Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
IOC code CAN
NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Lake Placid, United States
13 February 1980 (1980-02-13) – 24 February 1980 (1980-02-24)
Competitors59 (41 men, 18 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Ken Read (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada had competed at every Winter Olympic Games previously.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gaétan Boucher Speed skating Men's 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Steve Podborski Alpine skiing Men's downhill

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Ken Read DownhillDNF–
Dave Irwin 1:48.1211
Dave Murray 1:47.9510
Steve Podborski 1:46.62Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Loni Klettl Downhill1:40.9513
Laurie Graham 1:40.7411
Kathy Kreiner 1:39.535
Kathy Kreiner Giant Slalom1:17.19111:28.5692:45.759
Kathy Kreiner Slalom48.062146.72151:34.7815

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
CAN-1 Joey Kilburn
Robert Wilson 		Two-man1:04.07141:04.27121:03.96141:03.91114:16.2113
CAN-2 Brian Vachon
Serge Cantin 		Two-man1:04.66181:04.67161:04.38171:05.05194:18.7620
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
CAN-1 Martin Glynn
Alan MacLachlan
Serge Cantin
Robert Wilson 		Four-man1:01.76151:02.2517DNF–––DNF–

Cross-country skiing

Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Sharon Firth 16:54.6635
Angela Schmidt-Foster 16:28.8729
Shirley Firth 16:23.4028
Joan Groothuysen 16:23.2527
10 km Joan Groothuysen 33:31.9934
Esther Miller 33:29.0333
Shirley Firth 32:56.8724
Angela Schmidt-Foster 32:56.1323
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Angela Schmidt-Foster
Shirley Firth
Esther Miller
Joan Groothuysen 		1'07:45.758

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Brian Pockar 1212121632610712
Women
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Heather Kemkaran 161215164.6412815
Pairs
AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Barbara Underhill
Paul Martini 		99129.36789
Ice Dancing
AthletesCDFDPointsPlacesRank
Lorna Wighton
John Dowding 		66193.80546

Ice hockey

First Round - Red Division

    Team advanced to the Final Round
    Team advanced to Consolation Round
TeamGP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5500511110
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 532026186
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 532028126
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 523015234
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 513116433
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50417361

All times are local (UTC-5).

12 February 1980
13:30		 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1 – 10
(1–2, 0–2, 0–6)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Lindgren
de Graauw (de Cloe) (SH) - 01:561 – 0
1 – 104:04 - Primeau (Devaney)
1 – 211:40 - Berry (Maxwell, O'Malley)
1 – 326:52 - d'Alvise (O'Malley)
1 – 435:02 - Hindmarch (Devaney) (PP)
1 – 543:31 - G. Anderson (Davidson, Nill)
1 – 644:14 - d'Alvise (Zupancich, Pirie)
1 – 750:35 - Devaney (Primeau, Hindmarch) (PP)
1 – 851:11 - Berry (Watters, Maxwell)
1 – 952:22 - Berry (Maxwell, MacLean)
1 – 1058:11 - Hindmarch (MacLean, Davidson)
16 minPenalties18 min
20Shots40
14 February 1980
17:00		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1 – 5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Kompalla
0 – 103:17 - Zupancich (Pirie, d'Alvise)
Jobczyk (Zabawa) - 23:171 – 1
1 – 230:56 - Watters (G. Anderson, Spring)
1 – 332:06 - Berry (Maxwell, MacLean)
1 – 447:42 - Devaney (Hindmarch, Gregg)
1 – 553:29 - Primeau
0 minPenalties0 min
25Shots36
16 February 1980
20:30		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Lindgren
0 – 104:03 - Peltonen (Suoraniemi)
MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:221 – 1
1 – 219:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo)
1 – 337:07 - Koskilahti
G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:472 – 3
2 – 456:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH)
Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:093 – 4
16 minPenalties10 min
33Shots26
18 February 1980
13:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Olympic Arena, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
Devaney (Zupancich, d'Alvise) (PP) - 09:361 – 0
Primeau - 14:352 – 0
MacLean (Maxwell) - 23:173 – 0
Davidson - 26:194 – 0
W. Anderson - 41:275 – 0
Hindmarch - 50:226 – 0
14 minPenalties22 min
48Shots13
20 February 1980
17:00		 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6 – 4
(1–1, 1–2, 4–1)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Neagles
0 – 101:35 - Nill (Davidson, G. Anderson)
Balderis (Skvortsov, Zhluktov) - 13:421 – 1
1 – 220:19 - Gregg
1 – 322:38 - Pirie (Zupancich, d'Alvise)
Kasatonov (Krutov) - 39:472 – 3
Mikhailov (A. Golikov) - 41:533 – 3
A. Golikov (Makarov) - 42:054 – 3
4 – 443:05 - d'Alvise
Mikhailov (Starikov) - 48:415 – 4
A. Golikov - 56:516 – 4
6 minPenalties12 min
35Shots26

Consolation round

The third-placed teams in each division, Czechoslovakia and Canada, played each other to determine fifth place.

22 February 1980
13:30		 Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6 – 1
(5–0, 0–1, 1–0)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olympic Fieldhouse, Lake Placid
Referee:
Dombrovsky
Fryčer (Nový, Pouzar) - 01:381 – 0
A. Šťastný - 02:142 – 0
M. Šťastný, Bubla, A. Šťastný) - 07:163 – 0
A. Šťastný (M. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) - 12:474 – 0
M. Šťastný (A. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) - 13:195 – 0
5 – 128:01 - Devaney (Grant, Hindmarch)
M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) - 57:186 – 1
8 minPenalties6 min
27Shots21

Final Rank: 6th place

  • Team Roster

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bruce Smith 45.4422345.3051245.4791544.848103:01.07411
Mark Jensen 45.1501646.2182145.3631346.079193:02.81017
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Danielle Nadeau 40.7822040.9681941.7702341.101202:44.62122
Carole Keyes 40.6161840.6581541.5672241.058192:43.89918

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Horst Bulau Normal hill64.579.475.0100.7180.141
Tauno Käyhkö 78.5108.871.596.6205.430
Steve Collins 81.0111.872.095.9207.728
Tauno Käyhkö Large hill98.0104.497.5104.2208.626
Horst Bulau 100.5106.995.098.2205.129
Steve Collins 112.5126.7102.5111.7238.49

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Jacques Thibault 40.1126
Gaétan Boucher 38.908
1000 m Craig Webster 1:21.4727
Jacques Thibault 1:19.7920
Gaétan Boucher 1:16.68Silver medal icon.svg
1500 m Jacques Thibault 2:06.7927
Craig Webster 2:02.4123
Gaétan Boucher 2:00.1515
5000 m Craig Webster 7:28.9420
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Sylvie Daigle 44.1619
Kathy Vogt 44.1518
Sylvia Burka 43.439
1000 m Kathy Vogt 1:30.3324
Brenda Webster 1:29.8419
Sylvia Burka 1:27.507
1500 m Kathy Vogt 2:16.0916
Brenda Webster 2:14.7311
Sylvia Burka 2:14.6510
3000 m Pat Durnin 4:58.4223
Sylvia Burka 4:44.2212
Brenda Webster 4:43.6711

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