United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics
# United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Terry McDermott | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | February 4 |
| Silver | Jean Saubert | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | February 3 |
| Silver | Billy Kidd | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | February 8 |
| Bronze | Ronald Joseph Vivian Joseph | Figure skating | Pairs | January 29 |
| Bronze | Jean Saubert | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | February 1 |
| Bronze | Scott Allen | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 6 |
| Bronze | James Heuga | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | February 8 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28.6% |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 100% |

Multiple medalists :

| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jean Saubert | Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Alpine skiing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chuck Ferries | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:23.00 | 20 |
| Billy Kidd | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:21.82 | 16 |
| Ni Orsi | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:21.59 | 14 |
| Buddy Werner | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:22.05 | 17 |
| Jimmy Heuga | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Billy Kidd | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:49.97 | 7 |
| Bill Marolt | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:51.29 | 12 |
| Buddy Werner | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Chuck Ferries | Slalom | 55.17 | 25 QF | Bye | Bye | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Jimmy Heuga | Slalom | 52.45 | 4 QF | Bye | Bye | 1:10.16 | 3 | 1:01.36 | 3 | 2:11.52 | |
| Billy Kidd | Slalom | 53.73 | 11 QF | Bye | Bye | 1:10.96 | 6 | 1:00.31 | 2 | 2:11.27 | |
| Buddy Werner | Slalom | 53.19 | 5 QF | Bye | Bye | 1:11.64 | 9 | 1:01.82 | 6 | 2:13.46 | 8 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Joan Hannah | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:01.88 | 15 |
| Jean Saubert | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:03.79 | 26 |
| Margo Walters | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:02.68 | 21 |
| Starr Walton | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 2:01.45 | 14 |
| Barbara Ferries | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:59.44 | 20 |
| Joan Hannah | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:01.97 | 26 |
| Linda Meyers | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:03.46 | 30 |
| Jean Saubert | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:53.11 | |
| Barbara Ferries | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Joan Hannah | Slalom | 51.36 | 22 | 56.03 | 22 | 1:47.39 | 19 |
| Linda Meyers | Slalom | 47.02 | 12 | 50.91 | 12 | 1:37.93 | 12 |
| Jean Saubert | Slalom | 44.78 | 6 | 46.58 | 2 | 1:31.36 | |

## Biathlon

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Charlie Akers | Individual | 1:32:24.9 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 16 |
| Peter Lahdenpera | Individual | 1:43:04.7 | 8 (0+3+3+2) | 36 |
| Paul Renne | Individual | 1:46:45.9 | 6 (3+1+1+1) | 39 |
| Bill Spencer | Individual | 1:36:49.8 | 4 (3+0+0+1) | 30 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Charlie McDonald Chuck Pandolph | Two-man | 1:05.97 | 6 | 1:05.85 | 4 | 1:06.16 | 7 | 1:07.02 | 9 | 4:25.00 | 7 |
| Larry McKillip Jim Lamy | Two-man | 1:06.17 | 7 | 1:06.34 | 7 | 1:05.84 | 5 | 1:06.25 | 4 | 4:24.60 | 5 |
| Bill Hickey Reg Benham Bill Dundon Chuck Pandolph | Four-man | 1:03.90 | 4 | 1:04.11 | 7 | 1:04.43 | 6 | 1:04.79 | 11 | 4:17.23 | 6 |
| Larry McKillip Neil Rogers Mike Baumgartner Jim Lamy | Four-man | 1:03.92 | 5 | 1:04.22 | 8 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Karl Bohlin | Men's 15 km | 57:54.0 | 47 |
| Mike Elliott | Men's 15 km | 56:51.8 | 41 |
| Mike Gallagher | Men's 15 km | 56:19.4 | 38 |
| Dick Taylor | Men's 15 km | 58:19.6 | 49 |
| Larry Damon | Men's 30 km | 1:42:57.7 | 46 |
| Mike Elliott | Men's 30 km | 1:40:11.7 | 30 |
| Jim Shea | Men's 30 km | 1:43:18.4 | 48 |
| Dick Taylor | Men's 30 km | 1:42:39.5 | 42 |
| Larry Damon | Men's 50 km | 3:05:06.4 | 28 |
| Dick Taylor | Men's 50 km | 3:09:58.3 | 34 |
| John Bower Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Jim Shea | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 2:39:17.3 | 13 |

## Figure skating

On February 15, 1961, the entire United States figure skating team and several family members, coaches, and officials were killed when Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the World Championships in Prague. The accident caused the cancellation of the 1961 World Championships and necessitated the building of a new American skating program. Although American figure skaters were still too young in 1964 (most were aged 15 or lower), they still managed to win two medals.

Individual

| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Scott Allen | Men's singles | 4 | 4 | 1873.6 | 26 | |
| Monty Hoyt | Men's singles | 6 | 12 | 1755.5 | 81 | 10 |
| Thomas Litz | Men's singles | 13 | 2 | 1764.7 | 77 | 6 |
| Peggy Fleming | Ladies' singles | 8 | 6 | 1819.6 | 59 | 6 |
| Christine Haigler | Ladies' singles | 6 | 15 | 1803.8 | 74 | 7 |
| Albertina Noyes | Ladies' singles | 9 | 7 | 1798.9 | 73 | 8 |

Pairs

| Athlete | Event | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Judianne Fotheringill Jerry Fotheringill | Pairs | 94.7 | 69.5 | 7 |
| Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman | Pairs | 92.8 | 74 | 8 |
| Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph | Pairs | 89.2 | 35.5 | |

## Ice hockey

Summary

| Team | Event | First round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Romania W 7–2 | Soviet Union L 1–5 | Germany W 8–0 | Sweden L 4–7 | Canada L 6–8 | Czechoslovakia L 1–7 | Finland L 2–3 | Switzerland W 7–3 | 5 |

Roster

* Dan Dilworth
* Dates Fryberger
* David Brooks
* Don Ross
* Bill Reichart
* Gary Schmalzbauer
* Herb Brooks
* Jim Westby
* Pat Rupp
* Paul Coppo
* Paul Johnson
* Rog Christian
* Tom McCoy
* Red Martin
* Tom Yurkovich
* Wayne Meredith
* Billy Christian

First Round Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| United States | 7–2 | Romania |

Medal Round First place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 |

* USSR 5-1 USA
* USA 8-0 Germany (UTG)
* Sweden 7-4 USA
* Canada 8-6 USA
* Czechoslovakia 7-1 USA
* Finland 3-2 USA
* USA 7-3 Switzerland

## Luge

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| George Farmer | Men's singles | 56.78 | 25 | 1:26.81 | 31 | 57.00 | 24 | 56.01 | 23 | 4:16.60 | 29 |
| Francis Feltman | Men's singles | 52.91 | 7 | 53.43 | 13 | 54.13 | 14 | 54.58 | 15 | 3:35.05 | 13 |
| Mike Hessel | Men's singles | 55.31 | 20 | 55.50 | 22 | 56.12 | 23 | 56.37 | 24 | 3:43.30 | 22 |
| Tom Neely | Men's singles | 54.62 | 17 | 55.40 | 20 | 55.04 | 20 | 55.12 | 17 | 3:40.18 | 17 |
| Ray Fales Nicholas Mastromatteo | Doubles | 1:00.75 | 13 | 1:11.18 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 2:11.93 | 13 |
| Jim Higgins Ron Walters | Doubles | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| John Bower | Individual | 90.9 | 100.2 | 191.1 | 21 | 52:26.4 | 212.66 | 9 | 403.76 | 15 |
| Jim Page | Individual | 80.1 | 72.2 | 152.3 | 30 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Jim Shea | Individual | 72.1 | 69.2 | 141.3 | 31 | 53:04.2 | 205.46 | 13 | 346.76 | 27 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| John Balfanz | Normal hill | 74.5 | 103.9 | 74.5 | 102.6 | 206.5 | 10 |
| David Hicks | Normal hill | 72.0 | 95.4 | 71.5 | 94.9 | 190.3 | 41 |
| Gene Kotlarek | Normal hill | 76.5 | 103.2 | 74.0 | 100.2 | 203.4 | 14 |
| Ansten Samuelstuen | Normal hill | 72.5 | 100.1 | 73.0 | 100.3 | 200.4 | 24 |
| John Balfanz | Large hill | 83.0 | 94.8 | 71.0 | 85.4 | 180.2 | 41 |
| David Hicks | Large hill | 85.0 | 98.9 | 79.0 | 96.4 | 195.3 | 29 |
| Gene Kotlarek | Large hill | 87.0 | 100.1 | 79.0 | 97.4 | 197.5 | 24 |
| Ansten Samuelstuen | Large hill | 81.5 | 93.0 | 80.5 | 96.0 | 189.0 | 33 |

## Speed skating

Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bill Disney | 500 m | 41.1 | 8 |
| Tom Gray | 500 m | 41.5 | 14 |
| Terry McDermott | 500 m | 40.1 OR | |
| Eddie Rudolph | 500 m | 40.9 | 6 |
| Floyd Bedbury | 1500 m | 2:21.3 | 42 |
| Buddy Campbell | 1500 m | 2:16.4 | 25 |
| Dick Hunt | 1500 m | 2:14.4 | 15 |
| Eddie Rudolph | 1500 m | 2:16.8 | 26 |
| Stan Fail | 5000 m | 8:31.9 | 38 |
| Dick Hunt | 5000 m | 8:09.7 | 20 |
| Wayne LeBombard | 5000 m | 8:21.3 | 29 |
| Wayne LeBombard | 10,000 m | 17:30.6 | 30 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jeanne Ashworth | 500 m | 46.2 | 4 |
| Mary Lawler | 500 m | 46.6 | 7 |
| Jan Smith | 500 m | 46.2 | 4 |
| Jeanne Ashworth | 1000 m | 1:38.7 | 11 |
| Barb Lockhart | 1000 m | 1:38.6 | 10 |
| Jan Smith | 1000 m | 1:36.7 | 7 |
| Mary Lawler | 1500 m | 2:34.9 | 19 |
| Judy Morstein | 1500 m | 2:33.3 | 15 |
| Jan Smith | 1500 m | 2:37.8 | 24 |
| Jeanne Ashworth | 3000 m | 5:30.3 | 11 |
| Barb Lockhart | 3000 m | 5:43.2 | 23 |
| Sylvia White | 3000 m | 5:42.7 | 21 |
