Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Australia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Australia IOC code  AUS NOC Australian Olympic Committee Website www.olympics.com.au
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors	243 (203 men, 40 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Ivan Lund (opening) Dawn Fraser (closing)
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 6	Silver 2	Bronze 10	Total 18
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1896 1900 1904 1908* 1912* 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 * with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Games
1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 243 competitors, 203 men and 40 women, took part in 133 events in 19 sports.^[1] Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Gold

• Betty Cuthbert — Athletics, Women's 400 m
• Robert Windle — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• Ian O'Brien — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
• Kevin Berry — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
• William Northam, Peter O'Donnell, and James Sargeant — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

Silver

• Michele Brown — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

• Ron Clarke — Athletics, Men's 10.000 m
• Marilyn Black — Athletics, Women's 200 m
• Judith Pollock — Athletics, Women's 400 m
• Pamela Kilborn — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
• Theodore Boronovskis — Judo, Men's Open Class
• Allan Wood — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Allan Wood — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• David Dickson, Peter Doak, John Ryan, and Robert Windle — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
• David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Mervyn Crossman, Paul Dearing, Raymond Evans, Brian Glencross, Robin Hodder, John McBryde, Donald McWatters, Patrick Nilan, Eric Pearce, Julian Pearce, Desmond Piper, Donald Smart, Anthony Waters, and Graham Wood — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's High Jump

• Lawrie Peckham
  • Qualifying Round — 2.06m
  • Final — 2.09m (→ 10th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Dixie Willis
  • Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
  • Lost to United States 45-78
  • Defeated Peru 81-62
  • Lost to Yugoslavia 70-74
  • Defeated South Korea 64-58
  • Lost to Finland 59-61
  • Lost to Uruguay 57-58
  • Lost to Brazil 57-69
• Classification Matches
  • 9th-12th place: Defeated Mexico 70-58
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Japan 64-57 → 9th place
• Team Roster
  • Scott Davie
  • Brendon Hackwill
  • John Heard
  • Bill Wyatt
  • Michael Ah Matt
  • Werner Linde
  • Ken Cole
  • Les Hody
  • Carl Rodwell
  • Mike Dancis
  • Lindsay Gaze
  • John Gardiner
• Head Coach: Keith Miller

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists represented Australia in 1964.

Individual road race

• Ray Bilney
• Michael Hollingsworth
• David Humphreys
• Malcolm McCredie

Sprint

• Thomas Harrison
• Gordon Johnson

1000m time trial

• Richard Paris

Tandem

• Ian Browne
• Daryl Perkins

Individual pursuit

• Richard Hine

Team pursuit

• Kevin Brislin
• Robert Baird
• Victor Browne
• Henk Vogels, Sr.

Diving

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Australia in 1964.

Men's foil

• David McKenzie
• Brian McCowage
• Ivan Lund

Men's team foil

• Gerard Tubier, David McKenzie, John Douglas, Brian McCowage, Ivan Lund

Men's épée

• John Humphreys
• Ivan Lund
• Russell Hobby

Men's team épée

• Russell Hobby, John Humphreys, Imants Terrauds, Ivan Lund, Ian Bowditch

Men's sabre

• Henry Sommerville
• Alexander Martonffy
• Les Tornallyay

Men's team sabre

• Alexander Martonffy, Les Tornallyay, Paul Rizzuto, Brian McCowage, Henry Sommerville

Women's foil

• Janet Hopner
• Jan Redman
• Johanna Winter

Women's team foil

• Jan Redman, Johanna Winter, Val Winter, Janet Hopner, Ulrike Winter

Gymnastics

Hockey

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.

Individual

• Peter Macken
• Donald McMiken
• Duncan Page

Team

• Peter Macken
• Donald McMiken
• Duncan Page

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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