Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
| Cross-country skiing at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Seefeld |
| Dates | January 29 – February 9 |
| No. of events | 7 |
| Competitors | 151 from 24 nations |
| Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 5 km | women | |
| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | |
| 30 km | men | |
| 50 km | men | |
| Relay | men | women |
At the 1964 Winter Olympics seven cross-country skiing events – four for men and three for women – were contested. The events began on January 30, 1964, in Seefeld, Austria. The women's 5 km race debuted at this Olympics.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Men's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km |
Eero Mäntyranta Finland |
50:54.1 | Harald Grønningen Norway |
51:34.8 | Sixten Jernberg Sweden |
51:42.2 |
| 30 km |
Eero Mäntyranta Finland |
1:30:50.7 | Harald Grønningen Norway |
1:32:02.3 | Igor Voronchikhin Soviet Union |
1:32:15.8 |
| 50 km |
Sixten Jernberg Sweden |
2:43:52.6 | Assar Rönnlund Sweden |
2:44:58.2 | Arto Tiainen Finland |
2:45:30.4 |
| 4 × 10 km relay |
Sweden (SWE) Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund |
2:18:34.6 | Finland (FIN) Väinö Huhtala Arto Tiainen Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta |
2:18:42.4 | Soviet Union (URS) Ivan Utrobin Gennady Vaganov Igor Voronchikhin Pavel Kolchin |
2:18:46.9 |
Women's events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km |
Klavdiya Boyarskikh Soviet Union |
17:50.5 | Mirja Lehtonen Finland |
17:52.9 | Alevtina Kolchina Soviet Union |
18:08.4 |
| 10 km |
Klavdiya Boyarskikh Soviet Union |
40:24.3 | Yevdokiya Mekshilo Soviet Union |
40:26.6 | Maria Gusakova Soviet Union |
40:46.6 |
| 3 × 5 km relay |
Soviet Union (URS) Alevtina Kolchina Yevdokiya Mekshilo Klavdiya Boyarskikh |
59:20.2 | Sweden (SWE) Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson |
1:01:27.0 | Finland (FIN) Senja Pusula Toini Pöysti Mirja Lehtonen |
1:02:45.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
