# New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 64 competitors, 56 men and eight women, who took part in 35 events across 11 sports. Selection of the team for the Games in Tokyo, Japan, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Peter Snell. The New Zealand team finished equal 12th on the medal table, winning a total of five medals, three of which were gold.

## Medal tables

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Peter Snell | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 16 October |
| Gold | Peter Snell | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 21 October |
| Gold | Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells | Sailing | Flying Dutchman | 21 October |
| Bronze | Marise Chamberlain | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 20 October |
| Bronze | John Davies | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 21 October |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |

## Athletics
### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bill Baillie | Men's 5000 m | 13:55.4 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 13:51.0 | 6 |
| Marise Chamberlain | Women's 800 m | 2:06.8 | 2 Q | — | — | 2:04.6 | 1 Q | 2:02.8 | |
| John Davies | Men's 1500 m | 3:45.5 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:41.9 | 3 Q | 3:39.6 | |
| Murray Halberg | Men's 5000 m | 14:12.0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Murray Halberg | Men's 10,000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29:10.8 | 7 |
| Jeff Julian | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:27:57.6 | 29 |
| Ivan Keats | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:36:16.8 | 42 |
| Barry Magee | Men's 10,000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30:32.0 | 23 |
| Avis McIntosh | Women's 80 m hurdles | 10.8 | 3 Q | — | — | 10.9 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Avis McIntosh | Women's 100 m | 12.0 | 4 Q | 12.0 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Doreen Porter | Women's 100 m | 11.7 | 2 Q | 11.8 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Doreen Porter | Women's 200 m | 24.2 | 3 q | — | — | 24.0 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ray Puckett | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:27:34.0 | 27 |
| Neville Scott | Men's 5000 m | 15:01.0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Snell | Men's 800 m | 1:49.0 | 1 Q | — | — | 1:46.9 | 1 Q | 1:45.1 OR | |
| Peter Snell | Men's 1500 m | 3:46.8 | 4 Q | — | — | 3:38.8 | 1 Q | 3:38.1 | |
* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
* ↑ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
* ↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Les Mills | Men's discus throw | 51.70 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Les Mills | Men's shot put | 18.05 | =6 Q | 18.52 | 7 |
| Valerie Young | Women's discus throw | 51.94 | 10 Q | 49.59 | 13 |
| Valerie Young | Women's shot put | 16.40 | 2 Q | 17.26 | 4 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Paddy Donovan | Men's lightweight | Bye | Pace (ARG) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |
| Brian Maunsell | Men's light welterweight | Bye | Frolov (URS) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |

## Cycling

Five cyclists represented New Zealand in 1964.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Laurie Byers | Men's individual road race | 4:39:51.74 | 10 |
| Max Grace | Men's individual road race | 4:39:51.83 | 66 |
| Dick Johnstone | Men's individual road race | 4:39:51.74 | 17 |
| Des Thomson | Men's individual road race | 4:39:51.81 | 61 |
| Laurie Byers Arthur Candy Max Grace Dick Johnstone | Men's team time trial | 2:38:37.35 | 18 |

## Equestrian
### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank |
| Bruce Hansen | Tide | Individual | 24.00 | =27 | 32.00 | 37 | 56.00 | =31 |
| Graeme Hansen | Saba Sam | Individual | 12.75 | 10 | 25.00 | 33 | 37.75 | 23 |
| Adrian White | El Dorado | Individual | 37.25 | 36 | 25.25 | 34 | 62.50 | 35 |
| Bruce Hansen Graeme Hansen Adrian White | See above | Team | 74.00 | 10 | 82.25 | 10 | 156.25 | 10 |

## Gymnastics
### Women's individual
#### Apparatus qualifying and all-around

| Athlete | Vault | Vault | Vault | Uneven bars | Uneven bars | Uneven bars | Balance beam | Balance beam | Balance beam | Floor | Floor | Floor | All-around total | All-around rank |
| Athlete | C | O | Rank | C | O | Rank | C | O | Rank | C | O | Rank | All-around total | All-around rank |
| Pauline Gardiner | 8.933 | 8.833 | 68 | 8.133 | 8.266 | 74 | 8.733 | 8.066 | 76 | 8.633 | 8.733 | 79 | 68.330 | 76 |
| Theodora Hill | 8.600 | 8.933 | 72 | 8.400 | 7.833 | 77 | 8.800 | 8.700 | 70 | 8.766 | 8.933 | 68 | 68.965 | 75 |
| Jean Spencer | 8.600 | 8.500 | 76 | 7.933 | 8.400 | 75 | 8.666 | 7.300 | 79 | 8.366 | 8.600 | 81 | 66.365 | 78 |
None of the New Zealand gymnasts qualified for any of the apparatus finals.

## Field hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

| John Anslow Ernest Barnes Trevor Blake Peter Byers Phil Bygrave Timothy Carter John Cullen | Ross Gillespie Bruce Judge Grantley Judge Ian Kerr Brian Maunsell Alan Patterson Bill Schaefer |

#### Group A

* 12 October 1964 (1964-10-12)
| New Zealand | 2–0 | Great Britain |
* 13 October 1964 (1964-10-13)
| Kenya | 3–2 | New Zealand |
* 15 October 1964 (1964-10-15)
| Japan | 1–0 | New Zealand |
* 16 October 1964 (1964-10-16)
| Australia | 2–1 | New Zealand |
* 18 October 1964 (1964-10-18)
| Pakistan | 2–0 | New Zealand |
* 19 October 1964 (1964-10-19)
| Rhodesia | 2–1 | New Zealand |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification |
| Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 8 | Advance to semi-finals |
| Kenya | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5th–8th classification round |
| Japan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5th–8th classification round |
| Great Britain | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | |
| Rhodesia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3 | |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |

## Rowing

In 1964, New Zealand entered boats in three of the seven events: men's single sculls, men's coxed four, and men's eight. The competition was for men only; women would first row at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Murray Watkinson | Single sculls | 7:49.01 | 2 R | 7:45.28 | 1 FA | 8:35.57 | 5 |
| Darien Boswell Alistair Dryden Peter Masfen Dudley Storey Robert Page (cox) | Coxed four | 6:50.81 | 3 R | 7:09.26 | 2 FB | 6:45.16 | 8 |
| Mark Brownlee Alexander Clark Peter Delaney John Gibbons George Paterson Tony Popplewell Raymond Skinner Alan Webster Doug Pulman (cox) | Eight | 6:20.63 | 4 R | 6:14.83 | 3 FB | 6:07.59 | 11 |

## Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Peter Mander | Finn | 716 | 1017 | 841 | 716 | 1620 | 774 | 341 | 5684 | 4 |
| Helmer Pedersen (helm) Earle Wells | Flying Dutchman | 219 | 101 DNF | 1423 | 946 | 1423 | 1423 | 821 | 6255 | |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dave Gerrard | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:16.3 | 14 Q | 2:15.4 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vivien Haddon | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 2:53.4 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Don Oliver | Men's heavyweight | 157.5 | 10 | 132.5 | 12 | 190.0 | =4 | 480.0 | 9 |

## Wrestling

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tony Greig | Men's freestyle lightweight | Jeong (KOR) L | Rost (EUA) L Fall | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Roy Meehan | Men's freestyle featherweight | Tovar (MEX) L Fall | Seifpour (IRI) L Fall | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |

## Officials

* Team manager – William Stevenson
* Assistant team manager – Ron Shakespeare
* Team doctor – Renton Grigor
* Chaperone – Zelda Bridgens
* Athletics section manager – Max Carr
* Boxing section manager – Syd Ashton
* Cycling section manager – Bob Carruthers
* Equestrian section manager – Ben Rutherford
* Field hockey section manager – Bob Milne
* Gymnastics section manager – David McKenzie-Edwards
* Rowing
** Section manager – Jack Stevenson
** Coach (eight and four) – Eric Craies
* Sailing section manager – Don St Clair Brown
* Swimming section manager – Bryan Simpson
* Weightlifting section manager – Trevor Clark