Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was the longer of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 20 teams, for a total of 80 athletes, from 20 nations entered, with 3 teams of 4 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 20 October with the final on 21 October.[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–21 October 1964
Competitors80 from 20 nations
Medalists
Ollan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
Henry Carr
 United States
Tim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell
 Great Britain
Edwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
 Trinidad and Tobago

The final of the 4×400 relay was the last event on the athletics schedule to begin, though the marathon was still in progress when the 4×400 finished.

Results

First round

The top two teams in each of the 3 heats as well as the two fastest remaining teams advanced.

First round, heat 1

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 United StatesHenry Carr
Ollan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
3:05.3
2 Soviet UnionHryhoriy Sverbetov
Viktor Bychkov
Vasyl Anisimov
Vadym Arkhypchuk
3:07.4
3 FranceGermain Nelzy
Michel Hiblot
Bernard Martin
Jean Pierre Boccardo
3:07.5
4 IndiaMakhan Singh
Amrit Pal
Ajmer Singh
Milkha Singh
3:08.8
5 JapanToru Honda
Hirotada Hayase
Yoshihiro Amano
Masami Yoshida
3:12.3
6 SenegalDaour M'baye Guèye
Daniel Thiaw
Mamadou N'Diaye
Papa M'Baye N'Diaye
3:12.5
 UgandaUnknownDid not start

First round, heat 2

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 Trinidad and TobagoEdwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
3:05.0
2 PolandMarian Filipiuk
Ireneusz Kluczek
Stanisław Swatowski
Andrzej Badeński
3:07.2
3 ItalyBruno Bianchi
Salvatore Morale
Roberto Frinolli
Sergio Bello
3:07.6
4 AustraliaPeter Vassella
Gary Knoke
Gary Eddy
Ken Roche
3:08.2
 HungaryUnknownDid not start
 IraqUnknownDid not start

First round, heat 3

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 Great BritainTim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell
3:04.7
2 United Team of GermanyJörg Jüttner
Hans-Ullrich Schulz
Johannes Schmitt
Manfred Kinder
3:04.9
3 JamaicaLaurie Khan
Malcolm Spence
Mel Spence
George E. Kerr
3:05.3
4 SwitzerlandJean-Louis Descloux
Hansjörg Bosshard
Marius Theiler
Peter Laeng
3:09.3
5 GhanaJames Addy
Brobbey Mensah
Samuel Zanya Bugri
Ebenezer Quartey
3:10.4
6 MalaysiaKaru Selvaratnam
Kuda Ditta
Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman
Victor Asirvatham
3:17.6
7 ThailandSomsakdi Tongsuke
Nipon Pensuvapap
Adisorn Vitsudhamakul
Manun Bumroonspruek
3:18.4

Final

Carr moved from initial position to anchor for the United States team as they set a new world record, followed closely by Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as Trinidad and Tobago. All three teams were under the old world record time.

France also shuffled their lineup, moving Nelzy to third from first.

PlaceNationAthletesTime
1 United StatesOllan Cassell
Mike Larrabee
Ulis Williams
Henry Carr
3:00.7 WR
2 Great BritainTim Graham
Adrian Metcalfe
John Cooper
Robbie Brightwell
3:01.6
3 Trinidad and TobagoEdwin Skinner
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Wendell Mottley
3:01.7
4 JamaicaLaurie Khan
Malcolm Spence
Melville Spence
George E. Kerr
3:02.3
5 United Team of GermanyJörg Jüttner
Hans-Ullrich Schulz
Johannes Schmitt
Manfred Kinder
3:04.3
6 PolandMarian Filipiuk
Ireneusz Kluczek
Stanisław Swatowski
Andrzej Badeński
3:05.3
7 Soviet UnionHryhoriy Sverbetov
Viktor Bychkov
Vasyl Anisimov
Vadym Arkhypchuk
3:05.9
8 FranceMichel Hiblot
Bernard Martin
Germain Nelzy
Jean Pierre Boccardo
3:07.4

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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