Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Abebe Bikila 1964 Olympics.jpg
Abebe Bikila with gold medal from the marathon
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates21 October
Competitors79 from 41 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Abebe Bikila  Ethiopia
Silver medal Basil Heatley  Great Britain
Bronze medal Kokichi Tsuburaya  Japan
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Athletics at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Athletics pictogram.svg
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 m
men
women
400 m
men
women
800 m
men
women
1500 m
men

5000 m
men

10,000 m
men

80 m hurdles


women
110 m hurdles
men

400 m hurdles
men

3000 m
steeplechase
men

4×100 m relay
men
women
4×400 m relay
men

Road events
Marathon
men

20 km walk
men

50 km walk
men

Field events
Long jump
men
women
Triple jump
men

High jump
men
women
Pole vault
men

Shot put
men
women
Discus throw
men
women
Javelin throw
men
women
Hammer throw
men

Combined events
Pentathlon


women
Decathlon
men

The men's marathon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program inTokyo. It was held on 21 October 1964. 79 athletes from 41 nations entered, with 68 starting and 58 finishing.

Results[edit]

Bikila broke the world's best time for the marathon to defend his Olympic gold medal.
PlaceAthleteTime
1 Abebe Bikila (ETH)2:12:11.2 WR
2 Basil Heatley (GBR)2:16:19.2
3 Kōkichi Tsuburaya (JPN)2:16:22.8
4 Brian Kilby (GBR)2:17:02.4
5 József Sütö (HUN)2:17:55.8
6 Leonard Edelen (USA)2:18:12.4
7 Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)2:18:42.6
8 Kenji Kimihara (JPN)2:19:49.0
9 Ron Clarke (AUS)2:20:26.8
10 Demissie Wolde (ETH)2:21:25.2
11 Lee Sang-Hoon (KOR)2:22:02.8
12 Bakir Benaissa (MAR)2:22:27.0
13 Eino Oksanen (FIN)2:22:36.0
14 Billy Mills (USA)2:22:55.4
15 Toru Terasawa (JPN)2:23:09.0
16 Kim Yun-Bum (KOR)2:24:40.6
17 Giorgio Jegher (ITA)2:24:45.2
18 Václav Chudomel (TCH)2:24:46.8
19 Ron Hill (GBR)2:25:34.4
20 Paavo Pystynen (FIN)2:26:00.6
21 Fidel Negrete (MEX)2:26:07.0
22 Nikolay Tikhomirov (URS)2:26:07.4
23 Pete McArdle (USA)2:26:24.4
24 Heinrich Hagen (GER)2:26:39.8
25 Pavel Kantorek (TCH)2:26:47.2
26 Nikolay Abramov (URS)2:27:09.4
27 Raymond Puckett (NZL)2:27:34.0
28 Eino Valle (FIN)2:27:34.8
29 Jeffrey Julian (NZL)2:27:57.6
30 Ricardo Vidal (athlete) (CHI)2:28:01.6
31 Robert Vagg (AUS)2:28:41.0
32 Guido Voegele (SUI)2:29:17.8
33 Balkrishan Akotkar (IND)2:29:27.4
34 Jean Aniset (LUX)2:29:52.6
35 Thin Sumbwegan (BIR)2:30:35.8
36 Constantin Grecescu (ROU)2:30:42.6
37 Janos Pinter (HUN)2:30:50.2
38 Gerhard Honicke (GER)2:33:23.0
39 Manfred Naumann (GER)2:33:42.0
40 Antonio Ambu (ITA)2:34:37.6
41 Oskar Leupi (SUI)2:35:05.4
42 Ivan Keats (NZL)2:36:16.8
43 Harbanslal Harbanslal (IND)2:37:05.8
44 Armando Aldegalega (POR)2:38:02.2
45 Chrisantus Nyakwayo (KEN)2:38:38.6
46 Constantino Kapambwe (NRH)2:39:28.4
47 Omari Abdallah (TAN)2:40:06.0
48 Muhammad Yusaf (PAK)2:40:46.0
49 Naftali Temu (KEN)2:40:46.6
50 Joo Hyung Kail (KOR)2:41:08.2
51 Mathias Kanda (RHO)2:41:09.0
52 Anthony Cook (AUS)2:42:03.6
53 Víctor Peralta (MEX)2:44:23.6
54 Trevor Haynes (NRH)2:45:08.6
55 Abraham Fornes (PUR)2:46:22.6
56 Robson Mrombe (RHO)2:49:30.8
57 Laurent Daniel Chifita (NRH)2:51:52.2
58 Chanom Sirirangsi (THA)2:59:25.6

 Bahadur Thada Ganga (NEP)Did not finish
2:23:41 at 40 km

 Bahacur Bhupendra (NEP)Did not finish
2:34:12 at 40 km

 James Hogan (IRL)Did not finish
1:51:27 at 35 km

 Viktor Baykov (URS)Did not finish
1:39:13 at 30 km

 M. Haddeb Hannachi (TUN)Did not finish
1:46:18 at 30 km

 Andrew Soi (KEN)Did not finish
1:23:37 at 25 km

 Osvaldo Roberto Suarez (ARG)Did not finish
1:09:00 at 20 km

 Mamo Wolde (ETH)Did not finish
0:47:14 at 15 km

 Hedhili Ben Boubaker (TUN)Did not finish
0:47:51 at 15 km

 Ly Nguyen Van (VIE)Did not finish
1:02:51 at 15 km

 Jean Louis Brougier (FRA)Did not start

 Dumitru Chitoban (ROU)Did not start

 Suliman Fighi Hassan (LIB)Did not start

 Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)Did not start

 Alberto Garabito (BOL)Did not start

 Bruce Kidd (CAN)Did not start

 Lajos Mecser (HUN)Did not start

 Alejo Montano (BOL)Did not start

 Jean Randrianjatovo (MAD)Did not start

 Ryoo Man-Hyung (PRK)Did not start

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