Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Swimming
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo 1.jpg
Venue Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates11–18 October 1964
No. of events18
Competitors405 from 42 nations
  1960
1968  

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, eighteen swimming events were contested, ten for men and eight for women. [1] There were a total of 405 participants from 42 countries competing. [2] For the first time, the 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay for men and the 400 metres individual medley for both men and women were contested. Olympic records were broken in all events and the world record was broken in ten events. This competition also marked the debut of electronic touchpads for timing.

15-year-old Sharon Stouder won four medals, three of them gold.

Events

Swimming at the 1964 Olympics featured a total of 18 events (10 for men and 8 for women). On the men's side, the 100 metre backstroke was removed, but the 200 metre backstroke, 4× 100 metre freestyle relay, and the 400 metre individual medley was added. On the women's side, the 400 metre individual medley was added. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in meters): [1]

Participating nations

405 swimmers from 42 nations competed. [2]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 138829
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4149
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1124
4Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 0426
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0213
6Flag of France.svg  France 0101
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0101
8Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 0011
Totals (8 entries)18181854

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
100 m freestyle
details
Flag of the United States.svg  Paul Janiak  (USA)53.4
(OR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Robert McGregor  (GBR)53.5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Hans-Joachim Klein  (EUA)54.0
400 m freestyle
details
Flag of the United States.svg  Don Schollander  (USA)4:12.2
(WR)
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Frank Wiegand  (EUA)4:14.9Flag of Australia.svg  Allan Wood  (AUS)4:15.1
1500 m freestyle
details
Bob Windle
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
17:01.7 (OR) John Nelson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17:03.0 Allan Wood
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
17:07.7
200 m backstroke
details
Jed Graef
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:10.3 (WR) Gary Dilley
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:10.5 Bob Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:13.1
200 m breaststroke
details
Ian O'Brien
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2:27.8 (WR) Georgy Prokopenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2:28.2 Chet Jastremski
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:29.6
200 m butterfly
details
Kevin Berry
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2:06.6 (WR) Carl Robie
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:07.5 Fred Schmidt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:09.3
400 m individual medley
details
Flag of the United States.svg  Dick Roth  (USA)4:45.4 (WR)Flag of the United States.svg  Roy Saari  (USA)4:47.1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Gerhard Hetz  (EUA)4:51.0
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Steve Clark
Mike Austin
Gary Ilman
Don Schollander
3:33.2 (WR)Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Horst Löffler
Frank Wiegand
Uwe Jacobsen
Hans-Joachim Klein
3:37.2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
David Dickson
Peter Doak
John Ryan
Bob Windle
3:39.1
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Steve Clark
Roy Saari
Gary Ilman
Don Schollander
7:52.1 (WR)Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Horst-Günther Gregor
Gerhard Hetz
Frank Wiegand
Hans-Joachim Klein
7.59.3Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
Makoto Fukui
Kunihiro Iwasaki
Toshio Shoji
Yukiaki Okabe
8:03.8
4 × 100 m medley relay
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Thompson Mann
Bill Craig
Fred Schmidt
Steve Clark
3:58.4 (WR)Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany  (EUA)
Ernst-Joachim Küppers
Egon Henninger
Horst-Günther Gregor
Hans-Joachim Klein
4:01.6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Peter Reynolds
Ian O'Brien
Kevin Berry
David Dickson
4:02.3

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
100 m freestyle
details
Dawn Fraser
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
59.5 (OR) Sharon Stouder
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
59.9 Kathy Ellis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:00.8
400 m freestyle
details
Ginny Duenkel
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4:43.3 (OR) Marilyn Ramenofsky
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4:44.6 Terri Stickles
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4:47.2
100 m backstroke
details
Cathy Ferguson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:07.7 (WR) Kiki Caron
Flag of France.svg  France
1:07.9 Ginny Duenkel
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:08.0
200 m breaststroke
details
Galina Prozumenshchikova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2:46.4 (OR) Claudia Kolb
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2:47.6 Svetlana Babanina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2:48.6
100 m butterfly
details
Sharon Stouder
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:04.7 (WR) Ada Kok
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:05.6 Kathy Ellis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:06.0
400 m individual medley
details
Donna de Varona
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5:18.7 (OR) Sharon Finneran
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5:24.1 Martha Randall
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5:24.2
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Sharon Stouder
Donna de Varona
Lillian Watson
Kathy Ellis
4:03.8 (WR)Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Robyn Thorn
Janice Murphy
Lynette Bell
Dawn Fraser
4:06.9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Pauline van der Wildt
Toos Beumer
Winnie van Weerdenburg
Erica Terpstra
4:12.0
4 × 100 metre medley relay
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Cathy Ferguson
Cynthia Goyette
Sharon Stouder
Kathy Ellis
4:33.9 (OR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Corrie Winkel
Klenie Bimolt
Ada Kok
Erica Terpstra
4:37.0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Tatyana Savelyeva
Svetlana Babanina
Tatyana Devyatova
Natalya Ustinova
4:39.2

Some of the Olympic medalists in Tokyo:

References

  1. 1 2 "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

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