1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 5000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 48 athletes from 29 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Tokyo Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | October 16, 1964 (heats) October 18, 1964 (finals) |
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The men's 5000 meter run at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was held on October 16 and 18, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 48 athletes took part.
The American Bob Schul became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the German Harald Norpoth and Bill Dellinger from the USA.
Runners from Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part. In addition to silver medalist Norpoth, two other Germans competed. However, Lutz Philipp and Manfred Letzerich failed in their preliminary stages.
Existing records
World record | 13: 35.0 min | Volodymyr Kuz ( Soviet Union ) | Rome , Italy | October 13, 1957 |
Olympic record | 13: 39.6 min | Melbourne finals , Australia | November 28, 1956 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in a total of four heats on October 16. The three best starters qualified for the final on October 18th.
Time schedule
October 16, 3 p.m .: preliminary runs
October 18, 4:05 p.m .: Final
Note: All times are Tokyo local time (UTC + 9)
The athletes qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: October 16, 1964, from 3 p.m.
Weather conditions: clear, approx. 20 ° C, humidity 43–48%
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Michel Jazy | France | 13: 55.4 min | |
2 | Bill Baillie | New Zealand | 13: 55.4 min | |
3 | Stepan Baidjuk | Soviet Union | 14: 00.2 min | |
4th | Andrei Barabaș | Romania | 14: 00.2 min | |
5 | Tony Cook | Australia | 14:02.4 min | |
6th | John Herring | Great Britain | 14: 07.2 min | |
7th | Muharrem Dalkılıç | Turkey | 14: 12.0 min | |
8th | Lutz Philipp | Germany | 14: 15.2 min | |
9 | Bruce Kidd | Canada | 14: 21.8 min | |
10 | Janós Pintér | Hungary | 14: 41.0 min | |
11 | Jean Randrianjatovo | Madagascar | 15: 50.4 min |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mike Wiggs | Great Britain | 13: 51.0 min | |
2 | Bill Dellinger | United States | 13: 52.2 min | |
3 | Thor Helland | Norway | 13: 52.4 min | |
4th | Lech Boguszewicz | Poland | 13: 52.8 min | |
5 | Kęstutis Orentas | Soviet Union | 13: 54.0 min | |
6th | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium | 13: 55.0 min | |
7th | Jean Vaillant | France | 14: 05.8 min | |
8th | Manfred Letzerich | Germany | 14: 06.2 min | |
9 | Thomas O'Riordan | Ireland | 14: 08.8 min | |
10 | Jørgen Dam | Denmark | 14: 20.4 min | |
11 | Albie Thomas | Australia | 14: 27.8 min | |
12 | Fernando Aguilar | Spain | 14: 29.2 min | |
13 | Álvaro Mejía | Colombia | 14: 41.4 min |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mohammed Gammoudi | Tunisia | 14: 10.2 min | |
2 | Bob Schul | United States | 14: 11.4 min | |
3 | Harald Norpoth | Germany | 14: 11.6 min | |
4th | Murray Halberg | New Zealand | 14: 12.0 min | |
5 | Josef Tomáš | Czechoslovakia | 14: 12.6 min | |
6th | Bengt Nåjde | Sweden | 14:13.4 min | |
7th | Franc Červan | Yugoslavia | 14: 16.6 min | |
8th | Simo Saloranta | Finland | 14: 24.6 min | |
9 | Lajos Mecser | Hungary | 14: 35.4 min | |
10 | Jean Fayolle | France | 14: 44.6 min | |
11 | Somsak Keaokanta | Thailand | 16: 08.8 min | |
12 | Ranatunge Karunananda | Ceylon | 16: 22.2 min | |
13 | Nguyễn Văn Lý | South Vietnam | 17: 28.0 min |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 13: 48.4 min | |
2 | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 13: 49.6 min | |
3 | Nikolai Dutow | Soviet Union | 13: 50.6 min | |
4th | Francisco Aritmendi | Spain | 14: 05.0 min | |
5 | Sven-Olov Larsson | Sweden | 14: 10.2 min | |
6th | Satsuo Iwashita | Japan | 14: 18.4 min | |
7th | Derek Graham | Great Britain | 14: 21.6 min | |
8th | Oscar Moore | United States | 14: 24.0 min | |
9 | Simo Važić | Yugoslavia | 14: 33.8 min | |
10 | Henri Clerckx | Belgium | 14: 40.0 min | |
11 | Neville Scott | New Zealand | 15:01.0 min |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Bob Schul | United States | 13: 48.8 min | |
2 | Harald Norpoth | Germany | 13: 49.6 min | |
3 | Bill Dellinger | United States | 13: 49.8 min | |
4th | Michel Jazy | France | 13: 49.8 min | |
5 | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 13: 50.4 min | |
6th | Bill Baillie | New Zealand | 13: 51.0 min | |
7th | Nikolai Dutow | Soviet Union | 13: 53.8 min | |
8th | Thor Helland | Norway | 13: 57.0 min | |
9 | Ron Clarke | Australia | 13: 58.0 min | |
10 | Stepan Baidjuk | Soviet Union | 14: 11.2 min | |
11 | Mike Wiggs | Great Britain | 14: 20.8 min |
Date: October 18, 1964, 4:05 p.m.
Weather conditions: very rainy, approx. 13 ° C, humidity approx. 97%
Three runners in particular were seen as favorites over 5000 meters : the Frenchman Michel Jazy, who had decided not to take part in the 1500 meter run in order to concentrate entirely on the longer distance, the Australian world record holder over 10,000 meters , Ron Clarke, who, however, lacked sprinting power, and the Tunisian Mohammed Gammoudi after his brilliant performance over 10,000 meters when he won the silver medal. In addition, the race was expected to be quite open, there were numerous other runners who experts believed in, including the US American Bob Schul and the British Mike Wiggs. Gammoudi ultimately had to forego the final due to an injury after a convincing preliminary win. He should appear very successfully at the next two Olympic Games in Mexico City and Munich .
The final race took place in continuous rain. At the beginning Clarke was leading, but the split times showed a rather slow pace, the 1000 meters were covered in 2: 50.2 minutes. Experts had expected a speed race from the Australian who was weak in spurts in order to break away or to weaken the sprint force of his opponents. The lead changed constantly, the race remained slow. Then Clarke did an intermediate sprint, but he didn't pull through, the field remained completely together. the intermediate times at 2000 and 3000 meters were 5: 39.4 min and 8: 22.2 min, respectively. Even the 10,000-meter runners were faster. In the last 1000 meters there was a considerable increase in speed. First, the US American Bill Dellinger stormed forward, but was soon put back. However, the field was now far apart. The British Mike Wiggs lost the connection due to a fall. On the back straight of the final round, Jazy took the initiative, there was a large gap to the pursuers. But the race was not yet decided. From behind, the German Harald Norpoth was the first to follow, in the target corner he and Schul came closer and closer to the leading French. On the home straight, Jazy's steps got shorter and shorter, Schul pulled past him to win the Olympic gold. Norpoth also played out his sprint power and won the silver medal. With the last step Jazy even lost bronze, Dellinger ran past him into third place.
Bob Schul achieved the first US Olympic victory on this route.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 259–261
Video
- Legendary Bob Schul- Last 3 laps in 1964 Tokyo Olympic 5km Final , published March 12, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed October 26, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 5000 m , accessed October 26, 2017
- Official report of the Olympic Games 1964 p. 31f engl. (PDF), accessed on October 26, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 551 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 26 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 26, 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. 31f (English) from library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 26, 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. 32 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 26, 2017
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 259f