Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | CAN |
NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 26 January 1956 (1956-01-26) – 5 February 1956 (1956-02-05) | |
Competitors | 35 (27 men, 8 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Norris Bowden [citation needed] |
Medals Ranked 10th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Silver | Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | Figure skating | Pairs |
Bronze | Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
| Ice hockey | Men's competition |
Bronze | Lucile Wheeler | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
André Bertrand | Downhill | 3:31.2 | 25 | ||||
André Bertrand | Giant Slalom | 3:33.1 | 39 | ||||
André Bertrand | Slalom | 2:42.8 | 57 | 2:20.0 | 30 | 5:02.8 | 50 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ginette Seguin | Downhill | 1:58.2 | 33 | ||||
Carlyn Kruger | 1:53.2 | 22 | |||||
Anne Heggtveit | 1:53.2 | 22 | |||||
Lucille Wheeler | 1:45.9 | ||||||
Carlyn Kruger | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
Ginette Seguin | 2:16.6 | 36 | |||||
Anne Heggtveit | 2:05.3 | 29 | |||||
Lucille Wheeler | 1:58.6 | 6 | |||||
Lucille Wheeler | Slalom | 1:36.7 | 38 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Anne Heggtveit | 1:31.0 | 34 | 1:07.5 | 20 | 2:38.5 | 30 | |
Carlyn Kruger | 1:14.7 | 30 | 1:07.6 | 21 | 2:22.3 | 23 | |
Ginette Seguin | 1:05.6 | 22 | 1:10.0 | 24 | 2:15.6 | 18 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Clarence Servold | 53:34 | 19 |
30 km | Clarence Servold | 2'00:01 | 37 |
50 km | Clarence Servold | 3'21:50 | 22 |
Figure skating
- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Charles Snelling | 9 | 7 | 150.42 | 67 | 8 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Ann Johnston | 7 | 10 | 152.56 | 94 | 9 |
Carole Jane Pachl | 6 | 8 | 154.74 | 73 | 6 |
- Pairs
Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
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Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | 10.74 | 54.5 | 6 |
Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | 11.32 | 16 |
Ice hockey
Canada was represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which would later represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics (silver medal). The Dutchmen are the only self-contained club team to represent Canada at two different Olympics.
Group A
Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
- Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 23-0 Austria
- Italy 1-3 Canada
Games for 1st-6th places
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 | |
4 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
- Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- USA 4-1 Canada
- Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
- Canada 6-2 Sweden
- USSR 2-0 Canada
Leading scorers
Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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1st | James Logan | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
1st | Paul Knox | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
3rd | Gerry Theberge | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
5th | Jack McKenzie | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
9th | George Scholes | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Bronze: |
Canada Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie Lee Art Hurst Jack McKenzie James Logan Paul Knox Donald Rope Byrle Klinck Bill Colvin Gerry Théberge Alfred Horne Charlie Brooker George Scholes Bob White Ken Laufman |
Nordic combined
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Irvin Servold | Individual | 64.0 | 64.5 | 180.0 | 31 | 1'01:44 | 219.000 | 24 | 399.000 | 27 |
Ski jumping
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Jacques Charland | Normal hill | 76.0 | 94.5 | 30 | 73.0 | 93.5 | 27 | 188.0 | 27 |
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Johnny Sands | DNF | – |
Ralf Olin | 44.1 | 36 | |
Gordon Audley | 43.2 | 25 | |
1500 m | Gordon Audley | 2:26.1 | 53 |
Johnny Sands | 2:20.7 | 45 | |
Ralf Olin | 2:19.7 | 41 | |
5000 m | Ralf Olin | 8:30.5 | 33 |
10,000 m | Ralf Olin | 17:59.2 | 31 |
References
- Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com
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Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1988 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Canada did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.