The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January through 9 February 1964. A total of 1,095 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Games in 34 events across 10 disciplines.
The Olympic program was adjusted from that of the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics with the return of bobsleigh and addition of a new sport, luge. Additionally, a demonstration sport, ice stock sport, was incorporated into the 1964 Olympic program. This was the second and most recent occasion on which this sport (a German variant of curling), had been played as a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics; the first appearance was at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Both men and women participated in the 1964 Games, with twelve women's events incorporated into the program.
The Soviet Union won the most medals; its athletes collected a total of 25, 11 of which were gold. Norway placed second, with 15 medals, and host nation Austria placed third, with 12 medals. Of the 36 competing NOCs, 14 won at least one medal, with 11 of these winning at least one gold. The 1964 Games were marred by the deaths of two competitors during training – the British luge competitor Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski and the Australian alpine skier Ross Milne.
The Scandinavian nations Sweden, Norway and Finland, as well as the Soviet Union, repeated their dominance of the 1960 cross-country skiing medal tally in 1964 – together, they won all of the medals attainable for this sport. Similarly, Germany had great success at the luge competition, with the United Team of Germany winning five of the available nine medals. Two participants representing Great Britain placed first in the two-man bobsleigh event, earning that nation its first Winter Olympics gold medal in 12 years. Lidiya Skoblikova, a Russian speed skater representing the Soviet Union, earned the most medals at the 1964 Games, winning gold in all four of the women's events in her sport. This achievement made Skoblikova the first Winter Olympian to win four individual gold medals in one edition of the Games.
Alpine skiing
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's downhill details |
Egon Zimmermann Austria
|
Léo Lacroix France
|
Wolfgang Bartels United Team of Germany
|
| Men's slalom details |
Josef Stiegler Austria
|
Billy Kidd United States
|
James Heuga United States
|
| Men's giant slalom details |
François Bonlieu France
|
Karl Schranz Austria
|
Josef Stiegler Austria
|
| Women's downhill details |
Christl Haas Austria
|
Edith Zimmermann Austria
|
Traudl Hecher Austria
|
| Women's slalom details |
Christine Goitschel France
|
Marielle Goitschel France
|
Jean Saubert United States
|
| Women's giant slalom details |
Marielle Goitschel France
|
Christine Goitschel France
|
None awarded |
| Jean Saubert United States
|
Biathlon
See also: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 20 km details |
Vladimir Melanin Soviet Union
|
Aleksandr Privalov Soviet Union
|
Olav Jordet Norway
|
Bobsleigh
See also: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's two-man details |
 Great Britain (GBR)Anthony Nash Robin Dixon |
 Italy (ITA)Sergio Zardini Romano Bonagura |
Italy (ITA) Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes |
| Men's four-man details |
 Canada (CAN)Vic Emery Peter Kirby Douglas Anakin John Emery |
 Austria (AUT)Erwin Thaler Adolf Koxeder Josef Nairz Reinhold Durnthaler |
Italy (ITA) Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes Benito Rigoni Gildo Siorpaes |
Cross-country skiing
See also: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 15 km details |
Eero Mäntyranta Finland
|
Harald Grønningen Norway
|
Sixten Jernberg Sweden
|
| Men's 30 km details |
Eero Mäntyranta Finland
|
Harald Grønningen Norway
|
Igor Voronchikhin Soviet Union
|
| Men's 50 km details |
Sixten Jernberg Sweden
|
Assar Rönnlund Sweden
|
Arto Tiainen Finland
|
| Men's 4 x 10 km relay details |
 Sweden (SWE)Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund |
 Finland (FIN)Väinö Huhtala Arto Tiainen Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta |
 Soviet Union (URS)Ivan Utrobin Gennady Vaganov Igor Voronchikhin Pavel Kolchin |
| Women's 5 km details |
Klavdiya Boyarskikh Soviet Union
|
Mirja Lehtonen Finland
|
Alevtina Kolchina Soviet Union
|
| Women's 10 km details |
Klavdiya Boyarskikh Soviet Union
|
Yevdokiya Mekshilo Soviet Union
|
Maria Gusakova Soviet Union
|
| Women's 3 x 5 km relay details |
Soviet Union (URS) Alevtina Kolchina Yevdokiya Mekshilo Klavdiya Boyarskikh |
Sweden (SWE) Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson |
Finland (FIN) Senja Pusula Toini Pöysti Mirja Lehtonen |
Figure skating
See also: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles details |
Manfred Schnelldorfer United Team of Germany
|
Alain Calmat France
|
Scott Allen United States
|
| Ladies' singles details |
Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands
|
Regine Heitzer Austria
|
Petra Burka Canada
|
| Pairs details |
Soviet Union (URS) Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov |
 United Team of Germany (EUA)Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Canada (CAN)Debbi Wilkes Guy Revell |
 United States (USA)Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph |
Ice hockey
See also: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Luge
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles details |
Thomas Köhler United Team of Germany
|
Klaus Bonsack United Team of Germany
|
Hans Plenk United Team of Germany
|
| Women's singles details |
Ortrun Enderlein United Team of Germany
|
Ilse Geisler United Team of Germany
|
Helene Thurner Austria
|
| Men's doubles details |
Austria (AUT) Josef Feistmantl Manfred Stengl |
Austria (AUT) Reinhold Senn Helmut Thaler |
Italy (ITA) Walter Aussendorfer Sigisfredo Mair |
Nordic combined
See also: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's details |
Tormod Knutsen Norway
|
Nikolay Kiselyov Soviet Union
|
Georg Thoma United Team of Germany
|
Ski jumping
See also: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's normal hill details |
Veikko Kankkonen Finland
|
Toralf Engan Norway
|
Torgeir Brandtzæg Norway
|
| Men's large hill details |
Toralf Engan Norway
|
Veikko Kankkonen Finland
|
Torgeir Brandtzæg Norway
|
Speed skating
See also: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 500 metres details |
Terry McDermott United States
|
Alv Gjestvang Norway Yevgeny Grishin Soviet UnionVladimir Orlov Soviet Union
|
None awarded |
| Men's 1500 metres details |
Ants Antson Soviet Union
|
Kees Verkerk Netherlands
|
Villy Haugen Norway
|
| Men's 5000 metres details |
Knut Johannesen Norway
|
Per Ivar Moe Norway
|
Fred Anton Maier Norway
|
| Men's 10000 metres details |
Jonny Nilsson Sweden
|
Fred Anton Maier Norway
|
Knut Johannesen Norway
|
| Women's 500 metres details |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union
|
Irina Yegorova Soviet Union
|
Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union
|
| Women's 1000 metres details |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union
|
Irina Yegorova Soviet Union
|
Kaija Mustonen Finland
|
| Women's 1500 metres details |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union
|
Kaija Mustonen Finland
|
Berta Kolokoltseva Soviet Union
|
| Women's 3000 metres details |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union
|
Han Pil-Hwa North KoreaValentina Stenina Soviet Union
|
None awarded |
Multiple medalists
Athletes who won multiple medals during the 1964 Winter Olympics are listed below.
Notes
- No bronze medal was awarded in this event because three competitors tied for second place with a time of 40.6 seconds.
- No bronze medal was awarded in this event because Skoblikova and Han tied for second with a time of 5 minutes 18.5 seconds.
See also
References
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External links
- "Innsbruck 1964". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
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