United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1964
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	346 (267 men and 79 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Parry O'Brien
Rank:	1
Gold:	36
Silver:	26
Bronze:	28
Appearances:	auto
See also:	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]

Medalists

The United States finished first in the final medal rankings, with 36 gold and 90 total medals.

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

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Name	Sport	Event
	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley
Steve Clark Gary Ilman Don Schollander Lary Schulhof	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
	Athletics	Men's discus throw
	Athletics	Men's 100 m
	Diving	Women's 10 m platform
Conn Findlay Kent Mitchell	Rowing	Coxed pair
Thomas Amlong Boyce Budd Emory Clark Stanley Cwiklinski Hugh Foley Bill Knecht William Stowe Róbert Zimonyi	Rowing	Eight
	Shooting	300 m rifle three positions
	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
Erika Bricker Donna de Varona Kathy Ellis Jeanne Hallock Patience Sherman Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles
	Athletics	Women's 100 m
Steve Clark Bill Craig Virgil Luken Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh Walter Richardson Fred Schmidt	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
	Athletics	Men's 200 m
	Athletics	Men's pole vault
	Athletics	Men's shot put
	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles
	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Gary Ilman David Lyons Bill Mettler Roy Saari Don Schollander Ed Townsend Michael Wall	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
Cathy Ferguson Cynthia Goyette Nina Harmer Susan Pitt Judy Reeder Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
	Athletics	Men's 400 m
	Athletics	Women's 200 m
	Shooting	50 m rifle three positions
Paul Drayton Bob Hayes Richard Stebbins	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Ollan Cassell Mike Larrabee Ulis Williams	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay
	Basketball	Men's tournament
	Boxing	Heavyweight
	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard
	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke
	Weightlifting	60 kg
	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley
James Moore Paul Pesthy	Modern pentathlon	Team
Jim Storm	Rowing	Double sculls
	Athletics	Women's 100 m
	Shooting	50 m rifle prone
	Athletics	Men's 200 m
	Athletics	Men's shot put
	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles
	Athletics	Men's long jump
	Shooting	50 m pistol
	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
Kevin Freeman Michael Page Michael Plumb	Equestrian	Team eventing
Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Wilye White	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay
	Athletics	Men's high jump
	Sailing	Finn
Lynn Williams	Sailing	Star
Glorianne Perrier	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 m
	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard
	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
	Wrestling	Freestyle middleweight
	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Ted Mittet Ted Nash Geoffrey Picard	Rowing	Coxless four
	Shooting	300 m rifle three positions
	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke
	Shooting	50 m rifle prone
	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
	Shooting	Trap
	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
	Weightlifting	+90 kg
	Athletics	Men's high jump
	Boxing	Flyweight
	Boxing	Featherweight
	Boxing	Lightweight
	Judo	80 kg
Buddy Melges	Sailing	Flying Dutchman
Lowell North Charles Rogers	Sailing	Dragon
John McNamara Francis Scully	Sailing	5.5 Meter
	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	14	7	3	24
Swimming	13	8	8	29
Diving	3	2	3	8
Shooting	2	2	3	7
Rowing	2	1	1	4
Boxing	1	0	3	4
Basketball	1	0	0	1
Sailing	0	2	3	5
Canoeing	0	1	1	2
Weightlifting	0	1	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	0	1	0	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	style=background:gold	36	style=background:silver	26	style=background:#c96	28	90

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	October 11	0	0	0	0
2	October 12	1	3	1	5
3	October 13	1	2	2	5
4	October 14	5	2	3	10
5	October 15	8	2	4	14
6	October 16	4	2	2	8
7	October 17	4	4	2	10
8	October 18	6	5	5	16
9	October 19	2	1	0	3
10	October 20	1	0	0	1
11	October 21	2	4	8	14
12	October 22	0	1	1	2
13	October 23	2	0	0	2
14	October 24	0	0	0	0
Total		style=background:gold	36	style=background:silver	26	style=background:#c96	28	90

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	27	17	21	65
Female	9	8	7	24
Mixed	0	1	0	1
Total	style=background:gold	36	style=background:silver	26	style=background:#c96	28	90

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Don Schollander	Swimming	4	0	0	4
Sharon Stouder	Swimming	3	1	0	4
Kathy Ellis	Swimming	2	0	2	4
Steve Clark	Swimming	3	0	0	3
Edith McGuire	Athletics	1	2	0	3
Henry Carr	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Donna de Varona	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Cathy Ferguson	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Bob Hayes	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Gary Ilman	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Mike Larrabee	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Lillian Watson	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Paul Drayton	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Roy Saari	Swimming	1	1	0	2
Wyomia Tyus	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Lones Wigger	Shooting	1	1	0	2
Bob Bennett	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Ginny Duenkel	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Fred Schmidt	Swimming	1	0	1	2

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Hayes	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	21.1	2 Q	21.0	1 Q	20.6	1 Q	20.3
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	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	800 m	1:48.6	2 Q	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	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	3:45.6	3 Q	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	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	13:52.2	2 Q	13:49.8
Oscar Moore	14:24.0	8	Did not advance
Bob Schul	14:11.4	2 Q	13:48.8
Ron Larrieu	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 m	30:42.6	24
Gerry Lindgren	29:20.6	9
Billy Mills	28:24.4
Willie Davenport	align=left rowspan=3	110 m hurdles	14.2	2 Q	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	align=left rowspan=3	400 m hurdles	50.8	1 Q	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	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	8:50.2	4	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	39.5	1 Q	39.0
Henry Carr Ollan Cassell Mike Larrabee Ulis Williams	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.3	1 Q	3:00.7
Buddy Edelen	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:18:12.4	6
Pete McArdle	1:26:24.4	23
Billy Mills	2:22:55.4	14
Ron Laird	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk
Jack Mortland	1:36:35.0	17
Ronald Zinn	1:32:43.0	6
Mike Brodie	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk	4:57:41.0	29
Bruce MacDonald	4:45:10.4	26
Chris McCarthy	4:35:41.6	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Edith McGuire	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	11.4	1 Q	11.4	1 Q	11.6	3 Q	11.6
Wyomia Tyus	11.3	1 Q	11.2	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	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	24.1	3 q	24.3	8	Did not advance
Edith McGuire	23.4	1 Q	23.3	1 Q	23.0
Debbie Thompson	24.6	4	Did not advance
Janell Smith	400 m	55.5	5 Q	54.5	6	Did not advance
Sandy Knott	800 m	2:12.2	6	Did not advance
Rosie Bonds	align=left rowspan=3	80 m hurdles	10.6	1 Q	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	43.9

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ralph Boston	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	8.03	1 Q	8.03
Gayle Hopkins	7.67	4 Q
Phil Shinnick	7.26	22	Did not advance
Ira Davis	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	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
Fred Hansen	align=left rowspan=3	Pole vault	4.60	=1 Q	5.10
Billy Gene Pemelton	4.60	=1 Q	4.80	8
John Pennel	4.60	17 Q	4.70	11
Dallas Long	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	19.51	1 Q	20.33
Randy Matson	18.92	2 Q	20.20
Parry O'Brien	17.84	11 Q	19.20	4
Al Oerter	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	60.54	1 Q	61.00
Jay Silvester	57.81	3 Q	59.09	4
Dave Weill	56.95	5 Q	59.49
Frank Covelli	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	64.49	8 Q	65.66	7
Hal Connolly	67.40	2 Q	66.65	6
Albert Hall	64.31	11 Q	63.82	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jo Ann Grissom	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	High jump	1.65	=19	Did not advance
Terri Brown	1.68	12 q
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

Combined event – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Dick Emberger	style=font-size:95%	Result	11.2	6.72	11.80	1.90	49.1	14.9	35.32	3.70	57.54	4:19.3	7292	10
style=font-size:95%	Points	756	761	586	769	847	859	590	728	731	665			7292	10
align=left rowspan=2	Paul Herman	style=font-size:95%	Result	11.2	6.97	13.89	1.87	49.2	15.2	44.15	4.35	63.35	4:25.4	7787	4
style=font-size:95%	Points	756	814	721	743	842	827	765	896	802	621			7787	4
align=left rowspan=2	Russ Hodge	style=font-size:95%	Result	11.0	6.75	14.93	1.75	49.6	16.0	44.64	3.70	50.21	4:24.9	7325	9
style=font-size:95%	Points	804	767	784	634	824	748	775	728	636	629			7325	9

Combined event – Women's pentathlon

Athlete	Event					200 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pat Winslow	style=font-size:95%	Result	12.0	13.04	1.63	5.90	24.6	4724	7
style=font-size:95%	Points	890	924	976	966	968			4724	7

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Roster

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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			W	W 4–1	L 1–4	Did not advance
Louis Johnson	Bantamweight		W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Charles Brown	Featherweight		W 5–0	W 4–1	W 4–1	L 1–4	Did not advance
Ronald Allen Harris	Lightweight		W KO	W 5–0	W 5–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Charley Ellis	Light welterweight		W 5–0	L 2–3	Did not advance
Maurice Frilot	Welterweight		L 0–5	Did not advance
Tolman Gibson	Light middleweight		W	L 0–5	Did not advance
James Rosette	Middleweight			L 2–3	Did not advance
Robert Christopherson	Light heavyweight		W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Joe Frazier	Heavyweight	W	W RSC	W RSC	W 3–2

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men

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

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Sixteen cyclists represented the United States in 1964.

Road

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

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
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

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Round of 16	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alan Grieco	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	, L	, L	Did not advance
Jackie Simes	, L	L	Did not advance
Jack Disney Tim Mountford	Tandem	, L	L	Did not advance	Did not advance

Time trial

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lawrence Andreasen	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	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
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jeanne Collier	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	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

See main article: Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Patricia de la Tour	Path Patrick	align=left rowspan=3	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
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lana duPont	Mr. Wister	align=left rowspan=4	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
Athlete	Horse	Event	Faults	Faults	Faults	Rank
Frank Chapot	San Lucas	align=left rowspan=3	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

See main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers represented the United States in 1964.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Barrage		Round 2		Barrage		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final round		Medal barrage		Final /
Athlete	Event	–	Rank	–	Rank	–	Rank	–	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	–	Rank	–	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Frank Anger	align=left rowspan=3	Épée	3 – 4	6	Did not advance	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	Did not advance	Did not advance
Albert Axelrod	align=left rowspan=3	Foil	3 – 2	2 Q	4 – 1	1 Q	W 10–5	L 9–10	Did not advance		Did not advance
Herbert Cohen	2 – 3	=3 B	1 – 1	1 Q	2 – 3	=3 B	2 – 0	1 Q	L 4–10	Did not advance			Did not advance
Ed Richards	1 – 4	5	Did not advance	Did not advance
Albert Axelrod Larry Anastasi Herbert Cohen Eugene Glazer Ed Richards	Team foil	2 – 1 (22)	3	Did not advance	Did not advance
Jenő Hámori	align=left rowspan=3	Sabre	5 – 1	2 Q	3 – 4	5	Did not advance	Did not advance				colspan=2 rowspan=3
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	L 4–9	5th-8th semifinal L 5–9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Barrage		Round 2		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final round		Medal barrage		Final /
Athlete	Event	–	Rank	–	Rank	–	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	–	Rank	–	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Tommy Angell	align=left rowspan=3	Foil	1 – 5	6	Did not advance	Did not advance				colspan=2 rowspan=3
Harriet King	5 – 1	1 Q	3 – 2	1 Q	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	Did not advance	Did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Women
All-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																Total
		Vault				Uneven bars				Balance beam				Floor exercise
				Total	Rank			Total	Rank			Total	Rank			Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kathleen Corrigan	align=left rowspan=6	Individual	9.400	9.300	18.700	28	8.933	9.100	18.033	54			18.066	59			18.032	59	72.831	51
Muriel Grossfeld			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		8.166	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		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	46.031	43.932	45.065	46.898	46.265	46.599	367.321	9

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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	W 02–00	W 02–00	1 Q	L 00–10	Did not advance		=5
Jim Bregman	80 kg	W 10–00	W 10–00	1 Q	W 02–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
George Harris	+80 kg	W 10–00	L 01–00	2	Did not advance	=6
Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Open	W 10–00	L 00–10	2 R					Did not advance		6

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1964. They won a silver medal in the team event.

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		–	Rank		Score	Rank		Time	Rank		Time	Rank		MP points	Rank
David Kirkwood	align=left rowspan=3	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	3240	2280	2640	2915	3132	14207

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donald Spero	Single sculls	7:41.94	1 FA	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	8:21.33
Seymour Cromwell Jim Storm	Double sculls	6:31.63	1 FA	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

See 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			7	774	3	1142	5	921	7	774	6373
William Bentsen Buddy Melges	Flying Dutchman	10	423	2	1122			2	1122	2	1122	3	946	10	423	5158
Richard Stearns Lynn Williams	Star	7	486			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			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			5106

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Ten shooters represented the United States in 1964. Between them they won two golds, a silver and three bronze medals.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Bill McMillan	align=left rowspan=2	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	12
Edwin Teague	583	17
Franklin Green	align=left rowspan=2	50 m pistol	557
Thomas Smith	548	8
Tommy Pool	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle prone	596
Lones Wigger	597
Tommy Pool	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle three positions	1147	6
Lones Wigger	1164
Gary Anderson	align=left rowspan=2	300 m rifle three positions	1153
Martin Gunnarsson	1136
Frank Little	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	187	21
William Morris	194 (+24)

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mike Austin	align=left rowspan=3	100 m freestyle	54.9	5 Q	54.3	=3 Q	54.5	6
Gary Ilman	54.0	1 Q	53.9	1 Q	54.0	4
Don Schollander	54.3	2 Q	54.0	2 Q	53.4
John Nelson	align=left rowspan=3	400 m freestyle	4:19.9	6 Q	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
Bill Farley	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m freestyle	17:30.5	7 Q	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	align=left rowspan=3	200 m backstroke	2:16.1	5 Q	2:16.3	8 Q	2:13.1
Gary Dilley	2:14.2	1 Q	2:13.8	2 Q	2:10.5
Jed Graef	2:14.5	2 Q	2:13.7	1 Q	2:10.3
Wayne Anderson	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	200 m butterfly	2:12.6	4 Q	2:09.9	3 Q	2:11.0	4
Carl Robie	2:10.0	1 Q	2:09.3	1 Q	2:07.5
Fred Schmidt	2:13.3	7 Q	2:11.5	4 Q	2:09.3
Carl Robie	align=left rowspan=3	400 m individual medley	4:52.0	1 Q	4:51.4	4
Dick Roth	5:01.3	4 Q	4:45.4
Roy Saari	5:02.3	5 Q	4:47.1
Mike Austin Steve Clark Gary Ilman Don Schollander Lary Schulhof	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.8	1 Q	3:33.2
Steve Clark Gary Ilman David Lyons Bill Mettler Roy Saari Don Schollander Ed Townsend Michael Wall	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:09.0	1 Q	7:52.1
Bob Bennett Steve Clark Bill Craig Virgil Luken Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh Walter Richardson Fred Schmidt	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.1	1 Q	3:58.4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kathy Ellis	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	400 m freestyle	4:48.6	2 Q	4:43.3
Marilyn Ramenofsky	4:47.7	1 Q	4:44.6
Terri Stickles	4:49.3	3 Q	4:47.2
Ginny Duenkel	align=left rowspan=3	100 m backstroke	1:08.9	3 Q	1:08.0
Cathy Ferguson	1:08.8	2 Q	1:07.7
Nina Harmer	1:09.8	5 Q	1:09.4	5
Tammy Hazleton	align=left rowspan=3	200 m breaststroke	2:55.0	14	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	align=left rowspan=3	100 m butterfly	1:07.5	2 Q	1:07.7	4 Q	1:08.0	5
Kathy Ellis	1:07.8	=3 Q	1:07.2	3 Q	1:06.0
Sharon Stouder	1:07.0	1 Q	1:05.6	1 Q	1:04.7
Donna de Varona	align=left rowspan=3	400 m individual medley	5:24.2	1 Q	5:18.7
Sharon Finneran	5:32.7	5 Q	5:24.1
Martha Randall	5:27.8	3 Q	5:24.2
Lynne Allsup Erika Bricker Donna de Varona Kathy Ellis Jeanne Hallock Patience Sherman Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:12.2	2 Q	4:03.8
Kathy Ellis Cathy Ferguson Cynthia Goyette Nina Harmer Susan Pitt Judy Reeder Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:41.6	3 Q	4:33.9

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Summary

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	W 3–0	L 3–2	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 1–3	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 2–3	L 1–3	9
United States women	Women's tournament	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 0–3	L 0–3	W 3–0	5

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

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 tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

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

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Summary

First round

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Weightlifting

See 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	align=left rowspan=2	90 kg
William March	467.5	4
Gary Gubner	align=left rowspan=2	+90 kg	512.5	4
Norbert Schemansky	537.5

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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)		Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Rank
Gray Simons	Freestyle flyweight	W PP (1.0)	T (2.0)	W PP (1.0)	T (2.0)		6.0		Did not advance	7
David Auble	Freestyle bantamweight	W PP (1.0)	W TF (0.0)	W PP (1.0)	W PP (1.0)	L PP (3.0)	6.0	Did not advance		4
Bobby Douglas	Freestyle featherweight	W PP (1.0)	W TF (0.0)	W PP (1.0)	L PP (3.0)	W PP (1.0)	6.0	Did not advance		4
Gregory Ruth	Freestyle lightweight	W PP (1.0)	W PP (1.0)	L PP (3.0)	W PP (1.0)		6.0		Did not advance	=6
Charles Tribble	Freestyle welterweight	L TF (4.0)					4.0	Did not advance		=21
Daniel Brand	Freestyle middleweight	W TF (0.0)	T (2.0)	W PP (1.0)	W TF (0.0)	L PP (3.0)	6.0		Did not advance
Jerry Conine	Freestyle light heavyweight	W PP (1.0)	T (2.0)		L PP (3.0)		6.0		Did not advance	6
Larry Kristoff	Freestyle heavyweight	W PP (1.0)	L PP (3.0)	T (2.0)			6.0		Did not advance	=7
Dick Wilson	Greco-Roman flyweight	W TF (0.0)		L PP (3.0)	L PP (3.0)		6.0	Did not advance		=4
Andy Fitch	Greco-Roman bantamweight	L PP (3.0)	W PP (1.0)	T (2.0)			6.0	=9
Ronald Finley	Greco-Roman featherweight	L PP (3.0)	W DF (0.0)		W TF (0.0)	L PP (3.0)	6.0		Did not advance	=4
James Burke	Greco-Roman lightweight	T (2.0)	L PP (3.0)	L FO (4.0)			9.0	Did not advance		=12
Russell Camilleri	Greco-Roman welterweight	L PP (3.0)	W PP (1.0)	W TF (0.0)	L PP (3.0)		7.0	Did not advance		=7
R. Wayne Baughman	Greco-Roman middleweight	W PP (1.0)		L PP (3.0)	L PP (3.0)		7.0		Did not advance	=7
Pat Lovell	Greco-Roman light heavyweight	L FO (4.0)	L TF (4.0)				8.0	=15
Bob Pickens	Greco-Roman heavyweight	L PP (3.0)	W TF (0.0)	L TF (4.0)			7.0		Did not advance	6

External links

Notes and References

Web site: United States at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . December 22, 2010 . sports-reference.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129225913/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1964/ . November 29, 2014 . dead .