Cross Country Skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Dates 30 January – 8 February 1964
Medal Events 7

Men continued to ski the basic four events – 15 km, 30 km, 50 km, and relay, but the women added a second individual event, the 5 km, to their 10 km and relay events. The 5 km had been introduced for women at the 1962 World Championships. The 1964 cross-country events were held in and around Seefeld, a small village 17 km northwest of Innsbruck, which has become an important European center for cross-country skiing. The start and finish of the events were in the Langlaufzentrum, a stadium built for the 1964 Winter Olympics. Soviet women won six of a possible seven medals, sweeping the 10 km. Klavdiya Boyarskikh became the first woman to win three cross-country gold medals at one Winter Olympics, winning both individual races, and skiing on the winning Soviet relay team.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
15 kilometres, Men Olympic 2 February 1964 71 21
30 kilometres, Men Olympic 30 January 1964 69 23
50 kilometres, Men Olympic 5 February 1964 41 14
4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men Olympic 8 February 1964 60 15
5 kilometres, Women Olympic 5 February 1964 32 11
10 kilometres, Women Olympic 1 February 1964 35 12
3 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women Olympic 7 February 1964 24 8
151 (113/38) 24 (23/12)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 kilometres, Men Eero MäntyrantaFIN Harald GrønningenNOR Sixten JernbergSWE
30 kilometres, Men Eero MäntyrantaFIN Harald GrønningenNOR Igor VoronchikhinURS
50 kilometres, Men Sixten JernbergSWE Assar RönnlundSWE Arto TiainenFIN
4 × 10 kilometres Relay, Men SwedenSWE FinlandFIN Soviet UnionURS
5 kilometres, Women Klavdiya BoyarskikhURS Mirja LehtonenFIN Alevtina KolchinaURS
10 kilometres, Women Klavdiya BoyarskikhURS Yevdokiya MekshiloURS Mariya GusakovaURS
3 × 5 kilometres Relay, Women Soviet UnionURS SwedenSWE FinlandFIN

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 3 1 4 8
Finland FIN 2 2 2 6
Sweden SWE 2 2 1 5
Norway NOR 0 2 0 2