1964
New record again in this Olympic season, 27 participants: AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHN, CZE, DEN, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. Thus we need a preliminary round of 11 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, PRK, FRA, CHN, SWE, NOR, USA, NED and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: ITA-CAN, FRA-GDR, URS-FRG, CZE-SWI, JAP-KOR, NOR-ROM, AUT-SWE, HUN-GBR, CHN-BEL, AUS-POL, NZL-DEN. The matches:
Italy-Canada 6-4
France-East Germany 4-6
USSR-West Germany 9-1
Czechoslovakia-Switzerland 5-4
Japan-South Korea 10-0
Norway-Romania 10-0
Austria-Sweden 0-10
Hungary-Britain 4-5
China-Belgium 9-0
Australia-Poland 1-7
New Zealand-Denmark 4-5
The first round proper then consists of: CHN, CZE, DEN, FIN, GBR, GDR, ITA, JAP, MGL, NED, NOR, POL, PRK, SWE, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, USA, URS, PRK and SWE, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: SWE-NED, CHN-POL, GDR-CZE, GBR-PRK, FIN-JAP, NOR-MGL, DEN-USA, ITA-URS. The matches proceed as follows:
Sweden-Netherlands 8-2
China-Poland 7.5-1.5
East Germany-Czechoslovakia 10-0
Britain-North Korea 4-5
Finland-Japan 5-5; distances: 10-10; Finland win on samalog points
Norway-Mongolia 6-4, that was close...
Denmark-USA 3-6
Italy-USSR 1-9
The quarter-final consists of: CHN, FIN, GDR, NOR, PRK, SWE, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, URS and SWE, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: FIN-SWE, URS-PRK, USA-NOR, CHN-GDR. Results of the matches:
Finland-Sweden 2-8
USSR-North Korea 9-0
USA-Norway 6-4, again!
China-East Germany 3-7
Semi-final draw: GDR-USA, SWE-URS. Matches:
East Germany-USA 2-8
Sweden-USSR 3-7
Bronze final: GDR-Sweden 0-10
FINAL: USA-USSR
44,4 - 45,0 (1-0) 1.33,3 - 1.32,8 (1-1) 2.33,3 - 2.22,6 (1-2) 5.17,1 - 5.04,2 (1-3) 39,5 - 39,6 (2-3) 2.08,9 - 2.06,3 (2-4) 4.51,8 - 4.27,3 (2-5) 8.03,6 - 7.43,5 (2-6) 16.59,8 -15.56,1 (2-7)
Final result 2-7
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 45x URS GOLD 19x FIN GOLD 4x NED GOLD 2x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 USA Silver 1964 CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 2x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 CHN 4th 1961 GDR 4th 1964 EST QF 5x LIT QF 1927 KOR QF 1949 ROM 1R 8x AUS 1R 6x MGL 1R 2x NZL PR 5x ICE PR 2x RSA PR 2x COL PR 1933 ESP PR 1957