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Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	CAN
NOCname	Canadian Olympic Committee
games	Winter Olympics
year	1980
website
location	Lake Placid, United States
start_date
end_date
competitors	59 (41 men, 18 women)
sports	8
flagbearer	Ken Read (alpine skiing)
rank	14
gold	0
silver	1
bronze	1
appearances	auto
seealso	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Canada had competed at every Winter Olympic Games previously.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Speed skating	Men's 1000m
		Alpine skiing	Men's downhill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Event	Race	Time
Ken Read	Downhill	DNF	–
Dave Irwin	1:48.12	11
Dave Murray	1:47.95	10
Steve Podborski	1:46.62

;Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Loni Klettl	Downhill		1:40.95	13
Laurie Graham		1:40.74	11
Kathy Kreiner		1:39.53	5
Kathy Kreiner	Giant Slalom	1:17.19	11	1:28.56	9	2:45.75	9
Kathy Kreiner	Slalom	48.06	21	46.72	15	1:34.78	15

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Joey Kilburn
Robert Wilson	Two-man	1:04.07	14	1:04.27	12	1:03.96	14	1:03.91	11	4:16.21	13
CAN-2	Brian Vachon
Serge Cantin	Two-man	1:04.66	18	1:04.67	16	1:04.38	17	1:05.05	19	4:18.76	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Martin Glynn
Alan MacLachlan
Serge Cantin
Robert Wilson	Four-man	1:01.76	15	1:02.25	17	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
5 km	Sharon Firth	16:54.66	35
Angela Schmidt-Foster	16:28.87	29
Shirley Firth	16:23.40	28
Joan Groothuysen	16:23.25	27
10 km	Joan Groothuysen	33:31.99	34
Esther Miller	33:29.03	33
Shirley Firth	32:56.87	24
Angela Schmidt-Foster	32:56.13	23

;Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race	Time
Angela Schmidt-Foster
Shirley Firth
Esther Miller
Joan Groothuysen	1'07:45.75	8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Brian Pockar	12	12	12	16326	107	12

;Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Heather Kemkaran	16	12	15	164.64	128	15

;Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Barbara Underhill
Paul Martini	9	9	129.36	78	9

;Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Lorna Wighton
John Dowding	6	6	193.80	54	6

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

First Round - Red Division

	Team advanced to Consolation Round

GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
5	5	0	0	51	11	10
5	3	2	0	26	18	6
5	3	2	0	28	12	6
5	2	3	0	15	23	4
5	1	3	1	16	43	3
5	0	4	1	7	36	1

All times are local (UTC-5). 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 1 – 7 1 – 8 1 – 9 1 – 10 04:04 - Primeau (Devaney) 11:40 - Berry (Maxwell, O'Malley) 26:52 - d'Alvise (O'Malley) 35:02 - Hindmarch (Devaney) (PP) 43:31 - G. Anderson (Davidson, Nill) 44:14 - d'Alvise (Zupancich, Pirie) 50:35 - Devaney (Primeau, Hindmarch) (PP) 51:11 - Berry (Watters, Maxwell) 52:22 - Berry (Maxwell, MacLean) 58:11 - Hindmarch (MacLean, Davidson) 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 Jobczyk (Zabawa) - 23:17

30:56 - Watters (G. Anderson, Spring) 32:06 - Berry (Maxwell, MacLean) 47:42 - Devaney (Hindmarch, Gregg) 53:29 - Primeau 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 – 4 3 – 4 MacLean (Berry, O'Malley) - 14:22

G. Anderson (Nill, Davidson) - 46:47

Primeau (Hindmarch, Devaney) - 57:09

19:51 - Leppänen (Hakulinen, Levo) 37:07 - Koskilahti

56:55 - Suoraniemi (Leppänen) (SH) 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 Primeau - 14:35 MacLean (Maxwell) - 23:17 Davidson - 26:19 W. Anderson - 41:27 Hindmarch - 50:22 1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 3 – 3 4 – 3 4 – 4 5 – 4 6 – 4 Balderis (Skvortsov, Zhluktov) - 13:42

Kasatonov (Krutov) - 39:47 Mikhailov (A. Golikov) - 41:53 A. Golikov (Makarov) - 42:05

Mikhailov (Starikov) - 48:41 A. Golikov - 56:51

20:19 - Gregg 22:38 - Pirie (Zupancich, d'Alvise)

43:05 - d'Alvise

Consolation round

The third-placed teams in each division, Czechoslovakia and Canada, played each other to determine fifth place.

2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 5 – 1 6 – 1 A. Šťastný - 02:14 M. Šťastný, Bubla, A. Šťastný) - 07:16 A. Šťastný (M. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) - 12:47 M. Šťastný (A. Šťastný, P. Šťastný) - 13:19

M. Šťastný (P. Šťastný) - 57:18

28:01 - Devaney (Grant, Hindmarch) Final Rank: 6th place

:*Team Roster

Bob Dupuis
Paul Pageau
Warren Anderson
Joe Grant
Randy Gregg
Terry O'Malley
Brad Pirie
Don Spring
Tim Watters
Glenn Anderson
Ken Berry
Dan D'Alvise
Ron Davidson
John Devaney
Dave Hindmarch
Paul MacLean
Kevin Maxwell
Jim Nill
Kevin Primeau
Stelio Zupancich
Head coaches: Lorne Davis, Clare Drake & Tom Watt

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bruce Smith	45.442	23	45.305	12	45.479	15	44.848	10	3:01.074	11
Mark Jensen	45.150	16	46.218	21	45.363	13	46.079	19	3:02.810	17

;Women

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danielle Nadeau	40.782	20	40.968	19	41.770	23	41.101	20	2:44.621	22
Carole Keyes	40.616	18	40.658	15	41.567	22	41.058	19	2:43.899	18

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Distance	Points	Distance
Horst Bulau	Normal hill	64.5	79.4	75.0	100.7	180.1	41
Tauno Käyhkö	78.5	108.8	71.5	96.6	205.4	30
Steve Collins	81.0	111.8	72.0	95.9	207.7	28
Tauno Käyhkö	Large hill	98.0	104.4	97.5	104.2	208.6	26
Horst Bulau	100.5	106.9	95.0	98.2	205.1	29
Steve Collins	112.5	126.7	102.5	111.7	238.4	9

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Jacques Thibault	40.11	26
Gaétan Boucher	38.90	8
1000 m	Craig Webster	1:21.47	27
Jacques Thibault	1:19.79	20
Gaétan Boucher	1:16.68
1500 m	Jacques Thibault	2:06.79	27
Craig Webster	2:02.41	23
Gaétan Boucher	2:00.15	15
5000 m	Craig Webster	7:28.94	20

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Sylvie Daigle	44.16	19
Kathy Vogt	44.15	18
Sylvia Burka	43.43	9
1000 m	Kathy Vogt	1:30.33	24
Brenda Webster	1:29.84	19
Sylvia Burka	1:27.50	7
1500 m	Kathy Vogt	2:16.09	16
Brenda Webster	2:14.73	11
Sylvia Burka	2:14.65	10
3000 m	Pat Durnin	4:58.42	23
Sylvia Burka	4:44.22	12
Brenda Webster	4:43.67	11

References

Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com

Wikipedia Source

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