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.
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.
Medal table
Participating nations
Results Men Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places 1 Manfred Schnelldorfer 111916.913 2 Alain Calmat 351876.522 3 Scott Allen 441873.626 4 Karol Divín 291862.832 5 Emmerich Danzer 531824.042 6 Thomas Litz 1321764.777 7 Peter Jonas 961752.079 8 Nobuo Sato 8101746.288 9 Donald Knight 7111746.685 10 Monty Hoyt 6121755.581 11 Ralph Borghard 1071742.290 12 Sepp Schönmetzler 1281743.192 13 Charles Snelling 16151705.5117 14 Giordano Abbondati 11161688.4131 15 Wolfgang Schwarz 17131695.9127 16 William Neale 19141667.7143 17 Robert Dureville 14191660.0148 18 Hywel Evans 15221640.1159 19 Markus Germann 20231578.0186 20 Malcolm Cannon 18241587.5187 21 Jenő Ébert 22181586.9188 22 Ondrej Nepela 23171590.1190 23 Philippe Pélissier 21211573.8189 24 Peter Grütter 24201517.2208 WD Valeri Meshkov WD Wouter Toledo
Referee: Henry M. Beatty
Assistant referee: Oskar Madl
Judges: Adolf Walker Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Geoffrey S. Yates Sonia Bianchetti William Lewis Franz Wojtanowskyj Emil Skákala Ardelle Sanderson Sergei Vasiliev
Ladies
Rank Name Nation CF FS Points Places 1 Sjoukje Dijkstra 112018.59 2 Regine Heitzer 251945.522 3 Petra Burka 321940.025 4 Nicole Hassler 541887.738 5 Miwa Fukuhara 491845.150 6 Peggy Fleming 861819.659 7 Christine Haigler 6151803.874 8 Albertina Noyes 971798.973 9 Helli Sengstschmid 1831782.185 10 Wendy Griner 1381775.391 11 Sally-Anne Stapleford 7191757.9108 12 Shirra Kenworthy 10161756.3104 13 Kumiko Okawa 15111725.4136 14 Inge Paul 17121720.3139 15 Hana Mašková 19101714.8142 16 Carol-Ann Warner 12221692.9162 17 Zsuzsa Almássy 20141702.2159 18 Diana Clifton-Peach 11251711.7152 19 Gabriele Seyfert 21171685.1177 20 Ingrid Ostler 16201684.8171 21 Ann-Margreth Frei-Käck 26131661.1191 22 Junko Ueno 14261685.0170 23 Franziska Schmidt 22211662.8193 24 Uschi Keszler 25181642.3213 25 Jana Mrázková 23241646.4205 26 Sandra Brugnera 27231612.5221 27 Monika Zingg 28281568.9248 28 Anne Karin Dehle 24301571.9248 29 Genevieve Burdel 29271542.0255 30 Berit Unn Johansen 30291524.9265
Referee: Elemér Terták
Assistant referee: Karl Enderlin
Judges: Ernst Bauch Néri Valdes Pamela Davis Masao Hasegawa Suzanne Francis C. Paul Engelfriet Edwin Kucharz Gunvor Toreskog Walter Fritz (CF only) 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, 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. In November 2014, the IOC stated that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.
Rank Name Nation Points Places 1 Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov 104.413 2 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 103.615 2 Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell 98.535.5 3 Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph 98.235.5 5 Tatiana Zhuk / Alexander Gavrilov 96.645 6 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 95.456 7 Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill 94.769.5 8 Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman 92.874 9 Agnesa Wlachovská / Peter Bartosiewicz 91.884 10 Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba 88.997 11 Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther 88.8103.5 12 Gerlinde Schönbauer / Wilhelm Bietak 87.7108 13 Margit Senf / Peter Göbel 87.9113.5 14 Faye Strutt / Jim Watters 85.3122.5 15 Inge Strell / Ferry Dedovich 83.6129 16 Linda Ann Ward / Neil Carpenter 84.2128.5 17 Monique Mathys / Yves Ällig 81.5147.5
Referee: Ernst Labin
Assistant referee: Alexander D.C. Gordon
Judges: Erika Schiechtl Néri Valdes Michele Beltrami Suzanne Francis C. Paul Engelfriet Hans Meixner Walter Fritz Dagmar Řeháková Mary Louise Wright Sergei Vasiliev
References
External links (figure skating starts on page 130) Winter Olympic Memories: Men Winter Olympic Memories: Ladies Winter Olympic Memories: Pairs Skatabase: Men Skatabase: Ladies Skatabase: Pairs