Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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.

Gold

 * Betty Cuthbert &mdash; Athletics, Women's 400 m
 * Robert Windle &mdash; Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
 * Ian O'Brien &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
 * Kevin Berry &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
 * Dawn Fraser &mdash; Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
 * William Northam, Peter O'Donnell, and James Sargeant &mdash; Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

Silver

 * Michele Brown &mdash; Athletics, Women's High Jump
 * Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn &mdash; Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

 * Ron Clarke &mdash; Athletics, Men's 10.000 m
 * Marilyn Black &mdash; Athletics, Women's 200 m
 * Judith Pollock &mdash; Athletics, Women's 400 m
 * Pamela Kilborn &mdash; Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles
 * Theodore Boronovskis &mdash; Judo, Men's Open Class
 * Allan Wood &mdash; Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
 * Allan Wood &mdash; Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
 * David Dickson, Peter Doak, John Ryan, and Robert Windle &mdash; Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
 * David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds &mdash; 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 &mdash; Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Athletics
Men's High Jump
 * Lawrie Peckham
 * Qualifying Round &mdash; 2.06m
 * Final &mdash; 2.09m (→ 10th place)

Women's 800 metres
 * Dixie Willis
 * Heat &mdash; did not compete (→ did not advance)

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
 * Werner Linde
 * Ken Cole
 * Les Hody
 * Carl Rodwell
 * Mike Dancis
 * Lindsay Gaze
 * John Gardiner
 * Head coach: Keith Miller

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.

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

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

Group B






Freestyle
Light Heavyweight
 * Hughie Williams