| Figure skating at the IX Winter Olympics | |
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| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Manfred Schnelldorfer (EUA) | |
Ladies' singles: Sjoukje Dijkstra | |
Pairs: Liudmila Belousova /Oleg Protopopov | |
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Figure skating at the1964 Winter Olympics took place at theOlympiahalle inInnsbruck, Austria. There were three events contested: men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.[1]
On February 15, 1961, the entireUnited States figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed whenSabena Flight 548 crashed inBrussels, Belgium, en route to the World Championships inPrague. 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]
| 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 | |
Austria (10) Canada (12)
Czechoslovakia (8) France (5) United Team of Germany (12)
Great Britain (5)
Hungary (2)
Italy (2)
Japan (4) Netherlands (2)
Norway (2) Soviet Union (5)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (8) United States (12)Referee:
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Judges:
Adolf WalkerGérard Rodrigues HenriquesGeoffrey S. YatesSonia Bianchetti
William LewisFranz WojtanowskyjEmil SkákalaArdelle SandersonSergei Vasiliev
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Assistant referee:
Judges:
Ernst BauchNéri ValdesPamela Davis
Masao HasegawaSuzanne FrancisC. Paul EngelfrietEdwin KucharzGunvor Toreskog
Walter Fritz (CF only)Emil Skákala (FS only)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]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liudmila Belousova /Oleg Protopopov | Soviet Union | 104.4 | 13 |
| 2 | Marika Kilius /Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | United Team of Germany | 103.6 | 15 |
| 2 | Debbi Wilkes /Guy Revell | Canada | 98.5 | 35.5 |
| 3 | Vivian Joseph /Ronald Joseph | United States | 98.2 | 35.5 |
| 5 | Tatiana Zhuk /Alexander Gavrilov | Soviet Union | 96.6 | 45 |
| 6 | Gerda Johner /Rüdi Johner | Switzerland | 95.4 | 56 |
| 7 | Judianne Fotheringill /Jerry Fotheringill | United States | 94.7 | 69.5 |
| 8 | Cynthia Kauffman /Ronald Kauffman | United States | 92.8 | 74 |
| 9 | Agnesa Wlachovská /Peter Bartosiewicz | Czechoslovakia | 91.8 | 84 |
| 10 | Milada Kubíková /Jaroslav Votruba | Czechoslovakia | 88.9 | 97 |
| 11 | Brigitte Wokoeck /Heinz-Ulrich Walther | United Team of Germany | 88.8 | 103.5 |
| 12 | Gerlinde Schönbauer /Wilhelm Bietak | Austria | 87.7 | 108 |
| 13 | Margit Senf /Peter Göbel | United Team of Germany | 87.9 | 113.5 |
| 14 | Faye Strutt /Jim Watters | Canada | 85.3 | 122.5 |
| 15 | Inge Strell /Ferry Dedovich | Austria | 83.6 | 129 |
| 16 | Linda Ann Ward /Neil Carpenter | Canada | 84.2 | 128.5 |
| 17 | Monique Mathys /Yves Ällig | Switzerland | 81.5 | 147.5 |
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Erika SchiechtlNéri ValdesMichele BeltramiSuzanne FrancisC. Paul EngelfrietHans MeixnerWalter FritzDagmar ŘehákováMary Louise WrightSergei VasilievThe plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.
