Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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, 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.

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 *

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— Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly *

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— Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle * William Northam,

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, and James Sargeant — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

Silver

* Michele Brown — Athletics, Women's High Jump * Lynette Bell,

, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

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— 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,

, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Mervyn Crossman,

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, Raymond Evans,

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, Robin Hodder, John McBryde,

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, Eric Pearce, Julian Pearce, Desmond Piper, Donald Smart,

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, 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 45-78 ** Defeated 81-62 ** Lost to 70-74 ** Defeated 64-58 ** Lost to 59-61 ** Lost to 57-58 ** Lost to 57-69 *Classification Matches ** 9th-12th place: Defeated 70-58 ** 9th/10th place: Defeated 64-57 → 9th place *Team Roster ** Scott Davie ** Brendon Hackwill ** John Heard ** Bill Wyatt **

Michael Ah Matt Michael Henry George Ah Matt (30 November 1942 – 14 February 1983) was an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player. He played for the Australian national basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Ah Matt was born on 30 Novembe ...

** Werner Linde ** Ken Cole ** Les Hody ** Carl Rodwell ** Mike Dancis **

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** John Gardiner *Head Coach:

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Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

14 cyclists represented Australia in 1964.

Individual road race

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* Michael Hollingsworth * David Humphreys * Malcolm McCredie

Sprint

* Thomas Harrison * Gordon Johnson

1000m time trial

* Richard Paris

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* Ian Browne *

Daryl Perkins Daryl Perkins (born 20 April 1943) is a former Australian professional track cyclist. Biography Perkins was born and lives in the state of Victoria, Australia. He was a sprint, tandem and six-day rider. Perkins teamed with Ian Browne to win ...

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 ...

* Richard Hine

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* Kevin Brislin * Robert Baird * Victor Browne * Henk Vogels, Sr.

Diving

Equestrian

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

Gymnastics

Hockey

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.

Individual

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* Duncan Page

Team

* Peter Macken * Donald McMiken * Duncan Page

Rowing

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Australia in 1964. ;Men

Swimming

Water polo

First round

Group B

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Weightlifting

Wrestling

Freestyle

Light Heavyweight * Hughie Williams

References

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