| Noc: | NRH |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Zambia |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Games Link: | 1964 Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1964 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Northern Rhodesia |
| Oldcode: | NRH |
| Date: | 10–24 October 1964 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer: | Trev Haynes |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1960) |
Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 12 competitors, 11 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.[1] These were the only Games for Northern Rhodesia. On 24 October 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the country became independent from the UK and changed its name from Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, the first time a country entered an Olympic games as one country and left it as another.[2] For that ceremony, the team celebrated by marching with a new placard with the word "Zambia" on it (as opposed to the "Northern Rhodesia" placard used in the opening ceremony). They were the only team to use a placard for the closing ceremony.[3]
See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Wallie Babb | 110 m hurdles | 14.7 | 7 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Laurent Chifita | Marathon | 2:51:52.2 | 57 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Trev Haynes | Marathon | 2:45:08.6 | 54 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Constantino Kapambwe | Marathon | 2:39:28.4 | 46 | Did not advance | |||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Jeffery Smith | 100 m | 10.8 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| 200 m | 21.7 | 4 Q | 22.0 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Cornelis van der Walt | Bantamweight | L RSC-1 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ian McLoughlin | Featherweight | L 0-5 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. One female fencer represented Northern Rhodesia in 1964.
See main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Alan Durrett | 400 metre freestyle | 4:39.0 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 18:24.9 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Charles Fox | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:49.1 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 metre medley | 5:38.2 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Final round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank | |||
| John Alan Smith | −63 kg | L T 1:26 | Did not advance | 19 | ||||||
| Theunis van Wyk | −87 kg | L T 6:07 | L T 4:40 | Did not advance | 16 | |||||