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Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
CAN

Flag bearer
  
Bob Paul

Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Canadian Olympic Committee

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

Competitors
  
44 (34 men, 10 women) in 7 sports

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 1 4

Canada competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. 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 also represented Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics (bronze medal). The Dutchmen are the only self-contained club team to represent Canada at two different Olympics.

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.

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

    • Final round

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

    • Nordic combined

    Events:

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

    • Speed skating

    Men
    Women

    Official Outfitter

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

    References

    Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA