New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics

In today's world, New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics has become a topic of widespread interest and debate. Since its emergence, New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics has captured the attention of experts and fans alike, generating diverse opinions and positions. Its impact has been felt in multiple aspects of society, from the political to the cultural sphere, and its relevance continues to constantly evolve. In this article, we will explore the different aspects of New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics, its history, its influence and its projection in the future, with the aim of thoroughly understanding this phenomenon and its impact today.

New Zealand at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Tokyo
Competitors64 (56 men, 8 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Peter Snell
Officials17
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
3
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908–1912)

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.

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[i] Result Rank[ii] Result Rank[iii] 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
John Davies Men's 1500 m 3:45.5 2 Q — 3:41.9 3 Q 3:39.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 1500 m 3:46.8 4 Q — 3:38.8 1 Q 3:38.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  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 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 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
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

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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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  2. ^ "New Zealand Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rowing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Games officials". The Press. Vol. 103, no. 30504. 28 July 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "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.