Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CAN
Nocname:	Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1964
Website:
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	115
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Gilmour Boa
Rank:	22
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 115 competitors, 95 men and 20 women, took part in 92 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Medallists

Gold

• Roger Jackson and George Hungerford – Rowing, men's coxless pair

Silver

• Bill Crothers – Athletics, men's 800 m
• Doug Rogers – Judo, men's over 80 kg

Bronze

• Harry Jerome – Athletics, men's 100 m

Harry Jerome's 100 metre bronze medal win at the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics is captured in the documentary film Tokyo Olympiad (1965) directed by Kon Ichikawa. Slow motion close-up footage of Jerome (along with other athletes) preparing for the race begins at the 26 minute mark and then the race is shown in its entirety at full speed.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men's Competition100 metres

• Harry Jerome
  • Heat – 10.5
  • Second round – 10.3
  • Semi-final – 10.3
  • Final – 10.2 (→ Bronze medal)

200 metres

• Harry Jerome
  • Heat – 20.9
  • Second round – 21.2
  • Semi-final – 21.0
  • Final – 20.8 (→ 4th place)

400 metres

• Bill Crothers
  • Heat – 46.8
  • Second round – 46.7
  • Semi-final – 46.9 (→ did not advance)

800 metres

• Bill Crothers
  • Heat – 1:49.3
  • Semi-final – 1:47.3
  • Final – 1:45.6 (→ Silver medal)
• Don Bertoia
  • Heat – 1:52.2 (→ did not advance)

1.500 metres

• Ergas Leps
  • Heat – 3:46.4
  • Semi-final – 3:51.2 (→ did not advance)

5.000 metres

• Bruce Kidd
  • Heat – 14:21.8 (→ did not advance)

10.000 metres

• Bruce Kidd
  • Final – 30:56.4 (→ 26th place)

110 m hurdles

• Cliff Nuttall
  • Heat – 14.8 (→ did not advance)

400 m hurdles

• Bill Gairdner
  • Heat – 53.8 (→ did not advance)

20 km walk

• Alexander Oakley
  • Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

50 km walk

• Alexander Oakley
  • Final – 4:27:24.6 (→ 15th place)

Pole Vault

• Gerry Moro
  • Final – 4m70 (→ 10th place)

Decathlon

• Bill Gairdner
  • Total – 7147 points (→ 11th place)
• Gerry Moro
  • Total – 6716 points (→ 11th place)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round
  • Canada – Soviet Union 52-87
  • Canada – Hungary 59-70
  • Canada – Japan 37-58
  • Canada – Italy 54-66
  • Canada – Mexico 68-78
  • Canada – Puerto Rico 69-88
  • Canada – Poland 69-74
• Classification match
  • Canada – Peru 82-81
• Classification match
  • Canada – Hungary 65-68 → 14th place
• Team roster
  • Walter Birtles
  • John Dacyshyn
  • Rolly Goldring
  • Keith Hartley
  • Barry Howson
  • Fred Ingaldson
  • James Maguire
  • John McKibbon
  • Warren Reynolds
  • Ruby Richman
  • Joseph Stulac
  • George Stulac

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Men's flyweight (51 kg)

• John Henry
  • First round – lost to Constantin Ciuca (ROM), DSQ

Men's lightweight (60 kg)

• Roger Palmer
  • First round – defeated Gabriel Achy Assi (IVC), 3:2
  • Second round – lost to Stoyan Pilichev (BUL), 0:5

Men's Light-Welterweight (63½ kg)

• Harvey Reti
  • First round – bye
  • Second round – lost to István Toth (HUN), 2:3

Men's welterweight (67 kg)

• Frederick Desrosiers
  • First round – lost to Silvano Bertini (ITA), DSQ

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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. Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Canada in 1964.

Men's foil

• John Andru
• Robert Foxcroft

Men's épée

• John Andru
• Robert Foxcroft

Men's sabre

• John Andru
• Robert Foxcroft

Women's foil

• Pacita Weidel

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

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

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round
  • Canada – Germany 1-5
  • Canada – Netherlands 0-5
  • Canada – Hong Kong 2-1
  • Canada – Spain 0-3
  • Canada – Belgium 1-5
  • Canada – India 0-3
  • Canada – Malaysia 2-3 → 14th place
• Team roster
  • Ronald Aldridge
  • Derrick Anderson
  • Anthony Boyd
  • Peter Buckland
  • Richard Chopping
  • Gerd Heidinger
  • Ian Johnston
  • Harry Preston
  • Alan Raphael
  • Gerard Ronan
  • Patrick Ruttle
  • Peter Vander Pyl
  • Victor Warren
  • Lee Wright
  • Andrew Yeoman
  • John Young

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented Canada in 1964.

25 m pistol

• William Hare
• Garfield McMahon

50 m pistol

• Garfield McMahon
• William Hare

50 m rifle, three positions

• George Marsh
• Gil Boa

50 m rifle, prone

• Gil Boa
• George Marsh

Trap

• Floyd Nattrass
• Harry Willsie

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

• sports-reference
• Explorare

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canada at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417083405/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CAN/summer/1964/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-12-11 . sports-reference.com.