Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
| Women's downhill at the IX Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Axamer Lizum | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 6 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:55.39 | ||||||||||||
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Christl Haas |
 Austria
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Edith Zimmermann |
Austria
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Traudl Hecher |
Austria
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| Location | Axamer Lizum |
| Vertical | 705 m (2,313 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,310 m (7,579 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,605 m (5,266 ft) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum.
The defending world champion was Christl Haas of Austria. She won the event and lead a sweep of the medals for Austria on home snow. Traudl Hecher also won the bronze medal in the 1960 downhill at age 16: her daughter Elisabeth Görgl won the same medal in the same event in 2010.
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