Английская Википедия:Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
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The Men's downhill competition of the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held at Patscherkofel on Thursday, 30 January.[1] The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria,[2] and defending Olympic champion Jean Vuarnet of France had retired from competition.[3]
The race course had a number of casualties during training runs, including the death of Ross Milne of Australia,[4][5] which led to a label of "Course of Fear."[6] Zimmermann was favored by many to win the downhill and to the delight of the Austrian fans he won by 0.74 seconds.[6][7]
The starting gate was at an elevation of Шаблон:Convert, and the vertical drop was Шаблон:Convert.[1] The course length was Шаблон:Convert and Zimmerman's winning run resulted in an average speed of Шаблон:Convert, with an average vertical descent rate of Шаблон:Convert. Following the victory, Zimmerman was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the United States.[7]
A dozen years later in 1976, Franz Klammer raced on a slightly shorter course (by Шаблон:Convert) and shaved more than 32 seconds off of Zimmerman's time to famously win the Olympic downhill.[8]
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