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Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
CAN

Flag bearer
  
Robert Bowden


NOC
  
Canadian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.olympic.ca (English) (French)

Competitors
  
35 (27 men, 8 women) in 7 sports

Medals Ranked 10th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 2 3

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

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

Men

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs

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.

  • Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
  • Canada 23-0 Austria
  • Italy 1-3 Canada

    • Games for 1st-6th places

  • Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
  • USA 4-1 Canada
  • Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
  • Canada 6-2 Sweden
  • USSR 2-0 Canada

    • Nordic combined

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

    • Speed skating

    Men

    References

    Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA