Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria. There were three events contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.[1]

Figure skating at the IX Winter Olympics
Type:Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles:
 Manfred Schnelldorfer (EUA)
Ladies' singles:
Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pairs:
Soviet Union Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov
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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.[2][3]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United Team of Germany1102
2  Netherlands1001
  Soviet Union1001
4  Canada0112
5  Austria0101
  France0101
7  United States0022
Totals (7 entries)34310

Results

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Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places
1 Manfred Schnelldorfer   United Team of Germany 1 1 1916.9 13
2 Alain Calmat   France 3 5 1876.5 22
3 Scott Allen   United States 4 4 1873.6 26
4 Karol Divín   Czechoslovakia 2 9 1862.8 32
5 Emmerich Danzer   Austria 5 3 1824.0 42
6 Thomas Litz   United States 13 2 1764.7 77
7 Peter Jonas   Austria 9 6 1752.0 79
8 Nobuo Sato   Japan 8 10 1746.2 88
9 Donald Knight   Canada 7 11 1746.6 85
10 Monty Hoyt   United States 6 12 1755.5 81
11 Ralph Borghard   United Team of Germany 10 7 1742.2 90
12 Sepp Schönmetzler   United Team of Germany 12 8 1743.1 92
13 Charles Snelling   Canada 16 15 1705.5 117
14 Giordano Abbondati   Italy 11 16 1688.4 131
15 Wolfgang Schwarz   Austria 17 13 1695.9 127
16 William Neale   Canada 19 14 1667.7 143
17 Robert Dureville   France 14 19 1660.0 148
18 Hywel Evans   Great Britain 15 22 1640.1 159
19 Markus Germann   Switzerland 20 23 1578.0 186
20 Malcolm Cannon   Great Britain 18 24 1587.5 187
21 Jenő Ébert   Hungary 22 18 1586.9 188
22 Ondrej Nepela   Czechoslovakia 23 17 1590.1 190
23 Philippe Pélissier   France 21 21 1573.8 189
24 Peter Grütter   Switzerland 24 20 1517.2 208
WD Valeri Meshkov   Soviet Union
WD Wouter Toledo   Netherlands

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Ladies

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Left-right: Regine Heitzer, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Petra Burka
Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places
1 Sjoukje Dijkstra   Netherlands 1 1 2018.5 9
2 Regine Heitzer   Austria 2 5 1945.5 22
3 Petra Burka   Canada 3 2 1940.0 25
4 Nicole Hassler   France 5 4 1887.7 38
5 Miwa Fukuhara   Japan 4 9 1845.1 50
6 Peggy Fleming   United States 8 6 1819.6 59
7 Christine Haigler   United States 6 15 1803.8 74
8 Albertina Noyes   United States 9 7 1798.9 73
9 Helli Sengstschmid   Austria 18 3 1782.1 85
10 Wendy Griner   Canada 13 8 1775.3 91
11 Sally-Anne Stapleford   Great Britain 7 19 1757.9 108
12 Shirra Kenworthy   Canada 10 16 1756.3 104
13 Kumiko Okawa   Japan 15 11 1725.4 136
14 Inge Paul   United Team of Germany 17 12 1720.3 139
15 Hana Mašková   Czechoslovakia 19 10 1714.8 142
16 Carol-Ann Warner   Great Britain 12 22 1692.9 162
17 Zsuzsa Almássy   Hungary 20 14 1702.2 159
18 Diana Clifton-Peach   Great Britain 11 25 1711.7 152
19 Gabriele Seyfert   United Team of Germany 21 17 1685.1 177
20 Ingrid Ostler   Austria 16 20 1684.8 171
21 Ann-Margreth Frei-Käck   Sweden 26 13 1661.1 191
22 Junko Ueno   Japan 14 26 1685.0 170
23 Franziska Schmidt   Switzerland 22 21 1662.8 193
24 Uschi Keszler   United Team of Germany 25 18 1642.3 213
25 Jana Mrázková   Czechoslovakia 23 24 1646.4 205
26 Sandra Brugnera   Italy 27 23 1612.5 221
27 Monika Zingg   Switzerland 28 28 1568.9 248
28 Anne Karin Dehle   Norway 24 30 1571.9 248
29 Genevieve Burdel   France 29 27 1542.0 255
30 Berit Unn Johansen   Norway 30 29 1524.9 265

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Pairs

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At the 1964 Olympics, Kilius/Bäumler, Wilkes/Revell, and Joseph/Joseph placed second, third, and fourth respectively. In 1966, Kilius/Bäumler's results were invalidated after it was discovered that they had signed professional contracts before the Olympics. At the time, only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. The silver medals were transferred to Wilkes/Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph/Joseph. The Germans were re-awarded the silvers in 1987,[4] after appealing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but had not been exposed and disqualified. The placements of Wilkes/Revell and Joseph/Joseph remained unclear for many years. In December 2013, the IOC clarified that the Canadian pair had not been stripped of their silver after the Germans regained their medals.[5] In November 2014, the IOC stated that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.[6][7]

Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov   Soviet Union 104.4 13
2 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler   United Team of Germany 103.6 15
2 Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell   Canada 98.5 35.5
3 Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph   United States 98.2 35.5
5 Tatiana Zhuk / Alexander Gavrilov   Soviet Union 96.6 45
6 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner   Switzerland 95.4 56
7 Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill   United States 94.7 69.5
8 Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman   United States 92.8 74
9 Agnesa Wlachovská / Peter Bartosiewicz   Czechoslovakia 91.8 84
10 Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba   Czechoslovakia 88.9 97
11 Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther   United Team of Germany 88.8 103.5
12 Gerlinde Schönbauer / Wilhelm Bietak   Austria 87.7 108
13 Margit Senf / Peter Göbel   United Team of Germany 87.9 113.5
14 Faye Strutt / Jim Watters   Canada 85.3 122.5
15 Inge Strell / Ferry Dedovich   Austria 83.6 129
16 Linda Ann Ward / Neil Carpenter   Canada 84.2 128.5
17 Monique Mathys / Yves Ällig   Switzerland 81.5 147.5

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References

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  1. ^ "Figure Skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters". The Spokesman-Review. 16 February 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ^ Ford, Bonnie D. (2011). "Still Crystal Clear". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2014. The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.
  4. ^ Kestnbaum, Ellyn (21 May 2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning. Wesleyan University Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780819566423.
  5. ^ "1964 Olympic Skating Pair Only Now Discovering Their Place". The New York Times. 14 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Fifty years later, Joseph siblings find redemption". IceNetwork.com. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  7. ^ Hersh, Philip (25 November 2014). "A half-century later, Joseph siblings recognized as Olympic medal-winners". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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