Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:CAN
Nocname:Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Games Link:1952 Winter Olympics
Year:1952
Website: 
Location:Oslo. Norway
Competitors:39 (31 men, 8 women)
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Gordon Audley
Rank:6
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Canada men's national ice hockey team (Edmonton Mercurys)
Men's competition
Men's 500m

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
André BertrandDownhill2:56.041
John Griffin2:52.232
Gordon Morrison2:51.131
Robert Richardson2:43.218
Gordon MorrisonGiant Slalom2:54.246
John Griffin2:49.937
André Bertrand2:49.336
Robert Richardson2:48.234
George MerrySlalom1:09.441did not advance
John Griffin1:07.234did not advance
André Bertrand1:07.032 Q1:06.2222:13.225
Robert Richardson1:06.831 Q1:07.0252:13.826
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lucille WheelerDownhill1:59.527
Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves1:56.420
Rosemarie Schutz1:54.614
Joanne Hewson1:51.38
Joanne HewsonGiant Slalom2:23.930
Lucille Wheeler2:22.227
Rosemarie Schutz2:19.723
Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves2:14.09
Rosemarie SchutzSlalom1:56.7371:12.2253:08.937
Lucille Wheeler1:12.2211:16.2342:28.426
Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves1:12.0201:09.9172:21.919
Joanne Hewson1:09.2121:10.7222:19.913

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 kmJacques Carbonneau1'17:3770
Claude Richer1'13:1752

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Vera Smith1315138.22011713
Marlene Smith119143.289929
Suzanne Morrow67149.333566
Pairs

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.

TeamPldWLTGFGAPts
8701711415
8611432113
9720532214
9630502312
844040408
825121565
826021604
816121533
808015460

Top scorers

TeamGPGAPts
Billy Gibson815722
David Miller810212

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Lucien LaferteNormal hill61.0 (fall)64.54259.598.021162.541
Jacques Charland62.595.52861.094.525190.025

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mRalf Olin46.530
Craig Mackay44.915
Frank Stack44.812
Gordon Audley44.0
1500 mRalf Olin2:29.329
Craig MacKay2:25.016
5000 mRalf Olin8:54.225
Craig MacKay8:52.523
10,000 mCraig MacKay18:27.424
Ralf Olin18:22.821

References