Canada_at_the_1952_Winter_Olympics
Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Canada competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Quick Facts Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Oslo. Norway 14 February 1952 (1952-02-14) – 25 February 1952 (1952-02-25) | |
| Competitors | 39 (31 men, 8 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Gordon Audley |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Canada men's national ice hockey team (Edmonton Mercurys) |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
 Bronze | Gordon Audley | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| André Bertrand | Downhill | 2:56.0 | 41 | ||||
| John Griffin | 2:52.2 | 32 | |||||
| Gordon Morrison | 2:51.1 | 31 | |||||
| Robert Richardson | 2:43.2 | 18 | |||||
| Gordon Morrison | Giant Slalom | 2:54.2 | 46 | ||||
| John Griffin | 2:49.9 | 37 | |||||
| André Bertrand | 2:49.3 | 36 | |||||
| Robert Richardson | 2:48.2 | 34 | |||||
| George Merry | Slalom | 1:09.4 | 41 | did not advance | |||
| John Griffin | 1:07.2 | 34 | did not advance | ||||
| André Bertrand | 1:07.0 | 32 Q | 1:06.2 | 22 | 2:13.2 | 25 | |
| Robert Richardson | 1:06.8 | 31 Q | 1:07.0 | 25 | 2:13.8 | 26 | |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lucille Wheeler | Downhill | 1:59.5 | 27 | ||||
| Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | 1:56.4 | 20 | |||||
| Rosemarie Schutz | 1:54.6 | 14 | |||||
| Joanne Hewson | 1:51.3 | 8 | |||||
| Joanne Hewson | Giant Slalom | 2:23.9 | 30 | ||||
| Lucille Wheeler | 2:22.2 | 27 | |||||
| Rosemarie Schutz | 2:19.7 | 23 | |||||
| Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | 2:14.0 | 9 | |||||
| Rosemarie Schutz | Slalom | 1:56.7 | 37 | 1:12.2 | 25 | 3:08.9 | 37 |
| Lucille Wheeler | 1:12.2 | 21 | 1:16.2 | 34 | 2:28.4 | 26 | |
| Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | 1:12.0 | 20 | 1:09.9 | 17 | 2:21.9 | 19 | |
| Joanne Hewson | 1:09.2 | 12 | 1:10.7 | 22 | 2:19.9 | 13 | |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Jacques Carbonneau | 1'17:37 | 70 |
| Claude Richer | 1'13:17 | 52 | |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Firstbrook | 4 | 4 | 173.122 | 43 | 5 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vera Smith | 13 | 15 | 138.220 | 117 | 13 |
| Marlene Smith | 11 | 9 | 143.289 | 92 | 9 |
| Suzanne Morrow | 6 | 7 | 149.333 | 56 | 6 |
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- Pairs
More information Athletes, Points ...
| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden |
10.489 | 48 | 5 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
 United States |
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
 Sweden |
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
 Czechoslovakia |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
 Switzerland |
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
 Poland |
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
 Finland |
8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
 West Germany |
8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
 Norway |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
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- Canada 15-1 Germany FR
- Canada 13-3 Finland
- Canada 11-0 Poland
- Canada 4-1 Czechoslovakia
- Canada 11-2 Switzerland
- Canada 3-2 Sweden
- Norway 2-11 Canada
- Canada 3-3 USA
Top scorers
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Lucien Laferte | Normal hill | 61.0 (fall) | 64.5 | 42 | 59.5 | 98.0 | 21 | 162.5 | 41 |
| Jacques Charland | 62.5 | 95.5 | 28 | 61.0 | 94.5 | 25 | 190.0 | 25 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Ralf Olin | 46.5 | 30 |
| Craig Mackay | 44.9 | 15 | |
| Frank Stack | 44.8 | 12 | |
| Gordon Audley | 44.0 | | |
| 1500 m | Ralf Olin | 2:29.3 | 29 |
| Craig MacKay | 2:25.0 | 16 | |
| 5000 m | Ralf Olin | 8:54.2 | 25 |
| Craig MacKay | 8:52.5 | 23 | |
| 10,000 m | Craig MacKay | 18:27.4 | 24 |
| Ralf Olin | 18:22.8 | 21 | |
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- (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com