United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics explained

The United States competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
		Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
		Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
	Vivian Joseph	Figure skating	Pairs
		Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Alpine skiing	Men's slalom

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Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	1	1	2	4	57.1%
Female	0	1	1	2	28.6%
Mixed	0	0	1	1	14.3%
Total	style=background:gold	1	style=background:silver	2	style=background:#c96	4	7	100%

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chuck Ferries	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	2:23.00	20
Billy Kidd	2:21.82	16
Ni Orsi	2:21.59	14
Buddy Werner	2:22.05	17
Jimmy Heuga	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom
Billy Kidd	1:49.97	7
Bill Marolt	1:51.29	12
Buddy Werner
Chuck Ferries	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	55.17	25 QF
Jimmy Heuga	52.45	4 QF	1:10.16	3	1:01.36	3	2:11.52
Billy Kidd	53.73	11 QF	1:10.96	6	1:00.31	2	2:11.27
Buddy Werner	53.19	5 QF	1:11.64	9	1:01.82	6	2:13.46	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joan Hannah	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	2:01.88	15
Jean Saubert	2:03.79	26
Margo Walters	2:02.68	21
Starr Walton	2:01.45	14
Barbara Ferries	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:59.44	20
Joan Hannah	2:01.97	26
Linda Meyers	2:03.46	30
Jean Saubert	1:53.11
Barbara Ferries	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom
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	44.78	6	46.58	2	1:31.36

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Charlie Akers	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1:32:24.9	2 (1+0+1+0)	16
Peter Lahdenpera	1:43:04.7	8 (0+3+3+2)	36
Paul Renne	1:46:45.9	6 (3+1+1+1)	39
Bill Spencer	1:36:49.8	4 (3+0+0+1)	30

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charlie McDonald Chuck Pandolph	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	1:05.97	6	1:05.85	4	1:06.16	7	1:07.02	9	4:25.00	7
Larry McKillip Jim Lamy	1:06.17	7	1:06.34	7	1:05.84	5	1:06.25	4	4:24.60	5
Bill Hickey Reg Benham Bill Dundon Chuck Pandolph	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	1:03.90	4	1:04.11	7	1:04.43	6	1:04.79	11	4:17.23	6
Larry McKillip Neil Rogers Mike Baumgartner Jim Lamy	1:03.92	5	1:04.22	8

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Karl Bohlin	align=left rowspan=4	Men's 15 km	57:54.0	47
Mike Elliott	56:51.8	41
Mike Gallagher	56:19.4	38
Dick Taylor	58:19.6	49
Larry Damon	align=left rowspan=4	Men's 30 km	1:42:57.7	46
Mike Elliott	1:40:11.7	30
Jim Shea	1:43:18.4	48
Dick Taylor	1:42:39.5	42
Larry Damon	align=left rowspan=2	Men's 50 km	3:05:06.4	28
Dick Taylor	3:09:58.3	34
John Bower Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Jim Shea	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	2:39:17.3	13

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics. On February 15, 1961, the entire United States figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed when Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the World Championships in Prague. The accident caused the cancellation of the 1961 World Championships and necessitated the building of a new American skating program. Although American figure skaters were still too young in 1964 (most were aged 15 or lower), they still managed to win two medals.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Scott Allen	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	4	4	1873.6	26
Monty Hoyt	6	12	1755.5	81	10
Thomas Litz	13	2	1764.7	77	6
Peggy Fleming	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies' singles	8	6	1819.6	59	6
Christine Haigler	6	15	1803.8	74	7
Albertina Noyes	9	7	1798.9	73	8

Pairs

Athlete	Event	Points	Places	Rank
Judianne Fotheringill Jerry Fotheringill	align=left rowspan=3	Pairs	94.7	69.5	7
Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman	92.8	74	8
Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph	89.2	35.5

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Roster

Dan Dilworth
Dates Fryberger
David Brooks
Don Ross
Bill Reichart
Gary Schmalzbauer
Herb Brooks
Jim Westby
Pat Rupp
Paul Coppo
Paul Johnson
Rog Christian
Tom McCoy
Red Martin
Tom Yurkovich
Wayne Meredith
Billy Christian

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

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Farmer	align=left rowspan=4	Men's singles	56.78	25	1:26.81	31	57.00	24	56.01	23	4:16.60	29
Francis Feltman	52.91	7	53.43	13	54.13	14	54.58	15	3:35.05	13
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
Ray Fales Nicholas Mastromatteo	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	1:00.75	13	1:11.18	12	2:11.93	13
Jim Higgins Ron Walters

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
John Bower	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	90.9	100.2	191.1	21	52:26.4	212.66	9	403.76	15
Jim Page	80.1	72.2	152.3	30
Jim Shea	72.1	69.2	141.3	31	53:04.2	205.46	13	346.76	27

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
John Balfanz	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	74.5	103.9	74.5	102.6	206.5	10
David Hicks	72.0	95.4	71.5	94.9	190.3	41
Gene Kotlarek	76.5	103.2	74.0	100.2	203.4	14
Ansten Samuelstuen	72.5	100.1	73.0	100.3	200.4	24
John Balfanz	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	83.0	94.8	71.0	85.4	180.2	41
David Hicks	85.0	98.9	79.0	96.4	195.3	29
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

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bill Disney	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	41.1	8
Tom Gray	41.5	14
Terry McDermott	40.1
Eddie Rudolph	40.9	6
Floyd Bedbury	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:21.3	42
Buddy Campbell	2:16.4	25
Dick Hunt	2:14.4	15
Eddie Rudolph	2:16.8	26
Stan Fail	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	8:31.9	38
Dick Hunt	8:09.7	20
align=left rowspan=2	Wayne LeBombard	8:21.3	29
10,000 m	17:30.6	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	46.2	4
Mary Lawler	46.6	7
Jan Smith	46.2	4
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=3	1000 m	1:38.7	11
Barb Lockhart	1:38.6	10
Jan Smith	1:36.7	7
Mary Lawler	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:34.9	19
Judy Morstein	2:33.3	15
Jan Smith	2:37.8	24
Jeanne Ashworth	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	5:30.3	11
Barb Lockhart	5:43.2	23
Sylvia White	5:42.7	21

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-05.

Notes and References

1. News: Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters. February 16, 1961. 1. The Spokesman-Review. February 19, 2014.
2. News: Still Crystal Clear. The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.. Ford. Bonnie D.. 2011. ESPN. February 19, 2014.