Barb Olmsted
CAN · 1984 to 1988
- Starts
- 7
- Finals
- 2
- Wins
- 0
- Seasons
- 2
- Events
- 2
Personal bests
Fastest time in every event
Crew boats
C-15 500m
Gold2:00.759
Final · Canadian Championships, 1985
Set in Senior Women
1× national champion in C-15 500m
Book of Champions
K-2 500m
Gold1:49.853
Final · Canadian Championships, 1984
Set in Senior Women
7× national champion in K-2 500m
Book of Champions
19776 seasons · best in 19841988K-4 500m→
Bronze98.9%1:39.40
Final A · 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles
Set in Women
8× national champion in K-4 500m
19775 seasons · best in 19841988
Book of Champions
13 national titles
- 4×
G.M. McTavish Trophy
Senior Women K-2 500m
1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1988
three-peat 1983–1985 - 4×
Susan Holloway Trophy
Senior Women K-4 500m
1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1988
three-peat 1983–1985 - 2×
Mary Francis Memorial Trophy
Senior Women K-4 500m · North American / Pan American Championships
1983 · 1988
- 2×
Tom Dienstmann Trophy
Senior Women K-1 500m
1979 · 1984
- 1×
Juvenile Women K-2 500m
Canada Games
1977
- 1×
Juvenile Women K-4 500m
Canada Games
1977
6 more events
- 1×
Juvenile Women K-1 500m
Canada Games
1977
- 1×
Kevin Duffey Trophy
Junior Women K-2 500m
1979
- 1×
Marjorie Homer-Dixon Trophy
Junior Women K-1 500m
1978
- 1×
Junior Women K-2 500m
North American / Pan American Championships
1977
- 1×
Junior Women K-4 500m
North American / Pan American Championships
1977
- 1×
H. L. Butler Trophy
Senior Women C-15 500m
1985
National records
- 1985Senior Women K-4 500mNational record until 19891:43.966
- 1984Senior Women K-4 500mNational record until 19851:45.006
- 1984Senior Women K-1 500mNational record until 19892:03.121
- 1984Senior Women K-2 500mNational record until 19891:49.853
- 1979Junior Women K-2 500mNational record until 19812:03.157
- Gold
- 13
- Silver
- 7
- Bronze
- 10
- 1992Junior Women C-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.2:31.6Bronze
- 1991Junior Women C-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.2:32.83Bronze
- 1988Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:41.867Gold
- 1988Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.1:56.125Gold
- 1988Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:59.887Gold
- 1988Senior Women K-2 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA1:47.879Silver
- 1988Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:07.978Silver
- 1985Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:43.966Gold
- 1985Senior Women C-15 500mCrew of 15 · North Bay C.C.2:00.759Gold
- 1985Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.1:52.177Gold
- 1985Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:04.026Bronze
- 1984Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:45.006Gold
28 more, back to 1975
- 1984Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:03.121Gold
- 1984Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.1:49.853Gold
- 1983Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:48.56Gold
- 1983Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.1:59.819Gold
- 1983Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:49.15Gold
- 1983Senior Women K-2 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADA1:56.41Silver
- 1983Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:06.342Silver
- 1982Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:48.45Silver
- 1982Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.1:54.459Bronze
- 1981Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:49.05Bronze
- 1981Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:06.449Bronze
- 1980Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:51.26Bronze
- 1980Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:16.243Bronze
- 1979Junior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.2:03.157Gold
- 1979Senior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:12.1Gold
- 1979Senior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.2:00.137Silver
- 1979Senior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:52.19Bronze
- 1979Senior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADA1:48.4Bronze
- 1978Junior Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:32.108Gold
- 1977Juvenile Women K-2 500mCanada Games · Crew of 2 · ONTARIO2:29.19Gold
- 1977Juvenile Women K-4 500mCanada Games · Crew of 4 · ONTARIO2:18.51Gold
- 1977Junior Women K-2 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 2 · CANADANo TimeGold
- 1977Junior Women K-4 500mNorth American / Pan American Championships · Crew of 4 · CANADANo TimeGold
- 1977Juvenile Women K-1 500mCanada Games · ONTARIO2:40.54Gold
- 1977Juvenile Women K-1 500mNorth Bay C.C.2:20.6Silver
- 1976Junior Women K-4 500mCrew of 4 · North Bay C.C.1:59.6Silver
- 1976Juvenile Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.2:05.7Bronze
- 1975Junior Women K-2 500mCrew of 2 · North Bay C.C.2:05.6Silver
National team
- 1992Olympic Games, Barcelona, SpainNamed to the team
- 1988Pan American Championships, Ottawa, ON, CanadaK2 500Gold
- 1988Pan American Championships, Ottawa, ON, CanadaK1 500Silver
- 1988Olympic Games, Seoul, South Korea Han River Regatta BasinK2 500 · 7th
- 1987Senior Worlds, Duisburg, GermanyNamed to the team
- 1986Senior Worlds, Montreal, QC, CanadaNamed to the team
- 1985Senior Worlds, Hazewinkel, BelgiumNamed to the team
- 1984Olympic Games, Los Angeles, CA, USAK4 500Bronze
- 1983Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK4 500Gold
- 1983Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK2 500Silver
- 1983Senior Worlds, Tampere, FinlandNamed to the team
- 1982Senior Worlds, Belgrade, YugoslaviaNamed to the team
- 1981Senior Worlds, Nottingham, United KingdomNamed to the team
- 1979Pan American Championships, Dartmouth, NS, CanadaK4 500Bronze
- 1977North American ChampionshipsJr K4 500Gold
- 1977North American ChampionshipsJr K2 500Gold
- 1977Canada Games, St. John'S, NewfoundlandK4 500Gold
- 1977Canada Games, St. John'S, NewfoundlandK2 500Gold
- 1977Canada Games, St. John'S, NewfoundlandK1 500Gold
From the Book of Champions, kept by Frank Clement, E. Ralph Reilly, C. Fred Johnston, Liam Birch.
Season by season
How each event has moved
▸How to read these charts
The line is %GMT: the winner's time divided by this athlete's, so 100% is winning pace and higher is better. It is the only number that compares across years, venues and conditions; the raw time is printed on each point because that is the one a paddler recognises. A dashed segment skips seasons with no results, and the grey tick is that season's median. ▽ marks a time so far off this athlete's best it is almost always a garbled source time.
Under the line is the season's best placement, with its round: 4th in an A final beats 1st in a B final. "A·9" is an A final with nine boats.
K-4 500m
PB 1:39.40▼ 5.7 pts since 19843 starts · 2 seasonsOne season only
K-2 500m19881:50.54 94.6%8th A·9→Is this you?
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