Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUS
Nocname:	Australian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1964
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	243 (203 men, 40 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Ivan Lund (opening) Dawn Fraser (closing)
Rank:	8
Gold:	6
Silver:	2
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games (1908–1912)

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 4 × 100 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds - Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 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

See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round
- Lost to 45-78
- Defeated 81-62
- Lost to 70-74
- Defeated 64-58
- Lost to 59-61
- Lost to 57-58
- Lost to 57-69
Classification Matches
- 9th-12th place: Defeated 70-58
- 9th/10th place: Defeated 64-57 → 9th place
Team Roster
Head coach: Keith Miller

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 14 cyclists represented Australia in 1964.

Individual road race

Sprint

1000m time trial

Richard Paris

Tandem

Individual pursuit

Richard Hine

Team pursuit

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Australia in 1964.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

Women's team foil

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

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.

Individual

Team

Peter Macken
Donald McMiken
Duncan Page

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Colin Ryrie	Finn	3	22	1	15	11	4	14	5273	6
John Dawe Ian Winter	Flying Dutchman	13	4	~~DNF~~	7	DNF	DNF	9	2379	14
Martinus Visser Thomas Owens	Star	8	16	~~DNF~~	10	5	7	12	2256	10
Graham Drane Ian Quartermain John Coon	Dragon	9	12	6	~~DNF~~	11	12	4	3243	12
Bill Northam Peter O'Donnell James Sargeant	5.5 Metre	1	6	2	1	~~DNF~~	1	4	5981

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Eight shooters represented Australia in 1964.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Leslie Coffey	50 m pistol	508	45
Tibor Gonczol	25 m pistol	581	20
Rodney Johnson	50 m pistol	521	38
James Kirkwood	50 m rifle, prone	589	26
John Murphy	50 m rifle, three positions	1104	35
Michael Papps	25 m pistol	582	19
Norman Rule	50 m rifle, prone	590	22
Don Tolhurst	50 m rifle, three positions	1141	10

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

First round

Group B

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Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

Light Heavyweight

Hughie Williams

Notes and References

Web site: Australia at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1964/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.