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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000893750-99-000465.txt : 19990830
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000893750-99-000465
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990827

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001061894
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	KNIT OUTERWEAR MILLS [2253]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1003

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14830
		FILM NUMBER:		99700994

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		725 MONTEE DE LIESSE
		STREET 2:		VILLE SAINT LAURENT
		CITY:			QUEBEC CANADA
		STATE:			A8
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5147352023

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		725 MONTEE DE LIESSE
		STREET 2:		ST LAURENT QUE
		CITY:			CANADA
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549
                            ----------------------

                                   FORM 8-A

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


          Gildan Activewear Inc./Les Vetements de Sports Gildan Inc.
         ------------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                 Canada                             Not Applicable
     -------------------------------             ---------------------
       (State of Incorporation or           (I.R.S. Employer Identification
              Organization)                              no.)

          725 Montee de Liesse                          H4T 1P5
   Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada             -----------------
    ---------------------------------                 (Zip Code)
     (Address of Principal Executive
                Offices)

 If this form relates to the              If this relates to the registration
 registration of a class of securities    of a class of securities pursuant
 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the         to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
 Exchange Act and is effective            Act and is effective pursuant to
 pursuant to General Instruction          General Instructions A.(d), please
 A.(c), please check the following        check the following box.//
 box./X/


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

          Title of Each Class            Name of Each Exchange on Which
          to be so Registered            Each Class is to be Registered
          -------------------           ------------------------------

     Class A Subordinate Voting               New York Stock Exchange
     Shares, without par value

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                     None
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               (Title of Class)

























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Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

          For a description of the Class A Subordinate Voting Shares, without
par value (the "Shares"), of Gildan Activewear Inc./Les Vetements de Sports
Gildan Inc. (the "Registrant"), please refer to the information under the
caption "Description of Share Capital" in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-74609) (the "Registration Statement")
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which description is
hereby incorporated herein by reference.  Such description of the Shares is
included in a form of prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Rule 424(b) and is deemed to be incorporated by reference into
the Registration Statement.


Item 2.  Exhibits.

          Not applicable.

































<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.

                                  GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC./LES
                                  VETEMENTS DE SPORTS GILDAN INC.


August 27, 1999                   By:    /s/ H. Greg Chamandy
                                       --------------------------------------
                                       Name:   H. Greg Chamandy
                                       Title:  Chairman of the Board and
                                               Chief Executive Officer



































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