Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Squaw Valley
Competitors	44 (34 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Bob Paul
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Anne Heggtveit	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Gold	Barbara Wagner Robert Paul	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) Bob Attersley Maurice Benoît James Connelly Jack Douglas Fred Etcher Robert Forhan Don Head Harold Hurley Ken Laufman Floyd Martin Robert McKnight Cliff Pennington Donald Rope Bobby Rousseau George Samolenko Harry Sinden Darryl Sly	Ice hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Donald Jackson	Figure skating	Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donald Bruneski	Downhill					2:19.9	28
Frederick Tommy						2:18.4	27
Jean-Guy Brunet						2:18.2	26
Verne Anderson						2:15.9	22
Jean Lessard	Giant Slalom					2:04.7	31
Frederick Tommy						2:00.1	28
Jean-Guy Brunet						1:57.7	26
Verne Anderson						1:56.1	24
Jean-Guy Brunet	Slalom	1:26.1	40	1:31.9	36	2:58.0	34
Donald Bruneski		1:19.8	28	1:13.1	24	2:32.9	22
Frederick Tommy		1:18.4	24	1:25.5	30	2:43.9	25
Verne Anderson		1:17.0	19	1:12.3	22	2:29.3	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elizabeth Greene	Downhill					1:53.3	32
Nancy Greene						1:48.3	22
Nancy Holland						1:45.2	17
Anne Heggtveit						1:42.9	12
Nancy Holland	Giant Slalom					1:48.7	29
Elizabeth Greene						1:48.4	28
Nancy Greene						1:47.4	26
Anne Heggtveit						1:42.1	12
Nancy Greene	Slalom	1:09.4	36	1:08.6	30	2:18.0	31
Elizabeth Greene		1:06.0	32	1:04.4	25	2:10.4	24
Nancy Holland		1:01.6	22	59.5	9	2:01.1	12
Anne Heggtveit		54.0	1	55.6	2	1:49.6

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Irvin Servold	59:42.0	47
	Clarence Servold	57:04.7	35
30 km	Irvin Servold	2'11:50.4	40
	Clarence Servold	2'06:37.9	36
50 km	Clarence Servold	DNF	–

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Donald McPherson	13	7	1279.7	83	10
Donald Jackson	4	2	1401.0	31

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Wendy Griner	13	8	1275.0	98	12
Sandra Tewkesbury	10	9	1296.1	78	10

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek	75.9	26	4
Barbara Wagner Robert Paul	80.4	7

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Canada was represented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which also represented Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics (bronze medal). The Dutchmen are the only self-contained club team to represent Canada at two different Olympics.

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	24	3	4
2	Sweden	2	1	1	0	21	5	2
3	Japan	2	0	2	0	1	38	0

• Canada 5-2 Sweden
• Canada 19-1 Japan

Final round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	United States	5	5	0	0	29	11	10
2	Canada	5	4	1	0	31	12	8
3	Soviet Union	5	2	2	1	24	19	5
4	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	0	21	23	4
5	Sweden	5	1	3	1	19	19	3
6	Germany	5	0	5	0	5	45	0

• Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG)
• Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia
• USA 2-1 Canada
• Canada 6-5 Sweden
• Canada 8-5 USSR

Leading scorers

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1st	Fred Etcher	7	9	12	21
2nd	Bob Attersley	7	6	12	18
5th	George Samolenko	7	8	4	12
11th	Floyd Martin	7	6	6	12

Silver:

Bob Attersley Maurice Benoît James Connelly Jack Douglas Fred Etcher Robert Forhan Don Head Harold Hurley Ken Laufman Floyd Martin Robert McKnight Cliff Pennington Donald Rope Bobby Rousseau George Samolenko Harry Sinden Darryl Sly

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Clarence Servold	Individual	42.5	47.0	144.0	32	58:49.1	238.710	2	382.710	28
Irvin Servold		48.0	56.5	177.5	29	1'03:07.3	222.065	18	399.565	25

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alois Moser	Normal hill	62.0	71.4	45	64.0	79.7	43	151.1	44
Jacques Charland		76.5	91.0	35	73.5	95.3	35	186.3	33
Gerry Gravelle		79.5	94.4	30	70.0	91.0	39	185.4	34

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Larry Mason	44.7	41
	Ralf Olin	43.1	30
	Johnny Sands	42.8	27
1500 m	Larry Mason	2:35.3	45
	Johnny Sands	2:28.4	43
	Ralf Olin	2:23.5	36
5000 m	Larry Mason	9:23.5	37
	Ralf Olin	8:36.8	28
10,000 m	Ralf Olin	17:50.9	27

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Margaret Robb	50.0	17
	Doreen Ryan	47.7	9
1000 m	Margaret Robb	1:45.8	19
	Doreen Ryan	1:38.1	13
1500 m	Margaret Robb	2:48.6	20
	Doreen Ryan	2:34.5	13
3000 m	Margaret Robb	5:43.5	16
	Doreen Ryan	5:39.7	14

Official outfitter

HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team.

References

• Sports portal
• Canada portal

• Olympic Winter Games 1960, full results by sports-reference.com