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
- gold
figure skating
Men
-
Peter Firstbrook
- 5th place (173,122)
Women
-
Vera Smith
- 13th place (138,220)
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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)
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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)
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Frank Stack
- 500 m: 12th place (44.8 s)
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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
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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)
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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)
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Rosemary protection
- Downhill: 14th place (1: 54.6 min)
- Giant Slalom: 23rd place (2: 19.7 min)
- Slalom: 37th place (3: 08.9 min)
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Lucille Wheeler
- Downhill: 27th place (1: 59.5 min)
- Giant Slalom: 27th place (2: 22.2 min)
- Slalom: 26th place (2: 28.4 min)
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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)
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Claude Richer
- 18 km: 52nd place (1:13:17 h)
Ski jumping
-
Jacques Charland
- Normal hill: 25th place (190.0)
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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 )