At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, eighteen swimming events were contested, ten for men and eight for women. There were a total of 405 participants from 42 countries competing. 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.
| Swimming at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
| Dates | 11–18 October 1964 |
| No. of events | 18 |
| Competitors | 405 from 42 nations |
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, 4× 100 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):
- Freestyle: 100, 200, 400, and 1500 (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.
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 | |||
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| 100 m freestyle | Don Schollander United States | 53.4 (OR) | Robert McGregor Great Britain | 53.5 | Hans-Joachim Klein United Team of Germany | 54.0 |
| 400 m freestyle | Don Schollander United States | 4:12.2 (WR) | Frank Wiegand United Team of Germany | 4:14.9 | Allan Wood Australia | 4:15.1 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Bob Windle Australia | 17:01.7 (OR) | John Nelson United States | 17:03.0 | Allan Wood Australia | 17:07.7 |
| 200 m backstroke | 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 | 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 | 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 | Dick Roth United States | 4:45.4 (WR) | Roy Saari United States | 4:47.1 | Gerhard Hetz United Team of Germany | 4:51.0 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States Steve Clark Mike Austin Gary Ilman Don Schollander | 3:33.2 (WR) | United Team of Germany Horst Löffler Frank Wiegand Uwe Jacobsen Hans-Joachim Klein | 3:37.2 | Australia David Dickson Peter Doak John Ryan Bob Windle | 3:39.1 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | United States Steve Clark Roy Saari Gary Ilman Don Schollander | 7:52.1 (WR) | United Team of Germany Horst-Günther Gregor Gerhard Hetz Frank Wiegand Hans-Joachim Klein | 7.59.3 | Japan Makoto Fukui Kunihiro Iwasaki Toshio Shoji Yukiaki Okabe | 8:03.8 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States Thompson Mann Bill Craig Fred Schmidt Steve Clark | 3:58.4 (WR) | United Team of Germany Ernst-Joachim Küppers Egon Henninger Horst-Günther Gregor Hans-Joachim Klein | 4:01.6 | Australia Peter Reynolds Ian O'Brien Kevin Berry David Dickson | 4:02.3 |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 m freestyle | Dawn Fraser Australia | 59.5 (OR) | Sharon Stouder United States | 59.9 | Kathy Ellis United States | 1:00.8 |
| 400 m freestyle | 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 | Cathy Ferguson United States | 1:07.7 (WR) | Kiki Caron France | 1:07.9 | Ginny Duenkel United States | 1:08.0 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 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 | 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 | 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 | United States Sharon Stouder Donna de Varona Lillian Watson Kathy Ellis | 4:03.8 (WR) | Australia Robyn Thorn Janice Murphy Lynette Bell Dawn Fraser | 4:06.9 | Netherlands Pauline van der Wildt Toos Beumer Winnie van Weerdenburg Erica Terpstra | 4:12.0 |
| 4 × 100 metre medley relay | United States Cathy Ferguson Cynthia Goyette Sharon Stouder Kathy Ellis | 4:33.9 (OR) | Netherlands Corrie Winkel Klenie Bimolt Ada Kok Erica Terpstra | 4:37.0 | Soviet Union 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.
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