Did canada even win a medal? In these olympics I mean...?

Question

good for you guys, our sister to the north...i saw they were shut out for the first several days...and thought it was strange...

Answer 1

Canada has a tiny population of less than 50 Million people, China has 1.3Billion people.  We should not even try to compare to those numbers.

I am proud of the athletes and their accomplishments.

Answer 2

Canada won 18 medals the amount was....

Gold:3

Silver: 9

Bronze: 6

They also won more medals in men's categories than in women's sections.

Answer 3

Yup, they took gold in moose wrestling, bottle throw and back bacon tossing.   Nah....Just kidding.  They did well.  I think they took home something like 18 medals.  nice goin,eh?

Edit 1) BooBoo81 points out something I didn't get across in my attempts a levity.  Proportionately, 18 medals is excellent performance given the population.

Answer 4

Yes

total 18

3 gold

9 silver

6 bronze

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

Canada won 18 medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Answer 7

And even if we had not won a single one, we would still be as proud as hades of our athletes and their efforts.  Hey get it straight that's beer-bottle throwing! lol!

Yes the first week is always slow for us because of the order of the events that take place in that week-mainly swimming. And as we all know, our swim team is in a re-building phase. But we will be back!