Canada competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Figure skating Pairs Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) Ice hockey Men's competition Alpine skiing Women's downhill
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndré BertrandDownhill3:31.225André BertrandGiant Slalom3:33.139André BertrandSlalom2:42.8572:20.0305:02.850
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGinette SeguinDownhill1:58.233Carlyn Kruger1:53.222Anne Heggtveit1:53.222Lucille Wheeler1:45.9Carlyn KrugerGiant SlalomDSQ–Ginette Seguin2:16.636Anne Heggtveit2:05.329Lucille Wheeler1:58.66Lucille WheelerSlalom1:36.738DSQ–DSQ–Anne Heggtveit1:31.0341:07.5202:38.530Carlyn Kruger1:14.7301:07.6212:22.323Ginette Seguin1:05.6221:10.0242:15.618
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmClarence Servold53:341930 kmClarence Servold2'00:013750 kmClarence Servold3'21:5022
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Charles Snelling97150.42678
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Ann Johnston710152.56949 Carole Jane Pachl68154.74736
Pairs AthletesPointsPlacesRank Barbara WagnerRobert Paul10.7454.56 Frances DafoeNorris Bowden11.3216
Ice hockey
Canada was represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which would later represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics (silver medal). The Dutchmen are the only self-contained club team to represent Canada at two different Olympics.
Group A Top two teams advanced to Medal Round. RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts1330030162311196333012572430212321
Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG) Canada 23-0 Austria Italy 1-3 Canada
Games for 1st-6th places RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts1550025510254102612853202311645131101735514020302650416351
Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia USA 4-1 Canada Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG) Canada 6-2 Sweden USSR 2-0 Canada
Leading scorers RkTeamGPGAPts1st James Logan875121st Paul Knox875123rd Gerry Theberge892115th Jack McKenzie874119th George Scholes8538
Bronze: Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie LeeArt Hurst Jack McKenzie James Logan Paul Knox Donald Rope Byrle Klinck Bill Colvin Gerry Théberge Alfred Horne Charlie Brooker George Scholes Bob White Ken Laufman
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.) 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankIrvin ServoldIndividual64.064.5180.0311'01:44219.00024399.00027
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankJacques CharlandNormal hill76.094.53073.093.527188.027
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mJohnny SandsDNF–Ralf Olin44.136Gordon Audley43.2251500 mGordon Audley2:26.153Johnny Sands2:20.745Ralf Olin2:19.7415000 mRalf Olin8:30.53310,000 mRalf Olin17:59.231
References
Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com