| Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in St. Moritz, Switzerland January 30–February 8, 1948 | |
| Competitors | 28 (24 men, 4 women) in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Hubert Brooks (ice hockey) |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Barbara Ann Scott | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Gold | Canada men's national ice hockey team (RCAF Flyers) | Ice hockey | Men's competition |
 Bronze | Suzanne Morrow Wallace Diestelmeyer | Figure skating | Pairs |
Of the 28 athletes participating only 8 did not receive any medals. While the men's hockey medal is counted as one, each of the 17 players received individual medals. The pairs figure skating counted as a single medal.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Bill Irwin | Downhill | 3:41.3 | 60 | ||||
| Bert Irwin | 3:39.1 | 56 | |||||
| Hector Sutherland | 3:14.1 | 28 | |||||
| Harvey Clifford | 3:14.1 | 28 | |||||
| Bill Irwin | Slalom | 1:40.4 | 51 | 1:21.2 | 45 | 3:01.6 | 50 |
| Bert Irwin | 1:29.4 | 39 | 1:16.6 | 35 | 2:46.0 | 37 | |
| Hector Sutherland | 1:19.2 | 27 | 1:12.0 | 28 | 2:31.2 | 28 | |
| Harvey Clifford | 1:13.5 | 19 | 1:10.2 | 24 | 2:23.7 | 19 | |
Men's combined
The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).
| Athlete | Slalom | Total (downhill + slalom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Points | Rank | |
| Bert Irwin | 2:02.5 (+0:05) | 1:18.9 | 61 | 53.51 | 49 |
| Bill Irwin | 1:32.9 | 1:12.7 | 33 | 39.25 | 36 |
| Harvey Clifford | 1:26.8 | 1:10.2 | 23 | 20.34 | 21 |
| Hector Sutherland | 1:22.8 | 1:17.3 | 25 | 21.72 | 23 |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Rhona Wurtele | Downhill | 3:26.1 | 37 | ||||
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 18 km | Bill Irwin | 1'44:43 | 81 |
| Tom Dennie | 1'35:41 | 73 | |
| 50 km | Tom Dennie | DNF | – |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Diestelmeyer | 13 | 9 | 156.322 | 110 | 12 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzanne Morrow | 9 | 15 | 143.655 | 117 | 14 |
| Marilyn Ruth Take | 12 | 13 | 143.722 | 110.5 | 12 |
| Barbara Ann Scott | 1 | 1 | 163.077 | 11 | |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Final rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzanne Morrow Wallace Diestelmeyer | 11.000 | 31 | |
The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 15 |
 Czechoslovakia | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 18 | 15 |
 Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 21 | 12 |
 Sweden | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 8 |
 Great Britain | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 6 |
 Poland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 97 | 4 |
 Austria | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 77 | 2 |
 Italy | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 156 | 0 |
 United States * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 10 |
* United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.
| Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Halder | 8 | 21 | 8 | 29 |
Events:
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.
| Athlete | Event | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Distance 3 | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Bill Irwin | Individual | 99.00 | 39 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.5 | 181.0 | 30 | 280.00 | 37 |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Irwin | Normal hill | 56.0 | 54.0 | 175.1 | 39 |
| Laurent Bernier | 58.0 | 54.5 (fall) | 129.3 | 46 | |
| Tom Mobraaten | 59.0 (fall) | 58.0 | 135.9 | 44 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Craig Mackay | DNF | – |
| Abe Hardy | 45.5 | 19 | |
| Gordon Audley | 45.3 | 17 | |
| Frank Stack | 43.6 | 6 | |
| 1500 m | Gordon Audley | 2:30.0 | 32 |
| Abe Hardy | 2:28.5 | 29 | |
| Frank Stack | 2:25.7 | 27 | |
| 5000 m | Craig Mackay | 8:47.2 | 14 |
| 10,000 m | Craig Mackay | 20:15.5 | 13 |
| Africa | No representation |  |
|---|---|---|
| America | ||
| Asia | ||
| Europe | ||
| Oceania | No representation | |
