# Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | Figure skating | Pairs |
| Bronze | Canada men's national ice hockey team (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen) Denis BrodeurCharles BrookerWilliam ColvinAlfred HorneArt HurstByrle KlinckPaul KnoxKenneth LaufmanHoward LeeJames LoganFloyd MartinJack McKenzieDonald RopeGeorge ScholesGerry ThebergeRobert WhiteKeith Woodall | Ice hockey | Men's competition |
| Bronze | Lucile Wheeler | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| André Bertrand | Downhill | | | | | 3:31.2 | 25 |
| André Bertrand | Giant Slalom | | | | | 3:33.1 | 39 |
| André Bertrand | Slalom | 2:42.8 | 57 | 2:20.0 | 30 | 5:02.8 | 50 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ginette Seguin | Downhill | | | | | 1:58.2 | 33 |
| Carlyn Kruger | Downhill | | | | | 1:53.2 | 22 |
| Anne Heggtveit | Downhill | | | | | 1:53.2 | 22 |
| Lucille Wheeler | Downhill | | | | | 1:45.9 | |
| Carlyn Kruger | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Ginette Seguin | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:16.6 | 36 |
| Anne Heggtveit | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:05.3 | 29 |
| Lucille Wheeler | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:58.6 | 6 |
| Lucille Wheeler | Slalom | 1:36.7 | 38 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Anne Heggtveit | Slalom | 1:31.0 | 34 | 1:07.5 | 20 | 2:38.5 | 30 |
| Carlyn Kruger | Slalom | 1:14.7 | 30 | 1:07.6 | 21 | 2:22.3 | 23 |
| Ginette Seguin | Slalom | 1:05.6 | 22 | 1:10.0 | 24 | 2:15.6 | 18 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Clarence Servold | 53:34 | 19 |
| 30 km | Clarence Servold | 2'00:01 | 37 |
| 50 km | Clarence Servold | 3'21:50 | 22 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Charles Snelling | 9 | 7 | 150.42 | 67 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Ann Johnston | 7 | 10 | 152.56 | 94 | 9 |
| Carole Jane Pachl | 6 | 8 | 154.74 | 73 | 6 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
| Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | 10.74 | 54.5 | 6 |
| Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | 11.32 | 16 | |

## 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.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
* Canada 4-0 Germany (UTG)
* Canada 23-0 Austria
* Italy 1-3 Canada

### Games for 1st-6th places

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 |
| | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
* Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
* USA 4-1 Canada
* Canada 10-0 Germany (UTG)
* Canada 6-2 Sweden
* USSR 2-0 Canada

### Leading scorers

| Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| 1st | James Logan | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 1st | Paul Knox | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 3rd | Gerry Theberge | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 5th | Jack McKenzie | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 9th | George Scholes | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
* Bronze:
* Canada Denis Brodeur Keith Woodall Floyd Martin Howie Lee Art 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
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Irvin Servold | Individual | 64.0 | 64.5 | 180.0 | 31 | 1'01:44 | 219.000 | 24 | 399.000 | 27 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jacques Charland | Normal hill | 76.0 | 94.5 | 30 | 73.0 | 93.5 | 27 | 188.0 | 27 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Johnny Sands | DNF | – |
| 500 m | Ralf Olin | 44.1 | 36 |
| 500 m | Gordon Audley | 43.2 | 25 |
| 1500 m | Gordon Audley | 2:26.1 | 53 |
| 1500 m | Johnny Sands | 2:20.7 | 45 |
| 1500 m | Ralf Olin | 2:19.7 | 41 |
| 5000 m | Ralf Olin | 8:30.5 | 33 |
| 10,000 m | Ralf Olin | 17:59.2 | 31 |