Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics was a special winter sport event that brought together athletes from around the world. It happened in a place called Seefeld in Tirol from February 2nd to 3rd.

In this event, athletes had to do two things: ski jumping and cross-country skiing. This combination of skills made Nordic combined unique and exciting to watch.

The 1964 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria, and many countries sent their best skiers to compete. This was one of the early times that Nordic combined was part of the Olympic Games, helping to make it more popular around the world.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	1	0	0	1
2	Soviet Union	0	1	0	1
3	United Team of Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Individual

In the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics, athletes took part in three ski jumps on a normal hill. Their lowest jump score was dropped, and they then raced a 15-kilometre cross-country course. The scores from both the jumps and the race were added together, and the athlete with the highest total points won a gold medal.

Rank	Name	Country	Ski jumping					Cross-country			Total
			Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
	Tormod Knutsen	Norway	120.8	118.1	110.2	238.9	2	50:58.6	230.38	4	469.28
	Nikolay Kiselyov	Soviet Union	113.9	94.1	119.1	233.0	3	51:49.1	220.04	8	453.04
	Georg Thoma	United Team of Germany	122.0	119.1	112.7	241.1	1	52:31.2	211.78	10	452.88
4	Nikolay Gusakov	Soviet Union	100.3	103.4	120.0	223.4	7	51:19.8	225.96	5	449.36
5	Arne Larsen	Norway	96.5	101.8	81.2	198.3	17	50:49.6	232.33	3	430.63
6	Arne Barhaugen	Norway	95.7	91.6	95.6	191.3	20	50:40.4	234.33	2	425.63
7	Vyacheslav Dryagin	Soviet Union	95.9	101.8	114.4	216.2	10	52:58.3	206.55	12	422.75
8	Ezio Damolin	Italy	99.5	90.9	98.6	198.1	18	51:42.3	221.44	7	419.54
9	Rainer Dietel	United Team of Germany	114.5	109.3	108.3	223.8	6	54:07.3	193.34	15	417.14
10	Willy Köstinger	Austria	113.8	101.0	111.7	225.5	5	54:35.5	188.18	18	413.68
11	Bjørn Wirkola	Norway	101.9	101.0	115.3	217.2	9	53:51.9	196.34	14	413.54
12	Alois Kälin	Switzerland	61.7	81.6	78.3	159.9	28	49:12.8	253.33	1	413.23
13	Štefan Olekšák	Czechoslovakia	94.8	91.0	88.6	185.8	24	51:29.5	223.98	6	409.78
14	Erwin Fiedor	Poland	105.4	113.7	97.1	219.1	8	54:41.3	187.06	19	406.16
15	John Bower	United States	90.9	90.8	100.2	191.1	21	52:26.4	212.66	9	403.76
16	Roland Weißpflog	United Team of Germany	101.3	117.1	115.3	232.4	4	56:18.2	169.30	23	401.70
17	Horst Möhwald	United Team of Germany	97.0	89.4	92.2	189.2	23	52:56.2	206.98	11	396.18
18	Enzo Perin	Italy	81.6	102.6	97.8	200.4	15	54:17.7	191.42	17	391.82
19	Waldemar Heigenhauser	Austria	105.4	105.0	83.7	210.4	11	56:24.1	168.32	25	378.72
20	Takashi Fujisawa	Japan	99.8	108.3	96.4	208.1	12	56:31.0	167.12	26	375.22
21	Josef Kutheil	Czechoslovakia	105.4	92.5	102.6	208.0	13	56:58.3	162.36	28	370.36
22	Erkki Luiro	Finland	103.5	101.8	103.5	207.0	14	56:57.3	162.50	27	369.50
23	Raimo Majuri	Finland	91.5	99.4	93.3	192.7	19	55:44.5	175.52	21	368.22
24	Miloslav Švaříček	Czechoslovakia	91.3	96.2	103.6	199.8	16	57:16.7	159.08	30	358.88
25	Esa Klinga	Finland	94.4	77.3	78.7	173.1	26	55:22.4	179.49	20	352.59
26	Raimo Partanen	Finland	83.9	72.7	54.0	156.6	29	54:15.9	191.78	16	348.38
27	Jim Shea	United States	72.1	69.2	58.4	141.3	31	53:04.2	205.46	13	346.76
28	Leopold Kohl	Austria	82.2	74.9	99.4	181.6	25	57:09.8	160.26	29	341.86
29	Franz Scherübl	Austria	75.2	76.6	93.0	169.6	27	56:19.9	169.00	24	338.60
30	Eiichi Tanaka	Japan	89.7	90.0	100.2	190.2	22	58:23.9	147.30	31	337.50
31	Akemi Taniguchi	Japan	39.7	81.8	38.0	121.5	32	56:14.1	170.01	22	291.51
-	Jim Page	United States	80.1	71.4	72.2	152.3	30	DNS	-	-	-

Participating NOCs

Eleven nations took part in the Nordic combined event at the Innsbruck Games.

•  Austria (4)
•  Czechoslovakia (3)
•  Finland (4)
•  United Team of Germany (4)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (3)
•  Norway (4)
•  Poland (1)
•  Soviet Union (3)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  United States (3)