Summer McIntosh to Ethan Katzberg: Five of Canada's best moments at Paris 2024 Olympics (2024)

From B-Boys to hammer throwers, Canada’s trip to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will live long in the memory.

The nation won 27 medals in total, including nine gold, with multiple highlights for both athletes and fans. Read on for some of the finest moments from Team Canada.

Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers owning the hammer throw

Before Paris, the last time a Canadian made the podium in the hammer throw was when Duncan Gillis won silver in 1912.

But in Paris, reigning world champions Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers showed just how strong Canadians are with both clinching gold. Rogers won with a throw of 76.97 meters while Katzberg’s threw 84.12 meters.

“Coming to this moment, getting to that fifth round, it’s a moment of do or die," Rogers said after her win. "To be able to do it when it counts, in that throw, to see my coach cheering from the stands, it’s like, 'OK, I think we did it'. To see the mark pop up – this is the kind of thing we’ve been training for, fighting for, I’m just glad I was able to make him proud in that moment of having all of our training lead to this."

"To be able to throw an 84 and bring it home feels really good," Katzberg added. “Coming from the Commonwealth silver to the world champions, what was next was to come to the Olympics and take home the gold. I got to give a lot of thanks to my prep man, he got me ready for this. We prepared for this the whole year, it’s the only thing we were thinking about."

Every time Summer McIntosh was in the pool

Just a few weeks shy of turning 18 when she first swam at the La Defense Arena, Summer McIntosh turned into one of the Olympics’ biggest stars. McIntosh won gold in the 200m and 400m individual medleys and the 200m butterfly, as well as silver in the 400m freestyle, to become the first Canadian to win three golds at an Olympic Games.

“It's pretty surreal. I'm just so proud of myself and how I’ve been able to recover and manage events," McIntosh said. "The reason I'm able to do this is just because of all the hard work and dedication I've given to this moment, along with all my family and my teammates, and my coaches have also worked so hard for me to be here today.”

McIntosh and fellow gold medallist Ethan Katzberg were chosen to be Canada's Flagbearers at the Closing Ceremony.

Eleanor Harvey wins first ever fencing medal for Canada

Eleanor Harvey competed in the individual and team foil events at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, but in Paris, at the stunning Grand Palais, Harvey came away as a double Olympic medallist for the first time. She beat former world champion Alice Volpi from Italy to win the individual bronze, before beating Japan in the team event to scoop bronze four days later.

Harvey credited her family's sacrifices that made her dream possible.

“[My mother] pretty much paid for all the fencing when I was younger, before I had any support, by herself. She had to sell her house to afford to send me to tournaments, and we had to move in with my grandma. My grandma would sleep on a couch, so that I could have a bed," she said.

Phil Wizard scoops first men’s breaking gold

Breaking made its debut in Paris and Phil Wizard won every battle in the head-to-head tournament where B-boys had to show off their finest moves. In the gold-medal match-up, Wizard defeated France’s B-Boy Dany Dann to win the sport’s maiden Olympic title.

"I connect with the people really well," he said. "I am a freestyler, and I do not plan things before. I allow the music and the moment to take me over and because of that spontaneity it can be magic."

Canada win men's 4x100m relay

Running in an outside lane, Canada had to run a perfect relay on a wet track to take home gold, and they did just that. The baton passed flawlessly as it made its way to Andre DeGrasse who ran his anchor leg in a time of 8.89 to bring home the gold ahead of South Africa and Great Britain.

“I never stopped believing, you know," DeGrasse said. "These guys can do incredible things when we get together and put our minds to it. It showed today. Never count ourselves out, no matter what lane. It can be in (Lane) 2, (Lane) 9, we can be in the stands – it doesn’t matter. Give us a lane, give an opportunity, and these guys can make magic together."