Canada at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
| 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) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Karen Magnussen | Figure skating | Women's singles |
Alpine skiing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Fred Kelly Roger Allen Jarl Omholt-Jensen Malcolm Hunter |
2'16:56.41 | 13 |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Shirley Firth Sharon Firth Roseanne Allen |
53:37.82 | 10 |
Figure skating
- Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toller Cranston | 12 | 5 | 2517.2 | 80.5 | 9 |
- Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Irwin | 12 | 12 | 2383.4 | 116 | 13 |
| Karen Magnussen | 3 | 2 | 2673.2 | 23 | |
- Pairs
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Larry Arbuthnot Doug Hansen |
46.47 | 15 | 46.22 | 15 | 1:32.69 | 16 |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 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 | |
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