Northern Rhodesia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 12 competitors, 11 men and 1 woman, took part in 13 events in 5 sports.^[1] These were the only Games for Northern Rhodesia. On 24 October 1964 (the same day as the closing ceremony), the country became independent from the UK and changed its name from Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, the first time a country entered an Olympic games as one country and left it as another.^[2] For that ceremony, the team celebrated by marching with a new placard with the word "Zambia" on it (as opposed to the "Northern Rhodesia" placard used in the opening ceremony). They were the only team to use a placard for the closing ceremony.^[3]

Northern Rhodesia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of Northern Rhodesia
IOC code	NRH (NRH used at these Games)
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
Website	www.nocz.co.zm
in Tokyo, Japan 10–24 October 1964
Competitors	12 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Trev Haynes
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Northern Rhodesia Olympic Team badge

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wallie Babb	110 m hurdles	14.7	7	Did not advance
Laurent Chifita	Marathon	2:51:52.2	57	Did not advance
Trev Haynes	Marathon	2:45:08.6	54	Did not advance
Constantino Kapambwe	Marathon	2:39:28.4	46	Did not advance
Jeffery Smith	100 m	10.8	7	Did not advance
	200 m	21.7	4 Q	22.0	7	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cornelis van der Walt	Bantamweight	—	Nicolae Puiu (ROU) L RSC-1	Did not advance
Ian McLoughlin	Featherweight	—	Masataka Takayama (JPN) L 0-5	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Northern Rhodesia in 1964.

Women's foil

• Patricia Skinner

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alan Durrett	400 metre freestyle	4:39.0	5	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	18:24.9	5	Did not advance
Charles Fox	200 metre breaststroke	2:49.1	8	Did not advance
	400 metre medley	5:38.2	7	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
John Alan Smith	−63 kg	BYE	Osamu Watanabe (JPN) L T 1:26	Did not advance					19
Theunis van Wyk	−87 kg	Daniel Brand (URS) L T 6:07	Géza Hollosi (HUN) L T 4:40	Did not advance					16