Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
# 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. 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 United States 45-78
   * Defeated Peru 81-62
   * Lost to Yugoslavia 70-74
   * Defeated South Korea 64-58
   * Lost to Finland 59-61
   * Lost to Uruguay 57-58
   * Lost to Brazil 57-69
* 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

## 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.

## 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

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.

### Individual

* Peter Macken
* Donald McMiken
* Duncan Page

### Team

* Peter Macken
* Donald McMiken
* Duncan Page

## Sailing

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| 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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |

## Water polo

### First round

**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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
| 11 October 1964 16:30 | Official Report p.675 | Soviet Union | 6–0 | Australia | Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: M. Manguillot (ESP) |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: M. Manguillot (ESP) |||
| 11 October 1964 16:30 | Official Report p.675 | Kuznetsov, Semyonov 2 | Goals | None | Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: M. Manguillot (ESP) |
| 13 October 1964 16:30 | Official Report p.680 | Australia | 1–3 | Germany | Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: C.H. Angerhausen (BEL) |
| Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: C.H. Angerhausen (BEL) |||
| 13 October 1964 16:30 | Official Report p.680 | Mills 1 | Goals | three players 1 | Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: C.H. Angerhausen (BEL) |

## Wrestling

### Freestyle

Light Heavyweight

* Hughie Williams
