Canada at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 112 (82 men, 30 women) in 10 sports | |||||||||||
Flag bearer | Brian Orser (figure skating) | |||||||||||
Medals Rank: 13 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 5 |
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Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||||
Summer Games | ||||||||||||
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Canada was the host nation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and second time overall, after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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For the second time Canada failed to obtain a gold medal on home soil.Later Alexandre Bilodeau was the first Canadian to obtain a gold medal on home soil in the 2010 Winter Olympics. That year, Canada made a record for most gold medals won in a Winter Olympics with 14 gold.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Silver | Brian Orser | Figure skating | Men's singles |
Silver | Elizabeth Manley | Figure skating | Women's singles |
Bronze | Karen Percy | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
Bronze | Karen Percy | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G |
Bronze | Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
Figure skating | Ice dancing |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Brian Stemmle | Downhill | DSQ | – | ||
Felix Belczyk | 2:03.59 | 18 | |||
Rob Boyd | 2:03.27 | 16 | |||
Mike Carney | 2:03.25 | 14 | |||
Alain Villiard | Super-G | DNF | – | ||
Rob Boyd | 1:45.04 | 22 | |||
Felix Belczyk | 1:44.31 | 19 | |||
Jim Read | 1:43.01 | 13 | |||
Greg Grossmann | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Peter Bosinger | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Alain Villiard | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Jim Read | DSQ | – | DSQ | – | |
Greg Grossmann | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Michael Tommy | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Jim Read | n/a | DNF | DNF | – | |
Alain Villiard | 54.33 | 49.44 | 1:43.77 | 14 |
Men's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Rob Boyd | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Mike Carney | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Don Stevens | 1:50.97 | 48.82 | 47.63 | 135.81 | 19 |
Felix Belczyk | 1:48.24 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Kellie Casey | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Kerrin Lee-Gartner | 1:28.07 | 15 | |||
Laurie Graham | 1:26.99 | 5 | |||
Karen Percy | 1:26.62 | ||||
Kerrin Lee-Gartner | Super-G | 1:22.11 | 23 | ||
Lucie Laroche | 1:21.95 | 19 | |||
Laurie Graham | 1:21.11 | 13 | |||
Karen Percy | 1:20.29 | ||||
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Karen Percy | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Kerrin Lee-Gartner | 1:02.71 | 1:10.61 | 2:13.32 | 17 | |
Josée Lacasse | 1:01.12 | 1:08.66 | 2:09.78 | 11 | |
Kerrin Lee-Gartner | Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Karen Percy | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven | 53.16 | 52.63 | 1:45.79 | 18 | |
Josée Lacasse | 51.63 | 51.51 | 1:43.14 | 16 |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Nancy Gee | 1:20.21 | 42.41 | 43.84 | 103.86 | 13 |
Karen Percy | 1:18.22 | 40.62 | 43.38 | 54.47 | 4 |
Kerrin Lee-Gartner | 1:18.15 | 42.23 | 43.20 | 65.26 | 8 |
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven | 1:17.58 | 42.24 | 44.20 | 64.85 | 7 |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Paget Stewart | 4 | 29:06.9 | 58 |
Charles Plamondon | 3 | 28:30.5 | 55 | |
Ken Karpoff | 1 | 28:12.9 | 46 | |
Glenn Rupertus | 2 | 27:38.6 | 34 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Jamie Kallio | 1'03:13.1 | 7 | 1'10:13.1 | 59 |
Charles Plamondon | 59:27.5 | 5 | 1'04:27.5 | 46 | |
Glenn Rupertus | 56:10.4 | 7 | 1'03:10.4 | 34 | |
Ken Karpoff | 59:19.7 | 3 | 1'02:19.7 | 33 |
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Charles Plamondon Glenn Rupertus Ken Karpoff Jamie Kallio |
4 | 1'33:37.0 | 15 |
1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per missed target.
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
CAN-1 | Greg Haydenluck Lloyd Guss |
Two-man | 57.36 | 3 | 59.90 | 13 | 1:00.11 | 7 | 59.60 | 12 | 3:56.97 | 10 |
CAN-2 | David Leuty Kevin Tyler |
Two-man | 58.56 | 18 | 59.08 | 5 | 1:00.55 | 13 | 1:00.00 | 16 | 3:58.19 | 13 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
CAN-1 | Chris Lori Ken LeBlanc Andrew Swim Howard Dell |
Four-man | 56.66 | 3 | 58.05 | 14 | 57.34 | 18 | 58.32 | 17 | 3:50.37 | 15 |
CAN-2 | Greg Haydenluck Cal Langford Kevin Tyler Lloyd Guss |
Four-man | 57.18 | 13 | 57.82 | 11 | 56.67 | 8 | 58.32 | 17 | 3:49.99 | 13 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Dennis Lawrence | 46:26.3 | 47 |
Al Pilcher | 46:21.1 | 46 | |
Yves Bilodeau | 46:26.6 | 34 | |
Pierre Harvey | 43:22.0 | 17 | |
30 km C |
Wayne Dustin | 1'34:37.8 | 46 |
Al Pilcher | 1'33:04.7 | 39 | |
Yves Bilodeau | 1'32:17.8 | 35 | |
Pierre Harvey | 1'28:21.7 | 14 | |
50 km F |
Wayne Dustin | 2'21:31.8 | 49 |
Alain Masson | 2'19:21.7 | 46 | |
Dennis Lawrence | 2'17:55.7 | 43 | |
Pierre Harvey | 2'10:54.8 | 21 |
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Yves Bilodeau Al Pilcher Pierre Harvey Dennis Lawrence |
1'48:59.7 | 9 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Jean McAllister | 17:32.4 | 46 |
Carol Gibson | 16:35.2 | 33 | |
Angela Schmidt-Foster | 16:32.5 | 32 | |
Lorna Sasseville | 16:23.3 | 26 | |
10 km C |
Angela Schmidt-Foster | 33:45.9 | 38 |
Marie-Andrée Masson | 33:35.6 | 37 | |
Carol Gibson | 33:03.9 | 33 | |
Lorna Sasseville | 32:49.7 | 30 | |
20 km F |
Angela Schmidt-Foster | 1'04:21.9 | 44 |
Jean McAllister | 1'02:02.8 | 31 | |
Marie-Andrée Masson | 1'01:12.6 | 27 | |
Carol Gibson | 1'01:12.0 | 26 |
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Angela Schmidt-Foster Carol Gibson Lorna Sasseville Marie-Andrée Masson |
1'04:22.6 | 9 |
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Neil Paterson | 17 | 13 | 16 | 31.4 | 16 |
Kurt Browning | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15.4 | 8 |
Brian Orser | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 |
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Charlene Wong | 18 | 14 | 13 | 29.4 | 13 |
Elizabeth Manley | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.6 |
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler |
7 | 9 | 12.5 | 9 |
Christine Hough Doug Ladret |
8 | 8 | 12.0 | 8 |
Denise Benning Lyndon Johnston |
5 | 7 | 9.5 | 6 |
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
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Melanie Cole Michael Farrington |
16 | 16 | 16 | 32.0 | 16 |
Karyn Garossino Rodney Garossino |
12 | 12 | 12 | 24.0 | 12 |
Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
3 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 |
Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 |
Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 7 |
Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
Poland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 0 |
The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 8 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 6 |
Canada 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 |
West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 2 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
Team Roster
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Chris Wightman | 47.855 | 29 | 47.856 | 25 | 47.773 | 23 | 48.182 | 26 | 3:11.666 | 24 |
Nil Labrecque | 47.461 | 23 | 47.866 | 26 | 49.307 | 31 | 48.093 | 24 | 3:12.727 | 27 |
Harington Telford | 47.152 | 18 | 47.564 | 21 | 47.119 | 16 | 47.463 | 19 | 3:09.298 | 19 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Bob Gasper André Benoit |
46.240 | 9 | 47.066 | 12 | 1:33.306 | 10 |
Sam Salmon Dan Doll |
48.300 | 17 | 49.058 | 18 | 1:37.358 | 17 |
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Kathy Salmon | 47.569 | 18 | 48.112 | 19 | 48.356 | 20 | 47.670 | 19 | 3:11.707 | 19 |
Marie-Claude Doyon | 46.372 | 5 | 46.596 | 7 | 46.796 | 11 | 46.447 | 6 | 3:06.211 | 7 |
Men's individual
Events:
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Jon Servold | Individual | 187.1 | 33 | 4:36.0 | 46:32.1 | 368.535 | 38 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Horst Bulau | Normal hill | 74.5 | 80.8 | 78.0 | 86.9 | 167.7 | 44 |
Todd Gillman | 75.0 | 82.6 | 78.0 | 88.4 | 171.0 | 42 | |
Ron Richards | 78.0 | 88.4 | 78.0 | 86.9 | 175.3 | 32 | |
Steve Collins | 83.5 | 102.7 | 78.0 | 88.4 | 191.1 | 13 | |
Ron Richards | Large hill | 93.0 | 73.6 | 84.0 | 54.5 | 128.1 | 53 |
Todd Gillman | 96.0 | 80.8 | 86.5 | 30.0 | 110.8 | 54 | |
Steve Collins | 100.0 | 87.9 | 97.0 | 81.2 | 169.1 | 35 | |
Horst Bulau | 112.5 | 109.4 | 99.5 | 88.2 | 197.6 | 7 |
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Horst Bulau Steve Collins Todd Gillman Ron Richards |
497.2 | 9 |
1Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Robert Tremblay | 38.34 | 29 |
Daniel Turcotte | 37.60 | 17 | |
Gaétan Boucher | 37.47 | 14 | |
Guy Thibault | 36.96 | 7 | |
1000 m | Marcel Tremblay | 1:15.13 | 22 |
Jean Pichette | 1:14.72 | 19 | |
Guy Thibault | 1:14.16 | 7 | |
Gaétan Boucher | 1:13.77 | 5 | |
1500 m | Gregor Jelonek | 1:56.37 | 23 |
Ben Lamarche | 1:55.59 | 18 | |
Jean Pichette | 1:54.63 | 10 | |
Gaétan Boucher | 1:54.18 | 9 | |
5000 m | Gordon Goplen | 7:08.49 | 34 |
Jean Pichette | 7:04.95 | 31 | |
Ben Lamarche | 6:57.63 | 21 | |
10,000 m | Gordon Goplen | 14:31.18 | 20 |
Ben Lamarche | 14:21.39 | 10 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Ariane Loignon | 41.57 | 23 |
Natalie Grenier | 40.73 | 11 | |
Shelley Rhead-Skarvan | 40.36 | 6 | |
1000 m | Marie-Pierre Lamarche | 1:25.18 | 25 |
Ariane Loignon | 1:22.75 | 19 | |
Shelley Rhead-Skarvan | 1:21.84 | 14 | |
Natalie Grenier | 1:21.15 | 9 | |
1500 m | Caroline Maheux | 2:10.83 | 23 |
Chantal Côté | 2:09.62 | 21 | |
Ariane Loignon | 2:07.63 | 14 | |
Natalie Grenier | 2:06.80 | 11 | |
3000 m | Chantal Côté | 4:35.74 | 26 |
Ariane Loignon | 4:28.55 | 15 | |
5000 m | Kathy Gordon | 7:53.30 | 23 |
Ariane Loignon | 7:49.55 | 20 | |
Natalie Grenier | 7:46.96 | 18 |
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