1980 Winter Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid with a delegation of 59 athletes (41 men, 18 women). Ski racer Ken Read was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

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Two-man bobsleigh: Joey Kilburn / Robert Wilson (CAN I) 13th place Serge Cantin / Brian Vachon (CAN II) 20th place

Four-man bobsleigh: Serge Cantin / Martin Glynn / Alan MacLachlan / Robert Wilson DNF

ice Hockey

Men: 6th place

Glenn Anderson Warren Anderson Ken Berry Dan D'Alvise Ron Davidson Bob Dupuis Joe Grant Randy Gregg Dave Hindmarch

Paul MacLean Kevin Maxwell Terry O'Malley Paul Pageau Brad Pirie Kevin Primeau Don Spring Tim Watters Stelio Zupancich

figure skating

Women: Heather Kemkaran 15th place

Men's: Brian Pockar 12th place

Couples: Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini 9th place

Ice dance: Lorna Wighton / John Dowding 6th place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Sylvia Burka 500 m: 9th place 1000 m: 7th place 1500 m: 10th place 3000 m: 12th place Sylvie Daigle 500 m: 19th place Pat Durnin 3000 m: 23rd place Kathy Vogt 500 m: 18th place 1000 m: 24th place 1500 m: 16th place Brenda Webster 1000 m: 19th place 1500 m: 11th place 3000 m: 11th place

Men's: Gaétan Boucher 500 m: 8th place 1000 m: 1500 m: 15th place Jacques Thibault 500 m: 26th place 1000 m: 20th place 1500 m: 27th place Craig Webster 1000 m: 27th place 1500 m: 23rd place 5000 m: 20th place

Sledding

Women: Carole Keyes 18th place Danielle Nadeau 22nd place

Men's: Mark Jensen 17th place Bruce Smith 11th place

Alpine skiing

Women: Laurie Graham Departure: 11th place Loni Klettl Departure: 13th place Kathy Kreiner Departure: 5th place Giant slalom: 9th place Slalom: 15th place

Men's: Dave Irwin Departure: 11th place Dave Murray Departure: 10th place Steve Podborski Departure: Ken Read Departure: DNF

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women:

• Sharon Firth

  5 km: 35th place

• Shirley Firth

  5 km: 28th place

  10 km: 24th place

  4 × 5 km: 8th place

• Joan Groothuysen

  5 km: 27th place

  10 km: 34th place

  4 × 5 km: 8th place

• Esther Miller

  10 km: 33rd place

  4 × 5 km: 8th place

• Angela Schmidt-Foster

  5 km: 29th place

  10 km: 23rd place

  4 × 5 km: 8th place

Ski jumping

Men's:

• Horst Bulau

  Normal hill: 41st place

  Large hill: 29th place

• Steve Collins

  Normal hill: 28th place

  Large hill: 9th place

• Tauno Käyhkö

  Normal hill: 30th place

  Large hill: 26th place

Web links

• Olympic team of Canada 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )