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Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid, USA, 1932
Canada sent a record 59 athletes to the 1932 Games at Lake Placid, New York, and the team came away with 13 performances in the top six. Only the U.S. and Norway won more medals. Three Canadian speed skaters
Winter Olympic Games Garmisch, Germany, 1936 The world federation, by attributing the 1936 Winter Olympics to Germany, certified peace with this European country. Adolph Hitler opened the last games for a 12 year period. For the first time, the Olympic f
Winter Olympic Games St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1948 World War II forced the cancellation of the Summer and Winter Games in 1940 and 1944. So when the flag was raised in St. Moritz in January 1948, Olympic athletes gathered for the first time in more than
Winter Olympic Games Oslo, Norway, 1952 At the 1952 Games in Oslo, Canada was represented on the hockey rink by the Edmonton Mercurys. The Mercurys won their first seven games and ended the tournament with a 3-3 tie against a strong U.S. team. The tie wo
Winter Olympic Games Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, 1956 In 1956, it was Italy’s turn to host the 7th edition of the Winter Olympics. For the first time, a woman, Giuliana Minuzzo, read the Olympic oath. Canadian athletes won three medals at the Ga
Winter Olympic Games Squaw Valley, USA, 1960 Eight of the 56 Canadian athletes who participated in the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California, were figure skaters. Canadian champion Donald Jackson won the bronze medal in men’s singles, Otto and Mar
Winter Olympic Games Innsbruck, Austria, 1964 The weather in Innsbruck, Austria in February 1964 was the mildest the popular sport centre had experienced in 58 years. Three thousand Austrian soldiers hauled 40,000 cubic meters of snow to the ski courses.
Winter Olympic Games Grenoble, France, 1968 Of the nearly 1,300 athletes who met in Grenoble, France in 1968 for the Xth Olympic Winter Games, 70 were Canadians. For Nancy Greene, it was her third Olympic Winter Games. In Squaw Valley in 1960, she finish
Winter Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan, 1972 In 1972, the Japanese spent a record amount to stage the Games in Sapporo. Canada’s only medal was silver, won by Karen Magnussen in figure skating. A Dutch and a Soviet athlete shared stardom. Adrianus Sc
Winter Olympic Games Innsbruck, Austria, 1972 Canadians won three medals, one of each colour, at the 1976 Games in Innsbruck. Toller Cranston, Canada’s champion men’s figure skater every year since 1971, won a bronze. Speed skater Cathy Pries
Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid, USA, 1980 The men’s ski team put themselves on the Canadian Olympic medal chart when the Games returned to Lake Placid in 1980. Steve Podborski, one of the Crazy Canucks, won a bronze in the downhill competition. I
Winter Olympic Games Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1984 Canadian figure skater Brian Orser faced an exceptionally keen field of competitors at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. But the Canadian champion pulled off a silver medal, the best finish ever by a
Winter Olympic Games Calgary, Canada, 1988 In 1988, Calgary hosted the first Winter Olympics held on Canadian soil. Delegations from around the world were greeted with traditional Western Canadian hospitality and top quality facilities and organization.
Winter Olympic Games Albertville, France, 1992 With seven medals, Canada equaled the high set in Lake Placid in 1932, won medals in more sports than ever before (5), and had more top-eight finishes (21) in more sports (7) than previous teams. Kerrin Lee
Winter Olympic Games Lillehammer, Norway, 1994 The Olympic Winter Games returned to Norway for a second time. The 104-strong Canadian team turned in its best-ever Winter Games performance with 13 medals — three gold, six silver, four bronze —
Winter Olympic Games Nagano, Japan, 1998 In 1998, Japan held the Winter Olympic Games for a second time. For Canada, it was the best Games ever with a total of 15 medals. Women’s hockey was presented for the first time. The Canadian team had never b
Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City, USA, 2002 The Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games saw the expansion of the Olympic programme to 78 events with the inclusion of skeleton and women’s bobsleigh. Canada also fielded its largest team to date with 1
Winter Olympic Games Turin, Italy, 2006 Canada’s contingent of 196 athletes (110 men, 86 women) in Turin represented the largest Canadian team ever sent to the Olympic Winter Games and the second largest team at the Games, behind only the United St
Winter Olympic Games Vancouver, Canada, 2010