Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePatscherkofel
Tyrol, Austria
Date30 January 1964
Competitors84 from 27 nations
Winning time2:18.16
Medalists
 Egon Zimmermann  Austria
 Léo Lacroix  France
 Wolfgang Bartels  United Team of Germany
Men's Downhill
Location Patscherkofel
Vertical    867 m (2,844 ft)
Top elevation 1,952 m (6,404 ft)  
Base elevation 1,085 m (3,560 ft)
Alpine skiing at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women

The Men's downhill competition of the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held at Patscherkofel on Thursday, 30 January.[1] The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria,[2] and defending Olympic champion Jean Vuarnet of France had retired from competition.

The race course had a number of casualties during training runs, including the death of Ross Milne of Australia.[3][4] This led to a label of "Course of Fear."[5] Zimmermann was favored by many to win the downhill and to the delight of the Austrian fans he won by 0.74 seconds.[5][6]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 1,952 m (6,404 ft), and the vertical drop was 867 m (2,844 ft).[1] The course length was 3.120 km (1.939 mi) and Zimmerman's winning run resulted in an average speed of 81.297 km/h (50.52 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.275 m/s (20.59 ft/s). Following the victory, Zimmerman was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the United States.[6]

A dozen years later in 1976, Franz Klammer raced on a slightly shorter course (by 100 metres (110 yards)) and shaved more than 32 seconds off of Zimmerman's time to famously win the Olympic downhill.[7]

Results

Rank Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) Egon Zimmermann Austria 2:18.16 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Léo Lacroix France 2:18.90 +0.74
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wolfgang Bartels United Team of Germany 2:19.48 +1.32
4 Jos Minsch Switzerland 2:19.54 +1.38
5 Luggi Leitner United Team of Germany 2:19.67 +1.51
6 Guy Périllat France 2:19.79 +1.63
7 Gerhard Nenning Austria 2:19.98 +1.82
8 Willy Favre Switzerland 2:20.23 +2.07
9 Willy Bogner United Team of Germany 2:20.72 +2.56
10 Heini Messner Austria 2:20.74 +2.58
11 Karl Schranz Austria 2:20.98 +2.82
12 Fritz Wagnerberger United Team of Germany 2:21.03 +2.87
13 Dumeng Giovanoli Switzerland 2:21.16 +3.00
14 Ni Orsi, Jr. United States 2:21.59 +3.43
15 François Bonlieu France 2:21.71 +3.55
16 Billy Kidd United States 2:21.82 +3.66
17 Buddy Werner United States 2:22.05 +3.89
18 Georg Grünenfelder Switzerland 2:22.69 +4.53
19 Ivo Mahlknecht Italy 2:22.72 +4.56
20 Chuck Ferries United States 2:23.00 +4.84
21 Paride Milianti Italy 2:23.01 +4.85
22 Raimo Manninen Finland 2:23.94 +5.78
23 Bruno Alberti Italy 2:25.30 +7.14
24 Jerzy Woyna Orlewicz Poland 2:25.88 +7.72
25 Jean-Guy Brunet Canada 2:26.59 +8.43
26 Ulf Ekstam Finland 2:27.31 +9.15
27 Martino Fill Italy 2:27.33 +9.17
28 Gary Battistella Canada 2:27.74 +9.58
29 Peter Lakota Yugoslavia 2:27.82 +9.66
30 Rod Hebron Canada 2:27.90 +9.74
31 Bengt-Erik Grahn Sweden 2:29.29 +11.13
32 Jon Terje Øverland Norway 2:29.74 +11.58
33 Hajime Tomii Japan 2:30.02 +11.86
34 Peter Duncan Canada 2:30.06 +11.90
35 Luis Viu Spain 2:30.35 +12.19
36 Vasily Melnikov Soviet Union 2:30.83 +12.67
37 Olle Rolén Sweden 2:31.14 +12.98
38 Arild Holm Norway 2:31.32 +13.16
39 Radim Koloušek Czechoslovakia 2:31.34 +13.18
40 Bronisław Trzebunia Poland 2:32.29 +14.13
41 Juan Garriga Spain 2:32.85 +14.69
42 Jean-Claude Killy France 2:32.96 +14.80
43 Javier Masana Spain 2:33.52 +15.36
44 John Rigby Great Britain 2:34.32 +16.16
45 Yoshiharu Fukuhara Japan 2:34.55 +16.39
46 Tsuneo Noto Japan 2:34.76 +16.60
47 Tally Monastyryov Soviet Union 2:35.27 +17.11
48 Hans-Walter Schädler Liechtenstein 2:35.84 +17.68
49 Andrzej Dereziński Poland 2:35.89 +17.73
50 Charles Westenholz Great Britain 2:36.12 +17.96
51 Fric Detiček Yugoslavia 2:36.54 +18.38
52 August Wolfinger Liechtenstein 2:37.25 +19.09
53 Josef Gassner Liechtenstein 2:37.38 +19.22
54 Valery Shein Soviet Union 2:38.13 +19.97
55 Andrej Klinar Yugoslavia 2:39.79 +21.63
56 Charles Palmer-Tomkinson Great Britain 2:39.97 +21.81
57 Yoshihiro Ohira Japan 2:40.82 +22.66
58 Hernán Boher Chile 2:41.67 +23.51
59 Prince Karim Aga Khan Iran 2:42.59 +24.43
60 Petar Angelov Bulgaria 2:43.32 +25.16
61 Simon Brown Australia 2:44.07 +25.91
62 Oto Pustoslemšek Yugoslavia 2:44.77 +26.61
63 Muzaffer Demirhan Turkey 2:45.63 +27.47
64 Pedro Klempa Argentina 2:47.07 +28.91
65 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki Iran 2:50.70 +32.54
66 Fayzollah Band Ali Iran 2:52.44 +34.28
67 Nazih Geagea Lebanon 2:55.34 +37.18
68 Peter Wenzel Australia 2:55.58 +37.42
69 Ovaness Meguerdonian Iran 2:57.10 +38.94
70 Osman Yüce Turkey 3:03.66 +45.50
71 Zeki Şamiloğlu Turkey 3:05.71 +47.55
72 Abdurrahman Küçük Turkey 3:09.99 +51.83
73 Konstantinos Karydas Greece 3:10.09 +51.93
74 Jean Keyrouz Lebanon 3:40.44 +82.28
75 Michel Rahme Lebanon 3:55.15 +96.99
76 Jorge Abelardo Eiras Argentina 4:34.51 +136.35
77 Juan Holz Chile 4:51.18 +153.02
- Claudio Wernli Chile DQ -
- Rune Lindström Sweden DNF -
- Jeremy Bujakowski India DNF -
- Lars Olsson Sweden DNF -
- Jorge Rodríguez Spain DNF -
- Jonathan Taylor Great Britain DNF -
- Sami Beyroun Lebanon DNF -

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  3. ↑ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
  4. ↑ "Aussie's Milne dies of injuries". Bend (OR) Bulletin. UPI. January 25, 1964. p. 5.
  5. 1 2 Ress, Paul (January 27, 1964). "A fight for life by the home team". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  6. 1 2 Jenkins, Dan (February 10, 1964). "Russian blades and fast French skis". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  7. ↑ Johnson, William Oscar (16 February 1976). "On came the heroes". Sports Illustrated. p. 10.

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