Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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Alpine skiing
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
File:Patscherkofel vm01.jpg
Patscherkofel
VenuePatscherkofel (men's downhill),
Axamer Lizum,
Tyrol, Austria
Dates30 January – 8 February 1964 (1964-02-08)
No. of events6
Competitors174 from 31 nations
← 1960
1968 →
Alpine skiing at the
1964 Winter Olympics
File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 8, 1964.[1][2]

The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5][6]

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

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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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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of France.svg France3306
2File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria3227
3File:Flag of the United States.svg United States0224
4File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany0011
Totals (4 entries)67518

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
details 		Egon Zimmermann
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 2:18.16 Léo Lacroix
File:Flag of France.svg France		 2:18.90 Wolfgang Bartels
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany		 2:19.48
Giant slalom
details 		François Bonlieu
File:Flag of France.svg France		 1:46.71 Karl Schranz
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 1:47.09 Josef Stiegler
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 1:48.05
Slalom
details 		Josef Stiegler
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 2:11.13 Billy Kidd
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States		 2:11.27 Jimmie Heuga
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States		 2:11.52

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Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
details 		Christl Haas
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 1:55.39 Edith Zimmermann
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 1:56.42 Traudl Hecher
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria		 1:56.66
Giant slalom
details 		Marielle Goitschel
File:Flag of France.svg France		 1:52.24 Christine Goitschel
File:Flag of France.svg France
Jean Saubert
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States		 1:53.11 Not awarded
Slalom
details 		Christine Goitschel
File:Flag of France.svg France		 1:29.86 Marielle Goitschel
File:Flag of France.svg France		 1:30.77 Jean Saubert
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States		 1:31.36

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Course information

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Date Race Start
Elevation 		Finish
Elevation 		Vertical
Drop 		Course
Length 		Average
Gradient
Thu 30-Jan  Downhill – men  1,952 m (6,404 ft)  1,085 m (3,560 ft)  867 m (2,844 ft)  3.120 km (1.939 mi) 27.8%
Thu 06-Feb  Downhill – women  2,310 m (7,580 ft)  1,605 m (5,266 ft)  705 m (2,313 ft)  2.510 km (1.560 mi) 28.1%
Sun 02-Feb  Giant slalom – men  2,100 m (6,890 ft)  1,570 m (5,151 ft)  530 m (1,739 ft)  1.250 km (0.777 mi) 42.4%
Mon 03-Feb  Giant slalom – women  2,050 m (6,726 ft)  1,550 m (5,085 ft)  500 m (1,640 ft)  1.250 km (0.777 mi) 40.0%
Sat 08-Feb  Slalom – men  (2 runs)  1,770 m (5,807 ft)  1,570 m (5,151 ft)  200 m (656 ft)  0.470 km (0.292 mi) 42.6%
Fri 07-Feb  Slalom – men  (qualifying)  1,730 m (5,676 ft)  1,600 m (5,249 ft)  130 m (427 ft)  0.350 km (0.217 mi) 37.1%
Sat 01-Feb  Slalom – women  (2 runs)  1,730 m (5,676 ft)  1,600 m (5,249 ft)  130 m (427 ft)  0.350 km (0.217 mi) 37.1%

Participating nations

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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.[1]

World championships

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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

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Footnotes

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  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

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