The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics.
The games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and British luge slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski, during training, and by the deaths, three years earlier, of the entire US figure skating team and family members (see Prior tragedies below).
Read more about 1964 Winter Olympics: Host City Selection, Games Highlights, Medal Winners, Venues, Participating Nations, Medal Count, Prior Tragedies
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“Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)