Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
| Speed skating at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Pictogram for speed skating | |
| Venue | Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck |
| Date | 30 January – 7 February 1964 |
| No. of events | 8 |
| Competitors | 134 from 22 nations |
| Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 | |
The Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by Lidiya Skoblikova, who swept the women's events.
North Korea's Han Pil-Hwa was the first medalist for her country in the Olympics, and the first Asian woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.
Skoblikova easily led the individual medal table, while Knut Johannesen was the most successful male skater with one gold and one bronze medal.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Terry McDermott United States | 40.1 (OR) |
Alv Gjestvang Norway Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union | 40.6 | none awarded | |
| 1500 metres |
Ants Antson Soviet Union | 2:10.3 | Kees Verkerk Netherlands | 2:10.6 | Villy Haugen Norway | 2:11.2 |
| 5000 metres |
Knut Johannesen Norway | 7:38.4 (OR) |
Per Ivar Moe Norway | 7:38.6 | Fred Anton Maier Norway | 7:42.0 |
| 10,000 metres |
Jonny Nilsson Sweden | 15:50.1 | Fred Anton Maier Norway | 16:06.0 | Knut Johannesen Norway | 16:06.3 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 45.0 (OR) |
Irina Yegorova Soviet Union | 45.4 | Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union | 45.5 |
| 1000 metres |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 1:33.2 (OR) |
Irina Yegorova Soviet Union | 1:34.3 | Kaija Mustonen Finland | 1:34.8 |
| 1500 metres |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 2:22.6 (OR) |
Kaija Mustonen Finland | 2:25.5 | Berta Kolokoltseva Soviet Union | 2:27.1 |
| 3000 metres |
Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 5:14.9 | Han Pil-Hwa North Korea Valentina Stenina Soviet Union | 5:18.5 | none awarded | |
Records
Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck.[3][4]
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 500 metres | 4 February | Terry McDermott (USA) | 40.1 | OR | |
| Men's 5000 metres | 5 February | Knut Johannesen (NOR) | 7:38.4 | OR | |
| Women's 500 metres | 30 January | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 45.0 | OR | |
| Women's 1000 metres | 1 February | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 1:33.2 | OR | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 31 January | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 2:22.6 | OR |
Participating NOCs
Twenty-two nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck. Mongolia and North Korea made their Olympic speed skating debuts.
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Canada (4)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Denmark (1)- Finland (10)
France (3)
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United Team of Germany (13)
Hungary (3)
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Japan (8)- North Korea (9)
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Mongolia (3)- Netherlands (5)
- Norway (9)
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Poland (3)- Soviet Union (16)
- Sweden (10)
Switzerland (3)- United States (15)
References
- "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- "Speed Skating at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
