1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Great Britain)

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The United Kingdom took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as the UK with a delegation of 204 athletes (160 men and 44 women) in 124 competitions in 17 sports part.

The British athletes won four gold, twelve silver and two bronze medals. In the medal table of the Games, Great Britain placed tenth. Olympic champions were the athletes Ken Matthews in the 20 km walk, Lynn Davies in the long jump, Ann Packer over 800 meters and Mary Rand in the long jump. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Anita Lonsbrough .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• John McCluskey

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Brian Packer

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Ronnie Smith

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Jimmy Dunne

  Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Richard McTaggart

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Mick Varley

  Welterweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals

• William Robinson

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Willie Stack

  Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• Bill Hoskyns

  Foil: 7th place

  Epee: silver

  Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: 9th place

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Allan Jay

  Foil: 17th place

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: 9th place

• Sandy Leckie

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Derrick Cawthorne

  Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Peter Jacobs

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: 9th place

• Michael Howard

  Epee team: 9th place

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• John Pelling

  Epee team: 9th place

• Ralph Cooperman

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

• Richard Oldcorn

  Saber: eliminated in the 1st round

  Saber team: eliminated in the 1st round

Women

• Mary Watts-Tobin

  Foil: 9th place

  Foil team: 7th place

• Shirley Netherway

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: 7th place

• Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: 7th place

• Theresa Offredy

  Foil team: 7th place

Weightlifting

• George Newton

  Featherweight: 15th place

• Mike Pearman

  Middleweight: 14th place

• Sylvanus Blackman

  Light heavyweight: 10th place

• George Manners

  Light heavyweight: 15th place

• Louis Martin

  Middle heavyweight: silver

hockey

• 9th place

  Paul Fishwick

  John Neill

  David Judge

  David Wilman

  Charles Jones

  Roger Sutton

  Howard Davis

  Alan Page

  Jim Deegan

  John Cadman

  John Hindle

  Christopher Langhorne

  David Veit

  Geoffrey Cutter

  Michael Corby

  Derek Miller

  John Land

  Harry Cahill

Judo

• Brian Jacks

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Sydney Hoare

  Middleweight: 17th place

• Anthony Sweeney

  Heavyweight: 11th place

• Alan Petherbridge

  Open class: 8th place

canoe

Men

• Alistair Wilson

  Single kayak 1000 m: 8th place

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Peter Lawler

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Robert Lowery

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Glenn Palmer

  Four-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

Women

• Marianne Tucker

  Single kayak 500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

athletics

Men

• Peter Radford

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

• Lynn Davies

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

  Long jump: gold

• Alf Meakin

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Menzies Campbell

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

• Robbie Brightwell

  400 m: 4th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Tim Graham

  400 m: 6th place

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Adrian Metcalfe

  400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• John Boulter

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Chris Carter

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Alan Dean

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Alan Simpson

  1500 m: 4th place

• John Whetton

  1500 m: 8th place

• Bill McKim

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mike Wiggs

  5000 m: 11th place

• John Herring

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Derek Graham

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ron Hill

  10,000 m: 18th place

• Mike Bullivant

  10,000 m: 21st place

• Fergus Murray

  10,000 m: 22nd place

• Basil Heatley

  Marathon: silver

• Brian Kilby

  Marathon: 4th place

• Ron Hill

  Marathon: 19th place

• Mike Parker

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Laurie Taitt

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• John Cooper

  400 m hurdles: silver

  4 x 400 meter relay: silver

• Peter Warden

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Mike Hogan

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Maurice Herriott

  3000 m obstacle: silver

• Ernie Pomfret

  3000 m obstacle: 10th place

• Ronald Jones

  4 x 100 meter relay: 8th place

• Ken Matthews

  20 km of walking: gold

• John Edgington

  20 km walking: 8th place

• John Paddick

  20 km walking: 10th place

• Paul Nihill

  50 km of walking: silver

• Don Thompson

  50 km walking: 10th place

• Ray Middleton

  50 km walking: 13th place

• Gordon Miller

  High jump: 18th place

• Dave Stevenson

  Pole vault: 20th place

• John Morbey

  Long jump: 11th place

• Fred Alsop

  Long jump: 22nd place

  Triple jump: 4th place

• Mike Ralph

  Triple jump: 18th place

• Martyn Lucking

  Shot put: 16th place

• Mike Lindsay

  Shot put: 19th place

• Roy Hollingsworth

  Discus throw: 10th place

• Howard Payne

  Hammer throw: 17th place

Women

• Dorothy Hyman

  100 m: 8th place

  200 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Daphne Arden

  100 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m: 8th place

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Madeleine Cobb

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Janet Simpson

  200 m: 7th place

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

• Ann Packer

  400 m: silver

  800 m: gold

• Joy Grieveson

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Pat Kippax

  400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Anne Smith

  800 m: 8th place

• Mary Hodson

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Pat Pryce

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Mary Rand

  4 x 100 meter relay: bronze

  Long jump: gold

  Pentathlon: silver

• Frances Slaap

  High jump: 6th place

• Gwenda Matthews

  High jump: 16th place

• Linda Knowles

  High jump: 22nd place

• Sheila Sherwood

  Long jump: 13th place

• Alix Jamieson

  Long jump: 17th place

• Mary Peters

  Shot put: 14th place

  Pentathlon: 4th place

• Sue Platt

  Javelin throw: 9th place

Modern pentathlon

• Benjamin Finnis

  Singles: 21st place

  Team: 9th place

• Robert Phelps

  Singles: 25th place

  Team: 9th place

• Jeremy Fox

  Individual: 29th place

  Team: 9th place

Cycling

• Colin Lewis

  Road race: 25th place

  Team time trial: 15th place

• Terry West

  Road race: 26th place

• Derek Harrison

  Road race: 31st place

  Team time trial: 15th place

• Mike Cowley

  Road race: 51st place

  Team time trial: 15th place

• Bob Addy

  Team time trial: 15th place

• Karl Barton

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 5th round

  Rail tandem: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Christopher Church

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 5th round

  Rail tandem: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Roger Whitfield

  Track 1000 m time trial: 17th place

• Hugh Porter

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: 5th place

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

• Trevor Bull

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

• Harry Jackson

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

• Brian Sandy

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: eliminated in the 1st round

horse riding

• Johanna Hall

  Dressage: 12th place

• Peter Robeson

  Show jumping: bronze

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• David Broome

  Show jumping: 21st place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• David B. Barker

  Show jumping: 27th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Richard Meade

  Versatility: 8th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Ben jones

  Versatility: 9th place

  Versatility team: eliminated

• James Templar

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

• Michael Bullen

  Versatility: Eliminated

  Versatility team: eliminated

Wrestling

• Walter Pilling

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Bert Aspen

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Kenny Stephenson

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Len Allen

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Tony Buck

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Denis McNamara

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 5th place

rowing

• Arnold Cooke

  Double-twos: 7th place

• Peter Webb

  Double-twos: 7th place

• James Lee Nicholson

  Two without a helmsman: 4th place

• Stewart Farquharson

  Two without a helmsman: 4th place

• John Russell

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• William Barry

  Four without a helmsman: silver

• John James

  Four without a helmsman: silver

shoot

• Tony Clark

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 10th place

• Alan Bray

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 38th place

• Anthony Chivers

  Free pistol 50 m: 5th place

• Harry Cullum

  Free pistol 50 m: 29th place

• Peter Morgan

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 17th place

• John Hall

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 23rd place

• John Braithwaite

  Trap: 7th place

• Joe Wheater

  Trap: 11th place

swim

Men

• Robert McGregor

  100 m freestyle: silver

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 8th place

• Bob Lord

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Dave Haller

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• John Thurley

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• John Martin-Dye

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Peter Kendrew

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Geoff Thwaites

  200 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 8th place

• Neil Nicholson

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 8th place

• Brian Jenkins

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 8th place

Women

• Sandra Keen

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Diana Wilkinson

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Linda Amos

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Liz Long

  400 m freestyle: 6th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 5th place

• Pauline Sillett

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Linda Ludgrove

  100 m back: 6th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 5th place

• Jill Norfolk

  100 m back: 8th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 5th place

• Sylvia Lewis

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Stella Mitchell

  200 m chest: 4th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 5th place

• Jill Slattery

  200 m chest: 5th place

• Jacqueline Enfield

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Glenda Phillips

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals

• Mary Anne Cotterill

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: 5th place

• Judy Gegan

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals

• Anita Lonsbrough

  400 m individual medley: 7th place

• Pamela Johnson

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Brian Saffrey-Cooper

  Finn dinghy: 22nd place

• Keith Musto

  Flying Dutchman: silver

• Tony Morgan

  Flying Dutchman: silver

• Edwin Parry

  Dragons: 4th place

• Jeremy Harris

  Dragons: 4th place

• Peter Reade

  Dragons: 4th place

• Robin Aisher

  5.5 meter class: 11th place

• Adrian Jardine

  5.5 meter class: 11th place

• Eric Denham

  5.5 meter class: 11th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Jack Pancott

  Individual all-around: 102nd place

  Floor: 105th place

  Horse jump: 90th place

  Bars: 110th place

  Horizontal bar: 105th place

  Rings: 91st place

  Pommel horse: 103rd place

• John Mulhall

  Individual all-around: 115th place

  Floor: 122nd place

  Horse jump: 42nd place

  Bars: 111th place

  Horizontal bar: 117th place

  Rings: 107th place

  Pommel horse: 111th place

Women

• Denise Goddard

  Individual all-around: 71st place

  Floor: 66th place

  Horse jump: 60th place

  Uneven bars: 76th place

  Balance beam: 73rd place

• Monica Rutherford

  Individual all-around: 77th place

  Floor: 64th place

  Horse jump: 59th place

  Uneven bars: 79th place

  Balance beam: 78th place

Diving

Men

• John Candler

  3 m jumping: 9th place

• Brian Phelps

  10 m high diving: 6th place

• Tony Kitcher

  10 m high diving: 16th place

• William Wood

  10 m high diving: 25th place

Women

• Frances Cramp

  10 m high diving: 14th place

• Joy Newman

  10 m high diving: 19th place

Web links

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