Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Oslo. Norway 14 February 1952 (1952-02-14) – 25 February 1952 (1952-02-25)
Competitors	39 (31 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Gordon Audley
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Canada competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Canada men's national ice hockey team (Edmonton Mercurys) George Abel John Davies Billy Dawe Robert Dickson Donald Gauf William Dickson Ralph Hansch Robert Meyers David Miller Eric Paterson Thomas Pollock Allan Purvis Gordon Robertson Louis Secco Francis Sullivan Bob Watt	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Gordon Audley	Speed skating	Men's 500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
André Bertrand	Downhill					2:56.0	41
John Griffin						2:52.2	32
Gordon Morrison						2:51.1	31
Robert Richardson						2:43.2	18
Gordon Morrison	Giant Slalom					2:54.2	46
John Griffin						2:49.9	37
André Bertrand						2:49.3	36
Robert Richardson						2:48.2	34
George Merry	Slalom	1:09.4	41	did not advance
John Griffin		1:07.2	34	did not advance
André Bertrand		1:07.0	32 Q	1:06.2	22	2:13.2	25
Robert Richardson		1:06.8	31 Q	1:07.0	25	2:13.8	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucille Wheeler	Downhill					1:59.5	27
Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves						1:56.4	20
Rosemarie Schutz						1:54.6	14
Joanne Hewson						1:51.3	8
Joanne Hewson	Giant Slalom					2:23.9	30
Lucille Wheeler						2:22.2	27
Rosemarie Schutz						2:19.7	23
Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves						2:14.0	9
Rosemarie Schutz	Slalom	1:56.7	37	1:12.2	25	3:08.9	37
Lucille Wheeler		1:12.2	21	1:16.2	34	2:28.4	26
Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves		1:12.0	20	1:09.9	17	2:21.9	19
Joanne Hewson		1:09.2	12	1:10.7	22	2:19.9	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Jacques Carbonneau	1'17:37	70
	Claude Richer	1'13:17	52

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Peter Firstbrook	4	4	173.122	43	5

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Vera Smith	13	15	138.220	117	13
Marlene Smith	11	9	143.289	92	9
Suzanne Morrow	6	7	149.333	56	6

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden	10.489	48	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	9	7	2	0	53	22	14
Czechoslovakia	9	6	3	0	50	23	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
West Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

• Canada 15-1 Germany FR
• Canada 13-3 Finland
• Canada 11-0 Poland
• Canada 4-1 Czechoslovakia
• Canada 11-2 Switzerland
• Canada 3-2 Sweden
• Norway 2-11 Canada
• Canada 3-3 USA

Top scorers

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Billy Gibson	8	15	7	22
David Miller	8	10	2	12

Gold:

Canada Eric Paterson Ralph Hansch John Davies Don Gauf Robert Meyers Thomas Pollock Al Purvis Billy Gibson David Miller George Abel Billy Dawe Robert Dickson Gordon Robertson Louis Secco Francis Sullivan Bob Watt

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lucien Laferte	Normal hill	61.0 (fall)	64.5	42	59.5	98.0	21	162.5	41
Jacques Charland		62.5	95.5	28	61.0	94.5	25	190.0	25

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Ralf Olin	46.5	30
	Craig Mackay	44.9	15
	Frank Stack	44.8	12
	Gordon Audley	44.0
1500 m	Ralf Olin	2:29.3	29
	Craig MacKay	2:25.0	16
5000 m	Ralf Olin	8:54.2	25
	Craig MacKay	8:52.5	23
10,000 m	Craig MacKay	18:27.4	24
	Ralf Olin	18:22.8	21

References

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

• Petersen, Rolf, ed. (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com