Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Prior to the tournament it was determined that there would be a spot allocated for an Asia/Oceanic representative. Also, for the third (and final time) East played West to decide the German representative in the Olympic hockey tournament.

• November 23, 1963
  • Japan 17–1 Australia
• November 26, 1963
  • Japan 17–6 Australia
• December 6, 1963
  • West Germany 4–4 East Germany
• December 8, 1963
  • East Germany 3–4 West Germany

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st–8th places. Teams which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th–16th places. Countries were seeded (roughly) from their placement at the 1963 World Ice Hockey Championships. Switzerland was the only 'B' pool team to win, defeating Norway who was also from the 'B' pool.

• January 27
  • Switzerland 5–1 Norway
  • Canada 14–1 Yugoslavia
• January 28
  • USSR 19–1 Hungary
  • Czechoslovakia 17–2 Japan
  • Sweden 12–2 Italy
  • USA 7–2 Romania
  • Germany (UTG) 2–1 Poland
  • Austria 2–8 Finland

Sweden, Czechoslovakia and Canada finished with identical records of five wins and two losses. Canada thought they had won the bronze medal based on the goal differential in the three games among the tied countries. When they attended the presentation of the Olympic medals, they were disappointed to learn they had finished in fourth place based on the Olympics tie-breaking procedure of goal differential from all seven games played. Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) president Art Potter and the Canadian players accused International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Bunny Ahearne of making a last-minute decision to change the rules and take away a medal from Canada,[2][6][7] and The Canadian Press quoted Ahearne as stating that the IIHF decided on a tie-breaking procedure with 10 minutes remaining in the final game.[8][9]

Father Bauer was awarded a gold medal for his example of good sportsmanship in the stick-throwing incident.[10][2][6] Later that night, the Canadian players gathered in his room where Marshall Johnston summarized the team's feeling that, "The shepherd and his flock have been fleeced".[10][8][7] At the CAHA general meeting in May 1964, Ahearne clarified that the decision to place Canada fourth in the standings was supported by the IIHF statutes and that no rules were changed. Former CAHA president and past IIHF president Robert Lebel agreed that the correct decision was made despite the accusations.[11]

In April 2005, the IIHF was reported by The Canadian Press to have admitted to a mistake in 1964 and voted to retroactively award a bronze medal in the 1964 World Championship (but not the 1964 Olympics which had different rules) to Canada. In June 2005, the IIHF voted against the reversal. IIHF vice-president Murray Costello, stated had the reversal been carried out it would have set a precedent for other past decisions to be questioned.[12]

Medal	Team
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Sweden
Bronze	Czechoslovakia

Soviet postage stamp commemorating the USSR's victory

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Sweden
3.  Czechoslovakia
4.  Canada
5.  United States
6.  Finland
7.  Germany
8.   Switzerland
9.  Poland
10.  Norway
11.  Japan
12.  Romania
13.  Austria
14.  Yugoslavia
15.  Italy
16.  Hungary

1.  Soviet Union
2.  Sweden
3.  Czechoslovakia
4.  Germany
5.  Finland
6.   Switzerland

• Oliver, Greg (2017). Father Bauer and the Great Experiment: The Genesis of Canadian Olympic Hockey. Toronto, Ontario: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77041-249-1.
• McKinley, Michael (2014). It's Our Game: Celebrating 100 Years Of Hockey Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-670-06817-3.