Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg
IOC code CAN
NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors44 (34 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Bob Paul
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Anne Heggtveit Alpine skiing Women's slalom
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Barbara Wagner
Robert Paul
Figure skating Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
Ice hockey Men's competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Donald Jackson Figure skating Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Donald Bruneski Downhill2:19.928
Frederick Tommy 2:18.427
Jean-Guy Brunet 2:18.226
Verne Anderson 2:15.922
Jean Lessard Giant Slalom2:04.731
Frederick Tommy 2:00.128
Jean-Guy Brunet 1:57.726
Verne Anderson 1:56.124
Jean-Guy Brunet Slalom1:26.1401:31.9362:58.034
Donald Bruneski 1:19.8281:13.1242:32.922
Frederick Tommy 1:18.4241:25.5302:43.925
Verne Anderson 1:17.0191:12.3222:29.319
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Elizabeth Greene Downhill1:53.332
Nancy Greene 1:48.322
Nancy Holland 1:45.217
Anne Heggtveit 1:42.912
Nancy Holland Giant Slalom1:48.729
Elizabeth Greene 1:48.428
Nancy Greene 1:47.426
Anne Heggtveit 1:42.112
Nancy Greene Slalom1:09.4361:08.6302:18.031
Elizabeth Greene 1:06.0321:04.4252:10.424
Nancy Holland 1:01.62259.592:01.112
Anne Heggtveit 54.0155.621:49.6Gold medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Irvin Servold 59:42.047
Clarence Servold 57:04.735
30 km Irvin Servold 2'11:50.440
Clarence Servold 2'06:37.936
50 km Clarence Servold DNF

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Donald McPherson 1371279.78310
Donald Jackson 421401.031Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Wendy Griner 1381275.09812
Sandra Tewkesbury 1091296.17810
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesRank
Maria Jelinek
Otto Jelinek
75.9264
Barbara Wagner
Robert Paul
80.47Gold medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

Canada was represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which also represented Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics (bronze medal). The Dutchmen are the only self-contained club team to represent Canada at two different Olympics.

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada 22002434
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21102152
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 20201380

Final round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
1Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States 5500291110
2Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada Silver medal icon.svg541031128
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 522124195
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 523021234
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 513119193
6German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg  Germany 50505450

Leading scorers

RkTeamGPGAPts
1st Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Fred Etcher 791221
2nd Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Bob Attersley 761218
5th Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg George Samolenko 78412
11th Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Floyd Martin 76612
Silver:
Bob Attersley
Maurice Benoît
James Connelly
Jack Douglas
Fred Etcher
Robert Forhan
Don Head
Harold Hurley
Ken Laufman
Floyd Martin
Robert McKnight
Cliff Pennington
Donald Rope
Bobby Rousseau
George Samolenko
Harry Sinden
Darryl Sly

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Clarence Servold Individual42.547.0144.03258:49.1238.7102382.71028
Irvin Servold 48.056.5177.5291'03:07.3222.06518399.56525

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Alois Moser Normal hill62.071.44564.079.743151.144
Jacques Charland 76.591.03573.595.335186.333
Gerry Gravelle 79.594.43070.091.039185.434

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Larry Mason 44.741
Ralf Olin 43.130
Johnny Sands 42.827
1500 m Larry Mason 2:35.345
Johnny Sands 2:28.443
Ralf Olin 2:23.536
5000 m Larry Mason 9:23.537
Ralf Olin 8:36.828
10,000 m Ralf Olin 17:50.927
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Margaret Robb 50.017
Doreen Ryan 47.79
1000 m Margaret Robb 1:45.819
Doreen Ryan 1:38.113
1500 m Margaret Robb 2:48.620
Doreen Ryan 2:34.513
3000 m Margaret Robb 5:43.516
Doreen Ryan 5:39.714

Official outfitter

HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.

References