1964 Winter Olympics / Figure Skating
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics |
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Competition venue | Olympic ice stadium |
Nations | 15th |
Athletes | 88 (41 ![]() ![]() |
date | January 29 to February 6, 1964 |
decisions | 3 |
← Squaw Valley 1960 |
With the IX. During the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , three figure skating competitions were held. The venue was the Olympic ice stadium .
Balance sheet
Medal table
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
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4th |
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6th |
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Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Ladies |
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preview
In figure skating, the current European champions from Grenoble (January 14th to 18th) were to be classified as the most likely Olympic champions , according to the Sport Zürich preview in its January 29, 1964 edition . Despite different judges, the judicial practice would take effect, "to let someone be something".
According to experts, Manfred Schnelldorfer and Scott Allen were the only ones who could possibly deprive Alain Calmat of victory. Schnelldorfer was known as a very good compulsory runner who, however, could not come close to Calmat in the freestyle. All you can read about Allen is that he was 14 years old and had received brilliant reviews at the US championships. The Olympic runner-up Karol Divín was injured too often in recent years and therefore not as badly as in 1960 in Squaw Valley. Emmerich Danzer would also be rated as high as him . In the women’s category, neither Regine Heitzer nor Nicole Hassler would be able to prevent Sjoukje Dijkstra from winning the gold medal ; they are the first contenders for silver and bronze. The Canadian Wendy Griner could possibly intervene in this duel.
For Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, the Soviet couple Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov were terrified of pair skating - both pairs should have the same chance. In Grenoble the point difference between them was only two points, in the freestyle presentation even smaller. And here in Innsbruck there is no obligation. Bronze is also practically awarded with Tatjana Schuk / Alexander Gawrilow . The only question that remained was how the two Canadian couples (including Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell ) would fare, while the Swiss representatives Gerda Johner / Ruedi Johner were predicted to come in fifth or sixth.
Results
- K = freestyle
- P = compulsory
- Pz = place number
- Pts = points
Men's
space | country | athlete | P | K | Pz | Pt. |
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Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1916.9 |
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Alain Calmat | 3 | 5 | 22nd | 1876.5 |
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Scott Allen | 4th | 4th | 26th | 1873.6 |
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Karol Divin | 2 | 9 | 32 | 1862.8 |
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Emmerich Danzer | 5 | 3 | 42 | 1824.0 |
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Thomas Litz | 13 | 2 | 77 | 1764.7 |
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Peter Jonas | 9 | 6th | 79 | 1752.0 |
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Nobuo Sato | 8th | 10 | 88 | 1746.2 |
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Donald Knight | 7th | 11 | 85 | 1746.6 |
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Monty Hoyt | 6th | 12 | 81 | 1755.5 |
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Ralph Borghard | 10 | 7th | 90 | 1742.2 |
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Sepp Schönmetzler | 12 | 8th | 92 | 1743.1 |
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Charles Snelling | 16 | 15th | 117 | 1705.5 |
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Giordano Abbondati | 11 | 16 | 131 | 1688.4 |
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Wolfgang Schwarz | 17th | 13 | 127 | 1695.9 |
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William Neale | 19th | 14th | 143 | 1667.7 |
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Robert Dureville | 14th | 19th | 148 | 1660.0 |
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Hywel Evans | 15th | 22nd | 159 | 1640.1 |
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Markus Germann | 20th | 23 | 186 | 1578.0 |
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Malcolm Cannon | 18th | 24 | 187 | 1587.5 |
21st |
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Jenő Ébert | 22nd | 18th | 188 | 1586.9 |
22nd |
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Ondrej Nepela | 23 | 17th | 190 | 1590.1 |
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Philippe Pélissier | 21st | 21st | 189 | 1573.8 |
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Peter Grütter | 24 | 20th | 208 | 1517.2 |
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Valery Meshkov | withdrawn | ||||
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Wouter Toledo | withdrawn |
Mandatory: February 4th
Freestyle: February 6th
The performances were judged by nine judges. In contrast to the previous Olympic Games , there was no clear favorite in the men's competition. After the Second World War , all Olympic champions in the men's competition came from the USA. The 1961 plane crash that wiped out an entire generation of American figure skaters prevented the US from continuing its dominance. The world champions of the past two years, the Canadians Donald Jackson and Donald McPherson , had already ended their careers. The reigning vice world champion Alain Calmat from France was thus slightly favored. After compulsory duty, Manfred Schnelldorfer led with number 17 and 1027.1 points ahead of the compulsory specialist Karol Divín (20 / 1018.6). Calmat was in third place (23 / 1008.3) ahead of Scott Allen (32 / 990.8) and Emmerich Danzer (49 / 941.2).
Schnelldorfer was also able to win the freestyle and thus became Olympic champion, as the first German in the men's competition. Calmat won the silver medal with the fifth best freestyle. He had never been defeated by Schnelldorfer before and hardly anyone had expected the Munich man to do a flawless freestyle. But while all of his competitors had not remained flawless (Calmat with two falls), there was no doubt after his freestyle. Black fell in a double yosua, but he did not delete anything from his planned program. Divín was slightly injured; he touched a triple Rittberger and he showed no double axel and double-layer. Although he performed better than at the European Championship, the medal chances were gone.
The nerves of Calmat, who was considered to be hypersensitive, did not hold. Nonetheless, it was rated highly, which triggered "shouting calls" from the well-represented German viewers. Danzer fell in the triple Rittberger, otherwise he jumped twice and safely, but did not come close to his performance from the European Championships in Grenoble. In addition, he had to do without the triple Rittberger, as a strain he suffered a week ago had hampered him. After Divín's idea, everyone had a better chance and he could use them, even though he had to use his second foot as a support for the triple salchow.
Schnelldorfer jumped the double axel very confidently, also the double duck very nicely, after that he didn't risk too much. But the audience did not agree with the high grade and threw mandarins and oranges into the arena. Overall, the judges were heavily criticized. In the number of places Schnelldorfer came on 13, Calmat on 22 and Allen on 26. The German team management had hoped for victory, but did not expect that Schnelldorfer would also receive the best freestyle mark. Thomas Litz came up with a superb performance (2nd place in the freestyle), and 13-year-old Ondrej Nepela also surprised with a remarkable performance.
Ladies
space | country | sportswoman | P | K | Pz | Pt. |
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Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2018.5 |
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Regine Heitzer | 2 | 5 | 22nd | 1945.5 |
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Petra Burka | 3 | 2 | 25th | 1940.0 |
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Nicole Hassler | 5 | 4th | 38 | 1887.7 |
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Miwa Fukuhara | 4th | 9 | 50 | 1845.1 |
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Peggy Fleming | 8th | 6th | 59 | 1819.6 |
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Christine Haigler | 6th | 15th | 74 | 1803.8 |
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Albertina Noyes | 9 | 7th | 73 | 1798.9 |
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Helli Sengstschmid | 18th | 3 | 85 | 1782.1 |
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Wendy Griner | 13 | 8th | 91 | 1775.3 |
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Sally-Anne Stapleford | 7th | 19th | 108 | 1757.9 |
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Shirra Kenworthy | 10 | 16 | 104 | 1756.3 |
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Kumiko Ōkawa | 15th | 11 | 136 | 1725.4 |
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Inge Paul | 17th | 12 | 139 | 1720.3 |
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Hana Mašková | 19th | 10 | 142 | 1714.8 |
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Carol-Ann Warner | 12 | 22nd | 162 | 1692.9 |
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Zsuzsa Almássy | 20th | 14th | 159 | 1702.2 |
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Diane Clifton-Peach | 11 | 25th | 152 | 1711.7 |
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Gabriele Seyfert | 21st | 17th | 177 | 1685.1 |
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Ingrid Ostler | 16 | 20th | 171 | 1684.8 |
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Ann-Margreth Frei-Käck | 26th | 13 | 191 | 1661.1 |
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Junko Ueno | 14th | 26th | 170 | 1685.0 |
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Franziska Schmidt | 22nd | 21st | 193 | 1662.8 |
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Uschi Keszler | 25th | 18th | 213 | 1642.3 |
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Jana Mrázková | 23 | 24 | 205 | 1646.4 |
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Sandra Brugnera | 27 | 23 | 221 | 1612.5 |
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Monika Zingg | 28 | 28 | 248 | 1568.9 |
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Anne Karin Dehle | 24 | 30th | 248 | 1571.9 |
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Geneviève Burdel | 29 | 27 | 255 | 1542.0 |
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Berit Unn Johansen | 30th | 29 | 265 | 1524.9 |
Mandatory: January 30th,
Freestyle: February 2nd
The performances were judged by nine judges. Already the first two figures of the compulsory program resulted in the order Dijkstra before Heitzer and Burka. The intermediate result after compulsory was: 1. Dijkstra (place number 9.5 / 1113.2 points), 2. Heitzer (20.0 / 1074.6), 3. Burka (27.5 / 1050.2).
The Swiss champion Franziska Schmidt opened the freestyle in front of a crowded house (part of the audience was sitting on the concrete steps), Sengstschmid concluded the first group and showed the third best freestyle. Of the leaders, Burka was number 22 first. Her first double axel worked great, after Axel left and Axel right there was a little creative break. Her second double axel was torn open, but that was her only mistake. With No. 26 it was Heitzer's turn. After a well-done double she had difficulties with the following double axel, two double jumps were flawless and successful pirouettes and dance steps followed. Although she was only fifth in the freestyle, her lead from duty was sufficient or she got second place five times, burqa only four times. The Olympic champion came on the ice with No. 28: For the time being, a not entirely flawless double cut, which she repeated, however, and thus corrected the lapse. She lined up jump after jump, pirouette after pirouette, impressed with strength and safety and was undisputedly the best. Dijkstra received number 1 from all judges.
Couples
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Lyudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | 13.0 | 104.4 |
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Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | 15.0 | 103.6 |
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Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell | 35.5 | 98.5 |
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Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph | 35.5 | 89.2 |
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Nina Schuk / Stanislaw Schuk | 45.0 | 96.6 |
6th |
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Gerda Johner / Ruedi Johner | 56.0 | 95.4 |
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Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill | 69.5 | 94.7 |
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Cynthia Kauffman / Ronald Kauffman | 74.0 | 92.8 |
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Agnesa Wlachovská / Peter Bartosiewicz | 84.0 | 91.8 |
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Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba | 97.0 | 88.9 |
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Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther | 103.5 | 88.8 |
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Gerlinde Schönbauer / Wilhelm Bietak | 108.0 | 87.7 |
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Margit Senf / Peter Göbel | 113.5 | 87.9 |
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Faye Strutt / Jim Watters | 122.5 | 85.3 |
15th |
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Ingeborg Strell / Ferdinand Dedovich | 129.0 | 83.6 |
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Linda Ward / Neil Carpenter | 128.5 | 84.2 |
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Monique Mathys / Yves Aellig | 147.5 | 81.5 |
Date: January 29th
The performances were judged by nine judges.
The decision actually wanted 20,000 visitors, especially those from the Federal Republic of Germany with the great hope of gold for Kilius / Bäumler, to experience, but there was only 12,000 space in the ice rink. Nevertheless, they managed to accommodate 13,000 who sat for three hours on concrete in the corridors on stairs.
Since Kilius / Bäumler had signed a professional contract before the Olympic competition and thus violated the amateur statute, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped them of their silver medal . The silver rank then remained vacant for over three decades. In December 1987, the IOC overturned this judgment and restored the original result. Since the medals were not returned by the couples who had meanwhile placed second and third, the IOC decided in 2014 that two couples would receive the silver medal and one couple the bronze medal.
Web links
- Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Medal award on the website of the IOC
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Danzer: Bronze Chance"; Courier Vienna of February 5, 1964, page 9.
- ^ "Calmat failed and was only second, Danzer is fifth" in Kurier Wien on February 7, 1964, page 10.
- ↑ «Schnelldorfer has now made it! Bad luck for Alain Calmat: Two falls »in Kronen-Zeitung of February 7, 1964, page 18.
- ^ "Schnelldorfer with flawless freestyle: Calmat was his first congratulator" in Kronen-Zeitung of February 8, 1964, page 16.
- ^ "Gold medal for the German Schnelldorfer" and "... sobbing silver and bronze together" in Kleine Zeitung Graz No. 32 of February 8, 1964, pages 14 and 17.
- ^ «Dijkstra: Defend Europe! . After duty: burqa threatens Heitzer »; Courier Vienna of February 1, 1964, page 8.
- ↑ «Heitzer with number 26»; Courier Vienna of February 1, 1964, page 8, column 1.
- ^ "Silver for our Regine Heitzer!"; Courier Vienna from February 3, 1964.
- ^ "Sjoukje wants to dance many more winters" and "Silver for Regine Heitzer after a hard fight"; Kleine Zeitung Graz No. 28 of February 4, 1964, pages 15, 16 and 18
- ↑ "German gold dream of Russians destroyed"; Kleine Zeitung Graz No. 25 of January 31, 1964, page 13.
- ↑ Kilius / Bäumler rivals now receive Olympic bronze after all. Focus , November 26, 2014, accessed June 17, 2018 .