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...

, eight speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

events were contested. The competitions were held from Thursday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2, 1964 (women) and from Tuesday, February 4 to Friday, February 7, 1964 (men).

Russian Lidia Skoblikova

Lidia Skoblikova

Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a Russia former speed skater. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the World Championships and 15 gold medals...

 of the USSR Olympic team

Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's slalomWomen- Biathlon:Men1Two minutes added per miss.- Cross-country skiing:MenMen's 4 x 10km relay...

won all four women's events, and with a total of six gold medals from 1960 and 1964, she has (by 2006) still won the most Olympic skating gold medals.

Men

500 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10000 metres

Women

500 metres
1000 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres

Medal table

1		5	5	2	12
2		1	3	3	7
3		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
5		0	1	1	2
6		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
Total		8	11	6	25