Canada's athletes of the 20th century
# Canada's athletes of the 20th century

Canada's Athletes of the 20th century as voted on in a 1999 survey of newspaper editors and broadcasters conducted by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News:

## Top 10 Female Athletes

* Nancy Greene (born 1943), skier
* Silken Laumann (born 1964), rower
* Barbara Ann Scott (1928–2012), figure skater
* Myriam Bédard (born 1969), biathlon
* Marnie McBean (born 1968), rower
* Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (1904–1969), track-and-field (voted female athlete of the first half of the century)
* Catriona Le May Doan (born 1970), speed skater
* Sandra Post (born 1948), golfer
* Marilyn Bell (born 1937), long-distance swimmer
* Elaine Tanner (born 1951), swimmer

## Top 10 Male Athletes

* Wayne Gretzky (born 1961), ice hockey player
* Gordie Howe (1928–2016), ice hockey player
* Bobby Orr (born 1948), ice hockey player
* Lionel Conacher (1901–1954), multi-sport athlete (voted male athlete of the first half of the century)
* Maurice Richard (1921–2000), ice hockey player
* Donovan Bailey (born 1967), track-and-field
* Ferguson Jenkins (born 1943), baseball player
* Mario Lemieux (born 1965), ice hockey player
* Larry Walker (born 1966), baseball player
* Gaétan Boucher (born 1958), speed skater

## Team of the Century

* 1972 Team Canada in ice hockey, defeated the Soviet Union in the first ever series involving NHL players
