Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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.

Australia at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Tokyo
Competitors243 (203 men, 40 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearers Ivan Lund (opening)
Dawn Fraser (closing)
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
6
Silver
2
Bronze
10
Total
18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

––––

 Australasia (1908–1912)

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
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
Main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round
  • 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
Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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

Individual pursuit
  • Richard Hine

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

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.

Individual
  • Peter Macken
  • Donald McMiken
  • Duncan Page

Team
  • Peter Macken
  • Donald McMiken
  • Duncan Page

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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

Eight shooters represented Australia in 1964.

Men
Athlete Event Final
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
Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 4 Semifinals
2  Germany 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 2
3  Australia 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source: Official Report p. 673

11 October 1964
16:30		 Official Report p.675 Soviet Union  6–0  Australia Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
M. Manguillot (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–0, 2–0, 2–0
Kuznetsov, Semyonov 2 Goals None

13 October 1964
16:30		 Official Report p.680 Australia  1–3  Germany Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool
Referees:
C.H. Angerhausen (BEL)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–0, 0–2, 0–0
Mills 1 Goals three players 1

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Freestyle

Light Heavyweight

  • Hughie Williams

References
  1. "Australia at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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