Team Canada ended the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 11 with a record medal haul, setting a new national record for a non-boycotted Games.
Canada secured a total of 27 medals—9 gold, 7 silver, and 11 bronze—surpassing the previous high of 24 medals won at Tokyo 2020.
Three is the highest number of gold medals ever won by a Canadian athlete in a single Olympic Games. McIntosh also became the first Canadian swimmer ever to claim multiple Olympic golds.
Other Canadian swimmers also contributed to the medal count. Joshua Liendo won silver in the men’s 100-metre butterfly. Kylie Masse secured a bronze in the women’s 200-metre backstroke, while Ilya Kharun earned bronzes in both the men’s 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly.
McIntosh and Katzberg were selected as Canada’s flag-bearers for the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony on Aug. 11.
Canada also earned gold medals in various other events, winning medals in 15 different sports.
The 27-year-old Philip Kim from Vancouver marked his Olympic debut with a gold in men’s breakdancing. The victory came after he was crowned world champion at the 2022 World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) Breaking World Championships.
Katie Vincent won gold in the women’s 200-metre canoe sprint, becoming the first Canadian woman to achieve an Olympic gold in any canoe or kayak event. Vincent and her athletic partner, Sloan MacKenzie, also earned Canada a bronze in the women’s doubles 500-metre canoe sprint.
Canada’s women’s teams in the rowing eight event and rugby sevens event also captured silver at the Paris Games.
Controversies
Several incidents detracted from Team Canada’s performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Canada Soccer faced scrutiny when an analyst was found using a drone to spy on New Zealand’s practice before the two countries’ women’s soccer match on July 25, which Canada won 2–1. The spying incident resulted in the dismissal of women’s national team head coach Bev Priestman and a six-point deduction. Despite this, the team advanced to the quarterfinals with a 1–0 victory over Colombia on July 31.
In a separate incident, Rana Reider, American sprint coach for De Grasse, had his Olympic accreditation revoked amid “new information” involving allegations of sexual and emotional abuse. Reider had previously been on a one-year probation with the U.S. Centre for SafeSport. The Canadian Olympic Committee said its earlier decision to accredit Reider was based on the understanding that his probation ended in May and that he had no other suspensions or sanctions.