United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1964 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1964 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Innsbruck
Competitors	89 (71 men, 18 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Bill Disney (speed skating)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 7
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The United States competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Terry McDermott	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	February 4
Silver	Jean Saubert	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	February 3
Silver	Billy Kidd	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	February 8
Bronze	Ronald Joseph Vivian Joseph	Figure skating	Pairs	January 29
Bronze	Jean Saubert	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	February 1
Bronze	Scott Allen	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 6
Bronze	James Heuga	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	February 8

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	1	1	2	4	57.1%
Female	0	1	1	2	28.6%
Mixed	0	0	1	1	14.3%
Total	1	2	4	7	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Jean Saubert	Alpine skiing	0	1	1	2

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Run 1		Run 2		Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chuck Ferries	Downhill	—								2:23.00	20
Billy Kidd										2:21.82	16
Ni Orsi										2:21.59	14
Buddy Werner										2:22.05	17
Jimmy Heuga	Giant slalom	—								DSQ
Billy Kidd										1:49.97	7
Bill Marolt										1:51.29	12
Buddy Werner										DSQ
Chuck Ferries	Slalom	55.17	25 QF	Bye		DSQ
Jimmy Heuga		52.45	4 QF	Bye		1:10.16	3	1:01.36	3	2:11.52
Billy Kidd		53.73	11 QF	Bye		1:10.96	6	1:00.31	2	2:11.27
Buddy Werner		53.19	5 QF	Bye		1:11.64	9	1:01.82	6	2:13.46	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joan Hannah	Downhill	—				2:01.88	15
Jean Saubert						2:03.79	26
Margo Walters						2:02.68	21
Starr Walton						2:01.45	14
Barbara Ferries	Giant slalom	—				1:59.44	20
Joan Hannah						2:01.97	26
Linda Meyers						2:03.46	30
Jean Saubert						1:53.11
Barbara Ferries	Slalom	DSQ
Joan Hannah		51.36	22	56.03	22	1:47.39	19
Linda Meyers		47.02	12	50.91	12	1:37.93	12
Jean Saubert		44.78	6	46.58	2	1:31.36

Biathlon

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Charlie Akers	Individual	1:32:24.9	2 (1+0+1+0)	16
Peter Lahdenpera		1:43:04.7	8 (0+3+3+2)	36
Paul Renne		1:46:45.9	6 (3+1+1+1)	39
Bill Spencer		1:36:49.8	4 (3+0+0+1)	30

Bobsleigh

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charlie McDonald Chuck Pandolph	Two-man	1:05.97	6	1:05.85	4	1:06.16	7	1:07.02	9	4:25.00	7
Larry McKillip Jim Lamy	Two-man	1:06.17	7	1:06.34	7	1:05.84	5	1:06.25	4	4:24.60	5
Bill Hickey Reg Benham Bill Dundon Chuck Pandolph	Four-man	1:03.90	4	1:04.11	7	1:04.43	6	1:04.79	11	4:17.23	6
Larry McKillip Neil Rogers Mike Baumgartner Jim Lamy	Four-man	1:03.92	5	1:04.22	8	DNF

Cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Karl Bohlin	Men's 15 km	57:54.0	47
Mike Elliott		56:51.8	41
Mike Gallagher		56:19.4	38
Dick Taylor		58:19.6	49
Larry Damon	Men's 30 km	1:42:57.7	46
Mike Elliott		1:40:11.7	30
Jim Shea		1:43:18.4	48
Dick Taylor		1:42:39.5	42
Larry Damon	Men's 50 km	3:05:06.4	28
Dick Taylor	Men's 50 km	3:09:58.3	34
John Bower Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Jim Shea	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	2:39:17.3	13

Figure 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.^[1]^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Scott Allen	Men's singles	4	4	1873.6	26
Monty Hoyt		6	12	1755.5	81	10
Thomas Litz		13	2	1764.7	77	6
Peggy Fleming	Ladies' singles	8	6	1819.6	59	6
Christine Haigler		6	15	1803.8	74	7
Albertina Noyes		9	7	1798.9	73	8

Pairs

Athlete	Event	Points	Places	Rank
Judianne Fotheringill Jerry Fotheringill	Pairs	94.7	69.5	7
Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman		92.8	74	8
Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph		89.2	35.5

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Medal round
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Romania W 7–2	Soviet Union L 1–5	Germany W 8–0	Sweden L 4–7	Canada L 6–8	Czechoslovakia L 1–7	Finland L 2–3	Switzerland W 7–3	5

Roster

Dan Dilworth
Dates Fryberger
David Brooks
Don Ross
Bill Reichart
Gary Schmalzbauer
Herb Brooks
Jim Westby
Pat Rupp
Paul Coppo
Paul Johnson
Rog Christian
Tom McCoy
Red Martin
Tom Yurkovich
Wayne Meredith
Billy Christian

First Round
Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	7–2	Romania

Medal Round
First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	54	10	14
2	Sweden	7	5	2	47	16	10
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	38	19	10
4	Canada	7	5	2	32	17	10
5	United States	7	2	5	29	33	4
6	Finland	7	2	5	10	31	4
7	Germany	7	2	5	13	49	4
8	Switzerland	7	0	7	9	57	0

USSR 5-1 USA
USA 8-0 Germany (UTG)
Sweden 7-4 USA
Canada 8-6 USA
Czechoslovakia 7-1 USA
Finland 3-2 USA
USA 7-3 Switzerland

Luge

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Farmer	Men's singles	56.78	25	1:26.81	31	57.00	24	56.01	23	4:16.60	29
Francis Feltman		52.91	7	53.43	13	54.13	14	54.58	15	3:35.05	13
Mike Hessel		55.31	20	55.50	22	56.12	23	56.37	24	3:43.30	22
Tom Neely		54.62	17	55.40	20	55.04	20	55.12	17	3:40.18	17
Ray Fales Nicholas Mastromatteo	Doubles	1:00.75	13	1:11.18	12	—				2:11.93	13
Jim Higgins Ron Walters	Doubles	DNF				—				DNF

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
John Bower	Individual	90.9	100.2	191.1	21	52:26.4	212.66	9	403.76	15
Jim Page		80.1	72.2	152.3	30	DNF
Jim Shea		72.1	69.2	141.3	31	53:04.2	205.46	13	346.76	27

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
John Balfanz	Normal hill	74.5	103.9	74.5	102.6	206.5	10
David Hicks		72.0	95.4	71.5	94.9	190.3	41
Gene Kotlarek		76.5	103.2	74.0	100.2	203.4	14
Ansten Samuelstuen		72.5	100.1	73.0	100.3	200.4	24
John Balfanz	Large hill	83.0	94.8	71.0	85.4	180.2	41
David Hicks		85.0	98.9	79.0	96.4	195.3	29
Gene Kotlarek		87.0	100.1	79.0	97.4	197.5	24
Ansten Samuelstuen		81.5	93.0	80.5	96.0	189.0	33

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bill Disney	500 m	41.1	8
Tom Gray		41.5	14
Terry McDermott		40.1 OR
Eddie Rudolph		40.9	6
Floyd Bedbury	1500 m	2:21.3	42
Buddy Campbell		2:16.4	25
Dick Hunt		2:14.4	15
Eddie Rudolph		2:16.8	26
Stan Fail	5000 m	8:31.9	38
Dick Hunt		8:09.7	20
Wayne LeBombard		8:21.3	29
Wayne LeBombard	10,000 m	17:30.6	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jeanne Ashworth	500 m	46.2	4
Mary Lawler		46.6	7
Jan Smith		46.2	4
Jeanne Ashworth	1000 m	1:38.7	11
Barb Lockhart		1:38.6	10
Jan Smith		1:36.7	7
Mary Lawler	1500 m	2:34.9	19
Judy Morstein		2:33.3	15
Jan Smith		2:37.8	24
Jeanne Ashworth	3000 m	5:30.3	11
Barb Lockhart		5:43.2	23
Sylvia White		5:42.7	21

References

^ "Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters". The Spokesman-Review. February 16, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
^ Ford, Bonnie D. (2011). "Still Crystal Clear". ESPN. Retrieved February 19, 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.

Sources

Official Olympic Reports
Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

[acftst-1] "Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters". The Spokesman-Review. February 16, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2014.

[StillCrystalClear-2] Ford, Bonnie D. (2011). "Still Crystal Clear". ESPN. Retrieved February 19, 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.

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v t e Nations at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria
Africa	none
America	Argentina Canada Chile United States
Asia	India Iran Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia