At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Bob Hayes United States (USA)	Enrique Figuerola Cuba (CUB)	Harry Jerome Canada (CAN)
200 metres	Henry Carr United States (USA)	Paul Drayton United States (USA)	Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
400 metres	Michael Larrabee United States (USA)	Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	Andrzej Badeński Poland (POL)
800 metres	Peter Snell New Zealand (NZL)	Bill Crothers Canada (CAN)	Wilson Kiprugut Kenya (KEN)
1500 metres	Peter Snell New Zealand (NZL)	Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia (TCH)	John Davies New Zealand (NZL)
5000 metres	Bob Schul United States (USA)	Harald Norpoth Germany (EUA)	William Dellinger United States (USA)
10000 metres	Billy Mills United States (USA)	Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia (TUN)	Ron Clarke Australia (AUS)
110 metre hurdles	Hayes Jones United States (USA)	Blaine Lindgren United States (USA)	Anatoly Mikhailov Soviet Union (URS)
400 metre hurdles	Rex Cawley United States (USA)	John Cooper Great Britain (GBR)	Salvatore Morale Italy (ITA)
3000 metre steeplechase	Gaston Roelants Belgium (BEL)	Maurice Herriott Great Britain (GBR)	Ivan Beliaev Soviet Union (URS)
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Paul Drayton Gerald Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes	Poland (POL) Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	France (FRA) Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) Ollan Cassell Michael Larrabee Ulis Williams Henry Carr	Great Britain (GBR) Timothy Graham Adrian Peter Metcalfe John Hugh Cooper Robbie Ian Brightwell	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Edwin Skinner Kenneth Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley
20 km walk	Kenneth Matthews Great Britain (GBR)	Dieter Lindner Germany (EUA)	Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union (URS)
50 km walk	Abdon Pamich Italy (ITA)	Paul Nihill Great Britain (GBR)	Ingvar Pettersson Sweden (SWE)
Marathon	Abebe Bikila Ethiopia (ETH)	Basil Heatley Great Britain (GBR)	Kokichi Tsuburaya Japan (JPN)
High jump	Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union (URS)	John Thomas United States (USA)	John Rambo United States (USA)
Long jump	Lynn Davies Great Britain (GBR)	Ralph Boston United States (USA)	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union (URS)
Triple jump	Józef Szmidt Poland (POL)	Oleg Fedoseev Soviet Union (URS)	Victor Kravchenko Soviet Union (URS)
Pole vault	Fred Hansen United States (USA)	Wolfgang Reinhardt Germany (EUA)	Klaus Lehnertz Germany (EUA)
Shot put	Dallas Long United States (USA)	Randy Matson United States (USA)	Vilmos Varju Hungary (HUN)
Discus throw	Al Oerter United States (USA)	Ludvik Danek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Dave Weill United States (USA)
Javelin throw	Pauli Nevala Finland (FIN)	Gergely Kulcsár Hungary (HUN)	Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union (URS)
Hammer throw	Romuald Klim Soviet Union (URS)	Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary (HUN)	Uwe Beyer Germany (EUA)
Decathlon	Willi Holdorf Germany (EUA)	Rein Aun Soviet Union (URS)	Hans-Joachim Walde Germany (EUA)

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres	Wyomia Tyus United States (USA)	Edith McGuire United States (USA)	Ewa Kłobukowska Poland (POL)
200 metres	Edith McGuire United States (USA)	Irena Kirszenstein Poland (POL)	Marilyn Black Australia (AUS)
400 metres	Betty Cuthbert Australia (AUS)	Ann Packer Great Britain (GBR)	Judy Amoore Australia (AUS)
800 metres	Ann Packer Great Britain (GBR)	Maryvonne Dupureur France (FRA)	Marise Chamberlain New Zealand (NZL)
80 metre hurdles	Karin Balzer Germany (EUA)	Teresa Ciepły Poland (POL)	Pam Kilborn Australia (AUS)
4×100 metre relay	Poland (POL) Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska	United States (USA) Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire	Great Britain (GBR) Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman
High jump	Iolanda Balaş Romania (ROU)	Michele Brown Australia (AUS)	Taisia Chenchik Soviet Union (URS)
Long jump	Mary Rand Great Britain (GBR)	Irena Kirszenstein Poland (POL)	Tatyana Schelkanova Soviet Union (URS)
Shot put	Tamara Press Soviet Union (URS)	Renate Culmberger Germany (EUA)	Galina Zybina Soviet Union (URS)
Discus throw	Tamara Press Soviet Union (URS)	Ingrid Lotz Germany (EUA)	Lia Manoliu Romania (ROU)
Javelin throw	Mihaela Penes Romania (ROU)	Márta Rudas Hungary (HUN)	Elena Gorchakova Soviet Union (URS)
Pentathlon	Irina Press Soviet Union (URS)	Mary Rand Great Britain (GBR)	Galina Bystrova Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	7	3	24
2	Soviet Union (URS)	5	2	11	18
3	Great Britain (GBR)	4	7	1	12
4	Germany (EUA)	2	5	3	10
5	Poland (POL)	2	4	2	8
6	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	2	4
7	Romania (ROU)	2	0	1	3
8	Australia (AUS)	1	1	4	6
9	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
13	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	1	4
14	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	0	2
15	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	1	2	3
16	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
18	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	0	1
20	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Athletics Australia

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