Sporting event delegation
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 . Vancouver would eventually host the 2010 Winter Olympics which makes it the second city in Canada to host the Winter Olympics and the third overall.
Medalists
For the second time Canada failed to obtain a gold medal on home soil. 22 years later, Alexandre Bilodeau was the first Canadian to obtain a gold medal on home soil in the 2010 Winter Olympics , the first of a Winter Olympics record for most gold medals of 14.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
Alpine skiing
A total of 14 competitors, including the entire Canadian team was disqualified from the event after organizers became aware their ski suits were not previously approved by the International Ski Federation .[2]
Men
Men's combined
Women
Women's combined
Biathlon
Men
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.
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
Cross-country skiing
Men
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Figure skating
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice Dancing
Ice hockey
Group A
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.
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
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
Men's team large hill
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
Men
Women
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