New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 64 competitors, 56 men and eight women, who took part in 35 events across 11 sports.[1] Selection of the team for the Games in Tokyo, Japan, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Peter Snell. The New Zealand team finished equal 12th on the medal table, winning a total of five medals, three of which were gold.
| New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NZL |
| NOC | New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo | |
| Competitors | 64 (56 men, 8 women) in 11 sports |
| Flag bearer | Peter Snell |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Officials | 17 |
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
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Medal tables
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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 | Peter Snell | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 16 October |
| Peter Snell | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 21 October |
| Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells | Sailing | Flying Dutchman | 21 October |
 | Marise Chamberlain | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 20 October |
| John Davies | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 21 October |
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Total | ||
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Medals by gender | ||||||
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| Male | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
Athletics
Track and road
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank[lower-roman 1] | Result | Rank[lower-roman 2] | Result | Rank[lower-roman 3] | Result | Rank | ||
| Bill Baillie | Men's 5000 m | 13:55.4 | 2 Q | N/A | 13:51.0 | 6 | |||
| Marise Chamberlain | Women's 800 m | 2:06.8 | 2 Q | N/A | 2:04.6 | 1 Q | 2:02.8 | | |
| John Davies | Men's 1500 m | 3:45.5 | 2 Q | N/A | 3:41.9 | 3 Q | 3:39.6 | | |
| Murray Halberg | Men's 5000 m | 14:12.0 | 4 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
| Men's 10,000 m | N/A | 29:10.8 | 7 | ||||||
| Jeff Julian | Men's marathon | N/A | 2:27:57.6 | 29 | |||||
| Ivan Keats | Men's marathon | N/A | 2:36:16.8 | 42 | |||||
| Barry Magee | Men's 10,000 m | N/A | 30:32.0 | 23 | |||||
| Avis McIntosh | Women's 80 m hurdles | 10.8 | 3 Q | N/A | 10.9 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Women's 100 m | 12.0 | 4 Q | 12.0 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Doreen Porter | Women's 100 m | 11.7 | 2 Q | 11.8 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 200 m | 24.2 | 3 q | N/A | 24.0 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Ray Puckett | Men's marathon | N/A | 2:27:34.0 | 27 | |||||
| Neville Scott | Men's 5000 m | 15:01.0 | 11 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
| Peter Snell | Men's 800 m | 1:49.0 | 1 Q | N/A | 1:46.9 | 1 Q | 1:45.1 OR | | |
| Men's 1500 m | 3:46.8 | 4 Q | N/A | 3:38.8 | 1 Q | 3:38.1 | | ||
- Ranks given are within the heat
- Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
- Ranks given are within the semifinal
Field
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Les Mills | Men's discus throw | 51.70 | 21 | Did not advance | |
| Men's shot put | 18.05 | =6 Q | 18.52 | 7 | |
| Valerie Young | Women's discus throw | 51.94 | 10 Q | 49.59 | 13 |
| Women's shot put | 16.40 | 2 Q | 17.26 | 4 | |
Boxing
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| Paddy Donovan | Men's lightweight | Bye |  L RSC |
Did not advance | =17 | |||
| Brian Maunsell | Men's light welterweight | Bye | .svg.png){kind=small} L RSC |
Did not advance | =17 | |||
Cycling
Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1964.
Road
- Men's individual road race
| Athlete | Time | Rank |
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| Laurie Byers | 4:39:51.74 | 10 |
| Max Grace | 4:39:51.83 | 66 |
| Richard Johnstone | 4:39:51.74 | 17 |
| Des Thomson | 4:39:51.81 | 61 |
- Men's team time trial
| Athlete | Time | Rank |
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| Laurie Byers Arthur Candy Max Grace Richard Johnstone |
2:38:37.35 | 18 |
Equestrian
Jumping
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Overall | |||
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| Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | |||
| Bruce Hansen | Tide | Individual | 24.00 | =27 | 32.00 | 37 | 56.00 | =31 |
| Graeme Hansen | Saba Sam | Individual | 12.75 | 10 | 25.00 | 33 | 37.75 | 23 |
| Adrian White | El Dorado | Individual | 37.25 | 36 | 25.25 | 34 | 62.50 | 35 |
| Bruce Hansen Graeme Hansen Adrian White |
See above | Team | 74.00 | 10 | 82.25 | 10 | 156.25 | 10 |
Gymnastics
Women's individual
- Apparatus qualifying and all-around
| Athlete | Vault | Uneven bars | Balance beam | Floor | All-around total |
All-around rank | ||||||||
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| C | O | Rank | C | O | Rank | C | O | Rank | C | O | Rank | |||
| Pauline Gardiner | 8.933 | 8.833 | 68 | 8.133 | 8.266 | 74 | 8.733 | 8.066 | 76 | 8.633 | 8.733 | 79 | 68.330 | 76 |
| Theodora Hill | 8.600 | 8.933 | 72 | 8.400 | 7.833 | 77 | 8.800 | 8.700 | 70 | 8.766 | 8.933 | 68 | 68.965 | 75 |
| Jean Spencer | 8.600 | 8.500 | 76 | 7.933 | 8.400 | 75 | 8.666 | 7.300 | 79 | 8.366 | 8.600 | 81 | 66.365 | 78 |
None of the New Zealand gymnasts qualified for any of the apparatus finals.
Field hockey
Men's tournament
- Team roster
| John Anslow Ernest Barnes Trevor Blake Peter Byers Phil Bygrave Timothy Carter John Cullen |
Ross Gillespie Bruce Judge Grantley Judge Ian Kerr Brian Maunsell Alan Patterson Bill Schaefer |
- Group A
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 8 | Advance to semi-finals |
 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5th–8th classification round |
 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5th–8th classification round |
 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
Rowing
In 1964, New Zealand entered boats in three of the seven events:[2] men's single sculls,[3] men's coxed four,[4] and men's eight.[5] The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Murray Watkinson | Single sculls | 7:49.01 | 2 R | 7:45.28 | 1 FA | 8:35.57 | 5 |
| Darien Boswell Alistair Dryden Peter Masfen Dudley Storey Robert Page (cox) |
Coxed four | 6:50.81 | 3 R | 7:09.26 | 2 FB | 6:45.16 | 8 |
| Mark Brownlee Alexander Clark Peter Delaney John Gibbons George Paterson Tony Popplewell Raymond Skinner Alan Webster Douglas Pulman (cox) |
Eight | 6:20.63 | 4 R | 6:14.83 | 3 FB | 6:07.59 | 11 |
Sailing
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Peter Mander | Finn | 716 | 1017 | 841 | 716 | 1620 | 774 | 5684 | 4 | |
| Helmer Pedersen (helm) Earle Wells |
Flying Dutchman | 219 | DNF |
1423 | 946 | 1423 | 1423 | 821 | 6255 | |
Swimming
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Dave Gerrard | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:16.3 | 14 Q | 2:15.4 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Vivien Haddon | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 2:53.4 | 11 | N/A | Did not advance | ||
Weightlifting
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Don Oliver | Men's heavyweight | 157.5 | 10 | 132.5 | 12 | 190.0 | =4 | 480.0 | 9 |
Wrestling
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final | Rank |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| Tony Greig | Men's freestyle lightweight | .png){kind=small} L |
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Eliminated | ||||
| Roy Meehan | Men's freestyle featherweight | .svg.png){kind=small} L Fall |
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Eliminated | ||||
References
- "New Zealand at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- "New Zealand Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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