Canada at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Canada at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Canada at the; 1976 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Innsbruck ; February 4—15, 1976
Competitors	59 (38 men, 21 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Dave Irwin (alpine skiing)
Medals ; Ranked 11th	Gold1Silver1Bronze1Total3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated January 06, 2022

Canada competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kathy Kreiner	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Cathy Priestner	Speed skating	Women's 500m
Bronze	Toller Cranston	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dave Murray	Downhill					1:48.43	18
Jim Hunter						1:47.52	10
Dave Irwin						1:47.41	8
Ken Read						1:46.83	5
Dave Murray	Giant Slalom	1:54.43	42	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ken Read		1:52.81	39	DNF	–	DNF	–
Robert Safrata		1:51.70	36	DNF	–	DNF	–
Jim Hunter		1:48.56	21	1:48.80	25	3:37.36	22
Dave Murray	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Ken Read		DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Robert Safrata		1:07.63	33	1:10.35	25	2:17.98	27
Jim Hunter		1:06.26	28	1:10.80	27	2:17.06	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Betsy Clifford	Downhill					1:51.40	22
Kathy Kreiner						1:50.48	19
Laurie Kreiner						1:49.97	16
Laurie Kreiner	Giant Slalom					1:34.53	27
Betsy Clifford						1:32.61	22
Kathy Kreiner						1:29.13
Kathy Kreiner	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Laurie Kreiner		50.26	20	49.12	15	1:39.38	14
Betsy Clifford		49.09	13	DNF	–	DNF	–

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Colin Nelson Jim Lavalley	Two-man	57.56	13	57.92	18	58.13	21	58.39	22	3:52.00	18
CAN-2	Joey Kilburn Brian Vachon	Two-man	58.61	23	58.74	23	58.22	22	58.72	23	3:54.29	23

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Colin Nelson Thomas Stehr David Veale Jim Lavalley	Four-man	55.97	13	56.67	17	57.49	17	57.89	17	3:48.02	17
CAN-2	Christopher Frank William Dunn Christopher Martin Brian Vachon	Four-man	57.43	21	56.87	19	57.87	20	58.69	21	3:50.86	21

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Ernie Lennie	52:27.04	67
	Edward Day	49:59.43	59
	Hans Skinstad	49:30.36	56
	Bert Bullock	47:23.38	33
30 km	Reijo Puiras	1'41:34.43	56
	Edward Day	1'38:09.10	42
	Bert Bullock	1'36:24.55	31
	Hans Skinstad	1'36:16.95	30
50 km	Bert Bullock	DNF	–
	Ernie Lennie	3'01:01.57	41
	Edward Day	2'51:58.75	37
	Hans Skinstad	2'46:11.83	22

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Bert Bullock Ernie Lennie Edward Day Hans Skinstad	2'15:31.85	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Esther Miller	18:05.05	34
	Joan Groothuysen	17:51.08	30
	Sharon Firth	17:35.06	29
	Shirley Firth	17:31.36	27
10 km	Joan Groothuysen	34:16.35	34
	Sue Holloway	34:03.49	32
	Shirley Firth	33:16.50	29
	Sharon Firth	33:15.20	28

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Shirley Firth Joan Groothuysen Sue Holloway Sharon Firth	1'14:02.72	7

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Ron Shaver	6	3	–	–	DNF	–
Stan Bohonek	17	15	13	165.88	124	14
Toller Cranston	7	1	2	187.38	30

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Kim Alletson	13	14	13	171.64	122.5	14
Lynn Nightingale	10	5	8	181.72	67	9

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Candace Jones Donald Fraser	13	14	116.54	117	14

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Susan Carscallen Eric Gillies	14	12	175.96	107	13
Barbara Berezowski David Porter	10	9	182.90	86	10

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Michaud	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Michael Shragge	57.950	38	55.812	34	56.656	36	55.874	35	3:46.292	35
Larry Arbuthnot	56.691	34	55.380	27	55.085	29	55.628	31	3:42.784	31

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Arbuthnot Doug Hansen	44.933	16	45.102	17	1:30.035	17
David McComb Michael Shragge	45.421	19	46.169	23	1:31.590	22

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julie Chase	46.529	25	46.570	26	51.633	26	48.790	26	3:13.522	26
Mary Jane Bowie	45.804	22	45.719	22	45.352	23	45.466	23	3:02.341	23
Carole Keyes	45.654	21	45.692	21	45.200	22	45.337	21	3:01.883	22

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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kurt Sjolund	Individual	58.0	57.0	124.0	34	58:13.40	128.22	33	252.22	33

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Donald Grady	Normal hill	66.5	85.7	64.0	79.2	164.9	55
Kim Fripp		69.0	91.2	66.5	84.7	175.9	54
Richard Grady		72.5	96.3	72.5	96.3	192.6	48
Peter Wilson		75.0	103.8	74.5	103.5	207.3	36
Kim Fripp	Large hill	74.0	68.6	67.0	57.3	125.9	53
Donald Grady		79.0	78.1	76.0	71.4	149.5	48
Peter Wilson		78.5	79.4	74.5	75.3	154.7	45
Richard Grady		81.0	80.4	76.0	72.9	153.3	46

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Gaétan Boucher	40.53	14
500 m	Tom Overend	40.22	11
1000 m	Tom Overend	1:25.06	23
1000 m	Gaétan Boucher	1:21.23	6
1500 m	Gaétan Boucher	2:04.63	14
5000 m	Andy Barron	8:10.00	23

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Kathy Vogt	45.62	21
	Sylvia Burka	44.35	11
	Cathy Priestner	43.12
1000 m	Liz Appleby	1:34.27	22
	Cathy Priestner	1:29.66	6
	Sylvia Burka	1:29.47	4
1500 m	Kathy Vogt	2:25.49	23
	Liz Appleby	2:24.89	21
	Sylvia Burka	2:19.74	9
3000 m	Gayle Gordon	5:07.09	23
	Liz Appleby	4:58.68	18
	Sylvia Burka	4:49.04	8

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References

Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com

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