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competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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, Japan. 346 competitors, 267 men and 79 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.

Athletics

;Men's Competition Men's 100 meters *

Bob Hayes Robert Lee Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002), nicknamed "Bullet Bob", was an Olympic gold medalist sprinter who then became an American football split end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys (for 11 seasons). ...

*Mel Pender *Trent Jackson Men's 200 meters *

Henry Carr Henry Carr (November 27, 1941 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.Mike Larrabee Mike Larrabee (''Michael Denny Larrabee;'' December 2, 1933 – April 22, 2003) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Born in Hollywood, California and raised in Ventura, Larrabee was a young running ...

*Dick Stebbins Men's 400 meters *

Mike Larrabee Mike Larrabee (''Michael Denny Larrabee;'' December 2, 1933 – April 22, 2003) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Born in Hollywood, California and raised in Ventura, Larrabee was a young running ...

*Ulis Williams *Olan Cassell Men's 800 meters *Tom Farrell *Jerry Siebert *Morgan Groth Men's 1.500 meters * Dyrol Burleson * Tom O'Hara *

Jim Ryun James Ronald Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is an American former Republican politician and Olympic track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner. He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the ...

Men's 5,000 meters *

Bob Schul Robert Keyser "Bob" Schul (born September 28, 1937) is a former American long-distance runner. , he is the only American to have won an Olympic gold medal in the 5000 m, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Early career Schul, born and raised o ...

Bill Dellinger William "Bill" Solon Dellinger (born March 23, 1934) is a retired American middle-distance runner. He competed in the 5,000 m at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964, setting his personal record.Billy Mills Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge * Billy, a young ...

Gerry Lindgren Gerald "Gerry" Paul Lindgren (born March 9, 1946) is an American track and field runner who set many long-standing high school and national records in the United States. In 1965, Lindgren and Billy Mills both broke the world record for the six-mi ...

*Ron Larrieu Men's Marathon *

Buddy Edelen Leonard Graves "Buddy" Edelen (September 22, 1937 – February 19, 1997) was an American marathoner. Based in England for most of his prime competitive years, in 1963 Edelen became the first man to run a marathon faster than 2 hours and 15 minut ...

Billy Mills Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge * Billy, a young ...

*Peter McArdle Men's 110 meter Hurdles * * * Men's 400 meter Hurdles * * * Men's 3,000 meter Steeplechase * George Young *Vic Zwolak *Jeff Fishback Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Men's 20 km Walk * * * Men's 50 km Walk * * * Men's Long Jump *

Ralph Boston Ralph Harold Boston (born May 9, 1939) is a retired American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the barrier in the long jump. Early years and education Boston was born in Laurel, Mississippi. ...

* * Men's triple jump * * * Men's High Jump *

Edward Caruthers Edward Julius Caruthers Jr. (born April 13, 1945) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the men's high jump event during his career. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he competed for the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics ...

* * Men's Pole Vault *Fred Hansen *John Pennel * Men's Shot Put * * * Men's Javelin Throw * * * Men's Discus Throw *

Al Oerter Alfred Oerter Jr. (September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Ga ...

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Dave Weill David Lawson Weill (born October 25, 1941, Berkeley, California) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. Biography While at Stanford Weill won the 1962 and 1963 NCAA. He competed for the United State ...

Men's Hammer Throw * * * Men's Decathlon * * * ;Women's Competition Women's 100 meters * * * Women's 200 meters * * * Women's 400 meters * * * Women's 800 meters * * * Women's 4 × 100 m Relay * Women's 80m Hurdles * * * Women's Long Jump * * * Women's High Jump * * * Women's Shot Put * Women's Javelin Throw * * * Women's Discus Throw * * * Women's Pentathlon * * *

Basketball

Boxing

Bob Watkins, Fairmont, WV. Silver Medal

Canoeing

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented the United States in 1964. ; Individual road race *

John Allis John Cotton Allis (born May 31, 1942) is an American cyclist who entered into international road cycling competition in the 1960s. He was one of the strongest competitive cyclists in the United States in the early 1970s, winning the United Sta ...

Michael Hiltner Victor Vincente of America also known as VVA, born as Michael Beckwith Hiltner (born March 7, 1941), is an American author, poet, designer, and cyclist credited with being a creator of the :mountain bike. Athlete Road racing Victor began riding ...

Raymond Castilloux Raymond Castilloux (born November 23, 1934) is former racing cyclist, who was born in Canada. At age 14, he went to spend the summer in Buffalo, New York, while visiting his relatives. He eventually started school there and worked as steel-worker ...

Thomas Montemage Thomas Montemage (January 21, 1927 – January 31, 2014) was an American cyclist. He competed at the 1948, 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, ta ...

; Team time trial *

* Michael Allen * Wes Chowen ; Sprint * Alan Grieco * Jackie Simes ; 1000m time trial *

William Kund William Kund (born March 30, 1946) is a former American cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is also a photographer with works on display with the Art of the Olympians Art of the Olympians (AOTO) is an ...

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Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Jack Disney * Tim Mountford ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Skip Cutting Harry Warren "Skip" Cutting III (born June 9, 1946) is a former American cyclist. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Cutting is also an artist with works on display with the Art of the Olympians Art of the O ...

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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Hans Wolf * Oliver Martin * Donald Nelsen * Arnold Uhrlass

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers represented the United States in 1964. ; Men's foil * Albie Axelrod * Herbert Cohen * Ed Richards ; Men's team foil * Larry Anastasi, Eugene Glazer, Herbert Cohen, Albie Axelrod, Ed Richards ; Men's épée *

David Micahnik David Micahnik (born November 5, 1938) is an American fencer and fencing coach. He was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and is Jewish. Biography Micahnik attended the University of Pennsylvania (1959), fencing for the University of Pennsylvani ...

Paul Pesthy Paul Karoly Pesthy (March 25, 1938 – October 28, 2008) was an American modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States in 1958. Competitions He was a member of the U.S. Olympic modern penta ...

* Frank Anger ; Men's team épée *

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, Larry Anastasi ; Men's sabre *

Thomas Orley Szabolcs Thomas Orley (February 21, 1934 – July 3, 2008) was an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associate ...

* Gene Hámori * Attila Keresztes ; Men's team sabre * Alfonso Morales,

Robert Blum Robert Blum (10 November 1807 – 9 November 1848) was a German democratic politician, publicist, poet, publisher, revolutionist and member of the National Assembly of 1848. In his fight for a strong, unified Germany he opposed ethnocentrism a ...

, Gene Hámori, Attila Keresztes,

; Women's foil * Harriet King * Jan York-Romary * Tommy Angell ; Women's team foil * Anne Drungis, Jan York-Romary, Denise O'Connor, Harriet King, Tommy Angell

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1964. They won a silver medal in the team event. ;Individual * James Moore *

David Kirkwood David Kirkwood, 1st Baron Kirkwood, PC (8 July 1872 – 16 April 1955), was a Scottish politician, trade unionist and socialist activist from the East End of Glasgow, who was as a leading figure of the Red Clydeside era. Biography Kirkwood ...

;Team * James Moore * Dave Kirkwood * Paul Pesthy

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented the United States in 1964. Between them they won two golds, a silver and three bronze medals. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Bill McMillan * Edwin Teague ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Frank Green * Thomas Smith ; 300 m rifle, three positions * Gary Anderson *

Martin Gunnarsson Martin Ingemar Gunnarsson (March 30, 1927 – September 23, 1982) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Töreboda, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, and died in Chattahoochee County, Georgia ...

; 50 m rifle, three positions *

Lones Wigger Lones Wesley Wigger Jr. (August 25, 1937, Great Falls, Montana – December 14, 2017, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sports shooter. Wigger was a member of the United States Olympic team on three occasions, winning two Olympic Gold ...

Tommy Pool Thomas Gayle Pool (February 10, 1935 – July 7, 1990) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport ...

; 50 m rifle, prone *

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Trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

* Bill Morris * Frank Little

Swimming

Volleyball

;Men's team competition * Round robin :* Defeated Netherlands (3-0) :* Defeated South Korea (3-2) :* Lost to Hungary (0-3) :* Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3) :* Lost to Japan (1-3) :* Lost to Bulgaria (0-3) :* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) :* Lost to Brazil (2-3) :* Lost to Romania (1-3) → Ninth place *Team roster :* Mike Bright :* Barry Brown :*

Keith Erickson Keith Raymond Erickson (born April 19, 1944) is an American former basketball, and volleyball player. After graduating from El Segundo High School (California), attended El Camino College. Erickson then played basketball at UCLA, where he was a ...

:* Bill Griebenow :* Richard Hammer :* Jacob Highland :* Ron Lang :* Charles Nelson :* Mike O'Hara :* Ernie Suwara :* John Taylor :*

Pedro Velasco Pedro "Pete" Velasco Jr. (April 6, 1937 – March 21, 2023) was an American volleyball player who competed with the United States national volleyball team as captain in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and also competed with the national team in the ...

*Head coach: Harry Wilson ;Women's team competition * Round robin :* Lost to Japan (0-3) :* Lost to Poland (0-3) :* Lost to Romania (0-3) :* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) :* Defeated South Korea (3-0) → Fifth place *Team roster :* Jean Gaertner :* Lou Galloway :* Barbara Harwerth :* Patti Lucas-Bright :* Linda Murphy :* Gail O'Rourke :*

Nancy Owen Nancy Lee Owen (born May 2, 1943) is an American former volleyball player. She played for the United States national team at the 1963 Pan American Games, the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1967 Pan American Games, and the 1968 Summer Olympics. She ...

Mary Jo Peppler Mary Joan "Mary Jo" Peppler (born October 17, 1944) is a retired American volleyball player and coach. Peppler was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1990. She also played professional basketball with the New Jersey Gems of the Women' ...

:* Mary Margaret Perry :*

Sharon Peterson Sharon Roberta Peterson (born November 27, 1942) is an American former volleyball player. She played for the United States national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1967 Pan American Games, and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer ...

:* Verneda Thomas :* Jane Ward *Head coach: Doc Burroughs

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

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