Canada competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
The one silver medal won by Karen Magnussen ties with the Canadian Olympic Team of 1936 for the lowest medal total by a Canadian Winter Olympic Team.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Figure skating Women's singles
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDerek RobbinsDownhill2:00.3838Reto Barrington1:58.2932Jim Hunter1:55.1620Derek RobbinsGiant SlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Reto Barrington1:35.22181:42.02243:17.2420Jim Hunter1:33.83131:39.15103:12.9811
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinalTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankJim Hunter1:47.1641:02.023159.50202:01.5219Reto BarringtonDSQ–1:04.023459.23192:03.2523Derek RobbinsDNF–DNF–––DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKathy KreinerDownhill1:43.6833Judy Crawford1:41.7527Laurie Kreiner1:41.0020Carolyne Oughton1:40.9218Carolyne OughtonGiant Slalom1:38.2929Judy Crawford1:35.6024Diane Pratte1:33.5915Laurie Kreiner1:32.484Kathy KreinerSlalom50.551949.72151:40.2714Diane Pratte49.3217DNF–DNF–Laurie Kreiner48.811548.49121:37.3012Judy Crawford47.12546.8361:33.954
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCAN-1Hans GehrigAndrew FauldsTwo-man1:18.82201:18.36201:15.66171:16.06175:08.9018CAN-2Bob StoreyMichael HartleyTwo-man1:18.49181:16.7081:14.90131:15.61155:05.7014
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCAN-1Hans GehrigDavid RichardsonPeter BlakeleyAndrew FauldsFour-man1:12.61151:12.4391:10.7651:12.26164:48.0613
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmJarl Omholt-Jensen50:52.1452Roger Allen50:41.3150Fred Kelly50:07.2249Malcolm Hunter49:54.084530 kmJarl Omholt-Jensen1'51:14.0450Malcolm Hunter1'46:51.4743
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankFred KellyRoger AllenJarl Omholt-JensenMalcolm Hunter2'16:56.4113
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmHellen Sander19:30.0141Roseanne Allen19:22.7040Shirley Firth18:36.0735Sharon Firth18:06.282610 kmHellen Sander40:25.1140Sharon Firth36:52.4924
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankShirley FirthSharon FirthRoseanne Allen53:37.8210
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Toller Cranston1252517.280.59
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Catherine Irwin12122383.411613 Karen Magnussen322673.223
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Mary PetrieJohn Hubbell1515358.512915 Sandra BezicVal Bezic99384.9849
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPaul NielsenDNF–––––––DNF–Doug Hansen55.733655.943955.204055.35403:42.2238David McComb55.203156.144154.523354.57353:40.4335Larry Arbuthnot54.111854.172154.173154.12333:36.5725
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLarry ArbuthnotDoug Hansen46.471546.22151:32.6916
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankPeter WilsonNormal hill64.579.460.570.0149.456Rick Gulyas71.090.870.590.5181.348Ulf Kvendbo70.593.071.094.8187.844Zdenek Mezl74.0100.670.092.2192.840Ulf KvendboLarge hill79.075.680.077.0152.645Peter Wilson83.078.783.580.9159.639Zdenek Mezl98.0104.789.089.6194.317
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mJohn Cassidy43.0130Gerry Cassan42.87291500 mAndy Barron2:17.7136Kevin Sirois2:13.9926Bob Hodges2:12.13235000 mAndy Barron8:11.8425Kevin Sirois8:02.661910,000 mKevin Sirois15:58.6114
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mSylvia BurkaDSQ–Donna McCannell47.3025Cathy Priestner45.79141000 mGayle Gordon1:38.3232Cathy Priestner1:37.1129Sylvia Burka1:32.9581500 mJennifer Jackson2:35.2230Gayle Gordon2:31.8627Sylvia Burka2:29.6021
References
Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com