1964 Winter Olympics medal table

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially called the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a big international sports event for winter sports. They took place in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9. Over a thousand athletes from 36 countries joined in, including India, Mongolia, and North Korea, who were participating in the Winter Olympics for the very first time.

These games included 34 different events in 6 sports, with Luge making its Olympic debut. Athletes from 14 countries won medals, and 11 of those countries got at least one gold medal. The Soviet Union led with the most gold medals, earning 11, and the most total medals, with 25.

Some exciting moments included the Netherlands winning its first ever gold medal at the Winter Games in women’s figure skating, and North Korea earning its first medal, a silver, in women's 3,000 metres speed skating. One standout athlete was Soviet speed skater Lidiya Skoblikova, who won four gold medals—the most of any individual competitor.

Medal table

The medal table shows which countries won the most medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics. It is based on information from the International Olympic Committee. Countries are ranked first by how many gold medals their athletes won, then by silver medals, and finally by bronze medals. If countries have the same number of medals, they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.

At these games, athletes tied in three events. In the women's 3000 metres speed skating and women's giant slalom events, two athletes tied for second place. This meant two silver medals were given out and no bronze medals. In the men's 500 metres speed skating event, three athletes tied for second place, so three silver medals were given and no bronze medal was awarded.

Key

 ‡  Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (Austria)

1964 Winter Olympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	8	6	25
2	Austria*	4	5	3	12
3	Norway	3	6	6	15
4	Finland	3	4	3	10
5	France	3	4	0	7
6	United Team of Germany‡	3	3	3	9
7	Sweden	3	3	1	7
8	United States‡	1	2	4	7
9	Canada‡	1	1	1	3
10	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
11	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
12	Italy	0	1	3	4
13	North Korea	0	1	0	1
14	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		34	39	31	104

Changes in medal standings

List of official changes in medal standings

Year of change	Sport/event	Athlete (NOC)			Net change	Comment
1966	Figure skating, pairs	Marika Kilius (EUA) DSQ  Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (EUA) DSQ	−1		−1	At the 1964 Olympics, Kilius/Bäumler, Wilkes/Revell, and Joseph/Joseph placed second, third, and fourth respectively. In 1966, Kilius/Bäumler's were disqualified after it was discovered that they had signed professional contracts during the Olympics. At the time, only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games. The silver medals were then awarded to Wilkes/Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph/Joseph.
		Debbi Wilkes (CAN)  Guy Revell (CAN)	+1	−1	0
		Vivian Joseph (USA)  Ronald Joseph (USA)		+1	+1
1987		Marika Kilius (EUA)  Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (EUA)	+1		+1	After a successful appeal by the German IOC, arguing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but had not been exposed and disqualified, Kilius and Bäumler were re-awarded the silvers in 1987. The placements of Wilkes/Revell and Joseph/Joseph remained unclear for many years, as neither pair had been asked to return their medals. In December 2013, the IOC clarified that, since 1987, the intended result was meant to reflect that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalists and the Americans are the bronze medalists.

List of official changes by country

NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Net change
Canada		+1	−1	0
United Team of Germany		−1		0
		+1
United States			+1	+1