Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria. There were three events contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.[1]
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.[2][3]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United Team of Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
Results
Men
Referee:
Assistant referee:
Judges:
Adolf Walker
Gérard Rodrigues Henriques
Geoffrey S. Yates
Sonia Bianchetti
William Lewis
Franz Wojtanowskyj
Emil Skákala
Ardelle Sanderson
Sergei Vasiliev
Ladies
Referee:
Assistant referee:
Judges:
- Ernst Bauch
- Néri Valdes
- Pamela Davis
Masao Hasegawa- Suzanne Francis
C. Paul Engelfriet- Edwin Kucharz
Gunvor Toreskog
Walter Fritz (CF only)- Emil Skákala (FS only)
Pairs
At the 1964 Olympics, Kilius/Bäumler, Wilkes/Revell, and Joseph/Joseph placed second, third, and fourth respectively. In 1966, Kilius/Bäumler's results were invalidated after it was discovered that they had signed professional contracts before the Olympics. At the time, only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. The silver medals were transferred to Wilkes/Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph/Joseph. The Germans were re-awarded the silvers in 1987,[4] after appealing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but had not been exposed and disqualified. The placements of Wilkes/Revell and Joseph/Joseph remained unclear for many years. In December 2013, the IOC clarified that the Canadian pair had not been stripped of their silver after the Germans regained their medals.[5] In November 2014, the IOC stated that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.[6][7]
Referee:
Assistant referee:
Judges:
- Erika Schiechtl
- Néri Valdes
- Michele Beltrami
- Suzanne Francis
- C. Paul Engelfriet
- Hans Meixner
- Walter Fritz
- Dagmar Řeháková
- Mary Louise Wright
- Sergei Vasiliev
References
- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Air Crash Fatal to 73 Is Probed – Jet's Plunge Kills Skaters". The Spokesman-Review. 16 February 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Ford, Bonnie D. (2011). "Still Crystal Clear". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.
- ^ Kestnbaum, Ellyn (21 May 2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning. p. 77. ISBN 9780819566423.
- ^ "1964 Olympic Skating Pair Only Now Discovering Their Place". The New York Times. 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Fifty years later, Joseph siblings find redemption". IceNetwork.com. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (25 November 2014). "A half-century later, Joseph siblings recognized as Olympic medal-winners". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
External links
- "Official Olympic Reports: 1964 Innsbruck" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. (figure skating starts on page 130)
- Winter Olympic Memories: Men
- Winter Olympic Memories: Ladies
- Winter Olympic Memories: Pairs
- Skatabase: Men
- Skatabase: Ladies
- Skatabase: Pairs
