Leslie Coffey

Australia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 243 competitors, 203 men and 40 women, took part in 133 events in 19 sports. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

• 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 Northam, Peter O'Donnell, and James Sargeant — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

• Michele Brown — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser, Janice Murphy, and Robyn Thorn — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
• David Dickson, Kevin Berry, Ian O'Brien, and Peter Reynolds — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 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, Anthony Waters, and Graham Wood — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Men's High Jump

• Lawrie Peckham
  • Qualifying Round — 2.06m
  • Final — 2.09m (→ 10th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Dixie Willis
  • Heat — did not compete (→ did not advance)

• Preliminary Round
  • Lost to  United States 45-78
  • Defeated  Peru 81-62
  • Lost to  Yugoslavia 70-74
  • Defeated  South Korea 64-58
  • Lost to  Finland 59-61
  • Lost to  Uruguay 57-58
  • Lost to  Brazil 57-69
• Classification Matches
  • 9th-12th place: Defeated  Mexico 70-58
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated  Japan 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

• Darryl Norwood (=9th)

• William Booth (=17th)

• Randall Hope (=17th)

• Adrian Blair (=9th)

• Julian Rossi (=17th)

• Frank Roberts (=17th)

• Tony Barber (=5th)

• John Bukowski (=17th)

• Fred Casey (=17th)

• Athol McQueen (=5th)

14 cyclists represented Australia in 1964.

• Ray Bilney
• Michael Hollingsworth
• David Humphreys
• Malcolm McCredie

• Thomas Harrison
• Gordon Johnson

• Richard Paris

• Ian Browne
• Daryl Perkins

• Richard Hine

• Kevin Brislin
• Robert Baird
• Victor Browne
• Henk Vogels, Sr.

Women

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Australia in 1964.

• David McKenzie
• Brian McCowage
• Ivan Lund

• Gerard Tubier, David McKenzie, John Douglas, Brian McCowage, Ivan Lund

• John Humphreys
• Ivan Lund
• Russell Hobby

• Russell Hobby, John Humphreys, Imants Terrauds, Ivan Lund, Ian Bowditch

• Henry Sommerville
• Alexander Martonffy
• Les Tornallyay

• Alexander Martonffy, Les Tornallyay, Paul Rizzuto, Brian McCowage, Henry Sommerville

• Janet Hopner
• Jan Redman
• Johanna Winter

• Jan Redman, Johanna Winter, Val Winter, Janet Hopner, Ulrike Winter

Australia was represented in judo by four male competitors.

Lightweight

• Brian Dalton (=9th)
• Ronald Ford (=19th)

Middleweight

• Peter Paige (=17th)

Open category

• Ted Boronovskis  Bronze

Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1964.

• Peter Macken
• Donald McMiken
• Duncan Page

• Peter Macken
• Donald McMiken
• Duncan Page

Open

Eight shooters represented Australia in 1964.

Men

Men

Women

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Light Heavyweight

• Hughie Williams