Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	CAN
Nocname:	Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Calgary, Canada
Competitors:	112 (82 men, 30 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Brian Orser (figure skating)
Rank:	13
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada was the host nation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and second time overall, after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Vancouver would eventually host the 2010 Winter Olympics which makes it the second city in Canada to host the Winter Olympics and the third overall.

Medalists

For the second time Canada failed to obtain a gold medal on home soil. 22 years later, Alexandre Bilodeau was the first Canadian to obtain a gold medal on home soil in the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first of a Winter Olympics record for most gold medals of 14.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				20 February
				27 February
				19 February
				22 February
				23 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	10	8	18
Biathlon	5	–	5
Bobsleigh	9	–	9
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Figure skating	9	8	17
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	7	2	9
Nordic combined	1	–	1
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	9	7	16
Total	82	30	112

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

A total of 14 competitors, including the entire Canadian team was disqualified from the event after organizers became aware their ski suits were not previously approved by the International Ski Federation.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Brian Stemmle	Downhill			DSQ	-
Felix Belczyk				2:03.59	18
Rob Boyd				2:03.27	16
Mike Carney				2:03.25	14
Alain Villiard	Super-G			DNF	-
Rob Boyd				1:45.04	22
Felix Belczyk				1:44.31	19
Jim Read				1:43.01	13
Greg Grossmann	Giant Slalom	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Peter Bosinger		DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Alain Villiard		DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Jim Read		DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Greg Grossmann	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Michael Tommy		DNF	-	DNF	-
Jim Read		n/a	DNF	DNF	-
Alain Villiard		54.33	49.44	1:43.77	14

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Rob Boyd	DNF	-	-	DNF	-
Mike Carney	DNF	-	-	DNF	-
Don Stevens	1:50.97	48.82	47.63	135.81	19
Felix Belczyk	1:48.24	DSQ	-	DSQ	-

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kellie Casey	Downhill			DNF	-
Kerrin Lee-Gartner				1:28.07	15
Laurie Graham				1:26.99	5
Karen Percy				1:26.62
Kerrin Lee-Gartner	Super-G			1:22.11	23
Lucie Laroche				1:21.95	19
Laurie Graham				1:21.11	13
Karen Percy				1:20.29
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Karen Percy		DNF	-	DNF	-
Kerrin Lee-Gartner		1:02.71	1:10.61	2:13.32	17
Josée Lacasse		1:01.12	1:08.66	2:09.78	11
Kerrin Lee-Gartner	Slalom	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Karen Percy		DNF	-	DNF	-
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven		53.16	52.63	1:45.79	18
Josée Lacasse		51.63	51.51	1:43.14	16

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Nancy Gee	1:20.21	42.41	43.84	103.86	13
Karen Percy	1:18.22	40.62	43.38	54.47	4
Kerrin Lee-Gartner	1:18.15	42.23	43.20	65.26	8
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven	1:17.58	42.24	44.20	64.85	7

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Paget Stewart	4	29:06.9	58
	Charles Plamondon	3	28:30.5	55
	Ken Karpoff	1	28:12.9	46
	Glenn Rupertus	2	27:38.6	34

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Jamie Kallio	1'03:13.1	7	1'10:13.1	59
	Charles Plamondon	59:27.5	5	1'04:27.5	46
	Glenn Rupertus	56:10.4	7	1'03:10.4	34
	Ken Karpoff	59:19.7	3	1'02:19.7	33

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

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	Greg Haydenluck Lloyd Guss	Two-man	57.36	3	59.90	13	1:00.11	7	59.60	12	3:56.97	10
CAN-2	David Leuty Kevin Tyler	Two-man	58.56	18	59.08	5	1:00.55	13	1:00.00	16	3:58.19	13

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	Chris Lori Ken LeBlanc Andrew Swim Howard Dell	Four-man	56.66	3	58.05	14	57.34	18	58.32	17	3:50.37	15
CAN-2	Greg Haydenluck Cal Langford Kevin Tyler Lloyd Guss	Four-man	57.18	13	57.82	11	56.67	8	58.32	17	3:49.99	13

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Dennis Lawrence	46:26.3	47
	Al Pilcher	46:21.1	46
	Yves Bilodeau	46:26.6	34
	Pierre Harvey	43:22.0	17
30 km C	Wayne Dustin	1'34:37.8	46
	Al Pilcher	1'33:04.7	39
	Yves Bilodeau	1'32:17.8	35
	Pierre Harvey	1'28:21.7	14
50 km F	Wayne Dustin	2'21:31.8	49
	Alain Masson	2'19:21.7	46
	Dennis Lawrence	2'17:55.7	43
	Pierre Harvey	2'10:54.8	21

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Jean McAllister	17:32.4	46
	Carol Gibson	16:35.2	33
	Angela Schmidt-Foster	16:32.5	32
	Lorna Sasseville	16:23.3	26
10 km C	Angela Schmidt-Foster	33:45.9	38
	Marie-Andrée Masson	33:35.6	37
	Carol Gibson	33:03.9	33
	Lorna Sasseville	32:49.7	30
20 km F	Angela Schmidt-Foster	1'04:21.9	44
	Jean McAllister	1'02:02.8	31
	Marie-Andrée Masson	1'01:12.6	27
	Carol Gibson	1'01:12.0	26

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Neil Paterson	17	13	16	31.4	16
Kurt Browning	11	7	6	15.4	8
Brian Orser	3	1	2	4.2

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Charlene Wong	18	14	13	29.4	13
Elizabeth Manley	4	3	1	4.6

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler	7	9	12.5	9
Christine Hough Doug Ladret	8	8	12.0	8
Denise Benning Lyndon Johnston	5	7	9.5	6

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Melanie Cole Michael Farrington	16	16	16	32.0	16
Karyn Garossino Rodney Garossino	12	12	12	24.0	12
Tracy Wilson Robert McCall	3	3	3	6.0

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Group A

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
5	3	1	1	22	8	7
5	2	0	3	23	10	7
5	3	1	1	17	12	7
5	3	2	0	19	10	6
5	1	3	1	9	13	3
5	0	5	0	10	47	0

Canada 1-0 Poland
Canada 4-2 Switzerland
Finland 3-1 Canada
Canada 9-5 France
Canada 2-2 Sweden

Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	4	1	0	25	7	8
	5	3	1	1	18	10	7
	5	2	1	2	15	16	6
4th	5	2	2	1	17	14	5
	5	1	4	0	8	26	2
	5	1	4	0	12	22	2

Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
Canada 8-1 West Germany
Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia

Team Roster

Sean Burke

Andy Moog

Chris Felix

Randy Gregg

Serge Roy

Tony Stiles

Tim Watters

Trent Yawney

Zarley Zalapski

Ken Berry

Marc Habscheid

Vaughn Karpan

Wally Schreiber

Gord Sherven

Claude Vilgrain

Serge Boisvert

Brian Bradley

Bob Joyce

Steve Tambellini

Merlin Malinowski

Jim Peplinski

Ken Yaremchuk
Head coach: Dave King

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chris Wightman	47.855	29	47.856	25	47.773	23	48.182	26	3:11.666	24
Nil Labrecque	47.461	23	47.866	26	49.307	31	48.093	24	3:12.727	27
Harington Telford	47.152	18	47.564	21	47.119	16	47.463	19	3:09.298	19

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Gasper André Benoit	46.240	9	47.066	12	1:33.306	10
Sam Salmon Dan Doll	48.300	17	49.058	18	1:37.358	17

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kathy Salmon	47.569	18	48.112	19	48.356	20	47.670	19	3:11.707	19
Marie-Claude Doyon	46.372	5	46.596	7	46.796	11	46.447	6	3:06.211	7

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Horst Bulau	Normal hill	74.5	80.8	78.0	86.9	167.7	44
Todd Gillman		75.0	82.6	78.0	88.4	171.0	42
Ron Richards		78.0	88.4	78.0	86.9	175.3	32
Steve Collins		83.5	102.7	78.0	88.4	191.1	13
Ron Richards	Large hill	93.0	73.6	84.0	54.5	128.1	53
Todd Gillman		96.0	80.8	86.5	30.0	110.8	54
Steve Collins		100.0	87.9	97.0	81.2	169.1	35
Horst Bulau		112.5	109.4	99.5	88.2	197.6	7

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Robert Tremblay	38.34	29
	Daniel Turcotte	37.60	17
	Gaétan Boucher	37.47	14
	Guy Thibault	36.96	7
1000 m	Marcel Tremblay	1:15.13	22
	Jean Pichette	1:14.72	19
	Guy Thibault	1:14.16	7
	Gaétan Boucher	1:13.77	5
1500 m	Gregor Jelonek	1:56.37	23
	Ben Lamarche	1:55.59	18
	Jean Pichette	1:54.63	10
	Gaétan Boucher	1:54.18	9
5000 m	Gordon Goplen	7:08.49	34
	Jean Pichette	7:04.95	31
	Ben Lamarche	6:57.63	21
10,000 m	Gordon Goplen	14:31.18	20
10,000 m	Ben Lamarche	14:21.39	10

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Ariane Loignon	41.57	23
	Natalie Grenier	40.73	11
	Shelley Rhead-Skarvan	40.36	6
1000 m	Marie-Pierre Lamarche	1:25.18	25
	Ariane Loignon	1:22.75	19
	Shelley Rhead-Skarvan	1:21.84	14
	Natalie Grenier	1:21.15	9
1500 m	Caroline Maheux	2:10.83	23
	Chantal Côté	2:09.62	21
	Ariane Loignon	2:07.63	14
	Natalie Grenier	2:06.80	11
3000 m	Chantal Côté	4:35.74	26
3000 m	Ariane Loignon	4:28.55	15
5000 m	Kathy Gordon	7:53.30	23
	Ariane Loignon	7:49.55	20
	Natalie Grenier	7:46.96	18

References

Works cited

Notes and References

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