Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
competed as Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics
in Innsbruck
, Austria
.
British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.
Men
Men's slalom
Women
Men
1Two minutes added per miss.
Nash and Dixon won the race after being loaned an axle bolt by the Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti
, who finished third but would be given the first De Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.
Men
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Men
Women
British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.
Men
Men
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
competed as Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...
in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.
Medallists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Dixon Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran Major Thomas "Robin" Valerian Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran CBE is a former British bobsledder and Northern Irish politician, known as Robin Dixon. He is a former Conservative Party Shadow Minister for the Olympics.... Tony Nash |
Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics -Two-man:A turn at the St. Moritz, Switzerland course is named in honor of Nash and Dixon, called the Nash-Dixon corner.-Four-man:The Canadian four-man bobsleigh team of Kirby, Anakin, and the Emery brothers upset the heavily favored Austrians.-Medal table:... |
Two-man |
Alpine skiing
Men| Athlete | Event | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Jonathan Taylor | Downhill | DNF | – |
| Charles Palmer-Tomkinson Charles Palmer-Tomkinson Charles Anthony Palmer-Tomkinson is an English landowner, a former English skier, and a close friend of Prince Charles.-Olympian:... |
2:39.97 | 56 | |
| Charles Westenholz | 2:36.12 | 50 | |
| John Rigby | 2:34.32 | 44 | |
| Charles Palmer-Tomkinson Charles Palmer-Tomkinson Charles Anthony Palmer-Tomkinson is an English landowner, a former English skier, and a close friend of Prince Charles.-Olympian:... |
Giant Slalom | DSQ | – |
| Charles Westenholz | DNF | – | |
| Piers Westenholz | 2:17.10 | 59 | |
| John Rigby | 2:07.92 | 42 | |
Men's slalom
| Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| John Rigby | 1:12.16 | 68 | 1:02.45 | 35 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jonathan Taylor | 1:08.73 | 64 | 1:01.33 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| Piers Westenholz | 1:05.12 | 54 | 1:01.89 | 31 | Did not advance | |||||
| Charles Westenholz | 1:01.96 | 50 | 1:00.99 | 28 | Did not advance | |||||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anna Asheshov | Downhill | 2:05.41 | 38 | ||||
| Tania Heald | 2:04.82 | 35 | |||||
| Divina Galica Divina Galica Divina Mary Galica MBE is an English sportswoman, best known for her Olympics career and her motorsport racing career.-Skiing career:... |
2:04.10 | 30 | |||||
| Gina Hathorn | 2:02.20 | 16 | |||||
| Wendy Farrington | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
| Gina Hathorn | 2:02.61 | 27 | |||||
| Jane Gissing | 2:01.66 | 24 | |||||
| Divina Galica Divina Galica Divina Mary Galica MBE is an English sportswoman, best known for her Olympics career and her motorsport racing career.-Skiing career:... |
2:00.79 | 23 | |||||
| Divina Galica Divina Galica Divina Mary Galica MBE is an English sportswoman, best known for her Olympics career and her motorsport racing career.-Skiing career:... |
Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Gina Hathorn | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – | |
| Tania Heald | 52.03 | 26 | 56.40 | 23 | 1:48.43 | 21 | |
| Jane Gissing | 49.70 | 19 | 54.48 | 20 | 1:44.18 | 17 | |
Biathlon
Men
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Roderick Tuck | 1'33:55.5 | 9 | 1'51:55.5 | 43 |
| John Moore | 1'27:49.4 | 10 | 1'47:49.4 | 40 | |
| Alan Notley | 1'36:10.3 | 5 | 1'46:10.3 | 37 | |
| John Dent | 1'30:27.2 | 3 | 1'36:27.2 | 29 |
1Two minutes added per miss.
Bobsleigh
Nash and Dixon won the race after being loaned an axle bolt by the Italian bobsledder Eugenio MontiEugenio Monti
Eugenio Monti was an Italian bobsledder. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of this sport, with ten World championship medals and 6 Olympic medals, but is known also for an act of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria that made him the first...
, who finished third but would be given the first De Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| GBR-1 | Tony Nash Robin Dixon |
Two-man | 1:05.53 | 2 | 1:05.10 | 2 | 1:05.39 | 3 | 1:05.88 | 1 | 4:21.90 | |
| GBR-2 | Bill McCowen Andrew Hedges |
Two-man | 1:07.47 | 15 | 1:07.73 | 15 | 1:06.52 | 9 | 1:08.95 | 18 | 4:30.67 | 16 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| GBR-1 | Tony Nash Guy Renwick David Lewis Robin Dixon |
Four-man | 1:04.56 | 12 | 1:05.07 | 16 | 1:04.64 | 9 | 1:05.13 | 12 | 4:19.40 | 12 |
| GBR-2 | Bill McCowen Robin Widdows Robin Widdows Robin Michael Widdows is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Three and sportscars including Le Mans.... Robin Seel Andrew Hedges |
Four-man | 1:04.49 | 11 | 1:04.68 | 14 | 1:05.53 | 15 | 1:04.73 | 9 | 4:19.43 | 13 |
Cross-country skiing
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Frederick Andrew | 1'06:51.4 | 69 |
| David Rees | 1'03:06.8 | 66 | |
| Andrew Morgan | 1'02:20.9 | 62 | |
| John Moore | 1'00:16.6 | 56 | |
| 30 km | Roderick Tuck | 1'47:52.6 | 55 |
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| John Moore John Dent David Rees Roderick Tuck |
2'42:55.8 | 14 |
Figure skating
Men
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Cannon | 18 | 24 | 1587.5 | 187 | 20 |
| Hywel Evans | 15 | 22 | 1640.1 | 159 | 18 |
Women
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Clifton-Peach | 11 | 25 | 1711.7 | 152 | 18 |
| Carol-Ann Warner | 12 | 22 | 1692.9 | 162 | 16 |
| Sally-Anne Stapleford Sally-Anne Stapleford Sally-Anne Martine Stapleford OBE is a British former figure skater and a figure skating administrator, referee and judge. She is the 1965 European silver medalist... |
7 | 19 | 1757.9 | 108 | 11 |
Luge
British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Gordon Porteus | 1:00.98 | 28 | DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Keith Schellenberg | 58.69 | 26 | 59.06 | 25 | 58.14 | 26 | 58.87 | 27 | 3:54.76 | 25 |
Speed skating
Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Thomas Dawson | 45.2 | 44 |
| Terry Malkin | 42.6 | 27 | |
| 1500 m | Thomas Dawson | 2:26.4 | 49 |
| Tony Bullen | 2:23.7 | 45 | |
| Terry Malkin | 2:13.3 | 11 | |
| 5000 m | Tony Bullen | 8:12.4 | 22 |
| Terry Malkin | 7:59.4 | 16 | |
| 10,000 m | Tony Bullen | 17:19.8 | 28 |
| Terry Malkin | 16:35.2 | 8 | |