Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
| Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Billy Mills crossing the finish line (U.S. Marine Corps photo) | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 14 October | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 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 10,000 metres was the longest of the seven men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October. 29 athletes from 17 nations entered, with 6 more not starting the event. The event was held as a single heat.
Results
Final
Four runners beat the old Olympic record, with Billy Mills winning the gold medal.
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | 5000 | |
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| 1 | Billy Mills |  United States | 28:24.4 OR | 14:04.6 | |
| 2 | Mohammed Gammoudi |  Tunisia | 28:24.8 | 14:07.0 | |
| 3 | Ron Clarke |  Australia | 28:25.8 | 14:05.0 | |
| 4 | Mamo Wolde | .svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia | 28:31.8 | 14:06.0 | |
| 5 | Leonid Ivanov | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 28:53.2 | 14:13.0 | |
| 6 | Kōkichi Tsuburaya |  Japan | 28:59.3 | 14:09.0 | |
| 7 | Murray Halberg |  New Zealand | 29:10.8 | 14:16.0 | |
| 8 | Anthony Cook | Australia | 29:15.8 | 14:11.0 | |
| 9 | Gerald Paul Lindgren | United States | 29:20.6 | 14:12.0 | |
| 10 | Franc Cervan |  Yugoslavia | 29:21.0 | 14:16.0 | |
| 11 | Siegfried Herrmann |  Germany | 29:27.0 | 14:17.0 | |
| 12 | Henri Clerckx | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 29:29.6 | 14:28.0 | |
| 13 | Jean Fayolle |  France | 29:30.8 | 14:27.0 | |
| 14 | Funai Teruo | Japan | 29:33.2 | 14:27.0 | |
| 15 | Jean Vaillant | France | 29:33.6 | 14:27.0 | |
| 16 | Joszef Suetoe |  Hungary | 29:43.0 | 14:36.0 | |
| 17 | Josef Tomas |  Czechoslovakia | 29:46.4 | 14:39.0 | |
| 18 | Ron Hill |  Great Britain | 29:53.0 | 14:27.0 | |
| 19 | Pal Benum |  Norway | 30:00.8 | 14:38.0 | |
| 20 | Siegfried Rothe | Germany | 30:04.6 | 14:39.0 | |
| 21 | Michael Bullivant | Great Britain | 30:12.0 | 14:28.0 | |
| 22 | Alistair Fergus Murray | Great Britain | 30:22.4 | 14:29.0 | |
| 23 | Barry Magee | New Zealand | 30:32.0 | 14:06.0 | |
| 24 | Gilbert Ronald Larrieu | United States | 30:42.6 | 14:37.0 | |
| 25 | Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union | 30:52.8 | 14:42.0 | |
| 26 | Bruce Kidd |  Canada | 30:56.4 | 14:43.0 | |
| 27 | Artur Hannemann | Germany | 30:56.6 | 15:13.0 | |
| 28 | Watanabe Kazumi | Japan | 31:00.6 | 15:12.0 | |
| 29 | Ranatunge Karunananda | .svg.png){kind=small} Ceylon | 32:21.2 | 16:43.0 |
References
- Official Report
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