1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	73 athletes from 49 countries
Competition location	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	October 14, 1964 (heats / quarter-finals) October 15, 1964 (semi-finals / finals)
Winning time	10.0 s
Medalist Bob Hayes ( USA )   Enrique Figuerola ( CUB )   Harry Jerome ( CAN )

The men's 100-meter run at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was held on October 14 and 15, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 73 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the American Bob Hayes . He won ahead of the Cuban Enrique Figuerola and the Canadian Harry Jerome .

Three Germans and one Swiss competed, athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. The Swiss Max Barandun and the German Manfred Knickenberg were eliminated after the heats. Fritz Obersiebrasse made it to the semi-finals and was eliminated there as eighth of his run. Heinz Schumann qualified for the final and finished fifth there.

Existing records

World record	10.0 s	Armin Hary ( BR Germany )	Zurich , Switzerland	June 21, 1960
		Harry Jerome ( Canada )	Saskatoon , Canada	July 15, 1960
		Horacio Esteves ( Venezuela )	Caracas , Venezuela	15th August 1964
Olympic record	10.2 s	Armin Hary ( BR Germany )	Quarter Finals / Final of Rome , Italy	August 31, 1960 / September 1, 1960
		Dave Sime ( USA )	Final of Rome , Italy	September 1, 1960

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed on October 14 for a total of ten heats. The three best starters qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. From this the best four runners came to the next round, the preliminary decisions. The semi-finals took place on October 15th. The four best runners reached the final on the same day.

Time schedule

October 14, 10:00 a.m .: Preliminary
October 14, 2:40 p.m .: Quarter-finals
October 15, 2:00 p.m .: Semi-finals
October 15, 3:30 p.m .: Final

All times are Tokyo local time (UTC + 9).

The athletes qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: October 14, 1964, from 10 a.m.

Weather conditions: rainy, 16-17 ° C, humidity approx. 94%, changing wind directions

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Hideo Iijima	Japan	10.3 s	10.40 s
2	Bernard Laidebeur	France	10.5 s	10.51 s
3	Edwin Osolin	Soviet Union	10.5 s	10.52 s
4th	Kenneth Lawrence Powell	India	10.7 s	10.74 s
5	Zbigniew Syka	Poland	10.7 s	10.79 s
6th	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	10.8 s	10.89 s
7th	Sara Camara	Mali	11.3 s

Wind: +0.60 m / s

Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa from Madagascar and Sara Camara from Mali were the first athletes in their countries to compete in the Olympic Games.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Trenton Jackson	United States	10.5 s	10.53 s
2	Peter Radford	Great Britain	10.6 s	10.69 s
3	Bouchaib El-Maachi	Morocco	10.6 s	10.70 s
4th	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	10.7 s	10.72 s
5	Johan Du Preez	Southern Rhodesia	10.7 s	10.79 s
6th	Jeong Gi-seon	South Korea	11.0 s	11.08 s
7th	Arnulfo Valles	Philippines	11.1 s	11.21 s

Wind: −2.15 m / s

Forward 3

The Dutchman Frans Luitjes failed in the preliminary run

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Gaoussou Koné	Ivory Coast	10.5 s	10.50 s
2	Mel Pender	United States	10.5 s	10.53 s
3	Michael Ahey	Ghana	10.6 s	10.61 s
4th	Frans Luitjes	Netherlands	10.6 s	10.69 s
5	Wilton Jackson	Trinidad and Tobago	10.6 s	10.70 s
6th	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	10.7 s	10.78 s
7th	Gerardo di Tolla	Peru	10.9 s	10.99 s
8th	Lee Ar-tu	Taiwan	11.2 s

Wind: −2.85 m / s

Gaoussou Koné was the first athlete to compete for the Ivory Coast .

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marian Dudziak	Poland	10.6 s	10.60 s
2	Stanley Allotey	Ghana	10.6 s	10.62 s
3	John Owiti	Kenya	10.6 s	10.64 s
4th	Carlos Lorenzo	Mexico	10.7 s	10.74 s
5	George Collie	Bahamas	10.9 s	10.90 s
6th	Masaru Kamata	Japan	10.9 s	10.94 s
7th	Ho Thành Chinh	South Vietnam	11.9 s

Wind: −0.81 m / s

Forward 5

Gusman Kosanov (URS) failed in advance (shown here on a 1999 Kazakh postage stamp)

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.5 s	10.51 s
2	Claude Piquemal	France	10.5 s	10.58 s
3	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	10.8 s	10.86 s
4th	James Odongo	Uganda	10.9 s	10.91 s
5	Gusman Kosanov	Soviet Union	10.9 s	10.94 s
6th	Abdoulaye N'Diaye	Senegal	11.0 s	11.06 s
7th	Levi Psavkin	Israel	11.1 s	11.13 s

Wind: +0.30 m / s

Abdoulaye N'Diaye was the first athlete from Senegal to compete in the Olympic Games.

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Heinz Schumann	Germany	10.5 s	10.52 s
2	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	10.6 s	10.61 s
3	William Earle	Australia	10.7 s	10.79 s
4th	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	10.7 s	10.79 s
5	Huba Rozsnyai	Hungary	10.8 s	10.84 s
6th	Alf Meakin	Great Britain	10.8 s	10.91 s
7th	David Njitock	Cameroon	11.1 s	11.13 s
DNS	Akbar Babakhanlou	Iran

Wind: +1.60 m / s

David Njitock was the first athlete from Cameroon to take part in the Olympic Games.
The SportsReference database lists Iranian Akbar Babakhanlou in eighth place with a time of 11.1 s (electronic 11.14 s). Babkhanlou is noted as absent in the Official Report . According to the report, he did not take part in the competition and is therefore listed accordingly in the table below.

Forward 7

The Pole Wiesław Maniak qualified for the final and was the best European with fourth place

Wind: −1.78 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.5 s	10.57 s
2	Arquímedes Herrera	Venezuela	10.5 s	10.59 s
3	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	10.6 s	10.60 s
4th	José de Rocha	Portugal	11.0 s	11.02 s
5	Bassirou Doumya	Senegal	11.0 s	11.02 s
6th	Francisco Gutiérrez Hernández	Colombia	11.0 s	11.03 s
7th	Iftikhar Shah	Pakistan	11.4 s	11.49 s

Forward 8

Wind: +0.19 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Bob Hayes	United States	10.4 s	10.41 s
2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	10.5 s	10.50 s
3	Bob Lay	Australia	10.5 s	10.53 s
4th	Ito Giani	Italy	10.6 s	10.69 s
5	Rogelio Onofre	Philippines	10.7 s	10.78 s
6th	Khudhir Zalata	Iraq	11.1 s	11.17 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Fritz Obersiebrasse	Germany	10.4 s	10.47 s
2	Iván Moreno	Chile	10.5 s	10.59 s
3	Pablo McNeil	Jamaica	10.5 s	10.60 s
4th	László Mihályfi	Hungary	10.6 s	10.65 s
5	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	10.6 s	10.69 s
6th	Max Barandun	Switzerland	10.7 s	10.79 s
7th	Jeffery Smith	Zambia	10.8 s	10.86 s
DNF	Wesley Johnson	Liberia

Wind: +0.19 m / s

Jeffery Smith was the first athlete to compete for Zambia in the Olympics.

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.5 s	10.50 s
2	Lynn Headley	Jamaica	10.5 s	10.57 s
3	Roger Bambuck	France	10.6 s	10.62 s
4th	Manfred Knickenberg	Germany	10.7 s	10.74 s
5	Léon Yombe	Republic of the Congo	10.8 s	10.87 s
6th	Alberto Torres	Dominican Republic	10.7 s	10.93 s
7th	Suthi Manyakass	Thailand	10.9 s	10.98 s
8th	Rogelio Rivas	Spain	11.1 s	11.12 s

Wind: −0.53 m / s

Léon Yombe from the Republic of the Congo and Alberto Torres from the Dominican Republic were the first athletes to participate in the Olympic Games for their nations.

Quarter finals

Date: October 14, 1964, from 2.40 p.m.

Weather conditions: cloudy, approx. 17 ° C, humidity approx. 87%, tail wind

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.3 s	10.32 s
2	Trenton Jackson	United States	10.4 s	10.41 s
3	Fritz Obersiebrasse	Germany	10.4 s	10.44 s
4th	Gaoussou Koné	Ivory Coast	10.4 s	10.45 s
5	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	10.5 s	10.51 s
6th	Marian Dudziak	Poland	10.5 s	10.52 s
7th	Bernard Laidebeur	France	10.5 s	10.59 s
8th	William Earle	Australia	10.9 s	10.60 s

Wind: +1.90 m / s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.3 s	10.31 s
2	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.3 s	10.35 s
3	Bob Lay	Australia	10.4 s	10.42 s
4th	Claude Piquemal	France	10.4 s	10.48 s
5	Edwin Osolin	Soviet Union	10.4 s	10.48 s
6th	Bouchaib El-Maachi	Morocco	10.5 s	10.57 s
7th	John Owiti	Kenya	10.6 s	10.64 s

Wind: +1.72 m / s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	10.3 s	10.38 s
2	Mel Pender	United States	10.4 s	10.44 s
3	Hideo Iijima	Japan	10.5 s	10.50 s
4th	Pablo McNeil	Jamaica	10.5 s	10.54 s
5	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	10.6 s	10.62 s
6th	Iván Moreno	Chile	10.6 s	10.69 s
7th	Stanley Allotey	Ghana	10.7 s	10.73 s
8th	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	10.7 s	10.77 s

Wind: +0.96 m / s

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Bob Hayes	United States	10.3 s	10.37 s
2	Arquímedes Herrera	Venezuela	10.4 s	10.43 s
3	Lynn Headley	Jamaica	10.4 s	10.50 s
4th	Heinz Schumann	Germany	10.5 s	10.55 s
5	Peter Radford	Great Britain	10.5 s	10.59 s
6th	Roger Bambuck	France	10.5 s	10.60 s
7th	Michael Ahey	Ghana	10.6 s	10.67 s

Wind: +1.72 m / s

Semifinals

The Cuban Enrique Figuerola (front, at a sports festival in Potsdam in 1961) won the silver medal in the final

Date: October 15, 1964, from 2 p.m.

Weather conditions: sunny, approx. 24 ° C, humidity approx. 42%

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Bob Hayes	United States	9.9 s	9.91 s
2	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.1 s	10.15 s
3	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	10.2 s	10.22 s
4th	Heinz Schumann	Germany	10.3 s	10.30 s
5	Bob Lay	Australia	10.3 s	10.35 s
6th	Pablo McNeil	Jamaica	10.3 s	10.39 s
7th	Arquímedes Herrera	Venezuela	10.4 s	10.42 s
8th	Trenton Jackson	United States	10.6 s	10.66 s

Wind: +5.28 m / s

Because of the strong tail wind, Bob Hayes' time could not be recognized as a world record .

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.3 s	10.37 s
2	Gaoussou Koné	Ivory Coast	10.4 s	10.48 s
3	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.4 s	10.48 s
4th	Mel Pender	United States	10.4 s	10.49 s
5	Claude Piquemal	France	10.5 s	10.56 s
6th	Lynn Headley	Jamaica	10.5 s	10.59 s
7th	Hideo Iijima	Japan	10.6 s	10.63 s
8th	Fritz Obersiebrasse	Germany	10.6 s	10.68 s

Wind: −1.29 m / s

final

Olympic champion Bob Hayes

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Bob Hayes	United States	10.0 s	10.06 s	WRe / OR
2	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.2 s	10.25 s
3	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.2 s	10.27 s
4th	Wiesław Maniak	Poland	10.4 s	10.42 s
5	Heinz Schumann	Germany	10.4 s	10.46 s
6th	Gaoussou Koné	Ivory Coast	10.4 s	10.47 s
7th	Mel Pender	United States	10.4 s	10.47 s
8th	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	10.5 s	10.57 s

Date: October 15, 1964, 3:30 p.m.

Wind: +1.03 m / s

Bob Hayes, unbeaten in the 100 meter distance since 1962, was the top favorite. His main competitors were the Cuban Enrique Figuerola and the Canadian co- holder of the world record , Harry Jerome.
In the final, Hayes was drawn to track one. This track was in a desolate condition because of the rain of the previous day and especially because of the 20 km walkers and 10,000 meter runners . But Hayes ran for the Olympic victory, which he achieved with almost two tenths of a second advantage. In addition, he also set the existing world record. In this race of a two-class society with a superstar and seven extras, who, however, all delivered class times, Figuerola and Jerome lived up to their roles as medal candidates. The Cuban won a thin silver medal ahead of the Canadian, who had already been a favorite in Rome in 1960 , but was unable to make it to the semi-finals there due to injury. The Pole Wieslaw Maniak and the German Heinz Schumann finished fourth and fifth as the best Europeans.

Enrique Figuerola won the first medal for Cuba over 100 meters.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 248–251

Video

• 100m final from olympic games Tokyo 1964 , published December 11, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed October 25, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m , accessed October 25, 2017
• Official Report of the Olympic Games 1964 pp. 19–21 engl. (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records, 100 m men , accessed on October 25, 2017
2. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 17 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
3. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 19f (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
4. ↑ Vorlauf 6 at SportsReference , accessed on October 25, 2017
5. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 20 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Official Report of the Olympic Games 1964 ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 21 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
7. ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 25, 2017