Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca
Competitors112 (82 men and 30 women) in 10 sports
Canada at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Flag of Canada
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca
in Calgary, Canada
13 February 1988 (1988-02-13) – 28 February 1988 (1988-02-28)
Competitors112 (82 men and 30 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Brian Orser
Flag bearer (closing)Karen Percy
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

The following Canadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medallists' names are bolded. As was the case with the 1976 Summer Olympics, Canada failed to obtain a gold medal on home soil.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverBrian OrserFigure skatingMen's singlesFebruary 20
 SilverElizabeth ManleyFigure skatingWomen's singlesFebruary 27
 BronzeKaren PercyAlpine skiingWomen's downhillFebruary 19
 BronzeKaren PercyAlpine skiingWomen's super-GFebruary 22
 BronzeTracy Wilson
Robert McCall		Figure skatingIce danceFebruary 23

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 10818
Biathlon 505
Bobsleigh 909
Cross-country skiing 6511
Figure skating 9817
Ice hockey 22022
Luge 729
Nordic combined 101
Ski jumping 404
Speed skating 9716
Total8230112

Alpine skiing

A total of 14 competitors, including the entire Canadian team was disqualified from the giant slalom event after organizers became aware their ski suits were not previously approved by the International Ski Federation.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Felix Belczyk Downhill N/a 2:03.59 18
Super-G N/a 1:44.31 19
Peter Bosinger Giant slalom DSQ
Rob Boyd Downhill N/a 2:03.27 16
Super-G N/a 1:45.04 22
Mike Carney Downhill N/a 2:03.25 14
Greg Grossmann Giant slalom DSQ
Slalom DNF
Jim Read Giant slalom DSQ
Slalom DNF
Super-G N/a 1:43.01 13
Brian Stemmle Downhill DSQ
Michael Tommy Slalom DNF
Alain Villiard Giant slalom DSQ
Slalom 54.33 22 49.44 14 1:43.77 14
Super-G N/a DNF

Combined

Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Points Run 1 Run 2 Total Points Points Rank
Felix Belczyk Men's combined 1:48.24 14.79 DSQ DNF
Rob Boyd DNF
Mike Carney DNF
Don Stevens 1:50.97 44.92 48.82 47.63 1:36.45 90.88 135.80 19
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kellie Casey Downhill N/a DNF
Laurie Graham Downhill N/a 1:26.99 5
Super-G N/a 1:21.11 13
Josée Lacasse Giant slalom 1:01.12 13 1:08.66 11 2:09.78 11
Slalom 51.63 20 51.51 16 1:43.14 16
Lucie Laroche Super-G N/a 1:21.95 19
Kerrin Lee-Gartner Downhill N/a 1:28.07 15
Giant slalom 1:02.71 24 1:10.61 17 2:13.32 17
Slalom DSQ
Super-G N/a 1:22.11 23
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven Giant slalom DNF
Slalom 53.16 27 52.63 18 1:45.79 18
Karen Percy Downhill N/a 1:26.62 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Giant slalom DNF
Slalom DNF
Super-G N/a 1:20.29 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's combined

Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Points Run 1 Run 2 Total Points Points Rank
Nancy Gee Women's combined 1:20.21 57.87 42.41 43.84 1:26.25 45.99 103.86 13
Kerrin Lee-Gartner 1:18.15 26.08 42.23 43.20 1:25.43 39.18 65.26 8
Michelle McKendry-Ruthven 1:17.58 17.28 42.24 44.20 1:26.44 47.57 64.85 7
Karen Percy 1:18.22 27.16 40.62 43.38 1:24.00 27.31 54.47 4

Biathlon

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Jamie Kallio Men's individual 1:03:13.1 7 (0+0+2+5) 59
Ken Karpoff Men's individual 59:19.7 3 (0+3+0+0) 33
Men's sprint 28:12.9 1 (0+1) 46
Charles Plamondon Men's individual 59:27.5 5 (1+1+1+2) 46
Men's sprint 28:30.5 3 (2+1) 55
Glenn Rupertus Men's individual 56:10.4 7 (1+3+2+1) 34
Men's sprint 27:38.6 2 (1+1) 34
Paget Stewart Men's sprint 29:06.9 4 (1+3) 58
Charles Plamondon
Glenn Rupertus
Ken Karpoff
Jamie Kallio		 Men's relay 1:33:37.0 4 (2+2) 15

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
CAN-1 Greg Haydenluck
Lloyd Guss		 Two-man 57.36 3 59.90 13 1:00.11 7 59.60 12 3:56.97 10
CAN-2 David Leuty
Kevin Tyler		 Two-man 58.56 18 59.08 5 1:00.55 13 1:00.00 16 3:58.19 13
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
CAN-1 Chris Lori
Ken LeBlanc
Andrew Swim
Howard Dell		 Four-man 56.66 3 58.05 14 57.34 18 58.32 17 3:50.37 15
CAN-2 Greg Haydenluck
Cal Langford
Kevin Tyler
Lloyd Guss		 Four-man 57.18 13 57.82 11 56.67 8 58.32 17 3:49.99 13

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C		 Dennis Lawrence 46:26.3 47
Al Pilcher 46:21.1 46
Yves Bilodeau 46:26.6 34
Pierre Harvey 43:22.0 17
30 km
C		 Wayne Dustin 1'34:37.8 46
Al Pilcher 1'33:04.7 39
Yves Bilodeau 1'32:17.8 35
Pierre Harvey 1'28:21.7 14
50 km
F		 Wayne Dustin 2'21:31.8 49
Alain Masson 2'19:21.7 46
Dennis Lawrence 2'17:55.7 43
Pierre Harvey 2'10:54.8 21
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Yves Bilodeau
Al Pilcher
Pierre Harvey
Dennis Lawrence		 1'48:59.7 9
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C		 Jean McAllister 17:32.4 46
Carol Gibson 16:35.2 33
Angela Schmidt-Foster 16:32.5 32
Lorna Sasseville 16:23.3 26
10 km
C		 Angela Schmidt-Foster 33:45.9 38
Marie-Andrée Masson 33:35.6 37
Carol Gibson 33:03.9 33
Lorna Sasseville 32:49.7 30
20 km
F		 Angela Schmidt-Foster 1'04:21.9 44
Jean McAllister 1'02:02.8 31
Marie-Andrée Masson 1'01:12.6 27
Carol Gibson 1'01:12.0 26
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Angela Schmidt-Foster
Carol Gibson
Lorna Sasseville
Marie-Andrée Masson		 1'04:22.6 9

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Neil Paterson 17 13 16 31.4 16
Kurt Browning 11 7 6 15.4 8
Brian Orser 3 1 2 4.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Charlene Wong 18 14 13 29.4 13
Elizabeth Manley 4 3 1 4.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Isabelle Brasseur
Lloyd Eisler		 7 9 12.5 9
Christine Hough
Doug Ladret		 8 8 12.0 8
Denise Benning
Lyndon Johnston		 5 7 9.5 6
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Melanie Cole
Michael Farrington		 16 16 16 32.0 16
Karyn Garossino
Rodney Garossino		 12 12 12 24.0 12
Tracy Wilson
Robert McCall		 3 3 3 6.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Ice hockey

Summary

Team Event First round Consolation game Final round
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Canada men's Men's tournament  Poland
W 1-0		   Switzerland
W 4-2		  Finland
L 1-3		  France
W 9-5		  Sweden
D 2-2		 3 N/a  Soviet Union
L 0-5		  West Germany
W 8-1		  Czechoslovakia
W 6-3		 4

Group A

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Finland 53112287
 Sweden 520323107
 Canada 531117127
  Switzerland 532019106
 Poland 51319133
 France 505010470
  • 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.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 54102578
 Finland 531118107
 Sweden 521215166
 Canada 4th 522117145
 West Germany 51408262
 Czechoslovakia 514012222
  • Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
  • Canada 8-1 West Germany
  • Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia

Team Roster

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chris Wightman 47.855 29 47.856 25 47.773 23 48.182 26 3:11.666 24
Nil Labrecque 47.461 23 47.866 26 49.307 31 48.093 24 3:12.727 27
Harington Telford 47.152 18 47.564 21 47.119 16 47.463 19 3:09.298 19

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bob Gasper
André Benoit		 46.240 9 47.066 12 1:33.306 10
Sam Salmon
Dan Doll		 48.300 17 49.058 18 1:37.358 17
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kathy Salmon 47.569 18 48.112 19 48.356 20 47.670 19 3:11.707 19
Marie-Claude Doyon 46.372 5 46.596 7 46.796 11 46.447 6 3:06.211 7

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.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Jon Servold Individual 187.1 33 4:36.0 46:32.1 368.535 38

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Horst Bulau Normal hill 74.5 80.8 78.0 86.9 167.7 44
Todd Gillman 75.0 82.6 78.0 88.4 171.0 42
Ron Richards 78.0 88.4 78.0 86.9 175.3 32
Steve Collins 83.5 102.7 78.0 88.4 191.1 13
Ron Richards Large hill 93.0 73.6 84.0 54.5 128.1 53
Todd Gillman 96.0 80.8 86.5 30.0 110.8 54
Steve Collins 100.0 87.9 97.0 81.2 169.1 35
Horst Bulau 112.5 109.4 99.5 88.2 197.6 7
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Horst Bulau
Steve Collins
Todd Gillman
Ron Richards		 497.2 9
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

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