United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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 6 sports
Flag bearer	Bill Disney (speed skating)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 1964 Winter Olympics medal table

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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
		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

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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		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		1:03.92	5	1:04.22	8	DNF

Cross-country skiing

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

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		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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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
		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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Medal round
		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	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

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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		DNF								DNF

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		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

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		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

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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
	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