Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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

[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
Ethiopia Abebe Bikila
Ethiopia		 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Benjamin Basil Heatley
Great Britain and Northern Ireland		 Japan Tsuburaya Kokichi
Japan

[edit] Results

Bikila broke the world's best time for the marathon to defend his Olympic gold medal.

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Abebe Bikila Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:12:11.2 WB
2 Benjamin Heatley Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2:16:19.2
3 Tsuburaya Kokichi Japan Japan 2:16:22.8
4 Brian Kilby Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2:17:02.4
5 Jozsef Suetoe Hungary Hungary 2:17:55.8
6 Leonard Edelen United States United States 2:18:12.4
7 Aurele Vandendriessche Belgium Belgium 2:18:42.6
8 Kimihara Kenji Japan Japan 2:19:49.0
9 Ron Clarke Australia Australia 2:20:26.8
10 Demissie Wolde Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:21:25.2
11 Lee Sang-Hoon Korea Korea 2:22:02.8
12 Bakir Benaissa Morocco Morocco 2:22:27.0
13 Eino Oksanen Finland Finland 2:22:36.0
14 Billy Mills United States United States 2:22:55.4
15 Terasawa Toru Japan Japan 2:23:09.0
16 Kim Yun-Bum Korea Korea 2:24:40.6
17 Giorgio Jegher Italy Italy 2:24:45.2
18 Vaclav Chudomel Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2:24:46.8
19 Ron Hill Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2:25:34.4
20 Paavo Pystynen Finland Finland 2:26:00.6
21 Fidel Negrete Gamboa Mexico Mexico 2:26:07.0
22 Nikolay Tikhomirov Soviet Union Soviet Union 2:26:07.4
23 Peter McArdle United States United States 2:26:24.4
24 Heinrich Hagen Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2:26:39.8
25 Pavel Kantorek Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2:26:47.2
26 Nikolay Abramov Soviet Union Soviet Union 2:27:09.4
27 Raymond Puckett New Zealand New Zealand 2:27:34.0
28 Eino Valle Finland Finland 2:27:34.8
29 Jeffrey Lynn Julian New Zealand New Zealand 2:27:57.6
30 Ricardo Vidal (athlete) Chile Chile 2:28:01.6
31 Robert Vagg Australia Australia 2:28:41.0
32 Guido Voegele Switzerland Switzerland 2:29:17.8
33 Balkrishan Akotkar India India 2:29:27.4
34 Jean Aniset Luxembourg Luxembourg 2:29:52.6
35 Thin Sumbwegan Burma Burma 2:30:35.8
36 Constantin Grecescu Romania Romania 2:30:42.6
37 Janos Pinter Hungary Hungary 2:30:50.2
38 Gerhard Honicke Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2:33:23.0
39 Manfred Naumann Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2:33:42.0
40 Antonio Ambu Italy Italy 2:34:37.6
41 Oskar Leupi Switzerland Switzerland 2:35:05.4
42 Ivan Keats New Zealand New Zealand 2:36:16.8
43 Harbanslal Harbanslal India India 2:37:05.8
44 Armando Aldegalega Portugal Portugal 2:38:02.2
45 Chrisantus Nyakwayo Kenya Kenya 2:38:38.6
46 Constantino Kapambwe Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2:39:28.4
47 Omari Abdallah Tanganyika Tanganyika 2:40:06.0
48 Muhammad Yusaf Pakistan Pakistan 2:40:46.0
49 Naftali Temu Kenya Kenya 2:40:46.6
50 Joo Hyung Kail Korea Korea 2:41:08.2
51 Mathias Kanda Rhodesia Rhodesia 2:41:09.0
52 Anthony Cook Australia Australia 2:42:03.6
53 Victor Peralta Jimenez Mexico Mexico 2:44:23.6
54 Trevor Haynes Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2:45:08.6
55 Abraham Fornes Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2:46:22.6
56 Robson Mrombe Rhodesia Rhodesia 2:49:30.8
57 Laurent Daniel Chifita Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles 2:51:52.2
58 Chanom Sirirangsi Thailand Thailand 2:59:25.6
— Bahadur Thada Ganga Nepal Nepal Did not finish
2:23:41 at 40km
Bahacur Bhupendra Nepal Nepal Did not finish
2:34:12 at 40km
James Hogan Ireland Ireland Did not finish
1:51:27 at 35km
Victor Baikov Soviet Union Soviet Union Did not finish
1:39:13 at 30 km
M. Haddeb Hannachi Tunisia Tunisia Did not finish
1:46:18 at 30 km
Andrew Soi Kenya Kenya Did not finish
1:23:37 at 25 km
Osvaldo Roberto Suarez Argentina Argentina Did not finish
1:09:00 at 20 km
Mamo Wolde Ethiopia Ethiopia Did not finish
0:47:14 at 15 km
Hedhili Ben Boubaker Tunisia Tunisia Did not finish
0:47:51 at 15 km
Ly Nguyen Van Vietnam Vietnam Did not finish
1:02:51 at 15 km
Jean Louis Brougier France France Did not start
Dumitru Chitoban Romania Romania Did not start
Suliman Fighi Hassan Libya Libya Did not start
Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia Tunisia Did not start
Alberto Garabito Bolivia Bolivia Did not start
Ranatunge Karunananda Ceylon Ceylon Did not start
Bruce Kidd Canada Canada Did not start
Lajos Mecser Hungary Hungary Did not start
Alejo Montano Bolivia Bolivia Did not start
Jean Randrianjatovo Madagascar Madagascar Did not start
Ryoo Man-Hyung Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPR Korea Did not start

[edit] References



The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase | 4x100 m | 4x400 m | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | decathlon | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer
Women's

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 80 m hurdles | 4x100 m | pentathlon | long jump | high jump | shot put | discus | javelin
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