Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics Canada competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games. These games were the second best ever for Canada at the time, as they finished in fourth place in the medal standings with 17 medals, seven of which were gold. Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Semi final Gold medal game Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Semi final Bronze medal game Quarter final Semi final Gold medal game Contestants Source: Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals. Semi final Gold medal
Winter Olympic Games have winter sports, specifically figure skating, added to the Olympic programme but was unsuccessful until the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Four figure skating events were contested, at which Ulrich Salchow (10-time world champion) and Madge Syers won the individual titles. Three years later, Italian count Eugenio Brunetta d'Usseaux proposed that the IOC stage a week of winter sports included as part of the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. The organisers opposed this idea because they desired to protect the integrity of the Nordic Games and were concerned about a lack of facilities for winter sports. The