He also participated in the Alpine combined competition but did not finished after being eliminated in the slalom.
Kenji Ogiwara, who won the individual combined competition, led his country to victory in the team event.
He also finished fifth in the Nordic combined competition in 1924.
At the 1936 Winter Olympics Cranz won the newly established alpine combined competition in a spectacular race.
This format would become the standard for Nordic combined competitions going forward.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined competition.
He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's super combined competition.
In 1932 he finished 21st in the shorter cross-country skiing event and 29th in the Nordic combined competition.
Between 1931 and 1947, he won eight national titles in ski jumping and eight in combined competition that included other skiing disciplines.
Both competitions began in 1970, previous to then a combined competition known as the colts was held.