1964 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Bob Hayes, USA | 10.0 | =WR |
| Enrique Figuerola, CUB | 10.2 | ||
| Harry Jerome, CAN | 10.2 | ||
| 200m | Henry Carr, USA | 20.3 | OR |
| Otis Paul Drayton, USA | 20.5 | ||
| Edwin Roberts, TRI | 20.6 | ||
| 400m | Mike Larrabee, USA | 45.1 | |
| Wendell Motley, TRI | 45.2 | ||
| Andrzej Badenski, POL | 45.6 | ||
| 800m | Peter Snell, NZE | 1:45.1 | OR |
| William Crothers, CAN | 1:45.6 | ||
| Wilson Kiprugut, KEN | 1:45.9 | ||
| 1500m | Peter Snell, NZE | 3:38.1 | |
| Josef Odlozil, CZE | 3:39.6 | ||
| John Davies, NZL | 3:39.6 | ||
| 5000m | Bob Schul, USA | 13:48.8 | |
| Harald Norpoth, GER | 13:49.6 | ||
| William Dellinger, USA | 13:49.8 | ||
| 10,000m | Billy Mills, USA | 28:24.4 | OR |
| Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN | 28:24.8 | ||
| Ronald Clarke, AUS | 28:25.8 | ||
| Marathon | Abebe Bikila, ETH | 2:12:11.2 | WB |
| Basil Heatley, GBR | 2:16:19.2 | ||
| Kokichi Tsuburaya, JPN | 2:16:22.8 | ||
| 110m H | Hayes Jones, USA | 13.6 | |
| Blaine Lindgren, USA | 13.7 | ||
| Anatoliy Mikhailov, USSR | 13.7 | ||
| 400m H | Rex Cawley, USA | 49.6 | |
| John Cooper, GBR | 50.1 | ||
| Salvatore Morale, ITA | 50.1 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Gaston Roelants, BEL | 8:30.8 | OR |
| Maurice Herriott, GBR | 8:32.4 | ||
| Ivan Belyayev, USSR | 8:33.8 | ||
| 20k Walk | Ken Matthews, GBR | 1:29:34.0 | OR |
| Dieter Lindner, GER | 1:31:13.2 | ||
| Vladimir Golubnichy, USSR | 1:31:59.4 | ||
| 50k Walk | Abdon Pamich, ITA | 4:11:12.4 | OR |
| Paul V.Nihill, GBR | 4:11:31.2 | ||
| Ingvar Pettersson, SWE | 4:14:17.4 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Paul Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes) | 39.0 | WR |
| Poland | 39.3 | ||
| France | 39.3 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr) | 3:00.7 | WR |
| Great Britain | 3:01.6 | ||
| Trinidad | 3:01.7 |
WB indicates world best.
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Valery Brumel, USSR | 7- 13/4 | OR |
| John Thomas, USA | 7-13/4 | ||
| John Rambo, USA | 7-1 | ||
| Pole Vault | Fred Hansen, USA | 16- 83/4 | OR |
| Wolfgang Reinhardt, GER | 16-63/4 | ||
| Klaus Lehnertz, GER | 16-43/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Lynn Davies, GBR | 26- 53/4 | |
| Ralph Boston, USA | 26-4 | ||
| Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, USSR | 26-21/2 | ||
| Triple Jump | Józef Schmidt, POL | 55- 31/2 | OR |
| Oleg Fedoseyev, USSR | 54-43/4 | ||
| Viktor Kravchenko, USSR | 54-41/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Dallas Long, USA | 66- 81/2 | OR |
| Randy Matson, USA | 66-31/4 | ||
| Vilmos Varju, HUN | 63-71/4 | ||
| Discus | Al Oerter, USA | 200- 1 | OR |
| Ludvik Danek, CZE | 198-6 | ||
| David Weill, USA | 195-2 | ||
| Hammer | Romuald Klim, USSR | 228-10 | OR |
| Gyula Zsivótzky, HUN | 226-8 | ||
| Uwe Beyer, GER | 223-41/2 | ||
| Javelin | Pauli Nevala, FIN | 271- 2 | |
| Gergely Kulcsar, HUN | 270-03/4 | ||
| Janis Lusis, USSR | 264-2 | ||
| Decathlon | Willi Holdorf, GER | 7887 pts | |
| Rein Aun, USSR | 7842 | ||
| Hans-Joachim Walde, GER | 7809 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Wyomia Tyus, USA | 11.4 | |
| Edith McGuire, USA | 11.6 | ||
| Ewa Klobukowska, POL* | 11.6 | ||
| 200m | Edith McGuire, USA | 23.0 | OR |
| Irena Kirszenstein, POL | 23.1 | ||
| Marilyn Black, AUS | 23.1 | ||
| 400m | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | 52.0 | OR |
| Ann Packer, GBR | 52.2 | ||
| Judith Amoore, AUS | 53.4 | ||
| 800m | Ann Packer, GBR | 2:01.1 | OR |
| Maryvonne Dupureur, FRA | 2:01.9 | ||
| Ann Chamberlain, NZL | 2:02.8 | ||
| 80m H | Karin Balzer, GER | 10.5w | |
| Tereza Ciepla, POL | 10.5 | ||
| Pamela Kilborn, AUS | 10.5 | ||
| 4x100m | POL (Teresa Ciepla, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka, Ewa Klobukowska) | 43.6 | |
| United States | 43.9 | ||
| Great Britain | 44.0 |
*1967 Barred from competing as a result of a negative sex test.
w indicates wind-aided.
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Iolanda Balas, ROM | 6- 23/4 | OR |
| Michele Brown-Mason, AUS | 5-103/4 | ||
| Taisia Chenchik, USSR | 5-10 | ||
| Long Jump | Mary Rand GBR | 22- 21/4 | WR |
| Irena Kirszenstein, POL | 21-73/4 | ||
| Tatyana Schelkanova, USSR | 21-03/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Tamara Press, USSR | 59- 61/4 | OR |
| Renate Garisch, GER | 57-91/4 | ||
| Galina Zybina, USSR | 57-3 | ||
| Discus | Tamara Press, USSR | 187-10 | OR |
| Ingrid Lotz, GER | 187-8 | ||
| Lia Manoliu, ROM | 186-101/2 | ||
| Javelin | Mihaela Penes, ROM | 198- 7 | |
| Marta Rudas, HUN | 191-2 | ||
| Yelena Gorchakova, USSR | 187-2 | ||
| Pentathlon | Irina Press, USSR | 5246 pts | WR |
| Mary Rand, GBR | 5035 | ||
| Galina Bystrova, USSR | 4956 |
