Canada establishes its best medal tally at a non-boycotted Summer Olympics

The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially the most successful non-boycotted Summer Games for Canada after athletes added a trio of medals on Saturday to raise the country’s tally to 27.

The day started with Katie Vincent making history as the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal in any canoe or kayak event at the Olympics.

Vincent did so in the C-1 200m event (solo canoeing) as she crossed the finish line with a time of 44.12 seconds.

The Canadian set a world record with her time and just barely squeaked past an American, who finished with a time of 44.13 seconds.

ANOTHER medal for Katie Vincent 🥇

Vincent posted a WORLD BEST time to win gold in the 200m canoe sprint at #Paris2024 #MedalMoments presented by @petrocanada pic.twitter.com/HkMb2TP0ct

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 10, 2024

Another Canadian who also had a photo finish on Saturday was Marco Arop.

First Olympic medal secured for Marco Arop 🥈

He claims silver in the men's 800m!#TeamCanada | #Paris2024 | @RC_Sports pic.twitter.com/ltuZR74khl

— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 10, 2024

Arop sprinted to a national record in the men’s 800m final, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:41.20.

The Canadian finished behind Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi by a hundredth of a second in what was one of the closest finishes in the history of the event.

Canada’s third medal of the day was another historic one as Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) won gold in the inaugural breaking event.

GOLD FOR B-BOY PHIL WIZARD 🥇🤩 #TeamCanada
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L'OR POUR B-BOY PHIL WIZARD🥇🤩 #ÉquipeCanada

📸 Leah Hennel- COC pic.twitter.com/zYcIdrZmHJ

— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 10, 2024

The Canadian won all three rounds of the final to earn the first-ever gold medal in the event.

The Olympics wrap up on Sunday with several events followed by the closing ceremony.