| Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Innsbruck, Austria 29 January 1964 – 5 February 1964 | |
| Competitors | 55 (43 men, 12 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Ralf Olin (speed skating) |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Vic Emery Peter Kirby Douglas Anakin John Emery | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
 Silver | Debbi Wilkes Guy Revell | Figure skating | Pairs |
 Bronze | Petra Burka | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Athlete | Event | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Peter Duncan | Downhill | 2:30.06 | 34 |
| Rod Hebron | 2:27.90 | 30 | |
| Gary Battistella | 2:27.74 | 28 | |
| Jean-Guy Brunet | 2:26.59 | 25 | |
| Gary Battistella | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – |
| Rod Hebron | DNF | – | |
| Jean-Guy Brunet | 1:59.60 | 27 | |
| Peter Duncan | 1:58.44 | 26 | |
| Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Peter Duncan | DNF | – | 56.43 | 12 QF | 1:14.22 | 17 | 1:04.88 | 18 | 2:19.10 | 19 |
| Robert Swan | DSQ | – | DNF | – | did not advance | |||||
| Rod Hebron | 1:07.56 | 59 | 55.99 | 9 QF | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Jean-Guy Brunet | 54.98 | 23 QF | – | – | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Nancy Holland | Downhill | 2:04.53 | 34 | ||||
| Karen Dokka | 2:04.04 | 28 | |||||
| Linda Crutchfield-Bocock | 2:03.10 | 24 | |||||
| Nancy Greene | 1:59.23 | 7 | |||||
| Karen Dokka | Giant Slalom | 2:09.63 | 34 | ||||
| Linda Crutchfield-Bocock | 2:05.04 | 32 | |||||
| Nancy Holland | 2:04.39 | 31 | |||||
| Nancy Greene | 1:57.76 | 16 | |||||
| Karen Dokka | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Nancy Holland | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – | |
| Nancy Greene | 49.95 | 20 | 51.47 | 13 | 1:41.42 | 15 | |
| Linda Crutchfield-Bocock | 49.38 | 18 | 53.77 | 19 | 1:43.15 | 16 | |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| CAN-1 | John Emery Gordon Currie | Two-man | 1:07.85 | 18 | 1:07.64 | 13 | 1:06.75 | 10 | 1:06.63 | 8 | 4:28.87 | 11 |
| CAN-2 | Vic Emery Peter Kirby | Two-man | 1:05.15 | 1 | 1:05.93 | 5 | 1:05.96 | 6 | 1:06.45 | 7 | 4:23.49 | 4 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| CAN-1 | Vic Emery Peter Kirby Doug Anakin John Emery | Four-man | 1:02.99 | 1 | 1:03.82 | 2 | 1:03.64 | 2 | 1:04.01 | 1 | 4:14.46 | |
| CAN-2 | Monty Gordon Chris Ondaatje David Hobart Gordon Currie | Four-man | 1:04.63 | 13 | 1:04.43 | 11 | 1:05.06 | 13 | 1:05.66 | 14 | 4:19.78 | 14 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Martti Rautio | 1'02:52.4 | 65 |
| Eric Luoma | 1'01:39.8 | 61 | |
| Franz Portmann | 58:47.0 | 51 | |
| Donald MacLeod | 55:58.5 | 34 | |
| 30 km | Martti Rautio | 1'46:18.6 | 52 |
| Donald MacLeod | 1'42:17.7 | 38 | |
| 50 km | Franz Portmann | DNF | – |
| Eric Luoma | DNF | – | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Donald MacLeod Martti Rautio Eric Luoma Franz Portmann | 2'44:29.1 | 15 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Neale | 19 | 14 | 1667.7 | 143 | 16 |
| Charles Snelling | 16 | 15 | 1705.5 | 117 | 13 |
| Donald Knight | 7 | 11 | 1746.6 | 85 | 9 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirra Kenworthy | 10 | 16 | 1756.3 | 104 | 12 |
| Wendy Griner | 13 | 8 | 1775.3 | 91 | 10 |
| Petra Burka | 3 | 2 | 1940.0 | 25 | |
| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Ward Neil Carpenter | 84.2 | 128.5 | 16 |
| Faye Strutt Jim Watters | 85.3 | 122.5 | 14 |
| Debbi Wilkes Guy Revell | 98.5 | 35.5 | |
Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Canada | 14–1 |  Yugoslavia |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 |  Sweden | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 |  United States | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 |  Finland | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 |  Germany | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 |  Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 |
| Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | Gary Dineen | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Doug Anakin | n/a | ? | n/a | ? | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| John McInnes | Normal hill | 65.5 | 82.9 | 65.0 | 83.4 | 166.3 | 53 |
| Kaare Lien | 72.0 | 93.9 | 72.0 | 94.4 | 188.3 | 43 | |
| John McInnes | Large hill | 79.0 | 86.4 | 73.5 | 80.9 | 167.3 | 50 |
| Kaare Lien | 83.5 | 91.4 | 73.0 | 83.9 | 175.3 | 45 | |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Ralf Olin | 44.2 | 39 |
| 1500 m | Gerald Koning | 2:24.0 | 47 |
| Ralf Olin | 2:19.7 | 37 | |
| 5000 m | Gerald Koning | 8:26.9 | 35 |
| Ralf Olin | 8:18.2 | 25 | |
| 10,000 m | Ralf Olin | 16:53.3 | 15 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Doreen McCannell | 48.0 | 13 |
| Doreen Ryan | 47.7 | 10 | |
| 1000 m | Doreen McCannell | 1:39.4 | 13 |
| Doreen Ryan | 1:38.7 | 11 | |
| 1500 m | Doreen Ryan | 2:34.0 | 16 |
| Doreen McCannell | 2:32.7 | 13 | |
| 3000 m | Doreen Ryan | 5:46.5 | 24 |
| Doreen McCannell | 5:26.4 | 8 | |
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