New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics

New Zealand participated in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 with 69 athletes and 17 officials part.

  • 2.1 Athletics
  • 2.2 Cycling
  • 2.3 Gymnastics
  • 2.4 Rowing
  • 2.5 boxes
  • 2.6 Sailing
  • 2.7 weightlifting
  • 2.8 Hockey
  • 2.9 rings
  • 2:10 Swimming
  • 2:11 riding

Medalist

Gold

  • Peter Snell - 800 meters
  • Peter Snell - 1500 meters
  • Helmer Pedersen and Earle Wells - Sailing, Flying Dutchman

Bronze

Participants by sport

Athletics

  • Peter Snell 800 meters gold 1500 meters gold
  • John Davies 1500 meters: Bronze
  • Raymond Leslie Puckett Marathon: 27th place
  • Jeffrey Lynn Julian Marathon: 29th place
  • Ivan Keats Marathon: 42nd

Women

  • Avis Mcintosh 100 meters, first round lead 80 meters hurdles semi-final
  • Marise Chamberlain 800 meters: Bronze
  • Isobel Margaret Young Shot Put: 4th place Discus Throw: 13th Place

Cycling

  • Laurence Byers Road Single Race: 10th place TTT: 18th Place
  • Richard Johnstone Road Single Race: 17th place TTT: 18th Place
  • Desmond Thomson Road Single Race: 59th place TTT: 18th Place
  • Max Grace Road Single Race: 64th place
  • William Arthur Candy TTT: 18th Place

Gymnastics

Women

  • Theodora Mary Hill Single: 75th
  • Pauline Gardiner Margrit Single: 76th Place
  • Jean Charlotte Spencer Single: 78th Place

Rowing

  • Murray Watkinson Skiff: 5th place
  • Darien Boswell, Alistair Dryden, Peter Masfen, Dudley Storey: Four with coxswain: 8th place
  • Mark Brownlee, Alexander Clark, Peter Delaney, John Gibbons, George Paterson, Anthony Popplewell, Raymond Skinner, Alan John Webster, D. Pullman Eighth: 11th Place

Boxing

  • Thomas Patrick Donovan Lightweight: 1st Round
  • Brian Martin Maunsell Light Welterweight: 1st round

Sailing

  • Helmer Pedersen Flying Dutchman Gold
  • Earle Wells Flying Dutchman Gold
  • Peter Garth Mander Finn, 4th place

Weightlifting

  • Donald Oliver Heavyweight: 9th place

Hockey

  • William Schaefer, Alan Patterson, Timothy Carter, John Gillespie, John Cullen, Ernest Barnes, Bruce Judge, John Anslow, Peter Byers, Phillip Bygrave, Trevor Blake: Preliminary round

Wrestling

  • Athol Roy Meehan Featherweight, Freestyle: 2nd Round
  • Anthony Greig Lightweight: 2nd Round

Swimming

  • David Gerrard 200 m butterfly: Semi-finals
  • Vivien Haddon 200m breaststroke: Qualification

Riding

  • Graeme Hansen Jumping, Individual: 23 Place Jumping, Team: 10th place
  • Richard Hansen Jumping, Single: 31, place Jumping, Team: 10th place
  • Adrain White Jumping, Individual: 35th place Jumping, Team: 10th place
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