1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XVIII. Olympic Games
information
Date:	October 14. bis 21st October
Competition location:	Tokyo
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Decisions:	Men: 24 / women: 12
← Rome 1960	Mexico City 1968 →

1964 Olympic Games (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	United States	14th	7th	3	24
2	Soviet Union	5	2	11	18th
3	Great Britain	4th	7th	1	12
4th	Germany	2	5	3	10
5	Poland	2	4th	2	8th
6th	New Zealand	2	-	2	4th
7th	Romania	2	-	1	3
8th	Australia	1	1	4th	6th
9	Italy	1	-	1	2
10	Ethiopia	1	-	-	1
	Belgium	1	-	-	1
	Finland	1	-	-	1
13	Hungary	-	3	1	4th
14th	Czechoslovakia	-	2	-	2
15th	Trinidad and Tobago	-	1	2	3
16	France	-	1	1	2
	Canada	-	-	1	1
18th	Cuba	-	1	-	1
	Tunisia	-	1	-	1
20th	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Kenya	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

At the XVIII. The 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo took place in 36 athletics competitions, which were held in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.

Attendees

As with the last Olympic Games , there were some problems and special cases with regard to the participation of certain nations. Five nations were not approved by the IOC :

• People's Republic of China - not a member of the IOC. In contrast, the smaller Taiwan in Tokyo was there.
• Indonesia
• North Korea . In contrast, South Korea was there in Tokyo.
• North Vietnam
• South Africa

The West Indian Federation of the Caribbean Islands no longer appeared as a joint team.

For the last time, as in 1956 and 1960 , Germany was represented by an all-German team made up of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR . In the meantime, this construct was even more tightly connected. a. due to the construction of the Berlin Wall with many arguments and disputes on the question of the flag, the anthem, the official clothing etc. The IOC had to mediate again and again before final agreements were made. As in numerous other sports, elimination competitions were held between the athletes from East and West Germany, which were decisive for participation in the Olympic Games. Of course, if more than one athlete reported in a discipline, all the athletes concerned had to comply with the rules in accordance with the Olympic norm in order to be eligible to participate. From 1968 on, the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR then competed in the Olympic Games as separate countries .

Stadion

The Tokyo Olympic Stadium had eight lanes, so for the first time eight participants were able to take part in the finals in all running disciplines. In the throwing disciplines and in the long jump and triple jump , however, only six athletes were admitted to the last three final attempts. This imbalance was also adjusted for the jumpers and throwers four years later in Mexico City .

The stadium was opened six years earlier for the Asian Games in 1958. It had a capacity for almost 60,000 spectators and had an excellent track with the usual lap length of four hundred meters. The last time the athletics running competitions were held on a cinder track, before plastic tracks were available from 1968.

Competitions

There were two additional women's disciplines in the competition: the 400-meter run and the pentathlon . Both competitions had their premiere at international championships, namely at the European Athletics Championships . The 400-meter run had been on the program there since 1958 and the pentathlon even since 1950 .

Otherwise the offer was identical to that of the last games in Rome . There were 24 disciplines for men and twelve for women, which now included five individual running disciplines - 100 meters , 200 meters , 400 meters and 80 meter hurdles and the middle distance 800 meters - in the program. In addition, only the 4 x 100 meter relay was held in the running area . There were still two jumping disciplines with high and long jump as well as three push and throw competitions with the shot put , discus throw and javelin throw . There was also an all- around event for the first time with the pentathlon . To date - as of October 2017 - nothing has changed in the field of men's Olympic disciplines. For women, however, there were still numerous additions to be made for the future.

Sporting successes

The level of performance was also very high at this major event. There were nine new or set world records in nine disciplines and a world record in one discipline. In a further 21 disciplines, the Olympic record was improved or leveled 22 times.

As in all previous athletics games, the most successful nation was the United States with fourteen gold medals. The gap to second in this ranking, the Soviet Union , which had five Olympic victories, had increased again. Behind it was the UK with four gold medals, followed by four nations, each with two Olympic victories: Germany , Poland Zealand and Romania , with Germany and Poland won considerably more silver medals than the other two countries. For all other nations there was at most one Olympic victory in athletics.

One athlete and four athletes each won two gold medals in athletics at these games:

• Tamara Press ( Soviet Union ): Shot put and discus throw
• Peter Snell ( New Zealand ): 800-meter and 1500-meter races
• Bob Hayes ( USA ): 100-meter run and 4-by-100-meter relay
• Henry Carr (USA): 200-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay
• Mike Larrabee (USA): 400-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay

In addition, three other services deserve special mention:

• The US discus thrower Al Oerter won his third consecutive gold medal in this discipline.
• The Ethiopian Abebe Bikila was the first marathon runner to repeat his Olympic victory.
• The Australian Betty Cuthbert has now won the newly introduced 400-meter run in Melbourne after her three sprint gold medals eight years ago .

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bob Hayes	United States	10.0 WRe
2	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.2
3	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.2
4th	Wiesław Maniak	POLE	10.4
5	Heinz Schumann	EUA	10.4
6th	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	10.4
	Mel Pender	United States	10.4
8th	Tom Robinson	BAH	10.5

Final on October 15th

Wind: +1.03 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Henry Carr	United States	20.3 OR
2	Paul Drayton	United States	20.5
3	Edwin Roberts	TRI	20.6
4th	Harry Jerome	CAN	20.7
5	Livio Berruti	ITA	20.8
6th	Marian Foik	POLE	20.8
7th	Richard Stebbins	United States	20.8
8th	Sergio Ottolina	ITA	20.9

Final on October 17th

Wind: −0.78 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mike Larrabee	United States	45.1
2	Wendell Mottley	TRI	45.2
3	Andrzej Badeński	POLE	45.6
4th	Robbie Brightwell	GBR	45.7
5	Ulis Williams	United States	46.0
6th	Tim Graham	GBR	46.0
7th	Peter Vassella	OUT	46.3
8th	Edwin Skinner	TRI	46.8

Final on October 19th

800 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Peter Snell	NZL	1: 45.1 OR
2	Bill Crothers	CAN	1: 45.6
3	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1: 45.9
4th	George Kerr	JAM	1: 45.9
5	Tom Farrell	United States	1: 46.6
6th	Jerry Siebert	United States	1: 47.0
7th	Dieter Bogatzki	EUA	1: 47.2
8th	Jacques Pennewaert	BEL	1: 50.5

Final on October 16th

1500 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Peter Snell	NZL	3: 38.1
2	Josef Odložil	TCH	3: 39.6
3	John Davies	NZL	3: 39.6
4th	Alan Simpson	GBR	3: 39.7
5	Dyrol Burleson	United States	3: 40.0
6th	Witold Baran	POLE	3: 40.3
7th	Michel Bernard	FRA	3: 41.2
8th	John Whetton	GBR	3: 42.4

Final on October 21

5000 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bob Schul	United States	13: 48.8
2	Harald Norpoth	EUA	13: 49.6
3	Bill Dellinger	United States	13: 49.8
4th	Michel Jazy	FRA	13: 49.8
5	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	13: 50.4
6th	Bill Baillie	NZL	13: 51.0
7th	Nikolai Dutow	URS	13: 53.8
8th	Thor Helland	NOR	13: 57.0

Final on October 18th

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Billy Mills	United States	28: 24.4 OR
2	Mohamed Gammoudi	TO DO	28: 24.8
3	Ron Clarke	OUT	28: 25.8
4th	Mamo Wolde	ETH	28: 31.8
5	Leonid Ivanov	URS	28: 53.2
6th	Kōkichi Tsuburaya	JPN	28: 59.4
7th	Murray Halberg	NZL	29: 10.8
8th	Tony Cook	OUT	29: 15.8

October 14th

Finish: Mills in front of Gammoudi and Clarke, inside the lapped German Siegfried Herrmann

marathon

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - marathon (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Abebe Bikila	ETH	2: 12: 11.2 WBL
2	Basil Heatley	GBR	2: 16: 19.2
3	Kōkichi Tsuburaya	JPN	2: 16: 22.8
4th	Brian Kilby	GBR	2: 17: 02.4
5	József Sütő	HUN	2: 17: 55.8
6th	Buddy nobles	United States	2: 18: 12.4
7th	Aurèle Vandendriessche	BEL	2: 18: 42.6
8th	Kenji Kimihara	JPN	2: 19: 49.0

October 21

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hayes Jones	United States	13.6
2	Blaine Lindgren	United States	13.7
3	Anatoly Mikhailov	URS	13.7
4th	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.8
5	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.0
6th	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.0
7th	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.1
8th	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.1

Final on October 18th

Wind: +2.00 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rex Cawley	United States	49.6
2	John Cooper	GBR	50.1
3	Salvatore Morale	ITA	50.1
4th	Gary Knoke	OUT	50.4
5	Jay Luck	United States	50.5
6th	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	50.7
7th	Wassyl Anissimow	URS	51.1
8th	Wilfried Geeroms	BEL	51.4

Final on October 16th

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8: 30.8 OR
2	Maurice Herriott	GBR	8: 32.4
3	Ivan Byelyayev	URS	8: 33.8
4th	Manuel de Oliveira	POR	8: 36.2
5	George Young	United States	8: 38.2
6th	Guy Texereau	FRA	8: 38.6
7th	Adolfas Aleksejūnas	URS	8: 39.0
8th	Lars-Erik Gustafsson	SWE	8: 41.8

Final on October 17th

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Paul Drayton Gerry Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes	39.0 WR
2	Poland	Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	39.3
3	France	Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	39.3
4th	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil Patrick Robinson Lynn Headley Dennis Johnson	39.4
5	Soviet Union	Edwin Osolin Boris Subov Gusman Kossanow Boris Savchuk	39.4
6th	Venezuela	Arquímedes Herrera Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Hortensio Fucil	39.5
7th	Italy	Livio Berruti Ennio Preatoni Sergio Ottolina Pasquale Giannattasio	39.5
8th	Great Britain	Peter Radford Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Lynn Davies	39.6

Final on October 21

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Ollan Cassell Mike Larrabee Ulis Williams Henry Carr	3: 00.7 WR
2	Great Britain	Tim Graham Adrian Metcalfe John Cooper Robbie Brightwell	3: 01.6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	Edwin Skinner Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley	3: 01.7
4th	Jamaica	Laurie Khan Malcolm Spence Melville Spence George Kerr	3: 02.3
5	Germany	Jörg Jüttner Hans-Ullrich Schulz Johannes Schmitt Manfred Children	3: 04.3
6th	Poland	Marian Filipiuk Ireneusz Kluczek Stanisław Swatowski Andrzej Badeński	3: 05.3
7th	Soviet Union	Hryhorij Swerbetov Viktor Bychkov Vasyl Anissimov Vadym Archyptschuk	3: 05.9
8th	France	Michel Hiblot Bernard Martin Germain Nelzy Jean-Pierre Boccardo	3: 07.4

Final on October 21

20 km walking

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ken Matthews	GBR	1: 29: 34.0 OR
2	Dieter Lindner	EUA	1: 31: 13.2
3	Volodymyr Holubnychy	URS	1: 31: 59.4
4th	Noel Freeman	OUT	1: 32: 06.8
5	Gennady Solodov	URS	1: 32: 33.0
6th	Ronald Zinn	United States	1: 32: 43.0
7th	Barys Chralovich	URS	1: 32: 45.4
8th	John Edgington	GBR	1: 32: 46.0
9	Gerhard Sperling	EUA	1: 33: 15.8
	...
12	Hans-Georg Reimann	EUA	1: 34: 51.0

15th October

50 km of walking

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Abdon Pamich	ITA	4: 11: 12.4 OR
2	Paul Nihill	GBR	4: 11: 31.2
3	Ingvar Pettersson	SWE	4: 14: 17.4
4th	Burkhard Leuschke	EUA	4: 15: 26.8
5	Bob Gardiner	OUT	4: 17: 06.8
6th	Christoph Höhne	EUA	4: 17: 41.6
7th	Anatoly Wedjakov	URS	4: 19: 55.8
8th	Kurt Sakowski	EUA	4: 20: 31.0

October 18

high jump

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Valery Brumel	URS	2.18 OR
2	John Thomas	United States	2.18 OR
3	John Rambo	United States	2.16
4th	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.14
5	Robert Schawlakadze	URS	2.14
6th	Ralf Drecoll	EUA	2.09
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.09
8th	Ed Caruthers	United States	2.09

Final on October 21

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - pole vault (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Fred Hansen	United States	5.10 OR
2	Wolfgang Reinhardt	EUA	5.05
3	Klaus Lehnertz	EUA	5.00
4th	Manfred Preussger	EUA	5.00
5	Hennadij Blesnizow	URS	4.95
6th	Rudolf Tomášek	TCH	4.90
7th	Pentti Nikula	FIN	4.90
8th	Billy Pemelton	United States	4.80

Final on October 17th

Long jump

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lynn Davies	GBR	8.07
2	Ralph Boston	United States	8.03
3	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan	URS	7.99
4th	Wariboko West	NGR	7.60
5	Jean Cochard	FRA	7.44
6th	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	7.34
7th	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.30
8th	Andrzej Stalmach	POLE	7.26
	...
10	Wolfgang Klein	EUA	7.15

Final on October 18th

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Józef Szmidt	POLE	16.85 OR
2	Oleg Fyodoseyev	URS	16.58
3	Viktor Kravchenko	URS	16.57
4th	Fred Alsop	GBR	16.46
5	Șerban Ciochină	ROME	16.23
6th	Manfred Hinze	EUA	16.15
7th	Georgi Stojkowski	BUL	16.10
8th	Hans-Jürgen Rückborn	EUA	16.09

Final on October 16th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dallas Long	United States	20.33 OR
2	Randy Matson	United States	20.20
3	Vilmos Varjú	HUN	19.39
4th	Parry O'Brien	United States	19.20
5	Zsigmond Nagy	HUN	18.88
6th	Nikolai Karassev	URS	18.86
7th	Les Mills	NZL	18.52
8th	Adolfas Varanauskas	URS	18.41
	...
11	Rudolf Langer	EUA	17.29
12	Dieter Hoffmann	EUA	17.11

Final on October 17th

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Al Oerter	United States	61.00 OR
2	Ludvík Daněk	TCH	60.52
3	Dave Weill	United States	59.49
4th	Jay New Years	United States	59.09
5	József Szécsényi	HUN	57.23
6th	Zenon's desire	POLE	57.06
7th	Edmund Piątkowski	POLE	55.81
8th	Vladimir Trussenev	URS	54.78
	...
11	Hartmut Losch	EUA	52.08

Final on October 15th

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - hammer throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Romuald Klim	URS	69.74 OR
2	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	69.09
3	Uwe Beyer	EUA	68.09
4th	Yuri Nikulin	URS	67.69
5	Yuri Bakarinov	URS	66.72
6th	Hal Connolly	United States	66.65
7th	Ed Burke	United States	65.66
8th	Olgierd Ciepły	POLE	64.83

Final on October 18th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Pauli Nevala	FIN	82.66
2	Gergely Kulcsár	HUN	82.32
3	Jānis Lūsis	URS	80.57
4th	Janusz Sidło	POLE	80.17
5	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	78.72
6th	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	76.94
7th	Rolf Herings	EUA	74.72
8th	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	74.26

Final on October 14th

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (men)

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Willi Holdorf	EUA	7887	7960
2	Purely aun	URS	7842	7677
3	Hans-Joachim Walde	EUA	7809	7666
4th	Paul Herman	United States	7787	7651
5	Yang Chuan-Kwang	TPE	7650	7539
6th	Horst Beyer	EUA	7647	7488
7th	Vasily Kuznetsov	URS	7569	7454
8th	Mychajlo Storoshenko	URS	7464	7421

October 19th and 20th

The scoring was based on the points table from 1964, which replaced the scoring system that had been in effect since 1952. For a better classification of the performance, in addition to the official points according to the rating table from 1964, the number of points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 is also given. According to this table, which is valid today, the order of the first eight would be identical to the ranking of 1964. The difference in points between the first and second place would have been significantly higher. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Wyomia Tyus	United States	11.4
2	Edith McGuire	United States	11.6
3	Ewa Kłobukowska	POLE	11.6
4th	Marilyn White	United States	11.6
5	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.7
6th	Marilyn Black	OUT	11.7
7th	Halina Górecka	POLE	11.8
8th	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.9

Final on October 16th

Wind: −1.25 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Edith McGuire	United States	23.0 OR
2	Irena Kirszenstein	POLE	23.1
3	Marilyn Black	OUT	23.1
4th	Una Morris	JAM	23.5
5	Lyudmila Samotyosova	URS	23.5
6th	Barbara Sobotta	POLE	23.9
7th	Janet Simpson	GBR	23.9
8th	Daphne Arden	GBR	24.0

Final on October 19th

Wind: +0.80 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Betty Cuthbert	OUT	52.0 OR
2	Ann Packer	GBR	52.2
3	Judy Amoore	OUT	53.4
4th	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	54.4
5	Marija Itkina	URS	54.6
6th	Tilly van der Zwaard	NED	55.2
7th	Gertrud Schmidt	EUA	55.4
8th	Évelyne Lebret	FRA	55.5

Final on October 17th

800 m

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ann Packer	GBR	2: 01.1 WR
2	Maryvonne Dupureur	FRA	2: 01.9
3	Marise Chamberlain	NZL	2: 02.8
4th	Zsuzsa Szabó	HUN	2: 03.5
5	Antje Gleichfeld	EUA	2: 03.9
6th	Laine Erik	URS	2: 05.1
7th	Gerda Kraan	NED	2: 05.8
8th	Anne Smith	GBR	2: 05.8

Final on October 20th

80 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 80 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Karin Balzer	EUA	10.5
2	Teresa Ciepły	POLE	10.5
3	Pam Kilborn	OUT	10.5
4th	Irina Press	URS	10.6
5	Ikuko Yoda	JPN	10.7
6th	Maria Piątkowska	POLE	10.7
7th	Draga Stamejčič	YUG	10.8
8th	Rosie Bonds	United States	10.8

Final on October 19th

Wind: +2.23 m / s

The tailwind was too strong for the times to be recognized in the official leaderboards.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Poland	Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska	43.6
2	United States	Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire	43.9 WR
3	Great Britain	Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman	44.0
4th	Soviet Union	Galina Gaida Renāte Lāce Lyudmila Samotjossowa Galina Popowa	44.4
5	Germany	Karin Frisch Erika Pollmann Martha Pensberger Jutta Heine	44.7
6th	Australia	Dianne Bowering Marilyn Black Margaret Burvill Joyce Bennett	45.0
7th	Hungary	Erzsébet Bartos Margit Nemesházi Antónia Munkácsi Ida Such	45.2
8th	France	Marlène Canguio Danielle Guéneau Michèle Lurot Denise Guénard	46.1

Final on October 21

After a sex test before the European Athletics Cup in 1967 , Ewa Kłobukowska was classified as intersex . In 1969 the World Athletics Federation Kłobukowskas canceled world records , including the one from this final in Tokyo . The Polish relay remained Olympic champion, but the world record has now been awarded to the second-placed US relay, which, like the British relay, was faster than the then current world record.

high jump

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Iolanda Balaș	ROME	1.90 OR
2	Michele Brown	OUT	1.80
3	Taissija Tschentschik	URS	1.78
4th	Aída dos Santos	BRA	1.74
5	Dianne Gerace	CAN	1.71
6th	Frances Slaap	GBR	1.71
7th	Olga Gere-Pulic	YUG	1.71
8th	Eleanor Montgomery	United States	1.71

Final on October 15th

Long jump

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mary Rand	GBR	6.76 WR
2	Irena Kirszenstein	POLE	6.60
3	Tatiana Shchelkanova	URS	6.42
4th	Ingrid Becker	EUA	6.40
5	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROME	6.35
6th	Diana Jorgowa	BUL	6.24
7th	Hildrun Laufer	EUA	6.24
8th	Helga Hoffmann	EUA	6.23

Final on October 14th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot put (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tamara Press	URS	18.14 OR
2	Renate Garisch-Culmberger	EUA	17.61
3	Galina Sybina	URS	17.45
4th	Valerie Young	NZL	17.26
5	Margitta Helmbold	EUA	16.91
6th	Irina Press	URS	16.71
7th	Nancy McCredie	CAN	15.89
8th	Ana Sălăgean	ROME	15.83

Final on October 20th

Discus throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tamara Press	URS	57.27 OR
2	Ingrid Lotz	EUA	57.21
3	Lia Manoliu	ROME	56.97
4th	Wirschinija Michajlowa	BUL	56.70
5	Yevgenia Kuznetsova	URS	55.17
6th	Jolán Kleiber	HUN	54.87
7th	Kriemhild Limberg	EUA	53.81
8th	Olimpia Cataramă	ROME	53.08

Final on October 19th

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mihaela Peneș	ROME	60.54
2	Márta Rudas	HUN	58.27
3	Jelena Gorchakova	URS	57.06
4th	Birutė Kalėdienė	URS	56.31
5	Elvīra Ozoliņa	URS	54.81
6th	Maria Diaconescu	ROME	53.71
7th	Hiroko Satō	JPN	52.48
8th	Anneliese Gerhards	EUA	52.37

Final on October 16th

Pentathlon

→ Main article : 1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pentathlon (women)

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Irina Press	URS	5246 WR
2	Mary Rand	GBR	5035
3	Galina Bystrowa	URS	4956
4th	Mary Peters	GBR	4797
5	Draga Stamejčič	YUG	4790
6th	Helga Hoffmann	EUA	4737
7th	Pat Winslow	United States	4724
8th	Ingrid Becker	EUA	4717

October 16 and 17

For the first time, the all-around competition for women took place at the Olympic Games. The five disciplines held were: 80-meter hurdles , shot put , high jump , long jump and 200-meter run .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 17 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 24, 2017
2. ↑ Elke Brick, The All-German Olympic Teams - A Paradox in Sports History? , Dissertation by the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science at Bielefeld University, May 2013, pp. 168–183 (PDF), accessed on October 24, 2017

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 240–318

Web links

• IOC website on athletics at the 1964 Olympic Games at olympic.org, accessed October 24, 2017
• Official report of the Olympic Games 1964 p. 19f, engl. (PDF), pp. 17–112 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 24, 2017
• That was the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo on sportschau.de, accessed on October 24, 2017
• Athletics - Olympic Games 1964 from sport-komplett.de, accessed on October 24, 2017
• OLYMPIC GAMES / GESAMTDEUTSCHE MANSCHAFT, Schöner Götterfunke , Der Spiegel 6 February 1964, H. 6/1964, accessed on 24 October 2017
• OLYMPIC DETECTION. Kater in Warnemünde , Der Spiegel August 5, 1964, H. 32/1964, accessed on October 24, 2017
• JUTTA HEINE. Three trainers for Tokyo , Der Spiegel, August 26, 1964, H. 35/1964, accessed on October 24, 2017
• TEXASHUT AND TEARS ON THE GOLD-PODEST , Der Spiegel October 28, 1964, H. 44/1964, accessed on October 24, 2017
• SHORT DISTANCE RUN. Deterrent , Der Spiegel September 28, 1965, H. 40/1965, accessed October 24, 2017
• ALTITUDE ATHLETES. Kurzer Atem , Der Spiegel October 14, 1964, H. 42/1964, accessed on October 24, 2017
• DECISION. Should be fulfilled , Der Spiegel October 28, 1964, H. 44/1964, accessed on October 24, 2017
• TELEVISION, Volk ans Device , Der Spiegel October 28, 1964, H. 44/1964, accessed on October 24, 2017
• Decathlon Olympic Champion Willi Holdorf: "Tokyo 1964 was like a trip to the moon" , Deutsche Sporthilfe October 14, 2014, on sporthilfe.de, accessed on October 24, 2017
• Manfred Letzerich, Remarks from my Sports Diary (2/8), The 1964 Olympic Year on arquelauf.de (PDF), accessed on October 24, 2017

Videos

• The Complete Tokyo 1964 Olympics Film | Olympic History , published November 8, 2013, accessed October 24, 2017