1964 Winter Olympics medal table
| 1964 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
 Yevgeny Grishin (pictured) won four gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the most gold and total medals of any competing athlete. | |
| Location | Innsbruck,  Austria |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Soviet Union (11) |
| Most total medals | Soviet Union (25) |
| Medalling NOCs | 14 |
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January to 9 February.[1][2] A total of 1,091 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated,[2] including India,[3] Mongolia,[4] and North Korea, who took part in the Winter Games for the first time.[5] The games featured 34 events in 6 sports across 10 disciplines,[6][7] including the Olympic debut of Luge.[8]
Athletes representing 14 NOCs received at least one medal, with 10 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. Athletes from the Soviet Union won the most gold medals, with 11, and most overall medals, with 25, both of which were records. The Netherlands won their first gold medal at the Winter Games, doing so in the women’s figure skating individual event,[9] while North Korea won their first medal of any kind, taking silver in women's 3,000 metres speed skating.[5] Soviet speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova won four gold medals which was both the most gold and overall medals among individual participants.[7]
Medal table
[edit]The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[10][11] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[12]
At the 1964 Winter Olympics, athletes were tied in three events. In the women's 3000 metres speed skating and women's giant slalom events there were two-way ties for second, which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medals being awarded in each event.[13][14] In the men's 500 metres speed skating event there was a three-way tie for second, which resulted in three silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded.[15]
- Key
‡ Changes in medal standings (see below)
* Host nation (Austria)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 11 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | Austria* | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 |  Norway | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 |  Finland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 |  France | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 |  United Team of Germany‡ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 |  United States‡ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 |  Canada‡ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 |  North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 34 | 39 | 31 | 104 | |
Changes in medal standings
[edit]| Year of change | Sport/event | Athlete (NOC) | 
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Net change | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Figure skating, pairs | Marika Kilius (EUA) DSQ Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (EUA) DSQ
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−1 | −1 | At the 1964 Olympics, Kilius/Bäumler, Wilkes/Revell, and Joseph/Joseph placed second, third, and fourth respectively. In 1966, Kilius/Bäumler's were disqualified after it was discovered that they had signed professional contracts during the Olympics.[17] At the time, only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.[18] The silver medals were then awarded to Wilkes/Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph/Joseph.[17] | ||
| Debbi Wilkes (CAN) Guy Revell (CAN)
|
+1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| Vivian Joseph (USA) Ronald Joseph (USA)
|
+1 | +1 | |||||
| 1987 | Marika Kilius (EUA) Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (EUA)
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+1 | +1 | After a successful appeal by the German IOC, arguing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but had not been exposed and disqualified, Kilius and Bäumler were re-awarded the silvers in 1987.[17][19] The placements of Wilkes/Revell and Joseph/Joseph remained unclear for many years, as neither pair had been asked to return their medals.[17] In December 2013, the IOC clarified that, since 1987, the intended result was meant to reflect that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.[17] |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (CAN)
|
+1 | −1 | 0 | |
| United Team of Germany (EUA)
|
−1 | 0 | ||
| +1 | ||||
| United States (USA)
|
+1 | +1 |
See also
[edit]- List of 1964 Winter Olympics medal winners
- 1964 Summer Olympics medal table
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
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- ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Innsbruck 1964 3000m women Results – Olympic speed-skating". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Innsbruck 1964 giant slalom women Results – Olympic speed-skating". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Innsbruck 1964 500m men Results – Olympic speed-skating". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Innsbruck 1964 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Rosewater, Amy (13 December 2013). "1964 Olympic Skating Pair Only Now Discovering Their Place". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Eligibility Rules of the International Olympic Committee" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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