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. 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
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
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 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
Flyweight Darryl Norwood (=9th)
Bantamweight William Booth (=17th)
Featherweight Randall Hope (=17th)
Lightweight Adrian Blair (=9th)
Light welterweight Julian Rossi (=17th)
Welterweight Frank Roberts (=17th)
Light middleweight Tony Barber (=5th)
Middleweight John Bukowski (=17th)
Light heavyweight Fred Casey (=17th)
Heavyweight Athol McQueen (=5th)
Canoeing
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 Ian Browne Daryl Perkins
Individual pursuit Richard Hine
Team pursuit Kevin Brislin Robert Baird Victor Browne Henk Vogels, Sr.
Diving
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankRobyn Bradshaw3 m springboard77.6413Did not advanceSusan Knight76.7614Did not advanceRobyn Bradshaw10 m platform46.5812 Q41.58888.169Susan Knight41.8420Did not advance
Equestrian
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
Hockey
Judo
Australia was represented in judo by four male competitors.
Lightweight Brian Dalton (=9th) Ronald Ford (=19th)
Middleweight Peter Paige (=17th)
Open category Ted Boronovskis
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.
Individual Peter Macken Donald McMiken Duncan Page
Team Peter Macken Donald McMiken Duncan Page
Rowing
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Colin RyrieFinn322115114 1452736John DaweIan WinterFlying Dutchman134DNF7DNFDNF9237914 Martinus VisserThomas OwensStar816DNF105712225610Graham DraneIan QuartermainJohn CoonDragon9126DNF11124324312 Bill NorthamPeter O'DonnellJames Sargeant5.5 Metre1621DNF145981
Shooting
Eight shooters represented Australia in 1964. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankLeslie Coffey50 m pistol508 45Tibor Gonczol25 m pistol581 20Rodney Johnson50 m pistol521 38James Kirkwood50 m rifle, prone589 26John Murphy50 m rifle, three positions110435Michael Papps25 m pistol58219Norman Rule50 m rifle, prone59022Don Tolhurst50 m rifle, three positions1141 10
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDavid Dickson100 m freestyle 55.1 =5 Q 54.9 9 Did not advancePeter Phelps 56.1 =26 Did not advanceJohn Ryan 55.5 =11 Q 56.5 =23 Did not advanceRussell Phegan400 m freestyle 4:19.8 5 Q colspan=2 4:20.2 7Bob Windle 4:21.6 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceAllan Wood 4:16.2 2 Q colspan=2 4:15.1 Russell Phegan1500 m freestyle 17:28.9 6 Q colspan=2 17:22.4 5Bob Windle 17:15.9 1 Q colspan=2 17:01.7 Allan Wood 17:26.3 3 Q colspan=2 17:07.7 John Byrom200 m backstroke 2:27.0 29 Did not advancePeter Reynolds 2:15.9 4 Q 2:15.6 6 Q 2:16.6 8Ian O'Brien200 m breaststroke 2:31.4 4 Q 2:28.7 1 Q 2:27.8 John Oravainen 2:38.7 16 Q 2:39.6 15 Did not advancePeter Tonkin 2:39.3 17 Did not advanceKevin Berry200 m butterfly 2:11.0 2 Q 2:09.8 2 Q 2:06.6 Brett Hill 2:12.8 5 Q 2:11.9 =5 Q 2:12.8 7John Stark 2:15.3 11 Q 2:18.4 16 Did not advanceAlex Alexander400 m individual medley 5:10.8 17 colspan=2 Did not advanceTerry Buck 5:02.5 6 Q colspan=2 5:03.0 8John Oravainen 5:07.0 12 colspan=2 Did not advanceDavid DicksonPeter DoakJohn RyanBob Windle4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:40.6 2 Q colspan=2 3:39.1 David DicksonAllan WoodPeter DoakBob WindleJohn KonradsJohn Ryan4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:18.3 8 Q colspan=2 8:05.7 4Peter ReynoldsIan O'BrienKevin BerryDavid DicksonPeter Tonkin4 × 100 m medley relay 4:11.4 7 Q colspan=2 4:02.3
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLyn Bell100 m freestyle 1:02.4 5 Q 1:02.2 =3 Q 1:02.7 8Dawn Fraser 1:00.6 1 Q 59.9 1 Q 59.5 Robyn Thorn 1:03.7 =14 Q 1:03.9 =14 Did not advanceNanette Duncan400 m freestyle 4:55.2 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceDawn Fraser 4:52.2 5 Q colspan=2 4:47.6 4Kim Herford 4:49.8 4 Q colspan=2 4:52.9 7Marlene Dayman100 m backstroke 1:12.9 23 colspan=2 Did not advanceNanette Duncan 1:12.4 21 colspan=2 Did not advanceBelinda Woosley 1:15.3 28 colspan=2 Did not advanceChristine Barnetson200 m breaststroke colspan=2 Did not advanceLinda McGill 2:59.4 20 colspan=2 Did not advanceMarguerite Ruygrok 2:53.1 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceGillian de Greenlaw100 m butterfly 1:14.8 28 Did not advanceLinda McGill 1:11.7 22 Did not advanceJan Turner 1:14.4 27 Did not advanceJane Cortis400 m individual medley 5:43.6 15 colspan=2 Did not advanceLinda McGill 5:38.3 8 Q colspan=2 5:28.4 5Robyn ThornJan MurphyLyn BellDawn FraserJan Turner4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:11.8 1 Q colspan=2 4:06.9 Nanette DuncanMarguerite RuygrokLinda McGillDawn Fraser4 × 100 m medley relay 4:52.3 9 colspan=2 Did not advance
Water polo
First round
Group B
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Freestyle Light Heavyweight Hughie Williams
References