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Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
CAN

Flag bearer
  
Gilmour Boa

Competitors
  
115 in 16 sports

Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Website
  
www.olympic.ca (English) (French)

MedalsRanked 22nd
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal1214

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.

Contents

Gold

  • Roger Jackson and George HungerfordRowing, Men's Coxless Pair
  • Silver

  • Bill CrothersAthletics, Men's 800 m
  • Doug RogersJudo, Men's Over 80 kg
  • Bronze

  • Harry JeromeAthletics, Men's 100 m
  • 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

  • Larry Leggett
  • 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 (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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Allan Raphael
  • Gerard Ronan
  • Patrick Ruttle
  • Peter Vander Pyl
  • Victor Warren
  • Lee Wright
  • Andrew Yeoman
  • John Young
  • 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
  • References

    Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wikipedia