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1964 Winter Olympics medal table

1964 Winter Olympics medals
Lidiya Skoblikova skating, leaned over while doing so. Pictured in black and white.
Lidiya Skoblikova (pictured) won four gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the most gold and total medals of any competing athlete.
LocationInnsbruck,  Austria
Highlights
Most gold medals Soviet Union (11)
Most total medals Soviet Union (25)
Medalling NOCs14
← 1960 · Olympics medal tables · 1968 →

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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  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IOC medal table was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Netherlands – Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

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