the most medals canada has won at a winter olympics is 29.
the most medals canada has won at a winter olympics is 29.
most medals canada has won at a winter olympics?
29
in all, 24 of the 72 participating nations at these games won at least one medal, as shown in the table below. a total of 15 countries won at least one gold medal and 18 nations won two or more medals. in total, 205 medals were distributed. germany finished on top of the table with 29 medals, including 12 gold, nine silver, and eight bronze. germany, which finished in third place in the medal standings at the 1994 winter olympics, won most of its medals in alpine skiing, speed skating, and luge, in which it won all three gold medals. german female athletes won 22 of the country's 29 medals. norway finished in second, as in 1994, with 25 medals, including nine won in cross-country skiing and five in biathlon. russia, which finished atop the medals standing in 1994, finished in third in 1998, with 18 medals, including five gold in the women's cross-country skiing. canada moved from seventh in 1994 to fourth in 1998 with 15 medals, and the united states remained in fifth place. netherlands finished in 6th place, 12 places higher than in 1994, thanks to 11 medals, all in speed skating. host japan beat its previous record of medals at a winter games, with 10 medals, including five gold. australia and denmark each won their first ever medals in the winter olympics with a bronze in women's slalom and a silver in women's curling, respectively. in addition, bulgaria and the czech republic each won their first gold medals at a winter olympics in women's biathlon and men's ice hockey respectively. finally, belgium won its first winter olympic medal since the 1948 winter olympics, and kazakhstan won its first winter olympics medal by a female athlete.
1998 winter olympics
the coc had set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in total medals; at the 2004 summer olympics, canada finished 19th. despite failing to win a single medal in the first week of the games, canada would rebound, winning a combined 18 medals in the next 9 days. this 9-day medal haul exceeded the 12 medals canada won in athens four years earlier. the country would wind up finishing 19th in gold medals and 14th in total medals in beijing. equestrian show jumper ian millar competed at his ninth summer olympics, tying the record set by hubert raudaschl. he has been named to ten straight olympic teams, but did not compete at the 1980 summer olympics due to the canadian boycott. for the first time, canadian athletes were paid for medals earned. gold medalists earned $20,000; silver medalists were paid $15,000; and bronze medalists $10,000. a total of $515,000 from the athlete excellence fund was given to the medal winning athletes.
canada at the 2008 summer olympics