Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the Olympic Games
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At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors	36 (27 men, 9 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Keith Schellenberg (luge)
Medals	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Robin Dixon Tony Nash	Bobsleigh	Two-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Jonathan Taylor	Downhill	DNF	–
Charles Palmer-Tomkinson		2:39.97	56
Charles Westenholz		2:36.12	50
John Rigby		2:34.32	44
Charles Palmer-Tomkinson	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–
Charles Westenholz		DNF	–
Piers Westenholz		2:17.10	59
John Rigby		2:07.92	42

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
John Rigby	1:12.16	68	1:02.45	35	Did not advance
Jonathan Taylor	1:08.73	64	1:01.33	29	Did not advance
Piers Westenholz	1:05.12	54	1:01.89	31	Did not advance
Charles Westenholz	1:01.96	50	1:00.99	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Asheshov	Downhill					2:05.41	38
Tania Heald						2:04.82	35
Divina Galica						2:04.10	30
Gina Hathorn						2:02.20	16
Wendy Farrington	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Gina Hathorn						2:02.61	27
Jane Gissing						2:01.66	24
Divina Galica						2:00.79	23
Divina Galica	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Gina Hathorn		DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Tania Heald		52.03	26	56.40	23	1:48.43	21
Jane Gissing		49.70	19	54.48	20	1:44.18	17

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Roderick Tuck	1'33:55.5	9	1'51:55.5	43
	John Moore	1'27:49.4	10	1'47:49.4	40
	Alan Notley	1'36:10.3	5	1'46:10.3	37
	John Dent	1'30:27.2	3	1'36:27.2	29

¹ Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Nash and Dixon won the race after being loaned an axle bolt by the Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti, who finished third but would be given the first De Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship.

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Tony Nash Robin Dixon	Two-man	1:05.53	2	1:05.10	2	1:05.39	3	1:05.88	1	4:21.90
GBR-2	Bill McCowen Andrew Hedges	Two-man	1:07.47	15	1:07.73	15	1:06.52	9	1:08.95	18	4:30.67	16

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
GBR-1	Tony Nash Guy Renwick David Lewis Robin Dixon	Four-man	1:04.56	12	1:05.07	16	1:04.64	9	1:05.13	12	4:19.40	12
GBR-2	Bill McCowen Robin Widdows Robin Seel Andrew Hedges	Four-man	1:04.49	11	1:04.68	14	1:05.53	15	1:04.73	9	4:19.43	13

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Frederick Andrew	1'06:51.4	69
	David Rees	1'03:06.8	66
	Andrew Morgan	1'02:20.9	62
	John Moore	1'00:16.6	56
30 km	Roderick Tuck	1'47:52.6	55

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
John Moore John Dent David Rees Roderick Tuck	2'42:55.8	14

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Malcolm Cannon	18	24	1587.5	187	20
Hywel Evans	15	22	1640.1	159	18

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Diane Clifton-Peach	11	25	1711.7	152	18
Carol-Ann Warner	12	22	1692.9	162	16
Sally-Anne Stapleford	7	19	1757.9	108	11

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skyszpeski was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gordon Porteus	1:00.98	28	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Keith Schellenberg	58.69	26	59.06	25	58.14	26	58.87	27	3:54.76	25

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Thomas Dawson	45.2	44
	Terry Malkin	42.6	27
1500 m	Thomas Dawson	2:26.4	49
	Tony Bullen	2:23.7	45
	Terry Malkin	2:13.3	11
5000 m	Tony Bullen	8:12.4	22
	Terry Malkin	7:59.4	16
10,000 m	Tony Bullen	17:19.8	28
	Terry Malkin	16:35.2	8

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com