Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

 in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies singles, and pair skating.-Event summary:Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win the figure skating gold medal while Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the...	Women's singles
	Canada men's national ice hockey team (RCAF Flyers RCAF Flyers The RCAF Flyers was a senior amateur Canadian ice hockey team, based out of Ottawa. The club won the gold medal in the 1948 Winter Olympics... )	Ice hockey Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...	Men's competition Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested: men's singles, ladies singles, and pair skating.-Event summary:Barbara Ann Scott became the first Canadian to win the figure skating gold medal while Dick Button became the first American to win a figure skating title for the...	Pairs

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (skier) Wilbur "Bill" Irwin is a former Canadian competitive skier who competed in six events across four disciplines at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he competed in the downhill, slalom, combined, 18 km, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events, placing 60th , 50th, 36th, 81st, 37th, and 39th...	Downhill					3:41.3	60
Bert Irwin						3:39.1	56
Hector Sutherland						3:14.1	28
Harvey Clifford						3:14.1	28
Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (skier) Wilbur "Bill" Irwin is a former Canadian competitive skier who competed in six events across four disciplines at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he competed in the downhill, slalom, combined, 18 km, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events, placing 60th , 50th, 36th, 81st, 37th, and 39th...	Slalom	1:40.4	51	1:21.2	45	3:01.6	50
Bert Irwin		1:29.4	39	1:16.6	35	2:46.0	37
Hector Sutherland		1:19.2	27	1:12.0	28	2:31.2	28
Harvey Clifford		1:13.5	19	1:10.2	24	2:23.7	19

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For atlethes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Bert Irwin	2:02.5 (+0:05)	1:18.9	61	53.51	49
Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (skier) Wilbur "Bill" Irwin is a former Canadian competitive skier who competed in six events across four disciplines at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he competed in the downhill, slalom, combined, 18 km, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events, placing 60th , 50th, 36th, 81st, 37th, and 39th...	1:32.9	1:12.7	33	39.25	36
Harvey Clifford	1:26.8	1:10.2	23	20.34	21
Hector Sutherland	1:22.8	1:17.3	25	21.72	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rhona Wurtele	Downhill					3:26.1	37

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (skier) Wilbur "Bill" Irwin is a former Canadian competitive skier who competed in six events across four disciplines at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he competed in the downhill, slalom, combined, 18 km, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events, placing 60th , 50th, 36th, 81st, 37th, and 39th...	1'44:43	81
	Tom Dennie	1'35:41	73
50 km	Tom Dennie	DNF	–

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Wallace Diestelmeyer	13	9	156.322	110	12

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Suzanne Morrow Suzanne Morrow Suzanne Morrow Francis was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Wallace Diestelmeyer. The couple won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships...	9	15	143.655	117	14
Marilyn Ruth Take Marilyn Ruth Take Marilyn Ruth Take was a Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She won the gold medal at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1947 and competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics, finishing in 12th position.-Results:...	12	13	143.722	110.5	12
Barbara Ann Scott	1	1	163.077	11

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Suzanne Morrow Suzanne Morrow Suzanne Morrow Francis was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Wallace Diestelmeyer. The couple won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1948 World Figure Skating Championships... Wallace Diestelmeyer	11.000	31

Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round robin format with nine teams participating.

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	8	7	0	1	69	5	15
	8	7	0	1	80	18	15
	8	6	2	0	67	21	12
	8	4	4	0	55	28	8
	8	3	5	0	39	47	6
	8	2	6	0	29	97	4
	8	1	7	0	33	77	2
	8	0	8	0	24	156	0
*	8	5	3	0	86	33	10

• United States team was disqualified. Only eight teams are officially ranked.

• Canada 3-1 Sweden
• Canada 3-0 United Kingdom
• Canada 15-0 Poland
• Canada 21-1 Italy
• Canada 12-3 USA
• Canada 0-0 Czechoslovakia
• Canada 12-0 Austria
• Canada 3-0 Switzerland

Top scorer

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Canada Walter Halder Walter Halder Walter Edwin Halder was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He was the top scorer of the Canadian team, as well as the top scorer of the entire tournament...	8	21	8	29

Gold:

Hubert Brooks Hubert Brooks Competitor for CanadaHubert Brooks was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz....   Murray Dowey Murray Dowey Competitor for CanadaMurray Albert Dowey, sometimes referred to as Murray Downey, is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St...   Bernard Dunster Bernard Dunster Bernard Francis Dunster was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:**...   R.A. Forbes  A. Gilpin  Jean Gravelle Jean Gravelle Israel Jean Orval Gravelle, sometimes referred to as Orville Gravelle, was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:**...   Patrick Guzzo Patrick Guzzo Patrick Guzzo was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:**...   Walter Halder Walter Halder Walter Edwin Halder was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He was the top scorer of the Canadian team, as well as the top scorer of the entire tournament...   Thomas Hibberd Thomas Hibberd Thomas Edward Hibberd is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St...   Ross King Ross King (ice hockey) Ross King , of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, is a Canadian ice hockey Goaltender. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz....   Henri-André Laperriere Henri-André Laperriere Henri-André Laperriere is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St...   John Lecompte John Lecompte John Howard Louis Lecompte was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:**...   J. Leichnitz  George Mara George Mara George Edward Mara, CM was a Canadian businessman and Olympian hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz....   Albert Renaud  Reginald Schroeter Reginald Schroeter Reginald John "Reg" Schroeter, sometimes referred to as Reginald Schroter, was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St...   Irving Taylor Irving Taylor (ice hockey) Irving C. "Irv" Taylor was a Canadian ice hockey player. HHe was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-External links:**...

Nordic combined

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event

Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, January 31, 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, February 6, 1948....

, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below. Athletes would perform three jumps, of which the two best jumps (distance and form) were counted.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country		Ski Jumping					Total
		Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Distance 3	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (skier) Wilbur "Bill" Irwin is a former Canadian competitive skier who competed in six events across four disciplines at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he competed in the downhill, slalom, combined, 18 km, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events, placing 60th , 50th, 36th, 81st, 37th, and 39th...	Individual	99.00	39	51.0	51.0	51.5	181.0	30	280.00	37

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Bill Irwin Bill Irwin (skier) Wilbur "Bill" Irwin is a former Canadian competitive skier who competed in six events across four disciplines at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he competed in the downhill, slalom, combined, 18 km, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events, placing 60th , 50th, 36th, 81st, 37th, and 39th...	Normal hill	56.0	54.0	175.1	39
Laurent Bernier		58.0	54.5 (fall)	129.3	46
Tom Mobraaten		59.0 (fall)	58.0	135.9	44

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Craig Mackay	DNF	–
	Abe Hardy	45.5	19
	Gordon Audley Gordon Audley Gordon Audley is an Canadian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, shared with Arne Johansen....	45.3	17
	Frank Stack Frank Stack (speed skater) Frank Stack was a Canadian speed skater and Olympic medalist. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba....	43.6	6
1500 m	Gordon Audley Gordon Audley Gordon Audley is an Canadian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, shared with Arne Johansen....	2:30.0	32
	Abe Hardy	2:28.5	29
	Frank Stack Frank Stack (speed skater) Frank Stack was a Canadian speed skater and Olympic medalist. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba....	2:25.7	27
5000 m	Craig Mackay	8:47.2	14
10,000 m	Craig Mackay	20:15.5	13