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1964 Winter Olympics - Definition
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IX Olympic Winter Games
Nations participating 36
Athletes participating 1091 (892 men, 199 women)
Events 34 in 6 sports
Opening ceremony January 29, 1964
Closing ceremony February 9, 1964
Officially opened by Adolf Schärf
Athlete's Oath ---
Official's Oath n/a
Olympic Torch Paul Aste

The IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria.

Medal winners

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:

1964 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union 11 8 6 25
2 Austria 4 5 3 12
3 Norway 3 6 6 15
4 Finland 3 4 3 10
5 France 3 4 0 7
6 United Team of Germany¹ 3 3 3 9
7 Sweden 3 3 1 7
8 United States 1 2 3 6
9 Netherlands 1 1 0 2
10 Canada 1 0 2 3

(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)

See also


Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1906* | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016
Winter Olympic Games
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*The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.

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