Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk explained

Event:Men's 50 kilometres walk
Games:1964 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:18 October
Competitors:39
Nations:20
Win Value:4:11:12.4
Gold:Abdon Pamich
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Paul Nihill
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Ingvar Pettersson
Bronzenoc:SWE
Prev:1960
Next:1968

The men's 50 kilometres walk was the longer of the two men's race walking events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, as well as the longest event on the program. It was held on 18 October 1964. 39 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 34 starting and 31 finishing.[1]

Results

12 walkers beat the old Olympic record.

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 4:11:12.4 OR
2 4:11:31.2
3 4:14:17.4
4 4:15:26.8
5 4:17:06.8
6 4:17:41.6
7 4:19:55.8
8 4:20:31.0
9 4:20:37.2
10 4:22:39.4
11 4:24:19.6
12 4:24:34.0
13 4:25:49.2
14 4:27:24.6
15 4:27:47.6
16 4:29:09.2
17 4:31:07.8
18 4:32:01.6
19 4:34:14.0
20 4:34:54.2
21 4:35:41.6
22 4:37:31.8
23 4:40:45.0
24 4:41:47.6
25 4:43:01.0
26 4:45:10.4
27 4:52:00.6
28 4:57:40.8
29 4:57:41.0
30 4:59:13.0
31 5:07:53.2
Did not finish
1:48:39 at 20 km
Disqualified
1:17:08 at 15 km
Disqualified
0:24:34 at 5 km
Did not start
Did not start
Did not start
Did not start
Did not start

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 50 kilometres Walk . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173446/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.