| Ski jumping at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for ski jumping | |
| Venue | Bergiselschanze (large hill) & Seefeld (normal hill) |
| Dates | 31 January – 9 February 1964 |
| Competitors | 66 from 17 nations |
| Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| |
| Normal hill | men |
| Large hill | men |
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]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Fifteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Innsbruck Games.[1]
Austria (4)
Canada (2)
Finland (4)
United Team of Germany (5)
Hungary (2)
Italy (3)
Japan (4)
Norway (5)
Poland (5)
Switzerland (3)
Sweden (4)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Soviet Union (5)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (4)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Ski Jumping at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
