Canada_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Canada at the
1956 Winter Olympics
Canada at the; 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; 26 January 1956 – 5 February 1956
Competitors	35 (27 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Norris Bowden [citation needed]
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Canada competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden	Figure skating	Pairs
Bronze	Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) Denis Brodeur Charles Brooker William Colvin Alfred Horne Art Hurst Byrle Klinck Paul Knox Kenneth Laufman Howard Lee James Logan Floyd Martin Jack McKenzie Donald Rope George Scholes Gerry Theberge Robert White Keith Woodall	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Lucile Wheeler	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill

Alpine skiing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
André Bertrand	Downhill					3:31.2	25
André Bertrand	Giant Slalom					3:33.1	39
André Bertrand	Slalom	2:42.8	57	2:20.0	30	5:02.8	50

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ginette Seguin	Downhill					1:58.2	33
Carlyn Kruger						1:53.2	22
Anne Heggtveit						1:53.2	22
Lucille Wheeler						1:45.9
Carlyn Kruger	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Ginette Seguin						2:16.6	36
Anne Heggtveit						2:05.3	29
Lucille Wheeler						1:58.6	6
Lucille Wheeler	Slalom	1:36.7	38	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Anne Heggtveit		1:31.0	34	1:07.5	20	2:38.5	30
Carlyn Kruger		1:14.7	30	1:07.6	21	2:22.3	23
Ginette Seguin		1:05.6	22	1:10.0	24	2:15.6	18

Cross-country skiing edit

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Clarence Servold	53:34	19
30 km	Clarence Servold	2'00:01	37
50 km	Clarence Servold	3'21:50	22

Figure skating edit

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Charles Snelling	9	7	150.42	67	8

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Ann Johnston	7	10	152.56	94	9
Carole Jane Pachl	6	8	154.74	73	6

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Barbara Wagner Robert Paul	10.74	54.5	6
Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden	11.32	16

Ice hockey edit

Canada was represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which would later represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics (silver medal). The Dutchmen are the only self-contained club team to represent Canada at two different Olympics.

Group A edit

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	30	1	6
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	9	6	3
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	7	2
4	Austria	3	0	2	1	2	32	1

Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
Canada 23-0 Austria
Italy 1-3 Canada

Games for 1st-6th places edit

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	25	5	10
2	United States	5	4	1	0	26	12	8
	Canada	5	3	2	0	23	11	6
4	Sweden	5	1	3	1	10	17	3
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	20	30	2
6	Germany	5	0	4	1	6	35	1

Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
USA 4-1 Canada
Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
Canada 6-2 Sweden
USSR 2-0 Canada

Leading scorers edit

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1st	James Logan	8	7	5	12
1st	Paul Knox	8	7	5	12
3rd	Gerry Theberge	8	9	2	11
5th	Jack McKenzie	8	7	4	11
9th	George Scholes	8	5	3	8

Bronze:

Canada

Denis Brodeur
Keith Woodall
Floyd Martin
Howie Lee
Art Hurst
Jack McKenzie
James Logan
Paul Knox
Donald Rope
Byrle Klinck
Bill Colvin
Gerry Théberge
Alfred Horne
Charlie Brooker
George Scholes
Bob White
Ken Laufman

Nordic combined edit

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Irvin Servold	Individual	64.0	64.5	180.0	31	1'01:44	219.000	24	399.000	27

Ski jumping edit

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacques Charland	Normal hill	76.0	94.5	30	73.0	93.5	27	188.0	27

Speed skating edit

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Johnny Sands	DNF	–
	Ralf Olin	44.1	36
	Gordon Audley	43.2	25
1500 m	Gordon Audley	2:26.1	53
	Johnny Sands	2:20.7	45
	Ralf Olin	2:19.7	41
5000 m	Ralf Olin	8:30.5	33
10,000 m	Ralf Olin	17:59.2	31