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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 (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. 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. 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.

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Boxing

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

One female fencer represented Northern Rhodesia in 1964.

Women's foil

• Patricia Skinner

Swimming

Men

Wrestling

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

References

1. "Zambia at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
2. McNeil, Baye (14 August 2016). "After 30 years in Japan, teacher from Zambia is still learning". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
3. BSスペシャル『青春TVタイムトラベル』 第4回 プレイバック・東京オリンピック（NHK衛星第2テレビジョン／1992年12月26日放送で土門自身が振り返ってコメントしている）

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