Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating at the IX Olympic Winter Games
«1960	1968»

At the 1964 Winter Olympics, eight speed skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Thursday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2, 1964 (women) and from Tuesday, February 4 to Friday, February 7, 1964 (men).

Russian Lidia Skoblikova of the USSR Olympic team won all four women's events, and with a total of six gold medals from 1960 and 1964, she has (by 2006) still won the most Olympic skating gold medals.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres	Terry McDermott United States (USA)	Alv Gjestvang Norway (NOR)  Yevgenij Grishin Soviet Union (URS)  Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union (URS)
1500 metres	Ants Antson Soviet Union (URS)	Kees Verkerk Netherlands (NED)	Villy Haugen Norway (NOR)
5000 metres	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	Per Ivar Moe Norway (NOR)	Fred Anton Maier Norway (NOR)
10000 metres	Jonny Nilsson Sweden (SWE)	Fred Anton Maier Norway (NOR)	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	Irina Egorova Soviet Union (URS)	Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union (URS)
1000 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	Irina Egorova Soviet Union (URS)	Kaija Mustonen Finland (FIN)
1500 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	Kaija Mustonen Finland (FIN)	Berta Kolokoltseva Soviet Union (URS)
3000 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	Han Pil-Hwa North Korea (PRK)  Valentina Stenina Soviet Union (URS)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	5	2	12
2	Norway	1	3	3	7
3	United States	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	1	0	0	1
5	Finland	0	1	1	2
6	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
Total		8	11	6	25

References

• International Olympic Committee results database