Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Canada at the
1952 Winter Olympics

IOC code| CAN
NOC| Canadian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
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|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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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

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Gold | Canada men's national ice hockey team (Edmonton Mercurys)

* George Abel
* John Davies
* Billy Dawe
* Robert Dickson
* Donald Gauf
* William Dickson
* Ralph Hansch
* Robert Meyers
* David Miller
* Eric Paterson
* Thomas Pollock
* Allan Purvis
* Gordon Robertson
* Louis Secco
* Francis Sullivan
* Bob Watt

| 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

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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

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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

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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

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Peter Firstbrook | 4  | 4  | 173.122  | 43  | 5

Women
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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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

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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

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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

* 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

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Billy Gibson | 8 | 15 | 7 | 22
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

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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

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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

## References

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* Sports portal
* Canada portal

* Petersen, Rolf, ed. (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}}`: 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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