United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	89 (71 men, 18 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	William Disney (speed skating)
Medals Rank: 8	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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Terry McDermott	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Silver	Billy Kidd	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Silver	Jean Saubert	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Bronze	James Heuga	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
Bronze	Jean Saubert	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Scott Allen	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Vivian Joseph, Ronald Joseph	Figure skating	Pairs

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Chuck Ferries	Downhill	2:23.00	20
Buddy Werner		2:22.05	17
Billy Kidd		2:21.82	16
Ni Orsi		2:21.59	14
Buddy Werner	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–
Jimmy Heuga		DSQ	–
Bill Marolt		1:51.29	12
Billy Kidd		1:49.97	7

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Chuck Ferries	55.17	25 QF	–	–	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Billy Kidd	53.73	11 QF	–	–	1:10.96	6	1:00.31	2	2:11.27
Buddy Werner	53.19	5 QF	–	–	1:11.64	9	1:01.82	6	2:13.46	8
Jimmy Heuga	52.45	4 QF	–	–	1:10.16	3	1:01.36	3	2:11.52

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jean Saubert	Downhill					2:03.79	26
Margo Walters						2:02.68	21
Joan Hannah						2:01.88	15
Starr Walton						2:01.45	14
Linda Meyers	Giant Slalom					2:03.46	30
Joan Hannah						2:01.97	26
Barbara Ferries						1:59.44	20
Jean Saubert						1:53.11
Barbara Ferries	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Paul Renne	1'34:45.9	6	1'46:45.9	39
	Peter Lahdenpera	1'27:04.7	8	1'43:04.7	36
	Bill Spencer	1'28:49.8	4	1'36:49.8	30
	Charlie Akers	1'28:24.9	2	1'32:24.9	16

¹ Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	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
USA-2	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

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	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
USA-2	Larry McKillip Bob Rogers Mike Baumgartner Jim Lamy	Four-man	1:03.92	5	1:04.22	8	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Dick Taylor	58:19.6	49
	Karl Bohlin	57:54.0	47
	Mike Elliott	56:51.8	41
	Mike Gallagher	56:19.4	38
30 km	Jim Shea	1'43:18.4	48
	Larry Damon	1'42:57.7	46
	Dick Taylor	1'42:39.5	42
	Mike Elliott	1'40:11.7	30
50 km	Dick Taylor	3'09:58.3	34
	Larry Damon	3'05:06.4	28

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Mike Gallagher Mike Elliott Jim Shea John Bower	2'39:17.3	13

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Monty Hoyt	6	12	1755.5	81	10
Thomas Litz	13	2	1764.7	77	6
Scott Allen	4	4	1873.6	26

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Albertina Noyes	9	7	1798.9	73	8
Christine Haigler	6	15	1803.8	74	7
Peggy Fleming	8	6	1819.6	59	6

Pairs

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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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

Contestants 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

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Farmer	56.78	25	1:26.81	31	57.00	24	56.01	23	4:16.60	29
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
Francis Feltman	52.91	7	53.43	13	54.13	14	54.58	15	3:35.05	13

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ray Fales Nicholas Mastromatteo	1:00.75	13	1:11.18	12	2:11.93	13
Jim Higgins Ron Walters	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jim Shea	Individual	56.5	53.5	141.3	31	53:04.2	205.46	13	346.76	27
Jim Page		57.0	49.5	152.3	30	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
John Bower		61.0	62.0	191.1	21	52:26.4	212.66	9	403.76	15

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com