Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Dates	11 – 18 October 1964
Medal Events	18

The 1964 swimming events were held at the Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, or the Yoyogi National Stadium. It was built specifically for the 1964 Olympics and still exists, although it is now used primarily for basketball, futsal, and ice hockey competition.

Both the men’s and women’s programs were expanded in 1964. The men’s program now consisted of 10 events, with the 400 individual medley and the 4x100 metre freestyle relay added. In addition, the 100 metre backstroke was eliminated, but was replaced by the 200 metre backstroke. Women had 8 events in 1964, adding the 400 individual medley.

The United States dominance in 1964 swimming was almost complete, winning 13 of 18 gold medals, and 29 of 54 available medals. Their men won 7 of 10 events and 14 of 30 medals, while the US women won 6 of 8 events and 15 of 24 medals.

Don Schollander (USA) was the swim star of the 1964 Olympics, winning four gold medals, even though his best event, the 200 freestyle, was not yet on the Olympic Program. Two other Americans, Sharon Stouder and Steve Clark, won three gold medals. Three swimmers besides Schollander won four medals – Stouder, Kathy Ellis (USA), and Hans-Joachim Klein (GER).

Events

Event	Status	Date	Participants	NOCs
100 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	11 – 12 October 1964	66	33
400 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	14 – 15 October 1964	49	27
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men	Olympic	16 – 17 October 1964	31	21
4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	Olympic	13 – 14 October 1964	56	13
4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	Olympic	17 – 18 October 1964	67	15
200 metres Backstroke, Men	Olympic	11 – 13 October 1964	34	21
200 metres Breaststroke, Men	Olympic	13 – 15 October 1964	33	20
200 metres Butterfly, Men	Olympic	16 – 18 October 1964	32	19
400 metres Individual Medley, Men	Olympic	12 – 14 October 1964	30	18
4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Men	Olympic	15 – 16 October 1964	63	14
100 metres Freestyle, Women	Olympic	12 – 13 October 1964	44	22
400 metres Freestyle, Women	Olympic	17 – 18 October 1964	31	16
4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women	Olympic	14 – 15 October 1964	46	10
100 metres Backstroke, Women	Olympic	13 – 14 October 1964	31	17
200 metres Breaststroke, Women	Olympic	11 – 12 October 1964	27	15
100 metres Butterfly, Women	Olympic	14 – 16 October 1964	31	16
400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	15 – 17 October 1964	22	12
4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women	Olympic	16 – 18 October 1964	43	9
			405 (243/162)	42 (41/27)

Medals

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres Freestyle, Men	Don Schollander	USA	Bobby McGregor	GBR	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER
400 metres Freestyle, Men	Don Schollander	USA	Frank Wiegand	GER	Allan Wood	AUS
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men	Bob Windle	AUS	John Nelson	USA	Allan Wood	AUS
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	United States	USA	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Australia	AUS
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men	United States	USA	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Japan	JPN
200 metres Backstroke, Men	Jed Graef	USA	Gary Dilley	USA	Bob Bennett	USA
200 metres Breaststroke, Men	Ian O'Brien	AUS	Georgy Prokopenko	URS	Chet Jastremski	USA
200 metres Butterfly, Men	Kevin Berry	AUS	Carl Robie	USA	Fred Schmidt	USA
400 metres Individual Medley, Men	Dick Roth	USA	Roy Saari	USA	Gerhard Hetz	GER
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men	United States	USA	Unified Team of Germany	GER	Australia	AUS
100 metres Freestyle, Women	Dawn Fraser	AUS	Sharon Stouder	USA	Kathy Ellis	USA
400 metres Freestyle, Women	Ginny Duenkel	USA	Marilyn Ramenofsky	USA	Terri Lee Stickles	USA
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women	United States	USA	Australia	AUS	Netherlands	NED
100 metres Backstroke, Women	Cathy Ferguson	USA	Kiki Caron	FRA	Ginny Duenkel	USA
200 metres Breaststroke, Women	Galina Prozumenshchikova	URS	Claudia Kolb	USA	Svetlana Babanina	URS
100 metres Butterfly, Women	Sharon Stouder	USA	Ada Kok	NED	Kathy Ellis	USA
400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Donna de Varona	USA	Sharon Finneran	USA	Martha Randall	USA
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Women	United States	USA	Netherlands	NED	Soviet Union	URS

Medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	13	8	8	29
Australia	AUS	4	1	4	9
Soviet Union	URS	1	1	2	4
Germany	GER	0	4	2	6
Netherlands	NED	0	2	1	3
France	FRA	0	1	0	1
Great Britain	GBR	0	1	0	1
Japan	JPN	0	0	1	1