United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States joined the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

346 athletes from the United States took part. There were 267 men and 79 women. They competed in 159 events in 19 sports, trying to win medals. It was a special time when athletes from many countries came together for the Olympic Games.

Medalists

Further information: 1964 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1964 Summer Olympics medal winners

The United States did very well at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. They won many medals, finishing first overall. U.S. athletes earned these medals, and their names are shown in bold in the sections below.

^a Athletes who participated in the heats only.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States joined many running and walking races. They also took part in events where athletes threw or jumped. Both men and women competed in these athletics events.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Hayes	100 m	10.4	1 Q	10.3	1 Q	9.9	1 Q	10.0
T.J. Jackson		10.5	1 Q	10.4	2 Q	10.6	8	Did not advance
Mel Pender		10.5	2 Q	10.4	2 Q	10.4	4 Q	10.4	=6
Henry Carr	200 m	21.1	2 Q	21.0	1 Q	20.6	1 Q	20.3 OR
Paul Drayton		20.7	1 Q	20.9	1 Q	20.5	1 Q	20.5
Richard Stebbins		21.1	2 Q	21.2	2 Q	20.8	3 Q	20.8	7
Ollan Cassell	400 m	46.8	1 Q	46.2	2 Q	46.6	5	Did not advance
Mike Larrabee		46.8	1 Q	46.5	1 Q	46.0	1 Q	45.1
Ulis Williams		46.2	1 Q	46.9	2 Q	46.2	3 Q	46.0	5
Tom Farrell	800 m	1:48.6	2 Q	—N/a		1:47.8	2 Q	1:46.6	5
Morgan Groth		1:51.4	6			Did not advance
Jerry Siebert		1:49.2	2 Q			1:47.0	2 Q	1:47.0	6
Dyrol Burleson	1500 m	3:45.6	3 Q	—N/a		3:41.5	1 Q	3:40.0	5
Tom O'Hara		3:46.7	3 Q			3:43.4	7	Did not advance
Jim Ryun		3:44.4	4 Q			3:55.0	9	Did not advance
Bill Dellinger	5000 m	13:52.2	2 Q	—N/a				13:49.8
Oscar Moore		14:24.0	8					Did not advance
Bob Schul		14:11.4	2 Q					13:48.8
Ron Larrieu	10,000 m	—N/a						30:42.6	24
Gerry Lindgren								29:20.6	9
Billy Mills								28:24.4 OR
Willie Davenport	110 m hurdles	14.2	2 Q	—N/a		14.2	7	Did not advance
Hayes Jones		14.2	2 Q			14.0	3 Q	13.6
Blaine Lindgren		14.2	1 Q			13.9	1 Q	13.7
Rex Cawley	400 m hurdles	50.8	1 Q	—N/a		49.8	1 Q	49.6
Billy Hardin		51.3	1 Q			50.9	6	Did not advance
Jay Luck		51.7	3 Q			50.4	2 Q	50.5	5
Jeff Fishback	3000 m steeplechase	8:50.2	4	—N/a				Did not advance
George Young		8:34.2	3 Q					8:38.2	5
Vic Zwolak		8:43.6	4					Did not advance
Gerry Ashworth Paul Drayton Bob Hayes Richard Stebbins	4 × 100 m relay	39.8	1 Q	—N/a		39.5	1 Q	39.0 WR
Henry Carr Ollan Cassell Mike Larrabee Ulis Williams	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.3	1 Q	—N/a				3:00.7 WR
Buddy Edelen	Marathon	—N/a						2:18:12.4	6
Pete McArdle								1:26:24.4	23
Billy Mills								2:22:55.4	14
Ron Laird	20 km walk	—N/a						DSQ
Jack Mortland								1:36:35.0	17
Ronald Zinn								1:32:43.0	6
Mike Brodie	50 km walk	—N/a						4:57:41.0	29
Bruce MacDonald								4:45:10.4	26
Chris McCarthy								4:35:41.6	21

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Edith McGuire	100 m	11.4	1 Q	11.4	1 Q	11.6	3 Q	11.6
Wyomia Tyus		11.3	1 Q	11.2 OR	1 Q	11.3	1 Q	11.4
Marilyn White		11.2	1 Q	11.5	2 Q	11.5	3 Q	11.6	4
Vivian Brown	200 m	24.1	3 q	—N/a		24.3	8	Did not advance
Edith McGuire		23.4	1 Q			23.3	1 Q	23.0 OR
Debbie Thompson		24.6	4			Did not advance
Janell Smith	400 m	55.5	5 Q	—N/a		54.5	6	Did not advance
Sandy Knott	800 m	2:12.2	6	—N/a		Did not advance
Rosie Bonds	80 m hurdles	10.6	1 Q	—N/a		10.8	4 Q	10.8	8
Lacey O'Neal		10.9	4 Q			10.9	7	Did not advance
Cherrie Sherrard		11.00	5			Did not advance
Edith McGuire Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Willye White	4 × 100 m relay	44.8	1 Q	—N/a				43.9

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ralph Boston	Long jump	8.03	1 Q	8.03
Gayle Hopkins		7.67	4 Q	NM
Phil Shinnick		7.26	22	Did not advance
Ira Davis	Triple jump	16.29	2 Q	16.00	9
Kent Floerke		15.36	21	Did not advance
Bill Sharpe		15.80	13 Q	15.84	11
Ed Caruthers	High jump	2.06	=8 Q	2.09	8
John Rambo		2.06	=8 Q	2.16
John Thomas		2.06	6 Q	2.18 OR
Fred Hansen	Pole vault	4.60	=1 Q	5.10 OR
Billy Gene Pemelton		4.60	=1 Q	4.80	8
John Pennel		4.60	17 Q	4.70	11
Dallas Long	Shot put	19.51	1 Q	20.33 OR
Randy Matson		18.92	2 Q	20.20
Parry O'Brien		17.84	11 Q	19.20	4
Al Oerter	Discus throw	60.54 OR	1 Q	61.00 OR
Jay Silvester		57.81	3 Q	59.09	4
Dave Weill		56.95	5 Q	59.49
Frank Covelli	Javelin throw	68.08	21	Did not advance
Les Tipton		70.74	16	Did not advance
Ed Red		72.31	12 q	71.52	11
Ed Burke	Hammer throw	64.49	8 Q	65.66	7
Hal Connolly		67.40 OR	2 Q	66.65	6
Albert Hall		64.31	11 Q	63.82	12

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jo Ann Grissom	Long jump	5.91	19	Did not advance
Martha Watson		5.94	18	Did not advance
Willye White		6.28	=8 Q	6.07	12
Estelle Baskerville	High jump	1.65	=19	Did not advance
Terri Brown		1.68	12 q	NM
Eleanor Montgomery		1.70	9 Q	1.71	8
Earlene Brown	Shot put	15.44	7 Q	14.80	12
Olga Connolly	Discus throw	53.17	6 Q	51.58	12
RaNae Bair	Javelin throw	46.89	13	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Dick Emberger	Result	11.2	6.72	11.80	1.90	49.1	14.9	35.32	3.70	57.54	4:19.3	7292	10
Dick Emberger	Points	756	761	586	769	847	859	590	728	731	665	7292	10
Paul Herman	Result	11.2	6.97	13.89	1.87	49.2	15.2	44.15	4.35	63.35	4:25.4	7787	4
Paul Herman	Points	756	814	721	743	842	827	765	896	802	621	7787	4
Russ Hodge	Result	11.0	6.75	14.93	1.75	49.6	16.0	44.64	3.70	50.21	4:24.9	7325	9
Russ Hodge	Points	804	767	784	634	824	748	775	728	636	629	7325	9

Athlete	Event	80H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Final	Rank
Pat Winslow	Result	12.0	13.04	1.63	5.90	24.6	4724	7
Pat Winslow	Points	890	924	976	966	968	4724	7

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States had a team of college and other amateur players in basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics. One player, Jerry Shipp, scored an average of 12.4 points in each game he played.

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Australia W 78–45	Finland W 77–51	Peru W 60–54	Uruguay W 83–28	Yugoslavia W 69–61	Brazil W 86–53	South Korea W 116–50	1 Q	Puerto Rico W 62–42	Soviet Union W 73–59

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Joe Frazier won the United States' only gold medal in boxing at the 1964 Olympics. He was only 20 years old and had taken the place of another boxer at the last minute. Even with an injured thumb, he defeated older and more experienced opponents to win the Olympic title.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Carmody	Flyweight	—N/a	Bye	Thapa (NEP) W RSC	Babiasch (EUA) W 4–1	Atzori (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Louis Johnson	Bantamweight	—N/a	Huppen (NED) W 5–0	Puiu (ROU) L 0–5	Did not advance
Charles Brown	Featherweight	—N/a	Hope (AUS) W 5–0	Khieu (CAM) W 4–1	Duran (MEX) W 4–1	Villanueva (PHI) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ronald Allen Harris	Lightweight	Bye	Hassan (UAR) W KO	Shiratori (JPN) W 5–0	Arpon (PHI) W 5–0	Grudzień (POL) L 1–4	Did not advance
Charley Ellis	Light welterweight	Bye	Winter (EUA) W 5–0	Frolov (URS) L 2–3	Did not advance
Maurice Frilot	Welterweight	—N/a	Mabwa (UGA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Tolman Gibson	Light middleweight	—N/a	Sangthein (THA) W RSC	Davies (GHA) L 0–5	Did not advance
James Rosette	Middleweight	—N/a	Bye	Darkey (GHA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Robert Christopherson	Light heavyweight	—N/a	Ali (PAK) W 5–0	Kiselyov (URS) L 0–5	Did not advance
Joe Frazier	Heavyweight	—N/a		Oywello (UGA) W RSC	McQueen (AUS) W RSC	Yemelyanov (URS) W RSC	Huber (EUA) W 3–2

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

In the canoeing events at the 1964 Summer Olympics, athletes from the United States took part in races for both men and women.

Qualification legend: Q = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R = Qualify to repehcage

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dennis van Valkenburgh	C-1 1000 m	5:12.63	5 SF	—N/a		5:00.43	3 Q	5:12.55	8
Joseph Dronzek James O'Rourke Jr.	C-2 1000 m	4:51.65	6 SF	—N/a		4:51.98	5	Did not advance
Tony Ralphs	K-1 1000 m	4:21.53	5 R	5:09.14	3 SF	DNS		Did not advance
Gert Grigoleit Tony Ralphs	K-2 1000 m	3:54.01	7 R	3:54.31	4	Did not advance
William Jewell Tony Ralphs Walter Richards William Smoke	K-4 1000 m	3:35.74	6 R	3:46.48	4	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marica Jones	K-1 500 m	2:11.50	2 Q	Bye		2:15.68
Francine Fox Glorianne Perrier	K-2 500 m	1:59.69	2 Q	Bye		1:59.16

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sixteen cyclists from the United States rode in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Road

Track

Pursuit

Sprint

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Allis	Individual road race	4:39:5183	75
Raymond Castilloux		DNF
Michael Hiltner		4:59:54.00	100
Thomas Montemage		DNF
Michael Allen John Allis Wes Chowen Michael Hiltner	Team time trial	2:40:30.13	20

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Skip Cutting	Individual	5:25.59	16	Did not advance
Oliver Martin Donald Nelsen Arnold Uhrlass Hans Wolf	Team	5:01.41	12	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alan Grieco	Individual	Gibbon (TTO), Kučírek (TCH) L	Fredborg (DEN), Mercado (MEX) L	Did not advance
Jackie Simes	Individual	Mercado (MEX), Sato (JPN) L	Fuggerer (EUA) L	Did not advance
Jack Disney Tim Mountford	Tandem	Barton / Church (GBR), de Graaf / van der Touw (NED) L	Paar / Štark (TCH) L	Did not advance	—N/a			Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
William Kund	1000 m time trial	1:12.89	14

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lawrence Andreasen	3 m springboard	100.31	2 Q	4.46	6	143.77
Frank Gorman		105.99	1 Q	51.64	2	157.63
Kenneth Sitzberger		98.66	3 Q	61.24	1	159.90
Tom Gompf	10 m platform	92.79	7 Q	53.78	2	146.57
Louis Vitucci		86.40	19	Did not advance
Bob Webster		93.18	6 Q	55.40	1	148.58

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jeanne Collier	3 m springboard	89.94	3 Q	48.42	2	138.36
Sue Gossick		89.29	4 Q	40.41	5	129.70	4
Patsy Willard		92.68	2 Q	45.50	3	138.18
Lesley Bush	10 m platform	53.78	1 Q	46.02	2	99.80
Linda Cooper		47.80	9 Q	48.50	1	96.30	4
Barbara Talmage		47.28	11 Q	42.32	7	89.60	8

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States joined in equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The events were dressage, eventing, and jumping.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Patricia de la Tour	Path Patrick	Individual	783.0	8	Did not advance
Karen McIntosh	Malteser		640.0	17	Did not advance
Jessica Newberry	Forstrat		707.0	14	Did not advance
Patricia de la Tour Karen McIntosh Jessica Newberry	See above	Team	2130.0	4	—N/a

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Endurance		Jumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lana duPont	Mr. Wister	Individual	52.33	=10	141.60	36	30.00	=26	223.39	33
Kevin Freeman	Gallopade		69.67	=36	–96.80	9	10.00	=13	–17.13	12
Michael Page	The Grasshopper		43.00	6	–90.40	13	0.00	=1	–47.40	4
Michael Plumb	Bold Minstrel		42.67	=4	–44.00	23	0.00	=1	–1.33	15
Lana duPont Kevin Freeman Michael Page Michael Plumb	See above	Team	—N/a						–65.86

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Faults	Faults	Faults	Rank
Frank Chapot	San Lucas	Individual	12.50	8.00	20.50	7
Kathryn Kusner	Untouchable		13.75	16.00	29.75	13
Mary Mairs	Tomboy		44.50	12.25	56.75	33
Frank Chapot Kathryn Kusner Mary Mairs	See above	Team	70.75	36.25	107.00	6

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Eighteen fencers from the United States joined the fencing events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Qualification key: Q - Qualify to next round; B - Qualify to tiebreaker barrage

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Barrage		Round 2		Barrage		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final round		Medal barrage		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	V – D (IV)	Rank	V – D	Rank	V – D	Rank	V – D	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	V – D	Rank	V – D	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Frank Anger	Épée	3 – 4	6	—N/a		Did not advance								—N/a				Did not advance
David Micahnik		4 – 3	5 Q			3 – 3	=4 B	0 – 1	2	Did not advance								Did not advance
Paul Pesthy		4 – 3	3 Q			1 – 4	6	Did not advance										Did not advance
Frank Anger Larry Anastasi David Micahnik Paul Pesthy	Team épée	1 – 1 (14)	3	—N/a							Did not advance			—N/a				Did not advance
Albert Axelrod	Foil	3 – 2	2 Q	—N/a		4 – 1	1 Q	Bye		Tabuchi (JPN) W 10–5	Franke (POL) L 9–10	Did not advance		—N/a				Did not advance
Herbert Cohen		2 – 3	=3 B	1 – 1	1 Q	2 – 3	=3 B	2 – 0	1 Q	Ōkawa (JPN) L 4–10	Did not advance							Did not advance
Ed Richards		1 – 4	5	—N/a		Did not advance												Did not advance
Albert Axelrod Larry Anastasi Herbert Cohen Eugene Glazer Ed Richards	Team foil	2 – 1 (22)	3	—N/a								Did not advance		—N/a				Did not advance
Jenő Hámori	Sabre	5 – 1	2 Q	—N/a		3 – 4	5	—N/a			Did not advance		—N/a	Did not advance				—N/a
Attila Keresztes		4 – 1	2 Q			3 – 4	6				Did not advance			Did not advance
Thomas Orley		3 – 2	3 Q			3 – 4	5				Did not advance			Did not advance
Robert Blum Jenő Hámori Attila Keresztes Alfonso Morales Thomas Orley	Team sabre	1 – 0 (9)	2 Q	—N/a								Soviet Union L 4–9	5th-8th semifinal United Team of Germany L 5–9	—N/a				Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Barrage		Round 2		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final round		Medal barrage		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	V – D (IV)	Rank	V – D	Rank	V – D	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	V – D	Rank	V – D	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Tommy Angell	Foil	1 – 5	6	—N/a		Did not advance				—N/a	Did not advance				—N/a
Harriet King		5 – 1	1 Q	Bye		3 – 2	1 Q	Rousselet (FRA) L 6–8	Did not advance		Did not advance
Janice Romary		2 – 3	=4 B	0 – 1	2	Did not advance					Did not advance
Tommy Angell Anne Drungis Harriet King Denise O'Connor Janice Romary	Team foil	0 – 2	3	—N/a					Did not advance		—N/a				Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Women

All-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																Total
		Vault				Uneven bars				Balance beam				Floor exercise				Total
		C	O	Total	Rank	C	O	Total	Rank	C	O	Total	Rank	C	O	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kathleen Corrigan	Individual	9.400	9.300	18.700	28	8.933	9.100	18.033	54	8.900	9.166	18.066	59	8.966	9.066	18.032	59	72.831	51
Muriel Grossfeld		8.800	8.600	17.400	74	9.266	8.133	17.399	62	8.933	9.466	18.399	43	9.433	9.433	18.866	16	72.064	58
Dorothy McClements		9.400	9.466	18.866	18	9.066	9.233	18.299	42	9.000	9.233	18.233	54	9.333	9.333	18.666	25	74.064	34
Linda Metheny		9.333	8.933	18.266	56	9.400	9.300	18.700	19	9.166	9.533	18.699	22	9.133	9.200	18.333	46	73.998	36
Janie Speaks		9.233	9.200	18.433	47	8.533	8.166	16.699	69	9.066	9.300	18.366	44	9.066	9.300	18.366	43	71.864	62
Marie Walther		9.233	9.033	18.266	56	9.366	7.500	16.866	66	8.900	9.366	18.266	49	9.300	9.333	18.633	29	72.031	60
Kathleen Corrigan Muriel Grossfeld Dorothy McClements Linda Metheny Janie Speaks Marie Walther	Team	46.599	45.932	—N/a		46.031	43.932	—N/a		45.065	46.898	—N/a		46.265	46.599	—N/a		367.321	9

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Qualification key: Q - Qualify to elimination rounds; R - Qualify to repechage round

Athlete	Event	Pool stage			Repechage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paul Maruyama	68 kg	Reisinger (AUT) W 02–00	Schießleder (EUA) W 02–00	1 Q	—N/a			Nakatani (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance		=5
Jim Bregman	80 kg	Goldschmied (MEX) W 10–00	Paige (AUS) W 10–00	1 Q	—N/a			Pérez (ARG) W 02–00	Hofmann (EUA) L 00–10	Did not advance
George Harris	+80 kg	Sweeney (GBR) W 10–00	Chikviladze (URS) L 01–00	2	—N/a			Did not advance			=6
Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Open	Ong (PHI) W 10–00	Glahn (EUA) L 00–10	2 R	WD			—N/a	Did not advance		6

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Three athletes from the United States joined the modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics. They won a silver medal for their team.

Athlete	Event	Equestrian (Cross-country steeplechase)				Fencing (Épée)			Shooting (Rapid-fire pistol)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Running (4000 m cross-country)			Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank	MP	V–D	Rank	MP	Score	Rank	MP	Time	Rank	MP	Time	Rank	MP	MP points	Rank
David Kirkwood	Individual	3:13.7	0	6	1100	21–15	13	784	191	17	920	4:11.5	27	945	15:09.7	19	973	4722	9
James Moore		3:03.5	30	16	1070	18–18	20	676	193	12	960	4:02.4	15	990	13:55.0	2	1195	4891	6
Paul Pesthy		3:14.7	30	18	1070	22–14	7	820	183	29	760	4:04.9	18	980	15:12.1	20	964	4594	16
David Kirkwood James Moore Paul Pesthy	Team	—N/a			3240	—N/a		2280	—N/a		2640	—N/a		2915	—N/a		3132	14207

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Qualification key: FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to non-medal final; R - Qualify to repechage

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donald Spero	Single sculls	7:41.94	1 FA	Bye		8:37.53	6
James Edmonds Tony Johnson	Coxless pair	7:33.89	4 R	7:30.84	2 FB	7:15.04	10
Edward Ferry Conn Findlay Kent Mitchell (C)	Coxed pair	7:53.17	1 FA	Bye		8:21.33
Seymour Cromwell Jim Storm	Double sculls	6:31.63	1 FA	Bye		7:13.16
Dick Lyon Ted Mittet Ted Nash Geoffrey Picard	Coxless four	6:56.40	2 R	6:38.93	1 FA	7:01.37
Paul Gunderson Hughie Pollock Tom Pollock Jim Tew Ted Washburn (C)	Coxed four	6:48.19	2 R	7:12.82	2 FB	6:43.68	7
Joseph Amlong Thomas Amlong Boyce Budd Emory Clark Stanley Cwiklinski Hugh Foley Bill Knecht William Stowe Róbert Zimonyi (C)	Eight	5:54.30	2 R	6:01.47	1 FA	6:18.23

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Peter Barrett	Finn	1	1620	3	1142	DNF	101	7	774	3	1142	5	921	7	774	6373
William Bentsen Buddy Melges	Flying Dutchman	10	423	2	1122	DNF	101	2	1122	2	1122	3	946	10	423	5158
Richard Stearns Lynn Williams	Star	7	486	8	428	1	1131	2	1030	3	854	3	854	2	1030	5585
Richard Deaver Lowell North Charles Rogers	Dragon	3	986	5	764	1	1463	3	986	8	550	5	764	8	560	5523
Joseph Batchelder John J. McNamara Francis Scully	5.5 Meter	10	277	1	1277	1	1277	6	499	2	976	3	800	DNF	101	5106

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Ten shooters from the United States competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. They won two gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Bill McMillan	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	12
Edwin Teague	25 m rapid fire pistol	583	17
Franklin Green	50 m pistol	557
Thomas Smith	50 m pistol	548	8
Tommy Pool	50 m rifle prone	596
Lones Wigger	50 m rifle prone	597
Tommy Pool	50 m rifle three positions	1147	6
Lones Wigger	50 m rifle three positions	1164
Gary Anderson	300 m rifle three positions	1153 WR
Martin Gunnarsson	300 m rifle three positions	1136
Frank Little	Trap	187	21
William Morris	Trap	194 (+24)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States had many swimmers in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. There were races for both men and women.

^b Swimmers who only competed in the heats.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mike Austin	100 m freestyle	54.9	5 Q	54.3	=3 Q	54.5	6
Gary Ilman		54.0 OR	1 Q	53.9 OR	1 Q	54.0	4
Don Schollander		54.3	2 Q	54.0	2 Q	53.4 OR
John Nelson	400 m freestyle	4:19.9	6 Q	—N/a		4:16.9	5
Roy Saari		4:20.0	7 Q			4:16.7	4
Don Schollander		4:15.8	1 Q			4:12.2 WR
Bill Farley	1500 m freestyle	17:30.5	7 Q	—N/a		17:18.2	4
John Nelson		17:22.4	2 Q			17:03.0
Roy Saari		17:27.0	4 Q			17:29.2	7
Bob Bennett	200 m backstroke	2:16.1 OR	5 Q	2:16.3	8 Q	2:13.1
Gary Dilley		2:14.2 OR	1 Q	2:13.8 OR	2 Q	2:10.5
Jed Graef		2:14.5 OR	2 Q	2:13.7 OR	1 Q	2:10.3 WR
Wayne Anderson	200 m breaststroke	2:31.5	5 Q	2:32.6	5 Q	2:35.0	7
Chet Jastremski		2:30.5	3 Q	2:32.1	4 Q	2:29.6
Tom Trethewey		2:33.4	7 Q	2:34.5	=11	Did not advance
Philip Riker	200 m butterfly	2:12.6	4 Q	2:09.9	3 Q	2:11.0	4
Carl Robie		2:10.0 OR	1 Q	2:09.3 OR	1 Q	2:07.5
Fred Schmidt		2:13.3	7 Q	2:11.5	4 Q	2:09.3
Carl Robie	400 m individual medley	4:52.0	1 Q	—N/a		4:51.4	4
Dick Roth		5:01.3	4 Q			4:45.4 WR
Roy Saari		5:02.3	5 Q			4:47.1
Mike Austin Steve Clark Gary Ilman Don Schollander Lary Schulhof^[b]	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.8	1 Q	—N/a		3:33.2 WR
Steve Clark Gary Ilman David Lyons^[b] Bill Mettler^[b] Roy Saari Don Schollander Ed Townsend^[b] Michael Wall^[b]	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:09.0	1 Q	—N/a		7:52.1 WR
Bob Bennett^[b] Steve Clark Bill Craig Virgil Luken^[b] Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh^[b] Walter Richardson^[b] Fred Schmidt	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.1 OR	1 Q	—N/a		3:58.4 WR

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kathy Ellis	100 m freestyle	1:01.5	2 Q	1:02.5	8 Q	1:00.8
Jeanne Hallock		1:03.6	13 Q	1:02.9	=9	Did not advance
Sharon Stouder		1:02.3	4 Q	1:01.4	2 Q	59.9
Ginny Duenkel	400 m freestyle	4:48.6	2 Q	—N/a		4:43.3 OR
Marilyn Ramenofsky		4:47.7	1 Q			4:44.6
Terri Stickles		4:49.3	3 Q			4:47.2
Ginny Duenkel	100 m backstroke	1:08.9	3 Q	—N/a		1:08.0
Cathy Ferguson		1:08.8	2 Q			1:07.7 WR
Nina Harmer		1:09.8	5 Q			1:09.4	5
Tammy Hazleton	200 m breaststroke	2:55.0	14	—N/a		Did not advance
Claudia Kolb		2:49.7	5 Q			2:47.6
Sandra Nitta		2:58.4	18			Did not advance
Donna de Varona	100 m butterfly	1:07.5 OR	2 Q	1:07.7	4 Q	1:08.0	5
Kathy Ellis		1:07.8 OR	=3 Q	1:07.2	3 Q	1:06.0
Sharon Stouder		1:07.0 OR	1 Q	1:05.6 OR	1 Q	1:04.7 WR
Donna de Varona	400 m individual medley	5:24.2	1 Q	—N/a		5:18.7 OR
Sharon Finneran		5:32.7	5 Q			5:24.1
Martha Randall		5:27.8	3 Q			5:24.2
Lynne Allsup^[b] Erika Bricker^[b] Donna de Varona Kathy Ellis Jeanne Hallock^[b] Patience Sherman^[b] Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:12.2	2 Q	—N/a		4:03.8 WR
Kathy Ellis Cathy Ferguson Cynthia Goyette Nina Harmer^[b] Susan Pitt^[b] Judy Reeder^[b] Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson^[b]	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:41.6	3 Q	—N/a		4:33.9 OR

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

Team	Event	Round robin
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Netherlands W 3–0	South Korea L 3–2	Hungary L 0–3	Czechoslovakia L 0–3	Japan L 1–3	Bulgaria L 0–3	Soviet Union L 0–3	Brazil L 2–3	Romania L 1–3	9
United States women	Women's tournament	Japan L 0–3	Poland L 0–3	Romania L 0–3	Soviet Union L 0–3	South Korea W 3–0	—N/a				5

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Team	Event	First round				Semifinal round				Final round / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Yugoslavia L 1–2	Brazil W 7–1	Netherlands L 4–6	3	Did not advance

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	17	3	+14	6	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	11	13	−2	4	Semifinals
3	United States	3	1	2	12	9	+3	2
4	Brazil	3	0	3	3	18	−15	0

11 October 1964 18:50	Official Report p.676	Yugoslavia	2–1	United States	Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: A. Fuchs (BEL)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0
		Janković, Rosić 1	Goals	Cole 1

12 October 1964 18:50	Official Report p.679	United States	7–1	Brazil	Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: M. Natori (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–0, 3–0, 2–1
		Crawford 3	Goals	Szabo 1

13 October 1964 18:50	Official Report p.681	United States	4–6	Netherlands	Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool Referees: J. Dirnweber (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 0–0, 2–1
		four players 1	Goals	W. Vriend 2

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank
Issac Berger	60 kg	382.5
Tony Garcy	67.5 kg	412.5	4
Gary Cleveland	82.5 kg	455.0	5
Louis Riecke	90 kg	DNF
William March	90 kg	467.5	4
Gary Gubner	+90 kg	512.5	4
Norbert Schemansky	+90 kg	537.5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States sent athletes to compete in wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Many talented wrestlers from the U.S. took part in this event.

Athlete	Event	Elimination stage						Final stage
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	FPP	Rank
Gray Simons	Freestyle flyweight	Malov (BUL) W PP (1.0)	Aliyev (URS) T (2.0)	Singh (IND) W PP (1.0)	Heidari (IRN) T (2.0)	EL	6.0	—N/a	Did not advance		7
David Auble	Freestyle bantamweight	Sükhbaatar (MGL) W PP (1.0)	Leibovich (ARG) W TF (0.0)	Georgiev (BUL) W PP (1.0)	Singh (IND) W PP (1.0)	Uetake (JPN) L PP (3.0)	6.0	Did not advance			4
Bobby Douglas	Freestyle featherweight	Şahinkaya (TUR) W PP (1.0)	Patil (IND) W TF (0.0)	Jutila (CAN) W PP (1.0)	Kokhashvili (URS) L PP (3.0)	Khedri (AFG) W PP (1.0)	6.0	Did not advance			4
Gregory Ruth	Freestyle lightweight	Poikala (SWE) W PP (1.0)	Sereeter (MGL) W PP (1.0)	Horiuchi (JPN) L PP (3.0)	Marsh (AUS) W PP (1.0)	EL	6.0	—N/a	Did not advance		=6
Charles Tribble	Freestyle welterweight	Ogan (TUR) L TF (4.0)	WD				4.0	Did not advance			=21
Daniel Brand	Freestyle middleweight	van Wyk (ZAM) W TF (0.0)	Mehdizadeh (IRN) T (2.0)	Sasaki (JPN) W PP (1.0)	Faiz (PAK) W TF (0.0)	Güngör (TUR) L PP (3.0)	6.0	—N/a	Did not advance
Jerry Conine	Freestyle light heavyweight	Eriksson (SWE) W PP (1.0)	Balla (ROM) T (2.0)	Bye	Jutzeler (SUI) L PP (3.0)	EL	6.0	—N/a	Did not advance		6
Larry Kristoff	Freestyle heavyweight	Dietrich (EUA) W PP (1.0)	Ivanitsky (URS) L PP (3.0)	Kaplan (TUR) T (2.0)	EL	—N/a	6.0	—N/a	Did not advance		=7
Dick Wilson	Greco-Roman flyweight	del Rio (MEX) W TF (0.0)	Bye	Sin (KOR) L PP (3.0)	Kerezov (BUL) L PP (3.0)	—N/a	6.0	Did not advance			=4
Andy Fitch	Greco-Roman bantamweight	Stange (EUA) L PP (3.0)	Noor (AFG) W PP (1.0)	Pashkulev (BUL) T (2.0)	EL		6.0	—N/a			=9
Ronald Finley	Greco-Roman featherweight	Polyák (HUN) L PP (3.0)	Jutila (CAN) W DF (0.0)	Bye	Cacas (AUS) W TF (0.0)	Martinović (YUG) L PP (3.0)	6.0	—N/a	Did not advance		=4
James Burke	Greco-Roman lightweight	Ebrahimian (IRN) T (2.0)	Ivanov (BUL) L PP (3.0)	Bularca (ROM) L FO (4.0)	EL		9.0	Did not advance			=12
Russell Camilleri	Greco-Roman welterweight	Dubicki (POL) L PP (3.0)	Längle (AUT) W PP (1.0)	Michiels (BEL) W TF (0.0)	Nyström (SWE) L PP (3.0)	EL	7.0	Did not advance			=7
R. Wayne Baughman	Greco-Roman middleweight	Andalkar (IND) W PP (1.0)	Bye	Popovici (ROM) L PP (3.0)	Olenik (URS) L PP (3.0)	EL	7.0	—N/a	Did not advance		=7
Pat Lovell	Greco-Roman light heavyweight	Svensson (SWE) L FO (4.0)	Kiehl (EUA) L TF (4.0)	EL			8.0	—N/a			=15
Bob Pickens	Greco-Roman heavyweight	Svensson (SWE) L PP (3.0)	Kangasniemi (FIN) W TF (0.0)	Kment (TCH) L TF (4.0)	EL		7.0	—N/a	Did not advance		6

Competitors	346 (267 men and 79 women)
Sports	19
Gold Medals	36
Silver Medals	26
Bronze Medals	28

United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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