1964 in sports
Indoor Competition
March 6 — Tom O'Hara sets a new world record for the indoor mile run by completing it in 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
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For an extensive coverage see 1964 in football (soccer) Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
International tournaments
Records
February 29 — In Sydney , Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the women's 100m freestyle (long course) competition: 58.9 seconds.
1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo , Japan
United States wins the most medals (90), and the most gold medals (36).This Olympic opening ceremony is first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite.
Awards
Births
January
January 1 — Susan Devoy , New Zealand squash playerJanuary 2 — Pat Sutherland , English netballerJanuary 2 — Pernell Whitaker , American boxerJanuary 5 — Miguel Ángel Jiménez , Spanish golferJanuary 6 — Henry Maske , German boxerJanuary 6 — Richard Nerurkar , British long-distance runnerJanuary 6 — Rafael Vidal , Venezuelan swimmer (d. 2005 )January 7 — Reggie de Jong , Dutch freestyle swimmerJanuary 7 — Francisco Maciel , Mexican tennis playerJanuary 10 — Jutta Niehaus , Germann female cyclistJanuary 10 — José Pérez , Venezuelan boxerJanuary 12 — Laura Gildemeister , Peruvian tennis playerJanuary 18 — Virgil Hill , American boxerJanuary 21 — José Manuel Albentosa , Spanish long-distance runnerJanuary 21 — Aleksandar ?o?tar , Yugoslav water polo player January 20 — Roger Smith , Bahamian tennis playerJanuary 22 — Nigel Benn , British boxerJanuary 22 — Celia Corres , Spanish field hockey playerJanuary 27 — Baik Hyun-Man , South Korean boxerJanuary 29 — Peter Borglund , Swedish javelin thrower
February
February 4 — Ricardo Acioly , Brazilian tennis playerFebruary 5 — Rob Grabert , Dutch volleyball playerFebruary 5 — Jim Pugh , American tennis playerFebruary 8 — Karel David , Czech long-distance runnerFebruary 10 — Victor Davis , Canadian swimming champion (d. 1989 )February 10 — Chris Sande , Kenyan boxerFebruary 12 — Stéphane Franke , German long-distance runnerFebruary 12 — Tuihaleni Kayele , Namibian long-distance runnerFebruary 14 — Frédéric Delcourt , French backstroke swimmerFebruary 16 — Raúl Alcalá , Mexican cyclist February 17 — Ingrid Wolff , Dutch field hockey forwardFebruary 18 — Jackie McWilliams , Irish field hockey player February 20 — An Young-Su , South Korean boxerFebruary 20 — Romanas Brazdauskis , Lithuanian basketball player February 22 — Magnus Wislander , Swedish handball playerFebruary 23 — Daniel Colla , Argentine volleyball player February 23 — Bashir Varaev , Russian judokaFebruary 24 — Ute Geweniger , German breaststroke and medley swimmerFebruary 27 — Thomas Lange , German rowerFebruary 27 — Christian Penigaud , French beach volleyball player February 28 — Pilar Ramírez , Mexican synchronized swimmerFebruary 29 — Paul Just , German-Canadian pole vaulterFebruary 29 — Svilen Rusinov , Bulgarian boxerFebruary 29 — Henrik Sundström , Swedish tennis player
March
March 4 — Richard Saeger , American freestyle swimmerMarch 5 — Gerald Vanenburg , Dutch football (soccer) playerMarch 6 — Robyn Toomey , New Zealand field hockey player March 7 — Vladimir Smirnov , Kazakh cross-country skierMarch 10 — Wendy Baker , Canadian field hockey goalkeeper March 11 — Juantxo García-Mauriño , Spanish field hockey player March 11 — Carlos Scanavino , Uruguayan freestyle swimmerMarch 12 — Kym Carter , American heptathleteMarch 18 — Bonnie Blair , American speed skaterMarch 21 — Frank Baltrusch , East German backstroke swimmerMarch 21 — Sean Murphy , Canadian backstroke swimmerMarch 24 — Liz McColgan , British long-distance running athleteMarch 24 — Luis Soares , Portuguese-French long-distance runnerMarch 31 — Kelly Jones , American tennis playerMarch 31 — Monique Knol , Dutch cyclist
April
April 2 — Saulius Kleiza , Lithuanian shot putter and discus throwerApril 2 — Nadezhda Wijenberg , Russian-Dutch long-distance runnerApril 5 — Steve Beaton , British darts player April 5 — Neil Eckersley , British judokaApril 6 — Luíz Antônio dos Santos , Brazilian long-distance runnerApril 8 — Andrew Maynard , American boxerApril 9 — Graham Reid , Australian field hockey playerApril 10 — Manon Bollegraf , Dutch tennis player April 12 — Josep Picó , Spanish water polo player April 13 — Steve McCrory , American boxerApril 17 — William Mattus , Costa Rican football (soccer) refereeApril 18 — Paul Gonzales , American boxerApril 19 — Kinga Zsigmond , Hungarian javelin throwerApril 21 — Alex Baumann , Czech-born Canadian swimmerApril 21 — Ludmila Engquist , Russian-born Swedish athlete April 22 — Michelle Pearson , Australian medley and freestyle swimmerApril 22 — Wilma van Velsen , Dutch butterfly and freestyle swimmerApril 25 — Omar Catari , Venezuelan boxerApril 26 — Aleksandr Miroshnichenko , Soviet boxer (d. 2003 )April 27 — Sharon Creelman , Canadian field hockey player April 28 — Mark Hager , Australian field hockey playerApril 29 — Jürgen Evers , West German sprinter
May
May 1 — Yvonne van Gennip , Dutch speed skaterMay 2 — Ricki Osterthun , German tennis playerMay 4 — Mark Leduc , Canadian boxerMay 5 — Heike Henkel , German athleteMay 7 — Patrick Faber , Dutch field hockey playerMay 8 — Dragan Peri? , Yugoslav shot putterMay 13 — Sara Gomer , British tennis playerMay 13 — Robert Marland , Canadian rowerMay 17 — Menno Oosting , Dutch tennis player (d. 1999 )May 20 — Miodrag Belodedici , Romanian football (soccer) defenderMay 22 — Virginia Ramírez , Spanish field hockey playerMay 25 — Vladimir Inozemtsev , Ukrainian triple jumperMay 27 — Natalya Kovtun , Russian sprinterMay 28 — Jeff Fenech , Australian boxerMay 31 — Stéphane Caristan , French hurdler
June
June 3 — Matthew Ryan , Australian equestrianJune 4 — Desi Reijers , Dutch freestyle swimmerJune 8 — Erik Parlevliet , Dutch field hockey player (d. 2007 )June 11 — Kim Gallagher , American athlete (d. 2002 )June 11 — Martine Ohr , Dutch field hockey strikerJune 14 — Randall Thompson , Canadian boxerJune 15 — Valeri Bukrejev , Estonian pole vaulterJune 16 — Michael Metz , German field hockey player June 19 — Michael Kenny , New Zealand boxerJune 20 — Deyan Kirilov , Bulgarian boxerJune 21 — Rick Duff , Canadian boxerJune 23 — Lou Yun , Chinese gymnast June 25 — Robert Muzzio , American decathleteJune 28 — Gheorghe Boroi , Romanian hurdlerJune 30 — Tania Dangalakova , Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer
July
July 1 — Denisse Fajardo , Peruvian volleyball playerJuly 1 — Bernard Laporte , French rugby player and coachJuly 4 — Luisa Cervera , Peruvian volleyball playerJuly 10 — Martin Laurendeau , Canadian tennis player July 10 — Jon Root , American volleyball playerJuly 14 — Marcelino Bolivar , Venezuelan boxerJuly 17 — Earl Jones , American track and field athleteJuly 22 — Thierry Brusseau , French track and field athleteJuly 24 — Barry Bonds , American baseball playerJuly 24 — Erminia Russo , Canadian volleyball playerJuly 25 — Helen van der Ben , Dutch field hockey player and coachJuly 25 — Angus Waddell , Australian freestyle swimmerJuly 27 — Hellen Boering , Dutch water polo goalkeeperJuly 27 — John Moffet , American breaststroke swimmerJuly 28 — Aleksandar Hristov , Bulgarian boxerJuly 28 — Sybille Schönrock , East German butterfly swimmerJuly 30 — Jurgen Klinsmann , German footballer and managerJuly 30 — Roland Lee , English freestyle swimmer
August
August 1 — Maria Usifo , Nigerian athlete August 3 — Elles Voskes , Dutch freestyle swimmerAugust 4 — Anita Protti , Swiss track and field athlete August 8 — Nicolae Juravschi , Moldovan canoerAugust 9 — Soraia André , Brazilian judokaAugust 9 — Michael Heath , American swimmerAugust 14 — Sammy Lelei , Kenyan long-distance runnerAugust 14 — Hussain Shah Syed , Pakistani boxerAugust 19 — Mikko Kolehmainen , Finnish flatwater canoerAugust 20 — Giuseppe Giannini , Italian football (soccer) playerAugust 20 — Sachiko Yamashita , Japanese long-distance runnerAugust 22 — Mats Wilander , Swedish tennis player August 26 — Dave Boyes , Canadian rowerAugust 27 — Frank Tate , American boxer August 28 — Borut and Darjan Petri? , Yugoslav twins and freestyle swimmersAugust 29 — Jordi Arrese , Spanish tennis player August 29 — Massimo Barbolini , Italian volleyball coachAugust 30 — Milena Gaiga , Canadian field hockey player August 31 — Mike West , Canadian backstroke swimmer
September
September 3 — Robinsón Pitalúa , Colombian boxer (d. 1985 )September 4 — Maryse Ewanjé-Epée , French high jumperSeptember 4 — Robson da Silva , Brazilian athleteSeptember 5 — Michael Bentt , English-American boxerSeptember 5 — Carlos Gabriel Salazar , Argentine boxerSeptember 7 — Natik Bagirov , Belarusian judokaSeptember 7 — Richard Matuszewski , American tennis playerSeptember 12 — Zsolt Gyulai , Hungarian canoer September 12 — Dirk Richter , East German swimmerSeptember 14 — Terrence Paul , Canadian rowerSeptember 16 — Glenn Beringen , Australian breaststroke swimmer September 18 — Kelly-Ann Way , Canadian track cyclist and road bicycle racerSeptember 20 — Madina Biktagirova , Russian long-distance runnerSeptember 22 — Wayne Yearwood , Canadian basketball player and coachSeptember 23 — Diana Dutra , Canadian female boxerSeptember 25 — Christopher Jacobs , American swimmerSeptember 25 — Ray Lazdins , Canadian discus throwerSeptember 29 — Tadashi Fukushima , Japanese long-distance runner
October
October 1 — Marcia Pankratz , American field hockey forward October 2 — Dirk Brinkmann , German field hockey player October 2 — Raimundo Yant , Venezuelan boxerOctober 5 — Seiko Hashimoto , Japanese ice speed skaterOctober 5 — Letitia Vriesde , Surinamese track and field athleteOctober 9 — Carlos Patrício , Portuguese long-distance runnerOctober 11 — Uwe Ampler , East German track and road cyclist October 19 — Carlos di Laura , Peruvian tennis playerOctober 21 — Christian Eminger , Austrian ice speed skaterOctober 23 — David Penfold , New Zealand field hockey player October 25 — Johan de Kock , Dutch football (soccer) defenderOctober 26 — Lawson Duncan , American tennis playerOctober 26 — Elisabeta Lip? , Romanian rowerOctober 27 — Mary T. Meagher , American swimmerOctober 29 — May Allison , Canadian long-distance runnerOctober 29 — Anthony Mosse , New Zealand swimmerOctober 29 — Jackie Pereira , Australian field hockey striker
November
November 9 — Leah Pells , Canadian track and field athleteNovember 14 — Silken Laumann , Canadian rowerNovember 18 — Markus Hacksteiner , Swiss middle distance runnerNovember 23 — Lars Myrberg , Swedish boxerNovember 23 — Drake Thadzi , Malawian boxerNovember 24 — Hendrie Krüzen , Dutch football (soccer) midfielder November 25 — Bert van Vlaanderen , Dutch long-distance runner November 25 — Wendy Wyland , American diver (d. 2003 )November 26 — Vreni Schneider , Swiss alpine ski racerNovember 30 — Henk-Jan Zwolle , Dutch rower
December
December 1 — Salvatore Schillaci , Italian soccer player (footballer)December 5 — Pablo Morales , American swimmer December 6 — Marat Ganeyev , Russian track cyclistDecember 8 — Nikola Jerkan , Croatian football (soccer) playerDecember 9 — Peter Blangé , Dutch volleyball player and coachDecember 11 — Jacqueline Toxopeus , Dutch field hockey goalkeeperDecember 11 — Carolyn Waldo , Canadian synchronized swimmerDecember 12 — Cristina Fink , Mexican high jumperDecember 12 — Suzanne Landells , Australian medley swimmer December 12 — Davide Milesi , Italian long-distance runner December 13 — Dieter Eilts , German football (soccer) player December 16 — Heike Drechsler , German track and field athleteDecember 16 — Marieke van Drogenbroek , Dutch rowerDecember 17 — Barbara Daniels , English cricketerDecember 19 — Arvydas Sabonis , Lithuanian basketball playerDecember 23 — Lacy Barnes-Mileham , American discus throwerDecember 24 — Shahid Ali Khan , Pakistani field hockey goalkeeperDecember 25 — Anil Kaul , Indian-Canadian badminton playerDecember 28 — Rick Leach , American tennis player
Deaths
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