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Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
CAN

Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Competitors
  
112 (82 men, 30 women) in 10 sports

Flag bearer
  
Brian Orser (figure skating)

MedalsRanked 13th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal0235

Canada was the host nation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and second time overall, after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

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Medalists

For the second time Canada failed to obtain a gold medal on home soil. 22 years later, Alexandre Bilodeau was the first Canadian to obtain a gold medal on home soil in the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first of a Winter Olympics record for most gold medals of 14.

Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

Men
Women
Pairs
Ice Dancing

Group A

  • Canada 1-0 Poland
  • Canada 4-2 Switzerland
  • Finland 3-1 Canada
  • Canada 9-5 France
  • Canada 2-2 Sweden
  • Medal round

    The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

  • Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
  • Canada 8-1 West Germany
  • Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
  • Team Roster

  • Sean Burke
  • Andy Moog
  • Chris Felix
  • Randy Gregg
  • Serge Roy
  • Tony Stiles
  • Tim Watters
  • Trent Yawney
  • Zarley Zalapski
  • Ken Berry
  • Marc Habscheid
  • Vaughn Karpan
  • Wally Schreiber
  • Gord Sherven
  • Claude Vilgrain
  • Serge Boisvert
  • Brian Bradley
  • Bob Joyce
  • Steve Tambellini
  • Merlin Malinowski
  • Jim Peplinski
  • Ken Yaremchuk
  • Head Coach: Dave King
  • Luge

    Men

    (Men's) Doubles

    Women

    Nordic combined

    Men's individual

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  • Ski jumping

    Men's team large hill

    Speed skating

    Men
    Women

    References

    Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics Wikipedia


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