Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Canada competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. A total of 145 athletes were sent by the Canadian Paralympic Committee to compete in 15 sports.[1] The country won 31 medals in total and finished twentieth in the medals table, below the CPC's goal on a top eight finish in total gold medals.[4] The total medals and total golds are the lowest totals for Canada since the 1972 Games.

Canada at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in London
Competitors145[1] in 15 sports
Flag bearer Garett Hickling (opening)[2]
Benoît Huot (closing)[3]
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
7
Silver
15
Bronze
9
Total
31
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Archery

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Norbert Murphy Individual compound W1 623 6 N/A  Saito (JPN)
W 6–2
 Kinik (SVK)
W 6–0
 Fabry (USA)
L 7–3
 Kinnunen (FIN)
W 6–1
Kevin Evans Individual compound open 626 25  Horner (SUI)
W 6–4
 Denton (USA)
L 6–4
Did not advance
Bob Hudson 629 23  Kantczak (POL)
L 6–0
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Karen van Nest Individual compound open 643 6 N/A  Nagano (JPN)
L 6–5
Did not advance
Lyne Tremblay Individual recurve W1/W2 423 20  Bayar (TUR)
L 6–0
Did not advance

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Josh Cassidy 800m T54 1:38.24 4 q 1:39.72 5
1500m T54 3:19.54 3 Q 3:14.70 10
5000m T54 11:32.47 4 Did not advance
Marathon T54 N/A 1:33:06 12
Nathan Dewitt 100m T34 17.35 4 q 17.36 8
200m T34 31.30 6 Did not advance
Braedon Samuel Dolfo 100m T13 11.26 4 q 11.27 7
200m T13 23.25 4 Did not advance
Jonathan Dunkerley 400m T11 55.27 3 Did not advance
Jason Dunkerley 1500m T11 N/A 4:07.56
5000m T11 N/A 15:34.07
Alexandre Dupont 400m T54 51.17 4 Did not advance
800m T54 1:39.73 6 Did not advance
5000m T54 11:31.10 9 Did not advance
Michel Filteau Marathon T54 N/A 1:47:39 26
Eric Gauthier 200m T53 28.26 5 Did not advance
400m T53 53.56 4 Did not advance
Brandon King 200m T12 24.29 4 Did not advance
Brent Lakatos 100m T53 15.00 1 Q 15.31 5
200m T53 26.20 2 Q 25.85
400m T53 49.46 1 Q 50.17
800m T53 1:42.22 3 Q 1:41.24
Colin Mathieson 100m T54 15.25 6 Did not advance
400m T54 51.95 6 Did not advance
Alister McQueen 100m T44 12.02 3 Did not advance
200m T44 24.25 3 Did not advance
Curtis Thom 100m T54 14.47 3 q 14.74 6
400m T54 48.57 5 Did not advance
Dustin Walsh 400m T11 DQ Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Alister McQueen F44 Javelin throw F44 49.32 - 7
Kyle Pettey F34 Shot put F34 11.41 - 6

Boccia

Individual
Athlete Event Seeding matches Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Brock Richardson Mixed individual BC1 Bye  Shibayama (JPN)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Adam Dukovich Mixed individual BC2 Bye  Robinson (GBR)
W 5–5
 Santos (BRA)
L 3-9
Did not advance
Dave Richer Bye  Yeung (HKG)
L 2-3
Did not advance
Paul Gauthier Mixed individual BC3 Bye  Hanson (USA)
W 7-1
 Macedo (POR)
L 5-7
Did not advance
Monica Martino Bye  Taha (SIN)
L 2-5
Did not advance
Marco Dispaltro Mixed individual BC4 Bye N/A  McGuire (GBR)
L 3-4
Did not advance
Josh vander Vies Bye N/A  Santos (BRA)
L 1-8
Did not advance
Pairs and teams
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Adam Dukovich
Tammy Mcleod
Brock Richardson
Dave Richer
Mixed team BC1-2  Thailand (THA)
L 0-22
 China (CHN)
L 5-5
3 Did not advance
Bruno Garneau
Paul Gauthier
Monica Martino
Mixed pairs BC3  South Korea (KOR)
W 5-4
 Greece (GRE)
L 2–3
 Great Britain (GBR)
L 1-9
4 N/A Did not advance
Marco Dispaltro
Josh vander Vies
Mixed pairs BC4  Thailand (THA)
W 6-1
 Great Britain (GBR)
W 4-1
 Slovakia (SVK)
W 4-3
1 N/A  Czech Republic (CZE)
L 5-5
 Great Britain (GBR)
W 8-2

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Daniel Chalifour
(Alexandre Cloutier - pilot)
Men's road race B 2:29:47 9
Men's time trial B 31:35.68 4
Brayden McDougall Men's road race C1–3 DNF
Men's time trial C1 28:17.49 7
Jaye Milley Men's road race C1–3 LAP 27
Men's time trial C1 29:25.57 9
Arnold Boldt Men's road race C1–3 DNF
Men's time trial C2 27:31.82 12
Robert Labbe Men's road race H1 1:59:44 6
Men's time trial H1 44:47.70 10
Mark Beggs Men's road race H2 1:52:12 10
Men's time trial H2 31:11.80 11
Mark Ledo Men's road race H3 DNF
Men's time trial H3 28:39.64 9
Genevieve Ouellet
(Emilie Roy – pilot)
Women's road race B 2:12:56 4
Women's time trial B 36:46.14 8
Robbi Weldon
(Lyne Bessette – pilot)
Women's road race B 2:08:26
Women's time trial B 35:47.94 4
Marie-Claude Molnar Women's road race C4-5 1:58:44 13
Women's time trial C4 26:48.52
Marie-Ève Croteau Mixed road race T1-2 DNS
Mixed time trial T1-2 DNS
Shelley Gautier Mixed road race T1-2 LAP 14
Mixed time trial T1-2 16:50.61 11
Robert Labbe
Mark Ledo
Mark Beggs
Mixed team relay 34:07 5

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Daniel Chalifour
(Jean-Michel Lachance - pilot)
Men's individual pursuit B 4:28.648 7 Did not advance
Men's 1 km time trial B N/A 1:05.433 8
Brayden McDougall Men's individual pursuit C1 DSQ Did not advance
Men's 1 km time trial C1–3 N/A 1:12.683 12
Jaye Milley Men's individual pursuit C1 4:24.673 7 Did not advance
Men's 1 km time trial C1–3 N/A 1:17.631 26
Arnold Boldt Men's individual pursuit C2 4:13.458 12 Did not advance
Men's 1 km time trial C1–3 N/A 1:17.304 25
Robbi Weldon
(Lyne Bessette – pilot)
Women's individual pursuit B 3:45.698 7 Did not advance
Marie-Claude Molnar Women's individual pursuit C4 4:11.678 4 Q  Green (AUS)
L 4:12.398
4
Women's 500 m time trial C4–5 N/A 42.228 10

Goalball

Men's tournament

Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 54013220+1212
 China 53112014+610
 Belgium 53111916+310
 Algeria 52031817+16
 South Korea 51041828−103
 Canada 51041628−123
30 August 2012
16:15
Canada  2 – 4  Belgium Copper Box, London
Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
Caron 2 Report de Rick 2
Vanhove 1
Bihi 1
31 August 2012
19:45
Iran  9 – 2  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Jafari 4
Sayahi 3
Shahbazi 1
Shirdel 1
Report Gaulin 2
1 September 2012
16:15
Canada  5 – 4  South Korea Copper Box, London
Referees: Kimberly Anderson (USA), Shinji Mizuno (JPN)
Gaulin 3
Caron 2
Report C-H Kim 2
Hong 1
J-W Oh 1
2 September 2012
16:15
Canada  6 – 8  Algeria Copper Box, London
Referees: Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU), Yasser Omar (EGY)
Caron 4
Gaulin 2
Report Mokrane 8
3 September 2012
11:30
China  3 – 1  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Christl Daentler (GER)
Chen 2
Yao 1
Report Gaulin 1

Women's tournament

Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Eliminated
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 430163+39
 Japan 421153+27
 Sweden 4211111107
 United States 420294+56
 Australia 4004717−100
1 September 2012
13:45
Canada  1 – 2  Sweden Copper Box, London
Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
Kneebone 1 Report Gustavsson 2
2 September 2012
10:15
Australia  1 – 3  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
Christensen 1 Report Kneebone 2
Morin 1
3 September 2012
19:45
Japan  0 – 1  Canada Copper Box, London
4 September 2012
13:45
Canada  1 – 0  United States Copper Box, London
Quarter-final
5 September 2012
14:15
Canada  1 – 2  Finland Copper Box, London

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
First round
Repechage
Final
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Justin Karn Men's –60 kg  Hirai (JPN)
L 000–0100
Did not advance  Castellanos Cortes (COL)
W 0101–000
 Lee (KOR)
L 000–0100
Did not advance
Timothy Rees Men's –100 kg  Ingram (GBR)
L 0000-0111
Did not advance
Tony Walby Men's +100 kg  Taurines (FRA)
W 0100-0000
 Domínguez (CUB)
L 0000-0101
Did not advance Bye  Zakiyev (AZE)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance

Rowing

Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joan Reid Women's single sculls 5:43.52 3 R 5:49.77 2 FA 5:55.92 6
David Blair
Kristen Kit
Meghan Montgomery
Victoria Nolan
Anthony Theriault
Mixed coxed four 3:29.69 3 R 3:28.82 3 FB 3:31.17 1

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Athlete Event Race Total points Net points Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Paul Tingley 2.4 mR – 1 person keelboat 6 7 2 (10) 9 6 2 2 9 4 CAN 57 47 5
Stacie Louttit
John McRoberts
SKUD 18 – 2 person keelboat 4 3 3 4 (12)
OCS
4 3 3 6 4 CAN 46 34 4
Logan Campbell
Scott Lutes
Bruce Millar
Sonar – 3 person keelboat 5 9 10 7 6 7 9 8 (12) 11 CAN 81 68 10

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Doug Blessin Mixed R4–10 m air rifle standing SH2 590 24 Did not advance
Mixed R5–10 m air rifle prone SH2 595 25 Did not advance
Christos Trifonidis Mixed R3–10 m air rifle prone SH1 596 26 Did not advance
Mixed R6–50 m rifle prone SH1 573 41 Did not advance

Swimming

Wheelchair basketball

Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team in the match with Australia.

Canada have qualified one men's team and one women's team in wheelchair basketball through their results at the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[5][6] Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.[7]

Men's tournament

Team
Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 550362280+8210
 Germany 541339303+369
 Great Britain 532365301+648
 Poland 523327341−147
 Japan 514273330−576
 Colombia 505223334−1115
Group play
30 August 2012
13:00
Japan  5368  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–19, 10–18, 22–15
Pts: Fujimoto 16
Rebs: Fujimoto 11
Asts: Kozai 5
Pts: Anderson 32
Rebs: Anderson 13
Asts: Peter, Anderson 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)
31 August 2012
21:15
Canada  7054  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 14–18, 18–7, 18–18
Pts: Anderson 29
Rebs: Anderson 10
Asts: Anderson 14
Pts: Choudhry 11
Rebs: Highcock 7
Asts: Orogbemi 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)
1 September 2012
21:15
Canada  8365  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 23–17, 18–12, 26–18
Pts: Anderson 34
Rebs: Anderson 9
Asts: Anderson 12
Pts: Filipski 20
Rebs: Łuszyński 7
Asts: Filipski, Łuszyński 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Phil Haines (AUS)
2 September 2012
15:15
Germany  6673  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 10–19, 19–17, 19–20
Pts: Passiwan 29
Rebs: Passiwan 8
Asts: Passiwan 8
Pts: Anderson 25
Rebs: Anderson 15
Asts: Anderson 12
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
3 September 2012
10:45
Canada  6842  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 21–16, 13–4, 13–14
Pts: Durepos 18
Rebs: Johnson 6
Asts: Hedges 6
Pts: Hawkins 12
Rebs: Londoño 9
Asts: Chaparro 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)
Quarter-final
5 September 2012
19:00
Canada  7751  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–13, 14–16, 20–10
Pts: Anderson 16
Rebs: Anderson 14
Asts: Durepos, Anderson 6
Pts: García Moreno 16
Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6
Asts: García Moreno 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
Semi-final
6 September 2012
21:15
Great Britain  5269  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 11–12, 10–24, 15–12
Pts: Orogbemi 14
Rebs: Bywater, Sagar 5
Asts: Pollock 5
Pts: Anderson 17
Rebs: Johnson 14
Asts: Anderson 11
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)
Gold medal match
8 September 2012
21:15
Australia  5864  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 12–12, 15–20, 16–18
Pts: Norris 19
Rebs: Eveson 8
Asts: Eveson 5
Pts: Anderson 34
Rebs: Anderson 10
Asts: Anderson 8
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

Women's tournament

Team
Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
 Australia 431211180+317+21–0
 Netherlands 431236194+427+20–1
 Canada 431248231+177−4
 Great Britain 413151217−665
 Brazil 404190214−244
Group play
31 August 2012
19:00
Canada  5970  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 17–9, 16–19, 16–17
Pts: McLachlan 26
Rebs: McLachlan 15
Asts: Harnock, Ferguson 5
Pts: Bejer 34
Rebs: Bejer 14
Asts: Huitzing 11
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Adam Fronczak (POL)
1 September 2012
18:30
Australia  5057  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–13, 8–10, 10–14
Pts: Merritt 16
Rebs: Crispin 15
Asts: Chaplin 7
Pts: McLachlan 28
Rebs: McLachlan 21
Asts: Ouellet 9
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Karen Molina (COL)
2 September 2012
15:15
Canada  6561  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–10, 16–16, 18–12
Pts: McLachlan 36
Rebs: Ouellet 8
Asts: McLachlan 23
Pts: Soares Martins 26
Rebs: Soares Martins 11
Asts: Guimarães da Costa 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)
3 September 2012
13:00
Great Britain  5067  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 9–20, 11–21, 14–12
Pts: Freeman 18
Rebs: Freeman, Conroy 7
Asts: Freeman 5
Pts: Harnock 20
Rebs: McLachlan 15
Asts: Ouellet, Ferguson 8
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)
Quarter-final
4 September 2012
21:15
United States  6755  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 19–12, 16–8, 22–14
Pts: Miller 26
Rebs: Murray 11
Asts: Murray 10
Pts: McLachlan 31
Rebs: McLachlan 13
Asts: Ouellet 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)
Semi-final for 5th–8th place
6 September 2012
8:30
Canada  7453  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 30–4, 12–20, 18–12, 14–17
Pts: McLachlan 24
Rebs: McLachlan 13
Asts: Ouellet 10
Pts: Estrada Bernal 15
Rebs: Estrada Bernal 12
Asts: Vázquez Delgadillo 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)
5th/6th place match
7 September 2012
10:45
Canada  7073  China
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 12–14, 13–18, 28–26
Pts: McLachlan 22
Rebs: McLachlan 17
Asts: Harnock 7
Pts: Fu 25
Rebs: Cheng 10
Asts: Long 9
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Wheelchair fencing

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition Score Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Pierre Mainville Men's individual épée B  Bezyazychny (BLR) 1-5 2 Q  Guissone (BRA)
6-15
Did not advance
 Guissone (BRA) 5-2
 Pluta (POL) 3-5
 Kurzin (RUS) 5-3
Men's individual sabre B  Pluta (POL) 1-5 2 Q n/a  Yusupov (RUS)
9-15
Did not advance
 Cratere (FRA) 5-1
 Marquez (ESP) 5-2
 Sum (HKG) 5-3
Sylvie Morel Women's individual épée A  Efimova (RUS) 0-5 6 Did not advance
 Yee (HKG) 0-5
 Juhász (HUN) 1-5
 Kim (KOR) 2-5
 Poignet (FRA) 1-5

Wheelchair rugby

Squad list
Ian Chan
Jason Crone
Patrice Dagenais
Jared Funk
Garret Hickling
Trevor Hirschfield
Fabien Lavoie
Zak Madell
Travis Murao
Patrice Simard
Mike Whitehead
David Willsie
Group stage
Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated
Team
Pld W D L G GA GD Pts
 Australia (AUS) 3300182142+406
 Canada (CAN) 3201163166–34
 Sweden (SWE) 3102151155–42
 Belgium (BEL) 3003135168–330
Australia 64 – 52 Canada
Batt 37
Bond 10
Team 4
Carr 3
Harrison 3
Smith 2
Newton 1
Hose 1
Lees 1
Meakin 1
Scott 1
Report Lavoie 9
Hirschfield 8
Crone 7
Madell 7
Hickling 6
Whitehead 5
Willsie 4
Dagenais 2
Chan 2
Simard 2
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)
Canada 58 – 50 Belgium
Madell 18
Hickling 9
Hirschfield 9
Lavoie 5
Chan 4
Whitehead 3
Simard 3
Team 3
Willsie 2
Funk 1
Report Mertens 24
Genyn 10
Verhaegen 5
Budeners 4
Team 4
Vanacker 3
Attendance: 6,225
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)
Canada 53 – 52 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 5,469
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)
Semi-finals
United States 49 – 50 Canada
Report
Attendance: 4,324
Referee: Alexander Schreiner (GER), Chris van de Riet (NED)
Gold medal match
Canada 51 – 66 Australia
Madell 11
Hickling 7
Whitehead 7
Murao 6
Chan 5
Willsie 4
Simard 3
Lavoie 2
Dagenais 1
Hirschfield 1
Team 4
Report Batt 37
Bond 15
Carr 4
Smith 2
Scott 1
Lees 1
Meakin 1
Newton 1
Harrison 1
Team 3
Attendance: 9,048
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Philippe Bedard Men's singles  Boukartcha (MAR)
W 7–5, 6–2
 Fernandez (ARG)
L 0–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Joel Dembe  Phillipson (GBR)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Phillippe Bedard
Joel Dembe
Men's doubles N/A  Jewitt /
Phillipson (GBR)
L 3–6, 1–6
Did not advance

See also

Notes

  1. "Team Canada". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. "Wheelchair rugby player Hickling named Canada's flag bearer at Paralympics". The Canadian Press. CBC Sports. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. "Benoit Huot chosen Canada's flag bearer for Paralympic closing ceremony". The Canadian Press. Postmedia Network. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. "Canada finishes 20th in medal rankings at Paralympic Games". The Associated Press. CBC Sports. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. "Wheelchair Basketball" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. "2010 World Championships Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  7. "Wheelchair Basketball". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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