Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	CAN
Nocname:	Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Competitors:	67 (47 men, 20 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Gaétan Boucher (speed skating)
Rank:	8
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

As Calgary would be the host city of the following Winter Olympics, its mascots made an appearance at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				14 February
				16 February
				16 February
				10 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gary Athans	Downhill					1:48.79	26
Todd Brooker						1:46.64	9
Steve Podborski						1:46.59	8
Jim Read	Giant Slalom	1:22.90	15	1:24.87	25	2:49.18	24
Michael Tommy	Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Stemmle	Downhill					1:15.64	22
Liisa Savijarvi						1:15.32	18
Laurie Graham						1:14.92	11
Gerry Sorensen						1:14.30	6
Laurie Graham	Giant Slalom	1:12.89	38	1:15.63	33	2:28.42	33
Andrea Bédard		1:12.03	26	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Diana Haight		1:11.27	18	1:13.39	16	2:24.66	17
Liisa Savijarvi		1:10.31	9	1:12.42	6	2:22.73	9
Andrea Bédard	Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Pierre Harvey	43:36.4	21
30 km	Pierre Harvey	1'33:44.4	21
50 km	Pierre Harvey	2'25:04.1	20

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Angela Schmidt-Foster	19:30.1	39
	Sharon Firth	18:37.5	29
	Shirley Firth	18:32.3	28
10 km	Angela Schmidt-Foster	35:35.0	36
	Sharon Firth	34:47.0	29
	Shirley Firth	34:31.3	22
20 km	Angela Schmidt-Foster	DNF	-
	Shirley Firth	1'07:02.5	25
	Sharon Firth	1'06:31.0	21

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Jaime Eggleton	20	19	19	38.6	20
Gary Beacom	10	11	11	21.4	11
Brian Orser	7	1	1	5.6

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Elizabeth Manley	16	7	13	25.4	13
Kay Thomson	10	12	10	20.8	12

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Melinda Kunhegyi Lyndon Johnston	13	12	18.5	12
Katherina Matousek Lloyd Eisler	9	8	12.5	8
Barbara Underhill Paul Martini	6	7	10.0	7

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Kelly Johnson John Thomas	12	11	11	22.4	12
Tracy Wilson Robert McCall	7	8	8	15.6	8

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	5	0	0	38	7	10
	5	4	1	0	24	10	8
	5	2	2	1	27	19	5
	5	1	2	2	16	17	4
	5	1	4	0	13	37	2
	5	0	4	1	15	43	1

• Canada 4-2 USA
• Canada 8-1 Austria
• Canada 4-2 Finland
• Canada 8-1 Norway
• Czechoslovakia 4-0 Canada

Medal round

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	16	1	6
	3	2	1	0	6	2	4
	3	1	2	0	3	12	2
4th	3	0	3	0	0	10	0

• USSR 4-0 Canada
• Sweden 2-0 Canada

Carried over group Match:

• Czechoslovakia 4-0 Canada
• Team Roster
• Darren Eliot
• Mario Gosselin
• Warren Anderson
• Robin Bartel
• J. J. Daigneault
• Bruce Driver
• Doug Lidster
• James Patrick
• Craig Redmond
• Russ Courtnall
• Kevin Dineen
• Dave Donnelly
• Pat Flatley
• Dave Gagner
• Vaughn Karpan
• Darren Lowe
• Kirk Muller
• Dave Tippett
• Carey Wilson
• Dan Wood
• Head coach: Dave King

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carole Keyes	45.461	26	49.089	26	44.715	22	44.158	22	3:03.423	24
Susan Rossi	45.040	24	43.893	22	45.964	25	43.766	21	2:58.663	22

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
David Brown	Normal hill	71.0	70.6	77.0	83.2	153.8	51
Horst Bulau		76.0	82.6	78.0	86.8	169.4	38
Ron Richards		78.5	85.6	83.0	95.3	180.9	29
Steve Collins		80.0	92.0	80.5	92.8	184.8	25
David Brown	Large hill	81.0	57.1	84.5	64.5	121.6	47
Ron Richards		94.0	79.3	101.0	93.6	172.9	25
Steve Collins		99.0	89.8	86.0	66.6	156.4	36
Horst Bulau		101.0	94.6	100.0	93.7	188.3	10

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Daniel Turcotte	40.30	29
	Jacques Thibault	39.12	15
	Gaétan Boucher	38.39
1000 m	Jacques Thibault	1:18.79	19
	Gaétan Boucher	1:15.80
1500 m	Gaétan Boucher	1:58.36
5000 m	Jean Pichette	7:50.39	38
	Ben Lamarche	7:47.25	36

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Sylvie Daigle	43.74	20
1000 m	Sylvie Daigle	1:28.96	25
	Natalie Grenier	1:27.67	18
1500 m	Sylvie Daigle	2:15.50	22
	Natalie Grenier	2:14.72	21
3000 m	Natalie Grenier	4:48.60	15

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com