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Singles, Women

Date30 January – 2 February 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiaeisstadion, Innsbruck
Participants30 from 14 countries
FormatEach judge ranked each skater by Ordinal Placement from first through last place. The Ordinal Placement for each judge was based on Total Points awarded by that judge to the skaters. The points were based on 60% for Compulsory Figures and 40% for Free Skating, with the tiebreaker for each judge being Compulsory Figure Points. Final placement was determined by a Majority Placement rule. Thus, if a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall, and the process was repeated for each place. Ties broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the pairs were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each pair determined who was ranked higher. The tiebreakers were, in order: 1) Number of Majority Placements, 2) Total Ordinals of Majority, 3) Total Ordinals, 2) Total Points, 3) Compulsory Figure Points.
Judge #1Ernst BauchGER
Judge #2Néri ValdesFRA
Judge #3Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #4Masao HasegawaJPN
Judge #5Suzi FrancisCAN
Judge #6Paul EngelfrietNED
Judge #7Edwin KucharzAUT
Judge #8Gun ToreskogSWE
Judge #9aWalter FritzSUI
Judge #9bEmil SkákalaTCH

The gold medal in 1956 and 1960 had been won by Americans Tenley Albright and Carol Heiss. The American heir apparent seemed to be youthful Laurie Owen, who won the 1961 US and North American Championship after placing sixth at the 1960 Olympics. But Owen was killed in the plane crash that took the lives of the entire US figure skating team travelling to the 1961 World Championships. In 1962, Barbara Ann Roles, bronze medalist in 1960 who had retired after Squaw Valley, came out of retirement to help support the US figure skating program. But she skated only one year and the US women’s program would be led by several very young skaters.

Sjoukje Dijkstra (NED) had been silver medalist behind Heiss at Squaw Valley. Even with Owen around, she would have been formidable in Innsbruck. She had won the World Championship in 1962-63, had been favored in 1961 prior to the American plane crash, and was European Champion from 1961-64. She won the gold medal in 1964 easily. She led the compulsory figures, ranking first on eight of nine judges’ cards, with one judge placing her equal first. Dijkstra then won the free skating, again ranked first by eight of nine judges. Overall, she was placed first by all judges. Behind her the silver medal went to Austria’s Regine Heitzer, with a narrow margin over Canada’s Petra Burka. The three young US women placed 6-7-8, led by Peggy Fleming in sixth. Much more would soon be heard of her.

Figure skating was barely known in the Netherlands prior to Dijkstra’s ascendance to the top levels of the sport. Her father was former Olympic speed skater, Lou Dijkstra, who had her train abroad with foreign coaches, notably 1948 men’s silver medalist Hans Gerschwiler. She was quite popular in the Netherlands and the Dutch Royal Family was in attendance to watch her win the gold medal. After the Olympics she joined the professional ice show, Holiday on Ice.

PosCompetitorNOCMajority PlacementsTotal Ordinals of MajorityTotal OrdinalsTotal PointsCompulsory FiguresFree Skating
1Sjoukje DijkstraNED9×1+9.09.02,018.58×1+ (1)8×1+ (1)Gold
2Regine HeitzerAUT5×2+10.022.01,945.56×2+ (2)5×5+ (5)Silver
3Petra BurkaCAN7×3+17.025.01,940.06×3+ (3)9×2+ (2)Bronze
4Nicole HasslerFRA8×4+31.038.01,887.76×5+ (5)6×4+ (4)
5Miwa FukuharaJPN6×5+28.050.01,845.15×4+ (4)5×10+ (9)
6Peggy FlemingUSA6×6+33.059.01,819.65×8+ (8)7×7+ (6)
7Christine HaiglerUSA5×7+34.074.01,803.88×6+ (6)5×15+ (15)
8Tina NoyesUSA6×9+43.073.01,798.96×9+ (9)6×8+ (7)
9Helli SengstschmidAUT5×9+38.085.01,782.16×17+ (18)6×4+ (3)
10Wendy GrinerCAN5×10+45.091.01,775.36×14+ (13)5×8+ (8)
11Sally-Anne StaplefordGBR5×11+47.0108.01,757.98×8+ (7)6×19+ (19)
12Shirra KenworthyCAN6×12+58.0104.01,756.35×9+ (10)5×15+ (16)
13Kumiko OkawaJPN6×13+74.0136.01,725.45×15+ (15)5×13+ (11)
14Inge PaulGER5×14+60.0139.01,720.37×17+ (17)7×14+ (12)
15Hana MaškováTCH6×16+87.0142.01,714.86×18+ (19)5×11+ (10)
16Carol-Ann WarnerGBR5×17+73.0162.01,692.95×13+ (12)5×22+ (22)
17Zsuzsa AlmássyHUN5×17+77.0159.01,702.26×20+ (20)5×14+ (14)
18Diana Clifton-PeachGBR5×18+72.0152.01,711.76×12+ (11)5×25+ (25)
19Gabriele SeyfertGER5×18+87.0177.01,685.16×21+ (21)5×17+ (17)
20Ingrid OstlerAUT5×19+80.0171.01,684.85×16+ (16)5×19+ (20)
21Ann-Margreth Frei-KäckSWE5×20+96.0191.01,661.16×26+ (26)5×14+ (13)
22Junko UenoJPN5×21+79.0170.01,685.05×15+ (14)5×25+ (26)
23Franziska SchmidtSUI6×22+120.0193.01,662.85×19+ (22)5×21+ (21)
24Uschi KeszlerGER7×24+162.0213.01,642.35×25+ (25)5×18+ (18)
25Jana MrázkováTCH6×22+123.0205.01,646.46×21+ (23)5×23+ (24)
26Sandra BrugneraITA8×26+194.0221.01,612.55×26+ (27)5×23+ (23)
27Monika ZinggSUI5×27+131.0248.01,568.95×27+ (28)5×27+ (28)
28Anne Karin DehleNOR8×28+219.0248.01,571.95×24+ (24)9×30+ (30)
29Geneviève BurdelFRA8×29+225.0255.01,542.06×29+ (29)7×27+ (27)1
30Berit Unn JohansenNOR9×30+265.0265.01,524.99×30+ (30)6×28+ (29)

Compulsory Figures

Date30 – 31 January 1964 — 8:00
FormatFive Compulsory Figures. Final Compulsory Figure points computed by multiplying score for Figure #1 by four, Figures #2 and #3 by five, and Figures #4 and #5 by six.
Judge #1Ernst BauchGER
Judge #2Néri ValdesFRA
Judge #3Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #4Masao HasegawaJPN
Judge #5Suzi FrancisCAN
Judge #6Paul EngelfrietNED
Judge #7Edwin KucharzAUT
Judge #8Gun ToreskogSWE
Judge #9Walter FritzSUI
PosCompetitorNOCMajority PlacementsTotal Ordinals of MajorityTotal OrdinalsTotal PointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Sjoukje DijkstraNED8×1+8.09.51,113.21.5 (=1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)
2Regine HeitzerAUT6×2+11.520.01,074.81.5 (=1)2.0 (2)3.0 (3)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.5 (=2)2.0 (2)3.0 (3)2.0 (2)
3Petra BurkaCAN6×3+15.527.51,050.23.0 (3)4.0 (4)2.0 (2)4.0 (4)3.0 (3)2.5 (=2)3.0 (3)2.0 (2)4.0 (4)
4Miwa FukuharaJPN5×4+18.041.01,019.24.0 (4)5.0 (5)6.0 (6)3.0 (3)4.0 (4)5.0 (5)4.0 (4)7.0 (7)3.0 (3)
5Nicole HasslerFRA6×5+25.047.51,015.25.5 (=5)3.0 (3)4.0 (4)11.0 (11)6.0 (6)4.0 (4)5.0 (5)4.0 (4)5.0 (5)
6Christine HaiglerUSA8×6+44.053.01,000.99.0 (9)6.0 (6)5.0 (5)5.0 (5)5.0 (5)6.0 (6)6.0 (6)5.0 (5)6.0 (6)
7Sally-Anne StaplefordGBR8×8+60.073.0976.47.0 (7)8.0 (8)8.0 (8)8.0 (8)7.0 (7)7.0 (7)7.0 (7)13.0 (13)8.0 (8)
8Peggy FlemingUSA5×8+35.081.0968.611.0 (11)10.0 (10)14.0 (14)6.0 (6)11.0 (11)8.0 (8)8.0 (8)6.0 (6)7.0 (7)
9Tina NoyesUSA6×9+53.088.0951.314.0 (14)9.0 (9)9.0 (9)9.0 (9)10.0 (10)11.0 (11)9.0 (9)8.0 (8)9.0 (9)
10Shirra KenworthyCAN5×9+39.093.0956.08.0 (8)7.0 (7)7.0 (7)12.0 (12)8.0 (8)9.0 (9)11.0 (11)20.0 (20)11.0 (11)
11Diana Clifton-PeachGBR6×12+66.0112.0941.510.0 (10)11.0 (11)11.0 (11)13.0 (13)14.0 (14)19.0 (19)12.0 (12)12.0 (12)10.0 (10)
12Carol-Ann WarnerGBR5×13+56.0127.0927.112.0 (12)17.0 (17)13.0 (13)19.0 (19)21.0 (21)14.0 (14)10.0 (10)9.0 (9)12.0 (12)
13Wendy GrinerCAN6×14+69.0117.5936.318.0 (18)12.0 (12)10.0 (10)14.0 (14)9.0 (9)10.0 (10)16.0 (16)14.0 (14)14.5 (=14)
14Junko UenoJPN5×15+61.0129.0927.516.0 (16)15.0 (15)12.0 (12)7.0 (7)17.0 (17)12.5 (=12)19.0 (19)16.0 (16)14.5 (=14)
15Kumiko OkawaJPN5×15+62.5141.5914.822.0 (22)16.0 (16)22.0 (22)10.0 (10)12.0 (12)12.5 (=12)15.0 (15)19.0 (19)13.0 (13)
16Ingrid OstlerAUT5×16+69.0164.0900.021.0 (21)22.0 (22)15.0 (15)28.0 (28)13.0 (13)24.0 (24)14.0 (14)11.0 (11)16.0 (16)
17Inge PaulGER7×17+67.5144.0910.613.0 (13)13.0 (13)16.5 (=16)24.5 (=24)15.0 (15)18.0 (18)17.0 (17)10.0 (10)17.0 (17)
18Helli SengstschmidAUT6×17+73.0149.5907.015.0 (15)14.0 (14)16.5 (=16)18.0 (18)24.0 (24)16.0 (16)13.0 (13)15.0 (15)18.0 (18)
19Hana MaškováTCH6×18+103.0169.0899.917.0 (17)21.0 (21)18.0 (18)17.0 (17)16.0 (16)17.0 (17)23.0 (23)18.0 (18)22.0 (22)
20Zsuzsa AlmássyHUN6×20+117.0186.0889.019.0 (19)20.0 (20)21.0 (21)20.0 (20)18.0 (18)20.0 (20)20.0 (20)25.0 (25)23.0 (23)
21Gabriele SeyfertGER6×21+76.5171.5892.55.5 (=5)27.0 (27)25.0 (25)16.0 (16)20.0 (20)15.0 (15)21.0 (21)22.0 (22)20.0 (20)
22Franziska SchmidtSUI5×19+94.0186.0889.224.0 (24)19.0 (19)19.0 (19)22.0 (22)19.0 (19)22.0 (22)18.0 (18)24.0 (24)19.0 (19)
23Jana MrázkováTCH6×21+117.0187.0886.520.0 (20)18.0 (18)20.0 (20)23.0 (23)25.0 (25)21.0 (21)22.0 (22)17.0 (17)21.0 (21)
24Anne Karin DehleNOR5×24+107.0210.0866.125.0 (25)26.0 (26)23.0 (23)15.0 (15)22.0 (22)23.0 (23)24.0 (24)26.0 (26)26.0 (26)
25Uschi KeszlerGER5×25+119.5229.5846.223.0 (23)28.0 (28)24.0 (24)24.5 (=24)23.0 (23)25.0 (25)26.0 (26)28.0 (28)28.0 (28)
26Ann-Margreth Frei-KäckSWE6×26+148.0229.0844.626.0 (26)23.0 (23)26.0 (26)26.0 (26)27.0 (27)27.0 (27)27.0 (27)23.0 (23)24.0 (24)
27Sandra BrugneraITA5×26+117.5226.5849.227.0 (27)24.5 (=24)27.0 (27)21.0 (21)28.0 (28)26.0 (26)25.0 (25)21.0 (21)27.0 (27)
28Monika ZinggSUI5×27+129.5242.5828.828.0 (28)24.5 (=24)28.0 (28)27.0 (27)26.0 (26)29.0 (29)28.0 (28)27.0 (27)25.0 (25)
29Geneviève BurdelFRA6×29+174.0264.0797.429.0 (29)29.0 (29)29.0 (29)29.0 (29)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)29.0 (29)30.0 (30)29.0 (29)
30Berit Unn JohansenNOR9×30+266.0266.0791.630.0 (30)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)29.0 (29)28.0 (28)30.0 (30)29.0 (29)30.0 (30)

Free Skating

Date2 February 1964 — 16:30
FormatFree Skating points computed by multiplying Free Skating score by 8.6 (rounded to one decimal place).
Judge #1Ernst BauchGER
Judge #2Néri ValdesFRA
Judge #3Pamela DavisGBR
Judge #4Masao HasegawaJPN
Judge #5Suzi FrancisCAN
Judge #6Paul EngelfrietNED
Judge #7Edwin KucharzAUT
Judge #8Gun ToreskogSWE
Judge #9Emil SkákalaTCH
PosCompetitorNOCMajority PlacementsTotal Ordinals of MajorityTotal OrdinalsTotal PointsJudge #1Judge #2Judge #3Judge #4Judge #5Judge #6Judge #7Judge #8Judge #9
1Sjoukje DijkstraNED8×1+8.010.0905.31.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)1.0 (1)2.0 (2)
2Petra BurkaCAN9×2+17.017.0889.82.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)2.0 (2)1.0 (1)
3Helli SengstschmidAUT6×4+20.034.5875.14.5 (=4)3.0 (3)4.5 (=4)5.5 (=5)3.0 (3)4.0 (4)3.0 (3)3.0 (3)4.0 (4)
4Nicole HasslerFRA6×4+21.035.5872.53.0 (3)4.0 (4)4.5 (=4)3.0 (3)5.0 (5)3.0 (3)4.0 (4)4.0 (4)5.0 (5)
5Regine HeitzerAUT5×5+18.539.0870.74.5 (=4)5.0 (5)3.0 (3)4.0 (4)4.0 (4)5.5 (=5)5.0 (5)5.0 (5)3.0 (3)
6Peggy FlemingUSA7×7+45.563.5851.09.5 (=9)7.0 (7)8.5 (=8)7.0 (7)6.0 (6)7.0 (7)6.0 (6)6.0 (6)6.5 (=6)
7Tina NoyesUSA6×8+39.566.5847.68.0 (8)6.0 (6)8.5 (=8)5.5 (=5)9.0 (9)5.5 (=5)8.0 (8)9.5 (=9)6.5 (=6)
8Wendy GrinerCAN5×8+35.081.5839.07.0 (7)10.5 (=10)6.0 (6)9.0 (9)16.0 (16)8.0 (8)7.0 (7)7.0 (7)11.0 (=10)
9Miwa FukuharaJPN5×10+45.0103.0825.916.0 (16)10.5 (=10)17.0 (17)8.0 (8)7.5 (=7)10.0 (10)10.0 (10)9.5 (=9)14.5 (=13)
10Hana MaškováTCH5×11+44.0116.0814.913.0 (13)12.0 (12)10.5 (=10)27.0 (27)7.5 (=7)9.0 (9)9.0 (9)20.0 (20)8.0 (8)
11Kumiko OkawaJPN5×13+50.0120.5810.621.0 (21)8.5 (=8)12.5 (=12)20.5 (=20)10.0 (10)13.0 (13)16.0 (16)8.0 (8)11.0 (=10)
12Inge PaulGER7×14+57.0130.5809.711.0 (11)8.5 (=8)14.0 (14)22.0 (22)23.5 (=23)14.0 (14)13.0 (13)13.5 (=12)11.0 (=10)
13Ann-Margreth Frei-KäckSWE5×14+49.5124.5816.59.5 (=9)14.0 (14)7.0 (7)10.0 (10)17.0 (17)21.0 (21)21.0 (21)16.0 (16)9.0 (9)
14Zsuzsa AlmássyHUN5×14+56.0127.5813.26.0 (6)13.0 (13)21.0 (21)16.5 (=16)19.5 (=18)11.5 (=11)12.0 (12)13.5 (=12)14.5 (=13)
15Christine HaiglerUSA5×15+65.5141.5802.918.0 (18)17.0 (=16)24.0 (24)13.0 (=12)12.0 (=11)15.0 (15)11.0 (11)17.0 (17)14.5 (=13)
16Shirra KenworthyCAN5×15+68.0147.5800.315.0 (15)23.0 (23)15.5 (=15)13.0 (=12)12.0 (=11)19.0 (19)22.0 (22)13.5 (=12)14.5 (=13)
17Gabriele SeyfertGER5×17+69.0155.5792.624.0 (24)17.0 (=16)10.5 (=10)23.0 (23)22.0 (22)16.0 (16)14.5 (=14)11.0 (11)17.5 (=17)
18Uschi KeszlerGER5×18+71.5153.0796.122.0 (22)15.0 (15)12.5 (=12)20.5 (=20)14.5 (=14)11.5 (=11)18.0 (=17)19.0 (19)20.0 (20)
19Sally-Anne StaplefordGBR6×19+104.0173.0781.519.0 (19)21.5 (=21)19.0 (=18)19.0 (19)14.5 (=14)18.0 (18)14.5 (=14)25.5 (=25)22.0 (22)
20Ingrid OstlerAUT5×19+81.0173.0784.812.0 (12)19.5 (=19)19.0 (=18)13.0 (=12)19.5 (=18)26.0 (26)18.0 (=17)27.0 (27)19.0 (19)
21Franziska SchmidtSUI5×21+83.5187.0773.628.0 (28)26.0 (26)15.5 (=15)25.5 (=25)12.0 (=11)17.0 (17)24.0 (24)18.0 (18)21.0 (21)
22Carol-Ann WarnerGBR5×22+93.5200.0765.817.0 (17)17.0 (=16)22.0 (22)25.5 (=25)19.5 (=18)28.0 (28)18.0 (=17)23.0 (23)30.0 (30)
23Sandra BrugneraITA5×23+100.0205.5763.330.0 (30)19.5 (=19)25.0 (25)16.5 (=16)23.5 (=23)20.0 (20)27.0 (27)21.0 (21)23.0 (23)
24Jana MrázkováTCH5×23+102.5209.0759.920.0 (20)24.5 (=24)23.0 (23)28.5 (=28)28.0 (28)22.0 (22)20.0 (20)25.5 (=25)17.5 (=17)
25Diana Clifton-PeachGBR5×25+91.0196.0770.214.0 (14)28.5 (=28)26.5 (=26)11.0 (11)19.5 (=18)24.5 (=24)25.0 (25)22.0 (22)25.0 (=24)
26Junko UenoJPN5×25+105.5213.0757.525.0 (25)27.0 (27)19.0 (=18)28.5 (=28)26.0 (26)23.0 (23)26.0 (26)13.5 (=12)25.0 (=24)
27Geneviève BurdelFRA7×27+167.0225.5744.627.0 (27)21.5 (=21)26.5 (=26)15.0 (15)27.0 (27)27.0 (27)23.0 (23)29.5 (=29)29.0 (29)
28Monika ZinggSUI5×27+118.5233.5740.129.0 (29)24.5 (=24)29.0 (29)18.0 (18)25.0 (25)29.0 (29)28.0 (28)24.0 (24)27.0 (27)
29Berit Unn JohansenNOR6×28+155.5242.0733.326.0 (26)28.5 (=28)28.0 (28)24.0 (24)29.0 (29)24.5 (=24)29.0 (29)28.0 (28)25.0 (=24)
30Anne Karin DehleNOR9×30+260.5260.5705.823.0 (23)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)30.0 (30)29.5 (=29)28.0 (28)