Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Abebe Bikila with gold medal from the marathon
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Dates	21 October
Competitors	79 from 41 nations
Winning time	2:12:11.2
Medalists
Abebe Bikila   Ethiopia   Basil Heatley   Great Britain   Kōkichi Tsuburaya   Japan

Official Video Marathon Highlights Video on YouTube

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's marathon was part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 21 October 1964. 79 athletes from 41 nations entered, with 68 starting and 58 finishing.

Results

Bikila broke the world's best time for the marathon to defend his Olympic gold medal.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	2:12:11.2 WR
2	Basil Heatley (GBR)	2:16:19.2
3	Kōkichi Tsuburaya (JPN)	2:16:22.8
4	Brian Kilby (GBR)	2:17:02.4
5	József Sütő (HUN)	2:17:55.8
6	Leonard Edelen (USA)	2:18:12.4
7	Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)	2:18:42.6
8	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)	2:19:49.0
9	Ron Clarke (AUS)	2:20:26.8
10	Demissie Wolde (ETH)	2:21:25.2
11	Lee Sang-Hoon (KOR)	2:22:02.8
12	Bakir Benaïssa (MAR)	2:22:27.0
13	Eino Oksanen (FIN)	2:22:36.0
14	Billy Mills (USA)	2:22:55.4
15	Toru Terasawa (JPN)	2:23:09.0
16	Kim Yun-Bum (KOR)	2:24:40.6
17	Giorgio Jegher (ITA)	2:24:45.2
18	Václav Chudomel (TCH)	2:24:46.8
19	Ron Hill (GBR)	2:25:34.4
20	Paavo Pystynen (FIN)	2:26:00.6
21	Fidel Negrete (MEX)	2:26:07.0
22	Nikolay Tikhomirov (URS)	2:26:07.4
23	Pete McArdle (USA)	2:26:24.4
24	Heinrich Hagen (EUA)	2:26:39.8
25	Pavel Kantorek (TCH)	2:26:47.2
26	Nikolay Abramov (URS)	2:27:09.4
27	Raymond Puckett (NZL)	2:27:34.0
28	Eino Valle (FIN)	2:27:34.8
29	Jeff Julian (NZL)	2:27:57.6
30	Ricardo Vidal (athlete) (CHI)	2:28:01.6
31	Robert Vagg (AUS)	2:28:41.0
32	Guido Voegele (SUI)	2:29:17.8
33	Balkrishan Akotkar (IND)	2:29:27.4
34	Jean Aniset (LUX)	2:29:52.6
35	Thin Sumbwegan (BIR)	2:30:35.8
36	Constantin Grecescu (ROU)	2:30:42.6
37	Janos Pinter (HUN)	2:30:50.2
38	Gerhard Honicke (EUA)	2:33:23.0
39	Manfred Naumann (EUA)	2:33:42.0
40	Antonio Ambu (ITA)	2:34:37.6
41	Oskar Leupi (SUI)	2:35:05.4
42	Ivan Keats (NZL)	2:36:16.8
43	Harbanslal Harbanslal (IND)	2:37:05.8
44	Armando Aldegalega (POR)	2:38:02.2
45	Chrisantus Nyakwayo (KEN)	2:38:38.6
46	Constantino Kapambwe (NRH)	2:39:28.4
47	Omari Abdallah (TAN)	2:40:06.0
48	Muhammad Yusaf (PAK)	2:40:46.0
49	Naftali Temu (KEN)	2:40:46.6
50	Joo Hyung Kail (KOR)	2:41:08.2
51	Mathias Kanda (RHO)	2:41:09.0
52	Anthony Cook (AUS)	2:42:03.6
53	Víctor Peralta (MEX)	2:44:23.6
54	Trevor Haynes (NRH)	2:45:08.6
55	Abraham Fornes (PUR)	2:46:22.6
56	Robson Mrombe (RHO)	2:49:30.8
57	Laurent Daniel Chifita (NRH)	2:51:52.2
58	Chanom Sirirangsi (THA)	2:59:25.6
	Bahadur Thada Ganga (NEP)	Did not finish 2:23:41 at 40 km
	Bahacur Bhupendra (NEP)	Did not finish 2:34:12 at 40 km
	James Hogan (IRL)	Did not finish 1:51:27 at 35 km
	Viktor Baykov (URS)	Did not finish 1:39:13 at 30 km
	M. Haddeb Hannachi (TUN)	Did not finish 1:46:18 at 30 km
	Andrew Soi (KEN)	Did not finish 1:23:37 at 25 km
	Osvaldo Roberto Suarez (ARG)	Did not finish 1:09:00 at 20 km
	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	Did not finish 0:47:14 at 15 km
	Hedhili Ben Boubaker (TUN)	Did not finish 0:47:51 at 15 km
	Ly Nguyen Van (VIE)	Did not finish 1:02:51 at 15 km
	Jean Louis Brougier (FRA)	Did not start
	Dumitru Chitoban (ROU)	Did not start
	Suliman Fighi Hassan (LIB)	Did not start
	Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)	Did not start
	Alberto Garabito (BOL)	Did not start
	Bruce Kidd (CAN)	Did not start
	Lajos Mecser (HUN)	Did not start
	Alejo Montano (BOL)	Did not start
	Jean Randrianjatovo (MAD)	Did not start
	Ryoo Man-Hyung (PRK)	Did not start

References

• Official Report
• (French) Marathon Info