Canada's 27th medal, 9th gold makes Paris its most successful non-boycotted Summer Games ever

Katie Vincent's victory in the women's canoe sprint 200-metre final on Saturday wasn't just her second medal at the Paris Olympics — it helped break a Canadian record.

Canoeist Katie Vincent captures gold in canoe sprint 200m for 2nd podium finish

Canadian canoeist Katie Vincent reacts during the women's canoe single 200-metre semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, 2024.
Katie Vincent won Olympic gold in in the women's canoe sprint 200-metre final on Saturday in a world-best 44.12 seconds. (Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Katie Vincent's victory in the women's canoe sprint 200-metre final on Saturday wasn't just her second medal at the Paris Olympics — it helped break two Canadian records.

It gave the country its 25th medal and eighth win, breaking the national records for a non-boycotted Summer Games. Phil (Wizard) Kim, who captured gold in breaking, and men's 800-metre silver medallist Marco Arop extended Canada's record to 27. 

The previous mark was set three years ago in Tokyo, and included seven gold.

WATCH | Vincent shows off Canada's 25th medal at Paris Olympics:

Katie Vincent receives record-breaking gold medal for Canada

4 months ago
Duration 6:04
Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ont., steps on the podium for her gold medal in the women's canoe sprint C1 200-metre final at Paris 2024. With Vincent's victory, Canada established a new record for gold (eight) and total medals (25) at a non-boycotted Summer Games.
  • The Olympics are coming to a close and Cross Country Checkup wants your Paris 2024 questions for their Ask Me Anything Segment. What questions do you have about Paris 2024?

Canada's Paris 2024 medallists

GOLD

  • Phil (Wizard) Kim — Breaking
  • Katie Vincent – Canoe sprint
  • Jerome Blake, Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendan Rodney – Athletics, men's 4x100m relay
  • Christa Deguchi – Judo, women's 57 kg
  • Summer McIntosh – Swimming, women's 400m individual medley
  • Summer McIntosh – Swimming, women's 200m butterfly
  • Summer McIntosh – Swimming, women's 200 IM
  • Ethan Katzberg – Athletics, men's hammer throw
  • Camryn Rogers – Athletics, women's hammer throw

SILVER

  • Marco Arop — Men's 800m
  • Summer McIntosh – Swimming, women's 400m freestyle
  • Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson – Beach volleyball, women
  • Rugby 7s women
  • Rowing women's 8
  • Josh Liendo – Swimming, men's 100m butterfly
  • Maude Charron – Weightlifting, women's 59 kg

BRONZE

  • Eleanor Harvey – Fencing, women's individual foil
  • Rylan Wiens/Nathan Zsombor-Murray – Diving, men's 10m synchro
  • Ilya Kharun – Swimming, men's 200m butterfly
  • Ilya Kharun — Swimming, men's 100m butterfly
  • Sophiane Méthot – Trampoline, women
  • Gabriela Dabrowski/Felix Auger-Aliassime – Tennis, mixed doubles
  • Kylie Masse – Swimming, women's 200m backstroke
  • Alysha Newman – Athletics, women's pole vault
  • Wyatt Sanford – Boxing, men's 63.5 kg
  • Skylar Park – Taekwondo, women's 57 kg
  • Katie Vincent/Sloan MacKenzie – Canoe/kayak sprint, women's C-2 500m

Add some “good” to your morning and evening.

Get up to speed on what's happening in sports. Delivered weekdays.

...

The next issue of The Buzzer will soon be in your inbox.

Discover all CBC newsletters in the Subscription Centre.opens new window

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service apply.