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
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Tokyo
Competitors	64 (56 men, 8 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Peter Snell
Officials	17
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Australasia (1908–1912)

Medal tables

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Peter Snell	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	16 October
Gold	Peter Snell	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	21 October
Gold	Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells	Sailing	Flying Dutchman	21 October
Bronze	Marise Chamberlain	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	20 October
Bronze	John Davies	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	21 October

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	0	2	4
Sailing	1	0	0	1
Total	3	0	2	5

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	0	1	4
Female	0	0	1	1
Total	3	0	2	5

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		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	—				13:51.0	6
Marise Chamberlain	Women's 800 m	2:06.8	2 Q	—		2:04.6	1 Q	2:02.8
John Davies	Men's 1500 m	3:45.5	2 Q	—		3:41.9	3 Q	3:39.6
Murray Halberg	Men's 5000 m	14:12.0	4	—				did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m	—						29:10.8	7
Jeff Julian	Men's marathon	—						2:27:57.6	29
Ivan Keats	Men's marathon	—						2:36:16.8	42
Barry Magee	Men's 10,000 m	—						30:32.0	23
Avis McIntosh	Women's 80 m hurdles	10.8	3 Q	—		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	—		24.0	6	did not advance
Ray Puckett	Men's marathon	—						2:27:34.0	27
Neville Scott	Men's 5000 m	15:01.0	11	—				did not advance
Peter Snell	Men's 800 m	1:49.0	1 Q	—		1:46.9	1 Q	1:45.1 OR
	Men's 1500 m	3:46.8	4 Q	—		3:38.8	1 Q	3:38.1

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
3. 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

Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paddy Donovan	Men's lightweight	Bye	Pace (ARG) L RSC	Did not advance				=17
Brian Maunsell	Men's light welterweight	Bye	Frolov (URS) L RSC	Did not advance				=17

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1964.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurie Byers	Men's individual road race	4:39:51.74	10
Max Grace		4:39:51.83	66
Dick Johnstone		4:39:51.74	17
Des Thomson		4:39:51.81	61
Laurie Byers Arthur Candy Max Grace Dick Johnstone	Men's team time trial	2:38:37.35	18

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Overall
			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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Women's individual

Apparatus qualifying and all-around

Athlete	Vault			Uneven bars			Balance beam			Floor			All-around total	All-around rank
	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

Main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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

12 October 1964 (1964-10-12) New Zealand  2–0  Great Britain

13 October 1964 (1964-10-13) Kenya  3–2  New Zealand

15 October 1964 (1964-10-15) Japan  1–0  New Zealand

16 October 1964 (1964-10-16) Australia  2–1  New Zealand

18 October 1964 (1964-10-18) Pakistan  2–0  New Zealand

19 October 1964 (1964-10-19) Rhodesia 2–1  New Zealand

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
Pakistan	6	6	0	0	17	3	12	Advance to semi-finals
Australia	6	4	0	2	16	5	8	Advance to semi-finals
Kenya	6	3	1	2	7	9	7	5th–8th classification round
Japan	6	3	0	3	6	6	6	5th–8th classification round
Great Britain	6	2	0	4	5	12	4
Rhodesia	6	1	1	4	4	16	3
New Zealand	6	1	0	5	6	10	2

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

See also: List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics

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
		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 Doug Pulman (cox)	Eight	6:20.63	4 R	6:14.83	3 FB	6:07.59	11

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Peter Mander	Finn	716	1017	841	716	1620	774	341	5684	4
Helmer Pedersen (helm) Earle Wells	Flying Dutchman	219	101 DNF	1423	946	1423	1423	821	6255

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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	—		did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Don Oliver	Men's heavyweight	157.5	10	132.5	12	190.0	=4	480.0	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tony Greig	Men's freestyle lightweight	Jeong  (KOR) L	Rost (EUA) L Fall	Eliminated
Roy Meehan	Men's freestyle featherweight	Tovar (MEX) L Fall	Seifpour (IRI) L Fall	Eliminated

Officials

• Team manager – William Stevenson^[7]
• Assistant team manager – Ron Shakespeare^[8]
• Team doctor – Renton Grigor^[9]
• Chaperone – Zelda Bridgens^[9]
• Athletics section manager – Max Carr^[9]
• Boxing section manager – Syd Ashton^[9]
• Cycling section manager – Bob Carruthers^[9]
• Equestrian section manager – Ben Rutherford^[9]
• Field hockey section manager – Bob Milne^[10]
• Gymnastics section manager – David McKenzie-Edwards^[9]
• Rowing
  • Section manager – Jack Stevenson^[9]
  • Coach (eight and four) – Eric Craies^[9]
• Sailing section manager – Don St Clair Brown^[11]
• Swimming section manager – Bryan Simpson^[10]
• Weightlifting section manager – Trevor Clark^[9]

References

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4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
7. "Biographical notes". The Press. Vol. 104, no. 30638. 2 January 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
8. "Decades of service to country recalled". Hawkes Bay Today. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
9. "Games officials". The Press. Vol. 103, no. 30504. 28 July 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
10. "Managers chosen: swimming and hockey". The Press. Vol. 103, no. 30499. 22 July 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
11. "Sport in brief: concerned". The Press. Vol. 103, no. 30519. 14 August 1964. p. 15. Retrieved 14 January 2023.