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*One of Canada's ice hockey gold medals was won during the 1920 Summer Olympics. This table includes this medal, resulting in the discrepancy between the medals by games and medals by sports tables. Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the following current winter sport: Nordic combined.
The gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons (representing Canada), pictured en route to the 1920 Olympics, which were counted as the first ice hockey World Championships IIHF World Championship Cup IIHF third place trophy. The Ice Hockey World Championships is an annual event held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was preceded ...
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the following current or recent summer sports or disciplines: aquatics (water polo), archery, badminton, baseball, basketball (3-on-3), canoeing and kayaking (slalom), cycling (BMX freestyle), cycling (BMX racing), field hockey, handball, karate, modern pentathlon, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing ...
At the 1914 Olympic Congress in Paris, ice hockey was added to the list of optional sports that Olympics organizers could include. [7] The decision to include ice hockey for the 1920 Summer Olympics was made in January, three months before the start of the Games. [8] Several occurrences led to the sport's inclusion in the programme.
Picture of the gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons (representing Canada) taken en route to the 1920 Summer Olympics. Ice hockey is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's ice hockey tournament has been held every Winter Olympics (starting in 1924); an ice hockey tournament was also held at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1]
Canada competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete. [6] Many of Canada's top players were professional, so the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) pushed for the ability to use professional and amateur players. The ...
Nine goaltenders and sixty-one skaters have played for Canada. Men's ice hockey had been introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. [2] In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event first to be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics.