1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in the Japanese capital Tokyo with a delegation of 243 athletes, 203 men and 40 women.

Medalist

gold

Names	sport	competition
Betty Cuthbert	athletics	Women, 400 meters
Robert Windle	swim	1500 meters freestyle
Ian O'Brien	swim	200 meters chest
Kevin Berry	swim	200 meter butterfly
Dawn Fraser	swim	Women, 100 meters freestyle
Bill Northam , Peter O'Donnell and James Sargeant	sailing	5.5 mR class

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Michele Brown	athletics	Women, high jump
Lynette Bell , Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy and Robyn Thorn	swim	Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Mervyn Crossman, Paul Dearing, Raymond Evans, Robin Hodder, John McBryde, Donald McWatters, Patrick Nilan, Eric Pearce, Julian Pearce, Desmond Piper, Donald Smart, Antony Waters and Graham Wood	hockey	Men's tournament
Theodore Boronovskis	Judo	Open class
Ron Clarke	athletics	10,000 meters
Marilyn Black	athletics	Women, 200 meters
Judith Pollock	athletics	Women, 400 meters
Pam Kilborn	athletics	Women, 80 meter hurdles
Allan Wood	swim	400 and 1500 meters freestyle
David Dickson , Peter Doak , John Ryan and Robert Windle	swim	4 × 100 meter freestyle
David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien and Peter Reynolds	swim	4 × 100 meter layers

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Brendon Hackwill

  Clifford Rodwell

  John Gardiner

  John Heard

  Kenneth Cole

  László Hódi

  Lindsay Gaze

  Michael Ah Matt

  Mikelis Dancis

  Scott Davie

  Werner Linde

  William Wyatt

Boxing

• Darryl Norwood

  Flyweight: 9th place

• William Booth

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Randall Hope

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Adrian Blair

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Julian Rossi

  Light welterweight: 17th place

• Francis Roberts

  Welterweight: 17th place

• Anthony Barber

  Light middleweight: 5th place

• John Bukowski

  Middleweight: 17th place

• Frederick Casey

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

• Athol McQueen

  Heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

• David McKenzie

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: preliminary round

• Brian McCowage

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Ivan Lund

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Gerard Tubier

  Foil, team: preliminary round

• John Alan Douglas

  Foil, team: preliminary round

• John Humphreys

  Epee, singles: 17th place

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Russell hobby

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Imants Terrauds

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Ian Bowditch

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Henry Sommerville

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Alexander Martonffy

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Laszlo Tornallyay

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Paul Rizzuto

  Saber, team: preliminary round

• Janet Hopner

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary matches

  Women, foil, team: 7th place

• Jane Redman

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary matches

  Women, foil, team: 7th place

• Johanna Winter

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary matches

  Women, foil, team: 7th place

• Ulrike Winter

  Women, foil, team: 7th place

• Walburga winter

  Women, foil, team: 7th place

Weightlifting

• Gerald Hay

  Bantamweight: 21st place

• Salvatore Coffa

  Bantamweight: 22nd place

• Antonio Marguccio

  Featherweight: 19th place

• Joseph Haydar

  Middleweight: 16th place

• George Vakakis

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Graeme Hall

  Middle heavyweight: 16th place

• Arthur Shannos

  Heavyweight: 13th place

hockey

• Men's team

  bronze

• Squad

  Paul Dearing

  Donald McWatters

  Brian Glencross

  John McBryde

  Julian Pearce

  Graham Wood

  Robin Hodder

  Raymond Evans

  Eric Pearce

  Patrick Nilan

  Donald Smart

  Antony Waters

  Mervyn Crossman

  Desmond Piper

Judo

• Brian Dalton

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Ronald Ford

  Lightweight: 19th place

• Peter Paige

  Light middleweight: 19th place

• Theodore Boronovskis

  Open class: bronze

canoe

• Gordon Jeffery

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: 8th place

• Adrian Powell

  Two-person kayak, 1000 meters: 8th place

• Phillip Coles

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: 9th place

• Dennis Green

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: 9th place

• Dennis McGuire

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: 9th place

• Barry Stuart

  Quad kayak, 1000 meters: 9th place

• Frederick Wasmer

  Canadians, 1000 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Victor Juricskay

  Two-man Canadians, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• Margaret Buck

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: semifinals

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: 9th place

• Lynette Wagg

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: 9th place

athletics

• Bob Lay

  100 meters: semi-finals

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• William Earle

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Gary Holdsworth

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Peter Vassella

  400 meters: 7th place

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Gary Eddy

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Ken Roche

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Tony Blue

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Albie Thomas

  1500 meters: heats

  5000 meters: heats

• Ron Clarke

  5000 meters: 9th place

  10,000 meters: bronze

  Marathon: 9th place

• Tony Cook

  5000 meters: heats

  10,000 meters: 8th place

  Marathon: 52nd place

• Bob Vagg

  Marathon: 31st place

• Gary Knoke

  400 meter hurdles: 4th place

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Michael Ryan

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Trevor Vincent

  3000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Eric Bigby

  4 × 100 meters: semi-finals

• Noel Freeman

  20 kilometers of walking: 4th place

• Ronald Crawford

  20 kilometers of walking: 22nd place

  50 kilometers of walking: 11th place

• Bob Gardiner

  20 kilometers of walking: ??

  50 kilometers of walking: 5th place

• Ted Allsopp

  50 kilometers of walking: 17th place

• Lawrie Peckham

  High jump: 10th place

• Tony Sneazwell

  High jump: 13th place

• Ian Tomlinson

  Long jump: 27th place in qualification

  Triple jump: 15th place in qualification

• Graham Boase

  Triple jump: Eliminated in qualification

• Warwick Selvey

  Discus throw: 19th place in qualification

• Marilyn Black

  Women, 100 meters: 6th place

  Women, 200 meters: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Margaret Burwill

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Dianne Bowering

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Joyce Bennett

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Betty Cuthbert

  Women, 400 meters: gold

• Judy Amoore

  Women, 400 meters: bronze

• Pam Kilborn

  Women, 80 meter hurdles: bronze

• Michele Brown

  Women, high jump: silver

• Robyn Woodhouse

  Women, high jump: 11th place

• Helen Frith

  Women, long jump: 22nd place in qualification

  Women, decathlon: 11th place

• Anna Pazera

  Women, javelin: 15th place

Modern pentathlon

• Peter Macken

  Singles: 4th place

  Team: 5th place

• Donald McMiken

  Individual: 18th place

  Team: 5th place

• Duncan Page

  Individual: 27th place

  Team: 5th place

Cycling

• Raymond Victor Bilney

  Road race: 4th place

• Michael Hollingsworth

  Road race: 14th place

• David Humphreys

  Road race: 65th place

• Malcolm McCredie

  Road race: 68th place

• Thomas Harrison

  Sprint: 5th lap

• Gordon Johnson

  Sprint: 3rd round

• Richard Paris

  1000 meter time trial: 16th place

• Ian Sterry Browne

  Tandem: 5th place

• Daryl Perkins

  Tandem: 5th place

• Richard Hine

  4000 meters individual pursuit: preliminary round

• Kevin Brislin

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Robert Baird

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Victor Browne

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

• Hendrikus Vogels

  4000 meters team pursuit: 4th place

horse riding

• John Fahey

  Show jumping, singles: 4th place

  Show jumping, team: 7th place

• Bridget MacIntyre

  Show jumping, singles: 24th place

  Show jumping, team: 7th place

• Kevin Ashley Bacon

  Show jumping, singles: 30th place

  Show jumping, team: 7th place

• Bill Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 7th place

  Versatility, team: 7th place

• Brien Cobcroft

  Versatility, singles: 13th place

  Versatility, team: 7th place

• John Kelly

  Versatility, singles: 30th place

  Versatility, team: 7th place

• Neale Lavis

  Versatility, single: ??

  Versatility, team: 7th place

Wrestling

• Donald Cacas

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: ??

• Istvan Raskovy

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: ??

• Max McAlary

  Flyweight, freestyle: ??

• Kevin McGrath

  Bantamweight, freestyle: ??

• Geoffrey Raymond Brown

  Featherweight, freestyle: ??

• Sidney Marsh

  Lightweight, freestyle: ??

• John Boyle

  Welterweight, freestyle: ??

• Hugh Williams

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: ??

rowing

• Peter Edwards

  Skiff: 9th place

• Barclay Wade

  Double scull: 13th place

• Gary Pearce

  Double scull: 13th place

• Roger Ninham

  Two without a helmsman: 9th place

• Robert Shirlaw

  Two without a helmsman: 9th place

• Bruce Richardson

  Two with a helmsman: 9th place

• Neil Lodding

  Two with a helmsman: 9th place

• Wayne Gammon

  Two with a helmsman: 9th place

• Richard Garrard

  Four without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Peter Gillon

  Four without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Simon Newcombe

  Four without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Anthony Walker

  Four without a helmsman: semi-finals

• Gary Herford

  Four with helmsman: 10th place

• Alfred Duval

  Four with helmsman: 10th place

• Ian Allen

  Four with helmsman: 10th place

• John Campbell

  Four with helmsman: 10th place

• Alan Grover

  Four with helmsman: 10th place

• David Ramage

  Eighth: 8th place

• David Boykett

  Eighth: 8th place

• Terry Davies

  Eighth: 8th place

• Robert Lachal

  Eighth: 8th place

• Paul Guest

  Eighth: 8th place

• Martin Tomanovits

  Eighth: 8th place

• Brian Vear

  Eighth: 8th place

• Graeme McCall

  Eighth: 8th place

• Kevin Wickham

  Eighth: 8th place

shoot

• Michael Papps

  Rapid fire pistol: 19th place

• Tibor Gonczol

  Rapid fire pistol: 20th place

• Rodney Johnson

  Free target pistol: 38th place

• Leslie Coffey

  Free target pistol: 45th place

• Donald Tolhurst

  Small caliber three-position fight: 10th place

• John Murphy

  Small caliber three-position fight: 35th place

• Norman Rule

  Small caliber lying: 22nd place

• James Kirkwood

  Small caliber lying: 26th place

swim

• David Dickson

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: bronze

• John Ryan

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place

• Peter Phelps

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

• Allan Wood

  400 meters freestyle: bronze

  1500 meters freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place

• Russell Phegan

  400 meters freestyle: 7th place

  1500 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Robert Windle

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1500 meters freestyle: gold

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place

• Peter Doak

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place

• John Konrads

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 4th place

• Peter Reynolds

  200 meters back: 8th place

  4 × 100 meter layers: bronze

• John Byrom

  200 meters back: heats

• Ian O'Brien

  200 meters chest: gold

  4 × 100 meter layers: bronze

• Peter Tonkin

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 × 100 meter layers: bronze

• Kevin Berry

  200 meters butterfly: gold

  4 × 100 meter layers: bronze

• Brett Hill

  200 meter butterfly: 7th place

• John Stark

  200 meters butterfly: semi-finals

• Terry Buck

  400 meter medley: 8th place

• John Oravainen

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

  200 meters chest: semi-finals

• Flemming Alexander

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Dawn Fraser

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: gold

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Lynette Bell

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Robyn Thorn

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Kim Herford

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 7th place

• Nanette Duncan

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Janice Murphy

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

• Jan Turner

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: silver

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

• Belinda Woosley

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

• Marlene Dayman

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

• Marguerite Ruygrok

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Linda McGill

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Christine Barnetson

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

• Gillian de Greenlaw

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

• Jane Cortis

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

sailing

• Colin Ryrie

  Finn dinghy: 6th place

• Martinus Visser

  Star: 10th place

• Thomas Owens

  Star: 10th place

• Graham Drane

  Dragons: 12th place

• Ian Quartermain

  Dragons: 12th place

• John Coon

  Dragons: 12th place

• John Dawe

  Flying Dutchman: 14th place

• Ian Winter

  Flying Dutchman: 14th place

• Bill Northam

  5.5 mR class: gold

• James Sargeant

  5.5 mR class: gold

• Peter O'Donnell

  5.5 mR class: gold

do gymnastics

• Graham Bond

  Individual competition: 100th place

  Team all-around competition: 16th place

  Bars: 87th place

  Floor exercise: 108th place

  Horse jump: 103rd place

  Horizontal bar: 94th place

  Rings: 114th place

  Pommel horse: 96th place

• Frederick Trainer

  Individual competition: 105th place

  Team all-around competition: 16th place

  Bars: 113th place

  Floor exercise: 103rd place

  Horse jump: 100th place

  Horizontal bar: 105th place

  Rings: 119th place

  Pommel horse: 89th place

• Marcus Faulks

  Individual competition: 108th place

  Team all-around competition: 16th place

  Bars: 101st place

  Floor exercise: 104th place

  Horse jump: 120th place

  Horizontal bar: 108th place

  Rings: 117th place

  Pommel horse: 106th place

• Benjamin de Roo

  Individual competition: 110th place

  Team all-around competition: 16th place

  Bars: 115th place

  Floor exercise: 113th place

  Horse jump: 86th place

  Horizontal bar: 118th place

  Rings: 111th place

  Pommel horse: 107th place

• Douglas MacLennan

  Individual competition: 111th place

  Team all-around competition: 16th place

  Bars: 121st place

  Floor exercise: 105th place

  Horse jump: 116th place

  Horizontal bar: 115th place

  Rings: 108th place

  Pommel horse: 105th place

• Barry Cheales

  Individual competition: 113th place

  Team all-around competition: 16th place

  Bars: 104th place

  Floor exercise: 111th place

  Horse jump: 106th place

  Horizontal bar: 98th place

  Rings: 121st place

  Pommel horse: 117th place

• Barbara Fletcher

  Women, individual all-around: 69th place

  Women, team all-around competition: 10th place

  Women, floor exercise: 69th place

  Women, horse jump: 79th place

  Women, balance beam: 55th place

  Women, uneven bars: 67th place

• Valerie Buffham-Norris

  Women, individual all-around: 70th place

  Women, team all-around competition: 10th place

  Women, floor exercise: 66th place

  Women, horse jump: 62nd place

  Women, balance beam: 75th place

  Women, uneven bars: 73rd place

• Valerie Roberts

  Women, individual all-around: 72nd place

  Women, team all-around competition: 10th place

  Women, floor exercise: 75th place

  Women, horse jump: 75th place

  Women, balance beam: 66th place

  Women, uneven bars: 72nd place

• Janice Bedford

  Women, individual all-around: 74th place

  Women, team all-around competition: 10th place

  Women, floor exercise: 62nd place

  Women, horse jump: 78th place

  Women, balance beam: 62nd place

  Women, uneven bars: 78th place

• Barbara Cage

  Women, individual all-around: 79th place

  Women, team all-around competition: 10th place

  Women, floor exercise: 78th place

  Women, horse jump: 77th place

  Women, balance beam: 80th place

  Women, uneven bars: 80th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  Michael Withers

  Thomas Hoad

  Ian Mills

  Edward Pierce

  Nicol Barnes

  Leon Wiegard

  Leslie Nunn

  Stan Hammond

  William McAtee

  Graeme Samuel

  William Phillips

Diving

• Robyn Bradshaw

  Women, jumping: 13th place

  Women, diving: 9th place

• Susan Knight

  Women, jumping: 14th place

  Women, diving: 20th place

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )