1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 39 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Tokyo Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | October 14, 1964 (preliminary) October 15, 1964 (semi-finals) October 16, 1964 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo took place from October 14 to 16, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 39 athletes took part.
The American Warren Cawley became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the British John Cooper and the Italian Salvatore Morale .
Three Germans and one Austrian started. Athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part. The Austrian Helmut Haid and the German Joachim Singer were eliminated in the preliminary stages. Horst Gieseler could not finish his run after a fall. Ferdinand Haas reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there as sixth of his run.
Existing records
World record | 49.1 s | Warren Cawley ( USA ) | Los Angeles , USA | September 13, 1964 |
Olympic record | 49.3 s | Glenn Davis ( USA ) | Final of Rome , Italy | 2nd September 1960 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in a total of five heats on October 14th. The three best starters as well as the following fastest qualified for the semifinals on October 15th. From this, the four best runners reached the final on October 16.
Time schedule
October 14, 2 p.m .: preliminary runs
October 15, 2:15 p.m .: semi-finals
October 16, 4 p.m .: Final
Note: All times are Tokyo local time (UTC + 9)
The athletes directly qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue, those who have qualified over time are highlighted in light green.
Prelims
Date: October 14, 1964, from 2 p.m.
Weather conditions: rainy, approx. 17 ° C, humidity approx. 90%
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | John Cooper | Great Britain | 50.5 s | 50.58 s | |
2 | Gary Knoke | Australia | 50.9 s | 50.94 s | |
3 | Roberto Frinolli | Italy | 51.2 s | 51.23 s | |
4th | Edvīns Zāģeris | Soviet Union | 51.5 s | 51.59 s | |
5 | Bill Gairdner | Canada | 53.8 s | k. A. | |
6th | Helmut Haid | Austria | 54.6 s | ||
DNF | Horst Gieseler | Germany |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Warren Cawley | United States | 50.8 s | 50.88 s | |
2 | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | Argentina | 51.1 s | 51.17 s | |
3 | Peter Warden | Great Britain | 51.6 s | 51.61 s | |
4th | Joachim Singer | Germany | 52.1 s | k. A. | |
5 | Bogusław Gierajewski | Poland | 52.8 s | ||
6th | Samir Vincent | Iraq | 54.0 s | ||
7th | Kiyoo Yui | Japan | 54.7 s | ||
8th | Michael Ryan | Australia | 58.0 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wilfried Geeroms | Belgium | 51.2 s | 51.24 s | |
2 | Ken Roche | Australia | 51.5 s | 51.52 s | |
3 | Jay Luck | United States | 51.7 s | 51.77 s | |
4th | Jorem Ochana | Uganda | 52.4 s | k. A. | |
5 | Robert Poirier | France | 52.6 s | ||
6th | Valeriu Jurcă | Romania | 52.7 s | ||
7th | Kimaru Songok | Kenya | 54.5 s | ||
8th | Mansour ul-Haq Awan | Pakistan | 55.3 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Salvatore Morale | Italy | 51.1 s | 51.17 s | |
2 | Wassyl Anissimow | Soviet Union | 51.7 s | 51.72 s | |
3 | Ferdinand Haas | Germany | 52.2 s | k. A. | |
4th | Mike Hogan | Great Britain | 52.5 s | k. A. | |
5 | Keiji Ōgushi | Japan | 53.6 s | ||
6th | José Cavero | Peru | 53.7 s | ||
7th | Karu Selvaratnam | Malaysia | 53.8 s | ||
DSQ | Ðani Kovač | Yugoslavia |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Billy Hardin | United States | 51.3 s | 51.37 s | |
2 | Víctor Maldonado | Venezuela | 51.6 s | 51.64 s | |
3 | Jaakko Tuominen | Finland | 51.8 s | 51.88 s | |
4th | Jean-Jacques Behm | France | 52.2 s | 52.20 s | |
5 | Keiko Iijima | Japan | 52.8 s | k. A. | |
6th | Mamadou Sarr | Senegal | 53.2 s | ||
7th | Amrit Pal | India | 53.3 s | ||
8th | Imants Kukličs | Soviet Union | 53.3 s |
Semifinals
Date: October 15, 1964, from 2.15 p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, approx. 24 ° C, humidity approx. 42%
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Warren Cawley | United States | 49.8 s | 49.89 s | |
2 | Roberto Frinolli | Italy | 50.2 s | 50.28 s | |
3 | Gary Knoke | Australia | 50.6 s | 50.63 s | |
4th | Wilfried Geeroms | Belgium | 51.0 s | 51.00 s | |
5 | Peter Warden | Great Britain | 51.2 s | k. A. | |
6th | Friedrich Haas | Germany | 51.6 s | ||
7th | Edvīns Zāģeris | Soviet Union | 51.2 s | ||
8th | Jaakko Tuominen | Finland | 54.0 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | John Cooper | Great Britain | 50.4 s | 50.40 s | |
2 | Jay Luck | United States | 50.4 s | 50.43 s | |
3 | Salvatore Morale | Italy | 50.4 s | 50.48 s | |
4th | Wassyl Anissimow | Soviet Union | 50.7 s | 50.72 s | |
5 | Ken Roche | Australia | 50.8 s | 50.86 s | |
6th | Billy Hardin | United States | 50.9 s | 50.90 s | |
7th | Víctor Maldonado | Venezuela | 51.1 s | 51.19 s | |
8th | Juan Carlos Dyrzka | Argentina | 53.1 s | k. A. |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Warren Cawley | United States | 49.6 s | |
2 | John Cooper | Great Britain | 50.1 s | |
3 | Salvatore Morale | Italy | 50.1 s | |
4th | Gary Knoke | Australia | 50.4 s | |
5 | Jay Luck | United States | 50.5 s | |
6th | Roberto Frinolli | Italy | 50.7 s | |
7th | Wassyl Anissimow | Soviet Union | 51.1 s | |
8th | Wilfried Geeroms | Belgium | 51.4 s |
Date: October 15, 1964, from 2.15 p.m.
Weather conditions: sunny, approx. 20 ° C, humidity approx. 44%
Warren Cawley, often referred to as "Rex" - "King" - was the world record holder and at the same time the clear favorite. However, he was struggling with a recurring injury from the previous year, tissue inflammation after a muscle tear. A second American - James Luck - also went into this final with a severe handicap: He was affected by a swelling of the lymph glands that significantly weakened his performance. In the interim, the third American, Billy Hardin, son of the 1936 Olympic champion Glenn Hardin , was eliminated.
Cawley started the final race in a very controlled manner. At the seventh hurdle he put the leading Italian Roberto Frinolli and took over the lead. With a lead of half a second, Cawley ran to the safe Olympic victory. There was an exciting duel for the silver medal between the Briton John Cooper and Frinolli's compatriot Salvatore Morale, which the Briton won when they were tied. The Olympic record of 1960 continued after these games.
Salvatore Morale won the first Italian medal in this discipline.
In the 13th Olympic final there was the eleventh US victory. It was the sixth victory in a row by a US runner.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 268 f.
Web links
- SportsReference 400m hurdles , accessed October 27, 2017
- Official report of the Olympic Games 1964 p. 36 f., Engl. (PDF), accessed on October 27, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 554 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 27 October 2017
- ↑ 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 27, 2017
- ↑ 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. 36f (English) from library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 27, 2017
- ↑ 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. 37 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 27, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 27, 2017