Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates	11–18 October 1964
No. of events	18
Competitors	405 from 42 nations

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, 400 (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]

Argentina (7)  Australia (32)  Austria (7)  Belgium (2)  Brazil (4)  Burma (1)  Canada (12)  Colombia (1)  Czechoslovakia (3)  Denmark (3)  Finland (6)

France (9)  United Team of Germany (38)  Great Britain (25)  Hong Kong (3)  Hungary (19)  Iceland (2)  Iran (1)  Israel (2)  Italy (16)  Japan (38)  Luxembourg (1)

Malaysia (7)  Mexico (10)  Netherlands (26)  New Zealand (2)  Peru (6)  Philippines (2)  Portugal (3)  Puerto Rico (4)  South Korea (4)  Soviet Union (21)

Spain (11)  Sweden (14)  Switzerland (2)  Thailand (2)  United States (48)  Venezuela (2)  Vietnam (3)  Yugoslavia (2)  Zambia (2)  Zimbabwe (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	8	8	29
2	Australia	4	1	4	9
3	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4
4	United Team of Germany	0	4	2	6
5	Netherlands	0	2	1	3
6	France	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
8	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		18	18	18	54

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 details	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 details	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  Soviet Union	2:46.4 (OR)	Claudia Kolb  United States	2:47.6	Svetlana Babanina  Soviet Union	2:48.6
100 m butterfly details	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 details	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 details	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 details	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.
• 
  Jed Graef, winner of the 200-metre backstroke.
• 
  Fred Schmidt, winner of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
• 
  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.
• 
  Dawn Fraser, winner of the 100-metre freestyle.

References

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