1952 Winter Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada participated in the VI. 1952 Winter Olympics in the Norwegian capital Oslo with a delegation of 39 athletes in six disciplines, including 31 men and 8 women. The athletes won a total of one gold and one bronze medal. The gold medal was won by the ice hockey team, the bronze medal was won by Gordon Audley in speed skating over 500 meters.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was Gordon Audley.

Participants by sport

ice Hockey

Men

Eric Paterson Ralph Hansch John Davies Don Gauf Bob Meyers Tom Pollock Al Purvis Billy Gibson

David Miller George Abel Billie Dawe Robert Dickson Gordon Robertson Louis Secco Francis Sullivan Bob Watt

• gold

figure skating

Men

• Peter Firstbrook

  5th place (173,122)

Women

• Vera Smith

  13th place (138,220)

• Marlene Smith

  9th place (143,289)

• Suzanne Morrow

  6th place (149,333)

Couples

• Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden

  5th place (10,489)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Ralf Olin

  500 m: 30th place (46.5 s)

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 29.3 min)

  5000 m: 25th place (8: 54.2 min)

  10,000 m: 21st place (18: 22.8 min)

• Craig Mackay

  500 m: 15th place (44.9 s)

  1500 m: 16th place (2: 25.0 min)

  5000 m: 23rd place (8: 52.5 min)

  10,000 m: 24th place (18: 27.4 min)

• Frank Stack

  500 m: 12th place (44.8 s)

• Gordon Audley

  500 m: bronze (44.0 s)

Alpine skiing

Men

• André Bertrand

  Downhill: 41st place (2: 56.0 min)

  Giant Slalom: 36th place (2: 49.3 min)

  Slalom: 25th place (2: 13.2 min)

• John Griffin

  Downhill: 32nd place (2: 52.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 37th place (2: 49.9 min)

  Slalom: Eliminated in the preliminary run

• George Merry

  Slalom: Eliminated in the preliminary run

• Gordon Morrison

  Departure: 31st place (2: 51.1 min)

  Giant Slalom: 46th place (2: 54.2 min)

• Robert Richardson

  Downhill: 18th place (2: 43.2 min)

  Giant Slalom: 34th place (2: 48.2 min)

  Slalom: 26th place (2: 13.8 min)

Women

• Joanne Hewson

  Downhill: 8th place (1: 51.3 min)

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (2: 23.9 min)

  Slalom: 13th place (2: 19.9 min)

• Rosemary protection

  Downhill: 14th place (1: 54.6 min)

  Giant Slalom: 23rd place (2: 19.7 min)

  Slalom: 37th place (3: 08.9 min)

• Lucille Wheeler

  Downhill: 27th place (1: 59.5 min)

  Giant Slalom: 27th place (2: 22.2 min)

  Slalom: 26th place (2: 28.4 min)

• Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves

  Downhill: 20th place (1: 56.4 min)

  Giant slalom: 9th place (2: 14.0 min)

  Slalom: 19th place (2: 21.9 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Jacques Carbonneau

  18 km: 70th place (1:17:37 h)

• Claude Richer

  18 km: 52nd place (1:13:17 h)

Ski jumping

• Jacques Charland

  Normal hill: 25th place (190.0)

• Lucien Laferté

  Normal hill: 41st place (162.5)

Web links

• Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )