Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum.[1][2]

Women's giant slalom
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenueAxamer Lizum
DateFebruary 3
Competitors46 from 16 nations
Winning time1:46.71
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marielle Goitschel  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christine Goitschel  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean Saubert  United States
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The defending world champion was Marianne Jahn of Austria.[3]

The final results saw the second ever occurrence of female siblings on the same individual's event Olympic podium, with French sisters Marielle Goitschel (gold) and Christine Goitschel (silver) repeating (in reverse order) their top two finish in the slalom two days earlier.[4]

Results edit

Rank Name Country Time Difference
  Marielle Goitschel   France 1:52.24
  Christine Goitschel   France 1:53.11 +0.87
Jean Saubert   United States
4 Christl Haas   Austria 1:53.86 +1.62
5 Annie Famose   France 1:53.89 +1.65
6 Edith Zimmermann   Austria 1:54.21 +1.97
7 Barbi Henneberger   United Team of Germany 1:54.26 +2.02
8 Traudl Hecher   Austria 1:54.55 +2.31
9 Pia Riva   Italy 1:54.59 +2.35
Fernande Bochatay   Switzerland
11 Theres Obrecht   Switzerland 1:54.91 +2.67
12 Ruth Adolf   Switzerland 1:55.83 +3.59
13 Marianne Jahn-Nutt   Austria 1:55.95 +3.71
14 Giustina Demetz   Italy 1:56.52 +4.28
15 Françoise Gay   Switzerland 1:57.21 +4.97
16 Nancy Greene   Canada 1:57.76 +5.52
17 Patricia du Roy de Blicquy   Belgium 1:58.76 +6.52
18 Burgl Färbinger   United Team of Germany 1:58.84 +6.60
19 Patrizia Medail   Italy 1:59.29 +7.05
20 Barbara Ferries   United States 1:59.44 +7.20
21 Astrid Sandvik   Norway 2:00.74 +8.50
22 Heidi Mittermaier   United Team of Germany 2:00.77 +8.53
23 Divina Galica   Great Britain 2:00.79 +8.55
24 Jane Gissing   Great Britain 2:01.66 +9.42
25 Majda Ankele   Yugoslavia 2:01.81 +9.57
26 Joan Hannah   United States 2:01.97 +9.73
27 Gina Hathorn   Great Britain 2:02.61 +10.37
28 Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi   Italy 2:02.73 +10.49
29 Liv Jagge-Christiansen   Norway 2:02.98 +10.74
30 Linda Meyers   United States 2:03.46 +11.22
31 Nancy Holland   Canada 2:04.39 +12.15
32 Linda Crutchfield-Bocock   Canada 2:05.04 +12.80
33 Dikke Eger-Bergman   Norway 2:08.62 +16.38
34 Karen Dokka   Canada 2:09.63 +17.39
35 Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina   Soviet Union 2:10.11 +17.87
36 Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska   Poland 2:10.20 +17.96
37 Krista Fanedl   Yugoslavia 2:10.76 +18.52
38 Yevgeniya Kabina-Sidorova   Soviet Union 2:11.06 +18.82
39 Galina Sidorova   Soviet Union 2:12.98 +20.74
40 Judy Forras   Australia 2:17.36 +25.12
41 Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári   Hungary 2:19.24 +27.00
42 María Cristina Schweizer   Argentina 2:19.81 +27.57
- Madeleine Bochatay   France DNF -
- Heidi Biebl   United Team of Germany DQ -
- Wendy Farrington   Great Britain DQ -
- Christine Smith   Australia DQ -
Source:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1962 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ QMI Agency writer (2014-02-09). "Dufour-Lapointe duo not first 1-2 Olympics sister act". Toronto Sun.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.