Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 14–15 October | |||||||||
Competitors | 76 from 49 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 | |
The men's 100 metres was the shortest of the men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo, Japan. It was held on 14 October and 15 October 1964. 76 athletes from 49 nations entered, with 3 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 14 October, with the semifinals and the final on 15 October.
Results
First round
The top three runners in each of the 10 heats advanced.
First round, heat 1
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Iijima Hideo | Japan | 10.3 seconds |
2 | Bernard Laidebeur | France | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.5 seconds |
4 | Kenneth Lawrence Powell | India | 10.7 seconds |
5 | Zbigniew Syka | Poland | 10.7 seconds |
6 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | Madagascar | 10.8 seconds |
7 | Sara Camara | Mali | 11.3 seconds |
First round, heat 2
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Trenton Jackson | United States | 10.5 seconds |
2 | Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.6 seconds |
3 | B. El Maachi Bouchaib | Morocco | 10.6 seconds |
4 | Csaba Csutoras | Hungary | 10.7 seconds |
5 | Johan du Preez | Rhodesia | 10.7 seconds |
6 | Chung Ki Sun | South Korea | 11.0 seconds |
7 | Arnulfo Valles | Philippines | 11.1 seconds |
Wind, -2.51 m/s
First round, heat 3
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Gaoussou Koné | Ivory Coast | 10.5 seconds |
2 | Mel Pender | United States | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Michael Kofi Ahey | Ghana | 10.6 seconds |
4 | Franciscus Luitjes | Netherlands | 10.6 seconds |
5 | Wilton Jackson | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.6 seconds |
6 | Lynn Davies | Great Britain | 10.7 seconds |
7 | Gerardo di Tolla | Peru | 10.9 seconds |
8 | Lee Ar Tu | Taiwan | 11.2 seconds |
First round, heat 4
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 10.6 seconds |
2 | Stanley Fabian Allotey | Ghana | 10.6 seconds |
3 | John Owiti | Kenya | 10.6 seconds |
4 | Carlos Lorenzo Mañueco | Mexico | 10.7 seconds |
5 | George Reginald Collie | Bahamas | 10.9 seconds |
6 | Kamata Masaru | Japan | 10.9 seconds |
7 | Chinh Ho Than | Vietnam | 11.9 seconds |
— | Nikolay Politiko | Soviet Union |
First round, heat 5
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.5 seconds |
2 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Lloyd Murad | Venezuela | 10.8 seconds |
4 | James Odongo Oduka | Uganda | 10.9 seconds |
5 | Gusman Kosanov | Soviet Union | 10.9 seconds |
6 | Abdoulaye Ndiaye | Senegal | 11.0 seconds |
7 | Levy Psawkin | Israel | 11.1 seconds |
First round, heat 6
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 10.5 seconds |
2 | Dennis O. Johnson | Jamaica | 10.6 seconds |
3 | William Joseph Earle | Australia | 10.7 seconds |
4 | Serafino Antao | Kenya | 10.7 seconds |
5 | Huba Rozsnyai | Hungary | 10.8 seconds |
6 | Alfred Meakin | Great Britain | 10.8 seconds |
7 | David Njitock | Cameroon | 11.1 seconds |
— | Akbar Babakhanlou | Iran | Did not start |
First round, heat 7
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.5 seconds |
2 | Arquímedes Herrera | Venezuela | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Mani Jegathesan | Malaysia | 10.6 seconds |
4 | Jose Fernandes da Rocha | Portugal | 11.0 seconds |
5 | Bassirou Doumya | Senegal | 11.0 seconds |
6 | Francisco J. Gutiérrez Hernández | Colombia | 11.0 seconds |
7 | Iftikhar Shah | Pakistan | 11.4 seconds |
First round, heat 8
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Bob Hayes | United States | 10.4 seconds |
2 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Robert William Lay | Australia | 10.5 seconds |
4 | Ito Jiani | Italy | 10.6 seconds |
5 | Rogelio Onofre | Philippines | 10.7 seconds |
6 | Khudher Zalada | Iraq | 11.1 seconds |
— | David Ejoke | Nigeria | Did not start |
First round, heat 9
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Fritz Obersiebrasse | United Team of Germany | 10.4 seconds |
2 | Ivan Moreno | Chile | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Pablo McNeil | Jamaica | 10.5 seconds |
4 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 10.6 seconds |
5 | Gary Alfred Holdsworth | Australia | 10.6 seconds |
6 | Max Barandun | Switzerland | 10.7 seconds |
7 | Jeffery Itzen Smith | Northern Rhodesia | 10.8 seconds |
8 | Wesley Johnson | Liberia | Did not finish |
First round, heat 10
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.5 seconds |
2 | Lynsworth Headley | Jamaica | 10.5 seconds |
3 | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.6 seconds |
4 | Manfred Knickenberg | United Team of Germany | 10.7 seconds |
5 | Leon Yombe | Republic of the Congo | 10.8 seconds |
6 | Alberto Torres Mota | Dominican Republic | 10.9 seconds |
7 | Suthi Manyakass | Thailand | 10.9 seconds |
8 | Rogelio Rivas | Spain | 11.1 seconds |
Second round
The top four runners in each of the four second round heats advanced to the semifinals.
Second round, heat 1
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.3 seconds |
2 | Trenton Jackson | United States | 10.4 seconds |
3 | Fritz Obersiebrasse | United Team of Germany | 10.4 seconds |
4 | Gaoussou Koné | Ivory Coast | 10.4 seconds |
5 | Dennis O. Johnson | Jamaica | 10.5 seconds |
6 | Marian Dudziak | Poland | 10.5 seconds |
7 | Bernard Laidebeur | France | 10.5 seconds |
8 | William Joseph Earle | Australia | 10.9 seconds |
Wind, +1.90 m/s
Second round, heat 2
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.3 seconds |
2 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.3 seconds |
3 | Robert William Lay | Australia | 10.4 seconds |
4 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.4 seconds |
5 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.4 seconds |
6 | B. El Maachi Bouchaib | Morocco | 10.5 seconds |
7 | John Owiti | Kenya | 10.6 seconds |
Second round, heat 3
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 10.3 seconds |
2 | Mel Pender | United States | 10.4 seconds |
3 | Iijima Hideo | Japan | 10.5 seconds |
4 | Pablo McNeil | Jamaica | 10.5 seconds |
5 | Mani Jegathesan | Malaysia | 10.6seconds |
6 | Ivan Moreno | Chile | 10.6 seconds |
7 | Stanley Fabian Allotey | Ghana | 10.7 seconds |
8 | Lloyd Murad | Venezuela | 10.7 seconds |
Second round, heat 4
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Bob Hayes | United States | 10.3 seconds |
2 | Arquimedes Herrera | Venezuela | 10.4 seconds |
3 | Lynsworth Headley | Jamaica | 10.4 seconds |
4 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 10.5 seconds |
5 | Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.5 seconds |
6 | Roger Bambuck | France | 10.5 seconds |
7 | Michael Kofi Ahey | Ghana | 10.6 seconds |
Semifinals
The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Excessive wind from behind the runners made this semifinal ineligible for world record breaking.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Bob Hayes | United States | 9.9 seconds |
2 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.1 seconds |
3 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 10.2 seconds |
4 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 10.3 seconds |
5 | Robert William Lay | Australia | 10.3 seconds |
6 | Pablo McNeil | Jamaica | 10.3 seconds |
7 | Arquimedes Herrera | Venezuela | 10.4 seconds |
8 | Trenton Jackson | United States | 10.6 seconds |
Wind, +5.28 m/s
Semifinal 2
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.3 seconds |
2 | Gaoussou Koné | Ivory Coast | 10.4 seconds |
3 | Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.4 seconds |
4 | Mel Pender | United States | 10.4 seconds |
5 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.5 seconds |
6 | Lynsworth Headley | Jamaica | 10.5 seconds |
7 | Iijima Hideo | Japan | 10.6 seconds |
8 | Fritz Obersiebrasse | United Team of Germany | 10.6 seconds |
Final
Hayes tied the world record of 10.0 seconds. Figuerola and Jerome tied the old Olympic record time.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Bob Hayes | United States | 10.0 seconds EWR |
2 | Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | 10.2 seconds |
3 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.2 seconds |
4 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 10.4 seconds |
5 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 10.4 seconds |
6 | Gaoussou Kone | Ivory Coast | 10.4 seconds |
7 | Mel Pender | United States | 10.4 seconds |
8 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 10.5 seconds |
Wind, +1.1 m/s
References
- Official Report