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 1960 Winter Olympics

1960 Winter Olympics

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...

 in Squaw Valley

Squaw Valley Ski Resort

Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, and was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. It is the second-largest ski area at Lake Tahoe , with 33 chairlifts, and has the only funitel lift in the U.S...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held in Squaw Valley, California, U.S.A., from February 20–26, 1960.These were the last Olympics with times recorded in tenths of a second; times in 1964 were recorded in hundredths....	Women's slalom
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics The figure skating 1960 Winter Olympics results in Squaw Valley, California, United States.-Men's Singles:-Ladies Singles:-Pairs:-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Rudolf MarxAssistant Referee:* Harold G. Storke...	Pairs
	Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)	Ice hockey Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics At the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one ice hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and...	Men's competition Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics At the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one ice hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and...
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics The figure skating 1960 Winter Olympics results in Squaw Valley, California, United States.-Men's Singles:-Ladies Singles:-Pairs:-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Rudolf MarxAssistant Referee:* Harold G. Storke...	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donald Bruneski	Downhill					2:19.9	28
Frederich Tommy						2:18.4	27
Jean-Guy Brunet						2:18.2	26
Verne Anderson						2:15.9	22
Jean Lessard	Giant Slalom					2:04.7	31
Frederick Tommy						2:00.1	28
Jean-Guy Brunet						1:57.7	26
Verne Anderson						1:56.1	24
Jean-Guy Brunet	Slalom	1:26.1	40	1:31.9	36	2:58.0	34
Donald Bruneski		1:19.8	28	1:13.1	24	2:32.9	22
Frederick Tommy		1:18.4	24	1:25.5	30	2:43.9	25
Verne Anderson		1:17.0	19	1:12.3	22	2:29.3	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elizabeth Greene	Downhill					1:53.3	32
Nancy Greene Nancy Greene Nancy Catherine Greene, OC, OBC, OD is a Canadian Senator for British Columbia and a champion alpine skier voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century...						1:48.3	22
Nancy Holland						1:45.2	17
Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit, CM is a Canadian alpine skier born in Ottawa, Ontario.- Biography :Her father, Halvor Heggtveit, a Canadian cross-country champion, encouraged her at a young age. A student at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, she learned to ski in the nearby Gatineau Hills of Quebec...						1:42.9	12
Nancy Holland	Giant Slalom					1:48.7	29
Elizabeth Greene						1:48.4	28
Nancy Greene Nancy Greene Nancy Catherine Greene, OC, OBC, OD is a Canadian Senator for British Columbia and a champion alpine skier voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century...						1:47.4	26
Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit, CM is a Canadian alpine skier born in Ottawa, Ontario.- Biography :Her father, Halvor Heggtveit, a Canadian cross-country champion, encouraged her at a young age. A student at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, she learned to ski in the nearby Gatineau Hills of Quebec...						1:42.1	12
Nancy Greene Nancy Greene Nancy Catherine Greene, OC, OBC, OD is a Canadian Senator for British Columbia and a champion alpine skier voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century...	Slalom	1:09.4	36	1:08.6	30	2:18.0	31
Elizabeth Greene		1:06.0	32	1:04.4	25	2:10.4	24
Nancy Holland		1:01.6	22	59.5	9	2:01.1	12
Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit, CM is a Canadian alpine skier born in Ottawa, Ontario.- Biography :Her father, Halvor Heggtveit, a Canadian cross-country champion, encouraged her at a young age. A student at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, she learned to ski in the nearby Gatineau Hills of Quebec...		54.0	1	55.6	2	1:49.6

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Irvin Servold	59:42.0	47
	Clarence Servold	57:04.7	35
30 km	Irvin Servold	2'11:50.4	40
	Clarence Servold	2'06:37.9	36
50 km	Clarence Servold	DNF	–

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Donald McPherson	13	7	1279.7	83	10
Donald Jackson Donald Jackson Donald George Jackson, CM is a retired Canadian figure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics...	4	2	1401.0	31

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Wendy Griner Wendy Griner Wendy Griner is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 1960-63 Canadian national champion and the 1962 World silver medalist...	13	8	1275.0	98	12
Sandra Tewkesbury Sandra Tewkesbury Sandra Tewkesbury was a Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies singles.Tewkesbury was born in Chatham, Ontario. She won the bronze medal at the 1959 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics.She died following a car accident in Guelph in June...	10	9	1296.1	78	10

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Maria Jelinek Maria Jelinek Maria Jelinek is a Canadian pair skater. She competed with her brother Otto Jelinek. They are the 1962 World Champions, the 1961 North American national champions, and 1961-1962 Canadian national champions... Otto Jelinek Otto Jelinek Otto John Jelinek, PC is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War.-Figure skating career:...	75.9	26	4
Barbara Wagner Barbara Wagner Barbara Aileen Wagner is a former Canadian pair skater who competed with Robert Paul. The couple captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After her competitive career, she married fellow skater James Grogan... Robert Paul Robert Paul Robert Paul was a Canadian figure skater, who competed in pairs with Barbara Wagner. He was born in Toronto. From their start as a team in 1952, they captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After skating as...	80.4	7

Ice hockey

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		2	2	0	0	24	3	4
2		2	1	1	0	21	5	2
3		2	0	2	0	1	38	0

• Canada 5-2 Sweden
• Canada 19-1 Japan

Final round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	29	11	10
2		5	4	1	0	31	12	8
3		5	2	2	1	24	19	5
4		5	2	3	0	21	23	4
5		5	1	3	1	19	19	3
6		5	0	5	0	5	45	0

• Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG)
• Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia
• USA 2-1 Canada
• Canada 6-5 Sweden
• Canada 8-5 USSR

Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1st	Canada Fred Etcher Fred Etcher Fred Etcher is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Oshawa, Ontario....	7	9	12	21
2nd	Canada Bob Attersley	7	6	12	18
5th	Canada George Samolenko George Samolenko George Samolenko is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Oshawa, Ontario.Samolenko won the silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey....	7	8	4	12
11th	Canada Floyd Martin Floyd Martin Floyd "Butch" Martin is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics....	7	6	6	12

Silver:

Bob Attersley  Maurice Benoit  James Connelly  Jack Douglas Jack Douglas (ice hockey) John "Jack" Douglas was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was born in Trenton, Ontario....   Fred Etcher Fred Etcher Fred Etcher is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Oshawa, Ontario....   Robert Forhan Robert Forhan Robert "Bob" Forhan is a Canadian ice hockey right winger who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.Forhan won the silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey...   Don Head Don Head Donald Charles Head is a former professional ice hockey player.-Amateur career:Head, a goaltender, played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros where he won the Dave Pinkney Trophy for outstanding goaltender in the 1952-53 season...   Harold Hurley Harold Hurley Harold Head "Boat" Hurley is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Stratford, Ontario.Hurley won the silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey....   Ken Laufman Ken Laufman Kenneth Laufman is a Canadian ice hockey centre who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics....   Floyd Martin Floyd Martin Floyd "Butch" Martin is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics....   Robert McKnight  Cliff Pennington  Donald Rope Donald Rope Donald Rope was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics....   Bobby Rousseau Bobby Rousseau Joseph Jean-Paul Robert Rousseau is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.-Early career:...   George Samolenko George Samolenko George Samolenko is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.He was born in Oshawa, Ontario.Samolenko won the silver medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in ice hockey....   Harry Sinden Harry Sinden Harry James Sinden was the long-time general manager, coach, and president for the Boston Bruins NHL hockey team, and was the coach of Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series...   Darryl Sly Darryl Sly Darryl "Slip" Sly was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 79 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Collingwood, Ontario, he played with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Minnesota North Stars.- External links :*...

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
Clarence Servold	Individual	42.5	47.0	144.0	32	58:49.1	238.710	2	382.710	28
Irvin Servold		48.0	56.5	177.5	29	1'03:07.3	222.065	18	399.565	25

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alois Moser	Normal hill	62.0	71.4	45	64.0	79.7	43	151.1	44
Jacques Charland Jacques Charland Jacques Charland was a Canadian ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1960. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 25th in the individual large hill event at Oslo in 1952. He was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec....		76.5	91.0	35	73.5	95.3	35	186.3	33
Gerry Gravelle		79.5	94.4	30	70.0	91.0	39	185.4	34

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Larry Mason Larry Mason Larry Mason is a former running back in the National Football League and the United States Football League.-Career:Mason was a member of the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL in 1984 and 1985. He then joined the Cleveland Browns during the 1987 NFL season...	44.7	41
	Ralf Olin	43.1	30
	Johnny Sands	42.8	27
1500 m	Larry Mason Larry Mason Larry Mason is a former running back in the National Football League and the United States Football League.-Career:Mason was a member of the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL in 1984 and 1985. He then joined the Cleveland Browns during the 1987 NFL season...	2:35.3	45
	Johnny Sands	2:28.4	43
	Ralf Olin	2:23.5	36
5000 m	Larry Mason Larry Mason Larry Mason is a former running back in the National Football League and the United States Football League.-Career:Mason was a member of the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL in 1984 and 1985. He then joined the Cleveland Browns during the 1987 NFL season...	9:23.5	37
	Ralf Olin	8:36.8	28
10,000 m	Ralf Olin	17:50.9	27

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Margaret Robb	50.0	17
	Doreen Ryan	47.7	9
1000 m	Margaret Robb	1:45.8	19
	Doreen Ryan	1:38.1	13
1500 m	Margaret Robb	2:48.6	20
	Doreen Ryan	2:34.5	13
3000 m	Margaret Robb	5:43.5	16
	Doreen Ryan	5:39.7	14

Official Outfitter

HBC

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.