RIO DE JANEIRO — What Canada Did on Saturday at the Rio Summer Olympic Games (distances in metres):

ATHLETICS

Men’s 100 — Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., earned a berth in Sunday’s semifinal round with the third-fastest time in qualifying (10.04); Akeem Haynes, Calgary, was 26th overall (10.22), and Aaron Brown, Toronto, 31st (10.24) — neither advanced.

Men’s 800 — Brandon McBride, Windsor, Ont., was 14th overall in the semifinal round (1:45.41) and did not qualify for the final.

Men’s 10,000 — Mohammed Ahmed, St. Catharines, Ont., finished 32nd in 29:32.84.

Men’s pole vault — Shawn Barber, Toronto, earned a berth in Monday’s final round with a best-mark of 5.70 metres in qualifying.

Women’s 400 — Carline Muir, Edmonton, will race in the second round after placing 16th overall in qualifying (51.57); Alicia Brown, Ottawa (52.77), and Kendra Clark, Edmonton (53.61), were 28th and 48th, respectively, and did not advance.

Women’s 3,000 steeplechase — Genevieve Lalonde, Moncton, N.B., placed 14th in qualifying (9:30.54) to earn a berth in the final; Maria Bernard, Calgary, was 42nd (9:50.17); Erin Teschuk, Winnipeg, 46th (9:53.70) — neither advanced.

Women’s heptathlon — Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Humboldt, Sask., posted the fourth-best mark in the long jump (6.48 metres); a top throw of 47.36 in the javelin; and her time of 2:09.50 in the 800 gave her a final total of 6,653 points to capture the bronze medal.

BADMINTON

Men’s singles — Martin Giuffre, Calgary, improved to 1-1 in group stage action after defeating Pedro Martins of Portugal, 2-1 (14-21, 24-22, 21-6).

Women’s singles — Michelle Li, Markham, Ont., won her opening match, 2-0 (21-11, 21-8) over Hungarian Laura Sarosi.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Men — Ben Saxton, Calgary, and Chaim Schalk, Red Deer, Alta., were eliminated with a 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) loss to Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands.

Women — Heather Bansley, Waterdown, Ont., and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating fellow Canadians Jamie Broder, Victoria, and Kristina Valjas of Toronto, 2-0 (21-16, 21-11).

CYCLING

Women’s keirin — Monique Sullivan, Calgary, was sixth in her opening-round heat (11.620), and was eliminated after finishing sixth in her repechage (11.953); Kate O’Brien, Calgary, sixth in her heat (11.935) and despite placing second in her repechage (11.330), did not advance.

Women’s team pursuit — Canada (Allison Beveridge, Calgary; Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver; Kirsti Lay, Montreal; and Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver, B.C.), lost their first round race to Britain by 3.484 seconds; won the bronze medal in 4:14.627 — outpacing New Zealand by 3.832 seconds in the three-four final.

DIVING

Women’s three-metre springboard — Jennifer Abel, Laval, Que., ranked third after the semifinals with 343.45 points; Pamela Ware of Greenfield Park, Que., was ninth (318.25) — both advanced to Sunday’s final round.

GOLF

Men — Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., shot a three-over-par 74 in the third round and, with one day to go, is tied for 22nd — 10 shots behind the leader and seven out of the bronze position; David Hearn, Brantford, Ont., posted a 74 and stands in a tie for 44th place.

GYMNASTICS

Men’s trampoline — Jason Burnett, Nobleton, Ont., was 14th in qualifying with 103.715 points and did not reach the final.

ROWING

Women’s single sculls — Carling Zeeman, Cambridge, Ont., finished fourth in the B-final (7:28.62).

Women’s eights — Canada (Caileigh Filmer, Victoria; Suzanne Grainger, London, Ont.; Natalie Mastracci, Thorold, Ont.; Christy Nurse, Georgetown, Ont.; Lisa Roman, Langley, B.C.; Christine Roper, Montego Bay, Jamaica; Lesley Thompson-Willie, London, Ont.; Antje von Seydlitz, Smithers, B.C.; Lauren Wilkinson, North Vancouver, B.C.) placed fifth in the medal race (6:06.04).

SAILING

Men’s laser — Lee Parkhill, Oakville, Ont., was fourth and 13th in the day’s runs and will not qualify for the medal race after ranking 25th overall (215).

Women’s 49er — Dannie Boyd, Kingston, Ont., and Erin Rafuse, Halifax, finished 11th, 16th, 17th and 16th in a busy day of racing to stand 13th overall (69) after six legs.

Women’s laser radial — Brenda Bowskill, Toronto, finished 10th and 15th to move up to 16th overall after the preliminary round (157), but did not advance to the medal race.

Finn class — Tom Ramshaw, Toronto, was 22nd and 20th and remains 20th overall (134) with two races remaining.

Nakra 17 — Nikola Girke of West Vancouver, B.C., and Luke Ramsay, Vancouver, placed 18th, 21st and 15th, and are ranked 17th overall with 116.

SWIMMING

Women’s 4×100 medley relay — Canada (Kylie Masse, LaSalle, Ont.; Rachel Nicol, Lethbridge, Alta.; Penny Oleksiak, Toronto; and Chantal Van Landeghem, Winnipeg) placed fifth in the final (3:55.18).

Men’s 1,500 — Ryan Cochrane, Victoria, completed the final in sixth place (14:49.61).

VOLLEYBALL

Men — Canada (2-2) defeated Mexico, 3-0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-22)

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