Figure skating at the IX Winter Olympics
Type:Olympic Games
Champions
Men's singles:
 Manfred Schnelldorfer (EUA)
Ladies' singles:
Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pairs:
Soviet Union Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov
Previous:
1960 Winter Olympics
Next:
1968 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria. There were three events contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.[1]

On February 15, 1961, the entire United States figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed when Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the World Championships in Prague. The accident caused the cancellation of the 1961 World Championships and necessitated the building of a new American skating program. Although American figure skaters were still too young in 1964 (most were aged 15 or lower), they still managed to win two medals.[2][3]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United Team of Germany1102
2 Netherlands1001
 Soviet Union1001
4 Canada0112
5 Austria0101
 France0101
7 United States0022
Totals (7 entries)34310

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places
1 Manfred Schnelldorfer United Team of Germany111916.913
2 Alain Calmat France351876.522
3 Scott Allen United States441873.626
4 Karol Divín Czechoslovakia291862.832
5 Emmerich Danzer Austria531824.042
6 Thomas Litz United States1321764.777
7 Peter Jonas Austria961752.079
8 Nobuo Sato Japan8101746.288
9 Donald Knight Canada7111746.685
10 Monty Hoyt United States6121755.581
11 Ralph Borghard United Team of Germany1071742.290
12 Sepp Schönmetzler United Team of Germany1281743.192
13 Charles Snelling Canada16151705.5117
14 Giordano Abbondati Italy11161688.4131
15 Wolfgang Schwarz Austria17131695.9127
16 William Neale Canada19141667.7143
17 Robert Dureville France14191660.0148
18 Hywel Evans Great Britain15221640.1159
19 Markus Germann Switzerland20231578.0186
20 Malcolm Cannon Great Britain18241587.5187
21 Jenő Ébert Hungary22181586.9188
22 Ondrej Nepela Czechoslovakia23171590.1190
23 Philippe Pélissier France21211573.8189
24 Peter Grütter Switzerland24201517.2208
WD Valeri Meshkov Soviet Union
WD Wouter Toledo Netherlands

Referee:

  • Henry M. Beatty

Assistant referee:

  • Oskar Madl

Judges:

  • West Germany Adolf Walker
  • France Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
  • United Kingdom Geoffrey S. Yates
  • Italy Sonia Bianchetti
  • Canada William Lewis
  • Austria Franz Wojtanowskyj
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala
  • United States Ardelle Sanderson
  • Soviet Union Sergei Vasiliev

Ladies

Left-right: Regine Heitzer, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Petra Burka
Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places
1 Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands112018.59
2 Regine Heitzer Austria251945.522
3 Petra Burka Canada321940.025
4 Nicole Hassler France541887.738
5 Miwa Fukuhara Japan491845.150
6 Peggy Fleming United States861819.659
7 Christine Haigler United States6151803.874
8 Albertina Noyes United States971798.973
9 Helli Sengstschmid Austria1831782.185
10 Wendy Griner Canada1381775.391
11 Sally-Anne Stapleford Great Britain7191757.9108
12 Shirra Kenworthy Canada10161756.3104
13 Kumiko Okawa Japan15111725.4136
14 Inge Paul United Team of Germany17121720.3139
15 Hana Mašková Czechoslovakia19101714.8142
16 Carol-Ann Warner Great Britain12221692.9162
17 Zsuzsa Almássy Hungary20141702.2159
18 Diana Clifton-Peach Great Britain11251711.7152
19 Gabriele Seyfert United Team of Germany21171685.1177
20 Ingrid Ostler Austria16201684.8171
21 Ann-Margreth Frei-Käck Sweden26131661.1191
22 Junko Ueno Japan14261685.0170
23 Franziska Schmidt Switzerland22211662.8193
24 Uschi Keszler United Team of Germany25181642.3213
25 Jana Mrázková Czechoslovakia23241646.4205
26 Sandra Brugnera Italy27231612.5221
27 Monika Zingg Switzerland28281568.9248
28 Anne Karin Dehle Norway24301571.9248
29 Genevieve Burdel France29271542.0255
30 Berit Unn Johansen Norway30291524.9265

Referee:

Assistant referee:

Judges:

  • West Germany Ernst Bauch
  • France Néri Valdes
  • United Kingdom Pamela Davis
  • Japan Masao Hasegawa
  • Canada Suzanne Francis
  • Netherlands C. Paul Engelfriet
  • Austria Edwin Kucharz
  • Sweden Gunvor Toreskog
  • Switzerland Walter Fritz (CF only)
  • Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala (FS only)

Pairs

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 silver medals were transferred to Wilkes/Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph/Joseph. The Germans were re-awarded the silvers in 1987,[4] after appealing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but had not been exposed and disqualified. The placements of Wilkes/Revell and Joseph/Joseph remained unclear for many years. In December 2013, the IOC clarified that the Canadian pair had not been stripped of their silver after the Germans regained their medals.[5] In November 2014, the IOC stated that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.[6][7]

Rank Name Nation Points Places
1 Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union104.413
2 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler United Team of Germany103.615
2 Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell Canada98.535.5
3 Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph United States98.235.5
5 Tatiana Zhuk / Alexander Gavrilov Soviet Union96.645
6 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner Switzerland95.456
7 Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill United States94.769.5
8 Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman United States92.874
9 Agnesa Wlachovská / Peter Bartosiewicz Czechoslovakia91.884
10 Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba Czechoslovakia88.997
11 Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther United Team of Germany88.8103.5
12 Gerlinde Schönbauer / Wilhelm Bietak Austria87.7108
13 Margit Senf / Peter Göbel United Team of Germany87.9113.5
14 Faye Strutt / Jim Watters Canada85.3122.5
15 Inge Strell / Ferry Dedovich Austria83.6129
16 Linda Ann Ward / Neil Carpenter Canada84.2128.5
17 Monique Mathys / Yves Ällig Switzerland81.5147.5

Referee:

  • Ernst Labin

Assistant referee:

  • Alexander D.C. Gordon

Judges:

References

  1. "Figure Skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. "Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters". The Spokesman-Review. 16 February 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. Ford, Bonnie D. (2011). "Still Crystal Clear". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2014. The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.
  4. Kestnbaum, Ellyn (21 May 2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning. p. 77. ISBN 9780819566423.
  5. "1964 Olympic Skating Pair Only Now Discovering Their Place". The New York Times. 14 December 2013.
  6. "Fifty years later, Joseph siblings find redemption". IceNetwork.com. 25 November 2014.
  7. Hersh, Philip (25 November 2014). "A half-century later, Joseph siblings recognized as Olympic medal-winners". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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