# Canada at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Canada men's national ice hockey team (Edmonton Mercurys) George AbelJohn DaviesBilly DaweRobert DicksonDonald GaufWilliam DicksonRalph HanschRobert MeyersDavid MillerEric PatersonThomas PollockAllan PurvisGordon RobertsonLouis SeccoFrancis SullivanBob Watt | Ice hockey | Men's competition |
| Bronze | Gordon Audley | Speed skating | Men's 500m |

## 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 | | | | | 2:56.0 | 41 |
| John Griffin | Downhill | | | | | 2:52.2 | 32 |
| Gordon Morrison | Downhill | | | | | 2:51.1 | 31 |
| Robert Richardson | Downhill | | | | | 2:43.2 | 18 |
| Gordon Morrison | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:54.2 | 46 |
| John Griffin | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:49.9 | 37 |
| André Bertrand | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:49.3 | 36 |
| Robert Richardson | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:48.2 | 34 |
| George Merry | Slalom | 1:09.4 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| John Griffin | Slalom | 1:07.2 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| André Bertrand | Slalom | 1:07.0 | 32 Q | 1:06.2 | 22 | 2:13.2 | 25 |
| Robert Richardson | Slalom | 1:06.8 | 31 Q | 1:07.0 | 25 | 2:13.8 | 26 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lucille Wheeler | Downhill | | | | | 1:59.5 | 27 |
| Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | Downhill | | | | | 1:56.4 | 20 |
| Rosemarie Schutz | Downhill | | | | | 1:54.6 | 14 |
| Joanne Hewson | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.3 | 8 |
| Joanne Hewson | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:23.9 | 30 |
| Lucille Wheeler | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:22.2 | 27 |
| Rosemarie Schutz | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:19.7 | 23 |
| Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:14.0 | 9 |
| Rosemarie Schutz | Slalom | 1:56.7 | 37 | 1:12.2 | 25 | 3:08.9 | 37 |
| Lucille Wheeler | Slalom | 1:12.2 | 21 | 1:16.2 | 34 | 2:28.4 | 26 |
| Rhoda Wurtele-Eaves | Slalom | 1:12.0 | 20 | 1:09.9 | 17 | 2:21.9 | 19 |
| Joanne Hewson | Slalom | 1:09.2 | 12 | 1:10.7 | 22 | 2:19.9 | 13 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 18 km | Jacques Carbonneau | 1'17:37 | 70 |
| 18 km | Claude Richer | 1'13:17 | 52 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Peter Firstbrook | 4 | 4 | 173.122 | 43 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Vera Smith | 13 | 15 | 138.220 | 117 | 13 |
| Marlene Smith | 11 | 9 | 143.289 | 92 | 9 |
| Suzanne Morrow | 6 | 7 | 149.333 | 56 | 6 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | Places | Rank |
| Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | 10.489 | 48 | 5 |

## Ice hockey

The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Canada | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14 | 15 |
| United States | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 21 | 13 |
| Sweden | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 14 |
| Czechoslovakia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
| Poland | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 56 | 5 |
| Finland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 60 | 4 |
| West Germany | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 3 |
| Norway | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
* Canada 15-1 Germany FR
* Canada 13-3 Finland
* Canada 11-0 Poland
* Canada 4-1 Czechoslovakia
* Canada 11-2 Switzerland
* Canada 3-2 Sweden
* Norway 2-11 Canada
* Canada 3-3 USA
Top scorers
| Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Billy Gibson | 8 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| David Miller | 8 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
* Gold:
* Canada Eric Paterson Ralph Hansch John Davies Don Gauf Robert Meyers Thomas Pollock Al Purvis Billy Gibson David Miller George Abel Billy Dawe Robert Dickson Gordon Robertson Louis Secco Francis Sullivan Bob Watt

## 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 |
| Lucien Laferte | Normal hill | 61.0 (fall) | 64.5 | 42 | 59.5 | 98.0 | 21 | 162.5 | 41 |
| Jacques Charland | Normal hill | 62.5 | 95.5 | 28 | 61.0 | 94.5 | 25 | 190.0 | 25 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Ralf Olin | 46.5 | 30 |
| 500 m | Craig Mackay | 44.9 | 15 |
| 500 m | Frank Stack | 44.8 | 12 |
| 500 m | Gordon Audley | 44.0 | |
| 1500 m | Ralf Olin | 2:29.3 | 29 |
| 1500 m | Craig MacKay | 2:25.0 | 16 |
| 5000 m | Ralf Olin | 8:54.2 | 25 |
| 5000 m | Craig MacKay | 8:52.5 | 23 |
| 10,000 m | Craig MacKay | 18:27.4 | 24 |
| 10,000 m | Ralf Olin | 18:22.8 | 21 |