1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)

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New Zealand took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in the Japanese capital Tokyo with 69 athletes and 17 officials.

Medalist

gold

• Peter Snell - 800 meters
• Peter Snell - 1500 meters
• Helmer Pedersen and Earle Wells - sailing, Flying Dutchman

bronze

• John Davies - 1500 meters
• Marise Chamberlain - 800 meters

Participants by sport

athletics

Men

• Peter Snell

  800 meters of gold

  1500 meters of gold

• John Davies

  1500 meters: bronze

• Murray Halberg

  10,000 meters: 7th place

• Barry Magee

  10,000 meters: 23rd place

• Ray Puckett

  Marathon: 27th place

• Jeff Julian

  Marathon: 29th place

• Ivan Keats

  Marathon: 42nd place

Women

• Avis McIntosh

  100 meters, 1st lap forward

  80 meter hurdles, semifinals

• Marise Chamberlain

  800 meters: bronze

• Valerie Young

  Shot put: 4th place

  Discus throw: 13th place

Cycling

Men

• Laurence Byers

  Individual road race: 10th place

  Team time trial: 18th place

• Richard Johnstone

  Individual road race: 17th place

  Team time trial: 18th place

• Desmond Thomson

  Individual road race: 59th place

  Team time trial: 18th place

• Max Grace

  Road individual race: 64th place

• William Arthur Candy

  Team time trial: 18th place

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Women

• Theodora Mary Hill

  Singles: 75th place

• Pauline Margrit Gardiner

  Singles: 76th place

• Jean Charlotte Spencer

  Singles: 78th place

rowing

Men

• Murray Watkinson

  Skiff: 5th place

• Darien Boswell , Alistair Dryden , Peter Masfen , Dudley Storey :

  Four with helmsman: 8th place

• Mark Brownlee , Alexander Clark , Peter Delaney , John Gibbons , George Paterson , Anthony Popplewell , Raymond Skinner , Alan John Webster , D. Pullman

  Eighth: 11th place

Boxing

• Thomas Patrick Donovan

  Lightweight: 1st round

• Brian Martin Maunsell

  Light welterweight: 1st round

sailing

• Helmer Pedersen

  Flying Dutchman Gold

• Earle Wells

  Flying Dutchman Gold

• Peter Mander

  Finn, 4th place

Weightlifting

• Donald Oliver

  Heavyweight: 9th place

hockey

• William Schaefer , Alan Patterson , Timothy Carter , John Gillespie , John Cullen , Ernest Barnes , Bruce Judge , John Anslow , Peter Byers , Phillip Bygrave , Trevor Blake : Preliminary round

Wrestling

• Athol Roy Meehan

  Featherweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Anthony Greig

  Lightweight: 2nd round

swim

• David Gerrard

  200 m butterfly: semifinals

• Vivien Haddon

  200 m chest: qualification

horse riding

• Graeme Hansen

  Show jumping, singles: 23rd place

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Richard Hansen

  Show jumping, singles: 31st place

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Adrian White

  Show jumping, singles: 35th place

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

Web links

• Official Report of the Olympic Games 1964 (pdf)
• New Zealand Olympic Team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )