# Canada at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Kathy Kreiner | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Silver | Cathy Priestner | Speed skating | Women's 500m |
| Bronze | Toller Cranston | Figure skating | Men'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 |
| Dave Murray | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.43 | 18 |
| Jim Hunter | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.52 | 10 |
| Dave Irwin | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.41 | 8 |
| Ken Read | Downhill | | | | | 1:46.83 | 5 |
| Dave Murray | Giant Slalom | 1:54.43 | 42 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Ken Read | Giant Slalom | 1:52.81 | 39 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Robert Safrata | Giant Slalom | 1:51.70 | 36 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Jim Hunter | Giant Slalom | 1:48.56 | 21 | 1:48.80 | 25 | 3:37.36 | 22 |
| Dave Murray | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Ken Read | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Robert Safrata | Slalom | 1:07.63 | 33 | 1:10.35 | 25 | 2:17.98 | 27 |
| Jim Hunter | Slalom | 1:06.26 | 28 | 1:10.80 | 27 | 2:17.06 | 23 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Betsy Clifford | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.40 | 22 |
| Kathy Kreiner | Downhill | | | | | 1:50.48 | 19 |
| Laurie Kreiner | Downhill | | | | | 1:49.97 | 16 |
| Laurie Kreiner | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:34.53 | 27 |
| Betsy Clifford | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:32.61 | 22 |
| Kathy Kreiner | Giant Slalom | | | | | 1:29.13 | |
| Kathy Kreiner | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Laurie Kreiner | Slalom | 50.26 | 20 | 49.12 | 15 | 1:39.38 | 14 |
| Betsy Clifford | Slalom | 49.09 | 13 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## 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 | Colin Nelson Jim Lavalley | Two-man | 57.56 | 13 | 57.92 | 18 | 58.13 | 21 | 58.39 | 22 | 3:52.00 | 18 |
| CAN-2 | Joey Kilburn Brian Vachon | Two-man | 58.61 | 23 | 58.74 | 23 | 58.22 | 22 | 58.72 | 23 | 3:54.29 | 23 |
| 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 | Colin Nelson Thomas Stehr David Veale Jim Lavalley | Four-man | 55.97 | 13 | 56.67 | 17 | 57.49 | 17 | 57.89 | 17 | 3:48.02 | 17 |
| CAN-2 | Christopher Frank William Dunn Christopher Martin Brian Vachon | Four-man | 57.43 | 21 | 56.87 | 19 | 57.87 | 20 | 58.69 | 21 | 3:50.86 | 21 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Ernie Lennie | 52:27.04 | 67 |
| 15 km | Edward Day | 49:59.43 | 59 |
| 15 km | Hans Skinstad | 49:30.36 | 56 |
| 15 km | Bert Bullock | 47:23.38 | 33 |
| 30 km | Reijo Puiras | 1'41:34.43 | 56 |
| 30 km | Edward Day | 1'38:09.10 | 42 |
| 30 km | Bert Bullock | 1'36:24.55 | 31 |
| 30 km | Hans Skinstad | 1'36:16.95 | 30 |
| 50 km | Bert Bullock | DNF | – |
| 50 km | Ernie Lennie | 3'01:01.57 | 41 |
| 50 km | Edward Day | 2'51:58.75 | 37 |
| 50 km | Hans Skinstad | 2'46:11.83 | 22 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Bert Bullock Ernie Lennie Edward Day Hans Skinstad | 2'15:31.85 | 12 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Esther Miller | 18:05.05 | 34 |
| 5 km | Joan Groothuysen | 17:51.08 | 30 |
| 5 km | Sharon Firth | 17:35.06 | 29 |
| 5 km | Shirley Firth | 17:31.36 | 27 |
| 10 km | Joan Groothuysen | 34:16.35 | 34 |
| 10 km | Sue Holloway | 34:03.49 | 32 |
| 10 km | Shirley Firth | 33:16.50 | 29 |
| 10 km | Sharon Firth | 33:15.20 | 28 |

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Shirley Firth Joan Groothuysen Sue Holloway Sharon Firth | 1'14:02.72 | 7 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Ron Shaver | 6 | 3 | – | – | DNF | – |
| Stan Bohonek | 17 | 15 | 13 | 165.88 | 124 | 14 |
| Toller Cranston | 7 | 1 | 2 | 187.38 | 30 | |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Kim Alletson | 13 | 14 | 13 | 171.64 | 122.5 | 14 |
| Lynn Nightingale | 10 | 5 | 8 | 181.72 | 67 | 9 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Candace Jones Donald Fraser | 13 | 14 | 116.54 | 117 | 14 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | CD | FD | Points | Places | Rank |
| Susan Carscallen Eric Gillies | 14 | 12 | 175.96 | 107 | 13 |
| Barbara Berezowski David Porter | 10 | 9 | 182.90 | 86 | 10 |

## 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 |
| Denis Michaud | DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Michael Shragge | 57.950 | 38 | 55.812 | 34 | 56.656 | 36 | 55.874 | 35 | 3:46.292 | 35 |
| Larry Arbuthnot | 56.691 | 34 | 55.380 | 27 | 55.085 | 29 | 55.628 | 31 | 3:42.784 | 31 |
(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 | 44.933 | 16 | 45.102 | 17 | 1:30.035 | 17 |
| David McComb Michael Shragge | 45.421 | 19 | 46.169 | 23 | 1:31.590 | 22 |

### Women

| 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 |
| Julie Chase | 46.529 | 25 | 46.570 | 26 | 51.633 | 26 | 48.790 | 26 | 3:13.522 | 26 |
| Mary Jane Bowie | 45.804 | 22 | 45.719 | 22 | 45.352 | 23 | 45.466 | 23 | 3:02.341 | 23 |
| Carole Keyes | 45.654 | 21 | 45.692 | 21 | 45.200 | 22 | 45.337 | 21 | 3:01.883 | 22 |

## 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 |
| Kurt Sjolund | Individual | 58.0 | 57.0 | 124.0 | 34 | 58:13.40 | 128.22 | 33 | 252.22 | 33 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Donald Grady | Normal hill | 66.5 | 85.7 | 64.0 | 79.2 | 164.9 | 55 |
| Kim Fripp | Normal hill | 69.0 | 91.2 | 66.5 | 84.7 | 175.9 | 54 |
| Richard Grady | Normal hill | 72.5 | 96.3 | 72.5 | 96.3 | 192.6 | 48 |
| Peter Wilson | Normal hill | 75.0 | 103.8 | 74.5 | 103.5 | 207.3 | 36 |
| Kim Fripp | Large hill | 74.0 | 68.6 | 67.0 | 57.3 | 125.9 | 53 |
| Donald Grady | Large hill | 79.0 | 78.1 | 76.0 | 71.4 | 149.5 | 48 |
| Peter Wilson | Large hill | 78.5 | 79.4 | 74.5 | 75.3 | 154.7 | 45 |
| Richard Grady | Large hill | 81.0 | 80.4 | 76.0 | 72.9 | 153.3 | 46 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Gaétan Boucher | 40.53 | 14 |
| 500 m | Tom Overend | 40.22 | 11 |
| 1000 m | Tom Overend | 1:25.06 | 23 |
| 1000 m | Gaétan Boucher | 1:21.23 | 6 |
| 1500 m | Gaétan Boucher | 2:04.63 | 14 |
| 5000 m | Andy Barron | 8:10.00 | 23 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Kathy Vogt | 45.62 | 21 |
| 500 m | Sylvia Burka | 44.35 | 11 |
| 500 m | Cathy Priestner | 43.12 | |
| 1000 m | Liz Appleby | 1:34.27 | 22 |
| 1000 m | Cathy Priestner | 1:29.66 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Sylvia Burka | 1:29.47 | 4 |
| 1500 m | Kathy Vogt | 2:25.49 | 23 |
| 1500 m | Liz Appleby | 2:24.89 | 21 |
| 1500 m | Sylvia Burka | 2:19.74 | 9 |
| 3000 m | Gayle Gordon | 5:07.09 | 23 |
| 3000 m | Liz Appleby | 4:58.68 | 18 |
| 3000 m | Sylvia Burka | 4:49.04 | 8 |