Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Cross-country skiing

| games = 1964 Winter

| image = Cross country skiing pictogram.svg

| image_size = 80px

| caption =

| venue = Seefeld

| dates = January 29 – February 9

| num_events = 7

| competitors = 151

| nations = 24

| prev = Squaw Valley 1960

| next = Grenoble 1968

}}

At the 1964 Winter Olympics seven cross-country skiing events – four for men and three for women – were contested. The events began on January 30, 1964, in Seefeld, Austria. The women's 5 km race debuted at this Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1964/CCS/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054134/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1964/CCS/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Cross Country Skiing at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=June 18, 2019}}

Medal summary

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1964 Winter

| team =

| gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 4

| gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 2

| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 0

}}

=Men's events=

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| 15 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_15_kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Eero Mäntyranta|FIN|1964 Winter}}

50:54.1

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Harald Grønningen|NOR|1964 Winter}}

51:34.8

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sixten Jernberg|SWE|1964 Winter}}

51:42.2

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| 30 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_30_kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Eero Mäntyranta|FIN|1964 Winter}}

1:30:50.7

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Harald Grønningen|NOR|1964 Winter}}

1:32:02.3

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Igor Voronchikhin|URS|1964 Winter}}

1:32:15.8

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| 50 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_50_kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sixten Jernberg|SWE|1964 Winter}}

2:43:52.6

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Assar Rönnlund|SWE|1964 Winter}}

2:44:58.2

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Arto Tiainen|FIN|1964 Winter}}

2:45:30.4

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| 4 × 10 km relay
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_4 × 10_kilometre relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1964 Winter}}
Karl-Åke Asph
Sixten Jernberg
Janne Stefansson
Assar Rönnlund

2:18:34.6

| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|1964 Winter}}
Väinö Huhtala
Arto Tiainen
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta

2:18:42.4

| {{flagIOCteam|URS|1964 Winter}}
Ivan Utrobin
Gennady Vaganov
Igor Voronchikhin
Pavel Kolchin

2:18:46.9

=Women's events=

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| 5 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Women's_5_kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Klavdiya Boyarskikh|URS|1964 Winter}}

17:50.5

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mirja Lehtonen|FIN|1964 Winter}}

17:52.9

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Alevtina Kolchina|URS|1964 Winter}}

18:08.4

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| 10 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Women's_10_kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Klavdiya Boyarskikh|URS|1964 Winter}}

40:24.3

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yevdokiya Mekshilo|URS|1964 Winter}}

40:26.6

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Maria Gusakova|URS|1964 Winter}}

40:46.6

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| 3 × 5 km relay
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics_–_Women's 3 × 5_kilometre relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|URS|1964 Winter}}
Alevtina Kolchina
Yevdokiya Mekshilo
Klavdiya Boyarskikh

59:20.2

| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1964 Winter}}
Barbro Martinsson
Britt Strandberg
Toini Gustafsson

1:01:27.0

| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|1964 Winter}}
Senja Pusula
Toini Pöysti
Mirja Lehtonen

1:02:45.1

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

1964 Winter Olympics

Category:Events at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Olympics

Category:Cross-country skiing competitions in Austria