New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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)

IOC codeNZL

NOCNew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association

Websitewww.olympic.org.nz

Competitors64 (56 men, 8 women) in 11 sports

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.

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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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank^[iii]	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
Murray Halberg	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
Avis McIntosh	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
Doreen Porter	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
Peter Snell	Men's 1500 m	3:46.8	4 Q	N/a		3:38.8	1 Q	3:38.1

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Les Mills	Men's discus throw	51.70	21	did not advance
Les Mills	Men's shot put	18.05	=6 Q	18.52	7
Valerie Young	Women's discus throw	51.94	10 Q	49.59	13
Valerie Young	Women's shot put	16.40	2 Q	17.26	4

New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Equestrian

Jumping

Gymnastics

Women's individual

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Officials

References

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	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

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

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	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 Lex 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

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
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

v t e Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
Africa	Algeria Cameroon Chad Congo Ethiopia Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria Northern Rhodesia Rhodesia Senegal Tanganyika Tunisia Uganda United Arab Republic
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma Cambodia Ceylon Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Japan South Korea Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Taiwan Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

v t e 1964 New Zealand Olympic team
Athletics	Bill Baillie Marise Chamberlain John Davies Murray Halberg Jeff Julian Ivan Keats Barry Magee Avis McIntosh Les Mills Doreen Porter Ray Puckett Neville Scott Valerie Young Peter Snell
Boxing	Paddy Donovan Brian Maunsell
Cycling	Laurie Byers Arthur Candy Max Grace Dick Johnstone Des Thomson
Equestrian	Bruce Hansen Graeme Hansen Adrian White
Gymnastics	Pauline Gardiner Theodora Hill Jean Spencer
Field hockey	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
Rowing	Darien Boswell Mark Brownlee Lex Clark Peter Delaney Alistair Dryden John Gibbons Peter Masfen Robert Page George Paterson Tony Popplewell Doug Pulman Raymond Skinner Dudley Storey Murray Watkinson Alan Webster
Sailing	Peter Mander Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells
Swimming	Dave Gerrard Vivien Haddon
Weightlifting	Don Oliver
Wrestling	Tony Greig Roy Meehan
Chef de Mission: William Stevenson

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