Canada at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Canada at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | CAN |
NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Sapporo, Japan 3 February 1972 – 13 February 1972 | |
Competitors | 47 (29 men, 18 women) in 7 sports |
Flag bearer | Karen Magnussen (figure skating) |
Medals Ranked 17th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
The one silver medal won by Karen Magnussen ties with the Canadian Olympic Team of 1936 for the lowest medal total by a Canadian Winter Olympic Team.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Karen Magnussen | Figure skating | Women's singles |
Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
Derek Robbins | Downhill | 2:00.38 | 38 | ||||
Reto Barrington | 1:58.29 | 32 | |||||
Jim Hunter | 1:55.16 | 20 | |||||
Derek Robbins | Giant Slalom | DSQ | - | - | - | DSQ | - |
Reto Barrington | 1:35.22 | 18 | 1:42.02 | 24 | 3:17.24 | 20 | |
Jim Hunter | 1:33.83 | 13 | 1:39.15 | 10 | 3:12.98 | 11 |
- Men's slalom
Athlete | Classification | Final | ||||||
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Zeit | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
Jim Hunter | 1:47.16 | 4 | 1:02.02 | 31 | 59.50 | 20 | 2:01.52 | 19 |
Reto Barrington | DSQ | - | 1:04.02 | 34 | 59.23 | 19 | 2:03.25 | 23 |
Derek Robbins | DNF | - | DNF | - | - | - | DNF | - |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
Kathy Kreiner | Downhill | 1:43.68 | 33 | ||||
Judy Crawford | 1:41.75 | 27 | |||||
Laurie Kreiner | 1:41.00 | 20 | |||||
Carolyne Oughton | 1:40.92 | 18 | |||||
Carolyne Oughton | Giant Slalom | 1:38.29 | 29 | ||||
Judy Crawford | 1:35.60 | 24 | |||||
Diane Pratte | 1:33.59 | 15 | |||||
Laurie Kreiner | 1:32.48 | 4 | |||||
Kathy Kreiner | Slalom | 50.55 | 19 | 49.72 | 15 | 1:40.27 | 14 |
Diane Pratte | 49.32 | 17 | DNF | - | DNF | - | |
Laurie Kreiner | 48.81 | 15 | 48.49 | 12 | 1:37.30 | 12 | |
Judy Crawford | 47.12 | 5 | 46.83 | 6 | 1:33.95 | 4 |
Bobsleigh
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 | Hans Gehrig Andrew Faulds |
Two-man | 1:18.82 | 20 | 1:18.36 | 20 | 1:15.66 | 17 | 1:16.06 | 17 | 5:08.90 | 18 |
CAN-2 | Bob Storey Michael Hartley |
Two-man | 1:18.49 | 18 | 1:16.70 | 8 | 1:14.90 | 13 | 1:15.61 | 15 | 5:05.70 | 14 |
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 | Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds |
Four-man | 1:12.61 | 15 | 1:12.43 | 9 | 1:10.76 | 5 | 1:12.26 | 16 | 4:48.06 | 13 |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
15 km | Jarl Omholt-Jensen | 50:52.14 | 52 |
Roger Allen | 50:41.31 | 50 | |
Fred Kelly | 50:07.22 | 49 | |
Malcolm Hunter | 49:54.08 | 45 | |
30 km | Jarl Omholt-Jensen | 1'51:14.04 | 50 |
Malcolm Hunter | 1'46:51.47 | 43 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | |
Fred Kelly Roger Allen Jarl Omholt-Jensen Malcolm Hunter |
2'16:56.41 | 13 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
5 km | Hellen Sander | 19:30.01 | 41 |
Roseanne Allen | 19:22.70 | 40 | |
Shirley Firth | 18:36.07 | 35 | |
Sharon Firth | 18:06.28 | 26 | |
10 km | Hellen Sander | 40:25.11 | 40 |
Sharon Firth | 36:52.49 | 24 |
- Women's 3 × 5 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | |
Shirley Firth Sharon Firth Roseanne Allen |
53:37.82 | 10 |
Figure skating
- Men
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Toller Cranston | 12 | 5 | 2517.2 | 80.5 | 9 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Catherine Irwin | 12 | 12 | 2383.4 | 116 | 13 |
Karen Magnussen | 3 | 2 | 2673.2 | 23 | ![]() |
- Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Mary Petrie John Hubbell |
15 | 15 | 358.5 | 129 | 15 |
Sandra Bezic Val Bezic |
9 | 9 | 384.9 | 84 | 9 |
Luge
- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |
Paul Nielsen | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | DNF | - |
Doug Hansen | 55.73 | 36 | 55.94 | 39 | 55.20 | 40 | 55.35 | 40 | 3:42.22 | 38 |
David McComb | 55.20 | 31 | 56.14 | 41 | 54.52 | 33 | 54.57 | 35 | 3:40.43 | 35 |
Larry Arbuthnot | 54.11 | 18 | 54.17 | 21 | 54.17 | 31 | 54.12 | 33 | 3:36.57 | 25 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | |
Larry Arbuthnot Doug Hansen |
46.47 | 15 | 46.22 | 15 | 1:32.69 | 16 |
Ski jumping
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Peter Wilson | Normal hill | 64.5 | 79.4 | 60.5 | 70.0 | 149.4 | 56 |
Rick Gulyas | 71.0 | 90.8 | 70.5 | 90.5 | 181.3 | 48 | |
Ulf Kvendbo | 70.5 | 93.0 | 71.0 | 94.8 | 187.8 | 44 | |
Zdenek Mezl | 74.0 | 100.6 | 70.0 | 92.2 | 192.8 | 40 | |
Ulf Kvendbo | Large hill | 79.0 | 75.6 | 80.0 | 77.0 | 152.6 | 45 |
Peter Wilson | 83.0 | 78.7 | 83.5 | 80.9 | 159.6 | 39 | |
Zdenek Mezl | 98.0 | 104.7 | 89.0 | 89.6 | 194.3 | 17 |
Speed skating
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
500 m | John Cassidy | 43.01 | 30 |
Gerry Cassan | 42.87 | 29 | |
1500 m | Andy Barron | 2:17.71 | 36 |
Kevin Sirois | 2:13.99 | 26 | |
Bob Hodges | 2:12.13 | 23 | |
5000 m | Andy Barron | 8:11.84 | 25 |
Kevin Sirois | 8:02.66 | 19 | |
10,000 m | Kevin Sirois | 15:58.61 | 14 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Zeit | Rank | ||
500 m | Sylvia Burka | DSQ | - |
Donna McCannell | 47.30 | 25 | |
Cathy Priestner | 45.79 | 14 | |
1000 m | Gayle Gordon | 1:38.32 | 32 |
Cathy Priestner | 1:37.11 | 29 | |
Sylvia Burka | 1:32.95 | 8 | |
1500 m | Jennifer Jackson | 2:35.22 | 30 |
Gayle Gordon | 2:31.86 | 27 | |
Sylvia Burka | 2:29.60 | 21 |