Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Canada was the host nation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the first time that Canada had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and second time overall, after the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Vancouver would eventually host the 2010 Winter Olympics which makes it the second city in Canada to host the Winter Olympics and the third overall.
Medalists
For the second time Canada failed to obtain a gold medal on home soil. 22 years later, Alexandre Bilodeau was the first Canadian to obtain a gold medal on home soil in the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first of a Winter Olympics record for most gold medals of 14.Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
Figure skating | Men's singles | ||
Figure skating | Women's singles | ||
Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | ||
Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | ||
Tracy Wilson Robert McCall | Figure skating | Ice dancing |
Alpine skiing
;MenMen's combined
;Women
Women's combined
Biathlon
;MenEvent | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
10 km Sprint | Paget Stewart | 4 | 29:06.9 | 58 |
10 km Sprint | Charles Plamondon | 3 | 28:30.5 | 55 |
10 km Sprint | Ken Karpoff | 1 | 28:12.9 | 46 |
10 km Sprint | Glenn Rupertus | 2 | 27:38.6 | 34 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
20 km | Jamie Kallio | 1'03:13.1 | 7 | 1'10:13.1 | 59 |
20 km | Charles Plamondon | 59:27.5 | 5 | 1'04:27.5 | 46 |
20 km | Glenn Rupertus | 56:10.4 | 7 | 1'03:10.4 | 34 |
20 km | Ken Karpoff | 59:19.7 | 3 | 1'02:19.7 | 33 |
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Men;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
;Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Figure skating
;MenAthlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
Neil Paterson | 17 | 13 | 16 | 31.4 | 16 |
Kurt Browning | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15.4 | 8 |
Brian Orser | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 |
;Women
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
Charlene Wong | 18 | 14 | 13 | 29.4 | 13 |
Elizabeth Manley | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.6 |
;Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler | 7 | 9 | 12.5 | 9 |
Christine Hough Doug Ladret | 8 | 8 | 12.0 | 8 |
Denise Benning Lyndon Johnston | 5 | 7 | 9.5 | 6 |
;Ice Dancing
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
Melanie Cole Michael Farrington | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32.0 | 16 |
Karyn Garossino Rodney Garossino | 12 | 12 | 12 | 24.0 | 12 |
Tracy Wilson Robert McCall | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6.0 |
Ice hockey
Group A
- Canada 1-0 Poland
- Canada 4-2 Switzerland
- Finland 3-1 Canada
- Canada 9-5 France
- Canada 2-2 Sweden
Medal round
- Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
- Canada 8-1 West Germany
- Canada 6-3 Czechoslovakia
- Head Coach: Dave King
Luge
Doubles
;Women
Nordic combined
Men's individualEvents:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Ski jumping
Speed skating
;Men;Women