Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 36 |
Competitors | 1,016 from 82 nations |
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
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
[edit]Men
[edit]Women
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
18 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |