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.
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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
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)
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
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
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 Bronze
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
Shooting
Eight shooters represented Australia in 1964.
Men
Swimming
Men
Women
Water polo
Wrestling
Freestyle
Light Heavyweight
Hughie Williams