The
1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the
IX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les
IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German:
Olympische Winterspiele 1964), was a winter
multi-sport event which was celebrated in
Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The Games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the
Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, a former
alpine skier who had participated in the
1956 Winter Olympics.