1964 Winter Olympics medals | |
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Location | Innsbruck, Austria |
Highlights | |
Most gold medals | Soviet Union (11) |
Most total medals | Soviet Union (25) |
Medalling NOCs | 14 |
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January to 9 February.[1][2] A total of 1,091 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated,[2] including India,[3] Mongolia,[4] and North Korea, who took part in the Winter Games for the first time.[5] The games featured 34 events in 6 sports across 10 disciplines,[6][7] including the Olympic debut of Luge.[8]
Athletes representing 14 NOCs received at least one medal, with 11 NOCs winning at least one gold medal.[9] Athletes from the Soviet Union won the most gold medals, with 11, and most overall medals, with 25.[9] The Netherlands won their first gold medal at the Winter Games, doing so in the women’s figure skating individual event,[10] while North Korea won their first medal of any kind, taking silver in women's 3,000 metres speed skating.[5] Soviet speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova won four gold medals which was both the most gold and overall medals among individual participants.[7]
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