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The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (German: IX. Olympische Winterspiele ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( Austro-Bavarian : Innschbruck 1964 ), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck , Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.
Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova of the Soviet Union won the gold medal in the pairs' figure skating event in Innsbruck.. The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January through 9 February 1964.
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 Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by Lidiya Skoblikova, who swept the women's events.. North Korea's Han Pil-Hwa was the first medalist for her country in the Olympics, and the first Asian woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.
The 1963–64 Canada men's national ice hockey team represented Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. The matches were played in the Olympiahalle Innsbruck. For the first time in Canadian Olympic hockey history, the nation was represented by a national team rather than a club team.
From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom , the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952 , but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events.
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was the tenth Olympic Championship, also serving as the 31st World Championships and the 42nd European Championships. The games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck. [1]
Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck: Date: 4 February 1964: Competitors: 44 from 19 nations: ... The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place ...