Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates11–18 October 1964
No. of events18
Competitors405 from 42 nations
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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, 4x100 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]

  • Freestyle: 100, 200, 400, and 1,500 (men's); 100, 200, 400 and 800 (women's)
  • Backstroke: 100 and 200;
  • Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
  • Butterfly: 100 and 200;
  • Individual medley: 200 and 400;
  • Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free, 4×100 medley (men's); 4×100 free, 4×100 medley (women's)

Participating nations

405 swimmers from 42 nations competed.[2]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States138829
2 Australia4149
3 Soviet Union1124
4 United Team of Germany0426
5 Netherlands0213
6 France0101
 Great Britain0101
8 Japan0011
Totals (8 entries)18181854

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Gallery of the medalists

Some of the Olympic medalists in Tokyo:

  • Don Schollander, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 400-metre freestyle, 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, and 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay.
    Don Schollander, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 400-metre freestyle, 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay, and 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay.
  • Jed Graef, winner of the 200-metre backstroke.
    Jed Graef, winner of the 200-metre backstroke.
  • Fred Schmidt, winner of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
    Fred Schmidt, winner of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
  • Dick Roth, winner of the 400-metre individual medley.
    Dick Roth, winner of the 400-metre individual medley.
  • Donna de Varona, winner of the 400-metre individual medley and 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay.
    Donna de Varona, winner of the 400-metre individual medley and 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay.
  • Dawn Fraser, winner of the 100-metre freestyle.
    Dawn Fraser, winner of the 100-metre freestyle.

References

  1. ^ a b "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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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