Greece at the 1964 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | GRE |
NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Innsbruck ![]() | |
Competitors | 3 (men) in 1 sport |
Flag bearer | Dimitrios Pappos [1] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Greece competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The nation returned to the Winter Games after boycotting the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Konstantinos Karydas | Downhill | 3:10.09 | 73 |
Vasilios Makridis | Giant Slalom | 2:57.79 | 78 |
Konstantinos Karydas | 2:35.89 | 73 | |
Dimitrios Pappos | 2:35.52 | 72 |
Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||||||
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Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
Dimitrios Pappos | 1:42.76 | 83 | DSQ | – | did not advance | |||||
Konstantinos Karydas | 1:31.51 | 82 | 1:37.46 | 55 | did not advance | |||||
Vasilios Makridis | 1:19.70 | 77 | 1:40.27 | 56 | did not advance |
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was already an Olympic candidate, unsuccessfully bidding to host the 1960 Games. Innsbruck won the 1964 Games bid, defeating the cities of Calgary in Canada and Lahti in Finland. The sports venues, many of which were built for the Games, were located within a radius of 20 km (12 mi) around Innsbruck. The Games included 1,091 athletes from 36 nations, which was a record for the Winter Games at the time. Athletes participated in six sports and ten disciplines which bring together a total of thirty-four official events, seven more than the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. The luge made its debut on the Olympic program. Three Asian nations made their Winter Games debut: North Korea, India and Mongolia.
Greece has competed at every Summer Olympic Games, one of five countries to have done so, and most of the Winter Olympic Games. Greece has hosted the modern Olympic Games twice, both in Athens for the Summer Olympic Games, in 1896 and 2004.
Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Yugoslavia returned to the Winter Olympic Games after having missed the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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Greece competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It was the first time that the nation sent athletes to compete in the Winter Olympic Games. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Greece competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Greece competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Greece competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Greece competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Greece competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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Argentina competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Bulgaria competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
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Senegal has sent athletes to all Summer Olympic Games held since 1964. Unlike most surrounding nations, Senegal has never missed any Summer Olympics since its independence. Only once has the country won an Olympic medal: Amadou Dia Ba, who won a silver medal in the men's 400 metre hurdles in 1988. However, Abdoulaye Seye, representing France, won a bronze medal in the 200 metres in 1960, just two months after the short lived Mali Federation gained independence and a few days after Senegal seceded from the federation.
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