;Women Track Mountain biking Canada qualified its riders via the UCI ranking by nations. BMX Canada qualified a female entry for the event, which was contested at the Olympics for the first time, via the UCI Nations ranking and a male entry via the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships. ==Diving==
Diving
Ten Canadian athletes qualified for the Olympics, and competed in six of the eight diving events. Spots were allocated at the Olympic Trials, held in Victoria, B.C., June 20 to June 22. ;Men ;Women ==Equestrian==
Equestrian
Dressage Eventing • – Indicates that points do not count in team total Show jumping ==Fencing==
Fencing
Canada qualified all of its current quota places via the world ranking (Pan-Am zone). Philippe Beaudry qualified for the Sabre individual event at the last chance continental qualifier held in Querétaro, Mexico. ;Men ;Women ==Field hockey==
Field hockey
Canada's men's team qualified for Beijing by defeating Argentina 2–2 (5–4 on penalties) in the final of the 2007 Pan-American games. Men's tournament ;Roster ;Group play ;Classification match for 9th/10th place ==Football==
Football
Canada's national women's team qualified by finishing in the top two at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Women's tournament ;Roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinal ==Gymnastics==
Gymnastics
Artistic Canada has qualified a six-man team and two women for Beijing. ;Men No Canadian man made an apparatus final, with Kyle Shewfelt finishing ninth on vault and eleventh on floor exercise in the qualifying round. The Canadian team similarly failed to advance to the final, finishing ninth and missing out by less than four-tenths of a point. Two Canadian men, Adam Wong and Nathan Gafuik, did advance to the all-around final. Ken Ikeda and Jared Walls were the reserves for the men's team. ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women Finishing in fourteenth place at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships (Only the top 12 teams qualified), Canada failed to qualify a full women's team to the Olympics. Rhythmic If Brazil had withdrawn from the group all-around competition, they would have been replaced by Canada. Trampoline , silver medalist Jason Burnett and silver medalist Karen Cockburn Three trampolinists competed for Canada in Beijing. ==Judo==
Judo
Four men and one woman will represent Canada in Judo. ;Men ;Women ==Modern pentathlon==
Modern pentathlon
Josh Riker-Fox and Monica Pinette qualified for Beijing by respectively finishing third and second at the 2007 Pan-American Games and Kara Grant qualified via the world rankings. ==Rowing==
Rowing
Canada sent eight boats to Beijing in rowing, of which four (half of the quota) finished with medals. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage ==Sailing==
Sailing
Canada earned a quota in all the classes above during the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Cascais, Portugal, except for the quota in the Tornado class, which was earned at the 2008 Tornado World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. ;Men ;Women ;Open M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; ==Shooting==
Shooting
Four shooters represented Canada in Beijing. ;Men ;Women ==Softball==
Softball
'''Women's Softball''' • Lauren Bay RegulaAlison BradleyErin CumpstoneDanielle LawrieSheena LawrickCaitlin LeverRobin MackinNoemie MarinMelanie MatthewsErin McLeanDione MeierKaleigh RafterJennifer SallingMegan TimpfJennifer Yee ;Results Round Robin All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x {{Linescore|Compact=x ==Swimming==
Swimming
The places in Canada's Olympic swim team were allocated at the 2008 CN Olympic Trials. ;Men ;Women ==Synchronized swimming==
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