Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 115 competitors, 95 men and 20 women, took part in 92 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
Gold
Roger Jackson and George Hungerford – Rowing, men's coxless pair
Silver
Bill Crothers – Athletics, men's 800 m
Doug Rogers – Judo, men's over 80 kg
Bronze
Harry Jerome – Athletics, men's 100 m
Harry Jerome's 100 metre bronze medal win at the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics is captured in the documentary film Tokyo Olympiad (1965) directed by Kon Ichikawa. Slow motion close-up footage of Jerome (along with other athletes) preparing for the race begins at the 26 minute mark and then the race is shown in its entirety at full speed.
Athletics
Men's Competition
100 metres
Harry Jerome
Heat – 10.5
Second round – 10.3
Semi-final – 10.3
Final – 10.2 (→ Bronze medal)
200 metres
Harry Jerome
Heat – 20.9
Second round – 21.2
Semi-final – 21.0
Final – 20.8 (→ 4th place)
400 metres
Bill Crothers
Heat – 46.8
Second round – 46.7
Semi-final – 46.9 (→ did not advance)
800 metres
Bill Crothers
Heat – 1:49.3
Semi-final – 1:47.3
Final – 1:45.6 (→ Silver medal)
Don Bertoia
Heat – 1:52.2 (→ did not advance)
1.500 metres
Ergas Leps
Heat – 3:46.4
Semi-final – 3:51.2 (→ did not advance)
5.000 metres
Bruce Kidd
Heat – 14:21.8 (→ did not advance)
10.000 metres
Bruce Kidd
Final – 30:56.4 (→ 26th place)
110 m hurdles
Cliff Nuttall
Heat – 14.8 (→ did not advance)
400 m hurdles
Bill Gairdner
Heat – 53.8 (→ did not advance)
20 km walk
Alexander Oakley
Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
50 km walk
Alexander Oakley
Final – 4:27:24.6 (→ 15th place)
Pole Vault
Gerry Moro
Final – 4m70 (→ 10th place)
Decathlon
Bill Gairdner
Total – 7147 points (→ 11th place)
Gerry Moro
Total – 6716 points (→ 11th place)
Basketball
Men's team competition
Preliminary round
Canada – Soviet Union 52-87
Canada – Hungary 59-70
Canada – Japan 37-58
Canada – Italy 54-66
Canada – Mexico 68-78
Canada – Puerto Rico 69-88
Canada – Poland 69-74
Classification match
Canada – Peru 82-81
Classification match
Canada – Hungary 65-68 → 14th place
Team roster
Walter Birtles
John Dacyshyn
Rolly Goldring
Keith Hartley
Barry Howson
Fred Ingaldson
James Maguire
John McKibbon
Warren Reynolds
Ruby Richman
Joseph Stulac
George Stulac
Boxing
Men's flyweight (51 kg)
John Henry
First round – lost to Constantin Ciuca (ROM), DSQ
Men's lightweight (60 kg)
Roger Palmer
First round – defeated Gabriel Achy Assi (IVC), 3:2
Second round – lost to Stoyan Pilichev (BUL), 0:5
Men's Light-Welterweight (63½ kg)
Harvey Reti
First round – bye
Second round – lost to István Toth (HUN), 2:3
Men's welterweight (67 kg)
Frederick Desrosiers
First round – lost to Silvano Bertini (ITA), DSQ
Canoeing
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Canada in 1964.
Men's foil
John Andru
Robert Foxcroft
Men's épée
John Andru
Robert Foxcroft
Men's sabre
John Andru
Robert Foxcroft
Women's foil
Pacita Weidel
Gymnastics
Hockey
Men's team competition
Preliminary round
Canada – Germany 1-5
Canada – Netherlands 0-5
Canada – Hong Kong 2-1
Canada – Spain 0-3
Canada – Belgium 1-5
Canada – India 0-3
Canada – Malaysia 2-3 → 14th place
Team roster
Ronald Aldridge
Derrick Anderson
Anthony Boyd
Peter Buckland
Richard Chopping
Gerd Heidinger
Ian Johnston
Harry Preston
Alan Raphael
Gerard Ronan
Patrick Ruttle
Peter Vander Pyl
Victor Warren
Lee Wright
Andrew Yeoman
John Young
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Six shooters represented Canada in 1964.
25 m pistol
William Hare
Garfield McMahon
50 m pistol
Garfield McMahon
William Hare
50 m rifle, three positions
George Marsh
Gil Boa
50 m rifle, prone
Gil Boa
George Marsh
Trap
Floyd Nattrass
Harry Willsie
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
sports-reference
Explorare
Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964
Summer Olympics