- Canada fielded its first Olympic show jumping team in 1968.
- Canada has won four medals in Olympic equestrian show jumping, two of them in 2008.
- In 1968, in Canada’s first foray into Olympic show jumping, the team won the gold medal.
- In 1976, Michel Vaillancourt won the individual silver medal in his hometown of Montreal.
- When the Canadian show jumping team won the gold medal in 1968, it was the final day of the Games and Canada had not won a single gold medal in any sport.
- The 1968 show jumping gold medal would remain the last Olympic gold medal that Canada won, in any sport, at summer Olympics for 16 years and the last team medal in show jumping for 40 years.
- In 2008, exactly 40 years since the country’s last team show jumping medal, Canada earned the team silver medal. Eric Lamaze followed with Canada’s first-ever individual Olympic gold medal in show jumping.
- Lamaze’s feat in 2008 also made him Canada’s only double-medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games, with team silver and individual gold.
Canada at the 1968 Olympic Games, Mexico City
| Team |
Best Individual |
| Gold medal |
6th, Jim Elder on The Immigrant |
Canada at the 1972 Olympics, Munich
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 6th |
4th Tie, Jim Day on Steelmaster |
Canada at the 1976 Olympic Games, Montreal
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 5th |
Silver medal, Michel Vaillancourt on Branch County |
Canada at the 1984 Olympics, Los Angeles
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 4th |
4th, Mario Deslauriers on Aramis |
Canada at the 1988 Olympics, Seoul
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 4th |
15th, Ian Millar on Big Ben |
Canada at the 1992 Olympics, Barcelona
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 9th |
26th, Jay Hayes on Zucarlos |
Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 16th |
47th Tie, Ian Millar on Play it Again |
Canada at the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney
| Team |
Best Individual |
| 9th |
13th, Ian Millar on Dorincord |
Canada at the 2004 Olympic Games, Athens
| Team |
Best Individual |
| DNC |
24th, Ian Millar on Promise Me |
Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing/Hong Kong
| Team |
Best Individual |
| Silver medal |
Gold medal, Eric Lamaze on Hickstead |
See complete Olympic show jumping team and individual medalists.
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