Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Great Britain
games=1964 Winter
flagbearer=Keith Schellenberg
competitors=
sports=
gold=1
silver=0
bronze=0
total=1

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-Skyszpeski was killed on the Olympic course two weeks before the games.

Medallists

Gold

*Robin Dixon and Tony Nash — Bobsleigh, two-man event

Results by event


=Bobsleigh=

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.

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]


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