Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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| Australia at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 250 (208 men, 42 women) | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ivan Lund (opening) Dawn Fraser (closing) |
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| Medals Rank: 8 |
Gold 6 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 10 |
Total 18 |
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| Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
| Summer Games | ||||||||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
*with New Zealand as Australasia |
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| Winter Games | ||||||||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||||||||
Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
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[edit] Medals
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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 Northman, Peter O'Donnell, and James Sargeant — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
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Silver
- Michelle Brown — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
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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 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds — Swimming, Men's 4x100 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, Antony Waters, and Graham Wood — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's High Jump
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- Qualifying Round — 2.06m
- Final — 2.09m (→ 10th place)
Women's 800 metres
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- Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance)
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
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- Lost to
United States 45-78 - Defeated
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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
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Brazil 57-69
- Lost to
- Classification Matches
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- Team Roster
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- 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
[edit] Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
- Raymond Bilney — 4:39:51.74 (→ 4th place)
- Michael Hollingsworth — 4:39:51.74 (→ 14th place)
- David Humphreys — 4:39:51.79 (→ 63rd place)
- Malcolm McCreadie — 4:39:51.79 (→ 66th place)
