Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the Summer OlympicsLinda Thom's gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles games was the first summer Olympic gold medal for Canada in 16 years, having been shut out in Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976), and boycotting the Moscow (1980) games. Since her victory was unexpected, and the sport is not very popular, the event was not broadcast live and Canadian television crews had to scramble to put taped images on the air.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 London | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1924 Paris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 Helsinki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Read more about this topic: Canada At The Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word shooting:
“I’ll tell you one thing. If a little green man pops out at me I’m shooting first and asking questions later.”
—Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1922–1978)
“One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee,
The shooting stars attend thee;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)