Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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.[2]

Ski jumping
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for ski jumping
VenueBergiselschanze (large hill) & Seefeld (normal hill)
Dates31 January – 9 February
Competitors66 from 17 nations
Ski jumping at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Normal hillmen
Large hillmen

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)1124
2 Finland (FIN)1102
Totals (2 nations)2226

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
Veikko Kankkonen
 Finland		229.9 Toralf Engan
 Norway		226.3 Torgeir Brandtzæg
 Norway		222.9
Large hill
Toralf Engan
 Norway		230.7 Veikko Kankkonen
 Finland		228.9 Torgeir Brandtzæg
 Norway		227.2

Participating NOCs

Fifteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Innsbruck Games.[1]

References
  1. "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 28 January 2014.
  2. "Ski Jumping at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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