Canada at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which Canadian athletes participated. Two Canadians participated, although not as a national team (These were not introduced until later Olympics). Canada's Olympians were George Orton and Ronald J. MacDonald. Orton was the first Canadian to win a medal, finishing first in the 2500-metre steeplechase. He later finished third in the 400-metre hurdles and fifth in the 4000-metre steeplechase. Orton, who was at school at the University of Pennsylvania, had accompanied a United States delegation to the games.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold		Athletics	2500 m steeplechase	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze			400 m hurdles

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Total	1	0	1	2

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1900 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
	File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Athletics	2500 m steeplechase 400 m hurdles

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	0	2
Total	2	0	2

Athletics

Both of Canada's competitors competed in athletics, with Orton taking a gold and a bronze medal to tie the nation for 4th on the athletics medal leaderboard.

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Orton	1500 m	—						DNS
George Orton	110 m hurdles	DNS		—				Did not advance
George Orton	400 m hurdles	1:00.2	2 Q	—				58.8
George Orton	2500 m steeplechase	—						7:34.4
George Orton	4000 m steeplechase	—						Unknown	5
Ronald MacDonald	Marathon	—						Unknown	7

References

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