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Australia at 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
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Australia at 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. List of events and results which Australia competed in at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Australia sent 243 athletes (203 men and 40 women) to the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. They competed in 133 events in 19 Olympic sports. Australian athletes have competed in all of the Summer Olympic Games since the games started.

In Swimming Dawn Fraser won 1 gold, 1 silver medal. Bob Windle, Kevin Berry, Ian O’Brian all won 1 gold, 1 bronze medal each also in Swimming. David Dickson and Allan Wood both won 2 bronze medals each in Swimming.

Wayne Gammon was the youngest athlete for Australia (14 years 102 days) and Bill Northam oldest (59 years 15 days).

The Tokyo Summer Games had 5,137 participants (4,457 men and 680 women) from 93 countries.

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XVIII 1964  Tokyo621010 – 24 Oct

The following records are Australians who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 1964 Olympic Games.

1964 Tokyo Japan
 SportEventCompetitors
1stAthleticsWomen’s 400mBetty Cuthbert
1stSailingMen’s 5.5m classWilliam Northam, Peter O’Donnell, James Sargeant
1stSwimmingWomen’s 100m freestyleDawn Fraser
1stSwimmingMen’s 1500m freestyleRobert Windle
1stSwimmingMen’s 200m breaststrokeIan O’Brien
1stSwimmingMen’s 200m butterflyKevin Berry
2ndAthleticsWomen’s high jumpMichele Brown
2ndSwimmingWomen’s 4x100m freestyle relayDawn Fraser, Lynette Bell, Robyn Thorn, Janice Murphy
3rdAthleticsWomen’s 80m hurdlesPamela Kilborn
3rdAthleticsWomen’s 200mMarilyn Black
3rdAthleticsWomen’s 400mJudith Pollock
3rdAthleticsMen’s 10,000mRon Clarke
3rdField HockeyMen’s team competitionRobin Hodder, Paul Dearing, Patrick Nilan, Brian Glencross, Raymond Evans, John McBryde, Donald McWatters, Donald Smart, Graham Wood, Eric Pearce, Julian Pearce, Desmond Piper, Anthony Waters, Mervyn Crossman
3rdJudoMen’s open classTheodore Boronovskis
3rdSwimmingMen’s 400m freestyleAllan Wood
3rdSwimmingMen’s 1500m freestyleAllan Wood
3rdSwimmingMen’s 4x100m freestyle relayDavid Dickson, Peter Doak, John Ryan, Robert Windle
3rdSwimmingMen’s 4x100m medley relayDavid Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O’Brien, Peter Reynolds

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