1964 Winter Olympics

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Template:Olympics infobox The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria.

On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 in Brussels, Belgium en route to the World Championships in Prague. This tragedy sent the US skating program into a period of rebuilding. The loss of the U.S. team was considered so catastrophic for the sport that the 1961 World Championships were cancelled, and impacted later Winter Olympics.

Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and a British luge slider died during training. The organising committee said that Ross caught an edge and subsequently crashed into a tree. The IOC suggested that inexperience may have played a role in Ross's death, whereas Australian manager John Wagner suggested that overcrowding played a role, saying that he tried to slow down "on a spot which was not prepared for stopping or swinging" to avoid a crowd of contestants. His brother Malcolm Milne competed at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.

1 Medal winners
2 Medal count
3 References
4 See also

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Medal winners

Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Figure skating
Ice hockey
Luge
Nordic skiing
- Cross-country skiing
- Nordic combined
- Ski jumping
Speed skating

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Medal count

(Host nation in bold.)

1964 Winter Olympics medal count					Image:Olympische Ringe.svg
Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR	11	8	6	25
2	Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	4	5	3	12
3	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	3	6	6	15
4	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	3	4	3	10
5	Image:Flag of France.svg France	3	4	0	7
6	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg United Team of Germany¹	3	3	3	9
7	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	3	3	1	7
8	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1	2	3	6
9	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	1	1	0	2
10	Image:Canadian Red Ensign.svg Canada	1	0	2	3
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(¹ Athletes from East and West Germany competed together as the "United Team of Germany, " designated as the EUA. This combined team appeared in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter Olympics)

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