Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Patscherkofel
VenuePatscherkofel (men's downhill),
Axamer Lizum,
Tyrol, Austria
Dates30 January – 8 February 1964 (1964-02-08)
No. of events6
Competitors174 from 31 nations
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Alpine skiing at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 8, 1964.[1][2]

The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum.[3]

This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths. It was the third and final Winter Olympics in which East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Mild weather led to a lack of snow, which was trucked in and packed down by the Austrian army.[4]

During a training run for the men's downhill at Patscherkofel on January 25, Ross Milne of Australia lost control and left the course; he hit a tree and later died of a head injury.[5][6]

The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976, after Denver returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).

  1. ^ "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Artist's sketch of site of Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 28, 1964. p. 4B.
  4. ^ "1964 Winter Olympics" (PDF). Colorado Ski Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  5. ^ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
  6. ^ "Aussie's Milne dies of injuries". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. January 25, 1964. p. 5.