Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles


The men's 400 metres hurdles was the longer of the men's hurdle races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October, 15 October, and 16 October 1964. 39 athletes from 26 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 14 October, with the semifinals on 15 October and the final on 16 October.

Results

First round

The top three runners in each of the 5 heats as well as the fastest remaining runner advanced.

First round, heat 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1John Cooper50.5 seconds
2Gary Knoke50.9 seconds
3Roberto Frinolli51.2 seconds
4Edvīns Zāģeris51.5 seconds
5Bill Gairdner53.8 seconds
6Helmut Haid54.6 seconds
—Horst GieselerDid not finish
—Nicola Dimitrov DagorovDid not start

First round, heat 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Rex Cawley50.8 seconds
2Juan Carlos Dyrzka51.1 seconds
3Peter Warden51.6 seconds
4Joachim Singer52.1 seconds
5Boguslaw Gierajewski52.8 seconds
6Samir Ambrose Vincent54.0 seconds
7Kiyoo Yui54.7 seconds
8Michael Ryan58.0 seconds

First round, heat 3

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Wilfried Geeroms51.2 seconds
2Ken Roche51.5 seconds
3Jay Luck51.7 seconds
4Jerom Ochana52.4 seconds
5Robert Poirier52.6 seconds
6Valeriu Jurca52.7 seconds
7Kimaru Songok54.5 seconds
8Mansour ul-Haq Awan55.3 seconds

First round, heat 4

Anisimov is listed in the Official Report results for heat 4 as being a competitor for the United States; however, the Official Report lists his nationality as Soviet in all other instances in the report.
PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Salvatore Morale51.1 seconds
2Vasyl Anisimov51.7 seconds
3Ferdinand Haas52.2 seconds
4Mike Hogan52.5 seconds
5Keiji Ogushi53.6 seconds
6José Cavero53.7 seconds
7Karu Selvaratnam53.8 seconds
8Djani KovacDisqualified

First round, heat 5

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1William Foster Hardin51.3 seconds
2Víctor Maldonado51.6 seconds
3Jaakko Tuominen51.8 seconds
4Jean-Jacques Behm52.2 seconds
5Keiko Iijima52.8 seconds
6Mamadou Sarr53.2 seconds
7Amrit Pal53.3 seconds
8Imants Kukličs53.3 seconds

Semifinals

The fast four runners of each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Rex Cawley49.8 seconds
2Roberto Frinolli50.2 seconds
3Gary Knoke50.6 seconds
4Wilfried Geeroms51.0 seconds
5Peter Warden51.2 seconds
6Ferdinand Haas51.6 seconds
7Edvin Zageris52.2 seconds
8Jaakko Tuominen54.0 seconds

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1John Cooper50.4 seconds
2Jay Luck50.4 seconds
3Salvatore Morale50.4 seconds
4Vasyl Anisimov50.7 seconds
5Ken Roche50.8 seconds
6William Foster Hardin50.9 seconds
7Victor Maldonado51.1 seconds
8Juan Carlos Dyrzka53.1 seconds

Final

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Rex Cawley49.6 seconds
2John Cooper50.1 seconds
3Salvatore Morale50.1 seconds
4Gary Knoke50.4 seconds
5Jay Luck50.5 seconds
6Roberto Frinolli50.7 seconds
7Vasyl Anisimov51.1 seconds
8Wilfried Geeroms51.4 seconds