Canada_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics

Canada at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Canada at the; 1980 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Lake Placid, United States; 13 February 1980 – 24 February 1980
Competitors	59 (41 men, 18 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Ken Read (alpine skiing)
Medals; Ranked 14th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Canada competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada had competed at every Winter Olympic Games previously.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Gaétan Boucher	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
Bronze	Steve Podborski	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Loni Klettl	Downhill					1:40.95	13
Laurie Graham						1:40.74	11
Kathy Kreiner						1:39.53	5
Kathy Kreiner	Giant Slalom	1:17.19	11	1:28.56	9	2:45.75	9
Kathy Kreiner	Slalom	48.06	21	46.72	15	1:34.78	15

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Joey Kilburn Robert Wilson	Two-man	1:04.07	14	1:04.27	12	1:03.96	14	1:03.91	11	4:16.21	13
CAN-2	Brian Vachon Serge Cantin	Two-man	1:04.66	18	1:04.67	16	1:04.38	17	1:05.05	19	4:18.76	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Martin Glynn Alan MacLachlan Serge Cantin Robert Wilson	Four-man	1:01.76	15	1:02.25	17	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team advanced to Consolation Round

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Horst Bulau	Normal hill	64.5	79.4	75.0	100.7	180.1	41
Tauno Käyhkö		78.5	108.8	71.5	96.6	205.4	30
Steve Collins		81.0	111.8	72.0	95.9	207.7	28
Tauno Käyhkö	Large hill	98.0	104.4	97.5	104.2	208.6	26
Horst Bulau		100.5	106.9	95.0	98.2	205.1	29
Steve Collins		112.5	126.7	102.5	111.7	238.4	9

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Angela Schmidt-Foster Shirley Firth Esther Miller Joan Groothuysen	1'07:45.75	8