Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1964 Summer
competitors=250 (208 men, 42 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Ivan Lund (opening)
Dawn Fraser (closing)
gold=6
silver=2
bronze=10
total=18
rank=8

Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medalists

Gold

* Betty Cuthbert — Athletics, Women's 400 m

* Robert Windle — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* Ian O'Brien — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Kevin Berry — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

* Dawn Fraser — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

* William Northman, Peter O'Donnell, and James Sargeant — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

Silver

* Michelle Brown — Athletics, Women's High Jump

* Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

* Ron Clarke — Athletics, Men's 10.000 m

* Marilyn Black — Athletics, Women's 200 m

* Judith Pollock — Athletics, Women's 400 m

* Pamela Kilborn — Athletics, Women's 80 m Hurdles

* Theodore Boronovskis — Judo, Men's Open Class

* Allan Wood — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

* Allan Wood — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

* David Dickson, Peter Doak, John Ryan, and Robert Windle — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

* David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

* Mervyn Crossman, Paul Dearing, Raymond Evans, Brian Glencross, Robin Hodder, John McBryde, Donald McWatters, Patrick Nilan, Eric Pearce, Julian Pearce, Desmond Piper, Donald Smart, Antony Waters, and Graham Wood — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's High Jump
*Lawrence Peckham :* Qualifying Round — 2.06m:* Final — 2.09m (→ 10th place)

Women's 800 metres
*Dixie Willis :* Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance)

= Basketball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round:* Lost to flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer 45-78:* Defeated flagIOC|PER|1964 Summer 81-62:* Lost to flagIOC|YUG|1964 Summer 70-74 :* Defeated flagIOC|KOR|1964 Summer 64-58 :* Lost to flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer 59-61 :* Lost to flagIOC|URU|1964 Summer 57-58 :* Lost to flagIOC|BRA|1964 Summer 57-69
*Classification Matches:* 9th-12th place: Defeated flagIOC|MEX|1964 Summer 70-58:* 9th/10th place: Defeated flagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer 64-57 → 9th place
*Team Roster:* Scott Davie :* Brendon Hackwill:* John Heard:* Bill Wyatt:* Michael Ah Matt:* Werner Linde:* Ken Cole:* Les Hody:* Carl Rodwell:* Mike Dancis:* Lindsay Gaze:* John Gardiner
*Head Coach: Keith Miller

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
*Raymond Bilney — 4:39:51.74 (→ 4th place)
*Michael Hollingsworth — 4:39:51.74 (→ 14th place)
*David Humphreys — 4:39:51.79 (→ 63rd place)
*Malcolm McCreadie — 4:39:51.79 (→ 66th place)