Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk was the longer of the two men's race walking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, as well as the longest event on the program. It was held on 18 October 1964. 39 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 34 starting and 31 finishing.[1]

Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Paul Nihill, Abdon Pamich and Ingvar Pettersson
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates18 October
Competitors39 from 20 nations
Medalists
Abdon Pamich  Italy
Paul Nihill  Great Britain
Ingvar Pettersson  Sweden

Results

12 walkers beat the old Olympic record.

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Abdon Pamich Italy4:11:12.4 OR
2Paul Nihill Great Britain4:11:31.2
3Ingvar Pettersson Sweden4:14:17.4
4Burkhard Leuschke United Team of Germany4:15:26.8
5Bob Gardiner Australia4:17:06.8
6Christoph Höhne United Team of Germany4:17:41.6
7Anatoly Vediakov Soviet Union4:19:55.8
8Kurt Sakowski United Team of Germany4:20:31.0
9Charles Sowa Luxembourg4:20:37.2
10Don Thompson Great Britain4:22:39.4
11Ronald Crawford Australia4:24:19.6
12Gennady Agapov Soviet Union4:24:34.0
13Ray Middleton Great Britain4:25:49.2
14Alex Oakley Canada4:27:24.6
15Henri Delerue France4:27:47.6
16John Ljunggren Sweden4:29:09.2
17Ted Allsopp Australia4:31:07.8
18Eugeny Liungin Soviet Union4:32:01.6
19István Havasi Hungary4:34:14.0
20Alexander Bilek Czechoslovakia4:34:54.2
21Christopher McCarthy United States4:35:41.6
22Tadamasa Ejiri Japan4:37:31.8
23Erwin Stütz Switzerland4:40:45.0
24Malkolm Roy Syversson Sweden4:41:47.6
25Kazuo Saito Japan4:43:01.0
26Bruce MacDonald United States4:45:10.4
27Sumio Miwa Japan4:52:00.6
28Ilie Popa Romania4:57:40.8
29Mike Brodie United States4:57:41.0
30Chedli El Marghni Tunisia4:59:13.0
31So Kam Tong Hong Kong5:07:53.2
Maung Rajan BurmaDid not finish
1:48:39 at 20 km
Mieczysław Rutyna PolandDisqualified
1:17:08 at 15 km
Naceur Ben Messaoud TunisiaDisqualified
0:24:34 at 5 km
Emil Dragan RomaniaDid not start
Istvan Gori HungaryDid not start
Kim Tai Koo North KoreaDid not start
Antal Kiss HungaryDid not start
Pak Tai Keun North KoreaDid not start

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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