1964 Winter Olympics medal table

1964 Winter Olympics medals
LocationInnsbruck,  Austria
Highlights
Most gold medals Soviet Union (11)
Most total medals Soviet Union (25)
Medalling NOCs14
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The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January to 9 February.[1] A total of 1,091 athletes from 36 nations participated in 34 events in 6 sports over 10 disciplines.[2][3] India, Mongolia, and North Korea made their first Winter Olympics appearances;[1] the latter achieved a 3,000 metres speed skating medal through Han Pil-hwa's silver medal tie with Valentina Stenina.[4][5]

The Soviet Union broke the record for the most gold and total medals achieved at a single Winter Olympics, with 11 and 25 respectively. Russian athlete Lidiya Skoblikova won four gold medals, more medals than any other athlete.[6][7]

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  2. ^ "Factsheet: The Winter Olympic Games" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ "1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ Kietlinski, Robin (1 December 2011). Japanese Women and Sport: Beyond Baseball and Sumo. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-84966-669-5.
  5. ^ "Official Report of the IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. Innsbruck Organising Committee. 1964. p. 150. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  6. ^ "1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  7. ^ Инсбрук-1964: Скобликова - шестикратная, скандальное фиаско канадцев, первые человеческие жертвы