Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Canada at the
1952 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Oslo
Competitors39 (31 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearerGordon Audley
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldCanada men's national ice hockey team (Edmonton Mercurys)
Ice hockeyMen's competition
 BronzeGordon AudleySpeed skatingMen's 500m

Alpine skiing

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

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

Figure skating

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

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

Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Canada 8701711415
 United States 8611432113
 Sweden 9720532214
 Czechoslovakia 9630502312
  Switzerland 844040408
 Poland 825121565
 Finland 826021604
 West Germany 816121533
 Norway 808015460
  • 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 815722
David Miller 810212
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

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

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

  • (ed.) Rolf Petersen (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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com
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