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

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

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| rowspan="2" |Athletics

|2500 m steeplechase

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|400 m hurdles

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!colspan=5|Medals by sport

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!Sport

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!Total

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|Athletics

|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1

|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0

|bgcolor=FFDAB9|1

|2

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!Total

!style=background:gold|1

!style=background:silver|0

!style=background:#c96|1

!2

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Multiple medalists

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

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! Name

! Medal

! Sport

! Event

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| || <br /> ||Athletics|| 2500 m steeplechase<br />400 m hurdles

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Competitors

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

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! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

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| align=left|Athletics

| 2 || 0 || 2

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! Total || 2 || 0 || 2

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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<br/>

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Final

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!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

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|align=left|George Orton

|align=left|1500 m

|colspan=6

|colspan=2|

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|align=left|George Orton

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|colspan=2|

|colspan=4

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-

|align=left|George Orton

|align=left|400 m hurdles

|1:00.2

|2 Q

|colspan=4

|58.8

|

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|align=left|George Orton

|align=left|2500 m steeplechase

|colspan=6

|7:34.4

|

|-

|align=left|George Orton

|align=left|4000 m steeplechase

|colspan=6

|Unknown

|5

|-

|align=left|Ronald MacDonald

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=6

|Unknown

|7

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References

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