Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	15 October
Competitors:	35
Nations:	15
Win Value:	1:29:34.0
Gold:	Ken Matthews
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Dieter Lindner
Silvernoc:	EUA
Bronze:	Vladimir Golubnichy
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1960
Next:	1968

The men's 20 kilometres walk was the shorter of the two men's racewalking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October 1964. 35 athletes from 15 nations entered, with 30 starting and 26 finishing.^[1]

Results

Matthews and Lindner both beat the old best Olympic time.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
			1:29:34.0		OB
			1:31:13.2
			1:31:59.4
4			1:32:06.8
5			1:32:33.0
6			1:32:43.0
7			1:32:45.4
8			1:32:46.0
9			1:33:15.8
10			1:33:28.4
11			1:33:45
12			1:34:51.0
13			1:34:58
14			1:35:30
15			1:35:38
16			1:36:16
17			1:36:35
18			1:36:53
19			1:37:03
20			1:37:07
21			1:38:27
22			1:38:47
23			1:39:40
24			1:41:11
25			1:43:07
26			1:48:41
—					1:12:29 at 15 km
					0:47:25 at 10 km
					1:11:31 at 15 km
					0:23:43 at 5 km

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173330/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.