Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
Men's 50 kilometres walk at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Paul Nihill, Abdon Pamich and Ingvar Pettersson | |||||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 18 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:11:12.4 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 50 kilometres walk was the longer of the two men's race walking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, as well as the longest event on the program. It was held on 18 October 1964. 39 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 34 starting and 31 finishing.[1]
Results
12 walkers beat the old Olympic record.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Abdon Pamich | Italy | 4:11:12.4 OR |
2 | Paul Nihill | Great Britain | 4:11:31.2 |
3 | Ingvar Pettersson | Sweden | 4:14:17.4 |
4 | Burkhard Leuschke | United Team of Germany | 4:15:26.8 |
5 | Bob Gardiner | Australia | 4:17:06.8 |
6 | Christoph Höhne | United Team of Germany | 4:17:41.6 |
7 | Anatoly Vediakov | Soviet Union | 4:19:55.8 |
8 | Kurt Sakowski | United Team of Germany | 4:20:31.0 |
9 | Charles Sowa | Luxembourg | 4:20:37.2 |
10 | Don Thompson | Great Britain | 4:22:39.4 |
11 | Ronald Crawford | Australia | 4:24:19.6 |
12 | Gennady Agapov | Soviet Union | 4:24:34.0 |
13 | Ray Middleton | Great Britain | 4:25:49.2 |
14 | Alex Oakley | Canada | 4:27:24.6 |
15 | Henri Delerue | France | 4:27:47.6 |
16 | John Ljunggren | Sweden | 4:29:09.2 |
17 | Ted Allsopp | Australia | 4:31:07.8 |
18 | Eugeny Liungin | Soviet Union | 4:32:01.6 |
19 | István Havasi | Hungary | 4:34:14.0 |
20 | Alexander Bilek | Czechoslovakia | 4:34:54.2 |
21 | Christopher McCarthy | United States | 4:35:41.6 |
22 | Tadamasa Ejiri | Japan | 4:37:31.8 |
23 | Erwin Stütz | Switzerland | 4:40:45.0 |
24 | Malkolm Roy Syversson | Sweden | 4:41:47.6 |
25 | Kazuo Saito | Japan | 4:43:01.0 |
26 | Bruce MacDonald | United States | 4:45:10.4 |
27 | Sumio Miwa | Japan | 4:52:00.6 |
28 | Ilie Popa | Romania | 4:57:40.8 |
29 | Mike Brodie | United States | 4:57:41.0 |
30 | Chedli El Marghni | Tunisia | 4:59:13.0 |
31 | So Kam Tong | Hong Kong | 5:07:53.2 |
— | Maung Rajan | Burma | Did not finish 1:48:39 at 20 km |
Mieczysław Rutyna | Poland | Disqualified 1:17:08 at 15 km | |
Naceur Ben Messaoud | Tunisia | Disqualified 0:24:34 at 5 km | |
Emil Dragan | Romania | Did not start | |
Istvan Gori | Hungary | Did not start | |
Kim Tai Koo | North Korea | Did not start | |
Antal Kiss | Hungary | Did not start | |
Pak Tai Keun | North Korea | Did not start |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2017.