Canada at the
1956 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
26 January 1956 (1956-01-26) – 5 February 1956 (1956-02-05)
Competitors35 (27 men, 8 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearerNorris Bowden
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverFrances Dafoe
Norris Bowden		Figure skatingPairs
 BronzeCanada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
 Ice hockeyMen's competition
 BronzeLucile WheelerAlpine skiingWomen'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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ice hockey

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

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Canada 33003016
2  Germany 3111963
3  Italy 3012572
4  Austria 30212321
  • 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 550025510
2  United States 541026128
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 532023116
4  Sweden 513110173
5  Czechoslovakia 514020302
6  Germany 50416351
  • 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 Canada James Logan 87512
1st Canada Paul Knox 87512
3rd Canada Gerry Theberge 89211
5th Canada Jack McKenzie 87411
9th Canada George Scholes 8538
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

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