1964 Winter Olympics medal table

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox award The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were an international winter multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 29 January to 9 February.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="IOC 1964 Winter Games">Template:Cite web</ref> A total of 1,091 athletes representing 36 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated,<ref name="IOC 1964 Winter Games" /> including India,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mongolia,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and North Korea, who took part in the Winter Games for the first time.<ref name="IOC NK">Template:Cite web</ref> The games featured 34 events in 6 sports across 10 disciplines,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Olympedia">Template:Cite web</ref> including the Olympic debut of Luge.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Athletes representing 14 NOCs received at least one medal, with 11 NOCs winning at least one gold medal.<ref name="IOC medal table" /> Athletes from the Soviet Union won the most gold medals, with 11, and most overall medals, with 25.<ref name="IOC medal table" /> The Netherlands won their first gold medal at the Winter Games, doing so in the women’s figure skating individual event,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while North Korea won their first medal of any kind, taking silver in women's 3,000 metres speed skating.<ref name="IOC NK" /> Soviet speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova won four gold medals which was both the most gold and overall medals among individual participants.<ref name="Olympedia" />

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

At the 1964 Winter Olympics, athletes were tied in three events. In the women's 3000 metres speed skating and women's giant slalom events there were two-way ties for second, which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medals being awarded in each event.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the men's 500 metres speed skating event there was a three-way tie for second, which resulted in three silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Key

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Changes in medal standings

List of official changes in medal standings

Year of change	Sport/event	Athlete (Template:Abbr)	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Net change	Comment
1966	Figure skating, pairs	Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:Abbrv Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:Abbrv		−1		−1	At the 1964 Olympics, Kilius/Bäumler, Wilkes/Revell, and Joseph/Joseph placed second, third, and fourth respectively. In 1966, Kilius/Bäumler's were disqualified after it was discovered that they had signed professional contracts during the Olympics.<ref name="NYT DQ">Template:Cite news</ref> At the time, only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The silver medals were then awarded to Wilkes/Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph/Joseph.<ref name="NYT DQ" />
		Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete		+1	−1	0
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1987		Template:FlagIOCathlete Template:FlagIOCathlete		+1		+1	After a successful appeal by the German IOC, arguing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but had not been exposed and disqualified, Kilius and Bäumler were re-awarded the silvers in 1987.<ref name="NYT DQ" /><ref name="Chicago Tribune re-awarded">Template:Cite news</ref> The placements of Wilkes/Revell and Joseph/Joseph remained unclear for many years, as neither pair had been asked to return their medals.<ref name="NYT DQ" /> In December 2013, the IOC clarified that, since 1987, the intended result was meant to reflect that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.<ref name="NYT DQ" />

List of official changes by country

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See also

• All-time Olympic Games medal table
• List of 1964 Winter Olympics medal winners
• 1964 Summer Olympics medal table