1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 100 meter relay
gender	Men
Attendees	85 athletes from 21 countries
Competition location	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	October 20, 1964 (preliminary / semi-finals) October 21, 1964 (final)
Medalist  United States  POLE  FRA

The men's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was held on October 20 and 21, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 85 athletes took part in twenty seasons.

The US relay with Paul Drayton , Gerry Ashworth , Richard Stebbins and Bob Hayes was Olympic champion in a new world record time, ahead of the Polish ( Andrzej Zieliński , Wiesław Maniak , Marian Foik , Marian Dudziak ) and France ( Paul Genevay , Bernard Laidebeur , Claude Piquemal , Jocelyn Delecour ).

The German relay qualified for the semi-finals and was eliminated there as fifth of the run. Relays from Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Existing records

World record	39.1 s	USA ( Hayes Jones , Frank Budd , Charles Frazier , Paul Drayton )	Moscow	July 15, 1961
Olympic record	39.5 s	USA ( Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow )	Melbourne finals , Australia	1st December 1956
		Germany ( Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Martin Lauer )	Final of Rome , Italy	September 8, 1960

Conducting the competition

The relays competed on October 20 for a total of three preliminary runs. The four best teams and the four fastest teams qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. From this, the four best teams reached the final on October 21st.

Time schedule

October 20, 2 p.m .: preliminary runs

October 20, 4 p.m .: semi-finals

October 21, 1:50 p.m .: Final

Note: All times are Tokyo local time (UTC + 9)

The relays directly qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue, the relays qualified over time are highlighted in light green.

Prelims

Date: October 20, 1964, from 2 p.m.

Weather conditions: cloudy, 16 ° C, humidity approx. 80%

Forward 1

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Italy	Livio Berruti Ennio Preatoni Sergio Ottolina Pasquale Giannattasio	39.7 s	39.74 s
2	Poland	Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	39.9 s	39.96 s
3	Great Britain	Peter Radford Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Lynn Davies	40.1 s	40.13 s
4th	Hungary	Huba Rozsnyai Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi Gyula Rábai	40.3 s	40.32 s
5	Nigeria	Sydney Asiodu Folu Erinle James Omagbemi Abdul Amu	40.4 s	40.44 s
6th	Malaysia	Mazlan Hamzah John Daukom Canagasabai Kunalan Manikavasagam Jegathesan	41.4 s	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	United States	Paul Drayton Gerry Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes	39.8 s	39.83 s
2	Venezuela	Arquímedes Herrera Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Hortensio Fucil	40.1 s	40.10 s
3	Germany	Heinz Erbstößer Rainer Berger Peter Wallach Volker Löffler	40.2 s	40.21 s
4th	Senegal	Malang Mané Bassirou Doumya Malick Diop Alioune Sow	40.5 s	40.55 s
5	India	Anthony Coutinho Makhan Singh Kenneth Powell Rajasekaran Pichaya	40.6 s	40.68 s
6th	Japan	Hideo Iijima Masaru Kamata Kiyoshi Asai Yojiro Muro	41.0 s	k. A.
7th	Thailand	Taweesit Arjitaweekul Suthi Manyakass Maitri Vilaikit Chalit Kanitasut	41.8 s	k. A.

Forward 3

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	France	Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	39.8 s	39.84 s
2	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil Patrick Robinson Lynn Headley Dennis Johnson	40.1 s	40.11 s
3	Soviet Union	Edwin Osolin Boris Subov Gusman Kossanow Boris Savchuk	40.1 s	40.19 s
4th	Australia	Bob Lay Eric Bigby William Earle Gary Holdsworth	40.6 s	40.64 s
5	Ghana	Michael Okantey Michael Ahey Ebenezer Addy Stanley Allotey	40.8 s	40.85 s
6th	Uganda	Aggrey Awori Erasmus Amukun James Odongo Amos Omolo	41.4 s	k. A.
7th	Philippines	Arnulfo Valles Miguel Ebreo Claro Pellosis Rogelio Onofre	41.7 s

Semifinals

Date: October 20, 1964, from 4 p.m.

Weather conditions: cloudy, approx. 15 ° C, humidity approx. 85%

Run 1

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	United States	Paul Drayton Gerry Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes	39.5 s	39.50 s	OR set
2	France	Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	39.6 s	39.66 s
3	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil Patrick Robinson Lynn Headley Dennis Johnson	39.6 s	39.68 s
4th	Great Britain	Peter Radford Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Lynn Davies	40.1 s	40.13 s
5	Australia	Bob Lay Eric Bigby William Earle Gary Holdsworth	40.1 s	40.19 s
6th	Nigeria	Sydney Asiodu Folu Erinle James Omagbemi Lawrence Okorafor	40.1 s	40.19 s
7th	Hungary	Huba Rozsnyai Csaba Csutorás László Mihályfi Gyula Rábai	40.3 s	40.31 s
8th	Ghana	Michael Okantey Michael Ahey Ebenezer Addy Stanley Allotey	40.7 s	k. A.

Run 2

space	Season	occupation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Italy	Livio Berruti Ennio Preatoni Sergio Ottolina Pasquale Giannattasio	39.6 s	39.63 s
2	Poland	Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	39.6 s	39.63 s
3	Venezuela	Arquímedes Herrera Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Hortensio Fucil	39.6 s	39.65 s
4th	Soviet Union	Edwin Osolin Boris Subov Gusman Kossanow Boris Savchuk	39.7 s	39.70 s
5	Germany	Heinz Erbstößer Rainer Berger Peter Wallach Volker Löffler	40.1 s	40.16 s
6th	Senegal	Malang Mané Bassirou Doumya Malick Diop Alioune Sow	40.2 s	40.26 s
7th	India	Anthony Coutinho Makhan Singh Kenneth Powell Rajasekaran Pichaya	40.5 s	k. A.
8th	Japan	Hideo Iijima Masaru Kamata Kiyoshi Asai Yojiro Muro	40.6 s

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	United States	Paul Drayton Gerry Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes	39.0 s	39.06 s	WR
2	Poland	Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak	39.3 s	39.36 s
3	France	Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour	39.3 s	39.36 s
4th	Jamaica	Pablo McNeil Patrick Robinson Lynn Headley Dennis Johnson	39.4 s	39.49 s
5	Soviet Union	Edwin Osolin Boris Subov Gusman Kossanow Boris Savchuk	39.4 s	39.50 s
6th	Venezuela	Arquímedes Herrera Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Hortensio Fucil	39.5 s	39.53 s
7th	Italy	Livio Berruti Ennio Preatoni Sergio Ottolina Pasquale Giannattasio	39.5 s	39.54 s
8th	Great Britain	Peter Radford Ronald Jones Menzies Campbell Lynn Davies	39.6 s	39.69 s

Date: October 20, 1964, from 4 p.m.

Weather conditions: cloudy, approx. 20 ° C, humidity approx. 77%

The US season was a favorite. a. with the Olympic champion over 100 meters , Bob Hayes. But four years earlier, the US team had failed due to its transfer problems and here too there was a rather botched first transfer in the run-up. The French and the Germans were rated as strong, but they could not prevail in the semi-finals. The Poles also made a very good impression in the heats.

In the final, the USA took extreme caution in the first two changes, but everything did not go smoothly and the season only ran in fifth place at times. When it was the turn of the final runners, France led Poland and the USA. Hayes had two meters to catch up with Frenchman Jocelyn Delecour. With his outstanding performance, the sprint Olympic champion passed Poland and France and crossed the finish line with a lead of three meters. Despite the change problems, there was also a new world record . Poland's final runner Marian Dudziak was still able to intercept Delecour, so silver went to Poland and bronze to France. However, this order could only be officially established after evaluating the target photo.

For the first time in an Olympic race, all relays stayed below the 40-second mark. The first five teams all ran faster than the current Olympic record . Poland won the first medal in this discipline.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 292f

Video

• USA 4 x 100m relay 1964 Tokyo Olympics World Record , published July 2, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed October 27, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 100 m , accessed on October 27, 2017
• Official Report of the Olympic Games 1964 pp. 40–42 engl. (PDF), accessed on October 27, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 561 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 27, 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 27, 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. 40 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 27, 2017 
4. ↑ ^{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. 41 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 27, 2017 
5. ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 27, 2017