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Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 × 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

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