Alpine skiing at the

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consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck,

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, from January 30 to February 8, 1964. The men's

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was held on

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(above

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), the other five events at Axamer Lizum. de.wikipedia.org - Olympische Winterspiele 1964/Ski Alpin - ''(in German)'' This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths. It was the third and final Winter Olympics in which

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and

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competed as the

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. Mild weather led to a lack of snow, which was trucked in and packed down by the Austrian army. During a training run for the men's downhill at Patscherkofel on January 25, Ross Milne of Australia lost control and left the course; he hit a tree and later died of a head injury. The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in

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, after

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returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).

Medal summary

Four nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Austria leading the total medals with seven (three gold, two silver, and two bronze). France also had three gold, with three silver medals. France's Marielle and

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led the individual medal table, each with one gold and one silver. The top men's medalist was Austria's

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, who won gold and bronze.

Medal table

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Men's events

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Women's events

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Course information

Participating nations

Thirty-one nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Innsbruck. India made its Olympic alpine skiing debut. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

World championships

From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the

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also served as the

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, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for

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and

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, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from

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through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the

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for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in

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Combined

Men's Combined *

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: 30 January, Giant Slalom: 2 February, Slalom: 8 February Women's Combined *

: 6 February, Giant Slalom: 3 February, and Slalom: 1 February * Heidi Biebl of West Germany finished fourth in downhill and slalom but DQ'd in GS.

Footnotes

# Athletes from

and

competed together as the

," designated as the EUA. This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics

References

External links

FIS-Ski.com
– alpine skiing – 1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria

– Innsbruck area
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– ski areas {{Alpine World Skiing Championships 1964 Winter Olympics events Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing competitions in Austria