Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | CAN |
NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Grenoble, France 6 February 1968 – 18 February 1968 | |
Competitors | 70 (55 men, 15 women) in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | Nancy Greene (alpine skiing) |
Medals Ranked 13th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games. This was the first Winter Olympic Games in which the new Maple Leaf Flag was used to represent the country.
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Nancy Greene | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
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Nancy Greene | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom |
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Canada men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
Alpine skiing
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
Peter Duncan | Downhill | DSQ | - | ||||
Rod Hebron | DNF | - | |||||
Gerry Rinaldi | 2:06.30 | 31 | |||||
Wayne Henderson | 2:05.56 | 27 | |||||
Keith Shepherd | Giant Slalom | DSQ | - | - | - | DSQ | - |
Scott Henderson | 1:47.85 | 25 | 1:50.65 | 19 | 3:38.50 | 21 | |
Rod Hebron | 1:47.07 | 19 | DNF | - | DNF | - | |
Peter Duncan | 1:47.06 | 18 | 1:51.11 | 26 | 3:38.17 | 18 |
- Men's slalom
Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
Scott Henderson | DSQ | - | 56.71 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
Peter Duncan | 54.57 | 3 | 55.07 | 2 | did not advance | |||||
Robert Swan | 53.50 | 2 QF | - | - | 53.75 | 34 | DSQ | - | DSQ | - |
Rod Hebron | 56.12 | 4 | 54.52 | 1 QF | DNF | - | - | - | DNF | - |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
Betsy Clifford | Downhill | 1:47.60 | 23 | ||||
Karen Dokka | 1:47.55 | 22 | |||||
Judi Leinweber | 1:45.60 | 20 | |||||
Nancy Greene | 1:43.12 | 10 | |||||
Betsy Clifford | Giant Slalom | DSQ | - | ||||
Judi Leinweber | 2:00.57 | 25 | |||||
Karen Dokka | 1:58.36 | 16 | |||||
Nancy Greene | 1:51.97 | ![]() | |||||
Betsy Clifford | Slalom | DNF | - | - | - | DNF | - |
Judi Leinweber | DSQ | - | - | - | DSQ | - | |
Karen Dokka | 44.92 | 20 | 49.59 | 15 | 1:34.51 | 15 | |
Nancy Greene | 41.45 | 3 | 44.70 | 1 | 1:26.15 | ![]() |
Biathlon
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Zeit | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
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20 km | George Rattai | 1'24:03.0 | 11 | 1'35:03.0 | 54 |
James Boyde | 1'27:02.0 | 8 | 1'35:02.0 | 53 | |
George Ede | 1'26:41.8 | 8 | 1'34:41.8 | 51 | |
Esko Karu | 1'21:42.9 | 11 | 1'32:42.9 | 46 |
- 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 2 | Zeit | Rank | |
George Ede Knowles McGill George Rattai Esko Karu |
- | DNF | - |
- 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
[edit]Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |||
CAN-1 | Purvis McDougall Bob Storey |
Two-man | 1:13.89 | 20 | 1:12.80 | 17 | 1:13.68 | 18 | 1:13.73 | 19 | 4:54.10 | 19 |
CAN-2 | Hans Gehrig Harry Goetschi |
Two-man | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | DSQ | - |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |||
CAN-1 | Purvis McDougall Bob Storey Michael Young Andrew Faulds |
Four-man | 1:12.61 | 17 | 1:10.21 | 17 | 2:22.82 | 17 |
Cross-country skiing
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
15 km | Rolf Pettersen | 58:31.8 | 63 |
David Rees | 58:25.9 | 61 | |
Nils Skulbru | 55:53.4 | 56 | |
30 km | Rolf Pettersen | 1'55:37.2 | 61 |
David Rees | 1'52:46.6 | 58 | |
Nils Skulbru | 1'50:06.1 | 52 | |
50 km | David Rees | 2'56:00.5 | 46 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | |
Nils Skulbru Rolf Pettersen Esko Karu David Rees |
2'29:12.7 | 14 |
Figure skating
[edit]- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Steve Hutchinson | 22 | 21 | 1578.3 | 193 | 22 |
David McGillivray | 21 | 9 | 1663.7 | 139 | 16 |
Jay Humphry | 9 | 6 | 1795.0 | 63 | 7 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Lyndai Cowan | 23 | DNF | - | - | DNF |
Linda Carbonetto | 24 | 9 | 1662.9 | 111 | 13 |
Karen Magnussen | 10 | 4 | 1759.4 | 63 | 7 |
- Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Betty McKilligan John McKilligan |
17 | 17 | 254.8 | 154 | 17 |
Anna Forder Richard Stephens |
16 | 16 | 269.2 | 138 | 16 |
Ice hockey
[edit]Medal Round
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 11 |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 |
5 | ![]() |
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 7 |
6 | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 0 |
Canada –
West Germany 6:1 (0:0, 4:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dinnen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.
Referees: Seglin, Snětkov (URS)
Canada –
Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: O'Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)
Canada –
East Germany 11:0 (4:0, 4:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Mott 4, Huck 2, Hargreaves, O'Shea, Bourbonnais, Monteith, H. Pinder.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Canada –
USA 3:2 (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Cadieux 2, Johnston – Pleau, Riutta.
Referees: Snětkov, Seglin (URS)
Czechoslovakia –
Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Sweden –
Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O'Shea.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)
USSR –
Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mišakov, Staršinov, Zimin.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
Leading scorers/Awards
[edit]Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
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6th | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
8th | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
IIHF Award:
Best Goaltender | ![]() |
Contestants
[edit] CANADA
Goaltenders: Ken Broderick, Wayne Stephenson.
Defence: Marshall Johnston, Terry O'Malley, Barry MacKenzie, Brian Glennie, Paul Conlin.
Forwards: Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Ray Cadieux, Roger Bourbonnais, Danny O'Shea, Bill MacMillan, Gary Dineen, Ted Hargreaves, Herb Pinder, Steve Monteith, Gerry Pinder.
Coach: Jackie McLeod.
Luge
[edit]- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |
D'Arcy Coulson | 1:02.69 | 39 | 1:31.24 | 47 | 1:02.19 | 42 | 3:36.12 | 47 |
Colin Nelson | 1:01.13 | 37 | 1:01.90 | 38 | 1:01.53 | 38 | 3:04.56 | 37 |
Roger Eddy | 1:00.69 | 33 | 1:00.30 | 30 | 1:00.40 | 32 | 3:01.39 | 31 |
Larry Arbuthnot | 1:00.10 | 30 | 1:00.92 | 33 | 1:01.99 | 41 | 3:03.01 | 33 |
- Women
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |
Phyllis Walter | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - | DSQ | - |
Martha Diplock | 51.94 | 19 | 51.51 | 18 | 52.03 | 16 | 2:35.48 | 18 |
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock | 50.64 | 13 | 50.54 | 13 | 51.28 | 11 | 2:32.46 | 12 |
Ski jumping
[edit]Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Claude Trahan | Normal hill | 61.5 | 74.2 | 56.0 | 56.4 | 130.6 | 57 |
Ulf Kvendbo | 61.5 | 75.2 | 63.0 | 78.1 | 153.3 | 53 | |
John McInnes | 61.5 | 75.7 | 60.5 | 72.6 | 148.3 | 55 | |
Claude Trahan | Large hill | 64.0 | 40.0 | 69.0 | 51.0 | 91.0 | 58 |
John McInnes | 71.5 | 58.5 | 73.5 | 61.8 | 120.3 | 57 | |
Ulf Kvendbo | 76.5 | 69.5 | 77.0 | 69.2 | 138.7 | 55 |
Speed skating
[edit]- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
500 m | Bob Hodges | 43.3 | 41 |
Pete Williamson | 42.6 | 33 | |
Bob Boucher | 42.0 | 25 | |
1500 m | Pete Williamson | 2:16.0 | 46 |
Bob Hodges | 2:12.0 | 26 | |
5000 m | Bob Hodges | 8:05.0 | 29 |
Paul Enock | 7:54.8 | 19 | |
10,000 m | Bob Hodges | 17:01.9 | 23 |
Paul Enock | 16:21.2 | 15 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
500 m | Doreen McCannell | 49.0 | 24 |
Marcia Parsons | 48.8 | 23 | |
Wendy Thompson | 48.2 | 19 | |
1000 m | Wendy Thompson | 1:41.1 | 27 |
Marcia Parsons | 1:37.7 | 21 | |
Doreen McCannell | 1:37.6 | 20 | |
1500 m | Marcia Parsons | 2:34.4 | 24 |
Doreen McCannell | 2:32.2 | 21 | |
3000 m | Marcia Parsons | 5:29.5 | 22 |
Doreen McCannell | 5:21.5 | 18 |
Official Outfitter
[edit]HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. It was HBC last Olympics until 2006.