1964 Winter Olympics
9th edition of Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9 1964. The games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, [1] a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics.
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Host city | Innsbruck, Austria | ||
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Nations | 36 | ||
Athletes | 1,091 (892 men, 199 women) | ||
Events | 34 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) | ||
Opening | 29 January | ||
Closing | 9 February | ||
Opened by | President Adolf Schärf | ||
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Stadium | Bergisel | ||
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The games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and a British luge slider, during training, and by the deaths, 3 years earlier, of the entire US figure skating team and family members.