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Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	CAN
NOCname	Canadian Olympic Committee
games	Winter Olympics
year	1984
website
location	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
start_date
end_date
competitors	67 (47 men, 20 women)
sports	8
flagbearer	Gaétan Boucher (speed skating)
rank	8
gold	2
silver	1
bronze	1
appearances	auto
seealso	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

As Calgary would be the host city of the following Winter Olympics, its mascots made an appearance at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Sport	Event	Date
Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	14 February
Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	16 February
Figure skating	Men's singles	16 February
Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	10 February

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Gary Athans	Downhill		1:48.79	26
Todd Brooker		1:46.64	9
Steve Podborski		1:46.59	8
Jim Read	Giant Slalom	1:22.90	15	1:24.87	25	2:49.18	24
Michael Tommy	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

;Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Karen Stemmle	Downhill		1:15.64	22
Liisa Savijarvi		1:15.32	18
Laurie Graham		1:14.92	11
Gerry Sorensen		1:14.30	6
Laurie Graham	Giant Slalom	1:12.89	38	1:15.63	33	2:28.42	33
Andrea Bédard	1:12.03	26	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Diana Haight	1:11.27	18	1:13.39	16	2:24.66	17
Liisa Savijarvi	1:10.31	9	1:12.42	6	2:22.73	9
Andrea Bédard	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Alan MacLachlan
Robert Wilson	Two-man	52.77	12	53.04	14	52.14	8	52.79	17	3:30.74	14

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Alan MacLachlan
Clarke Flynn
Robert Wilson
David Leuty	Four-man	51.48	20	51.66	18	51.55	16	51.78	20	3:26.47	18

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
15 km	Pierre Harvey	43:36.4	21
30 km	Pierre Harvey	1'33:44.4	21
50 km	Pierre Harvey	2'25:04.1	20

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
5 km	Angela Schmidt-Foster	19:30.1	39
Sharon Firth	18:37.5	29
Shirley Firth	18:32.3	28
10 km	Angela Schmidt-Foster	35:35.0	36
Sharon Firth	34:47.0	29
Shirley Firth	34:31.3	22
20 km	Angela Schmidt-Foster	DNF	–
Shirley Firth	1'07:02.5	25
Sharon Firth	1'06:31.0	21

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Jaime Eggleton	20	19	19	38.6	20
Gary Beacom	10	11	11	21.4	11
Brian Orser	7	1	1	5.6

;Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Elizabeth Manley	16	7	13	25.4	13
Kay Thomson	10	12	10	20.8	12

;Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Melinda Kunhegyi
Lyndon Johnston	13	12	18.5	12
Katherina Matousek
Lloyd Eisler	9	8	12.5	8
Barbara Underhill
Paul Martini	6	7	10.0	7

;Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Kelly Johnson
John Thomas	12	11	11	22.4	12
Tracy Wilson
Robert McCall	7	8	8	15.6	8

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
5	5	0	0	38	7	10
5	4	1	0	24	10	8
5	2	2	1	27	19	5
5	1	2	2	16	17	4
5	1	4	0	13	37	2
5	0	4	1	15	43	1

Canada 4-2 USA
Canada 8-1 Austria
Canada 4-2 Finland
Canada 8-1 Norway
Czechoslovakia 4-0 Canada

Medal round

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	16	1	6
	3	2	1	6	2	4
	3	1	2	3	12	2
4th	3	0	3	0	10	0

USSR 4-0 Canada
Sweden 2-0 Canada

Carried over group Match:

Czechoslovakia 4-0 Canada
Team Roster
Darren Eliot
Mario Gosselin
Warren Anderson
Robin Bartel
J. J. Daigneault
Bruce Driver
Doug Lidster
James Patrick
Craig Redmond
Russ Courtnall
Kevin Dineen
Dave Donnelly
Pat Flatley
Dave Gagner
Vaughn Karpan
Darren Lowe
Kirk Muller
Dave Tippett
Carey Wilson
Dan Wood
Head coach: Dave King

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics

;Women

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carole Keyes	45.461	26	49.089	26	44.715	22	44.158	22	3:03.423	24
Susan Rossi	45.040	24	43.893	22	45.964	25	43.766	21	2:58.663	22

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Distance	Points	Distance
David Brown	Normal hill	71.0	70.6	77.0	83.2	153.8	51
Horst Bulau	76.0	82.6	78.0	86.8	169.4	38
Ron Richards	78.5	85.6	83.0	95.3	180.9	29
Steve Collins	80.0	92.0	80.5	92.8	184.8	25
David Brown	Large hill	81.0	57.1	84.5	64.5	121.6	47
Ron Richards	94.0	79.3	101.0	93.6	172.9	25
Steve Collins	99.0	89.8	86.0	66.6	156.4	36
Horst Bulau	101.0	94.6	100.0	93.7	188.3	10

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Daniel Turcotte	40.30	29
Jacques Thibault	39.12	15
Gaétan Boucher	38.39
1000 m	Jacques Thibault	1:18.79	19
Gaétan Boucher	1:15.80
1500 m	Gaétan Boucher	1:58.36
5000 m	Jean Pichette	7:50.39	38
Ben Lamarche	7:47.25	36

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Sylvie Daigle	43.74	20
1000 m	Sylvie Daigle	1:28.96	25
Natalie Grenier	1:27.67	18
1500 m	Sylvie Daigle	2:15.50	22
Natalie Grenier	2:14.72	21
3000 m	Natalie Grenier	4:48.60	15

References

Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com

Wikipedia Source

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