Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
Final

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time

1	Peter Snell	New Zealand	1:45.1 OR

2	William Crothers	Canada	1:45.6

3	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	1:45.9

4	George E. Kerr	Jamaica	1:45.9

5	Tom Farrell	United States	1:46.6

6	Jerome Francis Siebert	United States	1:47.0

7	Dieter Bogatzki	United Team of Germany	1:47.2

8	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	1:50.5

Sentence(s)

Peter Snell won the gold medal and set the Olympic record at 1:45.1.

final_sentence: Peter Snell won the gold medal and set the Olympic record at 1:45.1.