Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
December 18, 2023
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.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, the first man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the marathon (and, indeed, the first to win two medals of any color in Olympic marathons). Unlike in 1960, he wore shoes this time. Great Britain earned its first marathon medal since 1948 with Basil Heatley's silver; Japan took its first medal since 1936 with bronze by Kōkichi Tsuburaya.
This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1960 marathon included defending champion Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia and ninth-place finisher Osvaldo Suárez of Argentina. Bikila was favored to repeat. Significant challengers were Toru Terasawa of Japan (who had taken the world record from Bikila at the 1963 Beppu-Ōita Marathon and held it until the 1963 Polytechnic Marathon), Leonard Edelen of the United States (who had held the world record from the 1963 Polytechnic to the 1964 Polytechnic), and Basil Heatley of Great Britain (the current world record, who had broken it at the 1964 Polytechnic).[2]
Luxembourg (not counting Michel Theato, the gold medalist in 1900 who was Luxembourg-born but registered as a French competitor) Nepal, Puerto Rico, Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its 15th appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.
Competition format and courseedit
As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards was run over an out-and-back course. The course was very flat and straight.[2]
Recordsedit
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Bikila broke the world's best time for the marathon by 1 minute 44 seconds set by runner-up Basil Heatley four months prior at the Polytechnic Marathon to defend his Olympic gold medal.
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External linksedit
Official Report
(in French) Marathon Info
December 18, 2023
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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 1 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia the first man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the marathon and indeed the first to win two medals of any color in Olympic marathons Unlike in 1960 he wore shoes this time Great Britain earned its first marathon medal since 1948 with Basil Heatley s silver Japan took its first medal since 1936 with bronze by Kōkichi Tsuburaya Men s marathonat the Games of the XVIII OlympiadAbebe Bikila with gold medal from the marathonVenueOlympic Stadium TokyoDates21 OctoberCompetitors68 from 35 nationsWinning time2 12 11 2 WRMedalistsAbebe Bikila EthiopiaBasil Heatley Great BritainKōkichi Tsuburaya Japan 19601968 Official Video Marathon Highlights Video on YouTube Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format and course 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the 15th appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics Returning runners from the 1960 marathon included defending champion Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia and ninth place finisher Osvaldo Suarez of Argentina Bikila was favored to repeat Significant challengers were Toru Terasawa of Japan who had taken the world record from Bikila at the 1963 Beppu Ōita Marathon and held it until the 1963 Polytechnic Marathon Leonard Edelen of the United States who had held the world record from the 1963 Polytechnic to the 1964 Polytechnic and Basil Heatley of Great Britain the current world record who had broken it at the 1964 Polytechnic 2 Luxembourg not counting Michel Theato the gold medalist in 1900 who was Luxembourg born but registered as a French competitor Nepal Puerto Rico Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia Tanzania Thailand and Vietnam each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons The United States made its 15th appearance the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point Competition format and course editAs all Olympic marathons the competition was a single race The marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards was run over an out and back course The course was very flat and straight 2 Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics World record nbsp Basil Heatley GBR 2 13 55 London United Kingdom 13 June 1964Olympic record nbsp Abebe Bikila ETH 2 15 16 2 Rome Italy 10 September 1960Abebe Bikila set a new world record at 2 12 11 2 Schedule editAll times are Japan Standard Time UTC 9 Date Time RoundWednesday 21 October 1964 13 00 FinalResults editBikila broke the world s best time for the marathon by 1 minute 44 seconds set by runner up Basil Heatley four months prior at the Polytechnic Marathon to defend his Olympic gold medal Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp Abebe Bikila nbsp Ethiopia 2 12 11 2 WR OR nbsp Basil Heatley nbsp Great Britain 2 16 19 2 nbsp Kōkichi Tsuburaya nbsp Japan 2 16 22 84 Brian Kilby nbsp Great Britain 2 17 02 45 Jozsef Suto nbsp Hungary 2 17 55 86 Leonard Edelen nbsp United States 2 18 12 47 Aurele Vandendriessche nbsp Belgium 2 18 42 68 Kenji Kimihara nbsp Japan 2 19 49 09 Ron Clarke nbsp Australia 2 20 26 810 Demissie Wolde nbsp Ethiopia 2 21 25 211 Lee Sang hun nbsp South Korea 2 22 02 812 Bakir Benaissa nbsp Morocco 2 22 27 013 Eino Oksanen nbsp Finland 2 22 36 014 Billy Mills nbsp United States 2 22 55 415 Toru Terasawa nbsp Japan 2 23 09 016 Kim Yun Bum nbsp South Korea 2 24 40 617 Giorgio Jegher nbsp Italy 2 24 45 218 Vaclav Chudomel nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 24 46 819 Ron Hill nbsp Great Britain 2 25 34 420 Paavo Pystynen nbsp Finland 2 26 00 621 Fidel Negrete nbsp Mexico 2 26 07 022 Nikolay Tikhomirov nbsp Soviet Union 2 26 07 423 Pete McArdle nbsp United States 2 26 24 424 Heinrich Hagen nbsp United Team of Germany 2 26 39 825 Pavel Kantorek nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 26 47 226 Nikolay Abramov nbsp Soviet Union 2 27 09 427 Ray Puckett nbsp New Zealand 2 27 34 028 Eino Valle nbsp Finland 2 27 34 829 Jeff Julian nbsp New Zealand 2 27 57 630 Ricardo Vidal nbsp Chile 2 28 01 631 Robert Vagg nbsp Australia 2 28 41 032 Guido Vogele nbsp Switzerland 2 29 17 833 Balkrishan Akotkar nbsp India 2 29 27 434 Jean Aniset nbsp Luxembourg 2 29 52 635 Thin Sumbwegam nbsp Burma 2 30 35 836 Constantin Grecescu nbsp Romania 2 30 42 637 Janos Pinter nbsp Hungary 2 30 50 238 Gerhard Honicke nbsp United Team of Germany 2 33 23 039 Manfred Naumann nbsp United Team of Germany 2 33 42 040 Antonio Ambu nbsp Italy 2 34 37 641 Oskar Leupi nbsp Switzerland 2 35 05 442 Ivan Keats nbsp New Zealand 2 36 16 843 Harbans Lal nbsp India 2 37 05 844 Armando Aldegalega nbsp Portugal 2 38 02 245 Chrisantus Nyakwayo nbsp Kenya 2 38 38 646 Constantino Kapambwe nbsp Northern Rhodesia 2 39 28 447 Omari Abdallah nbsp Tanzania 2 40 06 048 Muhammad Youssef nbsp Pakistan 2 40 46 049 Naftali Temu nbsp Kenya 2 40 46 650 Ju Hyeong gyeol nbsp South Korea 2 41 08 251 Mathias Kanda nbsp Rhodesia 2 41 09 052 Anthony Cook nbsp Australia 2 42 03 653 Victor Peralta nbsp Mexico 2 44 23 654 Trevor Haynes nbsp Northern Rhodesia 2 45 08 655 Abe Fornes nbsp Puerto Rico 2 46 22 656 Robson Mrombe nbsp Rhodesia 2 49 30 857 Laurent Chifita nbsp Northern Rhodesia 2 51 52 258 Chanom Sirirangsri nbsp Thailand 2 59 25 6 Ganga Bahadur Thapa nbsp Nepal DNF 2 23 41 at 40 kmBhupendra Silwal nbsp Nepal DNF 2 34 12 at 40 kmJames Hogan nbsp Ireland DNF 1 51 27 at 35 kmViktor Baykov nbsp Soviet Union DNF 1 39 13 at 30 kmMohamed Hadheb Hannachi nbsp Tunisia DNF 1 46 18 at 30 kmAndrew Soi nbsp Kenya DNF 1 23 37 at 25 kmOsvaldo Roberto Suarez nbsp Argentina DNF 1 09 00 at 20 kmMamo Wolde nbsp Ethiopia DNF 0 47 14 at 15 kmHedhili Ben Boubaker nbsp Tunisia DNF 0 47 51 at 15 kmNguyễn Văn Ly nbsp Vietnam DNF 1 02 51 at 15 km Jean Louis Brougier nbsp France DNSDumitru Chitoban nbsp Romania DNSSuliman Fighi Hassan nbsp Libya DNSMohammed Gammoudi nbsp Tunisia DNSAlberto Garabito nbsp Bolivia DNSRanatunge Karunananda nbsp Ceylon DNSBruce Kidd nbsp Canada DNSLajos Mecser nbsp Hungary DNSAlejo Montano nbsp Bolivia DNSJean Randrianjatovo nbsp Madagascar DNSRyoo Man Hyung nbsp North Korea DNSReferences edit Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Men s Marathon sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 4 May 2017 a b Marathon Men Olympedia Retrieved 27 August 2020 External links editOfficial Report in French Marathon Info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics Men 27s marathon amp oldid 1174284242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
