New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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New Zealand competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 64 competitors, 56 men and 8 women, took part in 35 events in 11 sports.[1]

Medallists

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

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Equestrianism

Gymnastics

Hockey

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 coxed 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

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxed Fours". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 September 2016.