Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Canada at the Olympic Games
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At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
Competitors	67 (47 men, 20 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Gaétan Boucher (speed skating)
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 4
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Canada competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Gaétan Boucher	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
Gold	Gaétan Boucher	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Silver	Brian Orser	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Gaétan Boucher	Speed skating	Men's 500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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	Rank	Time	Rank
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	Time	Rank	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	Rank
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	Rank
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.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	0	38	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	24	10	8
Finland	5	2	2	1	27	19	5
United States	5	1	2	2	16	17	4
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	37	2
Norway	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	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	16	1	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	6	2	4
Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	12	2
Canada 4th	3	0	3	0	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	Points	Points	Rank
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	Rank
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	Rank
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