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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

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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.

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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

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