Canada at the Summer Olympics became the first Canadian Summer Olympian to win a medal in four straight Olympics. After George Hodgson won two gold medals in the 1912 Stockholm games, it would be 72 years before Alex Baumann became the second Canadian swimmer to win Olympic gold, when he won both individual medley events in world record time in the 1984 Los Angeles games. Victor Davis (1984), Anne Ottenbrite (1984), Mark Tewksbury (1992) and Penny Oleksiak (2016) are the only other Canadian swimmers to win gold medals. In 2004, Canada failed to win a medal of any colour in swimming for the first time
Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent nine athletes and officials to represent the nation in three disciplines. Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission Three athletes and one official represented this discipline. Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline. One athlete and one official represented this discipline. Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline. Compton Gonsalves placed 17th in the kilometer time trial with a time of 1 minute and 32 seconds. One athlete and one official represented this discipline. Rodney Wilkes won