# Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Bob Hayes United States | 10.0 (=WR) | Enrique Figuerola Cuba | 10.2 | Harry Jerome Canada | 10.2 |
| 200 metres details | Henry Carr United States | 20.3 (OR) | Paul Drayton United States | 20.5 | Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago | 20.6 |
| 400 metres details | Mike Larrabee United States | 45.1 | Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago | 45.2 | Andrzej Badeński Poland | 45.6 |
| 800 metres details | Peter Snell New Zealand | 1:45.1 (OR) | Bill Crothers Canada | 1:45.6 | Wilson Kiprugut Kenya | 1:45.9 |
| 1500 metres details | Peter Snell New Zealand | 3:38.1 | Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia | 3:39.6 | John Davies New Zealand | 3:39.6 |
| 5000 metres details | Bob Schul United States | 13:48.8 | Harald Norpoth United Team of Germany | 13:49.6 | Bill Dellinger United States | 13:49.8 |
| 10,000 metres details | Billy Mills United States | 28:24.4 (OR) | Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia | 28:24.8 | Ron Clarke Australia | 28:25.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Hayes Jones United States | 13.67 | Blaine Lindgren United States | 13.74 | Anatoly Mikhaylov Soviet Union | 13.78 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Rex Cawley United States | 49.6 | John Cooper Great Britain | 50.1 | Salvatore Morale Italy | 50.1 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Gaston Roelants Belgium | 8:30.8 (OR) | Maurice Herriott Great Britain | 8:32.4 | Ivan Belyayev Soviet Union | 8:33.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Paul Drayton Gerry Ashworth Richard Stebbins Bob Hayes | 39.0 (WR) | Poland (POL) Andrzej Zieliński Wiesław Maniak Marian Foik Marian Dudziak | 39.3 | France (FRA) Paul Genevay Bernard Laidebeur Claude Piquemal Jocelyn Delecour | 39.3 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Ollan Cassell Mike Larrabee Ulis Williams Henry Carr | 3:00.7 (WR) | Great Britain (GBR) Tim Graham Adrian Metcalfe John Cooper Robbie Brightwell | 3:01.6 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Edwin Skinner Kent Bernard Edwin Roberts Wendell Mottley | 3:01.7 |
| Marathon details | Abebe Bikila Ethiopia | 2:12:11.2 (WR) | Basil Heatley Great Britain | 2:16:19.2 | Kōkichi Tsuburaya Japan | 2:16:22.8 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Ken Matthews Great Britain | 1:29:34.0 (OR) | Dieter Lindner United Team of Germany | 1:31:13.2 | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union | 1:31:59.4 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Abdon Pamich Italy | 4:11:12.4 (OR) | Paul Nihill Great Britain | 4:11:31.2 | Ingvar Pettersson Sweden | 4:14:17.4 |
| High jump details | Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union | 2.18 m (OR) | John Thomas United States | 2.18 m (OR) | John Rambo United States | 2.16 m |
| Pole vault details | Fred Hansen United States | 5.10 m (OR) | Wolfgang Reinhardt United Team of Germany | 5.05 m | Klaus Lehnertz United Team of Germany | 5.00 m |
| Long jump details | Lynn Davies Great Britain | 8.07 m | Ralph Boston United States | 8.03 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union | 7.99 m |
| Triple jump details | Józef Szmidt Poland | 16.85 m (OR) | Oleg Fedoseyev Soviet Union | 16.58 m | Viktor Kravchenko Soviet Union | 16.57 m |
| Shot put details | Dallas Long United States | 20.33 m (OR) | Randy Matson United States | 20.20 m | Vilmos Varjú Hungary | 19.39 m |
| Discus throw details | Al Oerter United States | 61.00 m (OR) | Ludvík Daněk Czechoslovakia | 60.52 m | Dave Weill United States | 59.49 m |
| Hammer throw details | Romuald Klim Soviet Union | 69.74 m (OR) | Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary | 69.09 m | Uwe Beyer United Team of Germany | 68.09 m |
| Javelin throw details | Pauli Nevala Finland | 82.66 m | Gergely Kulcsár Hungary | 82.32 m | Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union | 80.57 m |
| Decathlon details | Willi Holdorf United Team of Germany | 7887 | Rein Aun Soviet Union | 7842 | Hans-Joachim Walde United Team of Germany | 7809 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Wyomia Tyus United States | 11.4 | Edith McGuire United States | 11.6 | Ewa Kłobukowska Poland | 11.6 |
| 200 metres details | Edith McGuire United States | 23.0 (OR) | Irena Kirszenstein Poland | 23.1 | Marilyn Black Australia | 23.1 |
| 400 metres details | Betty Cuthbert Australia | 52.0 (OR) | Ann Packer Great Britain | 52.2 | Judy Amoore Australia | 53.4 |
| 800 metres details | Ann Packer Great Britain | 2:01.1 (WR) | Maryvonne Dupureur France | 2:01.9 | Marise Chamberlain New Zealand | 2:02.8 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Karin Balzer United Team of Germany | 10.5 | Teresa Ciepły Poland | 10.5 | Pam Kilborn Australia | 10.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Poland (POL) Teresa Ciepły Irena Kirszenstein Halina Górecka Ewa Kłobukowska | 43.6 (WR) | United States (USA) Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire | 43.9 | Great Britain (GBR) Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman | 44.0 |
| High jump details | Iolanda Balaș Romania | 1.90 m (OR) | Michele Brown Australia | 1.80 m | Taisia Chenchik Soviet Union | 1.78 m |
| Long jump details | Mary Rand Great Britain | 6.76 m (WR) | Irena Kirszenstein Poland | 6.60 m | Tatyana Shchelkanova Soviet Union | 6.42 m |
| Shot put details | Tamara Press Soviet Union | 18.14 m (OR) | Renate Garisch-Culmberger United Team of Germany | 17.61 m | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | 17.45 m |
| Discus throw details | Tamara Press Soviet Union | 57.27 m (OR) | Ingrid Lotz United Team of Germany | 57.21 m | Lia Manoliu Romania | 56.97 m |
| Javelin throw details | Mihaela Peneș Romania | 60.54 m | Márta Rudas Hungary | 58.27 m | Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union | 57.06 m |
| Pentathlon details | Irina Press Soviet Union | 5246 (WR) | Mary Rand Great Britain | 5035 | Galina Bystrova Soviet Union | 4956 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |