Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	35 (27 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Robert Bowden
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Canada competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Alpine skiing 3 Cross-country skiing 4 Figure skating 5 Ice hockey 5.1 Group A 5.2 Games for 1st-6th places 5.3 Leading scorers 6 Nordic combined 7 Ski jumping 8 Speed skating 9 References

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		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
		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	03 !
Carlyn Kruger	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Ginette Seguin						2:16.6	36
Anen 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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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

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	02 !

Ice hockey

Group A

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

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
03 !	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

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

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
		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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com

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