Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenueAxamer Lizum
DateFebruary 6
Competitors43 from 15 nations
Winning time1:55.39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christl Haas  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edith Zimmermann  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Traudl Hecher  Austria
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Alpine skiing at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Women's Downhill
LocationAxamer Lizum
Vertical   705 m (2,313 ft)
Top elevation2,310 m (7,579 ft)  
Base elevation1,605 m (5,266 ft)

The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Thursday, 6 February.[1][2]

The defending world champion was Christl Haas of Austria;[3] she won the event and led a sweep of the medals for the home country, as Edith Zimmermann took the silver.[4][5][6] Traudl Hecher also won the bronze medal in the 1960 downhill at age 16: her daughter Elisabeth Görgl won the same medal in the same event in 2010.

The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,310 m (7,579 ft), and the vertical drop was 705 m (2,313 ft).[1] The course length was 2.510 km (1.56 mi) and Haas' winning run of 115.39 seconds resulted in an average speed of 78.308 km/h (48.7 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.110 m/s (20.0 ft/s).

Results

Thursday, 6 February 1964

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 13 Christl Haas  Austria 1:55.39 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11 Edith Zimmermann  Austria 1:56.42 +1.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Traudl Hecher  Austria 1:56.66 +1.27
4 2 Heidi Biebl  United Team of Germany 1:57.87 +2.48
5 7 Barbi Henneberger  United Team of Germany 1:58.03 +2.64
6 1 Madeleine Bochatay  France 1:59.11 +3.72
7 5 Nancy Greene  Canada 1:59.23 +3.84
8 9 Christine Terraillon  France 1:59.66 +4.27
9 10 Annie Famose  France 1:59.86 +4.47
10 14 Marielle Goitschel  France 2:00.77 +5.38
11 28 Giustina Demetz  Italy 2:01.20 +5.81
12 20 Burgl Färbinger  United Team of Germany 2:01.23 +5.84
13 12 Patricia du Roy de Blicquy  Belgium 2:01.41 +6.02
14 8 Starr Walton  United States 2:01.45 +6.06
15 21 Joan Hannah  United States 2:01.88 +6.49
16 45 Gina Hathorn  Great Britain 2:02.20 +6.81
17 31 Heidi Obrecht  Switzerland 2:02.23 +6.84
18 6 Pia Riva  Italy 2:02.25 +6.86
19 3 Theres Obrecht  Switzerland 2:02.41 +7.02
20 17 Ruth Adolf  Switzerland 2:02.59 +7.20
21 23 Margo Walters  United States 2:02.68 +7.29
22 27 Edda Kainz  Austria 2:02.69 +7.30
23 29 Heidi Mittermaier  United Team of Germany 2:03.05 +7.66
24 24 Linda Crutchfield  Canada 2:03.10 +7.71
25 26 Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi  Italy 2:03.38 +7.99
26 15 Jean Saubert  United States 2:03.79 +8.40
27 49 Christine Smith  Australia 2:03.82 +8.43
28 42 Karen Dokka  Canada 2:04.04 +8.65
29 38 Liv Jagge  Norway 2:04.07 +8.68
30 44 Divina Galica  Great Britain 2:04.10 +8.71
31 18 Inge Senoner  Italy 2:04.22 +8.83
31 41 Krista Fanedl  Yugoslavia 2:04.22 +8.83
33 22 Majda Ankele  Yugoslavia 2:04.46 +9.07
34 25 Nancy Holland  Canada 2:04.53 +9.14
35 30 Tania Heald  Great Britain 2:04.82 +9.43
36 46 Dikke Eger  Norway 2:05.10 +9.71
37 50 Yevgeniya Kabina  Soviet Union 2:05.19 +9.80
38 39 Anna Asheshov  Great Britain 2:05.41 +10.02
39 40 Galina Sidorova  Soviet Union 2:08.32 +12.93
40 48 Stalina Demidova  Soviet Union 2:09.28 +13.89
41 43 Maria Szatkowska  Poland 2:11.75 +16.36
42 51 Judy Forras  Australia 2:13.83 +18.44
43 52 Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári  Hungary 2:22.22 +26.83
19 Fernande Bochatay  Switzerland DNS
Source[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964". Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's Downhill". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ "1962 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Saubert fails in bid for Olympic third medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 6, 1964. p. 1D.
  5. ^ Thornberry, Henry W. (February 6, 1964). "Saubert gets 26th in downhill, Walton 14th; Austrians win". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. p. 7.
  6. ^ Smits, Ted (February 7, 1964). "Three-pronged disaster hits American Olympic team". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 16.