Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 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...

consisted of six events, held near 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...

, from January 30 to February 7, 1964.

The men's downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

 was held on Patscherkofel

Patscherkofel

Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km south of Innsbruck. The peak rises to a summit elevation of 7639 feet above sea level...

 (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum.

This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths.

The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976

Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from February 5–13, 1976.Similar to the 1964 games, the men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

, after Denver

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

 returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).

• Winter map - Innsbruck area
• Innsbruck - ski areas

Downhill

January 30, 1964

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		2:18.16
Silver		2:18.90
Bronze		2:19.48
4th		2:19.54
5th		2:19.67
6th		2:19.79
7th		2:19.98
8th		2:20.23
9th		2:20.72
10th		2:20.74
11th		2:20.98
12th		2:21.03

Giant Slalom

February 2, 1964

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:46.71
Silver		1:47.09
Bronze		1:48.05
4th		1:48.69
5th		1:48.92
6th		1:49.68
7th		1:49.97
8th		1:50.04
9th		1:50.61

Slalom

February 7, 1964

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		2:11.13
Silver		2:11.27
Bronze		2:11.52
4th		2:12.91
5th		2:12.94
6th		2:12.99
7th		2:13.20
8th		2:13.46
9th		2:15.92
10th		2:16.04

Downhill

February 6, 1964

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:55.39
Silver		1:56.42
Bronze		1:56.66
4th		1:57.87
5th		1:58.03
6th		1:59.11

Giant Slalom

February 3, 1964

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:52.24
Silver		1:53.11
Silver		1:53.11
4th		1:53.86
5th		1:53.89
6th		1:54.21
7th		1:54.26
8th		1:54.55
9th		1:54.59
		1:54.59

Slalom

February 1, 1964

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold		1:29.86
Silver		1:30.77
Bronze		1:31.36
4th		1:34.04
5th		1:34.27
6th		1:35.11

World championships

From 1948

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held from Monday, February 2 to Thursday February 5, 1948.After these games, the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...

-80

Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.. The races were held at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington from February 14–23, 1980....

, the alpine skiing

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 events at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...

 also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom

Giant Slalom skiing

Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....

 in 1952

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...

, the combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

 event was dropped as an Olympic event until 1988

Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten events were held at the Nakiska ski area in Kananaskis from February 15-27, 1988....

, but remained as a World Championship event. From 1952

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988...

-80

Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A.. The races were held at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington from February 14–23, 1980....

, World Championship medals were awarded in the combined event, which used the results from the downhill and slalom events.

Combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

Men's Combined

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Ludwig Leitner Ludwig Leitner Ludwig Leitner is a retired West German alpine ski racer and world champion, born in Mittelberg, Austria.Leitner became a world champion in the combined event in Innsbruck in 1964. He earned world championship bronze medals in the combined event 1962 and 1966.Leitner competed at the 1960 Winter...  (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	33.99
Silver	Gerhard Nenning (AUT 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... )	34.37
Bronze	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...  (USA)	36.45
4th	Willy Favre Willy Favre Willy Favre is a Swiss former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. He was born in Les Diablerets. He received a silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-References:...  (SUI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... )	48.82
5th	Guy Périllat Guy Périllat Guy Périllat is a former alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s....  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	51.56
6th	Karl Schranz Karl Schranz Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer, one of the best in the 1960s.During his lengthy career , Schranz won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms...  (AUT 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... )	54.75

Women's Combined

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Marielle Goitschel Marielle Goitschel Marielle Goitschel is a former French alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of current speed skier Philippe Goitschel....  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	34.82
Silver	Christl Haas Christl Haas Christl Haas was an Austrian alpine skiing champion at the 1964 Winter Olympics.Haas was born in at Kitzbühel. In the World Cup she won four downhill competitions in total...  (AUT 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... )	40.11
Bronze	Edith Zimmermann Edith Zimmermann Edith Zimmermann is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics.She was born in Lech am Arlberg....  (AUT 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... )	43.13
4th	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...  (USA)	58.76
5th	Barbara Henneberger Barbara Henneberger Barbara-Maria "Barbi" Henneberger was a West German alpine skier who competed for the Unified Team of Germany at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics.In 1960 at age 19, she won the bronze medal in the slalom...  (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	70.40
6th	Pia Riva (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	92.50

Footnote

1. Athletes from East and West Germany competed together as the "United Team of Germany," designated as the EUA. This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics

External links

• FIS-Ski.com - results - 1964 Olympics - Innsbruck, Austria
• FIS-Ski.com - results - 1964 World Championships - Innsbruck, Austria