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Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the
1952 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Oslo. Norway
14 February 1952 (1952-02-14) – 25 February 1952 (1952-02-25)
Competitors39 (31 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearerGordon Audley
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

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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

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
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
Women
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

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Jacques Carbonneau 1'17:37 70
Claude Richer 1'13:17 52

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Peter Firstbrook 4 4 173.122 43 5
Women
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
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Frances Dafoe
Norris Bowden 		10.489 48 5

Ice hockey

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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.

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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
  • 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

Team GP G A Pts
Canada Billy Gibson 8 15 7 22
Canada David Miller 8 10 2 12
Gold:
 Canada
Eric Paterson
Ralph Hansch
John Davies
Don Gauf
Robert Meyers
Thomas Pollock
Al Purvis
Billy Gibson
David Miller
George Abel
Billy Dawe
Robert Dickson
Gordon Robertson
Louis Secco
Francis Sullivan
Bob Watt

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Men
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

References

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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
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