# Northern Rhodesia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 12 competitors, 11 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports. These were the only Games for Northern Rhodesia. On 24 October 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the country became independent from the UK and changed its name from Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, the first time a country entered an Olympic games as one country and left it as another. For that ceremony, the team celebrated by marching with a new placard with the word "Zambia" on it (as opposed to the "Northern Rhodesia" placard used in the opening ceremony). They were the only team to use a placard for the closing ceremony.

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Wallie Babb | 110 m hurdles | 14.7 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laurent Chifita | Marathon | 2:51:52.2 | 57 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Trev Haynes | Marathon | 2:45:08.6 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Constantino Kapambwe | Marathon | 2:39:28.4 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeffery Smith | 100 m | 10.8 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeffery Smith | 200 m | 21.7 | 4 Q | 22.0 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Rank |
| Cornelis van der Walt | Bantamweight | — | Nicolae Puiu (ROU) L RSC-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ian McLoughlin | Featherweight | — | Masataka Takayama (JPN) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

One female fencer represented Northern Rhodesia in 1964.

### Women's foil

* Patricia Skinner

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alan Durrett | 400 metre freestyle | 4:39.0 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alan Durrett | 1500 metre freestyle | 18:24.9 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charles Fox | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:49.1 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Charles Fox | 400 metre medley | 5:38.2 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling
### Men's Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| John Alan Smith | −63 kg | BYE | Osamu Watanabe (JPN) L T 1:26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Theunis van Wyk | −87 kg | Daniel Brand (URS) L T 6:07 | Géza Hollosi (HUN) L T 4:40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |