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
 Christl Haas  Austria
 Edith Zimmermann  Austria
 Traudl Hecher  Austria
Alpine skiing at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Women's Downhill
Location Axamer Lizum
Vertical    705 m (2,313 ft)
Top elevation 2,310 m (7,579 ft)  
Base elevation 1,605 m (5,266 ft)

The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum.[1]

The defending world champion was Christl Haas of Austria.[2] She won the event and lead a sweep of the medals for Austria on home snow. 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.

Results

[1]

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) Christl Haas Austria 1:55.39 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Edith Zimmermann Austria 1:56.42 +1.03
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Traudl Hecher Austria 1:56.66 +1.27
4 Heidi Biebl United Team of Germany 1:57.87 +2.48
5 Barbi Henneberger United Team of Germany 1:58.03 +2.64
6 Madeleine Bochatay France 1:59.11 +3.72
7 Nancy Greene Canada 1:59.23 +3.84
8 Christine Terraillon France 1:59.66 +4.27
9 Annie Famose France 1:59.86 +4.47
10 Marielle Goitschel France 2:00.77 +5.38
11 Giustina Demetz Italy 2:01.20 +5.81
12 Burgl Färbinger United Team of Germany 2:01.23 +5.84
13 Patricia du Roy de Blicquy Belgium 2:01.41 +6.02
14 Starr Walton United States 2:01.45 +6.06
15 Joan Hannah United States 2:01.88 +6.49
16 Gina Hathorn Great Britain 2:02.20 +6.81
17 Heidi Obrecht Switzerland 2:02.23 +6.84
18 Pia Riva Italy 2:02.25 +6.86
19 Theres Obrecht Switzerland 2:02.41 +7.02
20 Ruth Adolf Switzerland 2:02.59 +7.20
21 Margo Walters United States 2:02.68 +7.29
22 Edda Kainz Austria 2:02.69 +7.30
23 Heidi Mittermaier United Team of Germany 2:03.05 +7.66
24 Linda Crutchfield-Bocock Canada 2:03.10 +7.71
25 Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi Italy 2:03.38 +7.99
26 Jean Saubert United States 2:03.79 +8.40
27 Christine Smith Australia 2:03.82 +8.43
28 Karen Dokka Canada 2:04.04 +8.65
29 Liv Jagge-Christiansen Norway 2:04.07 +8.68
30 Divina Galica Great Britain 2:04.10 +8.71
31 Inge Senoner Italy2:04.22 +8.83
Krista Fanedl Yugoslavia
33 Majda Ankele Yugoslavia 2:04.46 +9.07
34 Nancy Holland Canada 2:04.53 +9.14
35 Tania Heald Great Britain 2:04.82 +9.43
36 Dikke Eger-Bergman Norway 2:05.10 +9.71
37 Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova Soviet Union 2:05.19 +9.80
38 Anna Asheshov Great Britain 2:05.41 +10.02
39 Galina Sidorova Soviet Union 2:08.32 +12.93
40 Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina Soviet Union 2:09.28 +13.89
41 Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska Poland 2:11.75 +16.36
42 Judy Forras Australia 2:13.83 +18.44
43 Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári Hungary 2:22.22 +26.83

References

  1. 1 2 "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 January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1962 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.

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