Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 8, 1964.

The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum.

This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths. It was the third and final Winter Olympics in which East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Mild weather led to a lack of snow, which was trucked in and packed down by the Austrian army.

During a training run for the men's downhill at Patscherkofel on January 25, Ross Milne of Australia lost control and left the course; he hit a tree and later died of a head injury.

The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976, after Denver returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).

Medal summary

Four nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Austria leading the total medals with seven (three gold, two silver, and two bronze). France also had three gold, with three silver medals. France's Marielle and Christine Goitschel led the individual medal table, each with one gold and one silver. The top men's medalist was Austria's Pepi Stiegler, who won gold and bronze.

Medal table

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Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:18.16	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:18.90	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:19.48
Giant slalom Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:46.71	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:47.09	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:48.05
Slalom Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:11.13	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:11.27	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	2:11.52

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Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:55.39	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:56.42	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:56.66
Giant slalom Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:52.24	Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:53.11	Not awarded
Slalom Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:29.86	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:30.77	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	1:31.36

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Course information

Date	Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Average Gradient
Thu 30-Jan	Downhill – men
Thu 06-Feb	Downhill – women
Sun 02-Feb	Giant slalom – men
Mon 03-Feb	Giant slalom – women
Sat 08-Feb	Slalom – men  (2 runs)
Fri 07-Feb	Slalom – men  (qualifying)
Sat 01-Feb	Slalom – women  (2 runs)

Participating nations

Thirty-one nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Innsbruck. India made its Olympic alpine skiing debut. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

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World championships

From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.

Combined

Men's Combined

Medal	Athlete	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Template:Flagicon Ludwig Leitner (FRG)	33.99	5	8	5
	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Nenning (AUT)	34.37	7	6	7
	Template:Flagicon Billy Kidd (USA)	36.45	16	7
4	Template:Flagicon  Willy Favre (SUI)	48.82	8	4	14
5	Template:Flagicon Guy Périllat (FRA)	51.56	6	10	12
6	Template:Flagicon Karl Schranz (AUT)	54.75	11		24

• Downhill: 30 January, Giant slalom: 2 February, Slalom: 8 February

Women's Combined

Medal	Athlete	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Template:Flagicon Marielle Goitschel (FRA)	34.82	10
	Template:Flagicon Christl Haas (AUT)	40.11		4	6
	Template:Flagicon Edith Zimmermann (AUT)	43.13		6	5
4	Template:Flagicon Jean Saubert (USA)	58.76	26
5	Template:Flagicon Barbi Henneberger (FRG)	70.40	5	7	10
6	Template:Flagicon Pia Riva (ITA)	92.50	18	9	9

• Downhill: 6 February, Giant slalom: 3 February, and Slalom: 1 February
• Heidi Biebl of West Germany finished fourth in downhill and slalom but DQ'd in GS.

Footnotes

1. ^1a Athletes from East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany," designated as the EUA. This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics

External links

• FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria
• Winter map – Innsbruck area
• Innsbruck – ski areas