Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 7, 1964.
The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum.
This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths.
The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976, after Denver returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).
- Winter map - Innsbruck area
- Innsbruck - ski areas
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