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Revision as of 16:06, 18 May 2010
Template:Infobox Olympics Canada
Canada competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden |
Figure skating | Pairs |
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Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) Template:CompactTable |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
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Lucile Wheeler | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
André Bertrand | Downhill | 3:31.2 | 25 | ||||
André Bertrand | Giant Slalom | 3:33.1 | 39 | ||||
André Bertrand | Slalom | 2:42.8 | 57 | 2:20.0 | 30 | 5:02.8 | 50 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ginette Seguin | Downhill | 1:58.2 | 33 | ||||
Carlyn Kruger | 1:53.2 | 22 | |||||
Anne Heggtveit | 1:53.2 | 22 | |||||
Lucille Wheeler | 1:45.9 | ![]() | |||||
Carlyn Kruger | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
Ginette Seguin | 2:16.6 | 36 | |||||
Anen Heggtveit | 2:05.3 | 29 | |||||
Lucille Wheeler | 1:58.6 | 6 | |||||
Lucille Wheeler | Slalom | 1:36.7 | 38 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Anne Heggtveit | 1:31.0 | 34 | 1:07.5 | 20 | 2:38.5 | 30 | |
Carlyn Kruger | 1:14.7 | 30 | 1:07.6 | 21 | 2:22.3 | 23 | |
Ginette Seguin | 1:05.6 | 22 | 1:10.0 | 24 | 2:15.6 | 18 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Clarence Servold | 53:34 | 19 |
30 km | Clarence Servold | 2'00:01 | 37 |
50 km | Clarence Servold | 3'21:50 | 22 |
Figure skating
- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Charles Snelling | 9 | 7 | 150.42 | 67 | 8 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Ann Johnston | 7 | 10 | 152.56 | 94 | 9 |
Carole Jane Pachl | 6 | 8 | 154.74 | 73 | 6 |
- Pairs
Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
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Barbara Wagner Robert Paul |
10.74 | 54.5 | 6 |
Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden |
11.32 | 16 | ![]() |
Ice hockey
Group A
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
- Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 23-0 Austria
- Italy 1-3 Canada
Games for 1st-6th places
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
- Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- USA 4-1 Canada
- Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 6-2 Sweden
- USSR 2-0 Canada
Leading scorers
Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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1st | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
1st | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
3rd | ![]() |
8 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
5th | ![]() |
8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
9th | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Irvin Servold | Individual | 64.0 | 64.5 | 180.0 | 31 | 1'01:44 | 219.000 | 24 | 399.000 | 27 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Jacques Charland | Normal hill | 76.0 | 94.5 | 30 | 73.0 | 93.5 | 27 | 188.0 | 27 |
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Johnny Sands | DNF | – |
Ralf Olin | 44.1 | 36 | |
Gordon Audley | 43.2 | 25 | |
1500 m | Gordon Audley | 2:26.1 | 53 |
Johnny Sands | 2:20.7 | 45 | |
Ralf Olin | 2:19.7 | 41 | |
5000 m | Ralf Olin | 8:30.5 | 33 |
10,000 m | Ralf Olin | 17:59.2 | 31 |