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Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...

in Sapporo, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics Figure skating was contested at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games . The competition took place at the Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink.Results of both the men's and ladies' singles events were dominated by placements in the compulsory figures, which at this time were nominally worth 50% of the total...	Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Derek Robbins	Downhill					2:00.38	38
Reto Barrington						1:58.29	32
Jim Hunter Jim Hunter (skier) Jim Hunter , nicknamed "Jungle Jim", is a former Canadian alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and won a bronze medal in the 1972 World Championships...						1:55.16	20
Derek Robbins	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Reto Barrington		1:35.22	18	1:42.02	24	3:17.24	20
Jim Hunter Jim Hunter (skier) Jim Hunter , nicknamed "Jungle Jim", is a former Canadian alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and won a bronze medal in the 1972 World Championships...		1:33.83	13	1:39.15	10	3:12.98	11

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Jim Hunter Jim Hunter (skier) Jim Hunter , nicknamed "Jungle Jim", is a former Canadian alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and won a bronze medal in the 1972 World Championships...	1:47.16	4	1:02.02	31	59.50	20	2:01.52	19
Reto Barrington	DSQ	–	1:04.02	34	59.23	19	2:03.25	23
Derek Robbins	DNF	–	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kathy Kreiner Kathy Kreiner Kathy Kreiner-Phillips is a former Canadian alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria...	Downhill					1:43.68	33
Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Rawley is a retired Canadian alpine skier who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, placing fourth in women's slalom....						1:41.75	27
Laurie Kreiner						1:41.00	20
Carolyne Oughton						1:40.92	18
Carolyne Oughton	Giant Slalom					1:38.29	29
Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Rawley is a retired Canadian alpine skier who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, placing fourth in women's slalom....						1:35.60	24
Diane Pratte						1:33.59	15
Laurie Kreiner						1:32.48	4
Kathy Kreiner Kathy Kreiner Kathy Kreiner-Phillips is a former Canadian alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the giant slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria...	Slalom	50.55	19	49.72	15	1:40.27	14
Diane Pratte		49.32	17	DNF	–	DNF	–
Laurie Kreiner		48.81	15	48.49	12	1:37.30	12
Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Judy Crawford Rawley is a retired Canadian alpine skier who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, placing fourth in women's slalom....		47.12	5	46.83	6	1:33.95	4

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Hans Gehrig Andrew Faulds	Two-man	1:18.82	20	1:18.36	20	1:15.66	17	1:16.06	17	5:08.90	18
CAN-2	Bob Storey Michael Hartley	Two-man	1:18.49	18	1:16.70	8	1:14.90	13	1:15.61	15	5:05.70	14

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds	Four-man	1:12.61	15	1:12.43	9	1:10.76	5	1:12.26	16	4:48.06	13

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Jarl Omholt-Jensen	50:52.14	52
	Roger Allen	50:41.31	50
	Fred Kelly	50:07.22	49
	Malcolm Hunter	49:54.08	45
30 km	Jarl Omholt-Jensen	1'51:14.04	50
30 km	Malcolm Hunter	1'46:51.47	43

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Fred Kelly Roger Allen Jarl Omholt-Jensen Malcolm Hunter	2'16:56.41	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Hellen Sander	19:30.01	41
	Roseanne Allen	19:22.70	40
	Shirley Firth	18:36.07	35
	Sharon Firth	18:06.28	26
10 km	Hellen Sander	40:25.11	40
10 km	Sharon Firth	36:52.49	24

Women's 3 x 5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Shirley Firth Sharon Firth Roseanne Allen	53:37.82	10

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Toller Cranston Toller Cranston Toller Shalitoe Montague Cranston, CM is a Canadian figure skater and painter. He is the 1971-1976 Canadian national champion, the 1974 World bronze medalist, and the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist....	12	5	2517.2	80.5	9

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Catherine Irwin	12	12	2383.4	116	13
Karen Magnussen Karen Magnussen Karen Diane Magnussen, OC is a Canadian figure skater. She won the silver medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics, and is 1973 World Champion....	3	2	2673.2	23

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Mary Petrie Mary Petrie Mary Petrie is a former Canadian pair skater. With Robert McAvoy, she twice won the silver medal at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships... John Hubbell John Hubbell (figure skater) John Hubbell was a Canadian pair skater. With partner Mary Petrie, he won pair of silver medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics.-Results:pairs with Mary Petrie...	15	15	358.5	129	15
Sandra Bezic Sandra Bezic Sandra Marie Bezic is a Canadian pair skater, figure skating choreographer, and television commentator. With partner and brother Val Bezic, she won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1970–1974 and placed ninth at the 1972 Winter Olympics... Val Bezic Val Bezic Val Nickolas Bezic is a Canadian pair skater. With partner and sister Sandra Bezic, he won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1970–1974 and placed ninth at the 1972 Winter Olympics.-Results:...	9	9	384.9	84	9

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paul Nielsen	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Doug Hansen	55.73	36	55.94	39	55.20	40	55.35	40	3:42.22	38
David McComb	55.20	31	56.14	41	54.52	33	54.57	35	3:40.43	35
Larry Arbuthnot	54.11	18	54.17	21	54.17	31	54.12	33	3:36.57	25

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Arbuthnot Doug Hansen	46.47	15	46.22	15	1:32.69	16

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Peter Wilson	Normal hill	64.5	79.4	60.5	70.0	149.4	56
Rick Gulyas		71.0	90.8	70.5	90.5	181.3	48
Ulf Kvendbo		70.5	93.0	71.0	94.8	187.8	44
Zdenek Mezl		74.0	100.6	70.0	92.2	192.8	40
Ulf Kvendbo	Large hill	79.0	75.6	80.0	77.0	152.6	45
Peter Wilson		83.0	78.7	83.5	80.9	159.6	39
Zdenek Mezl		98.0	104.7	89.0	89.6	194.3	17

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	John Cassidy	43.01	30
500 m	Gerry Cassan	42.87	29
1500 m	Andy Barron	2:17.71	36
	Kevin Sirois	2:13.99	26
	Bob Hodges	2:12.13	23
5000 m	Andy Barron	8:11.84	25
5000 m	Kevin Sirois	8:02.66	19
10,000 m	Kevin Sirois	15:58.61	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan....	DSQ	–
	Donna McCannell	47.30	25
	Cathy Priestner Cathy Priestner Catherine Ann Priestner is a Canadian who won a silver medal in Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She also competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics. She was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1994. Priestner competed in her first competition at the age of 15.- References :...	45.79	14
1000 m	Gayle Gordon	1:38.32	32
	Cathy Priestner Cathy Priestner Catherine Ann Priestner is a Canadian who won a silver medal in Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She also competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics. She was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1994. Priestner competed in her first competition at the age of 15.- References :...	1:37.11	29
	Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan....	1:32.95	8
1500 m	Jennifer Jackson	2:35.22	30
	Gayle Gordon	2:31.86	27
	Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka Sylvia Burka is a former ice speed skater from Canada of Latvian descent, who represented her native country at three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan....	2:29.60	21

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