United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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competed 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...

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
At the 1964 Winter Olympics, eight speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Thursday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2, 1964 and from Tuesday, February 4 to Friday, February 7, 1964 ....

 
Men's 500 metres
Alpine skiing
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 7, 1964.The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 
Men's slalom
Alpine skiing
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 7, 1964.The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 
Women's giant slalom
Alpine skiing
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 7, 1964.The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 
Men's slalom
Alpine skiing
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 7, 1964.The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 
Women's slalom
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
-Medal table:-Men Singles:Referee:* Henry M. BeattyAssistant Referee:* Oskar MadlJudges: Adolf Walker Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Geoffrey S...

 
Men's singles

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Chuck Ferries
Chuck Ferries
Charles T. Ferries was an American alpine ski racer, as well as an Olympian in 1960 and 1964. In 1962, Ferries became the first American to win a European classic gate race, the Hahnenkamm slalom, at Kitzbühel....

Downhill 2:23.00 20
Buddy Werner
Buddy Werner
Wallace "Buddy" Werner was an American ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner and his siblings were accomplished skiers, and competed in both alpine and Nordic events on Howelsen Hill...

2:22.05 17
Billy Kidd
Billy Kidd
William Winston "Billy" Kidd is a former alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962-70 and a pro racer from 1970-72...

2:21.82 16
Ni Orsi 2:21.59 14
Buddy Werner
Buddy Werner
Wallace "Buddy" Werner was an American ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner and his siblings were accomplished skiers, and competed in both alpine and Nordic events on Howelsen Hill...

Giant Slalom DSQ
Jimmy Heuga DSQ
Bill Marolt 1:51.29 12
Billy Kidd
Billy Kidd
William Winston "Billy" Kidd is a former alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962-70 and a pro racer from 1970-72...

1:49.97 7


Men's slalom
Athlete Qualifying Final
Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Chuck Ferries
Chuck Ferries
Charles T. Ferries was an American alpine ski racer, as well as an Olympian in 1960 and 1964. In 1962, Ferries became the first American to win a European classic gate race, the Hahnenkamm slalom, at Kitzbühel....

55.17 25 QF DSQ DSQ
Billy Kidd
Billy Kidd
William Winston "Billy" Kidd is a former alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962-70 and a pro racer from 1970-72...

53.73 11 QF 1:10.96 6 1:00.31 2 2:11.27
Buddy Werner
Buddy Werner
Wallace "Buddy" Werner was an American ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s. Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner and his siblings were accomplished skiers, and competed in both alpine and Nordic events on Howelsen Hill...

53.19 5 QF 1:11.64 9 1:01.82 6 2:13.46 8
Jimmy Heuga 52.45 4 QF 1:10.16 3 1:01.36 3 2:11.52

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jean Saubert
Jean Saubert
Jean Marlene Saubert was a competitive alpine skier from the United States. She won two medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. After graduating from college, Saubert become a teacher. She died in 2007.-Early life:Born in Roseburg, Oregon on May 1, 1942, Saubert grew up in...

Downhill 2:03.79 26
Margo Walters 2:02.68 21
Joan Hannah 2:01.88 15
Starr Walton 2:01.45 14
Linda Meyers Giant Slalom 2:03.46 30
Joan Hannah 2:01.97 26
Barbara Ferries 1:59.44 20
Jean Saubert
Jean Saubert
Jean Marlene Saubert was a competitive alpine skier from the United States. She won two medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. After graduating from college, Saubert become a teacher. She died in 2007.-Early life:Born in Roseburg, Oregon on May 1, 1942, Saubert grew up in...

1:53.11
Barbara Ferries Slalom DSQ DSQ
Joan Hannah 51.36 22 56.03 22 1:47.39 19
Linda Meyers 47.02 12 50.91 12 1:37.93 12
Jean Saubert
Jean Saubert
Jean Marlene Saubert was a competitive alpine skier from the United States. She won two medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. After graduating from college, Saubert become a teacher. She died in 2007.-Early life:Born in Roseburg, Oregon on May 1, 1942, Saubert grew up in...

44.78 6 46.58 2 1:31.36

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Paul Renne 1'34:45.9 6 1'46:45.9 39
Peter Lahdenpera 1'27:04.7 8 1'43:04.7 36
Bill Spencer 1'28:49.8 4 1'36:49.8 30
Charlie Akers 1'28:24.9 2 1'32:24.9 16

1Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Larry McKillip
Jim Lamy
Two-man 1:06.17 7 1:06.34 7 1:05.84 5 1:06.25 4 4:24.60 5
USA-2 Charlie McDonald
Chuck Pandolph
Chuck Pandolph
Charles "Chuck" Pandolph, Sr. was an American bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York....

Two-man 1:05.97 6 1:05.85 4 1:06.16 7 1:07.02 9 4:25.00 7

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Bill Hickey
Bill Hickey
-Coaching career:Hickey was the head college football coach for the Coast Guard Bears located in New London, Connecticut. He held that position for 4 seasons, from 1976 until 1979...


Reg Benham
Bill Dundon
Chuck Pandolph
Chuck Pandolph
Charles "Chuck" Pandolph, Sr. was an American bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York....

Four-man 1:03.90 4 1:04.11 7 1:04.43 6 1:04.79 11 4:17.23 6
USA-2 Larry McKillip
Bob Rogers
Mike Baumgartner
Jim Lamy
Four-man 1:03.92 5 1:04.22 8 DNF DNF

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Dick Taylor 58:19.6 49
Karl Bohlin 57:54.0 47
Mike Elliott 56:51.8 41
Mike Gallagher 56:19.4 38
30 km Jim Shea 1'43:18.4 48
Larry Damon 1'42:57.7 46
Dick Taylor 1'42:39.5 42
Mike Elliott 1'40:11.7 30
50 km Dick Taylor 3'09:58.3 34
Larry Damon 3'05:06.4 28


Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Mike Gallagher
Mike Elliott
Jim Shea
John Bower
John Bower
John Bower was an American nordic combined skier who competed in the 1960s and later went on to become a coach of the American nordic skiing team for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympic team...

2'39:17.3 13

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Monty Hoyt
Monty Hoyt
Monty Hoyt was an American figure skater. He was the 1962 U.S. national champion, the 1961 Junior national champion, and the 1959 Novice national champion. He represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he placed 10th.After winning the U.S...

6 12 1755.5 81 10
Thomas Litz
Thomas Litz
Thomas Litz is a former American figure skater. He won the gold medal at the 1963 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

13 2 1764.7 77 6
Scott Allen
Scott Allen
Scott Ethan Allen is an American figure skater. He is the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1965 World silver medalist, and the 1964 and 1966 U.S. national champion....

4 4 1873.6 26


Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Albertina Noyes
Albertina Noyes
Albertina Natalie "Tina" Noyes is an American former figure skater. She won the silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships four times and is the 1967 North American bronze medalist. She represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 8th, and at the 1968...

9 7 1798.9 73 8
Christine Haigler 6 15 1803.8 74 7
Peggy Fleming
Peggy Fleming
Peggy Gail Fleming is an American figure skater. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time World Champion...

8 6 1819.6 59 6


Pairs
Athletes Points Places Rank
Cynthia Kauffman
Cynthia Kauffman
Cynthia Diane Kauffman is an American pair skater. With brother Ronald Kauffman, she a four-time U.S. national champion and a three-time World bronze medalist...


Ronald Kauffman
Ronald Kauffman
Ronald Lee "Ronnie" Kauffman is an American pair skater. With sister Cynthia Kauffman, he a four-time U.S. national champion and a three-time World bronze medalist...

92.8 74 8
Judianne Fotheringill
Judianne Fotheringill
Judianne "Judi" Fotheringill is an American pair skater. With brother Jerry Fotheringill, she is the 1963 and 1964 U.S. national champion...


Jerry Fotheringill
Jerry Fotheringill
Jerry Joseph Fotheringill is an American former pair skater. With sister Judianne Fotheringill, he was the U.S. national champion in 1963 and 1964...

94.7 69.5 7
Vivian Joseph
Vivian Joseph
Vivian Joseph is a female American figure skater.-Skating career:Vivian and her older brother Ronald Joseph began skating together as children, attended Highland Park High School, and competed for the Broadmoor Skating Club of Colorado.The two siblings entered their first regional competition, the...


Ronald Joseph
Ronald Joseph
Ronald Joseph was an American figure skater.-Skating career:Ronald and his younger sister Vivian Joseph began skating together as children, attended Highland Park High School, and competed for the Broadmoor Skating Club of Colorado.He was an excellent all-around athlete...

89.2 35.5 4

Ice hockey

First Round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.
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Medal Round

First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1 7 7 0 0 54 10 14
2 7 5 2 0 47 16 10
3 7 5 2 0 38 19 10
4 7 5 2 0 32 17 10
5 7 2 5 0 29 33 4
6 7 2 5 0 10 31 4
7 7 2 5 0 13 49 4
8 7 0 7 0 9 57 0

  • USSR 5-1 USA
  • USA 8-0 Germany (UTG)
  • Sweden 7-4 USA
  • Canada 8-6 USA
  • Czechoslovakia 7-1 USA
  • Finland 3-2 USA
  • USA 7-3 Switzerland

Contestants
Dan Dilworth 
Dates Fryberger 
David Brooks 
Don Ross 
Bill Reichart 
Gary Schmalzbauer 
Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks
Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. was an American ice hockey player and coach. He notably coached the United States' men's hockey team to a 4-3 upset of the heavily favored Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980...

 
Jim Westby 
Pat Rupp
Pat Rupp
Patrick Lloyd Rupp was best known as a goaltender in the US ice hockey team in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics....

 
Paul Coppo
Paul Coppo
Paul "Racket" Coppo is a retired ice hockey player. He was a member of the United States's 1964 Winter Olympics team. He would go on to play with the Green Bay Bobcats of the United States Hockey League. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004.-External links:*...

 
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson (ice hockey)
Paul Herbert Johnson is a former ice hockey forward. He was a member of the United States hockey team that won the gold medal at Squaw Valley, California during the 1960 Winter Olympics. He scored the pivotal go-ahead goal in the semifinal game against Canada.-External links:...

 
Rog Christian 
Jim McCoy 
Tom Martin 
Tom Yurkovich 
Wayne Meredith 
Billy Christian

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
George Farmer 56.78 25 1:26.81 31 57.00 24 56.01 23 4:16.60 29
Mike Hessel 55.31 20 55.50 22 56.12 23 56.37 24 3:43.30 22
Tom Neely 54.62 17 55.40 20 55.04 20 55.12 17 3:40.18 17
Francis Feltman 52.91 7 53.43 13 54.13 14 54.58 15 3:35.05 13


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ray Fales
Nicholas Mastromatteo
1:00.75 13 1:11.18 12 2:11.93 13
Jim Higgins
Ron Walters
DNF DNF

Nordic combined

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Jim Shea Individual 56.5 53.5 141.3 31 53:04.2 205.46 13 346.76 27
Jim Page 57.0 49.5 152.3 30 DNF DNF
John Bower
John Bower
John Bower was an American nordic combined skier who competed in the 1960s and later went on to become a coach of the American nordic skiing team for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympic team...

61.0 62.0 191.1 21 52:26.4 212.66 9 403.76 15

Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
David Hicks Normal hill 72.0 95.4 71.5 94.9 190.3 41
Ansten Samuelstuen 72.5 100.1 73.0 100.3 200.4 24
John Balfanz 74.5 103.9 74.5 102.6 206.5 10
Gene Kotlarek 76.5 103.2 74.0 100.2 203.4 14
John Balfanz Large hill 83.0 94.8 71.0 85.4 180.2 41
Gene Kotlarek 87.0 100.1 79.0 97.4 197.5 24
Ansten Samuelstuen 81.5 93.0 80.5 96.0 189.0 33
David Hicks 85.0 98.9 79.0 96.4 195.3 29

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Tom Gray 41.5 14
Bill Disney
Bill Disney
Bill Dale Disney was an American speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.He was born in Topeka, Kansas....

41.1 8
Eddie Rudolph 40.9 6
Terry McDermott 40.1 OR
1500 m Floyd Bedbury
Floyd Bedbury
Floyd Bedbury was an American speed skater, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. As a youth, he traveled to Hamar, Norway, to develop as an athlete...

2:21.3 42
Eddie Rudolph 2:16.8 26
Buddy Campbell 2:16.4 25
Dick Hunt 2:14.4 15
5000 m Stan Fail 8:31.9 38
Wayne LeBombard 8:21.3 29
Dick Hunt 8:09.7 20
10,000 m Wayne LeBombard 17:30.6 30


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Mary Lawler 46.6 7
Jan Smith 46.2 4
Jeanne Ashworth
Jeanne Ashworth
Jeanne Chesley Ashworth is an American former speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics.She was born in Burlington, Vermont....

46.2 4
1000 m Jeanne Ashworth
Jeanne Ashworth
Jeanne Chesley Ashworth is an American former speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics.She was born in Burlington, Vermont....

1:38.7 11
Barb Lockhart 1:38.6 10
Jan Smith 1:36.7 7
1500 m Jan Smith 2:37.8 24
Mary Lawler 2:34.9 19
Judy Morstein 2:33.3 15
3000 m Barb Lockhart 5:43.2 23
Sylvia White 5:42.7 21
Jeanne Ashworth
Jeanne Ashworth
Jeanne Chesley Ashworth is an American former speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics.She was born in Burlington, Vermont....

5:30.3 11
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