# Canada at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
The one silver medal won by Karen Magnussen ties with the Canadian Olympic Team of 1936 for the lowest medal total by a Canadian Winter Olympic Team.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Karen Magnussen | Figure skating | Women's singles |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Derek Robbins | Downhill | | | | | 2:00.38 | 38 |
| Reto Barrington | Downhill | | | | | 1:58.29 | 32 |
| Jim Hunter | Downhill | | | | | 1:55.16 | 20 |
| Derek Robbins | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Reto Barrington | Giant Slalom | 1:35.22 | 18 | 1:42.02 | 24 | 3:17.24 | 20 |
| Jim Hunter | Giant Slalom | 1:33.83 | 13 | 1:39.15 | 10 | 3:12.98 | 11 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jim Hunter | 1:47.16 | 4 | 1:02.02 | 31 | 59.50 | 20 | 2:01.52 | 19 |
| Reto Barrington | DSQ | – | 1:04.02 | 34 | 59.23 | 19 | 2:03.25 | 23 |
| Derek Robbins | DNF | – | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kathy Kreiner | Downhill | | | | | 1:43.68 | 33 |
| Judy Crawford | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.75 | 27 |
| Laurie Kreiner | Downhill | | | | | 1:41.00 | 20 |
| Carolyne Oughton | Downhill | | | | | 1:40.92 | 18 |
| Carolyne Oughton | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:38.29 | 29 |
| Judy Crawford | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:35.60 | 24 |
| Diane Pratte | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:33.59 | 15 |
| Laurie Kreiner | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:32.48 | 4 |
| Kathy Kreiner | Slalom | 50.55 | 19 | 49.72 | 15 | 1:40.27 | 14 |
| Diane Pratte | Slalom | 49.32 | 17 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Laurie Kreiner | Slalom | 48.81 | 15 | 48.49 | 12 | 1:37.30 | 12 |
| Judy Crawford | Slalom | 47.12 | 5 | 46.83 | 6 | 1:33.95 | 4 |

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| CAN-1 | Hans Gehrig Andrew Faulds | Two-man | 1:18.82 | 20 | 1:18.36 | 20 | 1:15.66 | 17 | 1:16.06 | 17 | 5:08.90 | 18 |
| CAN-2 | Bob Storey Michael Hartley | Two-man | 1:18.49 | 18 | 1:16.70 | 8 | 1:14.90 | 13 | 1:15.61 | 15 | 5:05.70 | 14 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| CAN-1 | Hans Gehrig David Richardson Peter Blakeley Andrew Faulds | Four-man | 1:12.61 | 15 | 1:12.43 | 9 | 1:10.76 | 5 | 1:12.26 | 16 | 4:48.06 | 13 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Jarl Omholt-Jensen | 50:52.14 | 52 |
| 15 km | Roger Allen | 50:41.31 | 50 |
| 15 km | Fred Kelly | 50:07.22 | 49 |
| 15 km | Malcolm Hunter | 49:54.08 | 45 |
| 30 km | Jarl Omholt-Jensen | 1'51:14.04 | 50 |
| 30 km | Malcolm Hunter | 1'46:51.47 | 43 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Fred Kelly Roger Allen Jarl Omholt-Jensen Malcolm Hunter | 2'16:56.41 | 13 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Hellen Sander | 19:30.01 | 41 |
| 5 km | Roseanne Allen | 19:22.70 | 40 |
| 5 km | Shirley Firth | 18:36.07 | 35 |
| 5 km | Sharon Firth | 18:06.28 | 26 |
| 10 km | Hellen Sander | 40:25.11 | 40 |
| 10 km | Sharon Firth | 36:52.49 | 24 |

### Women's 3 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Shirley Firth Sharon Firth Roseanne Allen | 53:37.82 | 10 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Toller Cranston | 12 | 5 | 2517.2 | 80.5 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Catherine Irwin | 12 | 12 | 2383.4 | 116 | 13 |
| Karen Magnussen | 3 | 2 | 2673.2 | 23 | |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Mary Petrie John Hubbell | 15 | 15 | 358.5 | 129 | 15 |
| Sandra Bezic Val Bezic | 9 | 9 | 384.9 | 84 | 9 |

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Paul Nielsen | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Doug Hansen | 55.73 | 36 | 55.94 | 39 | 55.20 | 40 | 55.35 | 40 | 3:42.22 | 38 |
| David McComb | 55.20 | 31 | 56.14 | 41 | 54.52 | 33 | 54.57 | 35 | 3:40.43 | 35 |
| Larry Arbuthnot | 54.11 | 18 | 54.17 | 21 | 54.17 | 31 | 54.12 | 33 | 3:36.57 | 25 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Larry Arbuthnot Doug Hansen | 46.47 | 15 | 46.22 | 15 | 1:32.69 | 16 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Peter Wilson | Normal hill | 64.5 | 79.4 | 60.5 | 70.0 | 149.4 | 56 |
| Rick Gulyas | Normal hill | 71.0 | 90.8 | 70.5 | 90.5 | 181.3 | 48 |
| Ulf Kvendbo | Normal hill | 70.5 | 93.0 | 71.0 | 94.8 | 187.8 | 44 |
| Zdenek Mezl | Normal hill | 74.0 | 100.6 | 70.0 | 92.2 | 192.8 | 40 |
| Ulf Kvendbo | Large hill | 79.0 | 75.6 | 80.0 | 77.0 | 152.6 | 45 |
| Peter Wilson | Large hill | 83.0 | 78.7 | 83.5 | 80.9 | 159.6 | 39 |
| Zdenek Mezl | Large hill | 98.0 | 104.7 | 89.0 | 89.6 | 194.3 | 17 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | John Cassidy | 43.01 | 30 |
| 500 m | Gerry Cassan | 42.87 | 29 |
| 1500 m | Andy Barron | 2:17.71 | 36 |
| 1500 m | Kevin Sirois | 2:13.99 | 26 |
| 1500 m | Bob Hodges | 2:12.13 | 23 |
| 5000 m | Andy Barron | 8:11.84 | 25 |
| 5000 m | Kevin Sirois | 8:02.66 | 19 |
| 10,000 m | Kevin Sirois | 15:58.61 | 14 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Sylvia Burka | DSQ | – |
| 500 m | Donna McCannell | 47.30 | 25 |
| 500 m | Cathy Priestner | 45.79 | 14 |
| 1000 m | Gayle Gordon | 1:38.32 | 32 |
| 1000 m | Cathy Priestner | 1:37.11 | 29 |
| 1000 m | Sylvia Burka | 1:32.95 | 8 |
| 1500 m | Jennifer Jackson | 2:35.22 | 30 |
| 1500 m | Gayle Gordon | 2:31.86 | 27 |
| 1500 m | Sylvia Burka | 2:29.60 | 21 |