1964 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

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The United States participated in the IX. 1964 Olympic Winter Games in Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 89 athletes in all ten disciplines in part, of which 71 men and 18 women. With one gold medal, two silver and four bronze medals, the United States placed sixth in the medal table. Richard McDermott won the only gold in speed skating over 500 meters.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Bill Disney .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Charlie Akers

  20 km individual: 16th place (1: 32: 24.9 h)

• Peter Lahdenpera

  20 km individual: 36th place (1: 43: 04.7 h)

• Paul Renne

  20 km individual: 39th place (1: 46: 45.9 h)

• Bill Spencer

  20 km individual: 30th place (1: 36: 49.8 h)

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Men, twos

• Larry McKillip , Jim Lamy (USA-1)

  5th place (4: 24.60 min)

• Charlie McDonald , Chuck Pandolph (USA-2)

  7th place (4: 25.00 min)

Men, foursome

• Bill Hickey , Reg Benham , Bill Dundon , Chuck Pandolph (USA-1)

  6th place (4: 17.23 min)

• Larry McKillip , Neil Rogers , Mike Baumgartner , Jim Lamy (USA-2)

  not finished in the third race

ice Hockey

Men

Daniel Dilworth Dates Fryberger David Brooks Don Ross Bill Reichart Gary Schmalzbauer Herb Brooks Jim Westby Pat Rupp

Paul Coppo Paul Johnson Roger Christian Tom McCoy Thomas Martin Tom Yurkovich Wayne Meredith Bill Christian

• 5th place

figure skating

Men

• Scott Allen

  Bronze (1873.6)

• Monty Hoyt

  10th place (1755.5)

• Thomas Litz

  6th place (1764.7)

Women

• Peggy Fleming

  6th place (1819.6)

• Christine Haigler

  7th place (1803.8)

• Albertina Noyes

  8th place (1803.8)

Couples

• Cynthia Kauffman & Ronald Kauffman

  8th place (92.8)

• Judianne Fotheringill & Jerry Fotheringill

  7th place (94.7)

• Vivian Joseph & Ronald Joseph

  Bronze (89.2)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Bill Disney

  500 m: 8th place (41.1 s)

• Tom Gray

  500 m: 14th place (41.5 s)

• Richard McDermott

  500 m: gold (40.1 s, Olympic record)

• Eddie Rudolph

  500 m: 6th place (40.9 s)

  1500 m: 26th place (2: 16.8 min)

• Floyd Bedbury

  1500 m: 42nd place (2: 21.3 min)

• Buddy Campbell

  1500 m: 25th place (2: 16.4 min)

• Dick Hunt

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 14.4 min)

  5000 m: 20th place (8: 09.7 min)

• Stan Fail

  5000 m: 38th place (8: 31.9 min)

• Wayne LeBombard

  5000 m: 29th place (8: 21.3 min)

  10,000 m: 30th place (17: 30.6 min)

Women

• Jeanne Ashworth

  500 m: 4th place (46.2 s)

  1000 m: 11th place (1: 38.7 min)

  3000 m: 11th place (5: 30.3 min)

• Mary Lawler

  500 m: 7th place (46.6 s)

  1500 m: 19th place (2: 34.9 min)

• Jan Smith

  500 m: 4th place (46.2 s)

  1000 m: 7th place (1: 36.7 min)

  1500 m: 24th place (2: 37.8 min)

  3000 m: 15th place (5: 24.3 min)

• Barb Lockhart

  1000 m: 10th place (1: 38.6 min)

  3000 m: 23rd place (5: 43.2 min)

• Judy Morstein

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 33.3 min)

• Sylvia White

  3000 m: 21st place (5: 42.7 min)

Nordic combination

• John Bower

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 15th place (403.76)

• Jim Page

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): competition not finished

• Jim Shea

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 27th place (346.76)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• George Farmer

  29th place (4: 16.60 min)

• Francis Feltman

  13th place (3: 35.05 min)

• Mike Hessel

  22nd place (3: 43.30 min)

• Tom Neely

  17th place (3: 40.18 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Ray Fales , Nicholas Mastromatteo

  13th place (2: 11.93 min)

• Jim Higgins , Ron Walters

  not finished in the first run of the race

Alpine skiing

Men

• Chuck Ferries

  Departure: 20th place (2: 23.00 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Billy Kidd

  Downhill: 16th place (2: 21.82 min)

  Giant Slalom: 7th place (1: 49.97 min)

  Slalom: Silver (2: 11.27 min)

• Ni Orsi

  Downhill: 14th place (2: 21.59 min)

• Wallace Werner

  Downhill: 17th place (2: 22.05 min)

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: 8th place (2: 13.46 min)

• Jimmy Heuga

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: Bronze (2: 11.52 min)

• Bill Marolt

  Giant Slalom: 12th place (1: 51.29 min)

Women

• Joan Hannah

  Downhill: 15th place (2: 01.88 min)

  Giant Slalom: 26th place (2: 03.79 min)

  Slalom: 19th place (1: 47.39 min)

• Jean Saubert

  Downhill: 26th place (2: 04.22 min)

  Giant Slalom: Silver (1: 53.11 min)

  Slalom: Bronze (1: 31.36 min)

• Krista Fanedl

  Downhill: 31st place (2: 04.22 min)

  Giant Slalom: 37th place (2: 10.76 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Krista Fanedl

  Downhill: 31st place (2: 04.22 min)

  Giant Slalom: 37th place (2: 10.76 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Margo Walters

  Downhill: 21st place (2: 02.68 min)

• Starr Walton

  Downhill: 14th place (2: 01.45 min)

• Barbara Ferries

  Giant Slalom: 20th place (1: 59.44 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Linda Meyers

  Giant Slalom: 30th place (2: 03.46 min)

  Slalom: 12th place (1: 37.93 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Karl Bohlin

  15 km: 47th place (57: 54.0 min)

• John Bower

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (2: 39: 17.3 h)

• Larry Damon

  30 km: 46th place (1: 42: 57.7 h)

  50 km: 28th place (3: 05: 06.4 h)

• Mike Elliott

  15 km: 41st place (56: 51.8 min)

  30 km: 30th place (1: 40: 11.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (2: 39: 17.3 h)

• Mike Gallagher

  15 km: 38th place (56: 19.4 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (2: 39: 17.3 h)

• Jim Shea

  30 km: 48th place (1: 43: 18.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (2: 39: 17.3 h)

• Dick Taylor

  15 km: 49th place (58: 19.6 min)

  30 km: 42nd place (1: 42: 39.5 h)

  50 km: 34th place (3: 09: 58.3 h)

Ski jumping

• John Balfanz

  Normal hill: 10th place (206.5)

  Large hill: 41st place (180.2)

• Dave Hicks

  Normal hill: 41st place (190.3)

  Large hill: 29th place (195.3)

• Gene Kotlarek

  Normal hill: 14th place (203.4)

  Large hill: 24th place (197.5)

• Ansten Samuelstuen

  Normal hill: 24th place (200.4)

  Large hill: 33rd place (189.0)

Web links

• United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )