United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 346 competitors, 267 men and 79 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

The United States finished first in the final medal rankings, with 36 gold and 90 total medals.

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

^a Athletes who participated in the heats only.

Athletics

Track & road events
Men

Women

Field events
Men

Women

Combined event – Men's decathlon

Combined event – Women's pentathlon

Basketball

Summary

Roster

The 1964 United States Olympic basketball team featured college and AAU players. Jerry Shipp led the team with an average of 12.4 points per game.

Boxing

Canoeing

Men

Women

Qualification legend: Q = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R = Qualify to repehcage

Cycling

Sixteen cyclists represented the United States in 1964.

Road

Track

Pursuit

Sprint

Time trial

Diving

Men

Women

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

18 fencers represented the United States in 1964.

Men

Women

Qualification key: Q - Qualify to next round; B - Qualify to tiebreaker barrage

Gymnastics

Women
All-around

Judo

Qualification key: Q - Qualify to elimination rounds; R - Qualify to repechage round

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1964. They won a silver medal in the team event.

Rowing

Qualification key: FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to non-medal final; R - Qualify to repechage

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented the United States in 1964. Between them they won two golds, a silver and three bronze medals.

Swimming

Men

Women

^b Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Volleyball

Summary

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Mike Bright
• Barry Brown
• Keith Erickson
• Bill Griebenow
• Richard Hammer
• Jacob Highland
• Ron Lang
• Charles Nelson
• Mike O'Hara
• Ernie Suwara
• John Taylor
• Pedro Velasco

• Head coach: Harry Wilson

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Jean Gaertner
• Lou Galloway
• Barbara Harwerth
• Patti Lucas-Bright
• Linda Murphy
• Gail O'Rourke
• Nancy Owen
• Mary Jo Peppler
• Mary Margaret Perry
• Sharon Peterson
• Verneda Thomas
• Jane Ward

• Head coach: Doc Burroughs

Water polo

Summary

First round

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Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• USA Volleyball Archived February 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine