The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 204 competitors, 160 men and 44 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed and won at least one gold medal in every Summer Olympic Games. Future Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell represented Britain at the 200m.
Ken Matthews — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk
Lynn Davies — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Ann Packer — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Mary Rand — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Basil Heatley — Athletics, Men's Marathon
John Cooper — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Maurice Herriott — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
Adrian Metcalfe, Robbie Brightwell, John Cooper, and Tim Graham — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Paul Nihill — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
Ann Packer — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Mary Rand — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
Henry Hoskyns — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
John Russell, Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, William Barry, and John James — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Robert McGregor — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
Louis Martin — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Keith Musto and Tony Morgan — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Janet Simpson, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman, and Mary Rand — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Peter Robeson — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Men's Hammer Throw
Howard Payne
Qualifying Round — 61.90m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1964.
Individual road race
Colin Lewis
Terry West
Derek Harrison
Michael Cowley
Team time trial
Bob Addy
Michael Cowley
Derek Harrison
Colin Lewis
Sprint
Karl Barton
Christopher Church
1000m time trial
Roger Whitfield
Tandem
Karl Barton
Christopher Church
Individual pursuit
Hugh Porter
Team pursuit
Trevor Bull
Harry Jackson
Hugh Porter
Brian Sandy
13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Great Britain in 1964.
Men's foil
Bill Hoskyns
Allan Jay
Sandy Leckie
Men's team foil
Bill Hoskyns, Allan Jay, Sandy Leckie, Ralph Cooperman, Derrick Cawthorne
Men's épée
Bill Hoskyns
Allan Jay
Peter Jacobs
Men's team épée
Bill Hoskyns, John Pelling, Peter Jacobs, Michael Howard, Allan Jay
Men's sabre
Ralph Cooperman
Sandy Leckie
Richard Oldcorn
Men's team sabre
Richard Oldcorn, Sandy Leckie, Ralph Cooperman, Michael Howard, Bill Hoskyns
Women's foil
Mary Watts-Tobin
Shirley Netherway
Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh
Women's team foil
Shirley Netherway, Theresa Offredy, Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh, Mary Watts-Tobin
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1964.
Individual
Benjamin Finnis
Robert Phelps
Jim Fox
Team
Benjamin Finnis
Robert Phelps
Jim Fox
Double scull - A V Cooke, P Webb - Seventh
Coxless pair - J D Lee Nicholson, S Farquharson - Fourth
Coxless four - John Russell, Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh, William Barry, and John James - Silver
Eight shooters represented Great Britain in 1964.
25 m pistol
Tony Clark
Alan Bray
50 m pistol
Anthony Chivers
Harry Cullum
50 m rifle, prone
Peter Morgan
John Hall
Trap
Bob Braithwaite
Joe Wheater
Louis Martin
