gold medals won by Canadian athletes at the Summer Olympic Games:
2004 Athens - 3
2000 Sydney - 3
1996 Atlanta - 3
1992 Barcelona - 6
1988 Seoul - 3
1984 Los Angeles - 10
1980 Moscow - 0 (Canada did not participate)
1976 Montreal - 0
1972 Munich - 0
1968 Mexico City - 1
1964 Tokyo - 1
1960 Rome - 0
1956 Melbourne - 2
1952 Helsinki - 1
1948 London - 0
1944 London - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)
1940 Tokyo/Helsinki - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)
1936 Berlin - 1
1932 Los Angeles - 2
1928 Amsterdam - 4
1924 Paris - 0
1920 Antwerp - 3
1916 Berlin - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War I)
1912 Stockholm - 3
1908 London - 3
1904 St. Louis - 4
1900 Paris - 1
1896 Athens - 0 (Canada did not participate)
Total Summer Olympics gold medals - 54
Gold medals won by Canadian athletes at the Winter Olympic Games:
2010 Vancouver - 14
2006 Torino - 7
2002 Salt Lake - 7
1998 Nagano - 6
1994 Lillehammer - 3
1992 Albertville - 2
1988 Calgary - 0
1984 Sarajevo - 2
1980 Lake Placid - 0
1976 Innsbruck - 1
1972 Sapporo - 0
1968 Grenoble - 1
1964 Innsbruck - 1
1960 Squaw Valley - 2
1956 Corrina - 0
1952 Oslo - 1
1948 St. Moritz - 2
1944 Cortina d'Arezzo - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)
1940 Sapporo - 0 (Games Cancelled/World War II)
1936 Berlin - 0
1932 Lake Placid - 1
1928 St. Moritz - 1
1924 Chamonix - 1
1920 Antwerp - 1
Total Winter Olympics gold medals - 53
Total Summer and Winter Olympics gold medals - 107
As of the 2010 Games in Vancouver, Canada's curling teams have won 6 medals. The men's team has won 1 gold (2006) and 2 silver (1998, 2002) and the women's team has won 1 gold (1998) and 2 bronze (2002, 2006).
Believe it or not, Brazil has never won Olympic Gold in football (aka soccer).
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, India has won 1 medal in tennis. That was a bronze by Leander Paes in men's singles at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Canada won six of the first seven Gold medals in hockey: Antwerp 1920 to Oslo 1952, except for Garmish 1936 where they lost to Great Britain. They then went on a fifty year drought, finally winning Gold in Salt Lake City in 2002. Therefore, Canada's men won the Gold medal in hockey seven times.
Jim Thorpe was an American of European and Native American decent. He was in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon. In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first athlete representing the country of India to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.
The 2008 Games will be Somalia's 7th time competing. No Somalian athlete has won an Olympic medal. The 2008 team will have two athletes. Samiyo Yusuf will compete in the women's 400 meter and 800 meter runs and Abdinasir Sneed will compete in the men's 5000 and 10000 meter runs.
Well.. First, Scotland of course, because it is Curling's origin, then maybe the Dutch, because Dutch peasants enjoyed in the medieval times. Also, Canada. This sport is one of the sport in Olympic Games, and Canada has won most of its championships Hope that this answer helped you!!
Curling was invented in Scotland in the 1500's (although over 500 years it has evolved into a very different game than it was originally) and perfected in Canada over the last 100 years or so. Curling gained its current status as an Olympic sport in 1998 (Nagano). It was however, featured in the Olympics a handful of times before that (as an official sport in 1924, and as a demonstration sport a few times in between then and 1998).
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Through the 2006 Games in Turin, twice. 1) Bronze in men's curling at the 1998 Games in Nagano. 2) Gold in men's curling at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
No athlete from Laos has ever won an Olympic medal.
Curling became on official Olympics sport in 1998 (Nagano). Curling appeared in the Olympics a few times before that: as an official sport in 1924 (although only 3 teams played), and as a demonstration sport a handful of times in between.
Believe it or not, Brazil has never won Olympic Gold in football (aka soccer).
That was the 1900 Summer Games in Paris. Canada's first Olympic medal winner was George Orton (born in Strathroy, Ontario) who won gold in the 2,500 meter steeplechase and bronze in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1900 Games.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australia has never won an Olympic medal in handball.
They haven't won a single medal in Olympic history, appearing a total of 6 times.
Two, Mahe Drysdale has competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. He has won one Olympic medal, a bronze in single sculls at the 2008 Games.
As of the 2010 Games in Vancouver, Canada's curling teams have won 6 medals. The men's team has won 1 gold (2006) and 2 silver (1998, 2002) and the women's team has won 1 gold (1998) and 2 bronze (2002, 2006).