Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping
at the IX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for ski jumping
VenueBergiselschanze (large hill) & Seefeld (normal hill)
DatesJanuary 31-February 9
Competitors66 from 17 nations

Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 31 January to 9 February, with the large hill event taking place at Bergiselschanze, and the normal hill event at Seefeld.[1] For the first time at the olympics, more than one ski jumping event was contested, with the addition of a large hill competition.

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway (NOR) 1 1 2 4
2  Finland (FIN) 1 1 0 2
Total 2 2 2 6

Norway led the medal table with four, one gold. Since this was the first Olympics with more than one ski jumping event, the four ski jumping medals were the highest for any nation in Olympic history to that point.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill individual
 Veikko Kankkonen
Finland (FIN) 		229.9  Toralf Engan
Norway (NOR) 		226.3  Torgeir Brandtzæg
Norway (NOR) 		222.9
Large hill individual
 Toralf Engan
Norway (NOR) 		232.0  Veikko Kankkonen
Finland (FIN) 		228.9  Torgeir Brandtzæg
Norway (NOR) 		226.4

Participating NOCs

[1]

Fifteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Innsbruck Games.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.

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