The City of Innsbruck: Innsbruck is a city in the western Austria . Innsbruck is the capital of the federal state of Tyro l.
The Ninth Winter Olympics: The 1964 Winter Olympics were officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games. The games were held in Innsbruck, the capital of the federal state of Tyrol in Austria.
Venue: 1960 Winter Summer Games were held at Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria. Bergisel is a hill lying to south of the city of Innsbruck . The hill is located in the Wilten area where the river Sill meets the Inn Valley .
Participants: 1091 participants 36 countries competed in the 1964 Winter Summer Games . The medal wining countries in the games were Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and United Team of Germany, United States and USSR.
Events: There were 34 events in 6 sports in the ninth Winter Summer Games in 1964. The sports were alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating.
Medal Count: USSR won the highest number of medals with 25 medals in total ( 11gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze medals ). Austria, the host country won 12 medals (4 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals).
A Brief Description of the Innsbruck, Austria Winter Summer Games, 1964: The ninth Winter Summer Games were held from 29 th January to 9 th February in Innsbruck, the capital of the federal state of Tyrol in Austria. The games were officially opened by Adolf Scharf. The athletes uttered the Olympic oath led by Paul Aste. In the stadium the Olympic Flame was lit by Joseph Reider
| 1964 Winter Olympics Medal Table |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 11 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | Austria | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | France | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | United States | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Winter Olympic Games Medal Table |
| Summer Olympics Medal Table | |||
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