United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors	346 (267 men and 79 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Parry O'Brien
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 36 Silver 26 Bronze 28 Total 90
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 346 competitors, 267 men and 79 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Men's Competition

Men's 100 meters

• Bob Hayes
• Mel Pender
• Trent Jackson

Men's 200 meters

• Henry Carr
• Mike Larrabee
• Dick Stebbins

Men's 400 meters

• Mike Larrabee
• Ulis Williams
• Olan Cassell

Men's 800 meters

• Tom Farrell
• Jerry Siebert
• Morgan Groth

Men's 1.500 meters

• Dyrol Burleson
• Tom O'Hara
• Jim Ryun

Men's 5,000 meters

• Bob Schul
• Bill Dellinger
• Oscar Moore

Men's 10,000 meters

• Billy Mills
• Gerry Lindgren
• Ron Larrieu

Men's Marathon

• Buddy Edelen
• Billy Mills
• Peter McArdle

Men's 110 meter Hurdles

Men's 400 meter Hurdles

Men's 3,000 meter Steeplechase

• George Young
• Vic Zwolak
• Jeff Fishback

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

• Ralph Boston

Men's triple jump

Men's High Jump

• Edward Caruthers

Men's Pole Vault

• Fred Hansen
• John Pennel

Men's Shot Put

Men's Javelin Throw

Men's Discus Throw

• Al Oerter
• Dave Weill

Men's Hammer Throw

Men's Decathlon

Women's Competition

Women's 100 meters

Women's 200 meters

Women's 400 meters

Women's 800 meters

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

Women's 80m Hurdles

Women's Long Jump

Women's High Jump

Women's Shot Put

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Pentathlon

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Cl.
		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

Roster

Name [2]	Position	Height	Weight	Age	Team/School	Home Town
Jim Barnes	C	6'8"	240	23	Texas Western College	Stillwater, Oklahoma
Bill Bradley	G/F	6'5"	205	21	Princeton University	Crystal City, Missouri
Larry Brown	G	5'10"	165	24	Goodyear Wingfoots	Long Beach, New York
Joe Caldwell	G/F	6'5"	195	22	Arizona State University	Los Angeles, California
Mel Counts	C	7'0"	230	23	Oregon State University	Coos Bay, Oregon
Dick Davies	G	6'1"	175	28	Goodyear Wingfoots (LSU)	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Walt Hazzard	G/F	6'3"	188	22	Univ. of California-Los Angeles	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lucious Jackson	F	6'9"	238	22	Pan American University	Bastrop, Louisiana
Pete McCaffrey	F	6'5"	190	25	Goodyear Wingfoots (LSU)	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jeff Mullins	G/F	6'4"	185	22	Duke University	Lexington, Kentucky
Jerry Shipp	G	6'5"	190	29	Phillips 66ers (SE Oklahoma St.)	Blue, Oklahoma
George Wilson	F	6'8"	210	22	Chicago Jamaco Saints (Cincinnati)	Chicago, Illinois

The 1964 United States Olympic basketball team featured college and AAU players. Jerry Shipp led the team with an average of 12.4 points per game.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Carmody	Flyweight	—	Bye	Thapa (NEP) W RSC	Babiasch (EUA) W 4–1	Atzori (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Louis Johnson	Bantamweight	—	Huppen (NED) W 5–0	Puiu (ROU) L 0–5	Did not advance
Charles Brown	Featherweight	—	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	—	Mabwa (UGA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Tolman Gibson	Light middleweight	—	Sangthein (THA) W RSC	Davies (GHA) L 0–5	Did not advance
James Rosette	Middleweight	—	Bye	Darkey (GHA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Robert Christopherson	Light heavyweight	—	Ali (PAK) W 5–0	Kiselyov (URS) L 0–5	Did not advance
Joe Frazier	Heavyweight	—		Oywello (UGA) W RSC	McQueen (AUS) W RSC	Yemelyanov (URS) W RSC	Huber (EUA) W 3–2

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dennis van Valkenburgh	C-1 1000 m	5:12.63	5 SF	—		5:00.43	3 Q	5:12.55	8
Joseph Dronzek James O'Rourke Jr.	C-2 1000 m	4:51.65	6 SF	—		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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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

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

Sixteen cyclists represented the United States in 1964.

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

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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		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	—			Did not advance

Time trial

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
		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

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
		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

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Preliminary		Final
			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	—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Endurance		Jumping		Total
			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	—						–65.86

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Total
			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

18 fencers represented the United States in 1964.

Men's foil

• Albie Axelrod
• Herbert Cohen
• Ed Richards

Men's team foil

• Larry Anastasi, Eugene Glazer, Herbert Cohen, Albie Axelrod, Ed Richards

Men's épée

• David Micahnik
• Paul Pesthy
• Frank Anger

Men's team épée

• Paul Pesthy, Frank Anger, David Micahnik, Larry Anastasi

Men's sabre

• Thomas Orley
• Gene Hámori
• Attila Keresztes

Men's team sabre

• Alfonso Morales, Robert Blum, Gene Hámori, Attila Keresztes, Thomas Orley

Women's foil

• Harriet King
• Jan York-Romary
• Tommy Angell

Women's team foil

• Anne Drungis, Jan York-Romary, Denise O'Connor, Harriet King, Tommy Angell

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1964. They won a silver medal in the team event.

Individual

• James Moore
• David Kirkwood
• Paul Pesthy

Team

• James Moore
• Dave Kirkwood
• Paul Pesthy

Ten shooters represented the United States in 1964. Between them they won two golds, a silver and three bronze medals.

25 m pistol

• Bill McMillan
• Edwin Teague

50 m pistol

• Frank Green
• Thomas Smith

300 m rifle, three positions

• Gary Anderson
• Martin Gunnarsson

50 m rifle, three positions

• Lones Wigger
• Tommy Pool

50 m rifle, prone

• Lones Wigger
• Tommy Pool

Trap

• Bill Morris
• Frank Little

Men's team competition

• Round robin

• Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)
• Lost to Hungary (0-3)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
• Lost to Japan (1-3)
• Lost to Bulgaria (0-3)
• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Lost to Brazil (2-3)
• Lost to Romania (1-3) → Ninth place

• Team roster

• Mike Bright
• Barry Brown
• Keith Erickson
• Bill Griebenow
• Richard Hammer
• Jacob Highland
• Ron Lang
• Charles Nelson
• Mike O'Hara
• Ernie Suwara
• John Taylor
• Pedro Velasco

• Head coach: Harry Wilson

Women's team competition

• Round robin

• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Lost to Poland (0-3)
• Lost to Romania (0-3)
• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Defeated South Korea (3-0) → Fifth place

• Team roster

• Jean Gaertner
• Lou Galloway
• Barbara Harwerth
• Patti Lucas-Bright
• Linda Murphy
• Gail O'Rourke
• Nancy Owen
• Mary Jo Peppler
• Mary Margaret Perry
• Sharon Peterson
• Verneda Thomas
• Jane Ward

• Head coach: Doc Burroughs

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
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