| Athletics on 1964 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running disciplines | ||||
| 100 meters | men | women | ||
| 200 meters | men | women | ||
| 400 meters | men | women | ||
| 800 meters | men | women | ||
| 1500 meters | men | |||
| 5000 meters | men | |||
| 10,000 meters | men | |||
| 80 meters hurdles | women | |||
| 110 meters hurdles | men | |||
| 400 meters hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 meters with obstacles | men | |||
| Relay 4 × 100 meters | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 meters relay | men | |||
| Road disciplines | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| Walking for 20 kilometers | men | |||
| Walking for 50 kilometers | men | |||
| Technical disciplines | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vaulting | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin-throwing | men | women | ||
| Hammer throwing | men | |||
| All-around | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
Athletics competitions at the 1964 Summer Olympics were held among both men and women. For the first time, women held 400 m and pentathlon competitions. In total, 1016 athletes from 82 countries took part in track and field competitions.
Content
Overall Medal Score
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | the USSR | five | 2 | eleven | 18 |
| 3 | Great Britain | four | 7 | one | 12 |
| four | United german team | 2 | five | 3 | ten |
| five | Poland | 2 | four | 2 | eight |
| 6 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | four |
| 7 | Romania | 2 | 0 | one | 3 |
| eight | Australia | one | one | four | 6 |
| 9 | Italy | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| ten | Belgium | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| Ethiopia | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| Finland | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| 13 | Hungary | 0 | 3 | one | four |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | one | 2 | 3 |
| sixteen | Canada | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| France | 0 | one | one | 2 | |
| 18 | Cuba | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Tunisia | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| 20 | Japan | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m | Robert Hayes USA | Enrique Figuerola Cuba | Harri jerome Canada |
| 200 m | Henry Carr USA | Paul drayton USA | Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago |
| 400 m | Mike larrabi USA | Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago | Andrzej Badensky Poland |
| 800 m | Peter Snell New Zealand | Bill Crothers Canada | Wilson Kiprugut Kenya |
| 1500 m | Peter Snell New Zealand | Joseph Odlozhil Czechoslovakia | John davis New Zealand |
| 5000 m | Robert Shool USA | Harald Norpot United german team | William Dillinger USA |
| 10,000 m | Billy mills USA | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | Ronald clark Australia |
| 110 m s / b | Johns heyes USA | Blaine lindgren USA | Anatoly Mikhailov the USSR |
| 400 m s / b | Warren cowley USA | John Cooper Great Britain | Salvatore Morale Italy |
| 3000 m s / pr | Gaston Rulants Belgium | Maurice Herriott Great Britain | Ivan Belyaev the USSR |
| 4 × 100 m relay | USA Paul drayton Jerry ashworth Richard Stebbins Robert Hayes | Poland Andrzej Zelinski Wieslav Manyak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak | France Paul Geneva Bernard Ledeber Claude Pikemal Jocelyn Delecour |
| 4 × 400 m relay | USA Allan cassell Mike larrabi Ulis William Henry Carr | Great Britain Timothy Graham Adrian Metkalf John Cooper Robert Brightwell | Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Skinner Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley |
| Walking 20 km | Kenneth Matthews Great Britain | Dieter lindner United german team | Vladimir Golubnichy the USSR |
| Walking 50 km | Abdon Pamik Italy | Paul nihill Great Britain | Ingvar Pettersson Sweden |
| Marathon | Abeba Bikila Ethiopia | Basil Heatley Great Britain | Kokichi Tsuburaya Japan |
| Long jump | Lynn davis Great Britain | Ralph Boston USA | Igor Ter-Hovhannisyan the USSR |
| Triple jump | Jozef Schmidt Poland | Oleg Fedoseev the USSR | Viktor Kravchenko the USSR |
| High jump | Valery Brumel the USSR | John thomas USA | John rambo USA |
| Pole vaulting | Fred Hansen USA | Wolfgang Reinhardt United german team | Klaus Lenerz United german team |
| Shot put | Dallas Long USA | James matson USA | Vilmos Varyu Hungary |
| Discus throw | Al Orter USA | Ludwik Danek Czechoslovakia | Dave Weill USA |
| Javelin-throwing | Pauli Nevala Finland | Hergey Kulchar Hungary | Janis Lusis the USSR |
| Hammer throwing | Romuald Klim the USSR | Gyula Zhivotski Hungary | Uwe bayer United german team |
| Decathlon | Willy Holdorf United german team | Rain Aung the USSR | Hans-Joachim Walde United german team |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m | Wyomiya Tayes USA | Edith McGuire USA | Eva Klobukovskaya Poland |
| 200 m | Edith McGuire USA | Irena Kirshenstein Poland | Marilyn Black Australia |
| 400 m | Betty Cuthbert Australia | Ann packer Great Britain | Judith Emoore Australia |
| 800 m | Ann packer Great Britain | Marivon Dupureu France | Marais Chamberlain New Zealand |
| 80 m s / b | Karin balzer United german team | Teresa Tsepla Poland | Pamela Kilborn Australia |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Poland Teresa Tsepla Irena Kirshenstein Khalina Guretskaya Eva Klobukovskaya | USA Willi White Wyoma Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire | Great Britain Janet Simpson Mary rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Heyman |
| Long jump | Mary rand Great Britain | Irena Kirshenstein Poland | Tatyana Schelkanova the USSR |
| High jump | Yolanda Balash Romania | Michelle Brown Australia | Taisiya Chenchik the USSR |
| Shot put | Tamara Press the USSR | Renate Garish-Kulmberger United german team | Galina Zybina the USSR |
| Discus throw | Tamara Press the USSR | Inrid Lotz United german team | Lia manoliu Romania |
| Javelin-throwing | Michaela penesh Romania | Martha Rudas Hungary | Elena Gorchakova the USSR |
| Pentathlon | Irina Press the USSR | Mary rand Great Britain | Galina Bystrova the USSR |
Links
- Results of the competition on the site sports-reference.com