Canada at the Winter Olympics

Canada at the
Winter Olympics
IOC code CAN
NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
Website

www.olympic.ca (in English)

www.olympique.ca (in French)
Medals
Gold
73
Silver
64
Bronze
62
Total
199
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games
Flag used from 1924–1956
Flag used from 1960–1964

Canada (IOC country code CAN) has competed at every Winter Olympic Games, and has won at least one medal each time. By total medals, the country's best performance was in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games where Canadian athletes won 29 medals. Canada set a new record for most gold medals won by a country in a single Winter Olympics with 14 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. This achievement surpassed the previous record of 13 gold medals held by the Soviet Union (1976) and Norway (2002). Both Germany and Norway matched the record total of 14 gold metals in Pyeongchang in 2018.

Canada has hosted the winter games twice: in Calgary in 1988, and in Vancouver in 2010. Canada has also hosted the Summer Olympic Games once, in 1976 in Montreal.

Medal tables

Medals in Winter Games
   Hosted Winter Games
   Ongoing Winter Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
France 1924 Chamonix1210018
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz2310015
United States 1932 Lake Placid4211574
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen2901019
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz2820136
Norway 1952 Oslo3910126
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo37012310
United States 1960 Squaw Valley4421147
Austria 1964 Innsbruck55111310
France 1968 Grenoble70111313
Japan 1972 Sapporo47010117
Austria 1976 Innsbruck59111311
United States 1980 Lake Placid59011214
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo6721148
Canada 1988 Calgary112023513
France 1992 Albertville10823279
Norway 1994 Lillehammer95364137
Japan 1998 Nagano144654154
United States 2002 Salt Lake City150737174
Italy 2006 Turin1967107245
Canada 2010 Vancouver2061475261
Russia 2014 Sochi22010105253
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang22611810293
China 2022 BeijingFuture event
Total7364621995
Medals by sport
   Leading in that sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ice hockey136322
Freestyle skiing129425
Speed skating9131537
Short track speed skating9121233
Figure skating6111229
Curling63211
Bobsleigh5229
Snowboarding44311
Alpine skiing41611
Skeleton2114
Cross-country skiing2103
Biathlon2013
Luge0112
Total*746462200

*One of Canada's ice hockey gold medals was won during the 1920 Summer Olympics. This table includes this medal, resulting in the discrepancy between the medals by games and medals by sports tables.

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the following current winter sports: Nordic combined and Ski jumping.

  • Canada has finished with the highest Canadian Winter medals count at the PyeongChang 2018 Games.[1] This represents Canada's second highest medal haul at the Olympics, behind the 44 of the Soviet-bloc-boycotted 1984 Summer Games.[2]
  • Canada has finished with the most Winter gold medals of any nation at the Vancouver 2010 Games.[2]
  • Canada was the first nation to win 14 gold medals at a single Winter Games.[2]
  • Canada has the record of most Winter gold medals of any nation competing at a single Winter Games, with 14 in 2010.[2]

Olympians

  • The Canadian with the most times at the Winter Olympics is Jasey-Jay Anderson, who appeared at 6 Olympics; 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018.[3]
  • The Canadian with the most Winter medals is Cindy Klassen, who has 6 medals; 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze.[4] However, Clara Hughes also has 6, but her medals are split across Summer and Winter Games.[5]
  • The Canadian with the most medals at a single Winter Games is Cindy Klassen, who won 5 at the 2006 Games.[4]

Biathlon

Canada's only medals in biathlon were won by Myriam Bedard in the Albertville and Lillehammer games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1992 Albertville0011
1994 Lillehammer2002
Total2013

Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh

Canada has won four gold medals in bobsleigh. The first, a surprising victory by Vic Emery's four-man team in Innsbruck (1964). The second was won by Pierre Lueders and Dave MacEachern in the two-man event in Nagano (1998) - a race that produced a rare tie in which both the Canadian pair and an Italian pair were awarded gold (a German pair won bronze). The Canadian men's duo of Justin Kripps and Alex Kovacz would repeat the feat in 2018, tying for gold with a German sled. In the first back to back wins by a two-woman team, Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won gold medals in Vancouver (2010) and Sochi (2014).

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1964 Innsbruck1001
1998 Nagano1001
2006 Turin0101
2010 Vancouver1113
2014 Sochi1001
2018 Pyeongchang1012
Total5229

Skeleton

In the 2006 Turin games Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards won Canada's first medal in skeleton and later Duff Gibson became the first Canadian to win a gold medal in skeleton in the men's event. At the 2010 Vancouver games, Jon Montgomery won a gold in the men's event.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
2006 Turin1113
2010 Vancouver1001
Total2114

Curling

Curling is one of the most popular sports in Canada, and both the men's and women's teams have won a medal at each of the five Olympics curling has been held at so far. Canadian curlers also finished in the top 3 places when curling was a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. The women's team in 1998, led by skip Sandra Schmirler, the men's team in 2006, led by skip Brad Gushue, the men's team in 2010, led by Kevin Martin, the women's team in 2014 led by Jennifer Jones and the men's team in 2014 led by Brad Jacobs have won gold medals. In 2018, Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris won gold in the first mixed doubles tournament at a Winter Olympics.

   Hosted Winter Games
   Ongoing Winter Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1998 Nagano1102
2002 Salt Lake City0112
2006 Turin1012
2010 Vancouver1102
2014 Sochi2002
2018 Pyeongchang1001
Total63211

Ice hockey

Hockey is Canada's national winter sport, and Canadians are extremely passionate about the game. The nation has traditionally done very well at the Olympic games, winning 6 of the first 7 gold medals. However, by 1956 its amateur club teams and national teams could not compete with the teams of government-supported players from the Soviet Union. When Canada's best players (from the National Hockey League) were able to compete starting in 1998, expectations were high for the country's return to glory, but the Czech Republic won gold and the team fell to Finland in the bronze medal game. Canada finally won its first hockey gold in 50 years in Salt Lake City in 2002, sparking national celebrations.

The 2010 games were the first Olympics to take place in an NHL market since the league's players started to compete in the games, as Vancouver is home to the Vancouver Canucks.

Women's ice hockey was introduced at the Nagano Olympics in 1998, with Canada winning the silver medal. Canada has appeared in every Olympic gold medal game, facing the United States five times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) and Sweden once (2006). Canada has topped the podium four times (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), taking silver against the United States twice (1998, 2018).

Canada men's national hockey team celebrating after winning the gold medal against USA in Vancouver 2010.
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1920 AntwerpN1001
1924 Chamonix1001
1928 St. Moritz1001
1932 Lake Placid1001
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen0101
1948 St. Moritz1001
1952 Oslo1001
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo0011
1960 Squaw Valley0101
1968 Grenoble0011
1992 Albertville0101
1994 Lillehammer0101
1998 Nagano0101
2002 Salt Lake City2002
2006 Turin1001
2010 Vancouver2002
2014 Sochi2002
2018 Pyeongchang0112
Total126321

Note: Ice hockey was part of the Summer Olympic program for the 1920 games in Antwerp, but is listed here for completeness. As it was held at a Summer Games, it is not counted in the total for Canada's performance at the Winter games.

Luge

Following the announcement on December 22, 2017 that the 2014 luge team relay results of the silver medallists Russian team were voided due to team members being banned for doping violations, Canada was expected to be upgraded from fourth to bronze.[6][7] However, the bans and annulment of results were successfully appealed at the court of arbitration for sport, and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored.[8] The IOC is challenging this decision.[9]

Alex Gough won Canada's first ever Olympic medal (Bronze) in Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

   Ongoing Winter Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 Pyeongchang0112
Total0112

Skating

Figure skating

Canada has won at least one medal in figure skating in 14 of the 17 post-war Winter Olympic games (since 1948). Canada's gold medalists are Barbara Ann Scott (1948) and the pairs of Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (1960); Jamie Salé and David Pelletier (2002); and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (2010 and 2018). Canada also won gold in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Virtue and Moir celebrated a number of firsts at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics when they won the gold medal for Ice Dancing: their first gold medal at their first Olympics, and the first North Americans as well as the youngest pair to win gold in this event. Other notable Canadian skaters include 1976 Bronze medalist Toller Cranston, as well as Brian Orser and Elvis Stojko, both of whom won silver medals in successive games.

   Hosted Winter Games
   Ongoing Winter Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1932 Lake Placid0011
1948 St. Moritz1012
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo0101
1960 Squaw Valley1012
1964 Innsbruck0112
1972 Sapporo0101
1976 Innsbruck0011
1984 Sarajevo0101
1988 Calgary0213
1992 Albertville0011
1994 Lillehammer0112
1998 Nagano0101
2002 Salt Lake City1001
2006 Turin0011
2010 Vancouver1012
2014 Sochi0303
2018 Pyeongchang2024
Total6111129

Short track speed skating

Canada has benefitted from the addition of short track speed skating to the Olympic program in 1992, winning multiple medals at each games since. Marc Gagnon, who won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals between 1994 and 2002 and François-Louis Tremblay, who has collected 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals from 2002 to 2010, are among only 5 Canadian Olympians to win a total of 5 medals.

   Hosted Winter Games
   Ongoing Winter Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1992 Albertville1203
1994 Lillehammer0213
1998 Nagano2024
2002 Salt Lake City2136
2006 Turin0314
2010 Vancouver2215
2014 Sochi1113
2018 Pyeongchang1135
Total9121233

Speed skating

Gaetan Boucher (1000 m and 1500 m in 1984), Catriona Le May Doan (500 m in 1998 and 2002), Cindy Klassen (1500 m in 2006), Clara Hughes (5000 m in 2006), Christine Nesbitt (1000 m in 2010) and Ted-Jan Bloemen (10000 m in 2018) are Canada's gold medalists in speed skating. In 2006, Cindy Klassen became the first Canadian to ever win five medals in one winter games, winning one gold (1500 m), two silver (Team Pursuit and 1000 m) and two bronze medals (3000 m and 5000 m). She also won a bronze medal in the 2002 games, giving her 6 medals, surpassing short track speed skater Marc Gagnon for the title of most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian. However, Clara Hughes was able to tie Klassen's record following her bronze medal in 2010. In addition to this, Hughes won 2 bronze medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics, one in 2002 Winter Olympics (making her the first Canadian to have won a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics), and two in 2006.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1932 Lake Placid0145
1952 Oslo0011
1976 Innsbruck0101
1980 Lake Placid0101
1984 Sarajevo2013
1994 Lillehammer0101
1998 Nagano1225
2002 Salt Lake City1023
2006 Turin2428
2010 Vancouver2125
2014 Sochi0112
2018 Pyeongchang1102
Total9131537

Skiing

Alpine skiing

Canada's most celebrated alpine skier is Nancy Greene, who won gold and silver at the 1968 games in Grenoble.

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo0011
1960 Squaw Valley1001
1968 Grenoble1102
1976 Innsbruck1001
1980 Lake Placid0011
1988 Calgary0022
1992 Albertville1001
1994 Lillehammer0011
2014 Sochi0011
Total41611

Cross country skiing

Canada's first medal in cross country skiing was the gold won by Beckie Scott in Salt Lake City (2002), the first time a North American woman won any Olympic medal in this sport. Chandra Crawford followed this up at the next games with a gold medal in the sprint event, and the team of Scott and Sara Renner also won a silver medal in Turin (2006).

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
2002 Salt Lake City1001
2006 Turin1102
Total2103

Freestyle skiing

Canada has enjoyed success in freestyle skiing after its introduction to the Winter Olympics in 1992. Jean-Luc Brassard (1994), Jennifer Heil (2006), Alexandre Bilodeau (2010 & 2014), Justine Dufour-Lapointe (2014), and Mikael Kingsbury (2018) have won gold in the moguls event. Canada has won gold in the women's ski cross at every olympics that featured it (Ashleigh McIvor, 2010; Marielle Thompson, 2014; and Kelsey Serwa, 2018). Brady Leman (2018) won gold in the men's ski cross event. In 2014 and 2018 the Canadian women also took the silver medals (Serwa in 2014, and Brittany Phelan in 2018). Dara Howell took gold in the slopestyle event in 2014. Cassie Sharpe added a halfpipe gold in 2018.

   Ongoing Winter Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1994 Lillehammer1113
2002 Salt Lake City0112
2006 Turin1001
2010 Vancouver2103
2014 Sochi4419
2018 Pyeongchang4217
Total139425

Canadian skiers also finished in the top 3 positions in aerials at the 1988 and 1992 games, when it was a demonstration sport.

Nordic combined

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined competition. Their best finish was tenth in the individual normal hill competition at the 1932 games.

Ski jumping

Canada has never won an Olympic medal in ski jumping. Their best finish was seventh in the men's large hill competition at the 1988 games.

Snowboarding

Ross Rebagliati won a gold medal in snowboarding when the sport made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Nagano games. Initially he was stripped of the medal when traces of marijuana were found in his blood during a drug test, but the IOC reversed its decision after an appeal a few days later because marijuana was only a restricted substance, not a banned substance.[10]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1998 Nagano1001
2006 Turin0011
2010 Vancouver2103
2014 Sochi0112
2018 Pyeongchang1213
Total44311

See also

References

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