The Victoria Blue Ribbons became the Dominoes in 1936 and the two teams were synonymous with basketball in Canada throughout the 1930s and 1940s. The nationally acclaimed Blue Ribbons won the Canadian title in 1933 & 1935. As the Dominoes, they reclaimed three more Canadian senior men's basketball championships in 1939, 1942 & 1946. Three of the Dominoes were named to Canada's silver medal winning team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The University of Victoria rowing club had its first significant Olympic results at Montreal in 1976. Ironically, many top rowers from Victoria did not get to compete in the 1980 Olympics because of the political boycott of Moscow. Nonetheless, by the early 1980s more and more of the Uvic rowers were placing well in numerous important regattas nationally and internationally. Astonishingly there were 20 rowers from Victoria at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and 16 rowers qualified for the Canadian rowing team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.