Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:GBR
Nocname:British Olympic Association
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1964
Flagcaption:Flag of the United Kingdom
Location:Tokyo
Competitors:204 (160 men and 44 women)
Sports:17
Flagbearer:Anita Lonsbrough (opening)
Allan Jay (closing)
Rank:10
Gold:4
Silver:12
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 204 competitors, 160 men and 44 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.[1] British athletes have competed and won at least one gold medal in every Summer Olympic Games. Future Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell represented Britain at the 200m.

Medallists

Medals by sport
SportTotal
Athletics47112
Fencing0101
Rowing0101
Sailing0101
Swimming0101
Weightlifting0101
Equestrian0011
Total412218

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Men's Hammer Throw

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Great Britain in 1964.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

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

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Four male Judoka represented Great Britain in 1964.

Individual

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual
Team

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Eight shooters represented Great Britain in 1964.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

Louis Martin

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Britain at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . 18 August 2014 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084407/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1964/ . 19 August 2014 . dmy-all .