Canada and the Olympics - end results at London

The Canadian Olympic Committee wanted Canada to finish 12th in the medal standings but came 36th .  In the last six games before London Canada has been reasonably consistent in where it finished in the medal rankings but this time the country fell back

Games        Ranking G  S  B total athletes
2012 London    36th  1  5 12  18    277
2008 Beijing   19th  3  9  6  18    332
2004 Athens    21st  3  6  3  12    263
2000 Sydney    24th  3  3  8  14    294
1996 Atlanta   21st  3 11  8  22    303
1992 Barcelona 11th  7  4  7  18    295
1988 Seoul     19th  3  2  5  10    328
Canada has a smaller team in London than average.

Based on past Olympics Canada should  have won 3-4 gold, 5-6 silver and 6-7 bronze for a total of 15-16 medals.  With the medal total from Beijing, Canada would have finished 22nd overall, Athens and Sydney totals would have meant a 23rd overall finish

If we look at total medals it has been better for Canada since 1996 than ranking by gold medals.
2012 13th (+26)
2008 15th (+4)
2004 19th (+2)
2000 18th (+6)
1996 11th (+10)
1992 15th (-4)
1988 19th (+-0)

A dubious honour for the country that the nation does better coming second and third than first.

Canada has won a total of 59 gold, 99 silver and 120 bronze in 25 summer games.

Meanwhile when it comes to the Paralympics Canada has done well, in 11 summer Paralympic games Canada has won 339 gold, 272 silver, and 299 bronze which is fourth overall on the all time standings list.  Even though Canada does many times better at the Paralympic games, there is almost no coverage of them.