- Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1964 Summer
competitors=250 (208 men, 42 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Ivan Lund (opening)Dawn Fraser (closing)
gold=6
silver=2
bronze=10
total=18
rank=8Australia competed at the1964 Summer Olympics inTokyo ,Japan . Australian athletes have competed in everySummer 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*
Kevin Berry — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly*
Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle*
William Northman , Peter O'Donnell, andJames Sargeant — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter ClassSilver
* Michelle Brown — Athletics, Women's High Jump
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Lynette Bell ,Dawn Fraser ,Janice Murphy , andRobyn Thorn — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle RelayBronze
*
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 , andRobert Windle — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay* David Dickson,
Kevin Berry ,Ian O'Brien , andPeter 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 , andGraham Wood — Field Hockey, Men's Team CompetitionResults by event
Men's High Jump
*Lawrence 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 flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer 45-78:* Defeated flagIOC|PER|1964 Summer 81-62:* Lost to flagIOC|YUG|1964 Summer 70-74 :* Defeated flagIOC|KOR|1964 Summer 64-58 :* Lost to flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer 59-61 :* Lost to flagIOC|URU|1964 Summer 57-58 :* Lost to flagIOC|BRA|1964 Summer 57-69
*Classification Matches:* 9th-12th place: Defeated flagIOC|MEX|1964 Summer 70-58:* 9th/10th place: Defeated flagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer 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=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)
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