Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre walk

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The men's 50 kilometre 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.

Gold Silver Bronze
Italy Abdon Pamich
Italy		 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Vincent Paul Nihill
Great Britain and Northern Ireland		 Sweden Ingver Albin Pettersson
Sweden

12 walkers beat the old Olympic best time, with Pamich and Nihill beating the world's best.

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Abdon Pamich Italy Italy 4:11:12.4 WB
2 Vincent Paul Nihill Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4:11:31.2
3 Ingver Albin Pettersson Sweden Sweden 4:14:17.4
4 Burkhard Leuschke Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 4:15:26.8
5 Robert Charles Gardiner Australia Australia 4:17:06.8
6 Christoph Hohne Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 4:17:41.6
7 Anatoly Vediakov Soviet Union Soviet Union 4:19:55.8
8 Kurt Sakowski Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 4:20:31.0
9 Charles Sowa Luxembourg Luxembourg 4:20:37.2
10 Donald James Thompson Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4:22:39.4
11 Ronald John Crawford Australia Australia 4:24:19.6
12 Gennady Agapov Soviet Union Soviet Union 4:24:34.0
13 Raymond Middleton Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4:25:49.2
14 Alex Harold Oakley Canada Canada 4:27:24.6
15 Henri Delerue France France 4:27:47.6
16 John Artur Ljunggren Sweden Sweden 4:29:09.2
17 Edward James Allsopp Australia Australia 4:31:07.8
18 Eugeny Liungin Soviet Union Soviet Union 4:32:01.6
19 Istvan Havasi Hungary Hungary 4:34:14.0
20 Alexander Bilek Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4:34:54.2
21 Christopher McCarthy United States United States 4:35:41.6
22 Ejiri Tadamasa Japan Japan 4:37:31.8
23 Erwin Stutz Switzerland Switzerland 4:40:45.0
24 Malkolm Roy Syversson Sweden Sweden 4:41:47.6
25 Saito Kazuo Japan Japan 4:43:01.0
26 Bruce Macdonald United States United States 4:45:10.4
27 Miwa Sumio Japan Japan 4:52:00.6
28 Ilie Popa Romania Romania 4:57:40.8
29 Michael Warren Brodie United States United States 4:57:41.0
30 Chedli El Marghni Tunisia Tunisia 4:59:13.0
31 So Kam Tong Hong Kong Hong Kong 5:07:53.2
— Rajan (athlete) Burma Burma Did not finish
1:48:39 at 20 km
Mieczyslaw Rutyna Poland Poland Disqualified
1:17:08 at 15 km
Naceur Ben Messaoud Tunisia Tunisia Disqualified
0:24:34 at 5 km
Emil Dragan Romania Romania Did not start
Istvan Gori Hungary Hungary Did not start
Kim Tai Koo Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPR Korea Did not start
Antal Kiss Hungary Hungary Did not start
Pak Tai Keun Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPR Korea Did not start

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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